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      The Social Flower. Th« There Grows A Str...

      THE SOCIAL FLOWER . Th « There grows a strong and noble flower I in Britain ' s genial soil ; Its Its root—the source of life and power—\ We trace fn those who toil . In In commerce we distinctly see The stem of fair renown , I « Its Leaves—the Aristocracy , The Flower is " the Crown . " Al AU time , all labour's vainly spent , Unless the whole be free ; T < To g ive the Stem its nourishment The Root wants Liberty . li if then in strength you'd hare it grow , Put forth its bods and shoot , f fleed neither Leaves nor Flower , bat know The secret ' s in the Root .

      i Cramp not the Root—give scope and , room Sot niggardly , by stealth—The Flower will then in beauty bloom , The Leaves show signs of health . Confine the Root , attempt to coop Its powers in any way , The Leaves must fade , the Flower will droop The Stem itself decay . Ob , ye in pow'r ! give ear to grief , Assist the labouring poor ; 'Tis they who knock and claim relief At Legislation ' s door . "

      Their waning vigour oh ! recruit , Learn to be timely wise ; The toiling thousands form the Root Where your existence lies . JerrcWs Magatine

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      Dodotjglas Jerrold's Shilling Magazine.—...

      DODOTjGLAS JERROLD'S SHILLING MAGAZINE . —Mat . I There is but little to find fault with in this number ber : the less the better , for fault-finding is anything but bat a pleasing . task .,. The articles are mostly , ably tni written , and breathe throughout that truth-seeking phi p lnlanthropic , and cosmopolitan spirit for which this Ms Magazine is . already , so distinguished . The only en exception is the article headed "TheNbvel Blowers , " wli which , to as , seems a rhapsody of nonsense—a string of of sentences ran mad . The Editor ' s story , "St . Ci GilcsandSL James , " is continued withrodiminished in interest . In consideration of his youth , St .. . Giles es escapes hanging , and is sentenced to be transported

      I MayMay 10 , 1845 . THE NORTHERN STAR . 3

      ii instead . Mr . Jbshoij >' s comments on the hanging gj system of the . " good old times , " when unfortunate . i wretches were , for nearly every description of offence , si strung dp in dozens , aud his eloquent appeals for t ! tie completion of the good work commenced in . bar i day—tile abolition of death-punishments , will find t is echo in the breasts of thousands of tie present j generation . Yes , thousands will respond to , thous sands will aid , in the accomplishing ofMr . Jebrold ' s ] Hcss'd prediction : — " The time tviU come , as surely as the sun of far-qf years , when justice shall lay down fey sword—when , vith better wisdom , she shall vindicate her awful mission to mankind , yet shed no drop of Ih-odr

      " Dow willit Look ? " isan excellent article , worthy the special attention of the fair sex , who would save themselves many cares and vexations by attending to tbcwholesomeadvicecontainedtherein . "Cathedral PenHies" isa , well-timed and much needed exposure of the dis ^ raceful . systcm of enforcing a tariff of prices for admission intQ . onr . public buildings , particularly liecathedrals / a ^ d minsters of this . country . , This svsteui , so disgraceful to the established priesthood , « productive , however ^ , of one good result—it serves to bring them into contempt ; and the sooner they , in common with the priests of all sects , come to be uDiversaHy despised , the better for the true interests and happiness of mankind .

      "Impressions of alate Trial for Murder isaclear , ] concise , and able resume of the proceedings of Hockcr ' s trial It isliai-d to disbelieve a dying man : bat , in spite of his last declarations to the contrary , our belief in llocker ' s guilt is-unshaken—and the article before us but confirms our belief . We , however , tannot agree- with the writer in this Magazine , that if Rocker ' s trial "be a sample of oilier criminal trials , no one who is innocent can by any possibility be hanged fo * murder . " It is notorious that In days gone by innocent men Aave been banged ; and there u strong reason for believing that an innocent maninnocent at least of murder—was hanged only a few mentis ago . \ 4 "We allude to William Howell , hanged at Ipswich for shooting apolice officer . After Howell ' s death the gaol-chap lain admitted his belief of the poor creature ' s innocence of the chargeof murder , but justified his ' execution on the ground that he

      was a great sinner ! 'Such legal murders may accord with p riestlyriotions of justice , but do not accord with ours . Independent of all otherconsiderations therefore , justice—yes justice , demands that the life of man should not be taken away , seeing that thepunishmentina y be as nnjnst , _ and as undeserved , as it is barbarous and demoralising . It is only fair to add , that flie author of the " Impressions , & c . " is , as well & ourselves , an advocate for the abolition of deathpumshments . The third chapter of "A History for Young England" gives the history of the Government of the Conqueror , and is rich with historical facts but too little known . " From the poetical contents we have given a specimen above . Several reviews close the namber ; that on Thiers' " History of the Consulate and Empire , " is at once the most profound and just we have yet read . For our extract we take the follo « inc from " The Hedgehog Letters" by the editor .

      THE HATK 00 TH QUESTION . To Mrs . Hedgehog , of New York . Bear Grandmother , —Yon ought to be in England just ssw , we're in such a pleasant pucker . The Church is in ( huger again . ' I hare myself known her twenty times in peril , —hnt now , she really is at the very edge of destrnc t » u . Yon know there ' s a placecalled Maynooth College , Rhere they bring up Roman Catholic priests for the use oflreland . Well , there ' s a lot of folks , whowffl have it that this College is no bit better than certain tanks I've reafl of in India , where thej breed young crocodiles to be worshipped by people who know no better . .. Robert Peel intends to give i 36 JQ 00 a year to this : place ^ -

      it used to have an annual grant of £ 9 , 000- ^ 11131 jae scholars may be increased in number , and that they may be better taught and more comfortably boarded and lodged . Well , the members of the Church of Englandalthough here and there they have grumbled at theniatter , aadhave called the Fope names that pass in small change at Billing ^ ate— -have been mute as fish compared to the Winters . It is they who bare fought the fight ; it is thsy who have raised the price of parchmentby darkening the House of Commons with clouds of petifionsy . It is they who have risen to a man , andhavepattedthellritish lion , and twisted his taiL and goaded him—as you'd , set a bun dog on a cat—to tear Popery to pieces . ; ,,

      ,,.-" * a settled belief with a good many pious people , who are as careful of their religion as of their best service of China , only using it on holiday occasions , fbr fear it should get chiyped or flawed in working-day wsar—it ' s a belief with them that a Papist is a sort of human toadaa abomination ia the form of man . Doctor Croly has ^ elj a notion of this sort A few days ago he appeared Oa Covent-garden stage ( I think his first appearance there since his comedy of Pride shall hate a FaU ) , and called upon the Lord , with thunder and lightning , and the

      sword , to kill his . enemies—meaning Roman Catholics ! And then theDoctor showedhow Providence had punished all naughty ^ kings who had cast an eye of favour on the ? ope . Capping this , the Doctor more than hinted that George the Eourthr-tb * first gentleman in Europe , for he had a greater , number of coats than all the rest of the kings put together—was somewhat suddenly called from his loving people , because he had passed the Rill that ' maadpatcd the Catholics . Well , when we think bow many Catholics there are in the world—when we remember the millions of ' em scattered about the earth—it does

      appear to me a tittle bold in a worm of a man ( whether tie said worm wears clergyman ' s black or not ) praying to tie lord to destroy , crush , burn , whole nations of men tad women , because he wasn't born to think as they do . * at so it is with some folks , very proud indeed of their Christianity . * # # # # Be * 1 suppose Doctor Croly , Mr . WNeile , and such J ™ —who seem to read their Bibles by the blue light of tonistwie—believe that the extra money given to the Soman Catholic priests of Ireland will only be so much powder and shot with which they may bring down Prowstants . TT eH jf m 0 ney is to make converts , what has ™ e Irish Protestant Church been about , that has always " ** a mil money-bag at her girdle , and more than tbati ; Plenty of leisure " to reclaim the fallen ? She has always had a golden crook whereby to bring stray lambs into the wkjr-and yet has added nothing to her flock .

      aow , according to my opinion , the folks who abase * ajnooih ought rather to feel glad that more money is to " * given to her priests , seeing what an abundance of - * % ^ d good things purchased by money . have done j ™ we Irish Protestant Church . It has . become , slow as r ^ kiWMoefat stufFeve ^ apnlpitcushipn ' vr itiibank jj ' ^ d it is strange to see how religion wfil sleep [ Upon Catfc v therefore i People ought to rejoice . that the wwicpriestis to be made alittle comfortable in worldly matter *! ¦ : - / * * # # ¦ "' - " * Sot there ' s a sort of people in the world that can't bear r *^ » y progress . I wonder they ever walk , unless ^ "wbackwardg ! I wonder tfaey don't refuse to go J ^*" ? fterj ' g new mod ?;—and aU out of love and then ?*! - ¦ W ' ^ cient institution * the old one . But will 1 » * "S . ^ such people , grandmother—always wonu * - J ^ - JncHere first came in , " how many old mS ^!?^ ** souls- ^ nany . of ' em worthy to be «^^?^ ™ - ^ liameT > w « tar » a hv their matches and

      mnST ^'^* »*« Se surrender ! " And how everj a ? ^; - ?^ women—Bignisea in male attire—« 8 oV tfJP-i $ v & tt V ® 6 * »¦* &*&> ptofesanB " *» ^ twaje fcp any tinder-box question that may come ^ "My—quite ready to die jr it : all the readier ,

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      perhaps , because dying for anything of the sort ' s now gone out of fashion . _ * ' * * * * It is quite a delight to read Sir Robert ' s Parliament speeches . Did you ever talk to a man who seemed never to hear what you said ; hut oi . ly thought what he should say to pass for an answer ! who seemed as though none of your words entered his ears , but all slid down his cheek S I 've met with such people , and Sir Robert Peel—when I read his Maynooth speeches—does remind me of ' em . AVhat a way he has of talking dotcn tlie side of a speech , and never answering it direct ! I hardly wonder that the playhouses don ' t flourish , when there's such capital actors of aU sorts in the Houses of Parliament .

      I had just been reading an account of two or three more Maynooth meetings , where some of the speakers talked about the true and the false religion , as though themselves had a sole and certain knowledge of what was true—what false : I had just been reading all this , when my eye fell upon a paragraph headed , "Lord Rosse's Telescope . " Lord Rosse , you must know , is one of those noblemen who do not pull off knockers—knock down cabmen—and always take a front seat at the Old Bailey on a trial for murder . No : he has been making an enormous telescope ; and the paragraph I write of , says —< "Marvellous rumours are afloat respecting the astronomical discoveries made by lord Rosse ' s monster telescope . It is said that Regulns , instead of being a sphere , is ascertained to be a disc ; and , stranger still , that the nebula in the belt of Orion is a universal system—a sun , with planets moving round it , as the earth and her feUow-orbs move round our glorious luminary . "

      > ow , at one tune , a manmight have been burnt alive for taking it upon himself to say that Regains was not a sphere , but a disc ; and that Orion ( I know nothing about him , saveand except that a marvellously fine poem , price one farthing , was lately published with his name , ) did not wear in his belt any nebula , but a universal system ! - Ia , grandmother I when I read of these things , I feel a mixture of pain and pity for men that , instead of having their hearts and spirits tuned by the harmony that God is always playing to them—( and they won't hear it , the leathern-eared sinners !)—think of nothing hnt swearing that one thing ' s a disc , and the other a nebula , —when they only look through smaU glasses , wanting tho great telescope to show ' em the real truth ! And so no more , from your affectionate grandson , Juniper Hedgehog .

      P . S . —I blush for myself , that I had almost forgotten to tell you that Doctor Wolff has come back , safe and sound , from the innermost part of India ; where he went to try to save the lives of two Englishmen , Stoddart and Conolly . It was like going into a tiger ' s den to take flesh from the wild beast And yet the stout-hearted man went ! Such an act makes us forget the meanness and folly of a whole generation ! Captain Grover—a heart of gold , that I—has published a book on the matter , called The Bokhara Victims . As no doubt the New Fork publishers—in their anxiety to diffuse knowledge—have already published it for some five cents , do not fail to read it . As for Doctor Wolff , I wonder what Englishmen wiU do for him ! If he'd come back from India after

      cutting twenty thousand throats , why , he might have had a round of dinners , diamond-hilted swords , wine-coolers , as big as buckets , and so on : as it is , I fear nothing can be done for him . However , we shall see .

      George Cruikshank's Table-Book. May. The...

      GEORGE CRUIKSHANK'S TABLE-BOOK . May . The illustrations to this entertaining publication are , as usual , excellent . The subject ot the large steel engraving is "The Demon of 1845 "— the "demon" being the incarnation of the present railway speculating mania . There is another "Demon of 1845 , " which we would gladly see satirised by the inimitable George—the demon which moves thousands to revel in the blood and death-throes of their fellow-creatures . When these thousands rush to the scene of some abominable murder , or throng and press for hours together to " enjoy" the sight of the last

      moments of some miserable wretch condemned to a violent death as a punishment for his crimes ' , surely they must be possessed with some demon of the most diabolical order— -a demon which we would fain see exorcised from the face of the earth . Amongst the literary contents of the Table-Booh , we have been much amused by the Editor ' s description of "The Stage Assassin , " the tale of the " Puce-coloured Carp , " and particularly by the sequel to " Betty Morrison ' s Pocket-Book . " From "Leavesfrom a new edition of Lempriere , " we give the following specimens of

      CLASSICS FOB THE MILLION . Ahcids , a famous glutton in Rome , who ate a leg of mutton and trimmings against Horace for a trifling wager . There were three < £ the same name , aS . famous for their voracious appetite , and ft was fortunate that they did not all live in the same reign , - for if they had all flourished and gormandised together , a famine might have been the consequence . The second was the most illustrious , for he wrote a cookery-book , which included a celebrated recipe for hashing a hecatomb . After dissipating nearly all his fortune in eating , he went and hanged himself , like a greedy boy who had spent all his money in tarts , and went into a corner to cry his eyes out . >

      Ahchimedes , a celebrated geometrician , of Syracuse , and original inventor of the invisible shell ; the advantage of his invention over that of Captain Warner consisting in the fact that Archimedes really did what the captain only talked about . When the town was taken , orders were given to save the philosopher , but a soldier killed him by mistake ; and Marcellus -raised a cylinder , which is something like a pea-shooter , to' his memory . . Archimedes used to boast that he had an apparatus for moving the earth , which , by-the-bye , he might have done to a certain extent with an ordinary shovcL He said that aU he required was a purchase , but no one seemed disposed to become the purchaser . There is a screw called by his name , which would seem to imply that he had dealt iu doubtful horses , or was of a somewhat stingy character .

      ; Taips Edinburgh Magazine-May. ' In Thi...

      ; TAIPS EDINBURGH MAGAZINE-May . ' In this number is concluded Mrs . Johksiosb's exciting and interesting story of " Celts aud Saxons ; or , the Goldsmith ' s Daughter , " which will add fresh wreaths to those already won by the authoress . " The Spring Novels" introduce us to some pleasant reading . An elaborate review of Thiers' " History of France under Napoleon" will supply the reader of this Magazine with all the points of the French politician's great work , so far as yet published . We have been delighted with a story concerning a Portuguese fiddler ( translated from the Portuguese ) contamed in this number ; it is the most delicious little morsel of a love tale we have read for sometime past . " 'The Disturbances in Switzerland" we have best shown our appreciation of , by transferring to our columns : the reader will find it entire in our seventh

      page , under the head of "Foreign Movements . " *• Prospect « f a Poor Law for Scotland" is an able paper , breathing the right sort of spirit . We would gladly have extracted from it , but having already made our selection , we cannot afford further room ; wemav , however , " return to it o « another occasion . In the "Politics of the Month , " the Maynooth , the Postroffice , and the Oregon questions are briefly considered . While we by no means share in the sanguine expectations of the writer in Tait as to the Blessings to be derived from " Free Trade , " we cordially sympathise with the spirit in which he denounces that "most hideous of calamities—that wildest and wickedest of follies "—a war between Great Britain and America . " Several other articles , reviews , & c , are contained in the present month ' s number , which is a very interesting one .

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      simmonds' colonial magazine-Mat . This is a more than usually interesting number , containing , however , much that we cannot approve of . Amongst the continuations are— " On the Agri culture of Hindostan ; " " Port Phillip and South Australia ; " and " Australian Sketches ;" : these last being very entertaining to the general reader , depicting , as they do , in the most pleasing style , with apparently no exaggeration , life as it is at the Antiiiodes . Amongst the new papers this month is a etterfromDr . Bdojs , "On the Defenceless Condition of Jamaica , " which shows clearly enough that in the event of a war with America , it will be next to a miracle that can save this far more costly than valuable appendage to this country , from falling into the hands of the Yankees . Yet , strange to say , having

      shown clearly enough , that , at least as far as the preservation of Jamaica is concerned , England is , at the present time , unprepared for war—the Doctor winds np with a whoop of defiance to the Americans ! He had better have reserved his "defiance" until , at least , he had been prepared to fight . In still stronger terms we must protest against the article signed W . S ., and entitled " Great Britain and the United States ; " the writer of which seems to pant for war , gravely arguing that it would be infinitely preferable to go to war with America now , than to put off the evil day , as "it is better to crush a single foe , instead of waiting for several to be let loose at once , " as , he contends , will be the case when Louis Pbilippb goes to his account , lie goes on"The States must , ia the case of war , be divided ;

      united to Texas , in a few years they would become too large and strong to make it safe for other nations . Divide the northern from the southern—make Texas a nation by itself , and their intestine jealousies will be such as to make them no longer to be feared by other nations , & c . " Against these damnable doctrines we protest . The mass of the English people , wc assure our American readers , entertain no such yiews as the above . Many things are said and done in the United States which the British Reformers regret , because they regard such sayings' and doings as inimical to the progress of free institutions . But the sentiments we have ' - above quoted from this Maoazine . will , we are sure , meet

      with the condemnation of nine-tenths of W British people . ' Amongst the usual fudge aboutthat poor belied , ill-used animal , the "British Lion , " the writer jn this magazine says— " Then , ; again , the English people are , with few excep tions , anxious that a war should take place , in order that the disgrace of Banker ' s Hill may be wiped out . " Why , this writer must be crasy ! ' The ^^ fact , is , that " the Engfrsh people , with few . exceptions , " rejoice that the battle of Booker ' s Hffl terminated as it did in givih g ^ e-! tory to the side of right and justice . -Hois ^ Bah brutal , and barbarous feeling dignified by knaves and fools with the high-sounding name of " nationalit y ^ —that feeling wMch , playeanpon by the unprincipled

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      writers in the Irish Nation , enables theni to fill their pockets , and make their dupes Jaughing-stocks for the world—that wretched prejudice , the last remnant of sayageism which prompts-men to hail with fiendish delight the " successes . " of , " iter , country " no matter though achieved at the cost of . every evil to mankind ; that feeling is all but banished from thebreaatsof Englishmen . ' There are " exceptions , " no doubt ; but the mass of the people woula . ratb . er see Akhbar-Khax . triumphant than Queen Victoria , provided their own sense of justice told them that the former- ' was in the right and the latter in the wrong . With one more extract from the writer in Simmonds' Magazine we must conclude . He says" Chartism and domestic discord sleep , and a ivar

      woidd drain off those turbulent spirits which , in a long peace , invariably spring up . " Yes , Chartism does sleep : we acknowledge the fact , and we thank this writer for reminding us of it ; but it sleeps not the sleep of death , but the sleep of a sure and glorious re-awakening . We beg the " turbulent spirits "men made turbulent by bad government and social wrong , to notice that a remedy for their grievances is intended for them in the " draining off " of a war ) This writer has discovered that what Byro . v calls the "brain-spattering , wind-pipe slitting art , " is the grand panacea for all existing ills . A stupid and sanguinary war is , according to him , the grand solution of the " Oondition-of-England Question . " We arc sorry that the editor of this useful magazine should have given up his pages to such a contributor ...

      At present we cannot afford room for further comment on this subject . We intend shortly , under the head of " Foreign Movements , " in our seventh page , to give a series of articles elucidating this Anglo-American War Question . In the meantime , we earnestly denounce as the worst enemies of their species , whether they be English Tories , Irish Repealers , or American ( so-called ) Democrats , all who would excite that most horrible of abominations , that most unparalleled of criminalities , a war between this country and the States . " A Few Hints on Foreign and Home Colonisation" contains a considerable amount of good sense , mixed up with no small share of nonsense . We have no space for comment , but as the article is to be continued , we may notice it on another occasion .

      There are several , other articles , most of them of a perfectly unexceptionable and interesting character , extracts from some one or more of which we had intended to have given ; but we find we have already occupied to the full the space we can afford : we , there fore , reluctantly forego our intention .

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      m WADE'S LONDON REVIEW-Mat . This ably-conducted Magazine continues its successful career , exposing abuses , vindicating sound principles , and diffusing sterling' information . In this number there is a continuation of the searching articleson "TheRoyal Society of England "—articles which must go far to cause the reform or break up of that jobbing conclave . " Increase of Crimes and Pauperism" is a well-reasoned article on the subjects ofwhich it treats . "The Character and Campaigns of Marlborough" exhibits that " hero" in no very admirable light . "The Maynooth College Question" is a sensible article , wliich may just now

      be profitably perused . " A Page of Truth , " by Ma tilda Duchesne , introduces us to some new facts of , and concerning , the character of the great' Btook ; The following account of the truly-noble poet is stated by the writer in Wade ' s Review to have been uttered verbatim by Robebt Rusniou , formerly page to the poet , and uttered by him to her , so recently as the 1 st of January , 1844 . The recontre of the two took place on the railway between York and Sunderderland . ^ The ex-page of the deceased poet was combatting with a teetotaler , and in the course of his observations remarked , I quite agree with my old master ' s opinion : —

      " Pew things surpass old wine—and they may preach Who please—the more , because they preach in vain . " This excited the attention of the lady ( the writer in the Review ) , who begged the page would tell her something of " our great poet . " The page complied , and we here present to our readers the chabactee of bibon bt his seevant , » odeet kushton . "Few knew Lord Byron ' s character better than myself , and I am very sure that all who really understood it must remember his name with pride and pleasure : I hare reason to add to these feelings the deepest gratitude for unceasing kindness . I was the son of a farmer on his estate , and from childhood was the object of his generosity ; I used frequently to accompany him in his rambles , and fishing and shooting expeditions . . More than once , indeed , was I saved from drowning by that superb dog , Boatswain , whom he has immortalised by the epitaph concluding , To mark a friend ' s remains these stones arise ; I never knew but one—and here he lies i '

      "Afterthe ( ferowCTient of his unfortunate marriage , I again went abroad with him ; * our route was across the Alps to Switzerland , thence to Italy and Greece-, but , at my mother ' s reouest , I returned home before he died , Oh , that he had lived but a few years longer , to prove his personal , character as great as bis intellectual superiority ! Ob , that he had lived to see his actions portrayed by the pea of truth instead of the barb of malice !" "There were unquestionably , " I replied , " some evil traits in his character , but I cannot help considering him as one ' more sinned against that sinning . '"

      " Indeed , it was so I Never has the world presented a stronger illustration of the words 'No prophet hath honour , isc He was of a proud and and most sensitive temper—a warm , generous heart , open as day to melting charity , and a mind that required more than ordinary soothing and' caressing . His friends—those whom he loved , and who loved him-iieould lead him whither they would ; their influence over him was literally unbounded ; and he was singularly tenacious in all his attachments , as well as generously forgiving to his enemies . He had a great and noble mind , formed by nature to he an example as well as a wonder to the age , —hut , mingled with his good qualities , he had also the weaknesses inseparably attached to them . Unfortunately for his country , most

      unfortunately for himself , his domestic position was through life calculated to foster his weaknesses into vices , —to suppress his good principles and feelings until , when they did , in spite of every restraint , burst forth , they resembled the fitful blaze of lightning or volcanic fire , rather than the steady , warm , and fructifying light of the sun . It was only during a very few years before the close of his brief career that Byron was really himself —that his heart , purified by a deep and genuine , although unhappy love , for one well worthy to inspire it—his mfnd elevated by the exercise of one of the noblest sentiments the human heart can feel—sympathy with the oppressed , —it was only then that he appeared as he was , or that the world began to understand his character , or to know the injustice that had been done him . "

      " Certainlyjthat is true , "Iremarked ; "butyoumust not forget that it required more . diicernment than the million possess to discern his real excellence , veiled as it was from ordinary sight , not merely by the malice of others , but by his own studious efforts to hide every feeling or emotion that would have done him credit , " " True , he had seen so much of cant and hypocrisy , — he had observed so much baseness under the veil of religion and morality , —that he fell into the error of imagining them to- be inseparable , —and , although his ardent and highly imaginative temperament , aided by great temptations , led him into many errors , so great was his abhorrence of cant , that he took no trouble either to conceal his real errors , or to contradict false aspersions , I will give you one anecdote of his early days , which he himself related with great gusto , —merely as a specimen of 'his tutors , confessor , and mother . ' One of the objects of his youthful aversions was an old chaplain , who was a perpetual spy on his actions , and who stood in

      high favour with Airs . Byron , from the tales he earned to her of his Lordship . On one occasion the old fellow laid information that he had detected Lord Byron kissing one of the maids . When called to account the young delinquent did not deny the imputation , and after exhaust-, ing herself and every English epithet of abuse at once , ' erit Mrs . Byron in a rage . ' His Lordship then turned round and informed the reverend intermeddler that he would be revenged on him indue time .- He was not a man to break his word ; as friend or foe , he was equally sincere , and he tracked the tale-bearer until he convicted him of a much less pardonable transgression . For a long time afterwards , when r-nd wherever he might meet him , he chanted in audible tones , 'From ( every parson knows what ) and all other deadly sins , good Lord , deliver us ! ' Can you wonder that such incidents as this and similar were well calculated to give him an intense horror of &!)?( in all its forms , —that it was almost gratifying to him to read the abuse showered on him , and then rejoice in the inward conviction that he was not that which he

      seemed ?" "But , injudiciously as his mother ' treated him—unjust as were the censures of the world—his ruin did not seem to be accomplished until the agency of Lady Byron came into action . I may perhaps be wrong in supposing it , but I cannot but think his disagreement with his wife gave the final blow to his happiness , and undermined all his determinations to reform . " "It was a fatal connection , " observed 'the Page ' mournfully , " a dreadful trial to himself , although perhaps a blessing to the world . Had he married Miss Chawcrth , or had he been the ha-tny husband of any

      other woman , the world would prob : ; 'Jy have lost some of his greatest works " ; but our own benefit should not make us forgetful of his anguished heart—his fevered brain . The bitterness , the sarcasm with which he speaks of the world—the contempt and aversion with which he mentions 'the sex' too frequently ought to be considered not as the deliberate sentiment of his calm mmd , but ^ s the false colour with Which , in the writhings of anguish , he seeks to invest the paradise from which he is exiled * — to . persuade himself , even more than the world > that his abandonment has been an act of deliberate choice . ' I can only compare the state of his mind for some time . after the separation—to what , were the body in question , we

      * On a scrap Of paper , m his handwriting , dated Ap ril 14 , 1816 , 1 find the following list of his attendants , with an annexed outline of his projected tour : — " Servants ' : —BergerTa Swissi'WilllftntFletcher ^ ahd Bo-6 erti ? usftt < m .- ^ 6 hnWiIuam Pc-lidori , M . D . —Switzer land , Flanders ,: Italy , and ( perhaps ) France , The two English seWants , ItwiB be ' 6 bi ( erted , % ere the same ^ 'YAwiari " and "' Page" who had set out with him on his youthful travels in 1909 , aud now , for the second and last time takmg leave of his native land 6 n the 28 ti of A $ rif , he sailed for Ostemt-Moose ' s Life of Byron .

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      should term h ysterical—a convulsive laugh , only assumed to prevent tears , and frequently '' mingUng both together . ' Hencei I should say arises that close " mingling ' of ' the absurd and the sublime which so frequently annoys the reader , even of his greatest works . No passage , perhaps , many poem ,. is . more fuU of deep pathos than 'The Shipwreck ; ' fffou Juan ] yat , even it is disfigured by the occasional tone of levity . 'They mourned for those who perished in the cutter , : , And . also for the biscuit-casks and butter . ' On the other hand ,, the prevailing deep melancholy of his own mind breaks out in the tightest aud gayest passages , and produces some of the most deeply affecting pictures of the desolation of the heart . Do you remember the first canto of Don Juan , where , after satirising evcrv tiling and person within his reach , he breaks out with * iVo more ! no more ! 0 , never more on me

      , The freshness of the heart can fall like dew . Which out of all the lovely things ne see Extracts emotions beautiful and nen-, Hived in our bosoms like tlie bag o' the bee -. Think ' st thou tho honey with those objects grew ? Alas ! 'twas not in them , but in thy power , To double e ' en the sweetness of a flower . So more ! no more ! 0 , never more , my heart , Canst thou be my sole world , my universe ? Once all in aU , but now a thing apart ! Thou canst not be my blessing or my curse ; Th' illusion ' s gone for ever , and thou art Insensible , I trust , but none the worse ; And in the stead I ' ve got a deal of judgment , Thoughheavenknowshow it everfouuda lodgment !'

      ;« Skehad a fe arful power , " I observed . "I have often tried to picture to myself the woman whom Byron could select as a wife . " " Ah ! you would have been surprised indeed had you known her . She was rather pretty , and with some pretensions to Blue-ism , ' a poor substitute in woman for qualities in . which she was utterly deficient , —mind , heart , and soul , —possessing not one idea of her own ; incapable of deviation from tho precise line of opinions prescribed as orthodox in her own home , —never abandoning herself to one generous impulse , or one glow of enthusiasm , —a mere-thing of truisms—a being of conventionality . She married him because , although not in the

      zenith of his fame , he was , a Lord , and a Lion—voila teid ! As a natural consequence , the wedded pair had no sentiment in common—no heart-union—and so , when his glowing imagination burst forth in poetic rapture , she called him . 'Fool' and thought him ' madman !' Their politics , too , were at variance ; she thought it derogatory to her nigh estate to mingle with her inferiors . He , on the other hand , was , like all true poets , a , philanthropist ; his enlarged mind led him to consider the whole human race as his brethren , aud to be courteous to the poorest and the meanest . > All this ; as Lord Byron could not understand , she despised , and had not sense to conceal her contempt . "

      . " I need scarcely ask if you blame him for the separation !" " Oh , no ! His passionate attachment to his child precluded that . He , would , I am sure , have endured anything rather than that parting . Doubtless , during his brief probation as a married man , his temper was greatly soured by the daily harass of embarrasments , with which his high spirit . ill fitted him to cope ;; but what tender , or even honourable wife , would consider that a cause , for abandon , ing a husband ? It was painful to witness the agony he

      endured when he thought ' of his separation from his daughter : his lip would quiver and his , brow contract , like those of a person enduring excessive agony , while , in spite ' of his pride , tears would roll down his cheek . He could not bear to hare such ' emotion witnessed , and would turn away almost fiercely . It was strange , yet true , that his wife was the , . only woman who appeared to have no re .-gard for him ; . no other could resist his fascinating manners ; but she could hear liim spokeu of in term ' s that any other wife would have resented as a deep insult—and so she was praised by his enemies !

      ' Calmly she heard each calumny that rose , And saw his agony with such sublimity , That all the world exclaimed , What magnanimity !' "He could not behave ill to any woman . " 'I have heard , "Iremarked , "that even in his habits he was very peculiar . " " He was so , certainly . On a wet drizzling day , when every one else was luxuriating at the fire , he would be out all day ; and , if it were particularly suitable for exercise , he would be either in his library or 'MUcMng' on the grass under a tree ; in deep thought . Just before he joined the patriots of Greece I left him—a step which I have repented ' deepl y ever since . I never saw roy noble master again . Poor fellow ! he had been hardly used . " ¦ ¦ Those who ought to have been his dearest friends were his worst enemies , and he had nono to whom he could look for comfort . How heartbreaking are all his allusions to that great domestic trial ! All others had been comparatively lighi or had served to arouse his powers ; but he sank under it .

      * AH my feehngs have been shaken Pride , which not a world could bow , Bows , to . thee—by , thee forsaken ; , E ' en my soul forsakes me now !' " For a while it seemed as if , having nothing to hopenothing more dreadful to fear , he had become perfectly reckless . But not long did this mood last . He awoke to his better self—to active exertion , not only in his literary career—but as one . possessing means and will to be a benefactor to his fellow-man . How liberally , even in his days of poverty , his purse was shared with the unfortunate , many can attest , how he devoted it , and all his energies also , to the welfare of his . fellow men . In the glorious struggle for the liberty of others he lived—for it he died . It is most interesting to watch the gradual refining of his mind during the latter years of his life ; how

      generously he acknowledged / the errors into which his impetuosity had led him in earlier life ; , how , even to her who had caused him much misery , every word was kind and thoughtful ( to his mother he had ever been so ); how careful he was of the welfare ( temporal and eternal ) of his children ; how devoted and faithful to her whom he loved , illegally , indeed ; but , considering national customs , we can scarcely pronounce more thati ' iniAajipily . ' Many teU us to walk in the paths of virtue . Byron did morehe gave those whom lie advised the youier of acting up to it . If we live to see his character viewed apart from prejudice and party , unsullied by cant and hypocrisy , we shall find that very many of his enemies' accusations consisted of mere random invective and proofless assertion . Hisfaults were those of education and circumstance , —his great and noble qualities were all his own !

      ' He was a man , take . lum for all in all , We-ne'er shall look upon his like again . " The narrator of the above conversation states that she has given Mr . Rusmos ' s words . " without qualification or curtailment . " We beg to thank the lady , and also the editor of the' London Review , for giving publicity to this " Page of Truth . " The length of the above , extract prevents any further comment on our part , other than expressing our reiterated approbation of this talented magazine .

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      THE ILLUMINATED MAGAZINE-Mat . We wish to do justice to this popular Magazine in its new form ; and , therefore , we are compelled , by want of room , to postpone our comments till next week .

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      THE LONDON ENTERTAINING MAGAZINE —Paht V . London : B . D . Cousins , 18 , Dukestreet , Lincoln's-inn-fields . We had intended to have given an extract from the well-stored pages of this truly-entertaining publica tion , but want of space forbids . The part before us is brimful of good things , and well deserves universal encouragement .

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      THE ENGLISH INSTITUTIONS : AN EDUCATIONAL POEM . By Am . es Davenpobt . London : Cleave , Shoe-lane . The name of Alles Davespobt must be familiar to many of our -readers as that of a patriot long active in . the cause of freedom , and associated with every popular movement in this country from the time of the'Spenceans to ' the'time of the Chartists . Age , and its consequent infirmities , prevent him now taking that active part in the struggle for liberty which he formerly took , but we have the best evidence for believing that his sympathies are as warm as ever for all that is connected with man's

      progression and man ' s happiness . It is pleasing to us to have the opportunity of acknowledging the benefits conferred by sucli men as Allen Davenport upon their ' order ; ' ami it is no' less a duty with us to remin d , theyoung'men of the present day of those services , and the gratitude they owe to such men . The poem before us is too small in size and costonly two or threepence ; we believe- ^ to render it necessary for us to ^ extract from it ,- it being within the reach of . all who choose to patronise .. the author We may , however , add , that the poem has our approbation , and will be found worthy the perusal of all who honour struggling ability and consistent patriotism .

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      THE CIRCULAR OF THE ANTI-PERSECU TION UNION . London : Watson , Paul ' s-alley . The Anti-Persecution Union is a society established for the protection of all who may be assailed by the law ' s persecution for the free expression of their opinions ; and also to aid in obtaining the repeal of all laws ' fettering ' the right of free speech , and unrestricted publication . If confines its sympathies to no sector party ; and gives its aid to allwho may be oppressed > irrespective , of their tenets or opinions . The case of Mr . Joussos of Hull is just now occupying the attention' of the society . The first number of the Oircutor ^ ays— ' '

      The prosecution of Mr , Johnson arose out of lectures delivered in Hull ,: by Mrs , Marti ^ , in . September last . Mr . Johnson , for the . act , of haying received the admission money at the door on that occasion , was fitted ' £ 20 and ' costs ^ -his' house was 'tak & i plo ' sseteiion ' ofby the' police , " and his goods , to several times the above amouaty sold by public auction inpayment ., To effect tWs ,, recou « 8 e . 1 WBS bad to an infamous and obsolete , statute ! the ' 39 $ h of . Geo . III : / knbwri as the 6 ajjgi ' ng Act ; - As ' gobri ^ tbese proceedings were reported to the AntiiPerseeutkm Pmon ; fte . committfce qalled / apubljc meeting , ia , London , wbere , i upon it being shown , that the conviction . of Mr . Johnson was entirely illegal—a recent Act '( the W Victoria , c . ' 12 ) , havingordered & aWoitotetWoM ( he 89 « 'o / fi ^ . iZ ? i thatt he ' V ^ ruaetSLpromed by \ th « rAttomy < G « nerali it was agreed , that as this prosecution was undertaken at

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      the instigation of a . local functionary in Hull , and not by the Attorney-General , an action for the recovery of tlie fine would hold good . An action was ordered , and the Union fqrthwithbrought one . i ; For further particulars of this cjisc we must refer tlie reader to the Circular . The Union has ,. we know , recently had a large accession of , members , but the members' . contributions being . fixed at a very trifling sum ,. these sums alone will be hisuffioicmVto sustain the . action : other assistance . is : therefore needed , and will , wc hope , bo forthcoming ; for a more infamous violation , of every principle of right and justice—and it appears of law too—wc never knew , than the case of Mr . Joussos presents Wc commend this Circular to all who are in favour of the free expression of thought and opinion .

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      THE TRUTH-SEEKER — No . IV . —THE NATIONAL TEMPERANCE ADVOCATE-April , Mat . . These publications contain several talented and interesting articles . Botli ably support the principles of which they are the exponents .

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      THE RISING SUN ; or , LINES ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS . By Frederick Livesly Pbter Fooo . Stockport .-It may be one of the " rights of man" for a man to make a fool of himself : ; but if so , he has no right to annoy others with his folly . For his own sake , we advise Mr ; Fogg to desist from his printing and publishing . " 0 wad same power the giftie gle us To see ourself as itficrs see us . ' It wad frae monie a blunder free us An' foolish , notion . " Let Mr . Fogg reflect upon this , and take our advice .

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      Fatal Collisiox at Sea . —The steam-vesscl Tiger ,

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      which arrived on Monday afternoon in the river from Cork , was ran into by a large brig oh the night of Sunday-last , off Dover . Several of the passengers were asleep on . the , forecastle , and immediately the crash took place they all started up inastate of terror , thinking that the vessel . was sinking , and endeavoured to make their way aft ! ' One man ; who with his wife and child was asleep on the side on which the collision took place , immediately snatched the infant

      away from its mother , and was following the rest , when be put out his hand toi grasp hold of the bulwarks , riot knowing , in the darkness which prevailed , that they had been carried away , and in one moment both , he and the child were precipitated into the waves , and were never seen more . The poor wife , upon learning the fate of her husband and infant child , was completely frantic . The engines of the Tiger were immediately stopped , and she subsequently took the brig into tow and brought her up to Graveserid . '

      Extbaorwa'ahv Proceedings is a Cnuncii . — Windsor , Mokdav . —A curious circumstance occurred yesterday at the parish church of Clewer , near . Windsor , , wkich has . been tho subject since of general remark arid comment throughout tho neighbourhood It appears that the Rev . Mr . Carter , the rector , invariably enforces that rubric which requires the baptismal service to be performed after the second lesson . Yesterday one of the male sponsors at a christening was rejected by the rector upon the ground that he considered him to be unfit to undertake such a responsibility . The man so rejected being , we believe , rather deaf , and not particularly " bright , " appeared not to comprehend very clearly the nature and cause of his having bften objected to ; accordingly ,

      during the remainder | ol the service , he . wandered about the sacred edifice , muttering aloud , to himself , and expressing great dissatisfaction and annoyance at the stigma cast upon his character . The service was much'interrupted by this unseemly exhibition . A parishioner who was present , observes— " If Mr . Carter thought the man was unfit to be a sponsor he was right , and did his duty in objecting to nim ; but oughthe not to have ascertained beforehand who was going to be sponsor , and thus have avoided such a painful scene ? . Will Mr . Carter compel the n ' c 7 » as well as the yoor to have their cluidren baptized immediately after the second lesson ? Does tlio reverend gentleman intend to carry out all the rubric , or only so much as he ; pleases ?"

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      BANKRUPTS . ( From Tuesdays Gazette , Man 6 -J William Thurnell , Leadenhall-strcet , City , upholsterer —George WaiTiner , Lloyd ' s Coffee-house , City , tavernkeeper— llichard Robinson , King William-street , Strand , wholesale spirit-merohaht—John and Thomas Batt , Old Broad-street , City , dealers in silk—Edward Stone Darvell , Great Towerstrcet , City ; colonial broker—David Cesser , Woolwich , Kent , victualler—William James ; Taylor , Highstreet ,. Camden Town , grocer—Robert Cross , Colchester , Essex , corn-merchant—William Meeson , Aston , Staffordshire , innkeeper—William Start , Sneinton , Nottinghamshire , lacc-maker—Henry Bent , Brierley-hill , Staffordshire , chain-maker—James Haigh , of Honley , Yorkshire , clothier —John Ward Newton and Francis Jacob Newton , Rotherhain , Yorkshire , spirit-merchants—Christopher Hall , Sheffield , grocer—John Brown and Alexander Urquhart , Manchester , carpet-warehousemen—Moses Humphries , Manchester , joiner—George Lawrie , Fleetwood-upon-Wyre , Lancashire , . chemist—Michael Cox , Weymouth , Dorsetshire , ironmonger—Thomas Forsyth , Durham , hotelkeeper .

      declarations of dividends . S . Bateman , Birmingham , factor , second dividend of Is 8 J 0 in the pound , any Thursday , at the office of Mr . Christie , Birmingham . M . Hadley , Walsall , druggist , second dividend of fijd in the pound , any Thursday , at the office of Mr . Christie , Birmingham . N . Beard , Beech-street , Barbican , leather-seller , dividend of l | d in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Follett , Snmbrook-court , Basinglmll-strect . E . Turmaine , Canterbury , porter-merchant , final dividend of l | d in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Follett , Sambrook-cdurt , Basinghall-stvcet . S . Skinner , Grecnham ,- Berkshire , brewer , dividend of ^ d in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Follett , Sambrook-court , Basinghall-street . 0 . Dotesio , Slough , Buckinghamshire , hotcl-keeper , dividend of is in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mi-. Follett , Sambrook-court , Basinghall-street . W . 0 . Thompson , Liverpool , merchant , second dividend of 15-10 ths parts of a penny in the pound , any Monday , at the office of Mr . Turner , Liverpool ;

      Broughton- and Garnett , Nantnich , Cheshire , bankers , fifth dividend of 3 d in the pound , on Saturdays , May 24 and 31 , and any ' subsequent Monday , at the " office of Mr , Turner , Liverpool , i B . Saylc and T . Booth , Sheffield , ironmasters , second dividend of 2 s 6 d in the pound , and , upon new proofs , first dividend of 7 s § d iu the pound , any Tuesday , at the office of Mr . Fearne , Leeds , , ,,,,,, T . Burton , Bramham , yorkshire , shoemaker , first and final dividend of 2 s 5 d in the pound , any Tuesday , at the office of Mr . Hope , Leeds . E . L , A ' arohs , St . James ' s-place , Aldgate , oilman , first dividend of Is lOd in the pound , on new proofs , any Saturday , at the office of Mr . Edwards , Frederick's-place , Old Jewry . D . Roderick , St . Martiu ' s-court , victualler , second dividend of 2 d in the pound , any Saturday , at the office of Mr . Edwards , Frederick ' s-place , Old Jewry . T . Berridge , Manchester , tobacconist , second dividend of % 1 in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . PottManchester .

      , 0 . A . Bradbury , Stockport , draper , final dividend of Is 2 Jd in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Pott , Manchester . J . Whitlow , Manohester , laccraan , first dividend of 4 s 6 d in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Pott , Manchester . f . Binder , Leeds , butcher , second dividend to first class creditors , 3 s ljd in the pound ; second and third class , 2 s 6 d in the pound ; and fourth class , Is 8 d in the pound , any Tuesday , at the office of Mr , Hope , Leeds .

      DIVIDENDS . May 29 , J , C . Johnson , Lawrence Pountney-MU , * Cannon-street , City , merchant—May 23 , J , Johnson , Little Abingdon , Cambridgeshire , builder—May 29 , A . M . Soulby , St . Mory-at-Hill , City , wine-merchant—May 29 , S . and T . F . Jackson , Bermoudsey-street , woolstaplers—May 29 , G . Winning , Dover-street , Piccadilly , upholsterer—May 29 , C . Teesdale and R . Toulson , Westminster Bridge-road , furnishing-warehoiisemeh—June 4 , H . Turner , Theobald ' sroad , Bedford-row , cowkeeper—May 28 , II . Bundey , Upper York-place , Portland Town , builder—June 6 , W . Meek , Southampton , ironmonger—May 28 , J . Potter and W . Maude , Manchester , calico-printers—May 28 , W . Heginbottom , Ashton-under-Lyne , Lancashire , cotton-spinner—May 29 , J . Jones , Chester , fellmonger—June 17 , II . W . Blackburn , Bradford , Yorkshire , woolstapler—June 17 , J . Prior aud II . Brady , Kuigston-upon-Hull , brush-manufacturers—June 12 , J ., W ., J „ S ., G ., and J . Wood , Liversedge , Yorkshire , machine-makers—June 12 , 11 . Elliott , Sheffield , merchant—May 30 , W . Harris , Castle Hayes , Staffordshire , brickmaker—May 29 , W . Ambrose , Awre , Gloucestershire , timber-merchant—May 29 , W . Adamson , Hexham , Northumberland , butcher—May 29 , J . Brown , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , cooper .

      Certificates to bo granted , unless cause be shown to the contrary on the day of meeting . May 29 , J . Taylor , Market-street , May-fair , Carpenter-May 27 , W . Meek , Southampton , ironmonger—May 30 , R . Kipling , Wood-street , Cheapside , warehouseman—May 28 , J . Vurrell and T . Hall , Thetford , Norfolk , iron-founders—May 28 , H . Turner , Theobald ' s-row , Bedford-row , cowkeeper—May 28 , W . Henderson , Sunderland , mercer-May 27 , W . Fergusson , Liverpool , draper—May' 27 , J . Jones , Chester , fellmonger—May 28 , T . Robinson , Eccleston , Lancashire , lime-burncr-rMay 30 , E . Brown , Birmingham , merchant—May 27 , R . Champion , Fridaystreet , City , furrier—Mav 27 , J . Forrester , New-cut , Lambeth , grounds-merchant—May 27 , W . Behnes , Osnaburghstreet , New-road , marble-merchant—May 27 , S . Smeeton , West Smithfield , cattle-salesman-May 27 , C . S . Havsard , Colchester , tallow-cbaudler-May 27 , H . Bentley , Liverpool , commission-agent .

      rAMNEBSHIPS DISSOLVED . J . Williamson , H . Anderton , ' and P . Harrison , Pendleton , Lancashire , dyers—W ... iG . \ Vinuan andR . Georga ,. f enzanee , woolstaplers—S . Reed and T . Walton , Fetterlane , City , goldsmiths—R . Cameron and J . Dow , Lockwood , Yorkshire , surgeons—J . ,-Fjjnge and 6 . ^ hmd , . Change-alley , City ; wine-merchants—J . Jones and R . o . Marsh , Liverpool ; surgeon ' s—L . arid A . Heyroan > Liverpool , outfiUers-7-E . Charlton-and J . ^ Grcen , Ardv ^ ck , Lanea-, shire , bone size-manufacturers—J . and R . S , Wilson , HandswortK . - 'SWfrorushvfe . ' huilders-H ; P . Fischer-an * iF ,, I « us , - . NewcaBtie-upon-Tyne , merchantsH ; hugg ana B . Shaw , Upper QueeVs-row , . Cambridge-road r Mue ^ nd , . ' snrgeons-J ^ Blb-xsoDJeiand' J . ft-Carr , ^ odbr ^ e , Sufi . ' folk , Unendrapers ^ B . S . uupsou and J : » nMVLW « . ! oabmet-makersl-W \ F . Gostling andTlVC . Toker . GodUI man . street , . Doctors ^ ommom ) , ' Proctors-IL i . V . TopUs and HMButterfield , ^ . PauPa Churchyard , foreign mer ; ' chants-J . Cunning ham and H . Robley , Bristol , West S ; merchant D Bertolird and : A , Christie , St Martin ' s-street , St . Martin-m-the-fields , hateLkeepersi

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      Courtship . —A man , to be successful in love , should think only of his mistress and himself . Rochelou cault observes , that lovers are never tired of each other ' s company , because they are always talking ot themselves . Tbmpti . vci Offer . —An advertisement in a Philadelphia paper reads as follows : — " Stolen , a watch worth ' a hundred dollars . If the thief will return it he shall be informed , gratis , where lie may steal one worth two of it , and no questions asked . "

      The ItuLWATS asd the Lawyers . —It has been calculated that one hundred thousand pounds will go into the pockets of the lawyers during the present session of Parliament in the shape of tees to counsel for attending before committees i > t the House of Commons . If there is such an outlay for law , the estimates for making a railwav siioula include not only iron , but brass . What . a Shame!—If there is any law against badger-baiting , it is broken evcrv night in the House of Commons , where poor lloubv , the Tamworth badger , is regularly baited , to the ' high diversion of the lovers of cruel sport .

      Quick Passage . —Mr . Gladstone left the Ministry some time back , taking with him a small bundle ot principles sooner than part with one of them , and started immediately for the Opposition . In less than , twenty-one days Mr . Gladstone returned , meeting his old friends at the very same point at which he had left them ; but the honourable gentleman was compelled on the journey to throw away his principles in order to hasten his return . This is the quickest passage that has been effected within tlie recollection of the oldest member . —Punch . ¦• A Cote Fox . —In Ireland a sharp fellow is said to be " as cute as Power ' s fox—the fox of BaUybotherem , which used to read the papers every morning to find out where tlie hounds were to meet . "

      Litebarv News . —Last Saturday ' s papers contain two interesting annonnccments : —Louis Philippe makes Victor ilugo a peer of France , and the Duke of Wellington calls the Morning Post a liar . In France the journalists think that the King has besf .. v- /?« deserved honour on one of their profession . 11 , C upland the Morning Post feels much obliged because the JJuke accuses it of falsehood . In return for tlus compliment , the brave Briton cringes down to the testy old nobleman's feet , and prays that his Grace way l . v immortal . In France , then , a literary man is made ft duke ; in England he is happy to be kicked by M (> . What English writer won't be proud ofliis pnvcssiptt after that—and of his station in the cai . tiy . ~ -aai thank the Morning Post for representing him . — /« . —[ Whether to be called a "liar" by the Duke of Wellington , or be niadoa Viscount by that incarnation of meanness , hypocrisy , and rascality , Louis PiutiPFE , he tlie greatest honour , we leave to

      casuists to determine . We think it to be about six of- one and half-a-dozen of the other . When the Duke calls the Editor of the Posta "liar , " aud the Post-wan snivels his admiration of the Duka in reply , no one is surprised , this being quite in keeping with the thorough baseness of the literary hacks who soil themselves to do the dirty work of the aristocracy . But when Vicron Iloao doffs the poet ' s crown , to brand his brows with the coronet of a viscount , there is indeed cause for surprise and sorrow . Alas ! that he , of all men , should exlubit such self-abasement ! That he should become one of the things—the took—of a perjured king , to register Iibcrticidal edicts , and condemn brave men toi the dungeon and the guillotine for resisting a tyrant's crimes ! Such arc tho functions of a peer of France—such is henceforth the grovelling , work of Vicion Hugo I " How are the mighty fallen . "Ed . JV . S . ]

      Bdst / jss AftiW . —Why arc fashionable ladies like good painters ? Because they till up the bach ground so well . Ak Example worth Fouowiko . —Louis Philippe has set an admirable example to her Majesty . He has issued an ordinance relieving Guizot temporarily of his official duties , upon the ground that he needs " repose . " All things considered , we should say Sir Robert would feel grateful for a similar exoneration . If he wouldn't we should ! An American Plea for Acquitting a Murderer . —At New Orleans , a young man named Hatch stabbed a companion so that he died . He was arraigned for murder , but the jury acquitted him on the plea that "the deceased had threatened to slap his ( the prisoner's ) face . " The crime seems to us to have been as foul a murder as was ever committed , and the murderer ' s acquittal seems most strange and remarkable .

      Jullien's Pbisox Music —M . Jullien—out of abounding gratitude for the p atronage he has obtained from the musical English—has had a poor widow spirited away from her five children , and locked up in Whitecross-street , for having in her ignorance sold four copies of a work which had pirated one melody from the great Frenchman . We are no apologists for literary , musical , or any other pirates ; but we do think that a man ' s heart-strings must be as rigid aa the strings of his fiddle—that he must be wholly fitted up with cat-gut—who would consign a really innocent woman to tlie miseries of a I gaol for an unconscious infringement of the law of copyright . However , let Mrs . Charlotte Templeman , of 5 , Great Portland-street , Oxford-street , tell her ' own story . She was served with a bill of injunction : the widow was put in Chancery : — " Knowing nothing whatever of law , I vtamcdiately calkd . wpon M . 1 Jullien , and also upon his solicitor , Mr . Lewis , No . 9 ,

      Lower Grosvcnor-strect , Bond-street , and stated to liiiu my sale and profit [ the profit id . ]; and I also assured him that no more of the melody should be sold by me . Things remained in tills state until yesterday , when two sheriff's officers entered my shop , and took mc to Whitecross-street prison , where I remained all night . How I have been liberated I know not , any more than why I have been confined , only that I have been obliged to pay 26 s ., and sign a paper , the contents of which I know no more of than the man in the moon . " —We think it only right that the ladies in high life—whom Jullien delights to acknowledge as his patronessesshould know of the charity exercised by their minstrel towards a poor woman , fighting the world ' s hard fight , to support five fatherless children . Perhaps , further to ingratiate himself with fashionable wives and mothers , M . Jullien may compose the Whitecross-street Polka , to be especially danced by widows and orphans . —Punch .

      No svch Sinecure—A widow lady has written to us to ascertain if we can inform her how she can obtain for her youngest son the situation of a > " Commissioner for the Reduction of the National Debt . " He is not older than fifteen , she says , and is very well qualified for the situation , as he has been brought up like a gentleman , and never been accustomed to do any tiling . We are afraid from this description the young man will hardly suit , as the duties for the reduction are so'heavy , that a report has not yet been published , though it has occupied the attention of the ablest arithmeticians for years . —Ibid . . Cure of Pauper Souls . —The Aylesbury Board of

      Guardians : have reduced the salary of Xhi Union ' chaplain , Mr . Gleadah , from £ 20 to £ 10 , ' . This is prudent and economic . It is well known that pauper souls—unlike the souls of the rich and respectable , ' ' that require especial care—may be tfured , like-her''rings , by the thousand . Hence , Mr . 'Gjeadah is ex- ; pectcd to euro wholesale , and is paid accordingly !— Ibid . .. . 'J - Tue Oldest Inhabitant . —We have finally , found' * l out who that much talked of individiial , tlje Voidest '• « inhabitant" is . An elderly chap , speaking-. ' qi'his'J i J great knowledge of the western countiy ; th ' e ' other '• day , said that he had known the Mississippi river' ^ ever since it was a small creek . He . ' sthc > man " : J- New Orleans Picayune . ¦¦ ' ' ' '"'' : "i

      , . , , A Personal Reflection . — " I see the'villain in- j i- j your face , " said a western judgefto' -an Irish prisoner . ; . ; : < May't please your worship , " replied Pat , ' , ' that , fj must be a personal reflection , sure . , '¦''¦] ¦ ¦ - ., ' - ., "Thou art tbk Man . "—An heiress one day : told j 4 j her physician , who attended her during along illness , ) s , ) that she had made up her mind to marry . UponhiS ) is j asking the name of the chosen fortunate one , she bid'j id' \ him go home and open his Bible , giving him chapters ef r and verse , and he would find it out . . lie did so , atiu - & A thus he read— " Nathan said to David , thou art the- heman . " -.. ; ¦ ¦> .. ¦

      A Happy and Indephndent Man . —AttheMagis « i ; is « l tratcs'Office , at Huddersfiold , tho following curious ' > us >' scene was lately exhibited : —James Bottom , a care ? ' re ?' less-looking , humourous , good-looking fellow , was' vas summoned by the Surveyors of Marsh for 2 s . 6 d ., due' lue < from him for highway-rates , when the following col- [ » 1-Joqur ensued : —Magistrate— "Why don't'you pay " . &?• this 2 s . 6 d . ? " Bottom — "Because I never paid ' ; aid ' ; taxes in my life . " ( Laughter . ) Magistrate— " What ¦ hat rent do you pay ? " Bottom— " None ; I ne ' er paid > aid anv in all my " life . " Magistrate— " How do you ' ' you live ? " Bottom— "Why , I lives in a cot . " Magis- ' tgistrate— "Who lives with you ? " Bottom— "I lives lives

      by myself . ( Laughter . ) Magistrate— " Well ; they they will take your goods for payment . " Bottom— "Ah . ' - Ah ! but I have no goods . " Magistrate— " Why you must iffust be a happy man ; you pay no rent , no taxes , have ho re no goods—where do you sleep ? " Bottom— " On a bed , - bed , but its a fixture . " ( Laughter . / 'Magistrate— " I - " I tUinkyc-u' & re a fixture . " Bottom- ^ - " Very 1 ' ikely . " ely . " { Roars of laughter , ' amidst which this independent ident happy' man walked with much deliberation out ofut of the Court !) An order was , ' however , made , but on ut on what to execute it may perhaps be a puzzle . —Leeds Leeds Intelligencer .- ; ; ¦ '

      Impotence . —Fitzroy Kelly , examining a' veryfoune'young ''' lady , who was a witness in a case of assault , asked ' aakea'l ' her if the person who was assaulted did not give theve the * defendant very iUknguagc and wttei . other VvoraB'woroBB sobad thathe ; the learnea counsel , had mtimpitdeiuse ^ den enough to repeat them ;' she rephV in tHe ; affirm & ffirma ^ tive . "Will you , madam , be kin . enough ; "then / ''tuen ; ,, ,, said he , "to tell the court what th «' words werC ' " were' W —" . Why , Sir , " replied she , "if you have ' notimp ^ i'impM dence enough to speak them , how cim ' yori 8 a (^ 8 uJ $ o * $

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 10, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_10051845/page/3/