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      Masch 15, 1845. The Northern Star. - 5

      Masch 15 , 1845 . THE NORTHERN STAR . - 5

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      BAEBOW EEMK 1 SCENCES-PEEL AND BYRON "Peel and I were at Barrow together . Peel is a knowing fellow , and wfll get on . in the world . He beat meat Jessies , hut in declamation I was at least his equal . "MoorfiLifeofBgron . " ¦ Robert has doubled his fortune , and ruined his country . "— Sir Robert FeeFs father . "jUl our happ iness consists In being well deceived .

      "EMOshPdte-BTBOH . " There is a pleasure in the lonely woods ; There is a rapture on the sounding shore - There is society when none intrudes , By the deep sea , and music in its roar : I love not man the less , out nature more From these our interviews , in which I steal Prom aR I may be , or have been before , . To mingle > iih the universe , and feel What I can ne ' er express . yet cannot all conceal . "

      KM . " There is a pleasure in the artful dodge ; T he r e is ' a rapture in the official phrase ; Therels society where none intrudes—On Treasury bench , and Cabinet dinner days , In Downing-street , St Stephen ' s echoing floor : I love not man the less , bnt self the more , Prom these re-unions , whence my colleagues find Life ' s truest wisdom is—tceB to deceive mankind . "

      BTEOH . " 0 that the desert were my dwelling place , With one fair spirit for my minister , That I might aR forget the human race , And , hating no one , love but only her . Ye elements , in wliose congenial stir I feel my soul exalted ! can ye not Accord me such a being f Do I err In deeming such inhabit many a spot , Though with them to converse may rarely be our lot !" FEEL . " 0 that St . Stephen ' s were my dwelling place , " With a weR guRed ' majority * mine own , That I might humbug the whole human race , And , hating no one , love myself alone ; Te ' aye / and ' mxs ? in whose congenial stir Ifiel ny soid exalted ! can ye sot Accord me such a party * Do I err Is deeming such must dwell in such a spot , Though weR to grdl them aU may rarely be my lot V Chronicle .

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      The "Feastof The Poets " Will Be Postpon...

      The "Feastof the Poets " will be postponed from the 22 nd to the 29 th inst .

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      COSINGSBT ; or THE NEW GENERATION . BtB . D'Ibbjusij , Esq ., M . P . —London : Colbum , Great Maxlborough-street . ( Omtimied from the Northern Star of March 8 . J 8 ID 0 XU . A 30 ) C 05 THGSBT—HEBREW ASCEMUNCI . Since your society ias become agitated in England , and powerful combinations menace your institutions , you find the once loyal Hebrew invariabl y arrayed in t he same ranks as the leveRer and the latitudinarian , and prepared to support the policy which may even endanger his life and property , rather than tamely continue under a system which seeks to degrade bun . The Tories lose an important election at a critical moment ; 'tis the Jews come forward to vote against them . The Church is alarmed at the scheme of a latitudinarian university and learns , with relief , that funds are not forthcoming

      for its establishment ; a Jew immediately advances and endows it . Yet the Jews , Coningsby , are essentially Tories . ; Toryism , indeed , is but copied from the mighty prototype which has fashioned Europe . And every generation they must become more powerful and more dangerous to the society which is hostile to them . Do you think that the quiet , humdrum persecution of a decorous representative of an EngRsh university can crush those who have successively baffled the Pharaohs , Nebuchadnezzar , Rome and the feudal ages ! The fact is , you cannot destroy a pure race of the Caucasian organisation It is a physiological fact ; a simple law of nature , which has baffled Egyptian and Assyrian kings , Roman emperors , and Christian inquisitors . So penal laws , no physical tortures , can effect that a Superior race should be absorbed in an inferior , or be destroyed by it . The m ixed , persecuting races disappear ; the pure , persecuted

      race remains . You never observe a great intellectual movement in Europe in which the Jews do not greatly participate . The first Jesuits were Jews : that mysterious . Russian diplomacy which so alarms Western Europe , is organised and prinripaRy carr i ed on by Jews ; that ' mighty revolution which is at this moment preparing in Germany , and which will be , in fact , a second and greater Reformation , an d o f which s o littl e i s , as yet , known in England , is entirely developing under the auspices of Jews , who almost monopolise the professorial chairs of Germany . Ueander , the founder of Spiritual Christianity , -and who

      is Regius Professor of Divinity in the University of Berlin , is a Jew ; Denary , equally famous , and in the same university , Is a Jew ; W ^ eW , file Arabic Professor of Heidelberg , is a Jew . Years ago , when I was in Palestine , I met a German student who was accumalating materials for the History of Christianity , and studying the genius of the place ; a modest and learned man . It was Wehl ; then unknown ; since become the first Arabic scholar of the day , and the author of "The Life of Mahomet , " Bnt for the German professors of this race , their name is Legion . I think there are more than , ten at Berlin alone .

      I told you just now that I was going up to town tomorrow , because I always made it a role to interpose when affairs of state wereon the ' carpet ; otherwise , I never interfere .. Inearofpeace and war in newspapers , bnt I am never alarmed , except when I am informed that the sovereigns want treasure ; then I know that monarchs

      are , A few years hack we were applied to by Russia . J ? ow , there has been no friendship between the Court of St . Petersburg and my fa m il y . It lias Dutch connexions which have generaHy supphed it ; and our representailons in favour of the Polish Hebrews , a numerous race , bnt the most suffering and degraded of aR the tribes , has not been very agreeable to the Czar . However , circumstances drew to an approximation between the Romanoffs and the Sidonias . I resolved to go myself to St . Petersburg . I had , on my arrival , an interview -wjfh the Russian Minister of Finance , Count Cancrin

      1 beheld the son of a Lithuanian Jew . The loan was connected with the affairs of Spain ; I resolved on repair ing to Spain from Russia . I traveRed without intermission . I had an audience , immediately on my arrival , withthe Spanish Minister , Senor Mendixabal ; I beheld oaelikemyself . fhesonofa 5 uovo Christianq , a Jew of Arragon . In consequence of what transpired at Madrid , 1 w e n t strai ght to Paris , to consult the President of the Trench Councfl ; I beheld the son of a French Jew , a hero , an imperial marshal ; and very properly so , for who should be military heroes , if not those who worship the Lord of Hosts ? And is Soult a Hebrew *

      Yes ; and several of tiie French marshals , and the most famous , Massena , for example ; lis real same was Manasseh . Bnt to my anecdote . The consequence of our consultations was , that some Northern power should be applied to in a friendl y and mediativo capacity . We fixed on Prussia , and the President of the Council made an application to the Prussian Minister , who attended a few days after our conference . Count Arnime entered the c abi ne t , and I beheld a Prussian Jew . So you see , my dear Coningsby , that the world is governed by very different personages to what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes . You startle , and deeply interest me . Yen must study physiology , my dear child . Pure races of Caucasus may be persecuted , but they cannot be desp ised , except by the brutal ignorance of some mongrel treed . . To ihe above list are added Mjihonibes and Spwoza ; and the Jews are shown to have an exclusive monopoly of musical genius .

      Musical Europe is ours . There is not a company of singers , not an orchestra in a single capital , that are not crowded with our children , under the feigned names which they adopt to conciliate the dark aversion which ytrar posterity will someday disclaim with shame and disgust Almost every great composer , skilled musician , almost every voice that ravishes yon with its transportrag straiiis , spring from our tribes . The catalogue is too ? ast to e numerate ; too Ulustrious to dweR for a moment on secondary names , however eminent . Enough for us that the three great creative minds to whose exquisite inventions aR nations at this moment yi eld ; R ossini , Meyerbeer , 3 Tendelsonn , are of Hebrew race ; and little °° your men of fashion , your " muscadins" of Paris , ; and your dandies of London , as they thriH into raptures at the notes of a Pasta or a Grisi , little do they suspect that they are offering their homage to the sweet singers of i Israeli .

      Tait's Edinburgh Magazine-Mabch. _ As Wc...

      TAIT'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE-Mabch . _ As wc have not vet received the numbers contain-H ^^ j ^ eacement of Mrs . Johnstone ' s tale of the Goldsmith ' s Daughter , " we have up to this j ^^ debarred the pleasure of reading this , her latest contributi on to Tait . When we can make ourselves acquainted with tie story from the beguMiing » mSf ^ ^ mething tosay thereon . Thismonth' s twKj M i y Med with mieW 8 of newly-pub ™ j u V > embracing the " Correspondence of Edmund Burke" < Wo . v ' " Valentine M'Clutchy " K « L »^ de BoaVs Tra vels «» I-oristan and Ara-UlHSn , HOBfiEH ' a " Tnmm «« r Amm Wanloo tn Torn .

      ¦ * " ¦!» aid a number of other works . Bos Gato > Kf *&^ amusIn criticism on the "Poetry £ JS ? fi ?» a wWdl * T « al Tnrfortunate poet-SZ & S ^ S ^ ? me «* *» wBHwH . ^ made Vn ^ K ? £ : tlu 8 & " * writer ' s bitter merriment §? e the fS Gab ^ W 5 - s fentiftanrc ! , Me ^ w JS ^ -J ^ ^ reviewer ^ sdiS ef Krf ^ f " *** «*« r , ««* as the SSJw ^* ** had originally been hrinTSl ^? ^ Tated to Romanism , from tan gj" ^ Oflfity cored . of qolepsy by Father P « SL , * 2 * ? 1 ? * ffe ^ -s * Mrf Lncre ( th » ftpttsteatwetoj and Fatter M'Cabe ( the Catholic

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      priest s curate ) over the death-bed of poor Bob—the one resolved to gain back the stray sheep to the true told , and the other to keep his new convert-is sufficiently comic , and we dare say , not much overdrawn ihe dying man endeavours to stand well with both parties , but secretly sends for Father Roche ( the Catholic parish priest ) . Of this diverting incident we can only give the steeple-chase of the two parsons , cheered on in their gallop by the peasantry . "

      THE HOLV BACE . —IS AT THE DEATH . Father M'Cabe having heard an aciount of Bob's state , and that the minister had been sent for , was at onceupon the alert , and lost not a moment in repairing to his house . So very eager , indeed , were these gentlemen , and so equal their speed , that they met at the cross roads , one of which turned to Bob ' s house . # * * So , sir , said the priest , you are on your way to Bob Realty ' s , who is , as you well know , one of my flock . But ho w do you expect to g e t thr ou gh the b u si n ess , Mr . Lucre , seeing that you are so long out of practice ? Bob Beatty was never , properly speaking , one of your flock , Mr . M'Cabe . I must beg leave to ride forward , sir and leave you to your Christian meditations . One inter-, view with you is enough for any man .

      Faith , but I love you too weR to . part with you s o easily , said the priest spurring on his horse , cheek by jowl —and a beautiful one you have—wRl I ride with you , my worthy epicure ; and , what is more , PR anoint Bob Beatty before your eyes . And , perhaps , perform another miracle , repRed Mr . Lucre , bitterly . Ay wiR I , if it be necessary , said the priest ; but I do solemnly assure yon thatby far themost ibriRiantmirade of modern days is to find the Rev . Phineas Lucre at a sick bed . Depend upon it , however , if Beatty had not turned Catholic , he might die Rke a dog for the same Mr . Lucre . I wRl notabtract the last shilling from his pocket for the unction of superstition , at aR events .

      Sot you , faith-, you'llchatgemmnothing , 1 grant , and right glad am I to find that you know the value of your services . You forget , however , that my flock pay you weR for doing this nothing—this is , for discharging your duty—notwithstanding . Both now pushed on at a rapid rate , growling at each other as they went along . On getting into the fields they increased , their speed ; and as the peasantry of both religions were apprised of the circumstances connected with Bob's complaint and conversion , each party cheered on their own champion . More power to you , Father M'Cabej give him the Latin and the Bravery ! Success , Mr . Lucre ! Push on , sir , and don ' t lefthe Popish rebel send him out of the world with a bandage on his eyes . Lay in the Bible , Mr . Lucre ! Protestant and true blue for ever—hurra !

      The true Church for ever , Father M'Cabe , t he jewel that you are ! Give the horse the spurs , avourneen . Sowl , Paddy , but the }> odagh parson has the advantage of him in the cappvd . Posh on , your reverence ; yon have thediviland the parsen against you , for the one ' s driyin ' on the other . Cross the corner of theBarny Mether ' a meadow , Mr . Lucre , aud wheel in at the garden ditch * , yeas Wirse can do it , although you ride the heaviest weight . Lay on him , sir , and think of Protestant Ascendancy . King William against Popery and wooden shoes ; hurra ! ^ Father , achora , heep your shoulder to the wind , and touch up Parra Gastha wid the spurs . A groan for the Protestant parson , father dariin' ! Three groans for the Popish Massuooki Bravo , Mr . Lucre 1 That ditch was well cleared ! DivR a pnrtier , father jewel ! Parra Gastha ' s adarlin ' and brought you over Rke a bird—hurra !

      Have you no whip , Mr . Lucre ? Whip and spur , sir , or the Popish garran will be in before you . By the great Boyne , I ' m afraid the charger ' s Mown . God enable you , father aviRsh ! Blown ! "Why what would you expect , an' it the first visit ever the same horse made to a sick-bed in his life ; be now finds it isn't on the king ' s high-way he is—and I'll go baU it ' s himself that ' s cursin' the same duty in his his heart . Bravo , Father Pat . ' Parra Gastha ' s the boy that knows his duty—r-more power , Parra G astha ! Devil pursue the hair ' s turned on him " , hut be me sowl , it wouldn't be so if he led the Rfe the Protestant blood did—feedin' high , and dour * nofhin ' . Mr . Lucre , puR out ; I see you ' re hard up , sir , and so is your charger . Push him , sir , even if he should drop . Death and Protestantism before Popery and dishonour Hurra , weU done !

      Ah , be me sowl , it ' s near the last gasp wid him and his masther , no wondher ; they ' re' both devilish far out of their element Paith , if they had Father M'Cabe and Parra Gastha ' s practice ^ they wouldn't be the show they are this minute . " Well done both ! fresh and fair , snug and dry , you do it . Hurra . ' When the two worthy gentlemen had reached Bob ' s house , they dismounted , each in a perspiration , and rushed to the bed of the dying man . Mr . Lucre sat , of course , at one side , and the priest at the other ; Mr . Lucre seized the right hand , the priest the left : whUst Bob looked at them both alternately , and gave a cordial squeeze to each .

      You though ^ sir , said Mr . Lucre to the priest haughtily , that he would Lave died an idolater . Bob squeezed Mr . Lucre ' s hand again . And you thought , replied Pather M'Cabe , that he would die a Protestant or a heretic , which is the same thing . Bob squeezed Father M'Cabe's hand once more . Gentlemen , said Bob , be pleased to sit down—you are botA Christian ministers , 1 hope . 2 fo , said Father M'Cabe , there is but one of us a Christian ; Mr . Lucre here is not worthy of the name , Bob . Bob squeezed the priest ' s hand a third time . " Beatty , said Mr . Lucre , this is a solemn occasion , and I'm hound to gay that the priest here is merely a representative of Antichrist . This is not a time to disguise the truth . Bob squeezed Mr . Lucre ' s hand a third time alsa .

      Beatty , continued Mr . Lucre , if you permit yourself to die a Papist , you seal your own everlasting punishment . True , said Bob . Bob , said the priest , after the explanations of the true church which I have given you , if you aRow yourseR to relapse into heresy , you wQl suffer for it during all eternity . True , said Bob . There is no hope for those , who , like the Papists and Idolaters , hew for themselves vessels that wifl hold no water , said Lucre , & c . & c .

      The victim of this spiritual worry dies at last in peace under the pious ministrations of Father Roche . On the whole this is a good number of Tait

      Wade's Lom)On Review.—March. This Is The...

      WADE'S LOM ) ON REVIEW . —March . This is the second quarterly part , embracing the monthly numbers for January , February , and March , of this J ? ei' £ eu » , the whole forming a mass of 240 pages of matter which may risk comparison with more than one of the elder and more assuming quarterlies . Each succeeding month we notice improvements in this periodical , which give promise that its existence will be both vigorous and lengthy . There is a genuine ' ness and toree in the Editor ' s productions truly refreshing . With all the views entertained by him we cannot agree , but we heartily admit the good service his writings , as a whole , are calculated to do for the cause of "progress . " The articles on "Religious Changes" are " a heavy blow and sore discouragement" to priestl y impostures and fanatical insanities ; while such contributions to history as the " Rise and Progress of British Industry" are invaluable . If we

      have any fault te find with this and similar articles , ' it is that the writers scarcely do themselves and their subjects justice , by compressing eo much inte little . Subjects disposed of in a single article , require , to do them justice , the elucidation which only a series of such articles could admit of . Not the least valuable of the contents of this Review is the autobiography of its Editor , a delightful history which we should be glad to find in the hand ' s of every youth , and which even those of maturer years , particularly heads of families , would do weU to be acquainted with , for the sake of taeir offepring . Sincerely do we thank the author of the " Autobiography" for the following castigation of the mad tinker ' s printed trash . In boy hood we ourselves suffered all that he describes ; and to this day we remember the nights of horror which it was our doom to bear through reading the revolting fables

      of—BUStAS ' S mmbim ' s pboobebs , Notwithstanding the popularity of John Bunyan ' s writings in the religious world I consider them extremely pernicious to young or ignorant people . I judge them from experience , without the least desire to weaken the e ffec t of a n y s o ber w or t , calculated to promote virtue and rational piety . 1 have a strong objection to the use of aRegories , emblems , and fables in early education : with adults who can understand and rightly interpret their application they may be harmless ; bnt with children they are puzzling and misleading , as I found them to he . A

      chUd understands everything as presented to him tiR better information has corrected his errors ; he knows nothing of double meanings , of symbclicalfor aRegorical allusions ; what anything appears that he believes it to be . His conclusions arc necessarily such J consonant to the inexperienced state of a mind still pure and untutored in falsehood , in deceptive appearances , aRegorical aRusions , and conventional understandings . All , therefore , that is presented to a child for improvement and instruction , ought to be presented in the same literal form and expression in which they are literally received , understood , and interpreted . ~

      Iremember being extremely perplexed with the heathen mythology . Jupiter , Juno , Yulcan , Minerra , and the rest , I considered real personages . A book of emblems I met with puzzled me much ; enterprise was exemplified by the voyage of Jason for the golden fleece ; friendship by the Story Of Castor and Pollux , whom I considered veritably , and perhaps 1 hey were , the Siamese twins of antiquity . The labours of Hercules and the exploits of Theseus 1 swallowed as anthentic relations . Had Orii ' s Metamor phoses Come in my Way I should have considered the

      narratives strange hut' true . Of course many are more favourably situated than I was ; they have friends about them to correct false impressions . But why should any' bOtty ' s cMdren be Suffered to receive false Impressions ? whysfiould ' they wilfully and aforethought be set wrong for a whfle to be set right afterwards ! "Why not start with them right at the outset ? "Why this needless embarrassment to infants , and corrective trouble afterwards to adults ? But such unhappfly constitutes too large a portion of what is called education ; nothing more than the pouring down the throats of children a stream of

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      falsehood to be pumped up afterwards by their friends and the world . Neither an allegory , emblem , nor fable , is a matter of easy understanding ov elucidation . Let any one try and he wiR find it a wordy and diffusive undertaking . For a chUd to understand them Iholdquite unlikely . My father , poor mani essayed to unravel the perplexity to me . He was very fond of old Bunyan ' s Pilgrim ' s Progress , and used to require me to read it to him while he was sorting or overlooking wool , and which I did , with a horrid enunciation ; 1 dare say , of its barbarous nomenclature . I asked him for explanations of names and things , of Apolyon and the Dragon , Giant Despair , the Slough of Despond , aud what not , and which I doubt not he gave me to the best of his beUef and understanding . The result of such reacting , with other helps , was to people my young brain with a horrid phantasmagoria of bodUees and misshapen images , from whose midnight tortures and distractions I was happy to escape , after much suffering , with my faculties underanged .

      I was not the only sufferer . All the house suffered cxceptmy mother , whose naturally good constitution and elastic spirits preserved her from the mental leprosy . I have known a whole chamber full of children set screaming from the imagined sight or noise of some lurking deril , ghost , imp , cheruh , or other illusive figment of a disturbed and ill-trained fancy : I myself have yelled out at a ghost that had perhaps no better origin than my mother ' g own or n i ght-cap hanging on the bed-post . I should not notice such laughable things , for laughable they now are to me , did I not know that many children , and those of larger growth , suffer from the apprehension of spectral appearances . In the benighted and fanatical districts of the kingdom non-belief is the exception , not

      the rule , in the existence of good'and evR spirits—the most evil those sought in a dram-shop—and of supernatural visitations . The mischief often begins in the early period of infancy , at a period the right direction of which is often too much neglected by intelligent -and not undutiful parents . " You tittle naughty imp ! " says a Rttle naughty nursemaid to a rosy blue-eyed babe on her lap , "be quiet ; leave off crying , or 111 call Old Bogo . Hark he is up the chimney . " She then scrapes with her loot , shakes the fire-irons , or turns her head with a deep . guttural imitation of Giant Thrumbo , The child is silent , listens , looks aghas t , - and clings to Lizzy ' s bosom , and firmly believes that Old Bogo dweUs in the chimney ; the attic , or coalhole , ready at any t ime , at Lizzy ' s bidding , to snatch away mamma's darting ] . . . .

      The ' foundation is ' thus early laid for a belief in invisible existences . An inlet is opened fox the admission of any future , greater , or more imposing supernatural invention . But the injury is not confined to the nursery ; it is abroad , wide , and tampant in the world . Adults , too , have their Bogos , with which they are weR frighted under the sage and political pretext of checking moral aberrations ; and with which they wRl continue to be frighted so long as a numerous class find it profitable , not for profit only I own , to resist their analysis and dispersion , I have doubts , however , myself whether a more

      literal and genuine procedure would not be preferable to this costly and misery-spreading contrivance . If Lizzy cannot keep the chdd quiet , and it is restless without cause , she had better he aRowed to give it a smack , a shake , ov pinch of the ear , and there ' s an end , than-fill its young mind with vague terrors that , may ever after haunt and distress it . The inquiry , however , is too vast and vital to he handled by me , and incidentally ; and I shall drop it curtly with a quotation from Dryden , who , with the characteristic vigour of his intellect , has described in four lines the origin and course of that l have been dwelling upon , and which has carried me away from mv

      narrative : — " By education most have been misled ; So they beUeve because they so were bred . The priest continues what the nurse began , And thus the child imposes on the man . " Amongst the reviews of new books we notice in the March number a review of " Captain Siborne ' s Waterloo Campaign , " which we have read with much interest , our only regret being that the reviewer has not been lengthy enough in his comments and extracts . In the article in the same number on " . Religious Changes" we must complain that the notice contained therein of the "Levellers" and "Fifth

      Monarchy Men' is far too brief and imperfect . In religion , fanatics and fools they undoubtedly were ; but their ideas of the political and social rights of man were in the main correct . Their principles , reproduced a century and a half later , under the cry of " Equality and Liberty , " by the French Revolutionists , still survive , and are widely disseminated through England , France , Germany , and other nations : and the day is coming when the believers in those principles will command , an attention not hitherto accorded to them . We wish the London Review eyery success , and we doubt not but that the talent of its Editor will ensure that consummation .

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      SIMMONDS ' S COLONIAL MAGAZINE-Mincn . There are several valuable papers in this months ' number , some of them continuations of former articles , - some of them new contributions . Amongst the former we notice "The Agriculture of Hindostan , " and " The North American Fisheries ; " and amongst the latter , " Australian Sketches , " by Thomas M'Combie ; " Colonisation in Algeria , " by Lieutenant Latter ; "Confabs with a Colonist ; " and "Port Phillip as she is at Present , " by J . Pobteh . The "Australian Sketches" are lively and entertaining ,

      the author giving a history of the notorious native chief Jickt Jackt , of whom we rememfeer to have read a very interesting account some time ago in Tait ' s Magazine . Lieutenant . Latter ' s paper on "Algeria" contains much curious information , and we confess to having derived from it enlightenment on several points on which we had previously held mistaken views . " The Prairie Grave " is the title of a sweet little poem , which we would have gladly quoted , but must forbear , to make way for the foRowing interesting account of

      - THE INDIA BCBBEB TEEE , The caoutchouc tree grows , in general , to the height of forty or fifty feet without branches ; then branching , runs up fifteen feet higher . The leaf is about six inches long , thin , and shaped like that of a peach tree . The trees show their working by the number of knots , or bunches , made by tapping ; and a singular fact is , that , Rke a cow , when most tapped , they give most mRk or sap . As the time of operating is early day , before sunrise W 6 were at hand . The blacks are first sent out through the forest , armed with a quantity of soft clay , and a small

      pick-axe . On coming to one of the trees , a port ion of the soft clay is formed into a cup and stuck to the trunk . The black then striking his pick over the cup , the sap oozes out slowly , a tree giving daily about a gill . The tapper continues in this way , tapping psihapa about about fifty trees , when he returns , and with a jar , passing over the ground , empties his cups . So by seven o ' clock the same blacks come in with their jars , ready for working . The sap at this stageresembles milk in appearance , and somewhat in taste . It is also frequently drunk with perfect safety . If left standing how , it wRl curdle like muk , disengaging a watery substance Rke whey .

      Shoemakers now arrange themselves to form the gum . Seated in the shade , with a large pan of mUk On One Side , and on the other a flagon , in which is burned a nut peculiar to this country , emitting a dense smoke , the operator having his last , or form , held by a long stick or handle , previously besmeared with soft clay ( in order to slip off the shoe when finished ) , holds it over the pan , and pomv ing on the nulk until it is covered , sets the coating in the smoke , then giving it a second coat , repeats the smoking ; and so on with a third and fourth , until the shoe is of the required thickness , averaging from six to twelve coats . When finished , t he sho e s on the forms are placed in the sun the remainder of the day to drip . West day , if required , they may be figured , being so soft that any impression wRl be indelibly received . The natives are very dexterous in this work . With a quill and a sharp . pointed stick they will produce finely-lined leaves and Rowers , such as you may have seen on the shoes , in an incredibly short space of time . After

      remaining on the forms two or three days , the shoes are cat open on the top , allowing the last to slip out . They are then tied together , ready for the market . There pedlars and Jews trade for them with the country peop le ; and in lots of a thousand or more they are again sold to the merchants , who have them stuffed with straw , and packed in boxes to export , in which state they are received in the United States . In the same manner , any shape may be manufactured . Thus , toys are made of clay forms . After drying , the clay is broken and extracted . Bottles , < tsc , in the same way . According as the gum grows older , it becomes darker in colour , and more tough . The number of caoutchouc trees in the province is countless . In some parts whole forests exist , and they are frequently cut down for firewood . Although the trees exist in Mexico and the East Indies , there appears to be no importation into the United States from these places . The reason , I suppose , must be the want of that prolificness found in them here .

      The caoutcnouc tree may be WOlked all the year j but generaRyinthewet season they have rest , owing to the flooded state of the woods ; and the milk being watery , requires more to manufacture the same article than in the dry season . . , "Wc can coi'diaRy recommend Ihls Ma ^ slne ! o all who would make themselves acquainted with the history , capabilities , social state , and prospects of those magnificent possessions -which , with our "island home , " make up that glorious British Empire "on which the sun never sets . "

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      A BOWL OF " PUNCH , " FRESH BREWED . . Virtues op Baco . v . —Labourers ajto Rectors . — A " Rector and Coi ;> ervaiive" writes a letter to the Times—a reall affecting letter—on the virtues ol bacon . He rejoices over the tariff that" lard" is to be admitted free , but is " sorry to see bacon omitted . " And then the Rector goes on to paint an Apician feast . ? Bacon , " he says , «• when they can get it , is the staff of the labourer ' s dinner . " - Listen , further : " The frugal mother provides a large pot of potatoes , and while she indulges herself and ner younger ones only with salt , cuts off the small rasher and toasts it over the-nlates of the father aid muer soub , as bein g tie bread-winners ; and this isall they want . " " And this is all they want I" How very easy . is it for a capon-lined belly to give laws to a labourers stomach ; to interpret its huge contentment with a aniall rasher . The "fnigalmother andheryouhger ones" never think of bacon at all . Oh no ! they inhale its odour with nostrils of stone—it never awakens a yearning appetite ifl them—certainly Rot ! they are indulged with

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      jX : li . i ' j . \ J ¦ ¦ ' -. t > ' I . 1 - . / . jL ' . t . i . potatoesandsalt . - . ancl , doubtless , tliis is all they want , " su * we not fancy a labourer , writing of the families of the DeansandRectors of the Church ; " The frugal mother has an early dinner provided for her little ones and their governess ; a plain joint , plain pudding , e yp el 7 tnin S P ^ - At six ov seven o ' clock , she cuts off the fins ot the turbot , she slices the fat of the haunch for the father , and the elder sons . They afterwards take their port and claret , and—this is all they want . On this point , weare . sure , the labourer can better answer -for the rector than the rector for the labourer .

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      . . . ' . LONDON . Metropolitan District Councii , Turnagain-lane , March 9 th ; Mr . Heath in the chair . —After several reports had been delivered in relative to the forthcoming-Chartist Convention , the case of Mr . Eewellyn was again brought before the Council . Mr . T . M . Wheeler read a letter he had received from Meaihyronthesubjeefc . Afterconsiderabledisciission the question was adjourned until Sunday next . On the suggestion of Mr . T . M . Wheeler , the following resolution was unanimously adopted : — "That this Council recommend all the localities within ' the borough of Marylebone , to co-operate in the return of a delegate or delegatesto the ensuing Convention . They recommend the several localities within the

      borough of the Tower Hamlets to unite for the same purpose .:. They recommend the localities in Southwark and Lambeth to unite for the like purpose . They also recommend the . localities of Westminster and London to unite for the same purpose . Lastly , they recommend all the suburban towns or districts , where it is not practicable to return a delegate on their own account , to unite in a similar way with the next town locality or district , the delegates to report on the subject at the next meeting . " The council then adjourned . ' - Westminster . — -At a meeting of the Clock House locality , Westminster , held on the 2 nd inst ., the following resolution was moved by Wm . Cuffay , seconded by Wm . Smith : — " That this locality are of opinion that P . M . M'Douall is no longer a fit person to be a

      member of the Chartist body ; and that our confidence in Feargus O'Connor has never been shaken . " Carried ; by a large majority . The present Executive were then nominated for the ensuing year . The Geserai , Registration Committee io the Chartists of Enotam ) Asn Wales . — Brbthrew , We beg to remindyou that on or about the 25 th day of this present month ( March ) overseers of the , poor are nominated for the ensuing year . By the nomination of Chartist overseers , the registration battle will he more than half won . Then remember your duty ! The surveyors of highways are appointed at the same time . The elections of Poor Law

      guardians also take place ahORt now , for the first time underthe new alterations and regulations of the Poor Law .. Commisioners , in accordance with the 1 and 8 Vic , c . l 01 , which enables the rate-payers to vote , if rated six months , instead of twelve as heretofore , and which prevents all' owners from voting who neglected sending in their claims before the first of February last . Up , then , and be doing ! Obtain local power , that you may be the better enabled to contend for- National Regeneration , politically and socially . —On behalf of the Committee , l Edmumd Stallwood . Thomas Martin Wueei . br . Joh . v Simpson .

      Tursaoato-Lane . — -The usual weekly meeting of the members took place on Tuesday last , Mr ! John Overton in the chair , when the following resolutions were passed ;— " That it ia the opinion of this meeting , that Thomas Cooper , now a prisoner in Stafford Gaol , is a true and sincere Chartist , and deserving of the sympathy and support of the country , " and " That copies of the above resolution be sent to the Star . fov insertion , and to Mr . Peplow , to be forwarded by him to Thomas Cooper ; " The auditors of the Quarterly Balance-sheet give in their report , which was received . Mi * . Bayley moved , " That our Sub-Secretary write to the Executive for a balance-sheet of the two last

      quarters , " Agreed to . —Mr . Tucker moved— "That we co-operate with the Camberwell locality in sending a delegate to the approaching Conference . " Agreed to . —Mr . T . M . Wheeler was then nominated as a candidate on the part of this locality . The meeting then proceeded to nominate for the Executive Committee , when Messrs . P . M'Grath , Thomas Cooper ( late of Leceister , now of Stafford Gaol ) , C . Doyle , F . O'Connor , T . M . Wheeler , Wm . Jones ( of Liverpool ) , D . Ross ( of Manchester ) ,- Cuffay , and Clark , were proposed , and the first five were elected as the most proper persons for the Executive ^ In consequence of the lateness of the hour the election of a General Council was deferred till next week .

      BACUP . Public Procession to Congratulate Mr . Tattbrsall on his Release from Lancaster Castle . —On Saturday last a large number of people left the town at five o ' clock , with a band of music , and a nuiubev of splendid banners , and met Mr . Tattersall , accompanied by Mr . Clark , member of tho Executive , a mile from the town . Messrs . Tattersall and Clark entered a gig , and were drawn into the town amidst the hearty congratulations of the people . After the procession a public tea party took place in the Association-room , when about two hundred sat down to tea . An excellent band enlivened the proceedings . As soon as the tables were cleared , Dr . Smith was unanimously called to the chair , who opened the proceedings by a powerful speech , after which he gave the first sentiment : — "The people , the source of all legitimate power ; " which was ably

      responded to by Mr . Barker . The chairman gave the next sentiment : — " The health of our respected guest , Mr . Tattersall , and may he long live to advocate the rights of the people ; " which was well responded to by Mr . Clark , Jn a splendid and eloquent speech . The next sentiment was : — "Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis ; " and was responded to by Mr . Tattersall . His address was masterly and powerful , and created a great impression on the meeting . The next sentiment ;— " Feargus O'Connor and T , S . Duncombe , Esqrs . ; and may they long live to defend the working millions" —was responded to in an able manner by Mr . Tagg . Mr . Clark moved a vote of thanks to the chairman , which was seconded by Air . Tattersall , and carried by acclamation . Three cheers were given for the Charter , three for O'Connor and Duncombe , three for Tattersall and Clark , and the assemblage broke up highly delighted with the proceedings of the evening .

      Sundat . —At six o ' clock in the evening the room was crowded to overflowing , numbers being unable to gain admittance to hear Mr . Tattersall , who had been announced to deliver a lecture . Mr . Tagg was unanimously called : to the chair , who , after a few preliminary remarks , introduced Mr . Tattersall , who passed in rapid review the pluf war , its causes , and consequences . He next gave an account of his arrest , trial , and imprisonment . The lecturer then proceeded to show the present position of the various . classes of society , and the future prospects of the people . He gave the workers a severe lashing for their apathy and indifference , and called on them to rise , like the fabled bird , from the ashes of their own deeradation , and throw the shield of nrotection

      around the Executive , by swelling the ranks of the indomitable army of Chartists . Mr . Tattersall concluded his powerful lecture , after having spoke nearly two hours , At the close , Mr . Barker moved a vote of confidence in Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., which was seconded by Mr . ' Shackleton , and carried by acclamation ; after which , thirty-nine persons came forward and joined the association , who all took out cards of membership . Monday . — At eight o ' clock in the evening a public ball took place in the Weavers' Arms . There was a goodly number of the fair sex present , who had rendered assistance in getting np the tea party , and taken ah active part in all the proceedings . Thus ended the regalings and proceedings of the week , having given a stimulus to the cause and general satisfaction to all parties . - . ¦

      . . - YORKSHIRE . West Riding Delegate Meeting . —This meeting was held , according to notice , in the Working Man ' s Hall , Halifax , when the following places were represented : —Halifax , Bradford , Hebden-bridge , Dewsbury , Littletown , Birstall , and Sowerby—Mr . B . Rushtonln the chair . Theminutes of the last meeting having been read by the secretary , on the motion of Mr . Cole , seconded , by Mr . Shaw , they were confirmed . Several sums were handed in for the Executive , as per the general Becretary ' a list . The following resolutions-were adopted : — "That each locality in the | West Riding send their account once a quarter to be examined by the meeting . " "That it

      is the opinion of this meeting the West Riding ought to have two delegates to Teprosent the Chartists ol the Riding in the forthcoming Convention , to be held in London the third week in April ; and that each delegate lay this resolution before the Chartists of Iris locality . " « That the next West Riding delegate meeting be held on Sunday , March 23 rd , to arrange for the election of two delegates to represent the West Riding in the forthcoming Convention ; and it is requested that ' each delegate will come prepared with full instructions . " "That the secretary correspond with those localities who have not sent a delegate to this meeting . " The thanks of the meeting were given to the chairman , and the meeting separated . J . CR 08 SUNn , Secretary .

      NOTTINGHAM . . Public MEEraG > -Qn Monday evenlnglast a public meeting of . the inhabitants of Nottingham was held in the Town-hall for the -purpose of petitioning Parliament against the Post-office Spy System . -Mr . Thomas Roper was unanimously elected to the chair , who made a business-like speech , and called upon Mr . Lilly to move the resolution aa follows - -- . That this meeting considers the' conduct of Sir James Graham , - Secretary of State , in-the opening of ; letters sent to Thomas Slingsby Buncombe , Esqi ^ member for , Finsbury ,. snbversive of all social order , andJa gross violation of tho sacredness of private correspondence ; and this meeting expresses its unqualified disapprobation of an outrage so glaring upon the privileges of a member of the British Souse of Com-

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      mons . Further , the meeting resolves that a petition be laid before the * House , praying that T . S . Duncombe , Esq .., may be allowed to examine at the bar of the House certain parties employed in the General Post-office , to prove the truth ot his allegations . " The resolution was seconded by Mr . Dorman in an excellent speech , and carried unanimously- ^ .. Mr . Sweet then moved the petition , and made some heavy hits at the renegade Graham and Mi backer , Sir Robert PeeL ' -The petition was seconded-by-Mr . ' Widdowson , and carried unanimously . Tho petition was ordered to be forwarded to—Watson , Esq ., member for Kinsale , for presentation ; with a letter to ' B . D'lsraeli , respectfully requesting him to support the prayer thereof . A vote of thanks was given to the mayor for granting the use of the hall , and to the chairman , when the meeting dispersed .

      OLDHAM . Lecxo-ke . —On Sunday last Mr . T . 'K . Taylor delivered his third lecture on the life , writings , and genius of Robert Burns , in the . Chartist-room , Greaves-street , The lecturer gave ft short narrative ofthepoet ' s life after he entered upon his farm at Ellisland , and recited a variety ' of his poems , which gave general satisfaction .. After the lecture , a meeting of the members took place for the purpose of nominating fit and proper-persons to servo on the Executive Committee , / when the following gentlemen were unanimously agreed upon , viz ., Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., Mr . M'Grath , Mr . T . M . Wheeler , Mr . Christopher Doyle , and Mr . T . Clark .

      MANCHESTER . - Carpenters' Hall . —A lecture was delivered in the above building on Sunday evening last , by that stanch defender of the people ' s cause , Mr . George White , of Bradford . . BURNLEY . : Lecture . —Mr . Thomas Clark , of the Executive Committee , lectured in the Chartist-room on Sunday , the 9 th inst . ; in the afternoon , on the " Present State and Prospects of Political Parties ; " and in the evening , on " Trades' Unions . " Mr . C . gave general satisfaction to his audiences . Collections were made at the dose of each lecture in aid of the Executive Committee .

      BRADFORD . On SraDATtne members of the General Council met in their room , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , when it was nnanimonslVresolved- ^ - " That the pro position of the West Riding Delegate Meeting , to elect two delegates to the Chartist Conference , should be agreed to . " .

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      Discovert of a New Island in the Pacific—The New York Courier and Inquirer publishes the following account of the discovery of a new island in the Pacific Ocean by Captain Simmons , of the brigantine Faith : — "Captain . Simmons was on his way from Sidney to Valparaiso , and , after leaving Otaheite , first saw it on the 31 st of October , 1843 . Seen from the deck of the vessel , the island had tho appearance of amass of rocks , bnt a nearer approach sliowed it to"be an island , covered " with cocoa-nut trees , with thick underbush . ' When convinced that it was an island , Captain Simmons supposed it might be ore already known , and at first mistook it for Carisfoot . To be Bttve , however ; he . lowered his boat and attempted to land , but was prevented bya reef of black coral rocks , with heavy , breakers , . which surrounded the island . He went completely . round it , however ,

      and found it to be about six miles in circumference . At a short distance from it he found no sounding in sixty fathoms of water . After examining it for two or three hours , as thoroughly as he deemed necessary , he steered for Carisfoot , according to his reckoning , made , it in the course of a few hours , and passed to the south of it . A large lagoon ' was in the middle of the island , which seeined to be rich and fertile . On reaching Valparaiso , where he remained for some months , he waited upon the commander of the British squadron and informed him of the discovery . He examined the most recent English , charts , but no indication of such an island was to be found . Itis situate in the track from Otaheite to Valparaiso , in south latitude 21 degrees and 10 minutes , and west longitude . 138 degrees 54 minutes . He named it the Isle of Faith , from his vessel . "

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      BANKRUPTS . ( From ( he Gazette of Friday , March I . J Frederick West , Southampton , hoot and shoemaker-William Spencer , WaRingford , Rei'kshire , hrewer—Charles Jacobs , Farringdon-market , fruit-salesman—Joseph Wilson , Jermyn-street , St . James ' s , bootmaker — John Struckett , Wye , Kent , grocer—James Stephen Herring , CcciUa-place , Spa-road , Bermondsey , builder—George Salmon , City-road-basin , timber-merchant—William Cawthorn , jun ., Salisbury-street , Strand , wine-merchant—John Hardy and George Hardy , Wisbech Saint Peter , Cambridgeshire , grocers—Thomas Kewell Gorbell , Bedfordp lace , Commereial-road , bookseller — John .. Rock Day , White Hart-street , Drury-lane , victualler—DanielMaokay , Liverpool , maater-mariner—WRUanr ButterRl , Sheffield , grocer—WiRiain CorneUus Whittenuury , Leeds , cheese , factor—WRliam PeU , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , Rnendraper .

      DIVIDENDS . Juarch 28 , W . Law , Beading , Berkshire , draper—April 3 , W . Smith , Strand , printer—April 3 , H . and A . Wood , Basinghall-street , City , Blackwell-haR factors—AprR 3 , H . W . Collinson , Stamford-street ,. Surrey , hatmaker—March 28 , T . Creeke , Cambridge , tailor—Jlarch 28 , D . Fowler , lime-street , City , merchant — April 1 , 0 . P . Wathen , Woodchester , Gloucestershire , clothier—April 3 , J . Cox , Nottingham , silk-throwster .

      BANKRUPTS . ( From Tuesday ' s Gazette , March 11 th , ISiSJ Joshua Taylor , Whittlesea , Camhridgeshire , draper-Albert Green , Brighton , ' apothecary—David Holdforth , Stratford , Essex , grocer—Alfred Nott , Treyford , Sussex , nuller _ WilUam Hardisty , Wakefield , Yorkshire , whitesmith—John Roberts , Liverpool , potato-dealer—Thomas Griffiths , Blaenifed , Cardiganshire , auctioneer .

      KECLAHATIONS OF DIVIDENDS . J . L . Heathorn , Abchurch . lane , City , shipowner , first dividend of 8 s in the pound , any Satuvday , at the office d Mr . Edwards , Frederick's-place , Old Jewry . J . Taylor , Brighton , bookseller , first dividend of 2 s 4 ( in the pound , ' any Saturday , at the oflice of Mr . Edwards , Prederick ' s-place , Old Jewry . T . Trapp , Church-street , Southwark , taUow-chandler , first dividend of 20 s in the pound , any Saturday , at the oflice of Mr . Edwards , Freder ick's-place , Old Jewry . T . P , Trapp , Church-street , Southwark . -tallow-chandler , first dividend of 20 s in ' . the . pound , any Saturday , at tho office of Mr . Edwards , Frederick ' s-place , Old Jewry . T . and T . P . Trapp , Church-street , Southwark , . taRowchandlers , second dividend of Is 3 d in ihe pound , any Saturday , at the office of Mr . Edwards , Frederick ' s-place , Old Jewry . . , „ ,, _ .. „ ' J . MaRaUeu , Saddleworth , Yorkshire , wooRen-manufac turer , first dividend of 3 s Sdin the pound , any Tuesday , at the oflice of Mr . Hobson , Manchester .

      T . Sherwood , Tilehurst , Berkshire , brlckmaker , first dividend of 5 s in the pound , any Wednesday , at the oflice ofMr . PenneR , Basinghall-street . . J . Robhins , Winchester , bookseller , second dividend of 2 s 8 d in the pound , any Wednesday , at the oflice of Mr , PenneU , Basinghall-street . B . Wright , Liverpool , dealer in paint , first dividend of 10 s in the pound , any Thursday , at the oflice of Mr . Cazenove , Iiverpool . 3 . and J . Woodhead , Bradford , Yorkshire , worsted stuffmanufacturers , first dividend of 4 s in the pound , any Wed . nesdsy , at the office of Mr . Freeman , Leeds . G . Holdsworth , Northowram , Yorkshire , worsted-spinner , dividend of 3 s 4 d iu the pound to those creditors who have not received a former dividend , and further dividend of Is in the pound to those who have received a former dividend , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Freeman , Leeds .

      DIVIDENDS . , April 9 , H . R . Stutchbury , Theobalds ' s-road , Bedfordrow , bookseller—April 9 , J . Stevens and R . H . W . Drummond , Mile-end , road-contractors—April 9 , F . Bhmdell , New Sarum ,- Wiltshire , grocer—AprU 9 , 3 . M aynard , Panton-street , Haymarket , bookseller—April 1 , J . F . Barwick , Old-Btrflet , St . Luke ' s , wheelwright—April 12 , J . H ., J . S ., J . K ., and A . Heron , Manchester , cotton-spinners—April 10 , G . and S . Potter and J . Krauss , Manchester , calico-printers —April 12 , H , Bardie , Manchester , merchant—April 2 , 8 . Parsons , Manchester , paper-hanger—AprU 3 , W . H , and T . B , Turner , Blackburn , Lancashire , cotton-spinners—April 2 , E . Sheppard , sen ., Uley , Glouceatersliire , clothier—April 4 ( W . Rees and G . Edwards , WeUs , Somersetshire , nurserymen—AprR 8 , T . and W . Withell , Padstow , Cornwall , ship-builders—April 3 , J . Hall , WaRsend , Norttiumberland , cowkeeper—April 8 , J . Tristram , Basford , Nottinghamshire , beer-house keeper—AprR 8 , R . Jackson , Leeds , engineer—April 3 , J . L . Tabberner , Birmingham , auctioneer—April 3 , T . Tabberner , Bmning . ham , corn-factor—April 5 , R . Light , Hanley , Staffordshire , grocer—April 4 , II . Newton , Derby , colour-manufacturer .

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      TUE CONTRARY ON THE DAV OF MEETING . April 1 , W . Dettmer , Upper Marylebone-street , pianoforte manufacturer—April 3 , A . Francis , W . Davey , and M . Francis , Aberyetwith , ironlounders—April 3 , J . Hegginbotham and G . Peck , Manchester , machine-makers—April 1 , T . Ross , Leicester , hosier—April 1 , J . R . King , Bath , druggist—April 1 , C . Strange aud R . Parsons , Raglan , Glamorganshire , merchants—April 1 , J . Quin , Liverpool , painter—April i , r , Proctor , Kingaton-upon-llullj coach proprietor—Aprill , Or . Craven , Jun ., Wakefield , Yorkshire , corn-miUer— April 1 , W . Hill , Woolwich , builder—April 1 , L . H . Folger , High-street , Shoreditch , cabinet-maker—April 1 , C . Dotesio , Slough , Buckinghamshire , hot el-keeper —Aprill , T . BaineB , Bradford , Yorkshire , worsted-spmuer -April 1 , A . Padbury . jun ., Bpsom , Surrey , grocer .

      P 1 BTNEB 8 HIPS DISSOLVED . H . "Roberts and M . Lawrence , keepers of a boardingschool-J . Dunk and T . Baker , Brighton , millers-J . R . C . and J . S . Ouston , Kingaton-upon-Ml , wlne-merehante ; as far as regards J . S . Ouston-J . Faulkner and T Deavule , Stockport , Cheshire , spinuers-J . and I . Bayley a « d T . and J . Kitts , Bolton , tanc 3 snire cotton-spinner * as far as regards T . Kitts-O . Marshall , J . MitcheR , and F . J . Stones , Sheffield , edge-tool manufacturers ; aai fai . as regards J . MitcheR-J . Morley , sen ., R . Morley , J . Morley , jun , and B . and 8 . Morley , Wood-street , City ; as far as regards J . Morley , sen ., and B . Morl <» -M . ^ nd OW . lI ^ er . Granee-road . Bemiond 8 ey , leafter . factors-T . Cross

      andJ . BarritCBuryvLancashlre . m ^ ufa ^ mg ^ em ^ - j « & .- »» = # ? 58 * w § r rrir ^ a ^ r & i ;^" " ^!?^ j ., j ., ana a . # W" * H iggSng-T . Rudkvfl and H Hemming ^ k ^& i ^^ l ^^ Southed WRighy . ' Chaneerjaane , attoraeys-S . Hutch . fason ^ nd ^ . BfeSey , ' . Bradford , Yorkshire , sharebrokersj ^ Woolrig ht , W . il v Chidscn T ^ Wait , and J . Lindsay , iiveroooi ; eUk-mercers-J . Hillces , and W . Todd , Bourn , Slors--J . James and T . W . Richmond , Swansea , Glamorganshire , Rnen-drapers—R . Pitcher and P . Bates , Surrey Canal-bank , Old Kent-road , tar-refiners—W . ARen and P Long , Manchester , coaeh proprietors—J . H . Cuthbert and C . 8 , Bailey , Stonhaia Pajyft , Suffolk , bwr-brewers .

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      Newspaper RsviEWiKa . -Can p coietoto tigone to-night ? said I , thrusting my head into thA subeditor ' s room at a weekly newspaper office . How much does it want to the time ? An hour and a ' quarter . , . . . Well I have eighteen new books to look into an * notice . ' If I get done in time I'll go with you . Sharp work , said I . , . " Not particularly . They arc short paragraphs ; only a column and a half altogether . But the ' reading ? You don't seriously think wc read books < # How the deuce , then , do you form your opinion «* them ? , ., We cut 'cm open—and smell the paper kmle .- « Hood ' s Magazine ,

      Population Analysis Extraordinary . —In addition to the information afforded by the census of 1841 , we learn from the Leicester Mercury that the population of Leicester consists of three clasajs , viz ., those who believe in mesmerism , those who believe in magic rings , and those who believe in neither . Hintjto Spinstehs !—In order to get ma : ried , yon must learn to manage yourself ; and , after you hava got married , to manage your husband : and both together is what may be called the " Whole Duty oi Woman . "—Punch , Hint to Wives . — There arc plenty of waya to bring a man to reason . His buttons may be not sewn on ; hia dinner kept waiting ; pickles or potatoes not provided ; and there may be nothing for him but a cold shoulder when he expects a hot join —Ibid .

      Another !—There are two things that I would strongly impress upon . you . One is—never let youc husbands have a latchkey , or they will take advan > tage of it to stay out . The other is this—tell nobody your age ; for , recollect , human-life is uncertain . You may become widows ; aud , in that case , find they disclosure a disadvantage . —Ibid . - A Conscientious Pump . —In a court behind thQ Liverpool Collegiate Institution there is a p \ Hnp , bearing the inscription , "This pump does not work on Sundays . " Matiumojiiaz , MoKorouara . —Eight widows haviflg got married in Leeds within five days , the spinster of that town are getting up a requisition for a public ? meeting , to adopt the famous Pogmoor resolutions , and "put down" the infamous monopoly in marriage . To such an extent has this monopoly grown , that in 1842 the number of widowers and widows who got married in England was no less than 26 , 1981

      Burkinq an M . P . — -There was once a man , accord , irig to the celebrated Greek author Delectus , who desired to jump over a hill , and took a run of three miles for that purpose ; but when he reached its foot he found himself rather out of breath , so he quietly turned round and walked home again . Do que readers see anytliing in this pleasant and witty anec . dote to remind them of the adventure of Mr . lloche , the member for Cork , as reported to have occurred the other night in the House of Commons ? The Speaker was about to put a question from the chair , when Mr . E . B . Roche said he had come all the way fronj Ireland to—The Speaker . —All the way ? Mr . Roche . —Yes , all the way , to ask a question of the Honourable Member for Bath .

      The Speaker said that such a question must not be asked . Mr . Roche had no wish—The Speaker . —Then why did ho say he had ? Mr . Roche said he trusted—The Speaker said he never did . Tlie Honourabl Member must hold his tongue . . Mr . Roche supposed that— - The Speaker said he had no right to suppose anything of the kind . Mr . Roche hoped that he was not asking too much , then—The Speaker said he was ashing a great deal too much . , , Mr . Roche said that Mr . Roebuck had said that the Irish members had run from their posts—The Speakar said that Mr . Roebuck was quite right . It would have been nonsense to say that their posts had run from the Irish members .

      Mr . Roche would return to Ireland—The Speaker said it was the best thing the Honourable Membei- could do . —Great Gun . Domestic Agriculture . —We heard of a gentle * man who , last year , planted his onions close to his poppies , and the consequence was , they grew so sleepy that he never could get tkem out of their beds . —Bid . Repudiation . —Nothing like it . — Joe Cowell , ia his amusing reminiscences of his theatrical life , describes very humorously a theatrical family named Bland , consisting of a father and mother and two children , a boy and a girl , who were in a manner entailed by Stephen Kcmble on the Durham theatre , when , he leased it to Faulkner and Anderson . Thfii

      parents did not live together , though they acted m the same theatre , and received twenty-five shillings a week each for the services of themselves and children . The man s dissipation and extravagance was the cause of their separation . Tho Mowing description of a consultation between the father and son ( who acted as call-boy ) as to how the five-and-twenty shillings , the week ' s salary , should be disposed of to the best advantage , is exceedingly laughable : — ' Now , Johnny , my hoy , tho old man would eay , let me see . I owe eight shiUings at the sign of the Saddle ; well , that ' slhat , putting the amount on one side . Well , then , I promised to pay part of the score at the Blue Pig ; —well , say five shillings . There , I'll stop Mother Pepper ' s mouth with that . How much does that make , John f

      Why , nine—ten—eleven—twelve--thirtoeu shillings , says the hoy , touching his five fingers . _ But I mean , you goose , how much have I got left ? How should I know , s : iys John . "Why don't you count it ?—you ' ve got the money . Bnt yon ought to know , you young rascal , says thefather , with true parental authority ; you ought to know . Take thirteen from twenty-five—how many remain t Why , twelve , to he sure , counting the balance slily in his hand . That ' s the way you ' re neglecting your education , is it i I shall have to talk to your school-master . Yes , yon had better talk to him , says John ; for he tokl me yesterday , unless you let him have a little money , I needn't come to school no more . Ay , true , my dear—that ' s true ; you must not lose your education , at any rate , says the kind old man . Take him round five shillings" after dinner , my dear , I had a pot with him last night , and he agreed , if I would let him have that much now , he'd take the rest out in tickets at

      the ben ., * and treat the hoys . I want a pair of shoes , father , says John , I can get a capital pair for three and sixpence . You must get them for three shillings , John ; wc owe the butcher four , and he must he paid , or we get no beef ; there , that ends it , said the poor old fellow , with a self satisfied air ; but his vision of independence was in an in * slant destroyed by John ' s simply saying , You've forgot the landlady , father . Yes , that ' s true—so I have ; yes , d n hor ; she mus have her rent , or out we go . John , my dew , I'll tell yo « how 111 contrive it . I'll put the Saddle off with four shillings , and open a branch account with the Yew Tree .

      Yes , that ' s all very well , says John quietly , but wo owed her sixpence on last week , and she paid for the washing . Well , how much does the washing come to , John ? Two aud tuppence , replies the boy . . Well , then , argues the old man / Mother Pepper must hecontent to take three shillings instead of five . But then , father , that won't do ; and we want tea . Who wants tea ? I don't care a fig for tea . But I do , replied the boy with provoking calmness . You want teal You'll waut bread , you young rascaV shouts Bland in a rage . Bread ! that ' s true , exclaims John ; you forgot thebaker . . The old man ' s scheme to pacify his creditors with five and twenty shillings were all knocked on tho head by tho recollection of the baker ; and , sweeping the money off the table into his breeches pocket , in a passion , he roared out . They may all go to the devil together I ' m d d if I pay any of them .

      Westminster to Wit ' .-0 yea 1 0 yes ' . Be it known to all whom it may concern , that John lemple Leader , the lost member for the borough of Westminster has come home . He was seen at Fenton ' g hotel , St . James ' s-street , on Wednesday evening , looking very red in the face—not , however , the consequence of blushing so deeply for his long absence . His affectionate constituents are requested to call upon him at the earliest opportunity , when ho wiU give a minute and particular account of the price ol clarets and ehercs amies , peaches aud petticoats , i a the south of France . —Satirist :

      PEEI , AWD rUSBT , A surplus in the revenue ' s A state of things that few see , And a surpUce in the pulpit , too , 0 , wondrous ! Peel and Pusey . There is , indeed , a three years (?) plU Peel gives John Bull to swallow ; But , though John Bull thinks he ' s not ill , There's sugar-sweet to follow . , Now Pusey , Exeter , and London , ^ Have almost set John retching , With talk of duties left undone ; And new costumes for preaching . So though John votes , you'll shrewdly guess , Both " tax" and " talk" ' s a bore j Peel promises John ' ut l « s less , While Pusey makes thm

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 15, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_15031845/page/3/