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      " ^ weanother number the Norihtm & ar see * si . Hcht of day . &**¦ annweisaiy will hate returaed i ^ ih in nearly every land called Christian , a ra-*^ ea as toe ' chief of holy-days and holidays , the ^ ning festival of the year— Christmas . It behoves 810 therefore , to offer to our readers and friends our ^ * t the time we write we have demonstrative proof A . ^ ps of our fingers that Winter has began his *' «! in earnest : we might > ay like «' Ernest , " only At there is d ' -fference between our chilly monarch A the autocratic ape of Hanover , that whereas the fUgt banished the "Grimms" the former—bad r a tohim—bringsgrww of all kinds , grim cold , grim lfenn , fltism , erim looking noses , and all ^ 4 . the thousand it ' s that flesh is heir to " t this erim season . We have one advantage , how-8 ver oar Hanoverian friends , we may abase the ** - ' ;„ £ monarch—Winter—as much as we p lease , ^ kx no fear of the censorship , and no police ape of an Siocrats ape to say ns " nay . "

      But it is not our intention to quarrel with Winter , rn- quarrel is not with nature in any one of her manifestations ' , but with those of mortal mould who , for their fellow-creatures , sharpen the edge of natural ( lis , and rob them of those enjoyments which the com mon parent bountifully affords for alL Winter has its beaoties as well as other seasons . 4 the poets who have suns of the vernal delights of covin ? , theVosy joys of summer , and the luxuriant beauties of autnmn , have not withheld their tribute to winter . The fair poetess from whose writings we are about to quote , though not belonging to the list of Eng land ' s worthies , is of our kindred , a daughter of the mighty nation which speaks the language of Shake speare on the Western side of the Atlantic . How beautifully she

      describes—THE SNOW-STORU . 'prom Semtt i * Jiff JbttM Land , by Sir * . X . H . Shjouxney 1 Boston . ] How quietly the snow comes down . When all are fast asleep , And pl « y « * thousand fairy pranks O ' er vale and mountain ttecp . How cunningly it finds iu way To ever ? cranny small , And creeps throug h even the slightest ehimk . Iu window or in waU . To every noteless hill it brings A fairer , purer crest Than the rich ermine robe that Jacks

      The haughtiest monarch ' s breast . To every reaching spray it gives Whate'er its hand can hold—A beauteous thing tbe mow it To all , both young and old . The waking day . through curtaining haw , Looks forth , with sore surprise . To view what changes have been wrought Since last she shut her eyes ; And apltasant thing it is to ste The cottage children peep From out the drift , that to their saves Prolongs its rampart deep . The patient farmer searches His buried lambs to find , And Sg his silly poultry out , "Who clamour in tbe wind : How sturdily he cats bis way ,

      Though wild blasts beat Mm bach , And caters for his waiting herd Who shiver round the staclc Bight welcome are those feathery flakes To the ruddy urchin ' s eye , As down the long smooth hill they coast , With shoot and revelry ; Or when the moonlight , clear and cold , Calls ont their throng to play—Oh 2 a merry gift the snow is Pora Christmas holiday . The city miss , who , wrapt in for . Is lifted to the sleigh , And borne so daintily to school Along the crowded way . Feels not within her pallid cheek The rich blood -mantling warm . Like her who , laughing , shakes the snow Prom powdered trees and form .

      A tasteful hand the snow bath—For on the storied pane I saw its Alpine landscapes traced With arch and sculptured fane . Where high o ' er hoary-headed cliffs The dizzy Simplon wound . And old cathedrals reared their towers With Gothic tracery bound . I think it hath a tender heart , For I marked it while it crept To spread a sheltering mantle where The infant blossom slept . It 4 ofh to Earth a deed of love-Though in a wintry way ; And her turf-grown will be greener For the snow that ' s fallen to-day .

      Beautiful ; hut alas the brightness of the poetis dunned by the touch of the oppressor- The snowstorm filling the poet's soul with holy rapture , strikes chill death to the heart ef the miserable pauper , and the wretched outcast . At this very time , famine and disease are stalking through the sister island , hewing down their miserable victims , and they need bnt the aid which winter will afford , to swell the Hnifa to tens , and the tens to hundreds . Worse still , if we are to judge by the portentous arming of the peasantry now so general , we may infer that famine and disease are but the heralds of anarchy . Wild tows are sworn , and , seemingly , wild deeds are being prepared for : " Better are ihey who die by the sword , than they who perish by hunger , " seems to be

      the conclusion to which the Irish peasantry are rapidly tending , despite the false and cowardly eant of their " moral-force" Mobamta . Equal suffering , thoush afflicting a less numerous race , pervades the Highlands and Islands of Scotland , where cruel landlords have reduced a faithful and gallant people to the condition of serfs and paupers . The Irish landlords have at least this ruffian ' s excuse , that they have sprung from robber-hordes who won their own (?) by " conquest , " But a blacker infamy attaches to the Highland landlords . Their fathers ever found in their clansmen the devoted defenders of their greatness , and no reverse of fortune could ever tempt the Highlander to wave his fealty to his chief . Behold in the present state of the Highland population , the gratitude of aristocracy !

      "Yemen , who shed your blood for lords like water , "ffhathave they given your children in return S " Behold the answer in the wail of misery which strikes anguieh . to the hearts of all but the " natural protectors" of the children " * f Culloden ' s martyrs . We are aware that some of the greedy miscreants who were anion * 'he first to signalise themselves in the unholy warfare against the Highland people , were English aristocrats to whom had fallen the titles and power of Highland chiefs ; but now there is » o difference between the Gaelic landlord and his Southern-born neighbour . The day of retribution is Dot yet . bat vet will be .

      „ But misery is not confined to Ireland and Scotland ; in this bea « ted England the agricultural labourers are dying like rotten sheep of disease , caused by hanger and cold ; and this too at the very time that appopletic oxen and fat-stifled pigs are being exhibited in Smitbneld , to prove the claims of their royal and aristocratic breeders to the country ' s admiration . " Oh shame where is thy blush ? " If " Go j made the country and man made the town , " nan is rapidly marring God ' s work , as he long since Barred his own . In towns the misery more concentrated is morelstriking and appalling . The sights * nd sounds which at every turn in this " great wen Sleet ns peal trumitet-tongued

      THE COMPLAINTS OF THE POOR . TBI JtOBEBT SODTMJ . J And wherefore do the poor complain ! The rich man ask'd of me;—Come walk abroad with me , I said . And I will answer thee . 'Iwas evening , and the frozen street ! Were cheerless to behold , And we were wrapt and eoated well , And yet we were a-cold . We met an old bare-headed man , His locks were thin and white , I ask'd him what he did abroad In that cold winter ' s night ;

      Z The cold was keen indeed , he said , Bat at home no fire had he , And therefore he had come abroad . To ask for charity . We met a young bare-footed child . And she beirg M Iou < J an < i ^ 0 , < 1 » I ask'd her what she did abroad When the wind it blew so cold ; She said hsr father was at home , Andhelayaicka-bed , And thwsforo was it sho was sent Abroad to beg for bread . We saw a woman sitting down Upon a stone to rest , She had a baby at her back And another at her breast : I ask'd htr why she IoitcrM there

      Whra the night-wind was so chill ; She tnru'd her head and bade the cbUd That scream'd behind , he still ; Then told OS that her husband served A soldier , far away , And therefore to her parish she Was legging back her way . We nut a girl , ker dress was loose Au'l sunken was her eye , I' - J'o nith a wanton ' s hollow r « ice Address'd the passers-by : i ask ' u Lit what there was in guilt hat euold Iier heart allure To shame , disease , and late remorse ; ^& e answer * d she was poor .

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      X turn'd me to the rich man than , - ' For silently stood he , — " You ask'd me wh y the poor complain , And these have answerM thee ! We have no veneration for the name oi Robert Southey , of whom may be truly said what has been falsely said of Byron , —he was " a traitor to his own genius ; nevertheless it must be admitted that the above simple lines , written in his early days , do forcibly and truly describe the miseries of thousands in this land . We believe the above lines were written 80 far back as the year 1798 , ( long before Southey had " turned his coat , and would have turned his skin" ) , yet , they but too faithfully picture portions of the every day street-life of the present time . The

      recent death of Louisa Mordaunt occasioned according to the verdict of the jury by " want of the common necessaries of life , is but a sample ef the fate of a multitude of our fellow creatures . Almost daily the journals contain reports of inquests Upon unhappy beings starved to death ; and we are sure that the names of the victims thus brought before the public , are but a small minority of those who die , " and make no sign . " Again , witness the multitude of mendicants thronging the streets who vegetate , not live , and die by inches . The case of William Cotton , one of the heroes of " Meanee , " and " Hyderabad , " who , a few days ago , was taken op for the crime of "begging" has excited much interest He . bore a medal on his breast , and was exposing the frightful gashes he had received in battle

      with the view of obtaining charitable aid ! The caao is a monstrous example of the working of the present system , but it stands not alone . The soldiers of our industrial armies are thousands of them similarly situated . True , they have no medal to attest their works , they have no badges , but those of the union fforkhouses , but they have their " gashes ;"—their horny hands , farrowed brows , bended backs , sore limbs , empty stomachs , diseased frames and aching hearts expose the wounds they have received in the deathsirnegleofioil and privation , labour and destitution . "Theworld is not their friend , nor the world's law , " therefore , O reader , whatever is in thy power to do for these unhappy ones , do it . Give thine aid in the spirit sat forth in the following lines : —

      A SIGH FOR THE POOR . [ By Lewis M . Thomtos , Agard-street , Derby . ] A sigh for the poor without ' shel rfri enuI i Expos'd to tbe blast and the storm , A hand ever ready to ease their distress . And a heart that with pity beats warm . Oh 2 why is our lot not as abject as theirs i ( Do . we differ one jot in the mould ! j And why have roe kindrsd and riches and health t And why are we screen'd from tbe cold f Then a sigh for tho poor without shelttr or fritnds Expos'd to the blast and tbe storm , A hand evar ready to ease their distress , And a heart that with pity beats warm .

      Oh JI loath the proud giver who boasts of bii boon , And plays with the coin he bestows , But-giveme the one , who is cheerful withal , Tho' a " mite" ' midst the silver he throws , True charity comes like the " Widow of old , " And not as the rich did I ween , The one came with sympathy shunlng all gazs , The other—alas to be leen , Then a sigh for the poor without shelter or frUnds , Expos'd to the blast and the storm , A hand ever ready to ease their distress , And a heart that with pity beats warm . But it is time we sounded a more cheerful note . Onr ' ' Garland" must not be wholly composed of gatherings from the cypress and the willow ; for if so , it would ill befit merry Christmas-tide . Here is a leaf of another sort gathered from the PuneA-tree , fit companion to the punch-bowl : —

      CHRISTMAS IX THE STREETS . ( From Panto ' s Snapdragons for Christmas . ) Up from lacy hsarth-side and sHcnt { chamber ! Up and forth into the busy places of the City < Mark the softening influence of tbe merry time upon crowding , swarming men and women!—forth , and with Christmas in the heart ; And Christmas in the streets . Some people love best to walk in green lanes and country paths ; we prefer—and we don ' t care who knows it—the streets—those very kaledeiscopes of humanity , which , at every turn , and at every movement , give us new combinations of . forms , features , and expressions . A little too noisy they may sometimes be—a little too dirty—a little too smoky ; but never nnamusing—nerer uninstructive—never monotonous ; always , too , presenting you with something to think about , or something to keep you from thinking—two great advantages to be used at pleasure .

      But great is Christmas time in the streets , above all other times . Never are they so lively—so bustling—so follof feature , as at that great annual epoch of pantomimes and mincepies . For the spirit of the festival does not alone stamp men ' s brows in evening merry-makings and fire-side sports . In tbe thoroughfare , as well as in the chamber , you see the traces of his might , making men of business lo ikies * business-like , m « n of pleasure mere cordial , patting additional warmth into every greeting , additional heartiness into every squeeze of the hand . But let m firth , and judge for onrselw .

      A fine Christmas day ; cold and bracing . Ths sky is grey and fleecy , except where , here and there , broad bright paths of ruddy light cross the firmament , like veins of gold . The afternoon is decidedly frosty ; horses smoke like plum-pudding whsn the cover is removed ; and the visible breaths of passengers give them the appearance of being aU engaged in smoking invisible pipes . _ Everthing and everbody look more good humoured than usual . Even policemen are relenting ; and bsadles remembering tbe time when they were little boys , in muffin caps—the only shape in which they ever had any thing to do with muffins—smile affably , and condescend to ask young yellow-breeches whether he don't like roast goose and apple sauce . Ladies cloaked and furred to the point of their noses—noses , too , endowed by the cold with a slight suspicion of red ; and gentlemen , shapeless , in sea-coats and Taglionis , go hurrying by , sometimes stopping toshake hands with people * that , at any other season , they would only have bowed to . *

      A party of children , with papa and mamma . Home for the holidays . What an infinity of toys ! Whips , guns , wooden horses , squeaking dogs incessantly kept on the bark . Why the Lowther-arcade must have been emptied by tbe visit of that household . The pantomime in tbe evening , too ; but . before that , great doings ; roasc geese and boiled turkeys ; mince pies , plum-pudding ; what a glorious ] vista , and all closed by the music and lights of the theatre . Glance along the street : —great is the glory of shops devoted to the sale of Christmas cheer , admiring the groups who cluster ground their windows . Holly , too .

      and evergreens and misletoe , wreathed upon the walls , overshadowing the dainties , embowering quarters of oxen , and the trussed-ap forms of fatted ducks and geese . The evergreen plants are vegetable—Nature ' s Christmas gifts—hale and sturdy shoots , with sound hearts , « nd good constitutions . None of tbe pampered aristocracy of plants are they , fostered in thermometer-regulated hothouses , whilst their leas-favoured brethren are drooping on the frosty ground , cut through by the . nipping cold as by a knife . No ; they are of the stout-hearted commonalty , laughing iu the teeth of Johnny Frost , caring neither for snow or ice , fresh and green through it all !

      And here they are , plucked from copse and gardenwreaths for the Christmas King ; triumphal arches for his advent ! Seehow people throng admiring !/ round that butcher ' s shop . There ' s beef—there's mutton ! A proud ox he ought to be who furnished forth that sirloin . How jolliiy it will smoke , amid its smaller compeers , on the Christmas table : —a right down English dish . Talk of sirloins and barons of beef ; they should be promoted in the aristocracy ; the " sir' * made a "baron , " and the baron a dike . Baron , loin and duke of beef ! How the jolly butcher , too , is cutting , —hacking away , till his face is as red as the lean of his meat . Many a Christmas dinner is he dispensing , lightening his labour with admiring criticism on the fare .

      " Never was sich a ox kUled ma'am , as this here !" And he removes the bunch of evergreens , which appeared to grow out of it—like the shady vine on the hind quarters of Baron Munchausen ' s horse , and critically displays the fat , so white , and the lean , so ruddy . How the people buy ; and with less hugging and chaffering than usual ; for who would wrangla and get angry , about a half-penny in the pound , at Christmas time 1 And then the geese , and the turkeys : long rows of white victims , looking , if possible , fatter and plumper than the remains of their quadruped brethren of the farm .

      Batchers'and pomlterers' shops are great places in Christmas time ; but it is ia tba markets that their displays are most lavish . They ars tho very penetralia of the ' temples sacred to Christmas fare . There the meat looks bigger and fatter than sver , as if tbe world had turned antediluvian , and steaks of mammoth and megatherion w < re commonly sold Ar beef and mutton . And there , also , throng ing amid stalls , and through narrow passage , hum and cluster the admiring , enticing , buying , joking , laughing crowd . A confectioner ' s shop , too , is a thing tobelooked at . That cake is quite imag inative . The ravmes of coloured su-ar arc beautifully p icturesque ; the temple upon the rock is of a peculiar cnler of architecture ; not Corinthian , but rather Twelf th-Nightian ; ond if the scarlet and gold men and women are half the size of the mountain , and decidedly taller thanihe temple , we ought to admire that fine imaginative genius , winch burst the bon-is of nature , and quite remodels aud reforms tbe

      retrospective sizes of men and mountains . The « indow 3 of printscllcr ' s shops nr--, also , pleasant to heboid . What an infinity of gay prints of Christmas dinners ! What satire in interlarding thwn with correct portrait ' s . f prize oxen ! And then , what a burst of si . icdid bmdiiiss , and engraving , and satin paper , catches the eye ! B . * ol « for Christmas presents ; the whole tribu <•! tl'S annals ; the littery bntterfltes cf vintr in all their taking garments of crimson , and scar-J * r a " nd"oM . Nature puts forth her fluttcring-veined leave * insuring , aod while she seems sleeping , > an puts

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      forth his flutteriug-letiersd Ieaues in winter . Each have thsir beauties , each teach thsir lesionsr . ¦ « : ¦ ¦ * ¦ ? . ¦ ... Evening is coming on . Blinds are drawn down sooner than usual , because everybody is anxious to begin tho pleasant snug time of candlelight . Gas flares furiously in open shops and markets , bursting forth in small voleano 9 , as if it was determined to cook the dainties which still remain unpurchased , even should there be no customer to eat them . Omnibuses going to the suburbs , where snug cottages and villas abound , are perfectly loaded with the Invited to dinner parties ; and on the roofs are deposited stores from the fruiterers or tho fishmongers ; parcels of apples aud nuts and barrels of oysters .

      And now there comes , as the darkness gradually closes , pleasantly stealing upon the nose a sense of the flavour of the roasted goose . It increases—it becomes pslpable—thare can be no mistake about it . Forth from every third chimney-pot comes the smoke of a Christmas dinner , and the flavour of the fare , until all London is pervaded with one subtle smell of roast goose . Sea how people sniff it , and nod knowingly . They re . cognise the odour—sweeter than sabacan spicOj myrrhthe incense of the Christmas worship ! And with the incense the chant of the festive rites- « - tbe carol—the old well-remembered traditionary Christmas carol . Hark ! it is pealing from children's ringing VOlCei , sounding shrilly over the low roar of the moving city ; speaking of mirth and friendly greetings , and good wishes between man and man .

      Song of the season < Swell joyously out—mingle w « tn the chiming b » lls—tell the world that Chriitraas is a Messed time—speak to it in the rude but simple and touching words , that our fathers sung all gleefully ages ago ! There is a charm in the old jingls—power in the old melody—generation after generation hare heard it and sung it . May many yet chant it , for its words are words of kindness and well-wishing , and its musio a speaking train of simple harmony ! Such a glorious panorama of the sights out of doors cannot fail to whet our appetites for a heartier relish and keener enjoyment of the delights within doors ; putting us in fitting humour to appreciate A LYRIC FOR CHRISTMAS .

      [ srw . « . j . BASKta . ] Winter has resum'd hi * reign ,. Snow envelopes hill and plain ; Sleep tbe summer flowers in mlb , And the birds refrain from mirth , Yet mirth lightens every eye , Every pulse is beating high . Gladness smiles in cot and ball , Like a winsome dame , on all ; And the church-bells sweetly chime'Tis the merry Christmas time . '

      From the holly tree he brought Bought with ruby berries fraught-Search the grey oak high and low For thi my * tic miiletoe—Bid the ivy loose her rings That round rock and ruin clings—Deck the shrine with foliage green , Ts each house be verdure tern-Just as earth were in her primelis the cheerful Christmas time . Pile the board with viands rare , Savoary dishes—hearty fare ;

      * Brawn of boar , and capoa good , Fowls from river , marsh , and wood ; Partridg" plump , and pheasant wild-Teal and duck by art beguiled ; Bid the huge sirloin smoke nigh—Luscious pasty , fruit stared pie ; Fruit that grew in Eastern climo—Tis the festal Christmas time . Quietly bvAach the oldest ca « k , Bring the gobl « t , bring the flask-Ale of England , wine from Spain , Rhenish vintage , choice champagne ; Fill as wont the wassail bowl , Let it round the circle trowl , Whilst the yule-fire biases bright , Whilst the yule-torch lends its light , Till we hear the morning chime'Tis the joyful Christmas time .

      Feed the hungry , cloth the poor , Chide no wanderer from the door—Bounteous give with thankful mind To the wretched of mankind , This day throws the harrier down ? Twixt the noble and the clown , For an equal share have all In its blessed festival ; Of each colour , class , and clime ; 'Tis the holy Christmas time . As our fathers used of old

      Still the solemn rites we hold , And with season-hallowed mirth Celebrate our Saviour ' s birth . Cbaunt those ancient carols well That the wondrous story tell ; Call the jocund masquers in , Bid the dancers' sport begin ; Blameless tale and cheerful song Shall onr merriment prolong , Whilst around the church-bells chime—For the solemn Christmas time .

      Our readers are acquainted to a small extent with the poems of thegreat German poet , FerdinandFreilii rath ; several of his beautiful productions , collected from various publications , having at different times appeared in our columns . Our reader , will rejoice to learn that this noble of nature is now in England , where he is likely to remain , having sought and found in this country a refuge from the persecution waged against him hy the false , cowardly , and cruel tyrant of Prussia , Our readers will find a lengthy account of the poet from the pen of William Hewitt , in thePeopfeWouniaZ of December 12 th . When the next part of the Journal comes under our police , we shall try to find room for some extracts from Mr . Howitt ' s article . We have for some time past had ' by ns a translation of one of Freiligrath ] s productions , which first met our eyes in the Dublin University Magasine ; it is appropriate to the present occasion , « nd will be received by our readers with " three times three , and one cheer more" : —

      ST . NICHOLAS . A SOSG FOR fJ & OWN-CP CalLOSEK . Br FEBPiNANO FftEILIGBATH . Christmas is the time of times , Bear alike to High and Humbler ; Even the wretch who writes and rhymes Then may fill his purple tumbler . But , while hailing Christmas day * , And their holly , wine , and stories , Give we , too , Saint Nicholas ' praise ! Sing we , too , Tsar Nicholas ' glories J Nicholas nurtures pride and wrath-Two sad sins—but never mind them ! Coursers four and four he hath , And a erand gold sledge behind them ! In his palaces in the North , ( Legion-palaces—he would build Wren * Out of all conceit of worth ) Dwells he with his duteous children .

      There he showers bis boons on those Who best laud him in some new hymn ; Bonbons , ribbons , fine gay clothes , Gives he all who court and sue him . Those who don't he soon makes feel What a Tsar is in a passion—Bis sharp , savage , slashing steel Cuts them up , reviewer-fashion ! With his capitals ( taking care Uot to omit the Greek EKKAHZIA ) And his countries everywhere , From Silesia to—Magnesia , ( Though of tftat Circassia won't Lsave him what might dose a sick lass ) What a warlike , Thor-like front Shows he to the world , this Nich'iasl To ( and lately o ' er ) the JWes

      Rules he with supreme dominion ; Wond ' rous in his enre of" souls , " t Hice his care to gauge opinion ! Stay !—« rrafto»—read for that , ' Nice his care to gag and pinion 'Nicholas , mind you , stand * no chat From bis dearest , nearest minion ! Therefore , 01 young Muscovy , Bide as meek and mute as may be , And at all you chance to see Wink just like adrowsy baby ! Shun the sea of Politics , With its perilous shoals and shallows Better bear afew hard kicks

      Than ran tilt against the gallows I Be a good boy , and play no tricks ; By and bye your Fa will kindl y Mix his kicks with sugar-sticks If you now obey him blindl y . Serve him with a smilirg f . ice , Praise bis pranks however cruel ; If yon do you'll gain his grace It you don't you'll get y < wjr gruel ! For my own part , should—for who , Knows what changes Fate is working !—Should , I say , Germania too Some fine day see Nicholas her king , All I beg is , when the event Comes to pass , that he'll remember How much ink and time I ' ve spent In his praise this sixth December ! Christmas—yes ! ' tis dear to all

      Kings and coolers , men aud fanes ; Then while snows and poultry fall , Hrarts rise high as Hedged canaries . But , while bailing Christmas days , And their holly , wine , and stories , Give we , too , Saint Nicholas praise Sinj ; n-e , too , Tsar Nichol'is' glory ! Thin is not a time for cursing , and therefore , be sure , if at the moment of festal mirth we forget to smile , and instead of blessings our tongue utters male-

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      dictions , be sure that our enemy is no ordinary miscreant , our hatred more than of the common stamp . A curse then for the Tsar , both "loud and deep . " But a tear also for Poland—more than a tear , a row to right her wrongs . We have seen how the poet hurls contempt and scorn at the tyrant '; , turn we " now to another poet , ( our American favourite , many of whose poems have already appeared in this journal ) , who in "thoughts that breathe and words that burn , " thu * proclaims the glorious mission of

      THE REFORMER . BI J . 0 . WUtTTlBB . All grim and soiled and brown with tan , I saw a Strong One in his wrath . Smiting the godless slirinas of man Along his path . The Church beneath her trembling dome Essayed in vain her ghostly charm ; Wealth shook within his gilded home With pule alarm . Fraud fiom his secret chamber fled . Before the sunlluht bursting in Sloth drew her pillow o ' er her head To drown the din . " Spare , " Art implored , " yon holy pile ;

      That grand' old , time-worn turret gpara j " Meek Reverence , kneeling in the aisle , Cried out , '' Forbear !" Grey-henrded Use , who , deaf ana blind , Groped for bis old accustomed stone ; leaned on his stuff , and wept , to find His saat o ' erthrown . Romance raised up his dreary eyes , O ' erhung with paly look * of gold " Why smite , " he asked , in sad surprise "Thefalr , the old ?" Yet louder rang the Strong One ' s stroks , Tet nearer flushed his axla ' s gleam ; Shuddering and sick of heart I woke , As from a dream . I look'd : aside the dust-cloud rolled—The Waster seemed the Builder too ; Upspringiug from the ruined Old I saw tho New .

      'Twas but tbe ruin of the bad—The wasting of the wrong and ill ; Whatc'er of good the old time had Was living still . Calm grew tht brows of him I feared ; The frown which awed me passed away , And left behind a smile which chsered Like breaking Bay . Green grew the grain on battle plains , O ' er swarded war . mounds grazed the cow ; The slave stood forging from bis chains The spade and plough . Where frowned the fort , pavilions gay And cottage windows , flower-entwined , Looked out upon the peaceful bay And hills behind . Through vine-wreathed cups with wine once red ,

      The lights on brimming crystal fell , Brawn , sparkling , from the rirulst-hcad , And mossy well . Through prison walls , like Heavensent hops , Fresh breezes blew , and sunbeams strajsd ; And with the idle gallows-rope The young child played . Where the doomed victim in his call Had counted o ' er the weary hours , Glad schoolgirls , answering t * the bell , Came crowned with flowers . Grown wiser for the lessen given , I fear no longer , for I know That , where the share is deepest driven , The best fruits grow . Oh ! backward . Iooking son of time 1—The new is old , the old is new , The cycle of a change sublime Still sweeping through .

      As idly as in that old day Thou meurnest , did thy sires repine , So , in his time , thy child , grown grey , Shall sigh for thine . Tet not the less for chem or thou The eternal step of progress beats To that great anthem , calm aid slow , Which God repeats ! Take heart !—the Waster builds again—A charmed life of goodness hath ; The tares may perish—but the grain la not for death . God works in all things ; all obey His first propulsion from the night ; Ho , wake and watch 1—the world is grey With morning light !

      The above should be read over more than once to be fully appreciated ; more magnificent lines poet never penned . We must , however . except one stanza ; we have no objection to " crystal brimmers" filled from the " mossy well ; " still , at this season of the year , we must protest against the suggested banishment of the " vlne-wreatlied cup , " which not abused is rightly used' Charles Mackay ' s philosophy is ours : — ' Little fools will drink too much , But great ones not at all . " For this week we must pause , wishing ; our friends and waders " A Merry Christinas . " If our Garland is partly of a sombre hue , of a like tint is the lot of too many ot that class for whom it is our mission to speaks Sorrow for the sufferingsof our fellowcreatures is not , however , inimical to that joy which the comforts of " our ain fireside , " and the company of friends and brethren must bring .

      " The heart that is soonest awake to the flowers , Ia always the first to be touched by the thorns !" So says Tom Moore—not dead yet , long life to him ! and to all such hearts we give the hearty " was heel . ' " " So send round the bowl and be happy awhile ; May we never meet worse in our pilgrimage here ; Than the tear thai enjoyment can gild with a smile , And the smile that compassion can turn to a tear !'

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      Proving Himself a Fool . — One of the "Fellows of the Royal Society" has announced his intention of prosecuting the ediotr of the Athenmm , for saying he was ignorant . A New Roman Catholic Church , on a scale of great magnificence , is to be erected at Groom ' s Hill , Greenwich . The lords of the admiralty have graoted the sum of £ 200 towards the building fund , in consideration of the number of Roman Catholics who are inmates of the Royal Hospital at Greenwich . Goon . —The . Scot * Greys , stationed in Clonrae ) , have subscribed a day ' s pay for the relief oi' the distressed in that place .

      Dkath of General Sm Martin Hunter . —This , the oklestofficer in tbe British army , expired on the 8 th instant at Anton ' s-hill , in the 90 th year of his age , and after a military service of 75 years . The Wellington Statue . —On Monday workmen commenced preparing footing for scaffold-poles in the open space west of the Horse Guards , for the purpose , it was stated , of thu erection of a pedestal for the Wellington statute , which , it is said , is to be taken down forthwith .

      A True Pf . iest . —Last Sunday , a Perth minister , during his discourse to his flock , made an attack on our national poet Burns , by saying " that he did not hesitate to name him , and assert that he had sent more souls to hell during his life than all the ministers have been able to send to heaven since his death . " This statement gave offence to many of the more liberal and intelligent of his congregation—one of whom , on arriving at home , took Burns' Poems , and read to his wife and family , «« The Cottars' Saturday Night . "—Edinburgh Express ,

      Roman Criminal Code . —Accordingto a letter from Rome , in tbe Augsburg Gazette of the 7 th , the new criminal code for the Papal-States ia in ao forward a state that it may be expected to appear at the commencement of 1847 . The portion respecting political offences is said to be exceedingly mild . Representation op Bath . —We have authority for stating that a letter was received on Friday from Lord Ashley , declining to become a candidate , at the next dissolution or vacancy , for this city . —Scene ' s Bath Journal . A Mother and Son Drowsed . —A few days ago , Mrs . Shillito , the wife of a captain of a vessel trading to York , was drowned along with her son , in the river Ouse , near Acnster , Malbis .

      Dkath of tub Vauxhall Hermit . —A man , well knownabout London a * the Vauxhall hermit , expired in Guy s Hospital on Friday . His name was William Roekett , aged seventy-seven years . He had a most extraordinary appearance , always wearing an immense white beard and long white hair . He formerly exhibited himself at Vauxhall Gardens as the hermit , but latterl y he had been" in a state of groat privation , obtaining a livelihood by selling lucifer matches in the Borough , and sleeping in the low lodging-houses in the Mint .

      Awful Fire . —Letters from Smyrna of the 27 th ult ., state that 8 G 0 houses had been destroyed by fire at Salonica on die 17 th ult ., by which calamity 1 , 500 families were reduced to indigence , Gu . v Cotton Accident . —The youngest son of Mr . Rowe , starch manufacturer , of Creditun , met with n severe accident a . few days since , while trying the effect of gun cotton in a double barrelled gun , both barrels of which burst at the same instant , shattering his hand very severely . Imposition of " Duties on Tea and Coffee by the United States . —It will be proposed lo Congress to establish a small dutj on tea and cuffoe , bv which 3 . 000 , 000 dolliirsinav beiviiiiaed . —New York Sun .

      Illness of John ojiixcv Adams . —i'he venerable and talented cx-Prasideuc of the United State * , now in his 80 th year , has b ; en attacked by paralysis , but is measurably recovering ; and so great is the remaining vigour of that once iron constitution , that his physicians entertain hopes of his speedy restoration .

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      W ^ nsw-r > r ***~— * . *>* wr >>^* ~ u _ •^ WVtaVt / tMMM / tMiyuw / iyul / tfMuUuu 1 Flunkies Read This . —No animal , except man , will consent to be servant , footman , waiter , or toady , to any of its own kind , and to wear a badge of itsdegradation . A Serious Consideration . —When Dr . Franklin ' s mother-in-law discovered that tho young man was becoming intimate with her daughter , the good old lady said she did not know so well about giving her daughter to a printer . There were already two printing offices in the United States , and she was not certain that the country would support them . It was plain young Franklin would be obliged to depend for the support of his family on the profits of a third , and this was rather a doubtful chance .

      Elusion ' s Modesty . —At a dinner party the entire company complimented Elliston upon his assumption /)! ' Majesty in the Coronation . Sir Herbert Taylor sold " I can add something to the praise so judiciously bestowed , Mr . Eiliston ' s King is not only the most graceful and elegant performance I ever saw , but ft wonderful imitation of the manner of His Majesty Georpe the Fourth . " "Mydear Sir Herbert , " said Robert William , "George imitates me . " Lads and Lasses , —A Scotch peasant girl paid to her brother "she could na see just what it was that made him sang so o'ten and stay so late to see one lassie : for her part she had rather have the company of one lad than twenty lasses .

      Lecture on Tiom-Lacino . — You are award , young ladies , that by means of light-lacing the waist of the female figure may be made to vie with * that of the wasp , and to resemble the form of an hour-glass , or the letter X ; , 'thus very much improving its appearance . You have seen , perhaps , the statue of the Venus de Medicia ; and you know what a fright of a figure it has , in consequence of the model from which it was taken ; evidently never having wern a corset . The rose , however , is never without the thorn ; the most agreeable evening party has its drawbacks . And so there are , unhappily , some unpleasant results

      consequent on compression , at the expense of which a slender waist is purchased . The circulating fluid , from a disagreeable law of nature , is forced up into the head . The colour of the fluid is rosy , as you know . The delicate health attendant on tight-lacing forbids it to adorn the cheek , ond accordingly it is transferred to the nose ; which its tint does not adorn by any means . Within the circle of the waist are comprised certain plaguy vessels , whose freedom from pressure is unfortunately required . When they are subject to any obstruction , as they are by close lacing , there is a vexatious tendency in the ankles to swell ; and the worst is , that a tight shoe only renders the disfigurement the more

      conspicuous . Young ladies have also some tiresome muscles , whose support is necessary to the spine . Their power is destroyed—what a pity this is ! by tight stays : and then back assumes a curvature . How grievous { that one cannot be at once slender and straight ! Comfort must also be sacrificed to elegance ; and the reduction of the waist occasions giddinesa and headache . This perhaps alone would be a trifle ; but lacing involves short life ; and as the contracted figure suggests a resemblance to . the hour-glass , tho hour-glass suggests a warning to the contracted figure . —Punch . Not able to do Everything . —An Oxford student

      joined without invitation a party dining at an inn , after dining , he boasted so much of his abilities that one of the party said , " You have told us enough of what you can do , tell us something you cannot do . " ' Faith , " said he , "I cannot pay my share of the reckoning . " Puzzling . —Bed is a bundle of paradoxes ; we go to it with reluctance , yet we quit it with regret ; and we make up our minds every night to leave it early , but we makeup our bodies every morning to keep it late . Poetry Divine . — A young poet of Cleveland , Ohio , has fallen in love the second time . It may be that" true lovenever did run smooth , " but it can't be said of his poetry : — o wunet i luvd a nuther girl her name it was murrier but betsy deer my love for a is 46 times more higher .

      " Brevity the Soul of Wit . "—A newspaper in Albama was bora in oneday , and died the next , ' If brevity is the soul of wit , " that paper had a very witty existence , A Tough Job for a Portrait Painter . — " Represent me , " said a gentleman to his artist , " with a book in my hand , and reading aloud . Paint my servant , also , in one corner , where he cannot be seen , but in such a manner that he may hear me when I call him . ' ' A Great Truth . —Lord Bacon beautifully said : — " If a man be gracious to strangats , it shows he is a citizen of the world , and that his heart is no island , cut off from othor lands , but a continent that joins them . "

      Masculine and Feminine . —We notice the following d ' esprit in a number of tho Knickerbocker Magazine : — In England rivers all are males—For instance , Father Thiimcs ; ¦ Wh oever in Columbia sails . Finds them raa'dainselles or dames . Yet here the softer sex presides , Aquatic , I assure ye ! And j Jfrs . Sippy rolls her tides , Responsive to Miss Socai , " _ Dr . Johnson at Fault . —Dr . Johnson in his dictionary , defines a garret as " a room on the highest floor of the house ; " and a cock loft as " the room over the garret !" Substitute fob News . —In tho dearth of news of actual fighting , the New York Herald has been reduced to the necessity of heading one of the articles thus : " Another Tremendous Battle—expected !"

      A Hit , —A widow once said to her daughter , " when you are of my age , you will be dreaming of a husband . " " Yes , mamma , " replied the girl , '' for a second time . " Burns and " Bonnie Juan . "—The first introduction was somewhat curious . Tho poat had attended a dance in Mauchline , accompanied by his dog in place of a fair partner , and , in reply to some remark , hesaid , " he wished he could get any of the lasses to like him as weel as his collie did . " A few days afterwards , when the poet was strolling down tbe banks of a burn which runs through a village , a lass . who was engaged in t ' . ie bleaching green inquired "if ho had got a more loving sweetheart than his dog yet . " This was Jean Armour , and this the first time of meeting betwixt the future husband and wife . —Dumfries Courier , THE PRIZE HG AND TAB PRIZE PEASANT .

      ( From Punch , ) I never pass a fat pig by , But off I take my hat , And " I ' m your servant , Sir , " says I : — What makes me act like that ? Why , because I ' ve been taught to behave as I ought , And know my own degree ; And I never neglect to pay proper respi cfc , When 'tis due from me . For forty years , as man and boy , I've drivrn my master's plough ; Was never out of his employ , And still urn in it now ; My children and my wife I have kept all my life From off the parish dear ; But merit like mine , to the worth of a swine , People think small beer .

      True I ' ve not toil'd so long for nought ; I ' ve met with some reward : And so , perhaps , you'll say I ought , Or else it would be hard . A prize I received : —th . s good gentlefolks griev'd They couldn't give more to me ; Two pounds was the touch , —and a cow got as much ; But a fat hog , tares . So to a pig I make my bow , As manners do require , And touch my hat to boar and sow , With parson and with ' squire . Though a Christian am I , yet a pig in a Sty , My better ' s is , I see ; For the p g makes fine pork , and I ' m nearly past work ; And they can ' t eat me !

      JONATHAN IN HIS GLORY . The Baltimore Sun contains some correspondence relative to the lato battle of Monterey , portions of which seem to have beon expressly written for quotation in our periodical . As for instance—the writer is speaking of the " Texan Rangers : " They wore eaeh armed with barrelled rifles , and , as may bo supposnd , did great execution among the copperskins . " Copper-skins ! Quite a sporting phrase . ! Who would think the skins wore those of human beings ? He then relates the following " incidents : — ° Colonel M'Cluny ol Mississippi , the great duellist , got upon the breastworks , waved his hat , and was in the act of giving three cheer * , when a ball struck him , from the effects of which he has since died . Universally regretted , of course , as tho " great duellist , " an honour to his country .

      Samuel W . Chambers , one of the rangers , or * tbe Delaware hero , ' ns they call him , deliberately took aim with his ' ftre-ehooter , ' firing with great effect , mid crushing tbe Mexicans . But it is impossible for me to mention all the numerous incidents that occurred at the present time . Let us correct what must have been an erratum in tho preceding paragraph . For " numerous" read ' murderous • " such is the right designation of tinwhole affair ; and even Jonathan himself must admit " that ' s a fact . "—ZWA .

      . Notice . —If the Wellington Statue , which was left on tho top of the triumphal arch in Piccadilly about two months ago , is not taken itwny by the 2 ht o \ this m nth , it will be sold to pay expenses . —Fundi .

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      Enlarging BucKixonAM Palacb . —On Saturday the demolition of the ornamental colonnade forming the front of the south wing of Buckingham Palace was commenced , from which point the new wing begins . The excava- ions for both wings fronting St . James ' s Park are complete , and the foundations are already laid . I . jtTfEits to PnrssTA—Letters to and from Pinssia may he sent in future without the necessity of propayment of postage , —an a ? ent from the Berlin Post Office having returned to that capital IVora London , after concluding a postal convention to such , effect .

      The Ham , of Death . —A trial is about to be at the cemi tery of Mont P & maese , Paris , for tho purpose of preventing premature interment . A salU des mart * is ^ to be established , in which all bodies arc to remain , under the eyes of a scientific cdov mishion , for t . wentv-Mx hour . s before they are . Juried . Vhi y Right . —The authorities of tho freeeUy of Fiankf ' ort-on-tlie-Maine have purchased largs quantities of corn in foreign countries , which they-sell to the bakers in th * t city at a reduced pvice . reserving to themselves the right to regulate the price o bread . ,,-,., ^ Thk Jesuits . —A journeyman blacksmith , from Wurtembnrg , employed at Lucerne , has bieii tried and condemned to banishment from the can Soil fsr ten years , and to pay the costs of his pro . 'ccuiif . ii , for having , while drinking at a public-house , cast reflections upon the Jesuits .

      F < . xes . —Thebrtcd of foxes in Westraorebiid lfl said to he considerably on the increase . In Wither * slack , Kcntinirn , and the mountainous districts , they arc to bo seen daily , and many of the adjacent hi-n-roosts have suffered greatly from their depreda * tions . A Largb Pboibstant Chapel has been opened at Boulogne . Covknt GrAnnEN Tbeatre is about to be considerably enlarged . Soap was used by the Romans for dressing their hair , lone before it was made use of for waiting . Hrrrtutart Incurables . — King George IU . made . 180 hereditary legislators ; George IV ., 45 , and William IV , 50 . Her present Majesty has made 35 . —total . 310 . Punishment fob Debt . —For a debt of 5 , 000 francs , ( about £ 200 ) the penalty for a Frenchman is . au iniprigonmttnt lor five years , that of an Englishman in France , ( en vears .

      Canadian Roads . —Hundreds of miles of roads in Canada are made of plank , covered by earth OS gravel , where they are to be bad . Camphor . —A correspondent of the Lancet atateS j from observation and experiment , that camjthor is highly injurious to the teeth . Madavk Vestbis . —We understand that tho highly talented and most popular actress and voealist Madame Ve ? trig , is about to bid farewell to the stage , in consnquence of declining health . She intends closing her theatrical career next season . She makes a parting tour in the provinces , and returns to London to appear for the last time on the boards oi the Italian Opera House , where she made net dehvt so many years since . RkfOuu is Ikdia . —The rite of suttee has been prohibited in the Rnjpoot state of Jeypoore , by itn unanimous vote of the Regtmcy .

      ToitK Assizes . —Education and Ceimk —The calendar does not contain the name of one uriaoner who is described as being well-educated , whilst there are twenty-four who can neither read nor- write , twelve who can only read , and the education of the remainder is stated to be imperfect , Ldjipwg it . —At Stickford church , on fhe 29 th ult ., there were christened thirteen children , the projieny of three highly respectable sisters . Libeiulitv op thk Free Church . —On Sunday week the sum of £ 2 , 300 was collected in th « Free Churches < A Ediuburgh . i ' or the relief of the destitute Iliuhiaiiders .

      Salaries at the Post-Office . —The new .-scale of salary juat authorised by the Lords of the Treasury for the clerks of the inland department of the General Post-office comprehends the following : — Three seniors , at £ 450 per annum ; six seniors , at- £ -100 per annum ; 33 , if above 20 years' servitude , .-6300 per annum ; if abr . ve 15 years' servitude , £ 2-30 per annum ; if above ten years' servitude , £ 200 per annum ; 36 , if above 15 years' servitude , £ 200 per annum ; if above ten years' servitude , £ 160 per annum ; if above seven years' servitude , £ 120 per annum ; 90 juniors , if above ten years' servitude , £ 120 per annum ; if above seven years' servitude , £ 100 per annum ; if above throe years' servitude , £ 00 per annum ; under three years' ssrvitoie , £ 80 per annum . The above scale will give the advantage of promotion by seniority from class to cla ^ s , the advance in each class being regulated by the length of servitude .

      The Population of the Earth . —The population of the earth ia estimated at one thousand millions . Thirty millions die annuall y , eighty-two thousand daily , three thousand four hundred and twenly-ong every hour , and fifty-s \ jven every minute . Railway Traffic . —The coeds carried between London , Birmingham , and Rugby , amount to about 2 , 000 tons por day . Tire Inos Bmdge at Sunderland hai been made toll five . Since the opening in 1796 , a prout of £ 79 , 660 has been realised from the tolls . A D . jo and a Fish . —Two gentlemen were near the Meikle Rook between Avoch and Fortrosc . with a Newfoundland doy . Serins a fish in the watei ' , thoy fired at and wounded it . The dog s-et off in pursuit , and the contest was keenly kept up , the fish and dog diving in every direction The fish was captured at last , and dragged ashore . It proved to be a fox-shark , and measured five feet in length .

      A Iriumpii . —M ;> ilame Eugenia Garcia , at Rovigo , was culled for , at hoc benefit , fifty-eight times -In one night ! Official Criticism . —At Naples , no one is permitted to applaud nt the opera without the signal being given from the royal box . Any infringement of this rule is stopped by a gendarme , who takes the offending enthusiast by the arm and conducts him to the police station , where he is locked up . The Great Sua-Seupent . —The Norwegian papers contain a series of * statements touching the appearance of the " sea-serpent '' in the larger fiords . The monster has been seen quite close , in different places

      and at several different times , by about sixteen persons . The arconnts agree in representing tho creature as dark iu colotir , about 50 feet long , and of the circumference of a man ' s body . It is described as showini ; itself only in calm weather , and as then swimming with its head elevated , in vertical undulations of'ita body , like a leech . The Hitbr Bit—An eel , ab . mt five inches long , was la-t week trapped by a mussel , into wh"se premises he bad intruded his head , with a view of making a meal of the occupant . The mussel closed on the thief , and choked him .

      Cutting it l < at . ' — Four ladies were lately seen riding through the streets of Philadel phia in an open carriage , each with a ci gar in her mouth , puffing away with * a generous abandon , ' As Artist , —The Port Phili p Patriot states that the antipodian Jack Ketch , who hung two natives in 1841 , when questioned about the execution said , " They died quite beautiful—for savages !" Gambling . —A free coloured fireman on binrd a steamboat on the Mississipi , having lost all his uionev at cards pledged bis own freedom , which he also lost , his free paper * being the stake , and was actuall y sold by the winner to a slave dealer ! Jerskt . —Government is about to construct a naval port in St . Catherine ' s Uav .

      Ihk Accursed Game Laws . —A recontre took olace between the gamekeepers and watchers of the Marquess of Anglesey an ! Joaiah Spode , Esq ., of Annitage Hal ) , near Ruguly , and a determined gang 0 f poachers , from twelve to fifteen in number , in a preserve on the Armitage Hall estate , on Monday night . Alter a desperate conflict , in which one of the keepers was severely wounded , and a poacher shot through the thyh , five of the offenders were secured . Ihey have been committed lor trial . Tun Window Tax . —A report has been circulated that it ia the intention of the government , in the next session of Parliament , to abolish the window tax , end raise the property tax to I per cent ., leaving the income tax untouched . Bkoinnino in timk . —A fuw davs ago , a voting w eaver in Perth , aged seventeen , was married to a girl ot fourteen .

      • Iea . —More tea is annually consumed in Great Britain than by all the nations of the earth together , except the Chinese themselves , Tub Gipsies . —A number of gipsies havebaen for some days encamped upon Bradford Moor . Bradford Factory Girls . —Steps are now being taken tor fiiting-up lodging-houses for these operatives . A party of gentlemen have undertaken the responsibility of fitting-up one lod ging house in a commodious manner , where a number of factory girls will be lodged in a comfortable manner , and cheaply . KoBS-shiiu OvsTEns . _ There is a great demand tor oysters tins season , It is proposed t ;> cultivate the production of oysters in Lochcarron , and the proposal is likely to meet with encouragement County of Rksphbw ELBoruw .-Colonel Mure has been elected without opposition . ;

      hATiiKn Mathcw . —Id appears from a letter addressed to Mr Shiel b y Lord ¦ Shrewsbury , that a pension of £ 100 a year has been offered ( bv ' Government , we presume ) to " good Father Math ' ew . " Mortality among ( he Agricultural Labourers in Berkshire—So destructive hove been the ravages of lever in some parts of B-jrkahirc , that in the parish of Upton , a hamlet iidjoining blucbur . r , in that county , the population of which was 142 souls seven wcoks aso , it is now reduued to 73 , 09 having died wit ' tin that short period—many through want . Nursr ,. —The practice of buying and soiling by the electric telegraph iu the United States h very

      common . A NbwUi . vch -A new and very beautiful dance , called r . iie . \ iuiobtaiuo , is b .-comi ' ng the " ra ? e" in the iashi'tuiblc world . " Joaipn Hnim , Esq ., M . ., ' has been named as f t candidate for ; Ww . Vh , iu conjunction Mr . J . LI . Gurncy . "'

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 19, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_19121846/page/3/