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      ^Ptembeb 22, 1849.

      ^ PTEMBEB 22 , 1849 .

      — . THE NORTHERN STAR . \

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      ' "SnpBOHPro -rrrr tfl AS EAGLE ' S QCILL FROM LAKE SUPEBIOB 0 &&& ^ ^ ei ^ mSniEB ' . ill ihv the darkness and the cold * ~ my tort have Iain , Tike shadows on the winter sky , defrost upon the pane ! nr-WfHL Bites forth likes Sinbad on his bird , Or witch npon her broom ! T ^ intv meroar the rocking pines ,

      Before me spreads the Lake , Tfhoselong and solemn sounding waves Against the sunset hreak . t hear the wild Rice-Eater thresh The grain it has not sown ; T See with flashing scythe of fire The prairie harvest mown I T hear the far-off voyager ' s horn ; 1 see the Yankee ' s trail—Hisfoot on every mountain pass , On every stream his sau .

      He s whittling round St . Mary s falls . U pon his loaded warn ; TJe ' s leaving on the Pictured flocks Bis fresh tobacco-stain . I hear the mattock in the Mine , The axe-stroke in the dell , The clamor from the Indian lodge , The Jesuit ' s chapel bell I I see the swarthy trappers come Trom Mississippi ' s springs ;

      And war-chiefs wita their painted brows And crests of eagle-wings . Behind the scared sqnaw ' s birch canoe The Steamer smokes and raves ; And city lots arc staked for sale Above old Indian graves . By forest fake and water-fall = 5 Isee thepedler ' s show ; The mighty mingling with the mean , The lofty with the low .

      I hear the tread of pioneers Of nations yet to be ; The first low wash of waves where soon Shall roll a human sea . The rudiments of empire here Are plastic yet , and warm ; The chaos of a mighty world Is rounding into form 1 Each rude and jostling fragment soon Its fitting place shall find—The raw material of a State , Its muscle and its mind ! And , westering still , the star which leads The Sew "World in its train , Eas tipped with fire the icy spears Of many a mountain chain .

      The snowy cones of Oregon Are kindling on its way ; And California ' s golden sands Gleam brighter in its ray ! Then , blessings on thy Eagle quill , As , wandering far and wide , I thank thee for this twilight dream And Fancy ' s airy ride . Yet , welcomer than regal plume , Which Western trappers find , Thyfreeand pleasant thoughts , chance-sown , Like feathers on the wind .

      Thy symbol be the mountain bird , Whose glistening quill I hold ; Thy home the ample air of Hope , And Memory ' s sunset gold ! In thee let Joy with Daty join , And strength unite with love ; The Eagle ' s pinions folding round The warm heart of the dove . So , when in darkness sleeps the vale Where still the blind bird clings , The sunshine of the upper sky Shall glitter on thy wings !

      Sunshine And Shadow; A Tale Of The Sdiet...

      SUNSHINE AND SHADOW ; A TALE Of THE SDiETEEUTH CE 5 TURY . BT THOMAS MAITTN WHEEISS , late Secretary to the National Charter Association and National Land Company .

      Chapter XXV . The sails arc filled , and in pride she turns Prom the red west where " The sunset burns , " And the streamers have caught the glowing hue , As they sport in joy o ' er the waters blue . Listen again to the gladsome song Sent from the hearts of that joyous throng . Welcome , ye waves , and thou restless sea , Land of our birth , we return to thee ! The jarring elements unite to urge

      The buoyant vessel through the boiling surge 1 'Gainst adverse winds she holds her steady sway , Iforcalins retard , nor tides her course delay : The skill of feeble man triumphant braves The power of air , and lords it o ' er the waves . But whence that skill ? let gratitude be given Where it alono is due—to working men TYlio had the sense that taught us to aspire , To rule the world by water and by fire . And nature ' s laws contracting to a span , Plac'd power gigantic , in the hands of man .

      Persian tribute to Steam . I do not vouch the fact ; but 'tis too clear , Things are not as they should be : such as pause To think upon these matters , cooly , swear There never was effect without a cause : And if old England be g azetted , there Must be a—; well , 1 hope not ! the newlaws Should keep the people quiet , or as some Arc pleased to call the lower class—the scum . The latter term is somewhat incorrect , And , therefore one I wish my friends to drop ; Por both by cook and chemist I suspect , The scum is mostly found upon the top . Indeed , without the slightest disrespect , I may as well observe , before I stop , That worth—like plumbs in pudding when we ' ve got ' em—Is often apt to settle towards the hottom . Reade .

      On a June morning in the year 1842 , the snn shining as it shines only in warmer climates , and throwing its splendour far across the broad waters of the Manhattan , reflecting its rays on the crowd of sails that adorn this glorious bay of the New "World , bringing into broad outline the whole surrounding coast , and the islands with which it appears to be indented , making it not fer inferior m point of beauty to the proud bay of Naples itself , whilst in commerce , and as an agent of civilisation , it is fast outstripping its boasted rival , even in its palmiest days , Arthur Morton embarked on board the " George Washington" steam vessel , and left 2 few York to return to his native land . There is some mvstic tie that ever hinds the heart to the

      land of its birth , to the home of its early recollection ; and thoug h Arthur had no friends to greet Mm on his return to England—though a felon ' s doom perhaps awaited him , and he left friends behind kinder than any he could expect to make in Jus own land—yet didliis heart bound with joy at the thought of once more beholding the white cliffs of Albion , and again embarking in the arduous enterprise of achieving the long withheld rights of her injured sons . The residence in the New World , and the change of appearance incidental to the early stages of manhood , would , with a fictitious name , le felt convinced , entirely obviate any danger from liis connexion with the Birmingham riots ; and thus listening to the dictates of Hope , he left a good

      home in a free land , to return to the uncertain fate that awaits all the sons of labour in our own boasted country . The " George Washington" was a splendid vessel , fitted with every convenience that a residence even on land could contain , and contrasted favourably even with the comforts he had received during his voyage in the " Esmeralda . " What a revolution has steam effected in the affairs of man ! Steam , thou mighty agent , that hast more than realised the deceptions of the necromancers of oldthou annihilator of time and space , that clasps the whole world in the embrace that joins island to island , continent to continent , the Old World to the New—that art destined at no distant period to unite all the sons and daughters of men into one great

      family compact , in which neither king , hishop , nor noble will be named or known—great and varied as have heen the advantages thou "hast con-Teyed unto the capitalist and the worshipper of i Mammon , and evil though , thou hast inflicted on the I sons of toil , who have strove in vain to compete [ with thee—flesh and muscle against steel and I steam ( vain yet gallant struggle)—yet even the jf democrat can afford to sound thy praises , for thy f- true mission is only now commencing ; like thy i : brother worker , Man , thou hast been made the tool 1 = of the selfish and the designing , but thou art out-I living the period of thv nonage , and becoming too 1 ljowerful for thv masters—thou wilt not much

      ' % i longer obey the will of the few , but wilt minister to ' £ ¦ - % fce wants , and crown the wishes of the many—no A >; stager to them a curse but a blessing ,, thy end will ^^ fi ? accomplished , thy mission fulfilled ; steam , the rSspN ^ erator , will have rewarded the exertions of ^ # 2 ^ bose who invented and brought it into practical ^' operation . Such were the reflections of Arthur , as g » - the steamer triumphantly held her way through the jm 4 > lue waters of the Atlantic . Swiftly sped the vessel p o ' er the briny waves , and in less than a fortnight !§_ from leaving Sew York our hero was landed in |& Liverpool || " § . During his residence in the "West Indies and Pt 'America ^ his accumulated savings had amounted to Kii' * ' a decent sum , he had , therefore , no occasion to seek

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      immediate employment AfW ™» j- m Liverpool , he jKS ^ , Efi ¥ *» days n > Liverpool , misery . MdedmSt ?/ i , here as and manufactories wereiSn ? 4 J ? - # * . mUls trade of every description wSl tS > *»* in Burnley , Come , aid other it fe ^ - te ; shire theWss ' was mS & S ^ M ^ unable to procure even breadI S & f 5 ^ * ere sustenance-many actuali ^ SS ^' . ** their Auti-Cornr ^ w jia ^^ - ^ f ^ rvation . Tho the whole of this destitnff toX If i ? ttn' « rte 4 oread tax ; and , in ImmSToRu JT ^ JS of the goaded to des ^ ratjon , S rKl ^^ ery had tyrant aristocracy , and « £ ft a 5 , a ove rth «> w the wages , and plentiful Sffl ^ fH ta the peace of England that S ' ;^ wa 8 lt * valent creed of SemSSiS ^ S ? *•» ?» - theyknew the & Sfe " * " ?<**** - &* terested emploS ^ J / ter ^^ of « MH » -

      astray by their pretender ! wr „ j £ I iren Deen led their phWl E * K £ S ^* J ^ *™* h powerful , frenzy was Wwf . 7 * 5 tlU n « nger was and it neede 7 aK e ? nr gto 8 n ^ ^ ereaso » . leaders to counteract thP 1 ? Uence ? fthe Chartii * propounded by « S » n £ S ^ S ^ brines was thisafate offlSnmS * a ! ? e Lea « ue- Nor the mauSSKlf ^ ° ^ Mre alone ; the sam XSfs ^ SRSf W » re *> J «* to of incipient ™ vSZ ¦ £ ^ denng on a state districts « f « S ^ 5 S ° * But it was in the mining tiee of thfir t 31 vely to bear J there the pres-855 a KSEL 1188 suJKJrior ' because their cha-S ^ n ^ ? ates an * employers was only partrict in £ ! SW * ° have thrown ««> * hole o « - EnEirfr Artfully had these results oeenbrought about ; aware thatthe Charter the

      was 5 aS fT , ° - ? fcwi - ththeworMng m » theypro-BS 25 . * T doct es though * the agency of SS ? 86 ^^? and PwachersUeedy men , who ohm ^ ^ ^ of principle for the pelf sup-E ! $ m the coffers of expediency ; and these men , ** a , r f ^ i ^ es , so mixed up the two questions , «™ i S ** " ! . strongJy to the religious and fanatocal sympathies of their audience , that these poor ?& Were ¥ ** ! led away by their promises of the fiT 2 fl a 1 ? PMl 1 . of -tt « Corn Laws , within a nrIT ?^ 'A ro Ii T theycaiTied wttf * measures SlT « i by *& Lea ? Je' Suchwasthestate of the political world , in wlrich Arthur Morton , under riL ^ SflT mme ' T about to embark - D ° w changed the scene and actors , during « , » f fiW «»¦>»

      ?;„„ ? . ^ nce ; 8 carcely onemember of the Conven-Hon of 39 was now active in the Chartist movement , exile , persecution , desertion and death , had scattered that once formidable body , frost and ms companions were in exile ; Lovett , Collins , and vmcent ( the beau ideal of hisyouthful aspirations ) , nan sunk into the obscurity of mere sectional partisans ; O Bnen , a victim to his own jealous feelings , was lost to the movement ; O'Connor and m . uouaU were the only men of note of that large array of enthusiasm and talent , that he found attached to the Chartist party . The Anti-Corn Law League had sprung into existence , and was then at umzemth of its power—strong in its organisation

      —ncn in tunas—powerful in talent-supported by the majority of the Press of the kingdom-it soared to an equalit y with the government of the country , and seemed to challenge it to a trial of its powers . It had assembled 600 delegates as its representatives in Westminster , forming a rival Parliament to that of St . Stephen ' s ; it assembled in February continued its sittings for a month , again re * assembled in July , and broke up at the beginning of August . Argument gave way to declamation ; threats of revolution were openly avowed ; tracts and addresses of the most exciting description were distributed tar and wide ; the note of preparation was sounded , and the public daily expected the conflict

      would commence , but their leaders were men of talk , not of action , they wanted the advantages of a revolution in their favour , but they dreaded its risks . Amongst other plans propounded , was the strike of the colliers , to cause all other trades to come to a stand still , and the notable plan of a month ' s holiday , was again revived by a dissenting minister , a delegate from a town south cast of London , this latter plan was referred to a committee of the body , who never publicly reported thereon , nevertheless , after events proved that it was the plan adopted . Meanwhile , day after day passed ,

      and no decisive steps were taken ; the people would not rise to p lease these valiant talkers . Contempt was beginning to supply the place of fear , when they wisely broke up their Conference , and sought refuge among their constituency . Chartism was tc powerful , the influence of the Northern Star , the organ of Mr . O'Connor , and the Chartist body toe widely spread for the inflammatory speeches of the League orators to have their desired effect . Open rebellion having failed , the first act of the drama closed , meanwhile the riot proceeded , and a few weeks disclosed its many hued events . { To It continued . ) { To 6 e continued . )

      {To It Continued.) {To 6e Continued.) Pr...

      Prize Essat on Direct Taxation . —The essay to which has been awarded the prize of £ 1 f 0 , Offered by the National Confederation for the best essay OH the subject of "National Taxation and the Equitable Adjustment ef the same , " has just been published . We have barely had time to glance into its pages here and there , but that glance has been sufficient to convince us that it is a most interesting history of the process by which the burden of taxation has been gwtWIly shifted from land and real property to the shoulders ot tuSTmJBahswmo classes , and a most powerful argument in favour of the justice and

      policy of retracing our steps , and making direct taxation , on an equitable principle , the rule , instead of the exception , in our fiscal system . At present we can do no more than mdicate that the basis of taxation proposed is the capitalised income derived from labour , and all sorts of property , estimated at so many years ' purchase : —for example , the wages of a labourer at 7 * years , leasehold . ptopetty at 12 $ , real property , consisting of houses , at 15 , and land at 20 years , which for Great Britain and . Ireland is estimated at £ 6 , 274 , 508 , 125 ; a tax of f pes cent , en which would realise a revenue of £ 47 , 058 , 811 . The

      enormous saving in the expense of collection , the unspeakable advantages of freeing industry , commerce , and manufactures from the incubus of the Customs and Excise , the checks upon jobbing , patronage , and needless expenditure , the doing away alike with smuggling and the preventive service , and many other advantages , social , moral , and political , anticipated from the proposed change , are most ably set forth ; and even those who may not be disposed to agree with the writers in their conclusions , cannot withhold their admiration for the zeal and ability with which their arguments are enforced . —Liverpool Mercury .

      Mining in New Zealand . —By way of Sydney we have received a file of New Zealand papers , from which we learn that the Kawau Mining Company are erecting extensive smelting works at Kawau . The Southern Cross says : " We have good grounds for supposing that the Kawau mine will turn out a second Burra , for , though the ore may not be quite so rich , yet it will be obtained at a very much less expense than from the great South Australian mine . The inland carriage will be saved , which of itself would form an excellent profit . From inquiries which we have lately been making , we find that operations are so forwarded at the fiawau , that the digging out of tbe ore will now proceed with great

      rapidity after the calcining and smelting works are completed . " Four shafts have been sunk and several levels driven , and the latter are said to have laid open an enormous quantity of ore , estimated at 100 , 000 tons , and now calculated at being produced " at grass" at Is . 6 d . per ton . The prices paid for sinking the shafts are stated to have varied from £ 40 to £ 80 per fathom , and £ 10 to £ 16 for driving the levels . There were about 1 , 000 tons of ore on the surface ready for smelting . It is estimated that the calcining-house will calcine about 144 tons per week . There are only about six miners on the works , no fewer than sixteen having left for Sydney , but as those six could raise , it is estimated , sixty

      tens per day , they will be able to do much more than keep the calcining and smelting works in full operation . —Adelaide Observer , April 18 . Iron Sewer for the Thames . —The Builder asks , is not the recently constructed tube at the Menai Straits suggestive of a plan of sewerage ? Let us suppose a series of tubes laid down on each side of the river , made of wrought iron , strongly rivctted , and in lengths of twenty feet by twelve in height , and eight in breadth , —the top of tbe tubes either level with or only one or two feet below the bed of the river . There can be no difficulty in sinking these tubes : any derangement might be quickly remedied , and the saving in expense , as compared with Mr . Phillips ' s tunnel , enormous . The

      Junctions could he easily made , and at any time closed or altered , pro re note . These tubes could be carried from Hammersmith to Woolwich Reach , at a distance from each shore of about forty feet , or say about half-way between high and low water-marks Corrugated irontd wers of about sixfeet square might rise at intervals ofa furlong , for the escape of gases generated , and provided with a sluice or flood-gate on one side for the admission of water at ebb tide , when a greater impetus is required , as is often the case in a long drought . The natural and proper incline of the river to seaward might be kept ; and at the terminus at Woolwich marshes mieht be a spacious dock , in which the accumulate sewage could be drained and solidified , taking advantage of the ebb to get rid oi the superfluous moisture .

      The Oxford Chronicle states : "Tbe original Bear and Ragged Staff public-house , at Cumnor , Berks , has been taken down . This was the house of which mention is made in ' Kenilwortb , ' where the parties concerned in the tragical fate of Amy Robsart met and partook of a cup of . sack , from the tap of Giles Gosling , in the days of Queen Elizabeth . " It has been remarked that "the climax of human indifference has arrived , when a woman don't care how she looks . "

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      T ROYAL ETCHINGS . ¦ ' W \ S- S ? ° I WWHHMW STAB . Sm ~ S ; f ' Monday , September 17 th , 1849 your valuS e ' Ib of » t 0 tl'esP 3 SS « P ° n cation lavouP of your inserting this comniumaffiiiTnS : ? inUtogly , have abstained from So w - ? myself u P ° a the notice of the MaWJra ™ £ Ietter wrifcten by Mr - Anson ( Her S - ^ y Purse t 0 m y ^ fe , in reply to a OnZ T 0 a Mrs ' J « ° ge transmitted to the S ' . are re ! % « so many mis-statements ana inaccuracies , that , injustice to my wife especi-» & aswe i , m s ™> l cann refrain from ! 3 - ii ex P » ations as are now rendered so Si * 7 neces 8 ary ,-tbemoreso , since Mr . Anson torwarded a copy of his letter to the Times , which urtfi , i nc on th <> wh round of the Press , witn the following editorial comments appended : — ,. *>* : ° e asd the Royal Etchings!—We pubiiaueaaiew

      aays since a letter from Mr . Judge , which seemed prim & facie to establish 4 case of ttlt P' ? r ur eaders wiU see h 7 tllo following letter from Mr . Anson how unfounded Mr . Judge ' s statements were , and with how much kindness and charity he has been treated b y the royal objects of his unwearied calumny . " «») sv , w «» Such was the impression which was very naturally created by a perusal of the letter ( when left unexplained ) of Her Majesty ' s Privy Purse . . to order that the public may arrive at a fair and just conclusion , I beg leave to append a copy of the letter from my wife to her Majesty . Mr . Anson ' s reply having already so extensively appeared , I need not occupy space by copying it here . My wife ' s letter to the Queen was forwarded to her Majesty , under cover to Mr . Anson , and was as follows - : TO HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY , THE QUEEN .

      13 , Gloucester-place , Windsor , „ August 25 th , 1849 . MADAM . —Ckinceiving from your Majesty ' s well-known clemency of disposition , that your Majesty cannot be made cognisant of the injustice perpetrated in your Majesty ' s name and that of your illustrious consort , towards my husband , I am induced to address myself to your Majesty , in the hope that you will condescend to exhibit towards my husband the kindly , generous feelings of your Majesty's heart , and to command that common christian charity may be displayed towards one of your Majesty ' s most faithful subjects . Unfortunately for my husband , he purchased , several months since , ' openly and fairly , some etchings , the production of your Majesty ' s and your royal husband ' s leisure moments . At tbe time he considered himself fortunate

      in having in his possession such examples , both of his sovereign ' s genius and amiability ; for the subject of most of your Majesty's productions fully exemplified the . latter qualification , exhibiting striking proofs ' of your Majesty ' s maternal tenderness , a truly feminine trait of character that is thoroughly appreciated by every Englishman . When he first purchased the Etchings , lie did so without any ulterior view but merely because they were the production of your Majesty's genius . After having them in his possession some time , the idea suggested itself to m » that if it were possible to obtain your Majesty ' s and your illustrious Consort ' s consent , an exhibition of the Etchings would prove a profitable speculation . I expressed my opinion in the course of conversation , and my husband fell into my views . Means were taken , ( they might perhaps be considered rather circuitous , but they were the

      only one » under various circumstances , which I will not at present enter into , as they would occupy too much of your Majesty's valuable time , and my object is to be aj brief as possible ) , to obtain your Majesty's consent ; and the first intimation we bad of your Majesty ' s and his Royal Highness the Prince Albert ' s dislike to such a proceeding , wasby no less than sis writs of injunction , filed in your Majesty ' s High Court of Chancery ; two against my husband ' s publisher , tiro against my husband , and tiro against my son , when one single letter from your Majesty ' s solicitor , or any one connected with the court , would have been quite sufficient to have obtained the end intended without incurring the enormous expenditure of money that has already been dissipated by your Royal Consort and the luckless defendants , causing ona of them—Mr . Strange , to expatriate himself and family , and the other—my unfortunate husband—to be incarcerated in a prison . The injunctions against my son , your Majesty ' s advisers withdrew ,

      because they had not an atom of foundation whereon to build their false superstructure . And your Majesty , after the letter I took the liberty » f addressing to your Majesty , in February last , kindly exonerated him from costs , with which he had been saddled , for which gracious act , permitme humbly offer to your Majesty my most grateful acknowledgments , and to observe , that the brightest gem in the Royal diadem , glitters not so brilliantly , as ont act of mercy conferred by a Sovereign on the most insignificant of their subjects , as it not only secures to them the love of their people , but is registered in Heaven , where it confers everlasting glory . My husband ,, to avoid the ruinous expenses , was compelled to appear in forma pauperis . The Vice Chancellor decided against him ; he was adjudged to give up the etchings and the catalogues in his possession , which he has done , and to pay costs ( although a pauper ) to the amount of upwards of Ji 300 . This bill of costs was taxed by the Taxing Master , and reduced to the sum of £ 131 . Is . 8 d .

      In the case of Mr . Strange ( my husband ' s publisher ) , your Majesty ' s Royal Consort consented to forego his costs , and was publicly thanked in court , by the counsel , for his leniency and kindness—but to our utter dismay and astonishment , that very sum , so forgiven by the Prince Albert , and thus publicly obtaining His Royal Highness thanks and eulogiums for his kindly feeling , is tacked on to my busband ' s costs , and he is compelled to pay it . If tins is justice 1 have done . I cannot bring myself to imagine , that it was the intention of your Royal Consort , to impose the pay ment of those / orjieen costs upon my husband . Your Majesty must allow me to observe , that up to that period in the proceedings , during which those costs were incvunrtil , my husbafld had beon perfectly passive ; not

      doing one single act to compel His Royal Highness to expend one farthing of the enormous sum that he has done , for the benefit of the lawyers ; for I see none accruing to others . And yet , for that sum , to us an enormous one , nearly j ? 200 , he was actually arrested , and dragged to Reading Gaol , on Tuesday last , ( although he had previously made an affidavit that he is not worth £ f > in the world ) leaving me , his wife , and seven hoys , wholly dependent upon him for support , with nothing but the prospect of a workhouse before us , and himself imprisonment for life . I will not , I cannot , think , that either your Majesty , or tho Illustrious Prince , your husband , would , if you were acquainted with the facts , allow such an act of injustice and cruelty to be committed in your Royal names .

      It is in the humble hope that your Majesty will exert your Royal prerogative , and command that justice should be done to one of your Majesty ' s subjects , whose only crime is poverty , and that my husband may bo restored to me and his family , to avert the horrors of a workhouse and a prison , that 1 have taken , the liberty of addressing myself to your Majesty . As a wife and a mother , I ask your Majesty ' s sympathy . As one of your own sex in trouble and affliction , I crave your Majesty ' s pity . As an Englishwoman , and the native of a country boasting of its freedom , I respectfully urge my right to be listened to by my Sovereign , and in the full confidence that my Sovereign , in listening to the details of my wrongs , will also be graciously disposed to redress them . I beg leave to subscribe myself , Madam , With feelings of the deepest veneration , Your Majesty ' s most faithful and dutiful subject , ( Signed ) Majiy Judge .

      My most excellent wife having been accused by Sir . Anson ( and that accusation having gono forth throughout the world ) of descending Ho utter that which is not strictly true , I feel myself imperatively called upon to protect and defend her . In begging the attention of your readers to such explanations and corrections as I hope you will allow me to place before them , I need not remark upon the term " petition " which has been applied to the letter of Mrs . Judge ; fori am not disposed ( and it would ill become me , seeing its effect , ) to cavil just now about terms . I will now proceed to notice the mistakes in Mr . Anson ' s letter . Mr . Anson states : —The " allegations" brought forward by Mrs . Judge , in hev letter to the Queen , " are wholly unfounded . " I solicit Mr . Anson to point out one single " allegation " which is not strictly and fairly founded in truth .

      Mr . Anson states : —Mr . Strange ' s costs have not M been added to mine . " Let me call your attention , sir , to the following confirmation of Mrs . Judge ' s allegation ( in this respect ) by Mr . Mills , who taxed Prince Albert s bill of costs , reducing it from upwards of £ 300 to £ 181 . Is . 8 d .: — " I attended with my solicitor , on Monday the Cth of August , by appointment , at the office of the taxing master , to tax the costs of His Royal Highness . When I found that , according to the order obtained by Prince Albert ; His Royal Hig hness demanded from me Mr . Strange ' s costs , as well asmy own , Isaid to Mr . Mills , " Mr . Strange having heen absolved , it now appears that Prince

      Albert has thrown alt his own . costs upon me . Am I so to understand it , sir ?' ¦ " Certainly , " said Mr . Mills . " Then , " I observed , "His Royal Highness Prince Albert applies to me to pay Mr . Strange s costs as well as my own 1 " " That is so , " was the reply of the taxing-master . " Why , sir , " I said , " it was considered to be an act of grace on the part of His Royal Highness Prince Albert to absolve Mr . Strange from , and to forego , the whole of his costs . " - Mr . Mills replied , " Then it is an act o f grace which has not becnfulfilled " Mr . Anson states—My debt ( i . e . the costs for which I was incarcerated ) is not '' owing to Hit Jloyal Highness Prince Albert . "

      The writ which was served iipon me by Mr . Seeker the town clerk of Windsor , on the 15 th August last , proceeded thus : — " Victoria , by the grace of God , & c . We command you that you pay or cause to be paid , immediately after the service of this writ , to His Royal Hig hness Prince Albert , or the bearer of these presents , £ 181 . Is . 8 d , costs & c . Tbe warrant upon which I was apprehended , in less than a week afterwards , and incarcerated in Reading gaol , states that the keeper of the county gaol is to "safely keep" my body "for not paying the sum of £ 181 . Is . 8 d . costs , TO His Royal Highness Prince Albert . " And further to show ( and this . I merely do , in order to correct a f alse impression

      which has gone abroad , without intending to utter one offensive expression ) that the costs . must have been claimed from me by the Prince Consort , I have only to remark , that , had it not been for a private note , kindly written for Mrs . Judge by His Royal Highness ' s solicitors , to Mr . Blandy , the under sheriff , at Reading , I should have had to remain in gaol until the Prince ' s oivn signature had been obtained , ( from Balmoral ) for my discharge from custody . As it was , however , this strictly legal form was dispensed with , in kind deference to the anxious feelings of my wife ; for which , on that account , I am very thankful . Mr . Anson states : —" Tho suit against Mr .

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      Strange was dropped from his having made his subm % S ! - : « In deed » tQe suit was never " dropped " against Mr . Strange ; It went through all its various stages upto the day of trial on the 2 nd of last June , when tho Tm Chancellor ' s judgment was nnally pronounced . Mr . StranWmadeko •' submission , as will thus appear " : —Mr . Strange moved by counsel ( on behalf of himself only ) for the dissoil n 'Si be ) ,, noti <» D » before the Vice Chancellor , ™ iSr ol Decem ° er . That motion was refused , then Mr . btrange appealed against the decision of ll rj £ hance " ' tie " JGwtf Chancellor ; and ™ ° ™ Chancellor confirmed tho decision of the Vice . When the suits came on for final hearing before the Vice Chancellor , on the 2 nd of June ,

      Mr . Strange s Counsel ( unknown to , and without the consent of , their client , who had not been consulted on the subject ) agreed that Mr . Strange should givetup the catalogues , and consent to the injunction being made perpetual against him , upon her Majesty and Prince Albert paving their own costs—those very costs , in the case of Prince Albert , lor not paying which , as well as my own , I was incarcerated in the common gaol of the county of B e s . And this is the " submission , " on the part ot air . btrangc , so prominently put forward in Mr . k YjT Mp « Stl ' ange , even up to m period , has not been calkdupon to give up a single catalogue ! / have not onl y giren up the catalogues I had , but the whole of the "Royal Etchings ; ' agreeably to i ui de

      UU uecrce vice Chancellor ; and they have now been in the hands of Mr . White , her Majesty ' s solicitor , for several weeks . Mr . Anson states- " In consequence of my not havmgmade any " submission , " Iobligedthe suit to proceed-against me , "by following the opposite course ; ' ; andthat "the heaviness of the costs are entirely m consequence of my pertinacity " I would beg to ask Mr . Anson what he reallv means by stating that I pursued an " opposite course to that taken by Mr . Strange ? The inference he appears to wish to be drawn , by so ambiguous a term , is , I think , manifest . Inever moved

      one single step m the matter to induce the Prince Consort to expend one farthing "for the benefit of the lawyers ( as Mrs . Judge has very properly remarked ) from the moment the Injunctions were obtained against mo until the suit came on for trial and final heanng before the Vice-Chancellor on the 2 nd of June . -i AJ { 1 did was to file my answer , in accordance with the order of the court , and no more . Had I not done so , I should have been apprehended for " contempt . " There was no " pertinacity" on my part . I remained perfectly quiescent ; prepared , at all times , to obey the orders of tho court , which I have done most strictly .:

      Mr . Anson states— " The costs are due to the Solicitors employed in . the cause ; " and that " any payment of cost ' s , therefore , on the part of her Majesty and the Prince , will be a gratuitous donation to your husband . " -: ¦ - ¦«*• . '• ... . That the costs -are due to * "Prince Albert ' s Solicitors ( but not from me to tftem ) there can be no doubt ; but ' surely Mr . Anson does not mean to maintain that if lam unable to pay , Messrs . White ( the Prince ' s Solieitprs ) , h , ave no claim against their illustrious clients ? Her Majesty ' s Privy Purse , surely , must know better ! . Notwithstanding the painful circumstances under which I was taken to Reading Gaol , I cannot but feel deep gratitude towards her Majesty , for the sake of my family , for having enabled me to quit a

      prison for my home ; and when I reflect upon the errors and mistakes in Mr . Anson ' s letter to my wife—mis-statements which I fear have been placed before my Sovereign and her Royal Consort even , perhaps , in a magnified degree—I feel doubly grateful . Her Majesty and the Prince , I greatly fear , have been induced to believe ( relying upon the accuracy of tho representations . made to them ) that my efforts have been dovoted , for years past , to the infliction of " every possible injury on her Majesty , the Prince , their family , and the Court by a system of espionage ; " and that I have been misrepresenting and vilifying " all the acts of their private life . " And , doubtlessly , both my Sovereign and the Prince Consort have really believed all this ! Thus accused , I demand the proofs . I utterly deny

      the accusation . I solemnly plead "Not guilty " With such charges as these alleged against mepoured , I am afraid , into the too-confiding ear of my sovereign—doubly and trebly grateful do 1 feel for the magnanimity , the high-mindedness , the exalted and noble feelmg . displayed towards my anxious wife and family by her Majesty , in order that they should not " suffer in a cause with which their names are in any way connected . " I again most urgently demand the proofs of these foul charges . To paraphrase the termination of Mr . Anson ' s letter to Mrs . Judge ( written evidently , I think , for publication ) , may I be permitted to support my family by " honourable industry ; " and may I , also , be allowed to struggle on at Windsor , unmolested in my labour and my efforts to obtain a living for the future .

      In concluding this necessarily lengthened communication , I must beg to , remark , that I am still strongly impressed with a firm conviction that her Majesty has never been made really aware of the precise nature and extent of the proceedings which were taken against mc in tho name of the Sovereign ; and that my conduct ( not only , as regards the " Royal Etchings , " but in other respects ) has not been fairly represented to the Prince Consort . If the truth had been faithfully and undisguisedly placed before her Majesty and hev Royal Consort , it is my firm conviction that my unfortunate family would have been spared the endurance of all the misery to which they have ( for months past ) been so painfully subiected . I trust , however , they will

      now bo permitted to look forward , with hope , to more cheering prospects and hotter days . Your kindly inserting this communication will be conferring a lasting am valuable favour upon Sir , your most obliged and faithful servant , Jaspeb ToMSEir Judge . [ We have seen the copy of a letter sent by Mrs . Judge in reply to the letter of Air . Anson , in which she very justly complains that her letter ( or petition ) to the Queen was not published , and in which she contradicts Mr . Anson ' s assertion , that her statements were wholly unfounded . The letter is written in a firm but inoffensive style , and reflects great credit on the writer . We much regret that want of space prevents us giving it publicity .-Ed . - . # & . ]

      Men With Tails !—M. E. Du Couret, Who Ha...

      Men with Tails !—M . E . Du Couret , who has been for some time engaged in tho exploring of Central Africa , has communicated to the Academic des Sciences of Paris , some curious particulars of a race of Ghilanes who possess the appendage of a tail about a decimetre in length . His description of the instance which he examined is as follows : — " To convince me of the existence of this species of man having this exterior prolongation of the vertebral column , the Emir sent lor one of his slaves named Belial , who was about thirty years of age , who possessed this tail , and who belonged to this race . This slave spoke Avabiac perfectly , and was very intelligent . I examined him , and was perfectly convinced . He informed me that his

      country was beyond Sennear , through which he had passed—and that a- language was there spoken which he had ] completely forgotten . He estimated the number of his race at about thirty or forty thousand . Ho said they were cannibals , and that they worshipped some the suri and moon , some the stars , others the serpent and the sources of a great river , to which they sacrificed their victims . He concludes his narrative by stating that it would not be difficult to procure some individuals of this race of men , by application to the slave merchants who explore the countries on the borders of the Red Sea " Blowing up . of . the Ship Minerva , —Intelligence has been received at Lloyd's of the destruction of the ship Minerva , Captain Hovenden , master . The ship left Sydney on the Cth of February last , bound for Portland Bay , ' having on board , besides passengeners , 200 barrels of gunpowder , and a largo quantity of rum , brandy ,. and sulphur . She was

      obliged to put into Jervis Bay to undergo repairs , and loft that place on the 20 th of March . On the following day , at four o ' clock a . m ., the hold was discovered to be on fire , and the crow being awaro of the dangerous ' nature of the cargo , launched the boats , and made their escape in them without delay , accompaniedby the captain and passengers . Within fifteen minutes of their leaving the vessel a tremendous explosion , took place , carrying tho decks 500 feet into . the air . The rum and brandy , & c , were ignited , as the vessel , after burning to the water ' s edge , sunk . The boats made for Port Fairy , and , after being tossed about in a tempestuous sea for six days , and having nothing but a keg of water and some baracootas to subsist upon—the baracootas proved poisonous and were thrown overboard—succeeded in reaching Port Philip Heads , were assistance was obtained , The loss is estimated at several thousand pounds .

      Antiquities fob the British Museum . —A vessel which has arrived at Chatham from Bombay has brought twenty tens wight of antiquities from Nineveh , which arc intended to be forwarded to tho British Museum for deposit in that national establishment . The authorities of tho Treasury have given tho necessary directions for the unshipment and free delivery of the antiquities to the Museum , and arrangements have been made for the packages containing these valuable relics to be forwarded direct to the Museum without being previously disturbed , and there opened and examined by the proper

      authorities , in order that every care may be taken that no damage should be sustained by them . Useful to the Uninitiatep . —E p idemic diseases are those which occasionally prevail more or less generally in a community . Hence tho cholera is properly : called an epidemic . Endemic diseases are those which are prevalent in particulariistricts , as , for example , the ague in Lincolnshire . Contagious diseases require contact or touch for their communication ; and infectious , diseases are those which are communicable in any manner from one person to another , . ' .

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      "Father ," Said A Little Boy In A Theatr...

      "Father , " said a little boy in a theatre , " ain't that a band box where tho musicians aro ?" A laby was asked to join a Union of Daughters of Temperance . She replied , « It is unnecessary , as it is my intention to join one of tbe Sons soon . " A magistrate having doubted whether a little boy , who was offered as a witness , understood the nature and obligations of an oath , proposed to examine him on that point . " My boy , can you repeat the Lord ' s Prayer ? " " Yes , sir , " was the instant l

      repy ; " Can you ?" A shopkeefur in Bold-street , Liverpool , advertised during the past week for a sharp boy . One applicant grounded his qualification of sharpness on the fact of having « cut" from four places . A gentleman observed upon an indifferent pleader at the bar , tho other day , that ho was the most affecting orator he ever hoard ; for ho never attempted to speak but ho excited general pity . The other day , a merchant , in emptying some liquor from one barrel into another , clapped the funnel into his mouth , and did not discover his mistake until he found himself running over .

      A man . advertises a house to let , immediately alongside a plum garden , from which an abundant supply of tho most delicious fruit may be stolen during tho season . We okce heard of a traveller at an hotel , who rose from his bed at night to examine the weather , but instead of looking out on the sk y , thrust his head through the glass window of a cupboard . " Landlord , cried the astonished man , "this is very singular weather ; the night is as dark as Egypt , and smells of cheese . " Tjib other day , one of widow B . ' s admirers was complaining of the tooth-ache . Mrs . B . ' s smart

      boy immediately spoke up— " Well , sir , why don ' t you do as ma' does ? She takes her teeth out and puts ' em back whenever she wants to . " A few minutes afterwards , the boy was whipped on some pretence or other . A French gentleman having been rescued from a ducking in a river , and taken to a neighbouring tavern , was advised to drink a glass of warm brandy and water . " Sir , I shall thank you not to mako it a fortnight . "— "A fortnight , " said he , "hadn't you bettor take it directly ? " "O , yes , " said monsieur , " directly , to be sure , but not a fortnight , not too uieah . "

      A clergvman in Connecticut was reading to his congregation the beautiful and poetical psalm of David , where he says , ' " Mercy and Truth are met together ; Righteousness and Peace have kissod each other . '' At this passage a little girl in tho assembly manifested a greatinterest , and whispered to her mother— " That ' s just as true as you live ; 1 see Righteous Hill a kissing Peace Peabody behind the smoke house—but how did the minister kuow it ?" Once a gentleman , who had the marvellous gift of shaping a great many things out of orange peel , was displaying his abilities at a dinner party before Theodore Hook and Mr . Thomas Hill , and . succeeded in counterfeiting a vis to the admiration of

      the company . Mr . Hill tried the same feat , and after destroying and strewing the table with the peel of a dozen oranges , gave it up , with tho exclamation , "Hang tho p ig ! I can ' t make him . " "Nay , Hill , " exclaimed Hook , glancing at the mess on the table , " you have done mote ; instead of one pig , you have made a Utter . " The Height of Impudence . —Taking shelter from a shower in an umbrella shop . Modest Times . —A young lady out West has just refused to be taught the organ , on the ground of her not wishing to have anything to do with a swell . Thorough Draught . —A new patent stove for the convenience of travellers has just been invented . It is placed under tho feet , and a mustard plaster upon the head draws the heat through the whole system .

      Making a Mark . —A Yarmouth malster hired an Irishman , " a green hand , " to assist in loading his sloop with malt . Just as the vessel was about to set sail , tho Irishman , who was jingling the price of his day ' s work in his trousers , cried out from tho quoy : — "Captain ! I lost your shovel overboard , but I cut a big notch on the rail fence round the starn , right over the spot where it went down , so you'll find it when you come back . " A Yankee Answer . —A wager was laid on the Yankee peculiarity , of answering one question by asking another . To decide tho bet , a down-easter was interrogated . — " I want you , " said the better , " to g ive me a straightforward answer to a plain question . "— " I kin du it mister , " said the Yankee .

      — " Then , why is it Sew Englanders always answer a question by asking one in return ?"— " Du . they ?" was Jonathan ' s reply . Specimen of the Sublime and Beautiful . — A member for Indiana rose and said , " Mr . Speaker , tho wolf is the most ferocious animal that prowls in our western priaries , or runs at large in tho forests of Indiana . He creeps from his lurking place at the how of midnight , when all nature is locked in the arms ' of Morpheus , and ere the portals of the east aro unbarred , or bright Phoebus rises in his golden majesty—whole litters of pigs are destroyed . " Professional Accumen . —Dr . F . after getting homo highly primed from a dinner party , was called out to see a lady , dangerously ill . " So , " said the doctor to his man , " by Jove , I can't go at all ; if

      I do , you must lead me . " He was led to a room where the patient lay stretched upon her bed . Tho doctor got fast hold of a bed-post with one hand , and with tho other seized the lady ' s wrist ; hut , alas ! all attempts to note the pulsation were vain , and ho could only mumble out " Drunk , by Jove , drunk ! " " Ah , madam , " cried the Abigail , as soon as the physician had-staggered out , " what a wonderful man ! How soon he discovered what was the matter with you !" Memory . —A country clergyman meeting a neighbour who never came to church , although an old man of above sixty , gave him some reproof on that account , and asked him if ho never read at home .

      "No , " replied the clown , " I can't read . " " I dare say , " said the parson , " you don't know who made you . " " Not I , in troth , " said the countryman . A little boy coming by at the same time , " Who made you , child ? " said tho parson . The hoy answered correctly . " Why , look you here , " quoth the honest clergyman , " are not you ashamed to hear a child of five or six years old tell mo who made him , when you , that are so old a man , cannot ?" " Ah ! " said the countryman , " it is no wonder that he should remember ; he was made but t ' other day j it is a great while , measter , sin' I wur made . " Tom , you ever know a hell to do anything but ring ?—Yes , I have seen a bell pull . —Did yon ever see a coach box?—Yes , and I have seen , a skii >(' s )

      spar . Buckingham Palace . —The extensive quadrangle formed in Buckingham Palace by the erection of the east wing is , by tho express command of her Majesty , to he entirely covered with india-rubber paving , which prevents the noise of rumbling wheels . The quadrangle contains ample room for the inspection of a squadron of horse or a battalion of infantry . The Way . to Win . —At one of the anniversaries of a Sabbath school in London , two little girls presented themselves to receive a prize , one of whom had recited one verso more than the other , both having learned several thousand verses of scripture . The gentleman who presided inquired — "Ann , couldn't you have learned one more verse , and thus have kept up with Martha ? " " Yes , sir , " the

      blushing child replied , " but Iloved Martha , and Jcept back on jmipose ! " " And was there any one of all tho verses you have learned , " again inquired tho president , " that taught you thislessonr " There is , sir , " she answered , blushing still more deeply : " In honourpnfering one another . " Br a recent Post-office regulation , any letter having the writer ' s name and residence engraved on the seal , orwritten on the outside , and not finding the party to whom tho sameisaddressed , will be returned to the writer immediately through the Postoffice , and not through the Dead Letter Office ; by wiiich regulation considerable anxiety and Joss of time will ho prevented . The Duke and the Earl . — Tho following miecdoto is very current in Aberdeen and Banff

      shires . Tho Duke of Richmond dislikes small holdings upon his estates , and as the leases of the crofter expire , he adds their few acres to the nei g hbouring farm . The Earl of Fife is of an opposite disposition . Nothing delig hts him more than to see the curling smoke from the little cottage on the roadside as he sweeps through his estates . His factor complained of tho number of persons from the Duke of Richmond's estate requesting a cow ' s meat and a small cottage . His lordship , of course , desired him to supply them , and to send none away . At last these applications became so numerous that the earl desired nis factor to write to the duke , that he would greatly oblige by , " not putting out the poor men ' s fires faster than Lord Fife could light them . " It is said that this intimation had tho desired effect .

      Quick Work . —Last week , Joseph Rush , at Peter Syke , Cumberland , performed the feat of making one thousand bricks m one hour—one hundred in five minutes—and twenty-six in one minute . —Carlisle Journal . The Secret of Becoming Rich . —Every man has the secret of becoming rich who resolves to live within his means ; and independence is one of the most effectual safeguards of honesty . Flowers . —Why . doe s not everybody have ageranium , a rose , or some other flower in the window ?

      It is very cheap , next to nothing if you raise it from seed or slip , and is a beauty and a companion . As charming Leigh Hunt says , it sweetens the air , rejoices the eye , links you with nature and innocence , and is something to love . If it cannot love you in return , it cannot hate you ; it cannot utter a hateful word , even for neglecting it , for though it is all beauty , it has no vanity ; and living , as it does , purely to do you good and afford yon pleasure , how can you neglect it ? A Wire suspension bridge has been thrown across tbe Ohio . - It is 1 , 010 foot in length .

      Iou May Be Culted Yet Holloway^Fointment.

      IOU MAY BE CUltED YET HOLLOWAY ^ foiNTMENT .

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      CUBE OF RIIEOMATISM AND RHEUMATIC GOUT . Extract of a Letter from Mr . Thomas Brutmm , Landlord of the Waterloo Tavern , Coatham , Yorkshire , late of the life ( ruards , dated September 2 Sth , 1818 . Sm , —Por a long time I was a martw to Klieumatism and Rheumatic Gout , and for ten weeks previous to using your medicines I was so had as not to be able to walk . I had tried doctoring and medicines of every kind , but all to no avail , indeed I daily got worse , and felt that I must shortly die . From seeing your remedies advertised in the paper I take in , I thought I would give thoin a trial . I did so . I rubbed the ointment in as directed , and kept cabbage leaves to the parts thickly spread with it , and took the Pills night and morning . In three weeks I was enabled to walk about for an hour or two in the day with a stick , and in seven weeks I could go anywhere without one . I am now . by the blessing of God and your medicines , quite well ,

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      Ip Mankind are liable to one disease more than another , or if there are any particular affections of tbe human bodjwe require to have ; i knowledge of over the rest , it is oer . tainly that class of disorders treated of in the new and im . proved edition of the " Silent Friend . " The authors , in thus sending forth to the world another edition of thei * medical work , cannot v * fra , m from expressing tV . cir gra & fication at the continual success attending their efforts , which , combined with the assistance of medicines , exclusively of their own preparation , have been the happy cause of mitigating and averting the mentaland phyucalmiseries attendant on those peculiar disorders ; thus proving the fact ,

      An Accident Occurred On The 12th On Tho ...

      An accident occurred on the 12 th on tho railroad from Hamburgh to Berlin . A fire having broken out in the village of Lechsec , two fire-engines were sent off from Hamburgh by tbe railroad . At about two leagues from the city a waggon , in which were the eng ines and the firemen , got loose from the locomotive and ran off the rail . All the men wore seriously hurt , and the fire-engines were hrcli .-n to pieces .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 22, 1849, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_22091849/page/3/