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      WILLIAM TUOM . TUB POET OF ISVEECBt . ( Concluaeatom " thT ^« f Aprill 8 : } r T iQii we find William Tuom again la January , ^ ' ™ ^ bly improved circuraat ^^ ' v-fito " a * tl » el » oni . In the month stMicesbnts ^ 'TOrf ^ iub ]; cation f intcnded to ? f M lr , aS « If . eDtitled The Invmirv Gossamt r ; ^^ " ^ dSef editor , assisted , however , by . fo ^ t unworthy of his companionship . Owing ^ Wes we sha 11 P « seut 1 - ' ^ P ^ ' - no ^ ? on irof the luckless Gossamer saw the light , and this u to be rearetted for independent of the editorial

      talent exkibittd by the chief editor which , by the bv , might have been expected after the publication of lus " Recollections , " his coadjutors , male and female ( there were both ) , would not have disgraced any newspaper puVbhed in the kingdom . The writers in the Jr . vertay Gas & uaer were all of ihe poet Thom ' s own order —the working class , yet their productions in poetry and prose were most commendable , 3 showed them blessed with bath well-informed heads and sensitive hearts . The Gossamer bore the following motto : — -

      " Daylight will keek through a sona' hole . " Two causes combined to produce the Gossamer ' s untimely end , it started as the exposer and reformer of local abuses and the relentless enemy of " cant " in every shape and character . The Town Council , that most important b-= dy , were advised to bestow a little of that attention to the interests of the public which they were always so ready to pay to their own ; the Gas Company were"hauled over thecoals" for their extortionate charges ; and the Uryside Farmers got a lecturing , and were by no means srateful for the ?• advice ' sTratis . " A certain Bailie Tidncloitlt had , at

      a Council Meeiing . stigmatised the" Incomes "* of the town , as birds of passage that should be avoided or suppressed ; " the Gossamer defended the " Incomes , " and this defence , of course , cave offence to the " natives" — the rentable " lurerurians . " , Lastly , the mast " untoward event" of all for the success of the Gossamer was the publication , in the first number of an article by the poet , in defence of Bcuxs against the assaults of the hypocritical hum- ' bug * and sanctimonious swindlers who won the ap-, p hase of their water-drinking dupes by holding up Brass as a drunkard and a debauchee . " The article is too lengthy to gWe entire , the following are

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      BURNS Df A SCRAPE (!)! "Wh y pounce on poor Burns , every snivilling clown and rearing eoof , who takes a fancy to spout teetotaiisin ? Would it not b * worth while , on their psrt , to assure themselves , in the first place , that Burns was indeed a drunkard ? If that paint is settled to their heart ' s wish , next let them coolly examine whether , in seeking proselytes , itbe discreet to pick from the ranks of intemperance the most alluring qualities of our nature . » * * * # # # DrinVin ? was the fashionable and tolerated vice of his day , an-1 Burns did incidently mix in the manners of his times . No wonder that he did . Few—nonu had the like temptations . In the great poet , was found the brightest nit , the richest eloquence , that ever honoured man . * * * * Burns was not a drunkard . In youth and manhood , wild and fervent as bis emotions were , yet they were ever linked to nature and to reason ; the drunkard ' s emotions have other sort of keepers—brutality and madness .

      Burn-s uttered his very sweetest breathings oyer the latest passages of a life shortened by causes of many a kind . Then , as at all times , his peerless lay came forth , emiraed—bursting with an intensity of soul that bloated , br wil £ « red topers never knew—never feel—never , never express ! " Evenwhrnheknewliewa «! dyinjf , he looked iu Jessie Ljwar * . face , whom he loved as a fa ther loves his daughter , aud that he might reward her filial tendernijs for him who was fast wearing away , " repeated the sorrowful and sweet" TUon . art sweet as the smile when lovers inset , And soft as their parting tear , Jessie 1 "

      Poor Burns ! It was all he had to , ' give , but the gift is imperishable : andthebonnle lassie that wet the dying lips of It-jbert Barns , shall claim a lovely record in every wnnn breast , when his heartless slanderers are rotten , forgotten , and —— - We repeat—for all admit , that hard drinking was a t- ?* riming feature of the age In which Burns lived . Is it fair , then , ye Pharisees , to pluck a star from the darknrs re ai-kootrledge stud hold it to tiie light ye assume ? Tii-jse -kIio make it a rule to cite such men as Burns , in orier to make drunkenness hideous , would do well to consider whether they are not consuming the very end they aba at In thus pickinj ; from the ranks of dissipation in .-tauces of individuals pre-eminently attractive , the

      allurement becomes powerful in the very illustration , and goes fur worse than nothing . Hany , many a would-be post has become drunkard , just because it had been rung and rung into him that Burns was such—weaklings who could assimilate in no way el < e , thought good to resemble him here . Hence the doctnne , the fallacious doctrine , has led many a sHly weaver and cobbler to duck his five and sixpence and his soul—all , forsooth , to be-so lit * a poet ! If you are " hard-vp" at any time . or an illustrious brute , b ?^ in at the beginning and woPop right downwards—it would thus be a long , long time , ere Burns came in for his uLai'ks . Could you not keep a good-natured auditory yarning as hour or two at the expense of that jolly old cv . eSwih , the most abandoned fuddler

      " That e ' er crack'd a bott ' e , or fathom'd a bowL " May be ve want pluck to meddle with him , he being a f-tvourite where you would not like , of course , to be an oS ' -ader . well , " well , that is all the better ; let him alone , then , but , for puir auld Scotland's sake—and for truth ' s sake—and for the sake of the sacred cause you plead , let Darns aloae too . His fruits and his frailties ar » his mortal portion—give them a grave with his dust —I ' uey are of earth . "What is heavenly of him , if you caanot relish , try not to tarnish . A sponge is lighter than a chi-rL There are flaws on the fairest . These it U lo * . rlicr to wipe out than record . linns of It , and of som : h ; ng else strongly connected with it , which , to convecimee voar memorv , we have milled into

      rhyme"The mote is bright in sunny light , Yet moves unmarked at e ' en ; Ic fairest water faults appear , That lurk in mud unseen . " Tl-is awfal castigation of the canting " miserables " whe " Hate the excellence they cannot reach , '' was not likely to be forgiven , nor speedily forgotten ; the teetotallers and pietists combined to raise the war-whoop of persecution , and from the first number the poor little " Gossamer was doomed ; it ceased to lire after the second number . We return our iicartv thanks t > j the poet Taosi for the noble uefeaee of lkn > s share quoted , and regret that we cann' -tcom-BiaiiJ * ptrc ! o ; : ivcspecimens of Usabilities ( poetical ) o : hi * w .. rttsv coadjutors .

      In Autiust , ISii , the poet was present at the * Bums " Festival , " on the " Banks 0 ' Uoon . " when " rvpiatact Scotland" did homage at the shrine of her ill-used national bsrd . We do not find mention wade of the name of Thom in the report of the "fe iv .- <] , " possibly Scotland , although " repentant , " did 1 A relish publishing her repentance by the tongues -,-f any of her sons Z & iKr than " lords" and " prof castas . " The " festival" did not , however , pass by without the Inverury poet ' s name being heard iu connection therewith . A " slashing" article appeared in P . mch in the shape of an inquiry into the shii-emy of Scotland ' s " repentance ; " and the condition of tiie poet Tuom was instanced as act illustration of the fact that Bouts , had he been living in i ! : e r ^ u-vf " repentance , " ISM , would most likely

      k ? . v ? : ar-d as he fared rifty years , before—when dying I he had 10 beg t : ie loan oi" £ 5 to save him from a debtor ' s gaol . This Punching of "repentant Scot bud" raised a hornet ' s nest about poor Timm ' s ears , tae " nationalists" were in arms immediately for the Character of the "land o * cakes , " and the bard of Beuachie suffered , as well as profited , by thegencr . u * adr « csev of his satirical London friend . Eariv in 1 S * 5 William Thom returned to London to sup = - " ria ! -iid the publication of the second edition 0 : hi * po-rus , and in the month of February was entertained at a public dinner : t the Crown aud Anchor . The dinner took p lace on the 20 th oi " that month , W . , 1 . Fox Esq ., occupied the chair , and piid a ; i eloquent tribute to the poet ' s genius and virtues . Tiie speech of the poet himself was manly and

      veld of all affectation , lie embraced the opportunity to in justice to his earliest friend , -Mr . Ceoi .-ok Gall-. way , of Inverness , who bad aided him even before h ? tic-: me kn-jwii to Mr . Uoedox . He exonerated his c-jtiutniaec from theclwge of " neslcct , " and SK-ciaik > isg 3 ed out the " Whistle Binkieo" of ^ a > . o ' . v , wliohad exhibued -owar-is him the true ite !!! - " i » f iir-.. i ! serhof » d . He remarked that he had £ 0 reliance unon the lyre , only partially , he rclieu o- _ uit l ^ ova . ' lie added , ' * 1 inane a iaile book , and iiuve wriiiv-a truly fr-uii my heart what 1 felt ; if you w . "i " : 'l bes : s-. rvo me , if 1 come again among you , buy lav i ) j ! : k asui my welis , but da not overwhelm me vkh sapttihnus " praise , or with uTjwtintcil , nncuurtcd cLaK-y . " la the moii ' tli of April following a public *• • - ¦ ii : va . id soiree w . ; is held at-the National Hall ,

      li . Jl .-rn , in liouour ot the poet : t .. e tnce ' iiig was very i .: ; : iK-rous ' T attended , and was presided over by l ) r * U-.-witixu . In a sii & i-i notice of this nu-etiic w . iti . api-cavtiliii an Hiinliuvh papei * it was stated t " : a ; ihe p-jet " c : i ^ fu ! iy ; i !; d cors-tcily spoke , suid el . ci ; . -d : Uur . d : rs of applause . " " There were many Sc Aci . i-ri-ciit . Liu ii-. c jju-at taajjrity wer « KnvH-ih , who 5 : 1 : 1 ! thilr money toLtar Tuuii and tbebjunie 3 . Z ' . il sQirjfi << f Scuilaiuj . " Fur ti :- ! 35 t twelve mon'hs William Thom litis bw -tii a d-. iiiz- 'U « d tho "^ r cat mein . puris . " That he was "rrii acviitu i : ; taking up his location in Londor i ) V : ioubt . We « o not doubt ihe <; o » d intentions cf h - ?> ' •!• .:- but we t ' yiuk tiie attempt to settle the

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      weavor-poet in this Babel was a great mistake . The profits from his poems , the handsome subscri ptions of his countrymen in New York and Calcutta , and the other donations from his friends in this country would bare sufficed , with the help of his loum , to have established him in easy circumstances for life , with perhaps some reversion for his children if he had remained in Inverury , or somewhere within the circle of his labour-connections . Instead of this he has been so unfortunately advised as to attempt to live in London , in the character of a " linen-merchant , " that is to say , one who takes orders and supplies sheeting , shirting , table-cloths , and similar fabrics , the produce of his native loom . But how is a poetical wearer to win a living by such

      emplovrueut in tuis Label of competition ? If he could take a line s-hip , would " cheat his creditors , and bo always " selling off under prime cost , " and making " an alarming sacrifice" of himself or somebod y else , he might sell ; but this heartless , degraded life " would not be a fitting existence for the " bard of Benachie . " Friend Thom will never make a profitmonger , he has not an atom of the shopocrat in his composition . Nevertheless , as he has *• webs" to sell , we suggest that the buyers of shirts , sheets . & c ., should give the weaver-poet a turn , we will answer for the quality . Admiration of Tiiom ' s poetry is very well ; but we fancy the purchase of his cloths is something still better , —the solid pudding is before the empty praise .

      William Tuom isnow about forty-six years of age . The following description of his person , which is pretty correct , is from the Westminster Heview . — "His stature is- < hort , and his legs stunted , like one of those nhos . childhood was not generously fed ; but there is breadth iu his shoulders an . l clearness in his complexion , indicating a hale and tough constitution . Light auburn hair , now silvering , covers a large broad head with ample brow , firm set mouth , and light bluetwinkling eyes , full of the sensibility and acuteness of the man . " Let us add that the peet possesses first-rate conversational powers , and whether he d .-zzles by his wit , charms with his melody , or touches the heart with those ; outbursts of feeling which ever and auon evidence his true manhood , he is ever the life and soul of ihe friends surrounding him . He , in short , is a > u > , " take him lor all in all , " such as the world has but too few of .

      William Tuom ' s pucnis arc simple in style , construction , and object ; but they speak from the heart of the author to ' the heart ol the reader . They are , mostly , like the poet ' s own history , of a pathetic or melancholy character . We do not think him a second Robert Boas , but we do think very highly of some of bis poems , particularly his address to his son " Willie , " on the death of her who " dauted his bonnic brown hair . " This piece we can rank only with Brass- address " To Mary in Heaven , " and Ethos ' s celebrated " Farewell . " \ Ve do not think we could

      award this poem higher praise , although in some respects it is even more heart-moving than the effusion of either Burns or Bthox . We shall not essay further criticism , hut content ourselves by taking the following quotation from an article on the Scottish poets in a German periodical— " Leaves for Literary £ utertainment . " [ Mitter / iir Uterarische Unterhaltung . ] " In Tuom ' s poems there is no trickery , but deep and healthy feeling , flowing from his inmost heart . If we wonder at anything , it is not so much that Thom , the weaver , should be a poet , although bis business is perhaps oue of the most unfavourable for

      poetic activity , as we dost the ponciful and pithy language in which he writes , lie .-. nows how to unite strength and tenderness in a manner which hardly any of the living Scotch poets can equal ; and that he is ma-ter ot the language in prose as well as verse , is proved by his own account of the sorrows he has had to endure . " On those sorrows , or rather the wrongs that produced those sorrows , we now say nothing : oa a former occasion we expressed ourselves on this subject iu no measured terms , and , moreover , William Thom ' s story best speaks for itself , and has no need of hel p from us to move the hearts of our readers .

      It is rumoured that the appearance of another volume of poems from the pen of William Tuom is not far distant . We hope this rumour will prove correct ; for sure we are , that the promised volume will be welcomed not only by the British public , but also by the admirers of the " bard of Benachie " throughout Europe , India , and America . In the course of these remarks we hare rather sketched the person and career of the poet than examined his poetry ; but that will not excite surprise when it is considered that William Tiiom ' s whole life is a poem - a poem fearfully interesting , telling not only of sufferings endured by himself , but of suffering and wrong borne by thousands , voiceless themselves , but for whom their inspired brother is a voice pleading their cause in tones which sound from " Indus to the Pole . " We conclude this imperfect notice with another extract from the relume before us ;—

      JIT HEATHER LA > D , My heather land , my heather laud ! ily dearest pray ' r be thine ; Altho' upon thy hapless heath , There breatbt-s nae friend o' mina . The lanely few that Hearen has jpar'd Fend on a foreign strand ; And I maun wait to weep wi' thee , Mylmnjeless heather land ! Aly heather land , my heather land ! Though fairer lands there be , Thy g . iw ' nie bi aes in early days , > Vere gowden ways to me . Maun life ' s poor boon gae dark ' ning down , Kov die wbaur it had dawn'd , But claught a grave ayout the wave . Aias ! my heather land '

      3 Jy heather land , pry heather land ! Though chilling winter pours His freezing breath rouu' fireless hearth , Whaur breadless misery cow ' rs ; Yet breaks the light that soon shaii blight The godless rciviu' hand— . Whan withur'd tyranny shall reel Ifrae our roUi'd heather land ! We are happy to introduce to our readers another little poun from the pen of our respected friend , Allen Davenport . Our friend says " I fee ! quite in my element when Ireland is the subject of my pen ; I should like her to be a free and independent nation . Her sufferings ought to be a sufficient ransom for her redemption : "—

      1 RF . LASD IN CHAINS . Air— "Marselloise Hymn . " Kise , Britons rise ! wish indignation , — Hark ! hark J ! I hear ihe clanking chains , That bind a brave and generous nation , Where martial law and ttrror reign ; Her gallant sous demand assistance , Can British hearts refuse the call ? liehohl them struggling for existence , Shall Ireland , or her tyrants fall * See ! see ! the fiends of irar Have .-eized ou Liberty ; Then rise , and as one msn declare , That Ireland shall be free !

      Arise ; and with a voice 01 thunder , Vjocliim amidst the clashing storm , Thai you to burst her chains asunder Will meet the foe in every form . What though the cannon point before ye , Aud dungeons gape on every hand ; Unite ; aud put down Whig and Tory , 'Tis time the people should command . Dishonour ')] be the grave Of him who quits the field : ]} ut crowns of jjlory to the brave , Who nobly seorni to yield .

      Will you desert the Irish nation , And see her wear her chains again , Uscause her Chief sjiurns all relation With England aud with Englishmen ? 5 o I Critons , no ! do not desert her , lv .-turn , for every evil , good , You who hold dear the People ' s Charter , And who would seal it with your blood ! Then raise your voice , ye brave ! She is your sister still—And if you have not power to save , Show that y « u have the wiil . AL 15 . S DAVEyPOET

      What is Roxge doisg ? He seems to nave been very quiet of late . In his position , to pause is to fail * to temporise is to court " ruin , energy alone can give hint the rieiory—can save him . We take the following spiriiciJ appeal from the March number of the Xcw York Democratic Revisit ; the author , GmiKXleap WniTTiut , U well known to our readers , many of his noblest ami-slavery poems having appeared in our columns : —

      TO ItO'GE . nr j . g . wniniER . SiriKt- home , strong-hearted man '—Down to the root OS oh ) oitprefsion siiik the Haxuu steel . Thy work is to hew down . In God ' s name then Put nerve into thy taslc . Let other men Plant as they may , that better tree , nhose fiuit The wounded b- * soin of the Church shall heal . Be thou the linage-breaker . Let thy blows Pall heavy as the Subian ' s Iron Hand , On Ciownor Crosier , r . hich shall interpose Between the ;; and the weal of l ' athcr-land , Leave creeds to closet-idlers , first of all Sluikv t ! wu ull German dream-huiil with the fall

      Of that accursed lree , whose evil trunk Was spHVedot oM l . y Krfur . s stalwart mo : ;! :. Fight not with ghosts and shadows . Let us hear The snap of chain-link ? . Lciour g laddened ear Catch the J . ale jiiisoia-r ' s w . Jconie , as the light Follows il . y axe-stroke , through his Cell of Slight . Be faithful to both worlds ; nor thiut : to feed Earth ' s starving millions witli the husks of creed ; Servant of Him whose high and boh " VT . ts t . « the wrongvd , the sorrowing and the lowly , Thrust n ;; t his E . len promise from our sphere , I ) i-tant and dim Vyoml the blue sky ' s span ; Like him of Patmos , see it , now and here , The X w Jciusalcm comes dowu to man '

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      Be warned by Lnther s error . SQr i } k e n ; m When the roused Teuton dashes from his limb The rusted chain of ages , help to bind His hands , for whom thou claim ' st the freedom of the Hind . ' In the Star of April 11 th appeared a poem entitled "The Watcher on the rower , " f rom the pen of Charles Mackay , editor of the Glasgow Argus . We bad purposed to have this week given several additional pieces by the same author , together with some remaks of our own , but must defer both , with the exception of the following beautiful piece which first appeared in the Dail y Mws a ffeek or tff 0 back : —

      OLD OPINIONS . Once we thought that power Eternal Had dt creed the woes of man ; That the human heart was wicked , Since its pulses first began;— . That the earth was but a prison , Bark and joyless at the best , And that men were born for evil , And imbibed itfrom the breast

      That 'twas vain to think of urging Any earthly progress on , Old opinions ! ragsand tatters ! Get yott gone . ' get ymigone . ' Once we thought all human sorrows Were predestined to endure ; That , as laws had never made them , Laws were impotent to cure ; That the few were horn superior , Though the many might rebel ; They to sit at Nature ' s table ,

      We to pick the crumbs that fell ;—They to live upon the fatness . — We the starvelings , lank and wan Old opinions , rags and tatters , Getyou gone , gel you gone . Once we thought that Kings wcie holy , Boing wrong by right divine ; That the Church was hard of conscience , Arbiter of Mine aud Thine . That whatever priests commanded yo one could reject , and live ; And that all who differed from them

      It was error to forgive : — Right to send to stake or halter With eternal malison . Old opinions , rags and tatters , Get youaxme , . jet you gone . Once we thought that sacred Freedom Was a cursed and tainted thing ; Foe of Peace , and Law , and Virtue ; Foe of Magistrate and King ; That all vile and rampant passion Everfollowed in her path ; lust and Plunder , War and Rapine , Tears and Anarchy asd Wrath . That the angel was a cruel ,

      Haughty , bloodstained Amazon . Old- opinions , rags and tatters , Getyou gone , get you gone . Once we thought that Education Was a luxury for the few ; That to give it to the many Was to give it scope undue . That 'twas fooliih to imagine It could be as free as air : Common as the glorious sunshine To the child of want and care ;—That the poor man , educated , Quarrell'd with his toil anon . OWoi > in « ms , rags and teffcrs , Get you gone , gctfesfOne .

      Once we thought it right to foster Local jealousies and pride : Sight to hate another nation Farted from us by a tide : Bight to go to war for glory . Or extension of domain : Eight , through fear of foreign rivals , To refuse the needful grain . Right to b-ir it out till Famine Dr « w the bolt with fingers wan . Old opinions , ragsand fatter ? , Gel you gone , getyou gone . Old opinions , rags and tatters ,

      Ye are worn—ah quite threadbare ; Wc must cast you off for ever ; We are wisi-r than we were . Kever fitting , always cramping , Letting in the wind and sleet , Chilling us withihcums and agues ; Or inflaming us with heat : We have found a mr-ntal raiment Purer , whiter to put on . Old opinions , rags and tatters , Getyou tone , getyou gone . CM . The following beautiful peem wc extract from the March number of Simmond ' s Colonial Magazine : —

      THE GOLD MIXES OF TIIE WEST . BI GEORGIANA C . MONRO . [ It is said , though the story is itself assuming somewhat of a legendary character , that gold mines might be found in North as well as in South America , did not the Indians of the former fear to discover them , in consequence of a tradition that , should they become known . Hiey would be compelled to work in them as slaves . ]} O ' er Michigan how deeply sigh Those breezes , as in grief That Redman ' s power has fleeted by ,

      As brightless from the leaf They bear away , with heedless breath , To float o'er distant waves—Then sink , at last , to sleep in death , Far from their brothcrs ' graves ! The sun-rays from the pathless wild , And that lone shore , have died , Where the pale-face and forest-child Are standing side by side ; And sadder than the hollow moans Of the fast-darkening lake , Yet proud and stern , the hunter ' s tones Its lingering echoes wake .

      " \ e have swept us from our haunts of yore Beside the pleasant streams , And the salt wave : , by the distant shore , Which speak to ns in dreams . With tales of peace our ears were won—With warrior ' s iron hand , The children of the setting sun Were driven from their land . And we have fled , like hunted deer , Before the hunter ' s face—Yet following fast , wo ever hear The footsteps of your race ! And ever stilt there come the souuis Of voices form the West , Which to the Happy Hunting Grounds

      Are calling us to rest . What seek ye more ?—our scatter'd tribes Sink fast as melting snow ; We cannot take the stranger ' s bribes , And to our fathers show : And say . wc have forgot their words , And SUM your hands with gold , While stdl the songs of summer birds Repeat the tales they told . They said that wc should be too weak To linger near their graves ; But nought , except the gold ye seek , Could make the Red men slaves : They bade our feet forget the way , They bado our eyes forget The spots wherein those treasures lay-Where they are sleeping yet ! " Our brothers dwelt in lands as fair ,

      With gunny hills and plains ; But there were treasures gleaming there To buy its children chains 1 And ever when the South wind blows , 'Tis laden with tlieir » ighs . And tells the land of melting snows Our fathers' words were wise . The Indian cannot toil in mines , The pale-face hath not found—But ever where the red gold shinsa , The K-. l man shall be bound . 'Tis even thus our fathers' words Spoke to our hearts of gold ; And still the songs of summer birds Repeat the tales they told . We show no treasures of the earth , Whereon we must not rest—Your brothers taught our own their worth , Those Gold Mines of the West 1 " Southsca .

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      Suicide At Loxnox Bkiuce.—On Monday Night About Half-Past Eleven O'Clock The Passengers On

      Suicide at Loxnox Bkiuce . —On Monday night about half-past eleven o ' clock the passengers on

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      London bridge saw a man enter the middle recess on the eastern side , and mount the stnne seat , from which he immediately plunged headlong into the river . The act was io very sudden that although several persons were near him they could not prevent him committing the desperate act . The body was not found . The Tables Tuis . vkd . —We read in the Courrier Francias— " There is passing at present at Bayonno , a veritable comedy . On Monday , the telegraph transmitted to the authorities of that city orders to cease ail surveillance over the LTantc Don llenry , to pay him all the honours due to his rank , and in his place to watch General Narvaez , whose intrigues the Spanish Government , it appears , is apprehensive of . What renders this change the more amusing is , that the police of France were set upon the traces of Don Henry at the formal demand of Narvaez . "

      Arson . —At the Gloucester assizes , on Saturday , James Wares , aged OS , was transported for life , for setting fire to a dwelling-house . The principal evidence was that of his daughter , who was lodging in the house , a public-house of low description , and with whom he was at variance . 1 le attempted to strangle her , but she got away ; the ( ire afterwards broke out and was discovered to have originated in the prisoner ' s room .

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      D / Vv ^ ^ JEUROLD-S SHILLING MAGA - ZiiNL—Apbil . London : Punch Offue , 85 , Fleetstreet . We are hnppy to announce to our readers that the editors story of "St . Giles and St . James" is resumed in this number . Three chapters are given to make up tor past omissions , and these chapters fully sustain the character achieved for the storv bv the preceding portions . In the present number the story breaks off with the election of Maheiv Capstick ( our old friend the muffin-maker ) as M . 1 \ for the boroug h of Liquorish . Ilow this is brought about , wc have not space to inform our readers ; we mu-it , therefore , refer them to the magazine , contenting ourselves with giving the following extract , illustrative of

      AN EtECTIOK SCENE . "Three cheers for lipstick , our member , " cried Rasp , from tiie window of the Yellow Committee-room . " Three cheers for Capstick and the Constitution . " " Give it him , " cried Flay from an opposi e house , and the obedient loyal mob of Blues discharged a volley of mud and stones and other constitutional missiles in use ou such glorious occasions . Crash went the windows , and , on the instant , the two factions in the street imgageil in a general light , all moving , as they combated , towards the Town Hall , already beset by a roaring mo ' * . Afciv minutes , and Mr . ' dipstick appeared . Whereupon , the High Bailiff declared him duly elected a knight burgess , and buckled the sword about him—the sword with which , by a pretty fiction , the knight was to defend the borough of Liquorish from all sorts of wrong .

      Capstick , with the weapon at his thigh , advanced with great dignity , and was for a time regardless of the show , ersofeggs and potatoes that , from the liberal hands of tho Blues , immediately greeted him . The young Lord St . James—how Suipetou leered at him;—also appeared on the hustings , and accident )} - received full iu his face an egg , certainly intended for the vis .-ige of the successful candidate . It was ; plain , too , that Capstick thought as much , for ho turned , and taking out hia pocket-handkorchief , advanced to his lordship , and in the politest manner observed , — "My lord , I have no doubt that egg wan intended to be my property : will you , therefore , permit me to reclaim my own V and saying this , Capstick with his whi te kerchief removed the offensive matter from his lordship ' s face , whilst the crowd—touched by the courtesy of the aew member—laughed aud cheered uproariously .

      Mr . Capstick then advanced to the frent of the hustings . At the same moment a poUtoe fell short of him , near his foot . Whereupon tho member drew his sivord , aud running It into the potatoe , held it up to the mob . Another laugh — another cheer greeted the action . " Silence ! he ' s a ruin ' un—hear him ! " was the cry , and in less than ten minutes the new member was permitted to proceed . Whereupon he said : — " Gentlemen—for gentlemen in a mob arc always kaown by their eggs and potatoes—I should , indeed , be unworthy of the honour you have placed and showered upon me , did I in any way complain of the manner in which you have exercised the privileges I see lying about mo . I am aware , gentlemen , that it is the free birthright of Englishmen—and may they never foiget it!—to pelt any man who may offer

      himself for the honour of representing them in Parliament . It is right that it should be so . For how unfit must the man be for the duties of his office—for the trials that in the House of Commons lie must undergoif he cannot , properly and respectfully receive at the hands of an enlightened constituency any quantity of mud , any number of eggs or potatoes , that iu their wisdom they may feel disposed to viait upon him . I hhould hold myself a traitor to the trust reposed in mc , did 1 at this moment of triumph object to either your eggs or your potatoes . ' ( Very loud cheering ; with a cry of " You ' re the sort for us . " ) "No , gentlemen , I look upon eggs and potatoes as , I may say , tho conif r-stones of the

      Constitution . ' ( ' Tl-reecheers tor the Constitution , ' roar .-d Kisp , and the Yellows obedientl y bellowed . ) . < Nevertheless , permit me to > ay this much . Feelii-g the necessity that you should always exercise for yourselves the right of pelting your candidates with aggs and potatoes—penult mo to observe that I do not think the sui-red cause of liberty will be endangered , that 1 do not believe the basis of the constitution will be in the smallest decree shaken , if upon all future elections , when jou shall bo called upon to exercise the high prerogative of pelting your candidates , you select eggs that are sweet , and first mash your potatoes . ' Laughter aud loud cheers attested the reasonableness of the proposition . "

      The other articles arc , as usual , very good ; but we have not room to particularise , excepting that we may remark of Juutuer Jledgchon ' s Letter , that it treats of the Oregon question , and most admirably answers the belching of that old fanatic , Quixcy Adams . We may add that Juniper quotes the " Address of the Fraternal Democrats to the VYorkiii ! . ' Classes of Great Britain and the Uuittd States , " which appeared iu this journal some weeks ago . Juniper remarks on the address that " fine rousing words are iu it ; words that strike upon the lxart better than life anil beaten sheep ' s-skin . "

      Simmoxds's Colonial Magazine. March, Ai'...

      SIMMOXDS'S COLONIAL MAGAZINE . March , Ai'iiiL . London : Simmonds and Ward , Bargeyaril , Bucklersbury . It is some considerable time now , since we noticed this magazine . The February number we did not receive . The March uumher came to hand too late for notice that month , and now we find oursclvc * compelled to notice botli numbers ( March and April ) as briefly as possible . The March number contains several very interesting articles ; we may particularly instance the despatches from Captain Sruur , describing the progress of the exploring expedition in South Australia ; an article by the editor " On the

      growth and production of Indian corn or maize , aud the manufacture of sugar from the stalk ; " and one of Mr . Mc Conibie ' s " Australian Sketches" describing the "Scenery and Society of New South Wales . " The April number opens with a delightful article on Texas from the pen of Ciuhlks IIootax , which the believers in the Texan paradise will uo well to peruse before they commit themselves to that "happy land ; " wc regret we cannot afford roimi for an extract . Seveial other interesting articles are contained in this number . We have given elsuwhoro a beautiful pnem from the March number . We shall take an early opportunity to speak at ieiigtli of the merits ofthis useful publication .

      One Hundred Original Tales For Children....

      ONE HUNDRED ORIGINAL TALES FOR CHILDREN . By Joskpu Uink . London : Souter and Law , 101 , Fleet Street . This work is intended as a class-book to teaeii tinart of reading in less time , and with greater ea » e , than the usual methods , ami to cultivate at an early period the imaginative and reasoning faculties of youth . Wc have not read the whole of tho tales , but we have read several taken at ramlois and consider them well calculated to ell ' ict the author ' s object . The stories are a 11 such as can be comprehended b > the generality of children , of three or four years and upwards . Ail hard words are avoided , the majority of the tales are illustrated with wood engravings , and altogether the book is weil calculated to instruct , amuse , and interest the juvenile claos for whom it is intended .

      The Family Herald. Parts31, 35. London: ...

      THE FAMILY HERALD . Parts 31 , 35 . London : G . Biggs , 421 , Strand . These two parts of the Family Herald r . re rich in entertaining matter , and calculated to add to the popularity so well earned by this tost of Cue penny publications .

      Tiie Peol'l.E'S Journal. Part Iii. Londo...

      TIIE PEOl'l . E'S JOURNAL . Part III . London : J . Bennett , Oil , Fleet Street . We have received the third part of this ably conducted and excellent publication , and from n cursory glance at its contents wo are inclined to be . ievo it still better than the preceding parts . On the receipt of part 4 we will notice both ic and the present part , and enter more fully into the contents of both . Wc trust that this Jvumal is well supported by the Peofile , for such support it well deserve . " .

      Ijy Illness Has Compelled U J To Curtail...

      ijy Illness has compelled u j to curtail our " Reviews ;" the same cause compels us to postpone the first of a scries of articles on " Eastern Europe and thcEitip-mir Nicbolas , " which will appear in our seventh pag-j uu lur th-j head of " Foreign Movements , "

      Qijee.V Yictoitia—Tho Annual Cost Of The Koya Familv Of England Is A Larger Sum Than The Who

      Qijee . v YicToitiA—Tho annual cost of the Koya Familv of England is a larger sum than the who

      Ilcbt Oi This ' Poii—Without—Credit" Gov...

      ilcbt oi this ' poii—without—credit" government , 'flic German papers , in commentim : on the visit .. t ' Victoria ami Albert to the continent , hinted tiiei .-opinion that the little lady was a dear bareain to her loving husband and subjects . " Victoria , ' " » ay they , " is a little white faced ' woman with hair thai h : \ U like a faded light brown , who rides ami jukes iihu a trooper , while her husband simpers forth a timid

      approval . She is c-oi ) uottish and Highly in her manners , toils _ broad stories and iaughs at thtfiu , while the nob ' u German matrons loe-ks lliiiii ^ htful . ami Albert unmeaning ; and to show which is Ikr Majesty the i ' riiice , ami which is ///* Majesty the Queen , Albert wears rnl ! ky and Victoria P 'litaiooii . s . "' \\\ have no special use for the Royal couple among u . s , but as wc always pity extravagantly fur foreign curosiiies , . Simpson or ' Jackson would make it iviTtii their wliiie to accept a .-hurt engagement as Mr . ami Mrs . Caudle . —Am- VorfcSun .

      Si . MlfI . AH DlSCOVKKV Or A L . M . UK QfAXTUY Of Navai . St ' -uies . —A t ' < : w days since as a man named Harry , a labourer in the employ of Messrs . Grieff , builders , of Woolwich , was cny . 'iged in denning out a water-closet in Warwick-street . " he disi-svoivdin- . lhe soil two bays , containing about £ 3 iln . of copper bolts , niark-i ! witli tiie broad-arrow , which had doubtless been slok-n lVom Woolwich Dorky ;; nl many years since . Harry immediately delivered over the property to the police at the dockyard . Dk .-. tii ci' tiii ; Kaki . or Ebuoj .:.. —Tiie Earl of Eiro : i , Hereditary Lord High Constable of S-otliind , expired « m Sunday morning at the rc-idenee of his soiiMi-iaw , Viscount Campden . in Vertuuin-Siiuave .

      Etnnal Xnttllifiente*

      etnnal Xnttllifiente *

      Tub Slavish Pnkss-Gaxo. -Tlie Daily News...

      Tub Slavish PnKSS-GAXo . -Tlie daily newspapers sneak of her Majestv's . ip ) i . -i .. ichins " retirement We may , therefore , ' Ions for the banishmen t ot the old word " confinement" from genteel circles . Tub Irish Cukfkii- Bin —As no person in Ireland is to bo allowed to leave his house after a certain hour at night , Mr . Punch respectfully asks Lord Lincoln , how the evicted tenants are to manage , who have no houses to remain in ? Are they lo roost in the hedges ? An answer will oblige . —Punch .

      Tub Cost or Somhrhs asd op Skamkm . —The daily pay of a foot soldier is Is . with a penny for beer : the daily pay of a lile-giiiirdsman is Is . 1 U-d ., and the annual cost is £ 7-1 Is . llil . per man , besides horse and allowances , or £ 18 s . Cd . per week ; dragoons , £ 56 lis . 5 J . per annum , or £ 1 Is . 9 d . per week ; foot-guards , £ M 10 s ., or 13 s . cd . per week ; infantry £ 31 per annum , or lis . lOil . per week . A regiment of horse soldiers , of about 3 l }» , officers and men , cost £ 25 , 000 per annum . The wa ^ -cs of seamen in the royal navy are £ 2 12 s . per month , or 13 s . per week ; and £ 1 12 s ., or 8 s . per week more , arc allowed for provisions .

      Jons Bull . —The seven dealings of John Bull are , tho shop , the stocks , the newspaper , religion , roast beef , prejudice , and port wine . A Bitter Troth , —We level tho poor to the dust by our general policy , and take infinite credit to ourselves for raising them up again with the grace of charity . —Fonblanque . Tub Poon is the IIiouiands . — Small-pox and fever are exceedingly prnvaienfc , not only within the precints of Inverness , but throughout extensive districts in the Highlands . The . sickness is aggravated by extreme dcntttutton among the lower classes , especially males and females who . not coming under the description of aged or intirra paupers , have no parochial relief .

      Charitablk TitusTS Bill . —A meeting of gentlemen representing the civic companies was held i . n Saturday morning last , at the hall of tho Worshipful Company of Merchant Tailors . H was we are informed , unanimously agreed most strenuously to persist in opposing this measure , to present petitions to parliament praying thaMliobill might not pass into a law , or that the city companies might be exempted from its operation , and that they might be permitted to appear by counsel at the bar of the House of Lords , to adduce their reasons for claiming such exemption . Sir Charles Wetherall aud other eminent counsel have been retained .

      A Sure Oaiturk . —Wo recommend the following plan to Louis-Philippe as an infallibln one for taking Abd-cl-Kader . Let his Msyj-sty get the Arab chief to accept a bill—tho larger the sum the better : ami put it into the hands of Levy . If that illustrious sheriffs officer , does not capture Ai > d-el- ] v--idcr the very day it falls due , we will pay the amount and coste ourselves . —Punch . lloMAxnc AnvESTuuB . —A-few days ago the ship Yomiji England arrived in the St .. Kntlurine ' s Dock , from the Cape of Good Hope , under the command of Mr . Adams , who was wrecked a few vears nxo on the coast of New Zealand . He was made a prisoner by the natives , who treated him with barbarous cruelty , and would have put him to death but for tho

      intercession of a daughter , of one of the chiefs . He was tattooed all over , and compelled to adopt the same mode of life as the natives , and accompany them in their fishiiig and hunting expeditions . His chiuf food was fish and the wild animals he killed . He underwent a variety of adventure * , and repeatedly attempted to make his escape , but was so chuely watched by the natives that he was unable to do * o until he had been among them three years , when he succeeded in eluding their vigilance , and made his escape in a canoe . After a good deal of suffering he was picked up by a ship bound to the Cape , where hi ' was appointed commander of the Young England .

      His wife , who had long given him up for lust , and had worn widow ' s weeds , was quite overj-yed mi his beimr restored to her , and tlic meeting , after so long an absence , was most affecting . The Destitute axd Unkiu'i . oved i . v Bhaufohd . —About 300 families in this town arc supplied with soup and bread from the Soup Kitchen . The committe have , in various parts oft h'i town and neighbourhood , about 1 , 590 mcii employed six hoursa-day , for which they are paid Is . We linilerstaiidtliatonefourtli of the funds subscribed is already expended , and it is calculated the whole will be expended in seven weeks .

      PuxtsiiMKXT of Death is Ambiuca . —I our statesocieties ( with numerous auxiliaries ) have been formed for the abolition of capital punisiiment . These state societies arc New York , Pennsylvania , Maryland , and Massac ' u-etts . And there is one United States , or General , Convention for the same object , of which Mr . Dallas , the Vice President of the United States , is prcudent . Two newspapers are published expressly to further the cause—the Prisoners' Friend , at Boston , and the S pirit of the Age , in New York city . Besides these a great multitude of secular and religioas papers have spoken in favour of the measure . More than forty might be named in New York alone . Death of Gk . ykiul Sir Henry Batly , G . C . H . — This officer , Colonel of theSth Foot ( the King ' s reiriment ) , died on Monday morning at ten minutes before two o ' clock , at his residence in Dover-street , Piccadillv , after a long and > evore illness .

      A New Pktitio . v . —A meeting was held on Saturday evening at the Lecture Room , Milton-street , Cripplegate , of tradesmen , operatives , and others of the city of London . They complained of suffering many privations from want of employment , and when employed , from inadequate remuneration . They set forth tiie advantages of coal for working machinery , anil the inconvenience the people suffer from its enormous price in this and other neighbourhoods . They agreed to present a petition to parliament , of which the following is the prayer : — " Your petitioners therefore humbly pray that your honourable house will take this subject into consideration , and by legislative enactment , cause thu expense of the transit or

      conveyance of conlsto London and various other large towns * in the kingdom to be paid out of the Treasury ; or levy such an impost per ton on coals at the pit ' s month , or otherwise , as will defray the cost of such transmission , so as to produce an equalisation of the cost of that article or commodity throughout the kingdom ; which your petitioners humbly submit is not requiring that your petitioners should have any exclusive advantage over any other portion of her Majesty ' s subjects , but that all parts of the kingdom may ha put upon an equality as regards the cost of coals , which from their great use in the manufactures of tliis count '} - has , of late years , become of the jreatost importance to all ths working classes in the kingdom . "

      Lvooxsistk-vciks ftp Our Oiv . v Ti . uES . —Ill England commerce and riches gallop , and social legislation crawls , - consequently wo have thirteen millions of specie stowed .-may in the cellars of the bank , and hundreds ol human beings dying of starvation in the cellars of St . Giles ' s . Amiable benevolence contribu ' es millions to comfort and convert heathens in far-off climes , whilst neighbours arc perishing for food and instruction at out own doors . Mistaken lenity strides along too quickly , whilst law stands upon precedent , and won't budge taster than it is driven ; by reason of which we see monsters ol ciime let off on the ground of insanity one day , and

      reclitimablc sinners hanged on gibbets the next . In like manner , while we are preaching peace at home—trying to get the trade oi' cultinu throats into disrepute ' sieetingthc fierce threats-f America with mild expostulations , and pooh-poohing Young . 1 ' ranee when she puts herself into a fig ! uiu » atittiuic—«« are , alar off in the Punjuub , compelled to make the live rivets discharge blond H every mouth , and to strew its banks with dead warriors . —Our Own Times . The Wksi . I ' . yan Cosfkuknck —Preparations are heinii made for the reception of tho ministers , nearly ol ) 0 in number , expected to attend the Wesleyan Conference , which wiil be hold this year in Bristol . —Bristol Journal .

      Tub Cn . UNttA . —1 his hrtWidaWe disease is at present ravaging several provinces of Persia . It has been introduced into Khorasau by the caravans , and has spread south and west through the marshy countries of Miisseiulhuran . At Meschud it has cut off one-third of the imputation , aud at Tehcr . > ii and Ispahan tiie inhabitants of entire quarters of these cities have perished . Import of Blood 1 Iorsf . s . — "We have for some years past been making almost monthly , and very often

      weekly consignments of good and valuable horses to tho nations of the continent , both to improve their stock and for immediate usefulness on the road and in fhe field . At length , onu of the German States , that of Mccklcnburgh , has been able to return the compliment in kind , and last Friday accordingly we received at Hull , per the Hamburg steam-ship , Capt . Brown , an entire horse and two mares , thorough bivd , to cross with the stout breed of Clydesdale . Their progeny is expected to become famous for working mr . 'pi ' . ses .

      Ciioi . kua in India . —The following melancholy account of the death of a officer , his lady , and child , from cholera , has been published by the Madras W . S . Gazette : — " It is with much pain we announce the decease , by cholera , at Secundor . ' . bad , on tho IStii iu-. 'tant , of Brevet Captain Thomas Osborne , of the ¦ Well N . ] ., and his lady , both of whom fell victims 10 this fatal epidemic on the same day , having mi the preceding one lost their infant child . Since the above was in type the following particuh . rs have reached tis in a letter from SecuudiTiibiui : —' Lit uteuant Osborne , of the 4 . 0 th K . 1 ., which cori-s is now a stage or two distant from Secimderabad , havi . ' -e

      lost one of lus children by teething , came on to the cantonment with the corpse to h .-ive ' it buried , leaving his family in camp . No sooner had he arrived a " : Captain Harper ' s than he was himself att : n .-kcu with the epidemic . This news having reached Mrs . Osborne , she hastened to join her hiisband , when she was also seized by the same disease , which in b ; , th cases proved fatal ou the same day . The hapk-w young couple were buried yesterday evening . Tiie poor lady ' s ayah , I understand , has also fallen a victim to the pestilence this morning . Captain and Mrs . Harper have in cmsequciice removed from then house to avoid its dreadful effects , '"

      Tub Slavish Pnkss-Gaxo. -Tlie Daily News...

      " To Finb'Youmo Mkn . "—As it is the AneitBisuo ? or CAitTBKBu - Rr who draws up thanksgiving prayer * for the successful slaughter of the enemy , may wfl ask , is jt the chaplains « f regiments who write the recruiting bills , scattered throughout the country , tocatch the eye of tho " Fine Young Men V One of these compositions , recentl y put forth at Gloucester , is now before us . There is a truthfulness in the promises held out-nnd indeed a pieuiresqucncss of painting , that do tint highest credit to tho morals of the author , whether the thin ? be written on a dri'mheatl or a pulpit cushion . For instance when tha "Fine Young Men , "—like eels . Mbed for—are Ciiueht by the shilling , they arc immediately ' " Taught the art of riding , Uriviii K , lirawlnjj , fencing , gunnery , and the mechanics ; the making mid use of gunpowder , sky-rockets , and other fiie-works . "

      The allusion to sky-rockets and other fire-worksshows the hind of the master . The author subtly , knowingly touches on schoo'boy lvcollectiona—on the lifth of November days , when fire-works were precious to the juvenile . We subjoin a few of the advantages offered to " the Gunners" ( frr so artillerymen are styled ) . Here they are : — " They arc lodged in the finest barracks in the world ! They have light woik ami good pay , ths . . bestbft-f that K >? nt can all' nrd , : ind a comfortable place in the barracks called the 'Canteen , ' sat apart for them to see their friiinila in and take a cheerful glass : also a sjitemlid library and reading-room , a park ami ple . ts ' ure grounds , with a select number o ( horses for their instruction and amusement . After their education is completed , they will liiivs an opportunity afforded them to travel to foreign countries , whsru they may drink their wine at two-pence per bottle , by the new tsuitT ! "

      These , it mu » t be owned , are many agreeable advantages ; and yet , with a modesty peculiar to recruiting sergeants—he of the Upper George Inn , Gloucester , has said n ithingof the box at tiiesncra , and the Mowbray Hounds , always at the servic" of the Gunners . But perhaps the sergeants did not wish to tell flu ; Rue young men all that was in store for them . Only let them enlist , a :-. d then no doubt he would surprise them . After—it is not said how manv—vcavs' service the recruits are promised that they shall " return to feu their friends "—( balls , bullets , and bayonets permitting)—" with money , manners , .- 'ml—experience !" The last advantage , no doubt , warranted . —Punch .

      MimuKii and Attkmi-tki ) SiiiciDB . —A distressing ease of murder and a Item pud suicide b ; ss occurred at Andoversford , near Cheltenham . Li consequence of ill treatment on the part of * her husband , ( who sometimes beat her with a Hail , ) and other relatives ' , a female , named Jane iS ' uwm / ni , on . Saturday , first drowned her infant daughter in a mik ' -pelid , and then attempted to destroy herself in a similar manner . She was , however , ob-enx-d , ta ' scn wit . in a senseless state , and ha * since nartiallv recoveml .

      Df . Ai-it cr J . niiiTM . vo . —A voting man was kilted by lightning last week at Westley , in Suffolk , lie , with six others , sonuht shelter from a storm under a hedge , a flash of lightning knocked mill ... tones in such rapid motion that the powdir which was under them exploded .

      Death nr Fmoiir . —Martha Fnrd , n girl nine years of axe , daughter nf a sawyer living at Wednesbnry , was so frightened by hearing a noise behind her , tw sho was coming down stairs , I'litl turnini ; am ! seeing a dot ; belonging to . 1 nuighb-mr , thnt ? he died the foilowiii" day . Extkssivu Robbery . —On Friday , between twelve and one o ' clock , Mrs . Vieslcr , 11 widow lady , residing h Oxford-terrace , Baysw . iter , went to tbo ' lJauk c ? Knsland , where she received £ 300 . onusl-tin-: of two £ 100 , and £ / i 0 . and mx £ 0 Hank of England notes ,, with twenty sovereigns . Tiie notes > he carefully placed in her pocket-book , and the gold in a purse , which she put in her pocket . On quitting the Bank , she , accompanied by her daughter , went on foot into

      king William-street to make some purchases , when , to her astonishment and dismay , on putting her hand into her pocket , sho found that the pocket-book and purse had been abstracted . Ingrnuitt op a Delhi Thief . —At the time when the duxterity of the thieve * nt Delhi was proverbial , it happened one day that a Nuwaub had alighted at one of the shops in that city , and was bargaining with the shopkeeper for some article he wanted to purchase . In order to be more at his ease , the Nuwaub had slipped his right foot from its shoe , and had placed the said foot on the chubooira , or raised floor , of the shop , whilo his left foot remained in its shueon the ground . A thief slyly abstracted thoeropty shoe and made off undetected . The . Nuw-ub , when ho had completed his purchase , put down his right foot , and then discovered that the shoe had

      disappeared . A search was made , uselessly of course , for the lost shoe , when the Nuwaub sent one of his attendants to a shoemaker with the remaining shoe , with an order for another to be prepared immediately to match it . He then got into his palanquin shoeless and went his way . the thief , watching his opportunity , went straight to the shoemaker , and assuming a tone of authority , told him that " his master the Nuwaub , having found the missing shoe , had sent him to countermand the order he had given —and would therefore thank him to return the slice leftat his shop . " The unsuspecting shoemaker , taking tho thieffor one of the attendants of the great man , quietly gave him up the shoe , and thus the thief possessed himself of the pair , with which lie safely decamped , and was never more heard of .

      A Gnoss Outrage . —On the afternoon of the Gth inst ., a gross outrage and attempt at violation was made upon the person of a respectable married female , named Whito , residing in a cottatre upon the estate of Colonel Kcppel , at Ashley , Milton , Warwickshire , by a respectablc-lookingnian , who alighttd from a chaise under the pretence of sheltering from the rain . A Post-office Mistake . —Our town was in a state of great excitement during the whole of Thursday last , owing to the non-arrival of the London mail . It appears that by some mistake the mail-bag was sent to Rochester instead of Dorchester , so that we did not receive the mail till the arrival of the Emerald ^ Southampton coach , about six o ' clock in the evening . —Sherbourne Journal .

      Skuious Accident at Blackburn " . —On Monday afternoon , about six o ' clock , an appalling accident occurred on the Blackburn and Preston Railway . An engine drawing a loaded truck was proceeding along the line in the immediate neighbourhood of the Blackburn station , when a drunken fellow approached it at the imminent risk of his life , as was imagined by those who saw him . A labourer named John M'Nelly . belonging to Blackburn , ran forward to snatch this person from the fate which appeared t » impend over him ; poor MWelly fell a victim to his own good intention ; losing his footing , his hgs Wt-ra thrown across the rails , and both of them torn off below the knee by the wheels of the locfimotive passing over them . He was immediately conveyed to i is house in Penny-street , Blackburn . The unforli n -. to sufferer is married , and has si * , children alive : but alight hopes are entertained of his recovery .

      Exthaoumxaht Scicide ur a BoT . —On Monday Mr . Baker held an inquest at the Lord Nelson , Mien ' srow , Church-street , Shoralitch , on the brdy of William Thomas Figcs * , aged nine years , who destroyed himself under the following circum .-t .-inccs . The deceased resided with his niuthcr at Kd . 10 , Vincent * street , in that Drichhonrh" d , his iii . thct- having abicnnded from his Lome about four yoaissince , and no tidings ufiiini had ever been lo : ir :: ' d . The ti *' - ccascd wiis ' al « iiyscnnsitlsred a ve ? . ii ! : id u-iepcivd child and never exhibited anv um . cur .-. ii .-e .-of mi-n'al

      aberration . On hut Sunday forenoon in- .-.-ked iiis i mother torn _ halfpenny to puieha * oiiii lndiai-iibbcr ¦ half of one of his pliiymn res ; he was v ( fust u ' , ; uul after sitting awhile iu a chair in a sullen manner , he sud- - denly ro-e ami left the room ; in less v 11 n five mii . u- - tes afterwards a little boy found him baiming by a . rope , which was passed around his neck and fa ' sieuwl . to tho banisters of tho stair . * leading from his 1 mother ' s room , lie was cut down instantly , and I Mr . Woolf , a surgeon , was called in , who tried every r means for upwards of two h .-urs to restore life , but b ineffectually . —Verdict , " Temporary Insanity , "

      lusoiuxct : and GutMB . —The calendar for the pre- - smit Sallbrd Hundred scsM-ms contains the names uf f -17 persons charged with i ' elm . y , 0 f whom IS ) can n neither read nor write , 2 o can read , or read and tl write imperfectly , one v ; m read and write well , and d onu has received a superior education . There aive also 17 petvons charged with misdemeanour , of whom in one can read and write well , eight can read , or read id and write imperfectly , and eight can neither read nonr

      write . As UsAxswi : n . \ m . u Akgumiot . — " Gentlemen ofof the jury , " said a Western lawyer , " would vou set a a 1 tit-trap to catch a bear ? Would you make fools ofof ; yuuivelvea by endeavouring to spear a bull-ilo with a . a . knitting needle ? Or would you attempt to einptvitv out , the Mississippi with a gourd ? No , gentlemen . I . Ii know ; ou would not ; then how eito vou be .-.-uiltv of oft the absurdity of finding my client ' utility " oi mawim si . uie . htor lor taking the life of a uvman ? Gkhmas Emigrants to tub Ushei ) States . —Thc'lie German Emigrant Society has issued its report f ' otfoiT

      18-13 . The number of emigrants tu-rivim : here lastistt year trom Gorman States , is reported at 30 , 312 . The'hee year before ( fS-f-1 ) 17 , 7 !> l ) . Increase in one vear ; aiv , I 2 , ol 3 . _ Much » ood has been accomplished bv thcthct society , in directing , aiding and advising emigrunts , us . i Mich was the influx of strangers last rear , that foi ton two or three months many able hod ' tcd Gcrmatiaum could not obtain work- . We are phased to see thaihav this society ur ^ es its beneficiaries , with small mcaiisusss i » seek a living in the quiet and happy business os 01 agriculture , instead of encouraginj : the general propron pensity fur the more precarious oeettpatitms ' of dixit ; , life . —jVi-iu Yuik Sun .

      Death ok Snt Jonx Seiiiuoht , Babt . —This ve ve ; nerable baronet expired on the loth instant , at tin th * advanced age of 70 . He was deputy . lieutenant foi fo > the countv oi Herts , which he represented from lSiiiStin to 1 S 3-1 , having previously sat for Bath . His eldesde-ss son and successor , Tkvnias Geo . Saunders Scbrightghi was born in 1 S 02 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 25, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_25041846/page/3/