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      E01ie Shall: Be Free Pow'r That Canst Co...

      E 01 IE SHALL : BE FREE Pow ' r that canst conquer wrong ! "Uplift , tins suppliant ttaong , Heart-bow'd'to thee : Spesd thou the oath we swear—Strongas an answer'd prayer , By ail-that freemen dare , Home shall he free I By Brutus' constant zeal , By thine own Raffaelle , Rome shall be free ! By all the glorious stir Since Rome ' s first heroes were , By our new Triumvir , - Rome shall be free . By Codes ' dauntless war , Byilutius Scajvola , " " s

      : _ ' . Rome shall be free ! By Curtius' deed devout , By Brennus ! baffled ront , Yet doth Camillus shout , Rome shall be free . By all our martyr line , By all their hopes divine , Rome shall be free ! By young Ruffini ' s pain- — The Bandieaa twain - - ¦• They hare not died in vain , Rome shall befree .

      By her eternal name , By Ireedom ' s quenchless flame , Rome shall be free ! - By thy Beloved , by Him , "Who makes old glories dim" Echo Mazzini ' s nymn—Rome shall be free . Seabiacus ,

      -A. Vuiv-E. Fjtuju. Xjlk Jjasxhje . "Wit...

      -a . vuiv-e . fJtUJU . XJLK JJASXHjE . "With care-worn heart and fleshless arms , And joints all racked with pains ; On pallet laid , while coarsest food . My load of life sustains : My thoughts still cling to" former years , "Which food and friendship gave ; ' Eve Want had drove me here to die , . And fill a Pauper's grave . "What dreadful crime has sealed , my doon 'And steeped my soul in woe ? That makes me bear this worse than deal I strive in vain to know . Par better they , in battle ' s van , / Who death and dangers brave , ThanI who here must starve and die , To fill a Pauper's grave . Though feeble grown , and shrivelled am , 7 once could boast of-healfch :

      3 Ty active toil has swelled the sum . That marts my country ' s wealth ., I ' ve heard the hungry cry for breadily \ hand was stretch'd to save ; But now , withal , I , starve and die , To filla Pauper ^ grave . Throughout my grated window small , I view the city dome;—Its towering pile that points the sky , Distinctly through the gloom . Its pillars proud my hands have hewn—Have dug them from the cave—But yet , alone ,-I starve and diey -To fill a Pauper's grave .

      3 ve tilled the ground , I ' ve sown the seed , 3 ve cut the fiarvest down j Dui not a foot of barren soil Could ever call my own . To foster others' pomp and pride I made myself a slave r Oh , base reward 1 io starve and die , And fill a Pauper ' s grave ! My wife and children— "Where are they t Go search some neighbouring cell ; In dens apart each hugs a heart , "Where peace can never dwell .

      The thought distracts my burning brain , "While tears my heart-strings lave , They , too , are doom'd to starve and die , And fill a Pauper ' s grave . Oh , treach ' rpus guardians of the poor ; Oh , Justice / where art thou 1 Oh , man ! whose goldmy sweat produced , Behold me prostrate now I But wh y repine ?—and what am I , That such a boon should crave ? 'lis Labour ' s ht to starve and die , And fill a , Pauper ' s grave . Edinburgh . James Habekess

      Sunshine And Shadow: A Tale Of The Sixet...

      SUNSHINE AND SHADOW : A TALE OF THE SIXETEENTH CENTURY . BY THOMAS MABTEf WHEELER , Late Secretary to the National Charter Associatio n and National Land Company . ChafieeXVH "VvTiat elegance and grandeur wide expand The pride of Turkey and of Persia land ! Soft guilts on quilts , on carpets carpets spread , And couches stretch'd around in seemly band , And endless pillows rise to prop the head . . * * ¦ * * ¦ Here languid heauty kept her pale-laced court . — Thomson .

      Her cold unmeaning eye , her faded cheek , ' How Is she chang'd from what she was of old ! Her pale pale lips whence sighs unconscious treat ,- — Oh little those who every day behold , Mark the sad change come on , and make a wreck Of many a face that once so brightly told Each happy thought that o'er the spirit played , Casting a fitting li ght without a shade !—Beste . The mansion of Sir Jasper Baldwin was situate at , about twenty-four miles from the residence of Mr . Elkinson ; it was a large pile of hnildings , erected after the Eastern fashion , surrounded by a spacious garden , in which flourished every ; variety of tropical flowers and plants , —here theglbrious

      rose unfolded its paradise of leaves , contrasting heauteonslywith the dark foliage of the bcynum ; there the brilliant tropical lily and the scarlet blossom of the voluptuous bombex , intermingled their flowers with the sweets of the myrtle and the fig-tree ; the tamarind and the date were seen side hy side with the cocoa and the palm ; the mango and the orange , intermingled their branches with those of the pomegranate and the citron ; the sun and the shade , the flowers and the foliage , and the bright water ghmcing through the trees , all comhined io render it an abode for the blessed . A dweller in our cold clime can scarce imagine the heauties'of a tropical irarden , where taste' and

      wealth go hand in hand . Oh ! that man ' s evil passions snould mar the beauty of such fair scenes , that the slime of . the serpent should leave such traces in the garden of Eden . A colonnade led from the garden to the rear of the mansion , and opened on a spacious apartment , sixteen feet square ; the sides of which were covered with rich paper , representing the Loves of the Angels ; the floor was covered with fine matting , which in the centre . was overlaid with a magnificent Persian carpet ; a low ottoman of beautiful workmanship stood at each end of the room ; small but elegant marble tables were scattered about , on which were handsome vases filled with beauteous flowers ; the windows at each

      end of the room were surrounded by a balcony , where the passion-flower climbed in fertile luxuriance , whilst a'Jet of water cast a delightful coolness on the air ; the sides of the apartment were adorned with splendid mirrors and costly pictures , and a few books were tastefully arranged on an ebony table at one end of the room ; ana upon the ottoman near this reclined in sleep the beauteous form of Lady . Baldwin ^ attended by two slaves or black servants , who , with fans in their hands , awaited' the period of their mistress awaking . Upon the Persian carpet in the centre room sat , or rattier lay , two : mulatto fcmalesj strewing with careless hands the petals of the orange flower , that its odours

      might perfume the apartment . " Pale and languid is the form that reclines on the ottoman , the dark crimson covering of which contrasts strongly with the white arms . and slender hands that embrace its silken folds ; the climate hath not yet had-time to deprive her of that purity of colour so essentially northern , but its effects are already felt and shown in the extreme languor which pervaded her frame ; but a malady-more fatal is preying on her heart . For six months ' has she inhabited the pnson-honse of Sir Jasp > r " s % ans iori-- ^ umptuou 3 ly is she apparelled—slaves await her every nod—bier slightest wish is obeyed withMechanical precision— : luxury and power surround lerr-yet her mmd ^ chained , and the palace appears the prison ., Sir Jasper occupied in businessin the morning , . and ini sleep during the heat of the day , usually »*^™ MJf Tisin ^ dfthe ^ sea breeze , - and when no otherre * ource

      presents itself p ' asses the remaimpghours ortnei oay Inhbwife ' sa ^ rtmenfc He ^ lnndto h ^ kmd as hisimthrewillaUowlnm ; to be , —he interferes not vnthherpursmts or amusements—he . is content to "be the . possessor of the jewel , to show it occasionally to 3 ns friends arid "dependents—lie enshrines KM . » costly casketi and surrounds it with gaudy trappings , but he knows naught of its hidden virtues ,- — ifc is for : iii glitter , and nol-for its Qualities , that he esteems iti -And Julia lay asleep on the silken ottoman --thejassion flower shaded her lovely Throws- ^ the water of ttfe ' saverfountahifeU murmuring ' on her li ^ KS ' -ear ^ theperfume of the orange . de-3 i < rWeUi her not-rthe . magnificence areundjeris aBheeded . . Her thoughts are far away , deughtedly wSma siBlljMmin aJail street in & e ejty ^ f 5 on ^ heSents > her tfofters , are rathered

      Sunshine And Shadow: A Tale Of The Sixet...

      the apartment , 'tis her playmate , . 'tis Arthur , all is joy and sport the scene changes ' amid hurricane and storm—she is dragged from her home to a far off ; clime , and ; they tell her she is married—she screams aloud at the dismal recollection ; the slaves stare aghast at each other and fan the heated brows of their mistress ; anon the scene changes ^ - ahd she sits in feiry bowers , discoursing high and mighty truths with a seraph from above , but a rumbling , is heard , the earth shakes , the seraph spreads his azure wings , and she is plunged into , the yawning gulf , —she awakes trembling with emotion , and is scarce conscious whether it is the apartment or her frame that trembles and vibrates like the chords of a tempest-riven JMiari harp ; and , the passion flower still shaded her lovely brows and the water

      , of the silver fountain fell softly' on * her awakened ear , and the perfume of the orange diffused its grateful odours around , but they awakened no pleasurable emotion in the languid frame of Lady Julia , one dense cloud of mental haze enveloped her , and it was in dreams only that the faculties of her mind appeared to awaken from the torpidity of inaction . During : the sixmonths that Lady Baldwin had resided with Sir Jasper she' had never seen Arthur Morton ; > MrS ; Elkinson had been"twice a visitor at the mansio ^ and from her Julia learnt of Arthur ' s welfare ; and to hear that hewasin health , and enloying happiness beneath her friend ' s roof , was , indeed , a pleasure , but for her there was ho corresponding enjoymbnt ; the active employments of manhood may do much to rob the bitterest grief of its

      stmg , but Julia had no such resource : the heat of the climate , and her lowness of spirits , equally com bined to keep her from out-door exercise ; the farden was the limit of her world , and even its eauties could scarce raise a pleasurable emotion ; "When sorrow hath darkened the heart , and the elasticity of youth is broken by the icy hand of apathy , nature in vain displays her charms—the sun losesits brilliancy—the moon itssoft lustre—the stars do not smile from the heavens as they once did—the flow of the waters hath ceased its sweet music—the very flowers have lost their colours ; and their sweets bring no incense to the heart—the towering forest trees are devoid of grandeur—the ocean itself is fobbed of its magnificence . Tothe young , the innocent , and the light-hearted , nature

      unrobes herself , and stands confest' in all her loveliness '; but when despair hath- brought ohpremature age , when crime hath" scared the soul , when apathy hath benumbed the faculties , our perception of its beauties is for ever fled ; we may , indeed , talk of them , but the feeling of bliss in then : enjoyment is fone , no more to return ; and Julia , once so lightearted , who looked on every flower as her friend , and every tree as a companion ,- experienced this deprivation of feeling ; " She had no pleasure 'in society ; to keep up an acquaintance with the few residents who had the entree of Sir Jasper ' s mansion , was irksome to her , she had no feeling or sentiment in common with them ; " and though she sedulously performed her duty ajf-the" wife of t > he Governor , and saw that no ritebf hospitalfty was violated

      , yet she shrunk with a feeling of morbid sensitiveness from any- further intercourse with them than necessity demanded . ¦ _ Shut up in that splendid mansion with no companion but her own restless anddreamy thoughts ^ the society of Sir Jasper , which she at first loathed , became by degrees a relief to her , and his presence was no longer shunned . Strange- and powerful is the effect of habit , blindly and imperceptibly do we yield to rits influence , whether exercisedfor good or for evil . " Prisonerswho , when first introduced-into theircells ) have shuddered even at the thought of coming in contact with , the vermin that infest them , - have ' at length welcomed their society ,, and shed tears of real and bitter grief at death or other causes depriving them of the solace of their company . So it

      is with man and his fellow men ; confine the two most bitter enemies in the same cell ,- prevent them from injuring each other in their first paroxysms of anger , and the love of society implanted in the human breast , combined with the force of habit , will speedily render them bosom friends ; and , indeed , it is impossible for two persons , though mutual ' hatred may burn within them at the outset of life / to live long together on the terms of intimacy of man and wife , without habit supplying the place of love , more especially if no prior attachment exist to . weaken its effect . Something of this kind was gradually creeping over the mind of Lady Baldwin , and ' had long life been allotted to her , and death or

      absence deadened the effect of her feelings for Arthur , she mi g ht , in time , have become an- affectionate wife to the man she once loathed and dreaded . The passions of the human heart — dark , violent , and overpowering as they sometimes manifest themselves— are . composed of more ductile elements than the world generally imagines , and it is well for our peace that they are so . Months rolled on , the summer was gradually waving into autumn , and Lady Baldwin s cheek waxed still paler , and her form more , delicate and shadowy ; in vain did the alarmed' husband procure every medical aid that , the island afforded ; naught did it avail , the disease was beyond the reach of

      medicines . - . " Not the sage ' s skill , nor the leech ' s art , . ; .. - ¦ Can heal the wounds of a broken heart . '' The lethargy of her mind , which the voyage . had dispelled , now returned with deadening influence , and her intellect was gradually yielding before it "; she would sit for hours in a state of almost torpidity , but a word , an accent , or even a scent that reminded her of the .- past ; , would operate like a charm upon her , and for hours she would live with renewed life beneath its spell . A sea voyage , and her native air was recommended by the medical attendants as a last resource ; the idea of her return'to England Sir Jasper would not listen to , but consented to her trying the effect of a few days' sail , and a residence upon his estate -at Mount Pinto ,

      healthfully situated in the highlands , about sixty miles inland . The voyage' seemed , to recall the drooping spirits of their patient ; and Sir Jasper , who i witfcthe physician , accompanied her , until her arrival at Mount Pinto , buoyed himself up with the hopes of long retaining . Ms ill-gotten , but . muchprized treasure . Vain , delusion , and speedily disr pelted—it was ^ the wizard power of memory that was tracing the faint bloom on his lady ' s cheek ; almost unconscious of her present situation , she was revelling in joy with the companion of her childhood . Again were his lofty-sentiments and pure ; aspirations ringing in her ears ; again was he recounting the perils of his shipwreck , and his adverse fortunes

      in his native land ; and by a strange hallucination she mistook her husband for Arthur Morton , and during its influence he gleaned from her their illstarred affection , and the cause of Arthur ' s flight from England . Mad with jealousy and re v « nge , he harshly upbraided his poor victim , but she heeded it not —his furious tones were music to her ears , and his violent Upbraidings , the soft confessions of his love . Having seen his ill-fated lady safe to his country house , he re ^ embarked for his official residence , burning to revenge himself on his rival , by arresting him on a charge of '' arson , " and sending him to England for trial . ( To be continued . )

      Destructive Eires. At Plaistow, Essex.—A...

      DESTRUCTIVE EIRES . At Plaistow , Essex . —About five o ' clock on Sunday afternoon last a stack of hay , containing about twenty-six loads , was destroyed on the farm premises of Mr . ' Robert Freeman , cowkeeper . . Supposed cause , the overheating of the hay . Jfot insured . Is SriLutFiBLDs . —About half-past eleven o ' clock on Saturday last , at the foundry of Mr . Cash , Henage-street , two upper floors , used as pattern rooms , were burned out , the roof off , and a steam engine , & c , much damaged by'fire and water ; Contents insured in the Licensed Victuallers' Office ; building in the County . Cause not known ; Is CmrkexwellI—At 8 , Coppice-row , about midnight , upon the premises of Mr . Bayley , chandler . The counter and part of the stock were destroyed . Not insured . m

      At the Red Lion , KtsgEdwahd-sthekt , Crrr . — About half-past two on Sunday morning , Bloomfield , 2 SG ,. ( City ) , observed thick smoke ascending from the cellar of the Ked Lion-inn , known as the "Lincolnshire House , " kept hy Mr . W : T . Tabernacle , late of the Surrey Coalhole . 'He immediately alarmed the inmates , and sprung his - rattle for assistance . In a very short , time afterwards , [ Mrs ; Tabernacle and the servant made their appearance in their night dresses at the first-floor , windows . In an instantthe flames burst through-the windows below them , and it was feared , from the fury of the

      fire , that they would not be ^ ble to escape . . The policeman besought them to jump out , which they did , falling-into the-arms of the . constable . ; . The potman escaped in a similar manner . The landlord was at Gravesend at the time with Ms children Several engines were promptly on the spot , but notwithstanding the exertions onade tbe fire travelled from floor to floor with inconceivable rapidity , . and eventually the roof fell in with a tremendous crash ; The house is gutted ,. and the contents destroyed . How the fire originated it is impossible to , " glean ; everything bemg-quite ' safe when the landlady retired to rest , about an hour ' - and a half prior to the discovery of the outbreak . '• ^

      The Judgeship Vacant Byr The,Death Of Il...

      The Judgeship vacant byr the , death of ilr ; Justice Coltman has not h ' een offered - to Sir Frederic Thesiger , but , itissaid in . political circles ^' where the learned gentleman holds rio '; unimportaht : position , that in the event of certain propositions made by , Sir James Graham meetings with the concur-Tence ; even Of a majority of the . Cabinet , that : Sir Frederic ' s promotion may be regarded as certain ^ - Wtikly Chroniclt . - ' ¦ - " ¦ ¦ ¦¦ . "'; - ;; " ' ¦ : . - ' J AsfExFEDrnoN to California is being organised in Bristol . = Those who-take part ; in it are ? tdib " e somethingbetvieen merchants and soldiess , prepared " to win j ? old . aiw wear itj as weU by courage as by cummerce .

      The Judgeship Vacant Byr The,Death Of Il...

      PATRlCKO'DONOGHUEr : When one man becomes the champion of ; a \ community , when he suffers : to ward : off persecution from his brothers , he leaves , the community in his debt , N 6 "b 6 nd may be signed , ho'deed prepared - , but , according" to honour , the individual and his brethren stand to each other in the relation of creditor and debtor . Ever wound ; he endured , every sorrow that crossed him , everv pang he felt , must be placed to his account . The debt of the community is proportionate to the sacrifice of theindividual . _ The stale prisoners , who are gone from amongst us , sacrificed everything to secure our happiness . Life and limb . family and-home—they relinquished each and all to benefit our cause . They merged their own existence in that of the country , forgot self-interest to advance national interest , and accepted a lifetime of misery to plant one truth in this Irish soiU They have claims on pur gratitude ; which cannot be denied .

      Sbme . of them had worldly wealth , were " men of property , " and gratitude is all they seek . " If we are grateful for their love , and obey their teaching , we thereby cancel our debt to them . ' But others are differently circumstanced , become paupers when they beconie prisoners , lose all their property when they lose their liberty , and in their case some more substantial-compensation than mere ; gratitude is required . ; i Not for themselves do they claim the debt ; for they are ' independenfc of Life and Fate ; but ; for thdse . whosuffered in their sufferings ; for those who depended on them " for support and protection : who lost ! the '" ' means , of existence , when they lost their labour—for their families . ' - ' - ¦ . -

      Patrick O'Donoghue was one of those . His only property was the labour of his bands ; Once his hands were chained he was without wealth or the means of obtaining , it . ¦ Ee knew this when he climbed the hillside in the cause of Ireland-he faced death , and ; sadder still . he felt that he left his family to face poverty — he understobd his duty to those who were dependent on his exertions , but he believed that his duty ; to the country was higherhis paramount duty ; and to perform that he sacrificed home and the hopes of life . He suffered for us . He became i " slave —&' chained and prison-bound slaver that we might be free . He boldly grappled with / Fate when we shrank from the contest ;

      He is now sailing toa distant land—a brokenhearted convict—and the hopes of : his family go with Mm . He was the prop of their life ; now that ' it is removed , ' what is before them but misery ? '' The strong hand is chained ^ where shall they seek for help ? The husband and father is hurried away , where Shall they turn for , protection ? Truly , the time lias come to " balance accounts . " Now is the day , when the sufferer must receive his reward , when the . community may pay some portion of its debt . It has been a grievous defaulter in former eases—towards the family of John Mitchel for instance—it lies with itself to redeem its character . v' ' " :

      When a Roman died in battle , ho bequeathed his children to the state . ¦ It was a good custom ; and must not die out . To erecta Pantheon is not so consolatory to the martyr as to support his family . If the community inherits his fame and teaching- it should also be the inheritor of Ms responsibilities . We have had many pseudo-martyrs , few real ones . We' have known enough who have traded' on the sympathies of the people , few indeed who were disinterested in their philanthropy ., Oh : that account the ^ true men deserve peculiar gratitude . ' .. For the reasons above stated we request the public to . undertake the ' support of O'Dphoghue ' s' family ,

      orVrather , we ' demand that support ; for it is hot a favour , but , as we have shown , a right . It is not the granting of a boon , it is the payment of a debt . It is no generous present , it is simplya quid pro quo . , He suffered for us , and he brought suffering on others : we must alleviate that as much as possible : Wemiist prove that we appreciate his truth , and are grateful for his unselfish acts . We , too , must sink self , and follow the dictates of duty . Wo must learn from him to regard the existence of others before our own . [ If we do not so , we are dishonoured and false , and the " convict ' s" worst pang will be the thought that his sacrifice was offered for those who could not comprehend it .

      Irishmen , this must not be . : Let us prove that we deserved the confidence of our " traitors . " Let the good work commence . We will aid in the best way we can . — Dublin Irishman . ' ¦ '

      The Poor-Law.. The Following Letter Havi...

      THE POOR-LAW . . The following letter having been refused insertion in the .. Frcston Guardian , has been sent to us for publication ;—

      TO THE EniTOR OP THE PRESTON GUARDIAN . Sir , —In your independent columns of last : Saturday I find that my name has-been brought-before the public by . the Poor-Law . guardians of Preston . The article is headed , "An important applicant for relief . " . I feel grateful for the necessary relief they have hitherto afforded me , "but ; I cannot pass over their unthinking and unjust decision in my case without repl y , and all I require is , a clear stage and fair play , which is the right of all , rich or poor , in the . public press . . ' , . I shall' first notice , that my application to tho rboir-Law Board , after they had refused me relief , is too much crippled for the public ' to judge ; Why did theynot give it at full-length ? Secondly , my private letter to Mr . Thackery is move abridged , tnMAUMM T MM .. J . A hi . * ... ! J . 1 .. 1 . 171 . 1 ... ... _ un A ..... « . Jnn wjuuieiii j buuibuvutif iius jiiureaoiiig uto

      . gu-vu a , . vx > - titution and overgrown distress of the starving hand-loom weavers . Why was not . this' given at full length , and hot confined to the few scraps selected by them to screon their fancied ^ wisdom in deprivingthe poor of their legal right ? : < However , I shall take them now on their own admission , and an open acknowledgement , set forth by them in my case , as stated by me . They allow my daughter earns 8 s " . per week , and myself 2 s . 5 d ., which makes a sum of 10 s . 5 d . per week ; then , sir , they deduct with me the weekly expenditure of rent , coals , candles , and soap , 4 s . Sid ., thus leaving ; me the net income of Cs . l ^ d . per week to feed and clothe five in'familj—three adults and two helpless childrenand then decide , saying , thatitwas proper , in them

      to stop -my relief of 2 s . per . week . Now , ' sir , I do not dispute their transcendent merits as being qualified administrators of the Poor Law , but I must disavow and exclaim . against their unconscientious decision in my case , because all men . of Christian feelings will allow , that , we should have at least three meals per day of coarse food , 'that js , " twentyone ' meals per week- each individual . Let them now calculate , and . they ¦ will find that each person ^ has hot three farthings per meal to subsist on out of my scanty income ; and let any honest man put his hand to his breast and ask himself , if he could endure such wasting pangs of sheer hunger and not apply for relief , as the law directs , to preserve life and rescue him : from a premature death . ! Had our

      guardians consulted God in their choice when deciding on my case they would not have stooped to listen to the false persuasions of Mr . Ward , their unfeeling inspector . ; No doubt he returned to them with some new fancied discoveries , to show them the success of his late mission , which . \ , has , left many with hungry bellies , and a general murmur over the whole town . In my letter to the Poor-Law Board I took the highest average of a power-loom weaver at 8 s . per week , and not more thanfour or five factories in Preston will reach more . than .. 7 s . per week average . My daughter was not able to manage two looms until this summer , being only a . power-loom tenter the rest of her . time , and the' half of that time totally idle . She had only one week In her

      life 8 s . 6 d „ and that was the- week that ; Mr . Ward was the . rovinginspector . He fastened on this week as a criterion in his private report to'the guardians , but forgot to notice that she had only earned 3 s . 6 d . during the three previous weeks , being oh looms of sick persons occasionally—such has beeirMr / Ward ' s juggling inspection . But power-loom weavers cannot earn more than will feed and clothe themselves , paying for lodging and washing , and giving them a sufficiency of food , which they must have , or else they will leave , their ; parents and go' to strange lodgings , as hundreds do—the evil habit of too many of tne factory hands . Our guardians lay too much stress on the scanty earnings of poor men ' s children snrinrinsruD into maturity , because they do not

      know , our creeping and sinking privations . I have said , ' tbal if I am refused relief I will and must petition the . House of Commons and the House of Lords , and if Ifail , I will then petition the Queen and ! Cabinet for- a licence to beg , because the learned-St . Augustine says— " That meat ,: drink , arid clothing are Christians ' , riches only , and with these they should be content ;" ' .. he also adds , " that allthe superfluities of the rich are the property of the ¦ poor . " : I credit his word , and will beg from others a share of that which belongs to myself . I am now nearly ipasfclabour , sinking under a heayy . asthmatic complaint for the last two years ; . my wife is ill also ,

      because she has not a sufficiency of , food or nourishment to ' support health or the cravings of nature . Hundreds of the ' poor are dying by inches , though having relief , but too scanty to preserve life , ' especially the hand-loom ' weavers ; who are destitute of all comforts / as food , clothing , and bedclothes . " Clung to the hob on Sabbath days , , In nakedness and clogs , We envy much the brute that strays O ' er marshes , moors , and bogs . " ¦ ; - ¦ - ¦ - . - : i' .- ; : : Jons Lesson , '¦ :.: > . . ; Hand-loom weaver , 70 years of age . 10 , Paradise-street , Preston , , ; : sJuly 2 ,. l 849 . , ' ,

      ^¦Statistics Snctt And Itobacco.^ In; ;;...

      ^¦ Statistics Snctt and iTobacco . ^ In ; ;; year 1848 thequantity . of , snuff ,-tobacco , ; and cigars , entered for home consuraptionj" was twenty-seven million ? seven hundred and' nw-three ' thousand one hundredand'thirtyl four'pbuhds ! % The duty received by- Sir Charles Wood for the Wed amounted to . £ 4 i 365 , 28 ftbeingabout ; £ 100 , 000 . mofe than he reaped frqnfthe same source in 1847 . - Verily , ! the consumers of snuff and tobacco are among the Chanpciloroi * the Exchequer ' s best friends .

      ^¦Statistics Snctt And Itobacco.^ In; ;;...

      THE HEAD OF ' RUgn THE . MURDERER . . ! . _ " ' "' BrDR . i ; Lil 0 TS 0 N , M . p . ' ( From the Zoist for July , a Monthly Magazine published by Bailliere , Regent-street . ) : 'The true ^ nature of Rush cannot bo mistaken . It is certain that he was , in every respect , an atrocious villain , and a villain of extraordinary force of character . His acts were such that his whole nature i ? unve lIoa '• and , if- the developement of his head had not agreed according , to Gall ' s principles with f u 1 ^ f Physiology of tho brain must have lalen _ to the ground forever . For a cerebral phy-Sl f'l ^ m ? l always , without fear , assert positively oi tne ucad from constant , positive , ' cxhibitionpf a mental / } culty » because constant strength of certain

      parts of the mind is accompanied by strong developement of certain parts of the brain , and consequently «« £ «^'; ' /! t " - a 8 he may alwavs fearlessly assort S 2 ° ^ i . mental faculties' from negative exhibitions of the head , because deficient develope-ZSriJ J ? fc wn , ' parts of the brain , and conse-SfhnLh '" ' is accompanied by deficient ™ Z $ ^ ^ " ^ ment alfacultles : although , con-SSS & w ° ^ - " not mcvt respecting mental resSctlnJ & JV , re exhibitions of the head ,, nw . merit & cufe ^^^^ ftm negative exhibitions of Smav 2 ?« V beca ^ , 8 t the developement of the Shaulftv nf th „ ? - othcr causes than . brain , -or Sffiw iSS- fr * inot ' ^ -healthy . ; and cmS menti & 1 ? h- CIency ^ the , manifestation of ceiiiiuimeniff lacultiesmav ari »' fimm -n , ™ ^ n « t

      tnac . nis neaa must havo boon verv laree the art *™* U Sr r violenc ^ ofWl ! e , andoS opposite sex , and of food , enormously large ; while those of self-esteem and the love of notorfety , ' with the lower range of intellectual ' organs , must have been large ; and , provided the brain : were healthy , the organs Of justice and caution ; and the higher and intellectual organs , small . . ; Kush , though he could talkgUbly and was a sharp , actIve man ° r business , showed no forco or grasp of intellect . His defence was most loose and rambling ; he asked irrelevant questions ; sometimes he aimed at what could be of no service to him , and

      sometimes disgusted every person ; by his stupid and glaring efforts to establish a falsehood . His force of character was great ; but it was the force of all the lower , feelings . Placed in certain high situations , he might have become-in the vulgar sense a great and renowned man—might have destroyed nations most heroically , and , if cursed with arbitrary power , have trodden upon the necks of millions' of subjects . But the want of high intelligence and of a high" sense of justice and benevolence rendered his strength mere brutality . : Iniaccordance withhis qualities , his head is verv large . " But . unfortunately the head is large where it had better have been smaller ; and small where it had better have been large . The head strikes a

      person , even unacquainted with phrenology , as one of the most monstrous and ilC-shaped ever beheld ; quiet as hideous as his character : and his face is'in exact ; aecordaricer ; : hii 3 upper lip is frightM . The sides | of his head and the lower part of its back are enormous , and . there lay the positive ,-the forcible part , ; of his character . The organs of AUmentivenes ' s , set & ual impidse , the' love . ofproperty ( Acquisitiveness , ) the dis 2 ) osition to violence ( Destructiveness , ) ' the dtsposition to contend 1 ^( Courage , Combativeness , ) cunning ( Sccretivehess , ) are emobmous . The remarkable negative part of his character arose from the smallness of his organs of Justice osA Caution . In the situation of these organs'the head grows narrow and slopes down in a most singular manner . The

      contrast with tho other organs already mentioned strikes every eye .. The organs of Attachment , ' Love of Offspring , Love of Notoriety ; and of Self-esteem , are large . The force of any of them would be very great when one or more of the six very largo organs at tho lower part of tho sides and back of the head , — Destructiveness , Combativeness , 'Cunning , < kc , acted in concert with them ; but must have been over powered when opposed by one or more of these . < The same remark holds withrespect to Benevolence , Veneration , and Firmness , which aro not quite so large as the four former , but still-are full . The organ of Icfeaftsy is not at all deficient . ' The organ of Firmness or rather Perseverance , is not an overpowering organ in him , but much that is called firmness is really either , courage , or the strong action of some other organ : arid his organs of perseverance were so supported by the immense power of the very large" Organs , that I see no reason to doubt

      from Rush ' s head that Gall is correct in what he advances upon this faculty and organ . The organs of MuMc , the Sense of Pcrsoixs , Form Zangmgc , and Locality , were large . His speech in' his defence for fourteen hours proved he had ' words enough at command / and he was known to be very fond of music , and to play well upon the flute . Tho organ of Order was small . The upper row of intellectual organs were among the smallest of his head . His forehead at this part was narrow and , did not advance . Carnality was small . Wit small , and Comparison was larger . Sothat the want of intellectual power exhibited in his defence is fully accounted for . Such a brain would never have chosen intellectual pursuits , hut niust always have occupied Itself in the gratification of the feelings which the brute department of animals possess , some one , and some another , in equal force with ourselves .

      And now let me ask , why was such a monster , such a monstrous organisation made ? . But why is the whole world a scene of suffering and wickedness ? Why are innocent' babies totured with endless varieties of disease ? why arcthey agonised with the natural process of obtaining their teeth ? Why do ' epidemic poisons devastate nations , the good and the bad , equally ? Why do agonising and fatal hereditary diseases attack the virtuous ? Why do countless causes of misery assail the just and tho unjust ? There is little happiness which is not produced with theunhappinessof others , toiling and anxious ; or which is not liable to be smashed unexpectedly . As to'the miseries occasioned by ourselves ; why are we not so made as to ; wish and be able to act better ? Why have ; wc not more intelligent and more virtuous

      brains ? Why is mankind so organised and situated thatlgnorance , superstition , vice , and suffering , are the prevaleht lot of humanity 1 Whatever the external show of-happiness , we may find sorrow actual or impending almost everywhere , if we go behind the scenes arid learn the particulars of every individual ; or , if not , we have only to wait and we find it come . Not only while beholding the ' glitter and happy excitement of our parks and streets have we merely to turn our heads and see the famishing and diseased : beggar , or visit the hospitals or the dirty alleys and hack streets and behold want and agonising and wasting disease : but , while we are enjoying the most glorious landscapes , the dwellings of the destitute and almost houseless are at hand , some

      victim of disease is never far off , and some suffering birds , fish , beast , or insects ,-in more or less abundance , are always discoverable . For the innocent brutes suffer too . Look at the miseries of the toiling horse—that docile and affectionate animal—cruelly forced to excessive labour for our advantage or perhaps taken into bloody battle to be wounded and painfully killed . Look at the miseries , of the myriads , of animals which are every moment painfully put to death for our own nutriment .. Truly , " the whole . creation travaileth . ' and groaneth . " The insensible departmcnt-ofnatm'e isno less exposed toinjuryanddestruction . Plants perish from over crowding , from lack of moisture and nourishment , and from tho violence ' committed upon them by the animal

      department of nature , and by weather . The inanimate department is equally injured ; mountains fall , countries are swallowed up : streams obstructed ; shores worn away . In the vegetable and inanimate , department there is no suffering , and all appears a magnificent circulation of changes : but the same general laws whieli disturb thorn reign throughout and disturb the sentient department of nature just as though this part were also , insensible . Good conies out ' of evil every moment . But tho question presents itself , Why theevil at all ? And next comes the greater question , Why is anything at all ? Tor what end this strange and suffering spectacle of nature ?

      : . head of Rush is no greater mystery than the rest of sentient nature . To give a shadow of » reason is impossible . The purpose of all this is past finding ' out . . We must be content with beholding and submitting in silence , conscious ' of'our own littleness and inability j and not foolishly and presumptuously attempting an explanation . We must be satisfied that it . could not be otherwise than it is , and this is my-owh sole consolation . But while we thus encourage a humble spirit , ' let . us do all the good in our power . , i . > .

      From Rush ' s head we must learn charity . Let eVei-y man remember that , if he had such a charge of cunning , acquisitiveness , ;& c ., cic ., as : Rush was burthened with in the possession of such massive organs , and a corresponding deficient charge of higherlfeelirig and intellectualpower , he" would be a Hush . jLet lis . detest such organisations as we detest the organisations ' called wolf , tiger , rattlesnake , scorpion , or ' vermin ; and let us , defend-ourselves and others from them by all means which are absolutely necessary and as little cruel as possible ^ But let us pity the individual , for he did hot make himself—no , hotabairofbjshead ; - ¦ ' ' .

      Mr.; Hudson's .Estates.— The .Following....

      Mr . ; Hudson's . Estates . — The . following . is an auctioneei'ing ; estimate of Mr . Hudson ' s estates now being ,: or about . being , broughtunder the hammer : — Londsbovough ( bought of theBiike of Devonshire ) , £ 470 , 000 r ; ' Baldersby , ' £ 108 , 000 '; ' Octoh Grange , £ 80 , 000 ; Ncwby . Park , 22 , 000 ; Gibraltar House , ; at Albert Gate , £ 18 , 000 ; making a total amount inrested in lands and houses * alono . wifcin a trifle oi £ 7 oo , qao .-, i ¦ :,- , ' .,: ^ - . ; , ; :, : ' - ; ., ' :-: ¦ . ; -r , - ; .. i In i Cantos there are 123 temples dedicated to , the thi-ee heathen deities , Taou , Buddh , and Ju-kea-sio , or Ccbfucius—with 2 , 000 priests' ; i ; 000 nuns , andan annud revenue exceeding £ 108 , 080 . . '' - '

      Mr.; Hudson's .Estates.— The .Following....

      . THE CHARTIST SENTENCES . —ENGLISH " JUSTICE . . ( From the People ' s Advocate ' and New South Wales Vindicator ; of March 17 th . ) ' ,, Th ° sentenceofthe ^ LAW has been passed upon the . Chartists and so-called Chartists who were tried at the Central Criminal Court , London . And what a sentence ! ' Some of these unfortunate men navo been sentenced to transportation -for life , others to long periods of imprisonment with heavy hues and recognisances . When : we remember that all these men were convicted upon the evidence of the most notorious spies , and infamous informers : miscreants , such as Powell , of whose character a sketch appeared in an article we copied from tho Northern Starm our issue of the 3 rd instant , we cannot but exclaim " and is this English iusticc

      ' " Doubtless some of these prisoners : had been 8 ?^ J a l S h cvimes . ' -doubtless they had secretly plotted the overthrow of the existing state of things in England , —doubtless they had conspired a" -ain ° t the government of Queen Victoria , or rather against the government oS those unscrupulous Whig lords Who now control , Wltfl thoir punyhands , theatfairs of the greatest nation of the earth ; but they had been led into these / plottings . and conspiracies by -men paid for thus betraying them , by the minions of these Whig , lords themselves ; and with money extorted from the over-drained pockets of the hardworking people of England , ; ' , It appears that it is by this system — a system of secret police , during the existence of which no man can be safe—that the Russell administration intends

      to govern Great Britain and Ireland . In the latter unfortunate and down-trodden country the system of espionage has been carried on to a most fearful extent . Villains of the deepest dye have been employed to entrap men otherwise innocent . Theso fellows have concocted in their diabolical brains the . most horrid conspiracies , they-have then broache d them amongst a knot of miserable , half-IamiP « d wretches , have induced them to give some sort ; oi assent to their proposals , and then ' denounced them to the police ; whereupon thev have been takon into custod y , committed for trial , and Convicted ^ upon : the evidence of the hardened villains who have caused them to be placed in the prisoner s dock . This is no hew thing in Ireland ; m fact , English rule in that country has more oi

      less lor the last fifty years been supported by this system . Nor , indeed , is it new in England , tho Powells and Davises of the present day may be well ranked with the Olivers , the . Edwardses , and the Richmonds of a former period . But what are wo to think of a government which requires such props to support it . ' Such a government must be " truly paternal . It must challenge the love and admiration of all who lovo under it . The fact is , that this system is nothing more nor less than an engine for the enslavement of the people , and by tending to debase their morals it opens a ready way for the aggrandisement of despotic lordlings ; ; .. ¦ ¦ Can it be expected that under a system such as this there should be anything else but dissatisfaction and

      discontent ? Is it at all likely that tho people of England or Iretandwill settle down pDacetully and quietly to pursue the ordinary avocations of lm ? If they did they , would be less than' menthey would be unworthy of the ancestry from which they have sprung—they would not bo deserving of the ¦ liberties of free men . , i And yet in the' midst of this mass of political and moral corruption , we are to be amused by being told of the "devoted loyalty" of Englishmen ,. of the " stability of English Institutions , " , and of the superior blessings enjoyed by Englishmen , over , the people of any other country . All this , howeveiyis sheer humbug , got up to servo a purpose .- The institutions of England are not stable—they are not fixod

      upon an , immutable foundation—they aro not established in justice ; and unless some mighty change is shortly made in the policy : of England ' s rulers , unless lionesly is substituted for trickery , truth for falsehood and deceit , and justice for judgemade law , we may expect to see one of the most terrible social , convulsions that ever shook the throne or dynasty of any nation in : the world , ancient or modern . It is absolutely impossible that the thing called grouerument iu England can go on much longer as it is . With millions of her most industrious and intelligent artisans perishing for lack of food , with thousands of her hardy labourers prowling' about the country like beasts of prey . With a debt which

      she can never by any possibility overcome ; with her destinies in the hands of an imbecile , truth hating , and dishonourable- faction , it is impossible that England ,, struggle as she may , can steer clear of that sea of trouble and calamity with which she is now surrounded , and into which she has been plunged by the ignorant and truckling statesmen who have undertaken to guide her helm .-Wq should bo _ BOrl « y , indeed , to see the flames of civil discord raging throughout England ; we do not wish to seo our fatherland torn and vent , by contending factions opposed to each other in deadly

      array ; but dreadful as such a thing is to contemplate , we would rather than sec her degraded as she now is , see her in tho throes of a new birth by which she . shall be delivered from the power of narrowminded despots , ' whose only thought is . for themselves ; whose-only care is for place and pension , who wholly disregard the interests of . the people , and who in their worship of Mammon , : forget the God ' of Christianity . Men whose rule is based upon expediency , and who in their dealings with the people over whom they usurp , forgot alike the dignity due to tho state , the honour due to their , sovereign , and the good old truths of revealed , religion which no nation can neglect arid escape scatheless .

      W —:—: Fatal Affray Between The Military...

      w — : — : FATAL AFFRAY BETWEEN THE MILITARY AXD THE COmCTS ' AT BERMUDA :

      The Bermuda Herald , of Thursday , 5 th July , contains the following account of a conflict attended with loss of life , between the military and the convicts on board the Medway convict ship : — " An- inquest was held on Tuesday last , " on hoard the Medway convict ship , by Charles C Keane , Esq :, coroner , on view of the bodies of Thomas Kerrigan and John Tobin , who had been shot . The following is : the substance of what was elicited before the jury : —The four or five , hundred convicts on board the Medway were assembled that morning on the spar deck ( the forward part of the ship ) to witness the punishment of one of their number , James Cronin , for mutinous conduct . The overseer , F . B .

      Black , Esq ., and his officers ,, with the convict guards , fully armed , and their pistols being loaded with ball cartridge ( the usual practice , we'believe , ) were drawn up on the quarter-deek—they TivrcaW-cd twenty in all . The medical officer was also present . The quarter-deck is divided from the spar deck by a railing about five feet high . The man to be flogged had a brother on board the ship ,-older than himself , who had permission from the overseer , to absent himself from witnessing the punishment ; but this kindly offer on tho part of Mr . Black was refused , and he appeared with the other prisoners . When the proper officers were in the act of . securing ; the man to the gratings or ladder , his brother , rushed forward , and leaping on the barrier and waving . his

      hat , called to him by name . He ( the elder Cronm ) then addressed some words in Irish to the convicts , which was answered by a wild cheer , and a rush of some 250 to a barrier , upon which they clustered like bees , preparatory to a descent upon the quarter-deck . The men were desperately excited . The overseer waved his handj and called to the men to ' fall -back , ' which order was quite disregarded . Mr . Black , ( plainly : perceiving what must bo the : object of the prisoners , viz ., the rescue of Cronin , and the probable butchery ,, of himself and his small party , ) gave orders to the guards to f fire , ' which was immediately folloy / ed by a volley from the front rank , This did not have any immediate effect ; the desperate men entertaining tho idea that only blank

      cartridges were fired . The rear rank of the guards , which had been kept in reserve , then moved to the front , and , under order from Mr . Black , fired . ' Two of the mutinous convicts fell dead , and twelve were wounded . This instantly quelled the mutiny ; the men hurriedly retreating to hiding-places about the forward . part of the ship . The punishment was then administered to the younger Cronin . After a lengthy investigation , the jury unanimously returned : a verdict of ' Justifiable Homicide . ' One of . the wounded men died on Tuesday afternoon . An inquest has been held on his body . The ringleader , Cronin , was wounded in two places . _ Two others arc maimed for life , one having . had / his leg amputated at the kneej and the other having received a ball in the spine . " :- -

      Meeting Of English And Irish. Representa...

      Meeting of English and Irish . Representatives . —An influential meeting of the ; members of the House of Commons was held on Saturday last , in one of the committee-robins , ' for the purpose of making such arrangements as would ensure a cordial co-operation-, in Parliamentbetween . the members of the movement parties on both sides of the channel . ; The meeting was presided over . by .. John Bright > Esq ., M . P ., and was attended by a large number of the Irish representatives , and by many of the leading members of the progressive party in England . We understand that the meeting ¦ : unanimously resolved upon a united course . of action in the House , upon the three following questions : —

      the Irish' Church question ; the Franchise question in both kingdoms ; the Land question in Ireland : It was also understood between the gentlemen who composed this important conference ,: that . every exertion should be made out of doors to secure for these fundamental questions the most active -and extensive mjapovi . —WeeMy'Clironicle . A' Hint to GiRLSi ^ Th ' efe is sense in this remark in Miss ; Swisshelm ' s > - " Letters -to Country Girls ' ( Pittsburgh Visitor ) : —« It is a ? g « od thing for ^ you girls to learn to feci interested in what your , fathers and brothers think an'd ; talk about . Ond reason is , it pleases them ; another , 'it improves yourselves . ^ er ' roM ' t' &&/? '' '"''"• " . ; ' ,- . 'i . <

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      A Tyrant S Fear Op Enucatlon.-Ltis State...

      A Tyrant s Fear op EnucATlON .-lTis Stated from bfc . l etersbui ^ that tho Emperor has just issued an ukase which is worth quoting , as giving our readers some notion of the promising condition of education m the happy territories of the Czar of all the llUSsias Hisimpom Mnjest y-that great patron of English art , who buddb un our national columns and subsidizes our racing fields—finds learning overrunning his convenience in his own dominions ? Tho education of his people is to bo reduced to a small percentage-tho bread of knowledge is to bear a more moderate proportion to the sack of i « nor : ince .

      11 ns significant decree limits henceforth the number of students in any of the llussian universities to threo hundred ; and as at present there is a great excess over this modest allowance ( the university of Moscow , for instance , having a thousand students , and that of Dorpatsix hundred and fifty ) , no now Student is to bo admitted into any of these universities until tho number there shall havo fallen below thvco hundred . The next generation is , therefore , to be dark in tho mass ; and afterwards education is to be made—as in the memory of man it was considcreu amongst ourselves such a luxury should—an affair of class and privilege ^ The vacancies when they occur are to be recruited first from the « bW «—next from those destined for tho profession of medicine

      . His imperial majesty has fallen back upon the wisdom of the "fine old English gentleman "only he has forgotten the new conditions of the world in which that extinct species lived . It is onlv in tho fossil state that ' ¦ the fine old English gentleman " could no w be kept above ground in England . Xo doubt hia imperial majesty dislikes tho fruits of knowledge which he has scon unnaturally forced in the sudden glow of the revolutionary spirit all around him , and thinks that ho can still sow tho earth with dragons' teeth , instead of such dangerous seed , at his pleasure , to yield him only armocl men . We take upon ourselves the oflSce of Zadkiel , and prophesy—out of the darkness which he would create around him shall come the monsters that

      Shall devour him ; they whom he dooms to be iha lean kino in the matter of instruction shall eat up his fat kine ; the irresistible power of knowledge which is abroad shall crush those who seek to crush it . There is nothing that we should welcome mora warmly , in the interest of , his subjects , than a fewmore ukases in tho same spirit from his imperial Majesty the Emperor of All the Itussias . —Atlienwum Afcmory . —A bundle of dried time . Castle in the Air . —A structure which usually consoles the architect for a hovel en earth . Dark Ages . —A long night , with many thieves about and few policemen . CiyiusEi ) D £ srBUcriojr . —Every pound wei ght of cochineal contains 70 , 000 insects boiled to death ,-so that the annual sacrifice of insectual life , to procure

      our scarlet and crimson dyes , amounts to about 49 , 000 , 000 of these small members of the creation . A Ciassic Auctioneer . —An auctioneer , putting up an antique Roman helmet tor sale , told the company he was informed that it had belonged to liomulus , the founder of Home j but whether ho was an iron or brassfounder he could not tell . What Next ?—The American papers state that a machine has been invented for making gaiters , halfboots , shoes without seams , producing any size required , and fitting the foot with great exactness . A Rustic being joined in the bands of wedlock , was asked by one of tho guests , a friend , if he had paid the parson , to which he replied— " Oil , no , he ' s owing father for a peck of beans , and we'll make a turn . "

      Ere long ( says tho Times ) George Hudson will have ceased to bo ns one of tho notabilities of English society , and will relapse into an obscurity from which it would have been well for Mm had ho

      never . Atf ¦ EDIIOR of tho Empire State , of New York , prettily observes : — " Woman ' s empire state is matrimony ; here she is always iu the majorityalways reigns , and ( as scurrilous bachelors say ) sometimes storms . " GRAntic An ako Poetical , though Us comfortable . —A correspondent of the Elizdbeihtown . ( Kentucky ) Register gives a description of a late storm at Big Spring , ono paragraph of which we give : — " A few minutes before nine the tremendous roar of the tornado was heard afar off , making its advance with irresistible impetuosity ; and in a few minutes it was upon us , wreaking its vengeance with a lavish hand . The atmosphere was darkened with fence rails anil tree tops , and timbers of enormous size went whistling through the air ; houses were tossed about like marbles in the fingers of a giant . Two-story framed buildings were raised entire from their

      foundation , with their inhabitants and contents , and cast some twenty , forty , or fifty yards , and then torn asunder and scattered to the four , winds of heaven , in some instaneog oven tearing up ' atid carrying away the v * r y foundation stones . " A London Beggar is said to have obtained a livelihood by counterfeiting a bowel complaint , and successfully entering druggists' shops to beg pieces of ginger , which he afterwards sold to a maker of . gingev-becv . . Tub Paris correspondent of the Literary . Gazette says , " It is the custom of tho Parisian press to pay the most eminent political and literary writers by the line—as tho -London newspapers do the scribes of horrible murders and dreadful accidents . Alexander Dumas has received as much ns one franc or even one franc and ten cents a line . Marrast , of the National , used to get ten sous , a shade less than fiveponce .

      A Lady asked her intended whether , when they were married , the church bells would be rung ? The gentleman replied to her dismay , " That ho intended to ring a belle himself inside the church . " A Disbanded Soldier . —We learn from the Tuam Herald that , at the Kildavc quarter sessions , Robert Johnson and Martin Murphy , having been found guilty of sheep stealing , were asked , previous to sentence , what they had to say for themselves . Johnson , who had been discharged durins : the . late reduction of tho army , read a poetical oit ' us on , of which wo give the first and last stanzas . They were sentenced each to seven years' transportation : —

      I served my Queen and country well For seventeen years and over ; I fought where comrades round me fell Like leaves in brown October ; I fought whore , in his g hastliest guise , Grim death around did hover ; Yet I was turned . adrift to die , A poor disbanded soldier . For thraldom in some penal clime I'll freedom gladly barter ; I'd sooner bear the brand of crime Than die starvation ' s martyr ! Proceed—for seventeen long , long years , My theme was British glory ; Proceed—this heart ' s unblanch'd by fear , A soldier stands before ye .

      A Model , —Every American artist that comes here ( says a correspondent of the Neiv Yorh Mirror ) sends home a dozen or two of the beggars in the character of Apostles or Virgin Marys . A sturdy old fellow who blacks my boots tells mo he has been painted twenty-eight times in . the character of St . Paul , thirteen times as St . Peter—he cannot remember how many times as "A Roman Father , ' and as " The Head of an old Man , " at least a thousand times . One would think that from assuming these characters so often , he would have attained to uncommon sanctity , but ho is in truth the greatest rogue that I have ever scon in Italy . The rascal prides himself a good deal on being so often sent to America , and the other day he told me that

      ho believed there was not a gentleman ' s parlour m my country in which ho or one of his family was not hung up in " gilt frame . Ho said to me yesterday , "My son and daughter have just been sent to America again , ono as ' A Peasant Boy of the Campagna , ' and the other as . ' A Roman Lady . '" Having detected him that week in an attempt to secrete one of my pocket-handkerchiefs , to show his contrition ; - ho said ; he-andliis daughter ( who is quite as great a thief as her father ) would sit to one of my artist countrymen for a " Holy Family , " if I would promise not to expose him . " A precious pair you aro , to bo sure , for a Holy Family ! " said I . " Why , signor , " said the rogue , " my wlioious expression is worth two cents an hour more than any other man ' s in Rome . "

      ; Editors . —Neither birth , marriage , sickness , nor seasons are known to editors in this country ; death itself is no apology ; they may die , but their papers must be published .. ¦ ' - Brandy , at the gold mines of California , sells at about £ 4 per bottle , and is used quite freely at that price ! Mb . Lewin Bowrino , third son of Dr . Bowring , is appointed one of the assistant commissioners for the government of the Punjaub , with a salary oi £ 700 a year . John Abernetiiy , the eminent surgeon , used to tell his scholars that human maladies chiefly proceeded from two causes—stuffing and fretting .

      A YouKG-fopaboufr-starting-lor iSew-xorK , proposed to purchase a life-preserver— " Oh , you will not want it , " suggested the clerk , " bags of wind don't sink . " * - .- '¦" . '' It is stated that three clergymen in succession , who were appointed chaplains to the Liverpool Cemetery , havo become mentally deranged . The circumstance is attributed to their constant repetition ( sometimes as often as six times in a day ) of tho funeral ¦ service , and the impressiveness of tho sad spectacle of which they were habitually the spectators .

      A company of amateurs , composed entirely of blacks ^ lately made their appearance at the Jamaica Theatre Royal , in theitragedy of "Douglas , "; and their performances are said to have been highly creditable . ¦ ¦; , Foreign- Capital in English calculated , been invested tothe in consequence of the disturbed during the last eighteen month •• ----

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 28, 1849, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_28071849/page/3/