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      I ^ March 6,1847. Thfi Northern Star, 8

      I _^ March 6 , 1847 . _THfi NORTHERN STAR , 8

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      On Thb Illness Op Prince Meitkrrich Old ...

      ON THB ILLNESS OP PRINCE _MEITKRRICH Old man ! _roptmtl short Uthj time Upon thit earth to atay ; Since deeply thon art stained with crime , Heaven wash thit stain away : lor thou hut heen the ready tool , Of Austrian Kaiser ' s iron rule ; Sworn foe to liberty : Quoting the atripture for tby deed , A hypocrite in prayer and creed .

      "What forms flit round thy coueh at night , Breaking thy _alambera rude t "Why atarteat thou up in affright , In thy dark solitude f "Why standi thecold aweat on thy brow * Why in thy bed _upitarteit thou ! What _viiloned form dost see , That thou _abouldat toss and hide thy _hiad Beneath the coverings of tby bed ! One youn < r , pal * fact , grown pal * with _tbsttfkt Bepreachful looks on thee ; All his high hopes are sank to naught , And none tbe cause but thes;—The son of him whose eagle swayed O ' er stricken Austria , sore _diamaj'd , To whom thy matter bowed , Until thou to hia riicue carae . With deeds of guilt , and blood , and shame .

      His meek , mild form , here might not stay , A prisoned _eagls he ; His longings _soar'd beyond this clay _. Until death aet bim free ; In crowda alone , with inward grief , To which tby pomps gave na rtlief ; His father , he was gone ; And _Riechstadt to rejoin him went ; Was this an * ' Austriau accident !" Speak , Metternich t sure tbou canst tell , _Sesst thou _Coxeota ' s strand ! And sees * how by thy treachery feU , The brave Bandiera ' e band 1 Holy tbe death tha t patriots die , Their blood sinka not—' titul fructify Fair Freedom ' s blessed tree ; Despite of ali tby p lans and _scbemts , They ' re _idls , as a sick man ' s dreams .

      Ay ! wave thy arms convulsively , Legions of spirit ) rise From Tarnow ' _s home of misery And blood , before thine eyes . Torn limb from limb , thej bave no tomb , "Even babts ripped from their _mother ' s womb , And thon , the master-fiend , "Fit chief of the unholy crew "Who , hribedby th « e , thy victims _slsw . Farewell 11 know thee but by nam * And by thy erU deeds , Aye ready any crime to frame , When Austria's Kaiser needs . Thou , all ths time hast bssn en earth , Hast warrM with freedom , vir tus , worth , And fought ' gainst liberty ; As well attempt to chain the wind Or with thy words tha oce « a bind ! I wish no _nearsrfsllowsn ' p _,

      I pray tbou _maysst y « t repent , Ire death is set upon tby lip , And thou art to thy _judgmsntsent ; Tbat thou mayst quick and surely know How like a very worsa art thou , And so rspant in time _. And make atonement wbiUt thou may , Before tby body turns to clay . AiniD _FxssiLi

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      THE LABOURER , A MONTHLY MAGAZINE OF POLITICS , LITERATURE , POETRY , -Sec . Edited by _Fiukgcs _O'Cossob , Est * ., and Esaixsr Jo . ves , Esq . London : Northern Star office . The large and increasing sale of this infant magazine proves that the public are of our way of thinking as regards its merits . The March number will not disappoint those who hare read the two preceding numbers . One or two of the papers are briefer than _wecauld have wished , but this , we suppose , was unavoidable , to make room for "ThePoor Man ' s Legal Manual , " a moat valuable feature , which we hope to tee continued . The subject discoursed of in the " Manual" for this month is the New Act for tht Kecoveryof Small Debts , and those of oar readers ¦ who may have any occasion to be interested regarding that Act , whether as debtors or creditors , will do well to expend sixpence in the purchase of this month's " Labourer , " wherein they will find tht entire provisions of the said Act rendered a 3 plain asA . B . C .

      Mr . O ' Connor ' * letter on "The Land and its Capabilities , " in reply to the "Shopkeeper of Plymouth , " which appeared in thia Journal of January 30 th , and which excited ao much interest , is reprinted in this number of the " Labourer . " Tim letter explains in brief and simple terms the capability of occupants on the Chartist Farms to live well , save money , and with that money become proprietors of their " farm-holdings iu the course of a few years—• seven at the farthest . The statements and calculations contained in this letter a child may understand , and understanding mav therewith demolish the fallacies of " Whistlers" and all other humbugs . "The Phase of Political Parties" introduces the reader to a timely letter to the Prime Minister , the best praise of which will be the quotation of the following extract : —

      70 THS BIGHT BO . T . lORD JOHX _BCSSILL . Uy Lord , you have not yet seen the beginning of ths end—rely upon it that you have not ; aud , before we slightly touch the probable future , and the best means of meeting it , let us implore of yoa to believe that men with brains uot to be stultified by conventional impressions , bowever frequent and familiar fashion may bave made them , will yet laugh at your whole policy when the Famine _Tragedy baa been played out . Hav « you thought seriously of the frightful lesson you are now teaching tbe Irish people ; and should fttmiue desolate the land , have Ton ever thought of the consequences to this country and to Europe ! True , the moment of wont is not the exact moment of reflection ; but what will the reader of your hiograpl . y say to this picture ! " The noble Lord Jobn Russell was tbe leader ofthe Whig party in power when the frightful famine commenced in 1845 , but doss not appear to have had nerve to meet the calamity . All thought of Ireland was lost in the interests of his City

      supporters , whose delegate he was . He tried three very uncertain measures for dealing with a national calamity _. Firstly , a prayer composed hy the Archbishop of Canterbury , asking Almighty God to avert what a bad system bad created . Secondly , an appeal by the Queen to tbe people , in the form of a royal letter , retorted to on such occasions in _thoss days . And lastly , a M . Soyer , COOK TO A CLUB HOUSE , was transported to ' _reland to aid in producing ECONOMICAL SOUF fe . r the people to live upon ; a feature of political economy that appears ludicrous , when , by the returns of the _toree previoas years , We find that Ireland had exported to England several ¦ million quarters of all kinds of grain , as well as lire stock and other eatables and valuables of all descriptions of produce ; indeed , to an extent which in these days makes the question of famine in such a country appear more like a riddle than a reality . " Now , my lord , rely upon it tbat such will be tbe opinion of tbe historian who shall write the history o ! the present times , when the shackles of party shall be taken off the PEN .

      My lord , you have done wisely iu stinting war-horses some little of their food , and your next move must bs to lay racehorses , hunters , hounds , and all pleasure-horse * under a like restriction , and tben yoa will have to stop all distillation from grains of all sorts , as it is useless , nay . absurd , to propound _tehtmes for raising funds -unless , at the same time , yoa insure the most economical use of tbe one thing needed and to be purchased-

      —POOD . Next , you will be obliged , sooner or later , to take Stock of every man ' s store , and then you must take the eentus of the whole country , according to some given scale ; and , in spite of the rigid rules of political economy , you must become the retailer of food , at a given price . My lord , there is more than ENOUGH OP FOOD FOR ALL _EYEN * YET , and jou will be justly chargtable if an evil use is made of it ; and surely giving it to dogs and useless horses , and distilling poison from it , while human beings are starving , are idle , very idle uses . " Sufficient unto tbe day is the evil thereof" has always beea a favourite Whig laixim ; and now you may turn it , tor once , to good , practical account . Your first object should be to save life ; we have shewn you the easy means of securing food enough , ample ; and now we will point out the means of procuring money enough .

      Io tbe years 1859 and CO three millions per annum fall in , in long and terminable annuities , that ia as you ar * aware ; but we write for ignorant people— £ 2 , 001 000 _sterliug , now paid in taxes eacb year , will cease aad ex . pire . We may estimate tbe value of that stock atTHIBTT MILLIONS to the holders , and by making it perpetual it would realise NINETY MILLIONS , thus lea _. iag you a surplus of SIXTY MILLI 0 SS , after purchasing up the I tt _. OOO _. OQO per annum . Sow , my lord , you could so spread that over four or five years , raising fifteen millions or twelve millions , or more or less , as circumstances demanded , and _ohservs the present generation will lose nothing , at all _eTeota till the year 1660 , while they would gain ihe advantage of

      not being taxed to meet tbe present frig htful demand for money . In plain language , you may raise £ 60 , 000 , 000 of money witbout levying a penny additional tax on the People . Do these things , my lord ; and ia God ' s name , since the time hag come that soldiers , courtiers , peers , ana 6 ne gentlemen , condescend to talk of DUNG and PORK , ana DRAINING and waste lands , attach a _siTO'tteT of Agriculture to jour Cabinet , and let us no longer be a laughing-stock to agricultural nations , and our own farmers and labourers , by such ludicrous appointments as half-pay officers , and draning . room gentleman , to _discharge duties which belong to practical agriculturists _, tou would laugh at tbeconceit of an old farmer undertaking tht command of a line-of-battle-ship , and

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      yet it wonld not be one whit more ridiculous than the em . ployment of military men in agricultural service . It would be a waste of time to mix up a particle of politics In the consideration ofa purely social question ; while all political advice must be lost upon ONE who HAS PRE FEBBED THB SUPPORT OF A FACTION TO THE SALVATION OP A NATION . The third ehapter of " The Inwrrections of the Working Classes" narrates the _rerolu of the peasantry of Jutland in the twelfth century . The story is a sad ont , and painfull y exhibit , the sufferings of the people , the crimes ofthe priesta and the withering influences of superstition . From "The Romance of a People" weextractthe following wild and waiting description of

      THK DEAD DRIVEB . A gloomy night of winter had folded its clouda around the towers of Sandoroir , when the Palatine , as was bis wont , propoaed to issue forth on one of _thoae aecret missions he had so long _cuccetsfolly fulfilled . _Thsre was but one who accompanied him on these occasionsan old and Iong . tried vassal , who claimed kindred to Theresa , and was , therefore , cheriihed ; To none other was known whither he went , nor how he returned . Though his absence had ef late been frequent and prolonged , its object had never been discovered , nor had he been noticed by the emissaries of government ; but ot late a party of men bad been seen lurking in tbe neighbourhood of the castle—an unusual circumstance , for the country around had become a desert , under the blight of _Constantine ' s misrule . A large black hound had likewise bees observed circling ronnd the walls , and scenting the track of whoever creased their precinct * .

      It was intensely dark , and a cold mist lay upon ths earth , through which at times fell , slow and lazily , struggling flakei of snow * A sledge was brought round to a postern of th * castle by the old and faithful aerrant , the _deor was re-closed , the Palatine and his companion _mouaUd , and the bell-less horses started forth on ths snow in silence . But at the same moment a dark mass , that had been reposing beneath the wall , started upward , like a demon out of ths earth ; a yell as of fisree delight rang on the spot , and tbe black shape glided behind tbs fleeting car . The Palatine and his companion wars startled at the unearthly apparition . Whether thsy quickened their speed , or relaxed it , atill that strange form was close behind upon their track . " What can it be ! " exclaimed the csunt . " It is not like anything human , nor _ceuleV man follow SO fast . Fire ! aad we shall discover what it is . "

      His _attendaat obeyed , and by tbe light of tbs rsd flash , they beheld tbe black hound that had lurked aronnd the castle . It baysd deeply , with a muttering sound , like imprecation . " Good he & _tanl we are discovered anu pursued 1 Oni on !" " Shall 1 fire again !" "No . It might bring our _snemfcs down upon us a once . Hark ! How tbat cursed hound bays , as though it were a signal ! On!—on !" With frenzied speed on flew the horses : no tread aanounced their progress , nor hoof nor sleigh gave a sound , as tbey whirled oa over the soft snow , that now came down thick and fast . A sharp blast arose , bringing the cold with it from the north , whilst the frosty mists sailed by ia almost palpable forms , like a spectral rout .

      On ! on ! away ! away ! Silent and swift rushed that strange flight , amid storm and darkness , so that ths fantastic outlines of tbe vapours , and tbe weird shape ef ths tracking hound , alone were discsrnible _, and tbat but at intervals , through the universal gloom . The cold grew keener and keener , and the deep baying of the pursuer rang clear upon the night air . From time to time the Palatine addressed words of encouragement to his companion , who gave no reply ; but whenever he spoke appeared to urge tbe panting horses to greater speed , for they more flew than ran over tbe vast snow plain * , along which , at far intervals , straggling lights of scattered villages dived . up and disappeared , left far behind almost as soon as passed . At length the baying of the hound ceased altogether , and it ran steadily by the side of the sledge , its fiery eyes turned to those it bore , with a look of fisree hunger .

      " See . my friend ! " exclaimed the count , "it scarce looks earthly . Haste I We must soon arrive at our place of meeting . What strange shapes the night mist assumes ! Ifethought , _eren now , there were horsemen pricking on before our sledge . But haste ! The frost will kill us . How the cold gains strength !" His companion replied not ; bnt still tbey rnsbed oa with unslackencd speed : the silence was again unbroken , save by the ringing storm—and the time flew by , till ths Palatine , surprised at the usnsual length of thu journey , again addressed his attendant , — " Anselin ! You must have mistaken tbe way . We never were thus long before . " There came no reply . " Anselm ! awake ! Surely ha sleeps . Tbe track is lost , and we shall miss our friends . Answer me , Anselm !"

      Still the serf replied not . The count strove to rise , but in vain—it seemed as though impalpable fetters boand him , his limbs were powerless with the intensity of thecold . "Anselm 1 " be cried ; but again there came no answer , and a dread thought smote him . With difficulty he stretched his arm towards his companion—tbe latter was stiff aad motionless ; it was but too _trus , the frost had done its work , the reins were held by a corse , tbe dead had been his drirer ! Yet the sledge flew on , and turned and reered as though the spirit of Anselm still guided ths horses ; while powerless , scarcely able to speak , sat the doomed conspirator . He strained his gaze with frenzied eagerness to see if he could discern a human form , but an indistinct and shifting shade wrapped every object .

      At length the storm parted above , and gray light fell down from heaven . It revealed a body of grim horsemen following the sledge , while two had ridden on before , and seized the reins . "Who are ye ! Whither go ye 1 ' . ' gaspsd the Palatine . " To the Belvidere \ " was the reply ; and on whirled the race ; steed succeeded steed , as tbey flagged and died ; rivers and hills glided past ; towsrs and domes flitted by ; morning and night sunk over them , and the dungeon _gatss closed on the abducted patriot . Thegovsrnment , having discovered the traces of a conspiracy in which tbe Palatine was implicated , had posted a party of Cossacks near his castle , charged to follow him secretly to the meeting-place of the rebels , and thus at once to secure all implicated .

      Assisted by th * sleuth-hound , lest they should los * the track io the darkness , tbey had followed close behind tbe sledge . It was then tbat the death of Anselm bad saved that vastconspiracy , for had he lived to guide his master to the spot of their destination , all had been discovered and lost . When the Cossacks found , by the exclamations of their prisoner , that Ansslm was dead and tbe track mistaken , pursuant to their further order , they seized the reins , aud hurried tho Palatine on to the Belvidere . This chapter concludes with a truly poetical—we might say sublime picture of the destruction of the castle ofthe Palatine and its brave defenders , and t _£ e heroic self-immolation of the maniac lady , tbe wife of tht noble Pole . The Confessions of a King ; " two poems— ' * The Life of a Flower , " and The Good Old Days ;;" " Reviews , " & c ., make up the remaining contents of thia number .

      We observe an announcement that a considerable portion of the April number will be devoted to a consideration and explanation of the Bank in its relation to the National Land Company .

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      _IIOWITT'S JOURNAL . Edited by _Wixuaii and Mart Howitt . Pabi II . . London : 171 , ( corter of Surrey-street , ) Strand . This part contains a rich variety of matter from the pens of several able and eminent writers . Mr . ilowitt has performed good service by directing publicattention to that frightful nuisance aud overgrown abomination ,

      _ninariELD market . In the middle of tbe densest and most thronged city in the world , exists the most horrible market in ths world . Through the streets of this great and busy city , already far too mueh crowded with people and carriages of all sorts—wagons , carts , omnibuses , coaches , fly s , cabs , and drays—are every week driven immenie droves of bullocks and sheep , to the great danger of the passengers , to the great disconcertment ef business , and to tbe great suffering of the frightened and beaten animals . Arriving at the centre ' of this great and

      crammedtogetfaerpopulation , are these wretched animals—often made furious by the noise , the shouting , the running and cudgelling through which they have to pass , and ready to toss or run over _asy one that comes in their wayintroduced into an airy and spacious market , fit for the purposes of business in this great London , the city of busiaeas ! No , they are cooped , on an average , 11 , 000 sheep , and 6 , 000 cattle , within tbe space of four acres and a half ! There is nothing like it In tbe most barbarous and uabusiness-like spot in Europe ; nay , in the n oriel besides .

      In the most humane country in the world , the mast inhuman , the most brutal practice is maintained . What is the Society for Preventing Cruelty to Animals about 1 What is the Society for thc Diffusion of Christian Knowledge about ! Why does it not seud some of its tracts to tbe lord mayor and tbe worshipful aldermen % What is the Peace Society about , that it does not endeavour to put down the weekly aud yearly war between the bulls of Bashan and her Majesty ' s _unoffeading but very much offended subjects ! And what is the _Associatixn for the Improvement of the Health oi Towns about ! For there is no subject which so much

      demands its attention as Smithfield ; th ' s old field of cruelty ; this modern Golgotha , with all its horrors , its savage barbarisms , its butcherly exhibitions before tbe public , its choking of cattle , its teasing off of sheep ' s ears by dogs , its broken legs of lambs , and its knocking off of bullock ' s horns ; with its _trodden-down-to-death victims ; with all its dismal dens for brute captives in its vicinity , its bloody slaughter-houses , and horrid holds deep with yards of accumulated filth and gore , ready , like the churchyard earth of Mincbinhampton , on being stirred , to send fever and pestilence through the whole city .

      While these horrid scenes may be witnessed weekly and daily , there has been for the past eleven years a most admirably fitted up cattle market in the neighbourhood of islingtom unused , and , _consetuently , falling to decay . Thu market waa projected

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      some years ago by Mr . Perkins , a country gentleman , who succeeded , alter the fiercest opposition ob the part of the London corporation , in obtaining an act of _parliamera to authorise tbe building of hit market , which is thus deicribed : —

      TBE MEW CATTLB MAKKET AT ISLINGTON , The ground admitted of perfect draining , aud is now as sound as an acorn . Sheds were completed capable of homing in full comfort of 2 , 000 cattle . There were two wells sunk , which supplied each a tank . The tanks were kept supplied with water by a kind of wind engine , which raised tbe water at tbe rate of two hundred gallons per minute , without apparently lowering it in tbe wells , filled the tanks , and the tanks overflowed into pipes which conveyed the water to the troughs in every stall , and to every part of ihe area . This great area was fitted up with pens and stalls . The stalls for cattle were pared with granite , and fenced with stout oaken framework 'The pens , for shetp , far more roomy tban those at Smithfield , were all paved with bricks , and fenced with cast-iron railing . Ja tbe centre of themarket were built four banking houses , where the money transactions of the market could be made .

      The sheep-pens were calculated to hold 40 , 000 Bheep , and there was sufficient space for the accommodation of 20 , 000 cattle . All was ready . Everything was in appearance favourable ior business , but tbis business did not come . Because the London corporation , the butchers , the Smithfield publicans , and other " sinners , " were unhappily too strong for the projector of the new market . We don't wish the members ofthe London corporation any harm , but if , some line morning , the Lord Mayor , or two or three jolly old Aldermen , should be tossed and gored and pitched "to the devil somewhat ere their time , " although , no doubt , such a catastrophe would sorely affect us , still we should have this consolation to mitigate our erief , that the sad event would greatly

      accelerate _theabolition of "the Smithfield nuisance . " Putting a lord in the pillory was the shortest way te bring that barbarism to an end , and a mad bull goriag and tossing a purple-faced , pot-bellied Alderman would give the quietus to a national disgrace which has outlived the pillory too many years . How dare the government allow the continuance of this nuisance for one day longer ? Mr . Perkins - market should be bought bjJthegovernment , and made national property , and this Smithfield abomination put down by " the strong arm of tho Jaw . " Why is not this done ? Or rather , why do the English people submit to be ruled by the aristocratic imbeciles and money-mongering scoundrels , who fatten and profit by such enormous evils as this horrible Smithfield market ?

      Mr . Howitt contributes several other papers , to wit , a pleasant and _statonable article on the month-February * , a continuation of his charming description of" The Odenwald , " iii which we are introduced to the famous town of Weinsberg , and the poet Justinus Kerner ; but the most important of Mr . Ilowitt's contributions is , his appeal to the English people in behalf ofthe people of Ireland , which we copied into this journal of February 20 th . That appeal stamps Mr . Howitt a true philanthropist and rentable patriot , and does him infinite honour .

      One oftlie most wonderful stories we ever readif true as it professes to be , then certainly the most wonderful—is the history of " The l'hilanthropic Assassin , " one Raoul Croc alias Gottlieb Einhamrr , contained in this Part of Ilowitt ' s Journal . This miscreant , though a German , was a disciple of " the great English Malthus , " and * believing , like his teacher , that the world was overcrowded , he set about rectifying that misfortune by murdering as many people as he could ! " He confessed to having killed twenty-seven individuals ; to have occasioned the execution of five others , who were accused and found guilty of the murders ; and to have wounded fourteen others . " ( This prince of political economists

      should hare his bust erected in erery union workhouse and free-trade factory-hell . Why does not John Bright propose a Parliamentary grant for a national monument to Raoul Croc ? Let every hater of the political economists buy this Part of Hewitt ' s Journal , or if they cannot afford to buy the Part , then buy Nos . 8 and 9 and read this story for themsfilves . It is the most tremendous " counterbla « t" _Iwalthnsianisro . has ever encountered . Papers on " Physiology for the People , " " Universal Language , " and other subjects , are well worthy of notice , but want of room forbids . We must , however , make way for a delightful little poem , in which Mary Howitt has some share : —

      THB LOVER . _PB . OK TBE GERMAN Of _UEINEICB VOSS The maiden with brown eyes and hair Came o ' er the dewy meadows ; The nightingales were _singing clear , Among the eveniug shadows . 1 saw and heard her stepping free ; ' She passed like sunshine o ' er the lea ; 1 saw she was tbe girl for me ! Her skirts were lifted from the dew ; Her boddice fitted tightly : Her plaited hair , her apron blue , The mght . breeze wafted lightly ; Her stockings white , as white could be ; Said I , that maiden fair to see Is just the very girl for me ! The brindle cowher call obeyed ,

      Came bu the meadows thorough ; And as she milked , said 1 , " Sweet maid , God shield thse from all sorrow !" She looked with eyes so bright and frae ; Said I , she is the girl for me ; She shall my heart ' s beloved bt ! Her eyes they seemed to answer _'Tes ;" My heart , with love was gushing ; And I contrived n _* y lips to press Upon her warm cheek , blushing-, Tbat blushing cheek , so fresh to see 1 Said I , this maiden , fair and free , She is the vsry girl for me !

      I helped her over hedge and stile , With frothy milk-pail laden ; And sang to scare the goblins vila That might affright tbe maiden ; For now ' twas dark by bush and tree ; And said I , " maiden dear to ne , Wilt thou my heart ' s _belorsd be !" — "Wherefore _aolateV ber mother _criefl , In wrath hsr daughter viewing , " Soft , gentle mother ! " I replied , ' Tby daughter I ' ve been wooing : Give tby consent—then _bless'd are we ! Sweet mother , give consent , for she Is willing my beloved to be ' . "

      The illustration accompanying this poem is a gem of a picture : that entitled "A Peep into tbe Odenwald" is perfectly enchanting ; nature and art have combined to make the scene almost a peep into Para * diss-.

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      MARYLEBONE THEATRE . We paid a visit to this comfortable little suburban theatre on Tuesday evening last , and were by no means disappointed at the bill of fare _presesttd for public approval . Tbe performances commenced with the wellknown and deservedly popular play of "William Tell ;" followed by the laughable piece of "Robert le Grange , " and concluding witb " Black-Eyed Susan . " Of the plot of these pieces we apprehend but tew ot our readers can be unacquainted . The continued repetition of their representation at our various places of public _amuss . ment has not lessened the love for true liberty , ao beautifully and forcibly depicted in the character of Tell , nor created Usb admiration of the manly courage of the British tar , whose true nobility is made manifest in . so

      conspicuous a manner throughout the entire latter drama . Mr . Rayner , as Tell , was very effective throughout ; nor must we omit to notice the Albert of Miss Robberds , who is a pains-taking young actress , and was well deserving of the applause so frequently bestowed uson her . That versatile and really clever actor , Mr . Cowle , and tbe _sver-juvenetcent Miss Martin , kept tbe house in convulsions in tbe talented little brochure , "Robert le Orange , " and the sentiments uttered by Robert were duly appreciated and warmly applauded by many of the right stamp , who richly enjoyed sentiment and humour combined witb a rast amount of nationality . Comic songs by Mr . J . _Robbins ware _jreatly applauded ,

      aad they were , indeed , exceedingly laughable . Tbe enterprising lessee , too ( Mr . John Douglass ) , earned and received a fair share of applause ; for , to add to the general meed of approbation tbe fant that Mr . _Douglass is now one of the best—if not the very best—representatives of the British sailor , is only giving honour to whom honour is due . So much for the merits of the evening ' s entertainment , selected as a benefit in aid of the fund for building a working man ' s reading and lecture-room at Marylebone . We regret that the audience was not so numerous as we could bare wished ; nevertheless , we hope some " benefit" will result from the performances of tbe erening .

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      —» _++++ _**** ' _¦* _-v _**^^* - ** r * ******* POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . Thc lecturer on natural philosophy of this establish _, ment , Dr . _Bachhoflner , has been engaged in delivering lectures on astronomy . This gentleman stated , on Monday last , that the lecture which he was about to eUUver was intended as an outline of the various subjeets that would be dwelt _up- > n more at Isrge in the subsequent lectures . He endeavoured to impress upon his audience the importance and pleasure derived even from a slight

      acquaintance with this sublime science . The lecturer , after describing tbe erroneous views of Ptolemy , and the dogmas of Aristotle , which had enthralled the world for more than 1 , 400 _jears , as also the abortive attempts of _Tjchn Brahe , then _uirectt-d the attention of his auditors to the only true system , originally taught by _Tytbagoras , and revived by Copernicus , and finally fixed on more solid foundation bj the labours of Galileo , Kepler , Newton , La Plase , and others—that , although the destroy ing hand of Time mus t and will level to the dust the most gorgeous fabric of man ' s genius , yel this would undoubtedly flourish as the only true system until the end of

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      time . Not the least interesting part of this m _«** _t pleating and instructive lecture was tbe introduction of some beautifull y Illuminated diagrams of various nebulas , as seen by the aid of the gigantic telescope of Lord Rosse , and contrasted by the same nebula ; as seen and figured by Sir William Hmchel _. in the description of _v-lnch ample justice w « _g done to this most astounding , yet sublime , subject of tbs learned lecturer . By way of conclusion , we cannot too strongly recommend all our readers who are anxious to acqu _i re an idea of the wonders of the heavens , to visit the Polytechnic Institution some Monday , Wednesday , or Friday , during the continuance of the csurse .

      The Prussian Constitution. (From Our Ger...

      THE PRUSSIAN CONSTITUTION . ( From our German Correspondent . ) At'last this long-expected piece of workmanship has made its appearance ! At last—if we believe the Times , [ Globe , some French and some German papers-Prussia has passed over to the ranks of _constitutional countries . The _Northern Star , however , has already sufficiently provod that tbis so-called Constitution is nothing but a trap offered to tho Prussian people to cheat them of the rights promised by tho late king , at the time lie wauted popular support . That this is the fact , that Frederick William tries by this so-called _Constitutum to obtain money without being obliged to make concessions te public omnion . is

      certain beyond all doubt . Tho democratic papers of all countries—in France , particularly the National and Reforme , nay , the ministerial Journal du _Bebatt ,-agree in this opinion . The fettered German press itself stammers words which alio w no other conclusion , but that the movement party in Prussia is quite aware of the sly intentions of their "open-hearted , generous" king . The question , thon is this : will the king Bucceed in his plans ? Will the Central Assembly of Estates be either stupid or cowardly enough to guarantee a new loan , without securing to the people extended liberties , and thus give the king the means to continue the present system for aa indefinite length of time ? We answer : No ; they will not , ther cannot .

      The hitherto followed plan of government in Prussia was the consequence of the relative position of the nobility and the middle _olasses in Prussia . The nobility had lost too much ofits former strength , weal tli and influence , to dominate the king as formerly it had done . The middle classes were not yet strong eBough to overcome the dead weight ofthe nobility , which cramped their cemmercial and industrial progress . Thus the king , representing the central power of the state , aud supported by the numerous class of government officers , eiril and military , besides having the army at his disposal , was enabled to keep down the middle classes by the nobility , and the nobility by the middle classes , by flattering now the interests of the one _. _and then those of the other ; and balancing , as much as passible , the influence of both . This stage of absolute monarchy has been gone through by almost all the civilized cuuntriesof Europe , and in those _mostadvanced it hns now given place to the government ef the middle classes .

      Prussia , the most advanced of German countries , had hitherto wanted a middle class , wealthy , strong , united . and energetic enough to shake ot ? the domination of absolutism , and to crush the remains of feudal nobility . The two o ntending elements , nobility and middle classes , arc , however , placed in such circumstances , that by the natural progress of industry and civilization , thc one ( the middle classes ) must increase in wealth and influence , while thc other ( the nobility ) must decrease , impoverish and lose more and more its ascendancy . While , therefore , the Prussian nobility aud large landed proprietors , found themselres every year in a worso position , first , by the ruinous wars with France in the beginning of this century ; then by the English Corn Laws , which shut them out from the market of that country ; then by the competition of Australia , in one of their

      chief productions , wool , and by many other _oircumstancts — the middle classes of Prussia increased enormously in wealth , productive powers , and influence in general . The wars wiih France , tho shutting out of English manufactured goods from the Continental markets , created manufacturing industry in Prussia ; and when peace was re-established , the upstart manufacturers were powerful enough to force government to grant thera protective duties ( 1818 ) . Soon afterwards , the Zollvcrein was founded , a union which almost exclusively advanced thc interests of tho middle _classes . And , above all , tha violent competitive struggle arising between the different trading and manufacturing nations during these last 30 years of peace , forced the somewhat indolent Prussian middle _classes , either to allow themselves to be entirely ruined by foreign competition , or to set to work ia good earnest , as well as tlieir neighbours .

      The progress of the middle classes was very little visible up to the year 1810 , when the ascension to the throne ofa new king appeared to them the proper moment to show tbat , since 1815 , things were rather changed in Prussia . I need not recapitulate how the middle class movement ; has progressed since that time ; how all parts of the kingdom acceded to it , until at last all the middle classes , a great part of the peasantry , and not a lew oftlie nobility , joined in it . A representative constitution , liberty of the press , open courts of law , inimoreability of the judges , trial by jury—such were the deiuandsof the middle classes . The peasantry or small landed proprietors saw very well—in the more enlightened parts of the kingdom , at least—tbat such measures mere for their interests too , heing the only ones by which they could hope to

      free themselves from the remnants ol feudality , and to have that influence upon the making of laws which it was desirable for tbem te possess . The poorer part of the nobility thought that the constitutional system might , ( perhaps , give them such a position in the legislature as their interests demanded ; and that , at all events , this system could not be more ruinous to thera than that under which they lived . It was principally the nobility of Prussia Proper and Posen , who , being severely oppressed by want of markets for their produce , acceded to the Liberal movement from such considerations . The middle classes themselves got more and more into an uncomfortable position . They had increased tbeir manufacturing and mining concerns , as well as their shipping , to a considerable extent ; they were

      the chief furnishers for the whole market of the Zollvcrein ; their wealth and numbers had increased very much . Hut during the last ten or fifteen years the enormous progress of English manufactures and mining operations have threatened them with a deadly competition . Every glut in the English market threw large quantities of English goeds into the Zollverein , where they were sold at prices more ruinous to the Germans than to the English , because these latter made , during the times of nourishing trade , large profits in the American and other markets , while the Prussians could never sell their produce anywhere but within the circle of their own line of customs . Their shipping were almost excluded from the ports of foreign nations , while ships of all flags entered the Prussian ports on equal

      conditions with the Prussians . Thus , although there is comparatively little capital in Prussia , there commenced a difficulty of _inresting ' this capital profitably . Trade appeared to be labouring under a continual pressure ; factories , machinery , stock in trade , were slowly , but continually , depreciated ; and this general uneasiness waft for a moment _w- _* _l- * iiAmupted by tha railway speculations which , within the last eight years , were started in Prussia . These speculations , by raising the value of ready mom y , increased the depreciation of stock in trade , and were themselres , on an average , not rery profitable , on account of the comparatively thin population and trade of the greater part of the coun try . They offered , however , a _stili better chance of profit than other industrial investments ; and thus every one who couid dispose of some capital engaged in them . Very soon these speculations assumed , as usual , & feverish _character , and ended in a crisis wliich now f <> r about a twelvemonth has oppressed the Prussian money markets .

      Thus the middle classes found themselves in a rery uncomfortable position in the beginning of the present year * . the money markets under the pressure of an extraordinary want oi coin ; the manufacturing districts requiring more than ever those protective duties which the government refused to grant ; the coast towns requiring navigation laws as the only means to relieve them ; and , over and above all , a rise in the corn markets , which brought the country to a state approaching famine . All these causes of discontent operated at the same time , and more strongly ao upon the people : the Silesian linenwearers in the greatest distress ; the cotton factories stopped ; in tho large manufacturing district ofthe Rhine almost all hands out of work , the potato crop mostly ruined , and bread at famine prices . The moment was eridently come for the middle classes to take the government out of the hands of an imbecile king , weak nobility , and self-conceited bureau cracry , and to secure it to themselres .

      It is a curious fact , but which is repeated at eTery revolutionary epoch , that at the very moment when the leading class of a movement is most favourably placed for the accomplishment of that movement , thi " old worn-out government is reduced to beg the assistance of this same leading class . Thus in 1789 , in France , when famine , bad trade , and divisious among the nobility pushed , so to say , the middle classes to a revolution—at that very moment tho government found its money resources exhausted , and was reduced to begin the revolution by the conv . cation of the States-General . Thus in 1847 in Prussia . At the very moment when the more

      indolent Prussian middle classes are almost forced by circumstances to change the governmental system , at that moment the king , by want of money , is forced to commence that change of system , and toconvocate in his turn the Prussian States-General . It is indubitable that the States would offer him mueh less resistance than they will now , if the money market was easy , the factories at full work ( which would be caused by a flourishing trade and ready sale , and consequent high prices for manufactured goods in _England ) and corn at a reasonably low price . But so it is : 'jn times of approaching revolution , the progressive classes of society hare always all chances on their side .

      The Prussian Constitution. (From Our Ger...

      I hare , during the course of 18 i 5 and 1846 , more wan once shown to the readers of the Star , that the King of Prussia was in a rery embarrassed financial situation ; I have at the same time called their attention to the several clever plans by which his Jw" ! i . . sousbt to extricate him ; and predicted _tnat the whole affair must end by a convocation of _1 _» L . i ener _** _-- T , 1 ° event , tli < m , was neither tinexpected , nor . as it now is represented , caused by the tree grace of his _squandering _mainatv -. nothin g

      _Mut sheer necessity , povert y and distress could move him to such a step and there is not a child in fhiT wm hT - T _* , , only ¦* ¦ ««<» -. then , is this : _ WiU the _Piussian middle classes , by investing ane" loan with he _, r guarantee , allow ' the Eg t ! go or _<« he has done hith erto and to _disreuard for anotlie- seven years their petitions and their wants Y We have already answered this _question They cannot dc this . We have proved it from the _situation of the -espective classes , and we shall now prove it from the composition o f tho _States-Geceral themselves .

      Members of high and low nobility ... 3 H Do . for towns and peasantry ... 306 As the king has declared his intention to increase the members of the high nobility ( 80 inall ) by new creations of peers , v _* e may add to the nobility , about 30 more ; 341 members of nobility , or government pirty . faeduct from ibis number the liberal fractions of tho lower nobility , namely , all the nobility of Prussia Proper , twt > _thirds of that of Posen , and some members of the Rhenish , Silesian , Brandenburg and Westphalian nobility , gay 70 liberal members , voting with the town .- * and peasantry , and the position of partie * is as f ' _ol-ow : —

      Nobility , or government party 271 Towns and peasantry , or liberal opposition 370 Thus , even allowing that thirty or forty towns or peasantry members from the remote districts should rota for the gorernment , there will always be a liberal majority of from twenty-fiv <) to fifty votes remaining , and with a little energy on the part of the Liberals , it will be easy to meet eviry demand for money with another demand for liber *! institutions . There is besides , no doubt , that , under present circumstances , the people will support the middle classes , and by their pressure from without , which indeed is rery much wanted , strengthen t _K e courage and enliven the energies of those within .

      Thus , the Prussian constitution , inBign-ficant in itself , is , for all that , the beginning of a new epoch for that country , and for all Germany . It marks tho downlall ot absolutism and nobility , and the ascendancy of the middle classes ; it marks the beginning oi a movement which will rery soon lead to a representative constitution for the middle classes , a free press , independent judges' and trial by jury , and whioh will end God knows where . It marks tli repetition of 1789 in Prussia . And if the reroli tionary _morement which now begins , will directly _iaterest the middle classes only , it is yet not at ail indifferent to the interests of the people . From the moment the power of the middle classes is

      constituted , from that moment begins the separate and distinct democratic movement . In the struggle against despotism and aristocracy , the people , the democratic party , cannot but play a secondary part ; the first place belongs to the middle classes . From the nioment , however , the middle classes establish thoir own government , identify themselves with a new despotism and aristocracy against the people , from that moment democracy takes its stand as the only , the exclusive morement party ; from that moment the struggle is simplified , reduced to two parties , and changes , by that circumstance , into a '' war to the knife . " The history of the French and English democratic parties fully prores this .

      There is another circumstance to be remarked . Thc conquest of public power by the middle classes of Prussia will change the political _portion of all European countries . . The alliance of thc North will be dissolved . Austria and Russia , the chief spoliators of Poland , will be entirely isolated fioni the rest of Europe , for Prussia carries along with her the smaller states of Germany , who all hare constitutional governments . Thus the balance of power in Europe will be entirely changed by the consequences ef this insignificant constitution ; Die desertion of _turee-fourilis of Germany from the camp of stationary Eastern Europe into that of progressive Western Europe . In February , 18 i 6 , broke out the last Polish insurrection . In February , 1847 , Frederick William convocates his States-General . The vengeance of Poland is drawing nigh > E .

      Tnu Kino Op Bavama's Favouuite Ladt.— Mu...

      Tnu Kino op Bavama ' _s favouuite _Ladt . — Munich , February 20 . —Mademoiselle . Lola Montes , who has left so many souvenirs at Berlin , Dresden , and Paris , and who enjoys here an exalted protection which creates some scandal , has just given rise to a disturbance which has required thc interference of the police . Yesterday , at about noon , thc handsome _Spaniard was _walking- in the St . Louis-street , followed by an enormous bull-dog ; the animal barked at the horses of a brewer ' s cart , wliich was standing before a public-house . The horses wore frightened , and made some movements which excited the dog ' s rage ; he rushed at ono of the horses , and severely bit him . This amused Mdlle . Lola , but did not suit the carman , who desired her to take her dog away

      rather angrily , observing that nobody ought to be permitted to walk in the Bavarian capital with so ferocious a companion . Mdlle . Lola , either not understanding the carman ' s words , or rather understanding them too well ( for she is said to speak German easily enough ) , struck the carman with net umbrella in such style as to cut his face , und make the blood flow copiously from it . A large number of bystanders sided wiih the carman , abused Aldlle , Lo'a , and gradually grew so exasperated , that deeming her position a perilous one , she threw herselt into a chemist ' s shop , and shut the door so very violently that a number ef panes of glass were shattered . The

      crowd gathered in front ot the druggist ' s , and loudly demanded that she should be delivered up ; as the summons was not obeyed , the remaining panes were promptly demolished . Mdlle . Lola was enabled to return homo at night ; but this morning , as early as dawn , another large crowd gathei ed under her windows , and began demolishing ikm aa promptly as the apothecary ' s had been . The police succeeded in dispersing the mob , but as other _gatherings were conttnu illy taking place , it hns been deemed necessary to station a . party of _gendarmes near bur _residuiict , and a sentinel at her door . It is expected that Mdlle . Lola Montes will shortlv have to answer before the

      tribunal oi Correction for the use she has thus made of her umbrella . A letter from Munich , ot the 22 d , says— " The exasperation of the populace of our city againBt Mdlle . Lola-Montes has become so great , that the authorities , in order to prevent _disturbances , have required the young lady to quit tbe town . This she did last Right , going to the village of'Staremberg , situated at about five leagues from Munich . Her carriage was escorted by a _stivrn _ji detachment of _dragoous from the garrison , " At ih » Lot-DOS _Farim _Hosvitai , on Monday afternoon , between the hours of two and three , much alarm was created in the vicinity of Battle-bridge , in consequence of the outbreak of a fire in the Fever Hospital , King's-cross . The _ilatue-s brat shewed themselres by shooting through the roof of the nurse ward , at the northern end of the building . From the strong hold the fire had then obtained , it became quite cleat thatthe inmates would be unable to

      subdue it , and the first thing sought to be accomplished was the remoral of thi - patients from the burning building . Owing to tho precautions taken , not one of tho patients was hurt in being removed , and it is to be hoped that they will not ultimately receive any injury . As soon as information was received at the tire-stations , Mr . Braid wood started to the scene with six or _.-even brigado engines , followed speedily by otheis . The firemen carried thc hose to tho top ot the building , and were enabled to prevent the conflagration from travelling farthar ; but they were unable to get the flames entirely extinguished until thc roof of the nurses' ward ( between twenty and thirty feet square ) was burned off , the ceilings below damaged by water , and thu beds and otner furniture severely injured , by hasty remouU , d * o . Tbe origin of the disaster has been traced to the orerheating of a steve . The damage is very considerable , but is covered by insurances in tho West of England Ofiice .

      Drbadful Accidknt ano Dkatii . —Last week a poor woman Batued Jean Campbell , who was tot'illj destitute , called at the shop of an old master , at the foot of _Loanwells-street , Paisiey , for shelter during the night , lie gave her a little supper , and allowed her to sleep before the fire . About six in the morning a man who lived near the house heard a strange and fearful cry . lie instantly rose and went dowu _stairc , but by the time he got in , her clothes , which had caught fire , were consumed , and the skin was burnt off , and hanging from some parts of her body . One of her eyes was burnt black , and the oilier much injured . She lived till nine in the iiiurning , and expired . She had also fallen and cut her head during the awful _struggle .

      Talis, Fistul.*:, Akd Beaiunos-Down. — A...

      Talis , Fistul . * :, akd Beaiunos-down . — A wonderful Cure of " Abernetliy ' s I'ile Ointment . "—Itt . Wlieilicra . il , of _C'lapliiim Common , Surrey , hud been sureial years afllifteil with piles and fistula-, besides a general bearing-down of tlie most painful nature . He had tried _a'Jiute-rii'il _medidnes for that complaint without _eleriring the least benefit . He wusadris . dby ufriend to purchase a pot of " Abernethy ' s l'Lle- Ointment , " and on thc first application found great relief , and by using three 4 s . ( id . pots wns completely cured , and has not had a return , wliich is now eighteen months _sisce ho used the ointment . Blaih ' s Gout and Rheumatic Pills effectually euro every

      description of Gout , Rheumatic Gout , Rheumatism , Lumbago , 'Hie Doloreus , l ' ains in the Head or l ' uee , «! ke . Tiiey are recommended to the afflicted with a confidence , urising ; from experience , as one of the valuable results of the improved state of Medical Science , and the only efficient _romBily ever discovered for these disorders . The continued authenticated proofs of decided approbation sent , unsolicited , to the proprietor , from all parts of the kiiigdom and from all classes of society , with a rapidly increasing sale , and demand for them ut home and abroad unparalleled , fully warrants tho assurance that no person subject to such complaints will , after a trial , ever b _» without them . Sold by nil medicine verniers , Trice'Js-3 d * per box . Observe the name of " Thomas Prout , 229 , Strand , London , " ou the _government stump ! -

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      © aitral _Jntelliffenee

      Hugh Gasomktbb.—The Corporation Of Msn« ...

      Hugh _Gasomktbb . —The Corporation of _Msn « Chester aro preparing to orect another huge gasometer to bold 200 , 000 cubic feet , and if mado on the telescope plan , it will contain 400 , 000 cubic feet of gas . It was ouly a short time ago ( 18-10 1 that a similar addition to the present enormous establish - ment was made . What the entire of the works will bo in a few years hence , he would be a beld man to guess . Glass _Corrins . —A patent has been taken out for making coffins of glass by a mould , or of thick plates nf china , joined together by a durable cement , or of wooaen cases lined with plates of glass .

      Prussian _Ausistt .- The Cologne Gazette says it is assured that , on ths day fixed forthe first meeting of the United Diet at Berlin , the King of Prussia willannounce a general amnesty for political offence- * . WAn . —The French papers state that great warlike preparations are making in Germany . _BnouaiuM Again . —It is reported that Lord _Brougham is about topublish a translation of Dante , which he wrote during his youth . Fi . Ax .--M . nny of tho Norfolk farmers hare lately turned their attention toflix-growing . Thk Navt . —The Admiralty h « s issued an order prohibiting the entry of any more boy 3 for tInnary .

      it ii - _" r _^ * M-The _psrsonal property of the late Samuel lloare , Esq ., the banker , in _Lornbard-street , has been _ralued at 4120 , 000 . lH _* 5 Great _BniTAis . —The _Newi-y Telegraph state tlut the Great Britain is , now secure in Dundru tfay , 5 . 000 bundles of faggots having been so plac as to afford an effectual breakwater . ii m T , . ob- * — An _unventilated den called the b " ackhole , " at Warwick , is at length to be done away with after 20 years' presentments from the Court Leet . _ Work —The Marquis of Headford , savs the

      Galway Vindicator , is using every exertion for the purpose of having the women and girls in Navan employed in spinning and knitting : Done Fort . —Mr . F . Ricltetts , formerly chairman of the Bristol and Exeter Railway , has become bankrupt , _throu- _'h unfortunate railway speculations ; hia liabilities are said to amount to nearly half a million . VVhat would _Ossian Sat ?—The Ossianic Society of Glasgow has been presented with the Gaelic logbook of a ship during a voyage between _Glasgow and the West Indies . It is supposed that the Gaelic language had nerer before been used for such a

      purpose . Exaiiplb Better ntA _* v _Pukcem . —Lord Northampton , whose epistolary performances have so frequently surprised the public , is to be the President of the Preceptors' Association . Is this to show what is wanted ? Tue Carnival at Malta . —Letters from Malta r > ention that this year the native population has been allowed to enjoy its ancient privilego of keeping carnival on Sunday , which our readers will recollect was last year prohibited by an unlawful edict of Sir Patrick Stuart , the Governor ; or rather by a mere notice of tho head of the police , which act wag brought ur . der the notice of Parliament . The Benefit for the distressed Irish and Scotch , at her Majesty ' s Theatre , on Thursday , produced upwards of £ 1 . 300 .

      Novel Import mom the United States . —YV _« understand that a quantity of fresh pork was received from New York by the Oxford packet-ship , and is now on sale by Mr . Charles Taylor , of Oldham-stveet . —Manchester Guardian . The _Dbbcbndant op ths Last op the BAno . _vs . — The heralds' officers , within tho last month , have found the head of all the Nevilles—the lineal descendant ofthe proud Earl of Warwick who made kings at pleasure—a journeyman boot-closer at Northampton . —Leicester Mercury , Curious _Discovery —Last week , in one of the shafts of the tunnel at Craigend , the workmen carae upon a considerable block of rock salt . Dr . Cronin Bailf . d at Judge ' s Chambers . —On Friday Dr . Denis Cronin was liberated on bail—the doctor himself in the sum of £ 80 , and his friends _. Dr . Venables and Mr , Harding , in the sum of £ -10 each .

      Remarkable Escape . —At tbe Edinbugh theatre , on Tuesday , a man named Macdonald , a printer , who appears to havo been top-heavy , fell orer the front of the upper gallery into the pit , a height of about thirty feet . IUb fall was broken by alighting between two gentlemen , who were _butslightly injured , and the man himself was tak _« n to the Royal Infirmary , where it was found that he had sustained no very serious hurt . Drainage in Caithness . —Drainage is working wonders in this district . Bogs and lochs , of all sorts and sixes , are rapidly disappearing , and giving cheering promise of being speedily converted into fruitful fields . Amongst other singular circumstances connected

      with _thissubject is the following : —In the ) _eat 1792 , a horse sank alive in a bog at Clyth . On 4 th Feb ., 18 * 47 , or about half a century afterwards , the bones of the horse were discovered by the drainers , who are ontirel y ' sweeptng away thelast _vesticeof the bog . St . David ' s Dat . —Monday being St . David ' s Day , the Ancient and Honourable Society of Ancient Britons celebrated their 133 d anniversary . The members of the Society and the children of the schools attended divine service in the afternoon at St . James ' sCburch , Piccadilly ; the prayers were read in the ancient British language by the Rev . Mr . Edwards , the chaplain to the Institution , and a sermon was preached in English by the Bishop oi Worcester . In the erening the Society dined at the Freemasons' Tavern .

      Pru _» _- * ian National Guard . _—According to a Ger * man paper the King of Prussia has _authorised the formation of a sort of national or cirie guard , for tho . purposes of police , in case of'disturbances . Distress w Gallicia . .- The owners of estates in _sereral districts bave been ordered by the authorities to send certain quantities of corn to market , and to sell at _^ a given price . Great misery still prevails in Gallicia , principally on account of large tracts of land not having been cultivated last year . A Dead Negro in aTreacl * e Cask . !—A shopkeeper at Kirriemuir , finding it more and more

      difficult to get his treacle to run out of the cask , resolved on breakine ; off the upper end , to ascertain the cause ; when to hia horror he found &\ dead piccaninny , or young negro , in an advanced stage of decomposition . The disgusting story flew through our town like wildfire , and the effect thereof produced on those who had partaken of the contents of tbat particular barrel may be imagined . The remainder was turned out ofthe jars into the dunghills , treacle ale poured into the kennels , while extra doses of purgative medicines were swallowed by all concerned , and from henceforth nerer will molasses sell in this quarter until it be ascertained whether or not it may contain

      a negro corpse . Legal Quert . —A correspondent writes to inquire whether the keeper of a beer-shop , licensed not to be drunk on the premises , is liable to a fine should he or his wife be drunk there ! Food Riots took place on the 23 th ult ., in the Prussian town of Salzwedol , and ten wagons laden with potatoes , which had just arrived from Hanover , were plundered by thc mob ; but order was restored without blood being shed . Thb Poor Law . —The YorksMmnan accuses the York Board of Guardians of " slowly murdering " the workhouse poor . Tlie surgeon reports a shocking want of cleanliness and ventilation in the sick wards ; This is a serious charge . Bread is Paris . —The price of bread is now higher in Paris than it has been for thc last fifty years . State of Ceylon . —A writer in tho Ceylon Times represents that colony as tho most tractable which Britain possesses , there having been no disturbance in it for twenty-six years , and yet the colonists are made to pay 25 per cent , of revenue for military

      purposes . Mrs . Butler . —This tragedian has entered into an engagement to perform at the Princess ' s Theatre . Literature . —No fewer than 289 monthly publications , of all kinds , appear at present in London . A Lion Tamer , named Isaao Nicholls , belonging to Batty ' _s travelling menagerie , died last week at Leeds from wounds inflicted upon him by a lion on tho 12 th of December last . The Far North . —A . news-room , says the John o ' Grout Journal , has been established in Lerwick ( Shetland ) . —What would Magnus Troil havo said to that ? _Diddin . —A monument is proposed tobe erected in St . James' Church , Camden Town , to the memory of Charles Dibdin .

      The Fall op _Crsoow . —A paper on this important and deeply exciting topic was read on Tuesday erening at the usual meeting ofthe Ethical Society , at the Falcon , Fetter-lane , by M . Multer , a natire of Wirtemberg . The address of M . Muller , which embraced all tho points _tjf recent Polish history , and of the treaty entered into for the preserration of the last poor remnant of nationality , was Iii _eg-lto with profound attention . _BLBKDiNe . — «• What , " asked Mr . _Meager ; of tha Galway electors , "hasconverted you from tho cause , in thc defenco of which , in ' 43 you would hare passionately bled V—Would hare pa ssionately bled t They turn * bled , and freely toe ; perhaps that converted them . —Douglas Jerrold . Funeral op Palapox .-TIio funeral obsequies of

      Palafox , Duke of Saragossa . have been ceieorawa with much military pomp . From _® to _% _™ _W » attended the cor teae . It was remarked that not one royal _Shiiie was amongst them , notwithstanding i ' r . . 1 it tho apotheosis of Montes d'Oca , who wmshot _^ _( brrebelhon in Vittoria in 1841 . Dc r _« _thnc _tso _i » _ofall arms preceded and followed he hearse Tho honours paid him wero those _TOoSig \ - _hisnnk as Field- Marshal . He was buried in the church of Atochn ; and , on the coffin being lowored into the grave , funeral ovations were pronounced by several friends of the deceased ; amongst the rest by Galiano , and Gens _»» l Nam 6 "" . The latter called on the general * who _surrouaded him to imitato the defender of _Saragosafc in his lore for his country and his country ' s _independence ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 6, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_06031847/page/3/