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      May 9, 1846. The Northern Star. . I

      May 9 , 1846 . THE NORTHERN STAR . . I

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      " Beautiesjof Byron. No. Xxxvi. "Berro.'...

      " BEAUTIESjOF BYRON . no . XXXVI . "BErro . _' ! "Beppo waa written at Venice , in October , 1817 , and acquired great popularity immediately on its pubncation , inthe _Mayofthefollovmgyear . Lord Ethos ' s letters showed that he attached very little iimwrtanee toitattuetirae . _Hewasnotawaretoat he bad opened a . new vein , in which Bis genius was destined to work out some of its brightest triumphs . " Beppo is an amusing production—the precursor of Don Joan . THE CLKSTVAZ .. 1 T .-1 H .. J ! l . V _ U _1-IlJll _«^ u » _l THE C _1 SSIVAT * . lis knownat least it should bethat

      ' , , throughout All countries of the Catholic persuasion , Some weeks before Shrove-Tuesday comes about , The people take their fill of recreation And boy repentance ere they grow devout _. However high theu * rank , or low their station , With fiddling , feasting , dancing , drinking , tnasauing And other things which may be had for asking . The moment night with dusky mantle covers The skies ( and the more duskily the better ) , The time less liked by husbands than by lovers Begins , and prudery fliBgs aside her fetters ; And gaiety on restless Qptae hovers , Giggling with all the gallants who beset her : And there are songs and quavers , roaring , humming Guitars , and every other sort of strumming . And there are dresses splendid , bat fantastical .

      Masks of all times and nations , Turks and Jews , And harlequins and clowns , with feats gymnastical ; Greeks , Romans , Yankee-doodles , and Hindoos ; All kinds of dress , except the ecclesiastical , All people , as their fancies bit , may choose , Bat no oue in taese parts may _qaiz the clergy , — Therefore take heed , ye Freethinkers ! I charge ye . You'd better walk about begirt mth . briars , Instead of coat and smallclothes , than pot on A single stitch reflecting _apon friars , Although J OU 5 wore it only was in fun ; They'd haul you o'er the coals , and stir the fires Of Phlegethon with every mother's son , Kor say one mass to cool the caldron ' s bnbble TAai boil'd your bones , unless yoa paid them double .

      ITALY AMD XSCLAHD . "With all its sinful doings , I most say , That Italy ' s a pleasant place to me , "Who love to see the Son shine every day And vines ( not nail'd to walls ) from tree to tree _Festoon'd much like the back scene of a play , Ormelodrame , which people flock to see , "When the first act is ended by a dance In vineyards copied from the south of France . I like on Autumn evenings to ride out Without being forced to bid my groom be sure My cloak is round his middle strapped about , Because tbe skies are not the most secure ; I know , too , that if stopped npon my route , Where the green alleys windingly allure , Reeling with grapes red waggons choke tbe way , — In England 'twould be dang , dust , or a dray . J also like to dine on becaficas ,

      To see the Son set , sure bell rise to-morrow , Sot through a misty morning , twinkling weak as A dmnken man ' s dead eye in maudlin sorrow , "But with all Heaven t * himself ; that day will break as Beauteous as cloudless , nor he forced to harrow That sort offarthing candlelight which glimmers "Where reeking London ' s smoky caldren simmers . I love the language , tbat soft bastard Latin , WMci melts like kisses from a female month , Asd sounds as if it should be writ on satin With syllables that breathe of the sweet south , And gentle liquids gliding all so pat in That not a single accent seems uncouth , Like onr harsh northern whistling , granting guttural "Wliich we ' re obliged to hiss , and spit , _andspntter all . I like the women too ( fomve my folly )

      From the rich peasant-cheek of ruddy bronze , And large black eyes that flash on you a volley Of rays that say a thousand things at once , Io the high dama ' s brow , more melancholy , Bnt clear , and with a wild and liquid glance , Heart on her lips and soul within her eyes , Soft as her clime , and sunny as her skies . "Eve ofthe land which still is paradise ! - Italian beauty I didst thou not inspire Raphael , who died in thy embrace , and vies With all we know of Heaven , or can desire , Iu what he hath bequeathed as f—in what guise , Though flashing from the fervour of the lyre , Would words describe thy past and present glow , While yet Canova can create below ! "England I with all thy faults I love thee still , " I said at Calais , and have not forgot it I like to speak and lucubrate my fUl ;

      I hike the government ( but that is not it ) ; I like tbe freedom of the press and quill ; I like the Habeas Corpus ( when we ' ve got it ) ; I like a parliamentary debate , Parficularlj when't is not too late ; I like the taxes , when they ' re sot too many ; I like a sea-coal fire , when not too dear ; I like a beef-steak , too , as weU as any ; Have no objection to a pot of beer ; I like the weather , when it is not rainy ; That is , I like two months of every year . And so Cod save the Regent , Church , and King ! Which means that I hike all and every thing !

      Songs For The People. So. Xm. The Streng...

      SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE . so . xm . THE STRENGTH OF TYRASHY . The tyrants chains are only strong While slaves submit to -wear them j And , who could bind them on the throng Determin'd not to bear them * Thea clank your chains ! e ' en though the links Were light as fashion ' s feather , The heart , whicli r ightly feels and thinks , Would cast them altogether . The lord ? of earth are only great While others clothe and feed them ! Bat , what were all their pride and state Should labour cease to heed them ? The swain is higher than a king : Before the Laws of Kature The monarch were a worthless thing , Tbe swain—a useful creature .

      We toil , we spin , we delve the mine , Sustaining each his neighbour : And , who can show a right divine To rob us of our labour ? We rash to battle—bear the lot In every ill and danger—And , who shall make the peaceful cot To homely joy a stranger ! Perish all tyrants , far and near Beneath ths chains that bind us : And perish , too , that servile fear Which makes the slaves they find as , One grand—one universal claim— - One peal of moral thunder—One glorious burst , in freedom ' s name , And rend our bonds asunder I Cbashs Cove , a London Mechanic

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      Taits Edinburgh Magazine. Mit. Edinburgh...

      TAITS EDINBURGH MAGAZINE . MiT . Edinburgh : Tait , Princes Street . London : _Sunpfcin and Marshall . Tait _onens this month with an article on " The Tariff and the Oregon , " by an Englishman in America . The letter is , however , dated aa fer bach as February last , and is , therefore , somewhat stale . The " EngUshman" handles our American friends rather severely , but oa some points the justice of his censure cannot be denied . Regarding the worst as but two probable , he nevertheless hopes for the best —for peace , we hopewith _iiirn . A review of" Bell ' s Lite of Canning , " is rather too eulogistic of tuft _, political trafficker , to please us . " His death , " says the reviewer , " was universally felt as a national calamity and mourned over as a private sorrow . "

      This is rather " strong . Did the writer in Tait Bever hear ofthe two famous Registers by Cobbbtt ; the ono on Cassisg ' s death , the other on his burial ? Those Registers tell a very different tale ; and for our part we most beg permission toacceptCoBBHii ' _s history of his own times before any version of that history bythe writer in Tait . Cassisg ' s biographer admits that his hero was a traitor to the principles of * qIb youth , a traitor even while he was yet * youth ; and if we are to believe the tale told by Mr . Baa , , we cannot shut our eyes to the fact that _CassisGwasnot merely a turncoat , but an informer , flaring first obtained the confidenceof Godwin and the Reformers , and being put _iupossei-aonof their secret—a projected revolution—he communicated that secret to Pitt , and was rewarded for his treachery with an undersecretarjship of state . Of course , like all apostates , he signalised Mb after life by ridiculing and denouncing ihe principles , the advocacy of whieh had

      first gained him notoriety , and persecuting the men whom he bated because , unlike himself , they had not abandoned tbeir principles . Through all his career from the time of his treachery to Godwin , he was one of the readiest and most malignant opponents of reforpn . The sufferings and rights of the many , were by him ever treated witbjbrutal _jestsandfoal-moulhed abase . Be delighted to figure as parliamentary buffoon , and "tbe revered and ruptured Ogden , " will long be remembered as one of the choice witticisms with which he was used to set his brother rascals of St . _Stephen ' s tax-trap "in a roar . " Even within the year of his death , when protending to bare become a great "liberal , " he declared—emphatically and insolently declared—that he would oppose parliamentary reform to the latest hour of his existence . If Mr . Beii will send us his " Life of the Right Hon ., & c " we promise him we will do _hurhero justice . W should lik « Tery weUto devote acolum

      Taits Edinburgh Magazine. Mit. Edinburgh...

      j i 1 or two to thejraWect , but this week we cannot afford _modl _^ _Mo'dlhtnatW viction , _thatrCaiiNiKO was one ofthe worst of men in the woret of time ; a clever and flash y knave he was —but not the less a knave—to whose memory the people owe nothing but hatred and scorn . Colonel Johnson ' s beautiful romance of " Jennv Basket , " is concluded in this number ; but a new fiction is commenced under thetitleof " Truthand Falsehood , " from the peri of Elizabeth Thornton , which promises

      1 i , ! to be interesting ; Spain supplies the scene of the new story , and the movingadventures are sufficiently Spanish to gratify the reader . There are two brief , but pleasing reviews in this number of " The King of Saxony ' s Journey through England and Scotland , " and the " Travels of Mohan Lai . " There is also some good poetry by Elizabeth Roberts , J . Walker Obd , Caldeb Campbell , and Mrs . _Tisslet ; this last named lady ' s lines on the Centenary of the Battle of Culldden , " are truly beautiful . There is nothing very striking in this month ' s number ot Tait' but the articles are generally readable and entertaining .

      The Almanack Of The Month.-Mat.-London: ...

      THE ALMANACK OF THE MONTH .-Mat .-London : _PuncA . Office , 85 , Fleet Street . As usual this Almanack contains lots of good things , hut we must take exception to one article , that headed " Our Library Table / ' wherein is volunteered a most ridiculous , would-be chivalrous defence of Royalty , and Prince Albert ' s pension , in _^ reply to the just and sensible strictures of tbat excellent publication the Popular Informant . Joking is all very well in it * way , but joking will not clothe ragged backs , fill hungry bellies , and bestow comfort upon the wretched plundered thousands who are constantly suffering the extreme of misery , while

      pampered idlers are clad in purple and not in abundance , caring nothing for the miserable condition of those from whose labour they derive their unjust superfluities . The true Tory defence of "Royalty contained in the article alluded to , may tend to make the Almanack of the Month popular with the flunkies of the palace , but is not likely to add to its friends among the people . We advise Mr . A'Bsckeii to leave such nonsense , for the future , to the congenial columns of the Join IhiB . The principal topics of the month are capitally quizzed both in prose and poetry , and there is hardly a page which does not afford rare entertainment for all joke-loving readers . We subjoin a few jokes from

      TBE TALK OF THE H 0 NTH . The April Fool of the Month . —The Earl of St , Germans played off some capital jokes on the first of April . Most of tbe letters which should have been deli _, vered on March 31 st were kept back purposely till the following day . "We regret to state that one of the sufferers was the "Duke of Cambridge , to whom an invitation for the 31 st had been sent to preside at a public dinner . The mortification of his Rojal Highness at receiving it » day too late can be—to make nse ef the nervous language of the penny a-liner— " much better conceived than described . " : FiF * rxis Million Apbil Fools— "Prussia was particularly favoured in April Fools this year , for it was confi . dently reported in all the papers that the constitution which the king had so long promised his subjects , would , without fail , be published on the first of April .

      " If tod bave T * _tias muspam to shed them now . "A young painter who bad been exhibiting a portrait of Louis-Philippe with a crown of glory round his white hat , was met at the ' door of the Louvre by one of his friends . " Why , Raphael , what ' s the matter ? You look so pale , and you are in the deepest mourning . " — - " Wby , my dear friend , X 6 ee yoa haven't heard of my _calamity . . Yesterday I was decorated with the cross of the Legion of Honour !" An _Unexpected Blessing . —The fog was so intense one day last month , that the whole of Trafalgar Square was completely concealed from view from 10 A . M ., to 3 P . H . Here are some capital

      POLITICAL MAXIMS . The son never sets on the _English dominions—and we show our gratitude by taxing the light that comes from it . —If nature really abhors a vacuum , whata hatred she must have of a Queen's Speech!—China has its opium —bnt hasn ' t England its debates I—O'Conndl's motto is : "Bents carefully collected . "— £ 70 , 000 were voted for the Queen ' s horses in the same year that £ 10 , 000 were given for the education of the people . The reason of the difference was because the former are fed with corn , and tbe latter with chaff . —The National Gallery may be justly deemed one of the " Burdens on Land . "—The sense of the House of Commons is always the last thing that a Minister thinks of taking . —The reason ladies are excluded from the House of Commons , is because it is fonnd there is talk enough without them . —Tbe only per son who is safe in Ireland is the Cove of Cork . —The nearest approximation that has ever been made to the discovery of the longitude , have been the speeches on the Cora Law Debate .

      The Connoisseur. May. London: E. Mackenz...

      THE CONNOISSEUR . May . London : E . Mackenzie , 111 , Fleet-street . This number opens with a review of the paintings , sculpture , and other works o f art , forming the present annual exhibition at the Louvre , and will be interesting to tbe numerous class of "tarry-at-home travellers , " who must depend for their information concerning foreign art upon the fortunate few who , like the editor of the Connoisseur , may see with their own eyes , and be gratified or disappointed as the case maybe . Artists are amongst the loudest of grumblers with respect to government patronage , having ever on their lips the , assertion that " they manage these things better in France , " but it is very questionable if such management is at all advantageous

      to artists , or at least Btimulatweof excellence in art , It appears that in the present exhibition there are a great number of large pictures , chiefly religious subjects that have been painted by command of the _kingortheministre- . de _1 'interieur , which ( according to the Connoisseur ) are mere botches , —collo _^ sal specimens of insufficiency . But there _ie a reason for this ; it appears that " religious painting in France has become a means of political corruption . " " If the ministry would procure tbe election ofa deputy of the centre it presents a . Martyrdom , to the church of the _arrondizementhe wonld represent ; but as the government must be carried on at the lowest figure of expence ,. andasaconhoisseurshipisnot exigeant in the provinces , . the minister obtains his means as

      cheaply as possible , and sets his own price upon the talent of tbe artist : thus the politico-religious canvasses are covered to order at from two to three thousand francs each , or from eighty to one hundred and twenty pounds for some two hundred square feet of painting ! Now , in producing such subjects , the artist must pay at least a thousand francs for canvas , models , and colours , and there remains about a thousand francs of remuneration for his six months' labour ! So much for the French government patronage of which Englishmen talk so highly ! Of course as these prices are not temptations to artists of reputation , we bare at once an explanation ofthe extreme mediocrity of these extensive botches , and why they occupy the best places . " How well this compound

      of corruption and meanness accords with the political character of honest Louis Philippe , affording another illustration of the dirty doings of this king of the shopocracy . The remaining articles are on the nsual topics , but we think hardly so interesting to the general reader as we usually find them . This number is embellished with a beautifully executed portrait of MicH 4 . fi , Asgelo , from a painting by himself , forming one of the series of lithographs drawn by C . H . Mag pike , whose { productions we have repeatedly and justly lauded . Ia an article in tbe present number , the editor replies to the cavillings of certain parties who appear to have smarted under the criticism of bis pen , complaining of his " severity . " The editor remarks of the comp lainants ; — " The opinion ofthe publie is sought ; if in some casesitisgiven-ia soft , honied words , great is the

      joy ; but if , on the other hand , Borne not very complimentary phrases are deservedly delivered , the outcry is against the person who boldly tells the truth _, lie , forsooth , has no business to injure the feelings of the other ! His observations mig ht have been uttered in more soothing terms ; to say the least , they were uncalled for ! ' This is the position we would resist , for at this rate , criticism would descend into a mere mass ef gross flattery . " Well does the Contwitteur say that " a eritic ought to have no partyhe has nothing to do with the individual ; " his duty should be performed quite independent of all personal considerations . For ourselves we are no well satisfied with the impartiality and the ability of the WrUers _, in tbe Connoisseur , that we bid | them go on and prosper ; maintaining their _publication as " the harbour of refuge for honesty , " and the terror of quacks and quackery .

      Punch. Part Tvin. London: Punch Office, ...

      PUNCH . Part tvin . London : Punch Office , 85 , Fleet Street . We are sorry to note a falling off in Punch which we hope will be but temporary . In the present part the illustrations are very inferior , and the contents generally are not at all equal to the " spicy " outpourings which not long since delighted the publicthe world . There is one exception , the series of articles on " The Snobs of England , " worthy of Punch in its best days . The writer , apeaking of noble snobs , " gives the _following description of

      WHAT SNOBS ADH 1 BE . SuppoBe he ib a young nobleman ofa literary turn , and published poems ever so foolish and feeble , the Snobs would purchase thousands of his volumes : the publishers ( who refused my Passion-Flowers , and my grand Epic at amy price ) wonld give him Ms own . Suppose lie is a nobleman of a jovial turn , and hae a . fancy for wrenching off knockers , frequenting gin-shops , and half murdering policemen ; the public will sympathise good-naturedly with his amusements , and say he is a hearty , honest fellow . Suppose he is fond of play and the turf , and has a fancy to be a blackleg , and occasionally condescends to pluck a pigeon at cards ; the public will pardon him , and many honest people will court him , as they would court a housebreaker , if he happened to be a Lord . Suppose he is an idiot ; yet by the glorious constitution , he's good enough to govern ut . Suppose he is an honest , highminded gentleman ; so much the better for himself . But

      Punch. Part Tvin. London: Punch Office, ...

      _|* _£ , : \' ' ' _^ i \ j- ¦¦ ' ¦ - ' ¦ •" ' ¦ _i ' V * ' i X he may be _anassfand yet respected ; or a ruffian , ' and yet" Wexceedlngl ypopular ; or aroguennd jet excuse * will be round , forhim . Snobs will still . worship him , male _Saobs will do him honour , and females look kindly upon him , however hideous he may be .

      NOBLE AND CIVIC SNUBS . Our . City Snobs have the game mania of aristocratic marriages . I like to see such . I am of a savage and envious nature , —I like to see those two humbugs which , dividing , as they do , the social empire of this kingdom between them , hate eaeh other naturaU y—making truce and unitlng- ' -for the sordid interests of either . I like to see an old aristocrat swelling with pride bf race , the decendant of illustrious "Norman robbers , whose blood has been pure for centuries , and who looks down on common Englishmen as a free-born American does on a nigger . I like to see old Stiffneck obliged to bow down bis head and swallow his infernal pride , and drink the cup of

      humiliation poured out by rump and Aldgate ' e butler . " Pump and Aldgate , " says he , " yourgrandfather was a bricklayer , and his hod is still kept in the bank , Your pedigree begins in a workhouse ; mine can be dated from all the royal palaces of Europe . I came over with the Conqueror : I am own cousin to Charles Martel _, Orlando Furioso , Philip Augustus , Peter the Cruel , and Frederic Barbarossa . I quarter the Royal arms of Brentford in my coat . I despise you , but I want money ; and I will sell ' you my beloved daughter , Blanch Stiffneck , for a hundred thousand pounds , to pay off mortgages . Let your son marry her , and she shall become Lady Blanch Pump and Aldgate . "

      Old Pump and Aldgate clutches at the bargain . And a comfortable thing it is to think that birth ean be bought for money . So you leara to value it . Why should we , who don't possess it set a higher store on it than those who do ? Perhaps the best use of that book , the Peerage , is to look down the liBt , and see how many have bought and sold birth , —how poor sprigs of nobility somehow sell themselves to rich City Snobs' daughters , how rieh City Snobs purchase noble ladies—and so to admire the double baseness ofthe bargain , * . * ... . * * ' ' It used to be the custom of some very old-fashioned clubs in the City , when a gentleman asked for change for a guinea , always to bring it to him in washed silver : that

      which bad passed immediately . out of the . bands of the _ruhjar being considered " as too coarse to soil a gentleman ' s fingers . " So when thw City Snob ' s money has been washed during a generation or so ; has been washed into estates , and woods , and castles and mansions ; it is allowed to pass current as real aristocratic coin . Old Pump sweeps a shep , runs of messages , becomes a confidential clerk and partner . Pump the Second becomes chief of the house , spins more and more money , marries hig son to an Earl ' s daughter . Pump Tertius goes on with the bank ; but his chief business in life is to become the father of Pump Quartus , who comes out a full-blown aristocrat , and takes his seat as Baron Fumpington , and his race rules hereditarily over this nation of Snobs .

      A New Poet! In Our First Page Will Be Fo...

      A NEW POET ! In our first page will be found a letter from a gen . tleman addressed to the Chartist body , offering himself a . candidate for election to the next Chartist Convention . Judging by his letter , the writer appears to be a frank , straightforward man , possessing the three grand requisites for a popular representativehonesty , talent , and enthusiasm . Mr . Jones feels that he has a mission to perform , and we doubt not but that some one or more localities . will accept his services , if on closer acquaintance his views are found in accordance with those held bv the great body of the Chartists . Of course , it will be the duty of those

      who may be disposed to _appointor . Jones their representative to fully satisfy themselves as to the " orthodoxy" of his principles . Our business is with another subject . Since the receipt of Mr . Jones ' s letter , a friend bas informed us that the new candidate for Chartist honours is a Poet , and a poet too of high pretensions if we may accept the praises of his critics . In the New Quarterly Review published in January last appeared a review _. of a poem entitled "My Life , " published by __ Mr . Newby , _Mortimer-street . When we say " published , " we should say the first part only was published . Thus saith the critic in the New Quarterly Review : —

      The first part of this pleasing work lies before us . It contains mere pregnant thoughts , more bursts of lyric power , more , in fine , ofthe purely grand and beautiful , than any poetical work which has made its appeaance for years , ii we except the magnificent productions of Browning , and perhaps the lays of Tennyson . The author of this poem is Mr . Ernest Jones . Be it observed , . that we have not seen the poem , except such portions as are contained in the few extracts given in the Quarterly , we , therefore , cannot affirm the decision of the Quarterly reviewer . We must be in a position to judge for ourselves before we give an opinion ; we read before we review : nevertheless we may give another extract or two from our contemporary , which shall also include an extract or two from the poem .

      The following is a passage from the ' Introduction , ' pourtraying the career of many a modern patriot . The author teUs ns , he has seen hopes arise , and hopes depart , and ardour die away , and manhood scorn youth ' s virtue ; and now , in pursuance of this monitory strain , he continues : — Have met the young man , ardent all , Starting on fire at glory ' s call ; Have heard him , too , with patriot grace Refuse—yes ! even refuse a place ! And , yet invincible to bribe , Launch forth his noble diatribe ; Have heard him coughed and jested down , Alike in parliament and town :. For every one was held uncouth

      Who smacked of honesty and truth , — Till drawn to Fashion ' s shot-silk banners , She taught him principles and manners : False Beauty ' s _smileylike snares were spread , Cold Irony's keen arrows sped ; While bright before his eyes were set Gay ribbon , star , and coronet , All , all the hopes of joy and ease , At that one price alone—to please ! To please I—to dress by fashion ' s glass- To serve the few , and spurn the mats ; Cease to be bold , and frank , and hearty , Abandon country for a party 1

      White dignities were let for hire , The highest bidder still the buyer , Till little of the man remained , And country lost what party gained . At first I have beheld him burn , Then stand—then waver—and then turn ; How few could brave—how few could shun The many bearing on the one ! Oh ! who the tempting could withstand % Who would not choose tlie safe left hand , Within the _csurtly harbour get , And anchor with a coronet , Held by a ribbon from afar , And blazoned , bondsman ! by a star f

      The epigrammatic and forcible terseness , the apt and choice phraseology , of this passage , is fully apparent . We cannotpause , however , for remark . Suffice it to say , that this whole introduction is a species of protest against tbe _indifferentism and political , social , and religious _hollowness ofthe day , with some explanation of the causes from which this work was undertaken . Here is a remembrance of the poet ' s sister , and their father ' s borne : — But oh ! a dream of ehildhood ' s day , On winter sere one summer ray , One flower to plant above a tomb , To warm the frost , and light the gloom . Grace ! Grace ! my sister , spirit-sainted ,

      Sweet visioned thought , all angel-painted , That makes my worn heart leap and _siBg , And memory turn to thanksgiving ! Dost thon remember that old room , Oppressive with ancestral gloom , "With heavy carvings quaint and dark , And windows opening on the park , Through " which the sunset-glades were seen , And old oaks , trooped on pastures green , Forth standing in the golden glow , With clouds above and flowers below ; Like knightly champions set to screen With leafy shields from charging storm , The tender blossoms shrinking form 1 "

      Again : — The house-clock rung the homeward toll—Dusk shadow crowned the beech en knoll , — The mitts crept round with large , dim tears , Forth shadowing * of uprising years , — The night drew in with darksome weather , — Thus passed our childhood's last together . After bestowing the warmest praise upon the above and other specimens of the poem , the Quarterly reviewer adds!— " Finally , we may say of this poem ,

      that for alternate pathos and epigrammatic vigour , it has few , very few , equals . " One thing is certain , that Mr . Jones is possessed of talents which will make him a valuable acquisition to the democratic ranks . It is a glorious proof of the progress of democratic principles , that in spite of force and fraud , political and social persecution , such men as Mr . Jones are avowing themselves converts to Chartism , anxious to do their share in promoting thc triumph of the good cause . That triumph will come !

      Fatal Accideet At An Hotel.—On Tuesday Mr. Wakley, M.P,, Held An Inquest At The London Uni-

      Fatal _Accideet at an Hotel . —On Tuesday Mr . Wakley , M . P ,, held an inquest at the London Uni-

      Versity College , On The Body Of Thomas ...

      versity College , on the body of Thomas Wells , aged fifty-three years . The deceased was bead-waiter at Hick s Hotel , Duke-street , Manchester-square , and bore a most excellent character . About halt-past eleven on Friday ni ght he was about to descend the kitchen stairs , when being seized with a fit , he fell , and was precipitated to the bottom striking his head against the stone floor , and he sustained an injury which proved . fatal . A surgeon was immediately called , who recommended his removal to the hospital , and he was forthwith taken thither , but expired in a few minutes after his admission . The house-surgeon proved death to be the result of the injuries consequent upon the fall . Verdict , " Accidental death . "

      ;J * J Tiie Church. Dear Protestants! Yo...

      ; J * J TIIE CHURCH . Dear Protestants ! you see my Muse grows riotous ! A nd longs to bully Prelate ; Pope , and Priest , When , lo _l some Benedictine Monk says , " Why at us Cut so severely ?—look at home at l « ast . , : But do not , if you're prudent—try at us ! . ( Who are of human dough the working yeast ) , But while I own my Creed is grub and gammon !—Religion , as reformed by you is—Mammon !" ( Abbot of Florence , canto i . )

      In the Star of April 18 th we directed the attention of our readers to a publication issued by Mr . Effingham Wilson , Royal Exchange , entitled , ThePom tlar Informant . As we have already expressed our warm approval of this publication , it is not necessary that we should now , when again referring to it , do more than select a few extracts , whioh extractg will indeed better testify to the merits of the work than anything we could say in its favour . The following extracts-are from that portion of the Popular Informant devoted to an exposure of the rapacity of

      TBE ESTABLISHED _CHUBCH OF ENGLAND ANI ) _lSEbiiiU , The Church of England is paramount in England and Wales , and a branch of the same establishment in Ireland . The Sovereign ofthe realm is head ofthe Church of England ; and in that character nominates arehbishops and bishops , * assembles and dissolves _convoca . tions of the clergy , and is the last judge appealed to in ecclesiastical cases . The church is governed by two archbishops and twenty _, four bishops in England and Wales , and by twelve in Ireland . The clergy are technically divided into three classes , viz ., bishops , priests , and deacons . But they

      may more properly be classed as teueficed clergy , com . prising bishops , dignitaries , rectors , and vicars ; audnonbeneficed elergy , or curates ; in all amounting to about 13 , 800 individuals . The beneficed clergy may be subdivided into single beneficed and pluralist ( or those holding several livings ); into resident or non-resident . They are computed to amount to about 8 , 040 ( 7 , 190 in England and Wales , 850 in Ireland ) , and enjoy nineteen twentieths ofthe revenue of the ehurch . The _nsn-bene & ccd clergy , or curates , amount to 5 , 700 ( 5 , 200 in England and Wales , 650 in Ireland ) . They may be considered as fairly doing three-fourths of the work , and receiving less than one twentieth of the emolument , '

      The hearers of the Church of England are variously estimated at from seven and a half to fourteen millions , the former being probably nearest the truth .

      THE KEVEN O E OF THE C H O R C H Cannot be safely estimated at less than tan millions sterling in Great Britain and Ireland ; very plausible calculations raise it above eleven millions and a half . * # * # At least ten millions is tha turn paid to the clergy of the Church of Eagland for tending a snug little flock of fourteen ( or as some reckon , ten , or even seven and a half ) millions . The remaining Christians in the world are computed to amount to about 261 millions of different denominations , that is to say : —150 millions , Roman Catholics ; 60 millions of the Greek Church , and about 51 millions of Lutherans , _CaMmats' and Protestants ' of different sects . You have no doubt heard of the regal state of the pops

      and cardinals , and of the pomp and state displayed by the spiritual chief of a church of 150 millions of communicants , who is , at the same time , the temporal sovereign of three millions of people . You have no doubt ' heard of the magnificence of the Greek Church with its iconastas or screens , adorned with gold and silver plate , and pearls and jewels . You have heard perhaps of the Protestant Church of Sweden , with its archbishops , and bishop , sand regular _hierarrtiji You h » Ye heard ofthe Lutheran state Church , andCalvinistic establishment of Geneva ; but did you ever suspect , that all the revenues of all the clergy of all these 261 , 000 , 000 of Christians do not , in 1846 , exceed those which are received by the clergy of tbe Church of England for the cure ofthe fourteen millions (?) comprised within its holy paid

      . If therefore , it be tho only true church , and that the other 261 millions of Christians are wandering in the paths of damnable heresy , a fact I am not disposed to call in question , it is certainly not a cheap church—far from it , since its establishment is , in proportion , rather more than eighteen timeB more costly than all the others of Christendom taken at an average . It may be argued too , that as the Church of England is the true church , and all others in error , that they aro dear ; and our own is cheap at any price . But even if we admit that there Is more piety , learning , and truth

      in tbe Church of England , than in all the other churches . —with their 261 millions of misguided members—I do not think that the archbishop of Canterbury , or even the bishop of London ( and heaven knows at a pinch , he is not particular in what he says ) , will venture to assert tbat the Church of _England is more holy or effective now , than in the time ofthe apostles . Yet , its communicants were then , voluntarily , more than eighteen times poorer than even those Christian churches ef the present day , which are—very voluntarily I believe—eighteen times poorer than our own holy mother church .

      OBIGIN OF CHUBCH _PROPEMT . I know that it is argued , that the church has , right or wrong , an inalienable right to all endowments made throughout all ages , by princes , parliaments and private individuals , who chose to dispose of their substance in its favour . But if we refer to tbe origin of the first accumulation of property by a class of men _professinj evan . gelical poverty , we shall find them to have been made for the purpose , or under the pretext , of collecting it for the

      poor . It was on this understanding , that men contributed so freely to it in the early and middle ages ; and jou hare all heard how , as long as Catholicism existed in England , the monasteries and the convents doled out their alms to the poor , devoting one-fourth of their revenues to the indigent , as they continue to do , even to the present day , in southern Catholic countries . That is to say , that these trustees of Lazarus appropriated the fundi intended for his relief , to enable them to lead the life of Dives , though still allowing him the crumbs of his own meat , swept from their luxurious tables . But the Church of England , stepping Into the shoes ( I mean into the bishopries and livings ) of the Romish Church , practised no such deception ; for it denied Lazarus even the crumbs , and referred him to the more charitable laity with their Elizabethan Poor Law .

      This Church of _England , framed , as we are told , upon the model of the primitive apostolic church of Christ , now devours a revenue which more than doubles the amount of all the money levied throughout the country for the relief of the indigent under the name of poor rates .

      CHURCH BEFOBM . One half the revenue of the Church of England would more than suffice to support the poor , as tbej are ; now supported in the Union Workhouses ; but as this starvation system would be less charitable than to knock them on the head , God forbid that I should seriously suggest it to the reverend gentlemen in question . Let us rather imagine the abandonment of threefourths of their revenue for tbis benevolent purpose , which would be productive of the following advantages : — Firstly . —The rate-payers would be entirely relieved .

      Secondly . — As half the revenue ofthe Church of England equals all that is at _prenent spent in feeding and clothing the poor , it follows , that three-quarters of such revenue , if equably distributed , would furnish half more than is now doled out for their relief . They would thus , at least , enjoy sufficient of the first necessaries of life , to induce them to _abstaiu from devouring raw potatoes or from p icking rotten bones . Thirdly . — . The Church of England itself would spiritually benefit , by a nearer approach to evangelical poverty and simplicity : though even this would still be far remote * , because , if parting With three-quarters , and only retaining one-quarter ( or £ 2 , 500 , 000 ) of its revenue ; its clergy would be still three times better paid than that of France , which , with an income of less than one million and a half , has to fulfil the duty of tending a flock of more than thirty five millions of individuals .

      It would Still be twenty times better paid than the Greek , Roman Catholic and Protestant clergy in the Russian Empire , who receive something less than a half a million sterling , for ministering to the spiritual wants of more than 60 millions of Christians .

      COT awr / TBBOST AT THE CHOKCH _COBHOBANTS . A man may _ksep a private chaplain if lt suits him . He may line his pew at church with cedar , rose , or satinwood , and adorn it , if he choose , with spring cushions of crimson velvet ; but what would the world say of him , if he were guilty of this extravagance , whilst his relatives were Hungering in rags at the church-door ? The poor rates amounted to about seven millions _Stirling , before the n _« w Poor Law passed in 1834 . Man and wife—the mother and the child—were separated in the Union Prisons , and the paupers driven iuto them reduced to the lowest rations of the worst food which would keep life and soul together . All this was done to gava two _mi'iiaag sterling .

      If the country had been a wretchedly poor country , to which two millions was a great object , this cruel economy might have _beea painfully necessary ; but when we consider that ten millions a year are lavished on the Church , or more than four times the amount squeezed out of the sufferings ofthe poor , it becomes matter of doubt , whether it is more disgraceful for the nation to give , _« r for the successors of the poor and humble apostles to receive it . The above extracts may serve to indicate the views of the author ef the _Ityular Jnfon » ant > the statistical details we must pass over , as also all that the author says concerning the ini quitous Irish

      establishment . Eaob page of this portion of the work is headed with texts from the bible , sarcastically introduced as "Scriptural Authority for Church Revenues I" When having read some of the details of this awful exposure , the reader directs his eye to the ** texts " at the head of tbe page , the effect is not to be described . If priests could blush they might find cause for burning shame in these disclosures of their heartless rapacity ; bnt , as the Povular Informant well says , It is matter of doubt whether it is more disgraceful lor the Bucceseors of the poor and humble apostles to thus plunder the nation , or for tbe nation to submit to the robbery . We again recommend tbis excellent publication to our readers .

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      Loving Daskness rathbr than Light . —An edict has been posted on the walls of Home , denouncing the modern innovation of gas light , and ordering that all private gas works should be suppressed .

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      Thk Chinese Ransom . —On 'lhursdayanother instalment of the'Chinese ransom arrived _attheRcyal Mint in nine waggons , each druwr . by three horses _, and a cartdrawn by two horses , Th « value is upwards of half a million _sterling The treasure was escorted from Portsmouth , via Southampton Railway , to London , by a detachment of the military-Grekn Ginger . —The Severn steamer has brought a considerable parcel of West India ginger , in a ereen state , and as fresh in appearance as if just taken out of the ground , which is entered at the reduced duty of five shillings per cwt . The Leeos Electric _Telecr-ai-h . —We understand that the appliances necessary for the working of the electric telegraph will be completed on the Midland Railway to Leeds in another week . This extraordinary mode of communication has already

      been opened to York . _EtoPBMENT . —The gossips in Taunton have had an interesting subject to chat about during the last few days—an elopement—quite an event in these unroniantio , matter of-fact days . The gay Lothario was a _puoii in the house of a worthy clergyman , residing within two miles of Taunton , and the damsel nothing less than the rev . tutor ' s housemaid . It appears that for sometime the young gentleman had devoted himself to a moro interesting pursuit than perusing the rev . gentleman's classics , and last week they started to Bridgwater , and soon "tied the nuptial knot . " On returning , they divulged the secret , and a « ain started . The " happy" couple have not since been heard of , but having only £ 50 between them , tliey will doubtless soon return to their anxious friends . An uncle of the young man is in pursuit of tbe fugitives .

      Grkss Milk-fans . —The repeal ofthe duty on glass , which led to the employment of this substance as a material for pipes in the conveyance of water , has been succeeded by jts use for milk-pans . . . . Is Peggy . In ?—Last week a young girl , fresh from the West Highlands , came on a visit to a sister she had in Glasgow . At the outskirts of the town she stopped at a toll-bar and began to rap smartly on the gate . —The keeper , amused at the girl ' s actions and curious to know what she wanted , came out , and she very demurely interrogated him as follows : — "Is this Glasco ? " " Yes . " " Is Peggy in !" _Extbaobmnaky Showjjb _of Flies . —As a gentleman was entering Luton on Tuesday , in a chaise , he was suddenly almost blinded by what appeared dust driven by a gale of wind . On a more minute examination , he found the annoyance was caused by an

      immense multitude of fliei < . They came in successive armies for the space of half a mile , and often flew with such violence against the face of the driver , as to make it difficult for him to see his way . The fly was of the same general appearance as the common housefly , but not more than the eighth ef as inch in length . JNaubb . —Emma is from the German , and signifies a nurse ; Caroline , the noble-minded ; George , from the Greek , a farmer ; Martha , from Hebrew , bitterness ; the beautiful , though common name Mary , is Hebrew , and means a drop of salt water—a tear ; Sophia , from Greek , Wisdom ; Susan , from Hebrew , a twin ; Robert , from German , famous in council ; Rosalind , from the Spanish , lovely ; Juanita , _^ pronounced Whanetah , ) from the same , the consoling ; Charles , from the French , the active . Oliver , from the Hebrew , the ambitious .

      Death op a Veteran . — Died at his residence , Derby , on Saturday , the 2 nd instant , Admiral the Honourable Henry Curzon . in tho eighty . first year of his age . The deceased Admiral was the youngest son of the first Baron Scarsdale , arid uncle ofthe present Peer . He was a midshipman on board the Superb in three general actions in _Suffrein in 1182 , and Lieutenant ofthe Monarca in a fourth in June , 1783 ; Captain of the Pallas in Cornwallis's retreat ; Captain of the Indefatigable in the expedition to Ferrol , where he captured the French frigate , Venus ; Captain ofthe Elizabeth , blockading the Tagus in 1808 , and superintending the embarkation of General Moore's army at Corunna . The gallant officer also commanded a squadron at the blockading of Cherbourg .

      _Roubert by a _Servant . —At the Thames Policeoffice on Monday , Margaret Savage , on _ImbU . woman _, was cliarged with stealing a J _65 Bank of England note , four sovereigns , 20 s . in silver , and a quantity of wearing apparel , the property of Daniel Hayley , a ' shipping agent and boarding-house keeper , of No . 1 , Gould-street , St . George ' s in the East . The prisoner admited that she had robbed her mistress of all that was taken from her , but no more , and that she was not aware there was a £ 5 note in the purse till next day when she asked a man in Bedfordshire what it was , Mr . Broderip committed the prisoner for trial .

      " Hang Out the Banner on the Wall . "—A New York lady has hung out a semi-monthly publication which she calk * the •« White Banner . " Rbmabkable _Pbebbncb _ov Mind . — When Lieutenant _M'Nair , of the 62 nd , only son ofthe late General M'Nair , fell at the head of his company , in the first terrible assault of Ferozeshah , Serjeant M'Culloch , ofthe same regiment , knelt down beside the body under the hottest Of the enemy ' s fire , and deliberately cut off . a lock of hair , which he preserved to console the sorrowing relatives—an affecting proof of intrep idity and thoughtful tenderness of feeling , as well as of the estimation in which our lamented young townsman was held by the soldiers under his command . —Galloway Advertiser .

      Thk _Mtstebv Solved . — Some years ago atten _. tion was particularly called to a tombstone in Worcester Cathedral , inscribed with the one word " Miserrimus" ( a most wretched man . ) So brief " , yet so painfully expressive a record naturally awakened a good deal of conjecture , and we believe that a whole book was written upon the supposed career of the nameless tenant of a mysterious grave . In Widcombe Churchyard , Bath , lately , a like inscription , the word " Annette" upon a broken column , attracted the notice of a poet of no mean pretensions , who wrote some very affecting lines full of touching conjecture as to the mortal p ilgrimage and affecting death of the fair deceased , which verses were inserted in one ofthe most popular of our monthly periodicals . The denouement of the subject is rather curious . A surgeon , who dates his success in his profession from

      the time of the occurrence , Btates that" Annette " was almost his first patient , and that he was called in by an old Duchess dowager , the foster parent , who resided on the North-parade , Bath , and who with tears in her eyes entreated the doctor ' s best offices for the poor invalid . The physician was enabled to effect a temporary recovery ; tbe malode , however , eventually had a relapse and died . But who was the fair deceased ? None other than a favourite Blenheim spaniel I The Dowager was at first inconsolable for the loss , but so sensible of the kind attention of tbe medical attendant , that she not only appointed him her own professional adviser , but recommended him to others , thus establishing his fame , and making bis fortune . The defunct spaniel was , by means of a douceur to the sextos , interred in a Christian burial ground , and hence the touching elegy of the Muse !

      A Deist ' s _Evibbnce Refubbd . — At Bow-street Police Court on Friday , a Mr . Courtenay , a reporter , summoned another reporter for threatening to assault him , but after he had been sworn , the complainant Btated , in reply to a question from Mr . Payne , the counsel for the defendant , that he did not believe in the bible . Mr . Payne , therefore , objected to the evidence of such a person being taken , and after some questioning the magistrate , Mr . Jardine , refused to hear him . The complainant asked whether Atheists and Deists were not to have the protection of the laws ; but Mr . Jardine refused to argue the question , and dismissed the complaint . Thb Colomai , Office . —It is reported that in eonseauence of the multiplicity of important

      business in the Colonial-office , Mr . Gladstone , the Secretarv of State , has found it necessary to appoint an additional Under-Secretary in that department , in order to relievo Mr . Stephen from some portion of his labour ; and we are informed that Mr . Gladstone has selected a gentleman of well-known talent and acquirements to _fiU the new situation . Fire in _Tottinham-Court-Road . —On Saturday morning , a fire broke out on the premises of Messrs . Heal and Sons , 196 , Tottenham-court-road . The flames were not extinguished until a large portion of the manufactory and its contents were destroyed . The houses , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , and 5 , in Alfred-mews have been extensively injured . The cause of the fire is unknown .

      The Earl or Ltncolw , after a very long rustication , has been returned to Parliament for the Falkirk district of burghs by a grand aggregate majority of eleven votes . F / RE AT THE LONDON AND _CbOIDON RAILWAY Works , New Cross . —On Sunday evening , shortly after six o ' clock , a fire , that for upwards of three hours continued to burn most fiercely , broke out upon the premises termed the _Coldblow-wharf , the property of the London and Croydon Railway Co ., near New-cross station . The fire was not subdued until after nine o ' clock .

      Monument to John Knox . —A meeting of the ladies of Edinburgh interested in the erection of the proposed monument to JohnKnox on the spot where he lived and died in Edinburgh , was held on Tuesday , in the saloon of the Royel Hotel . The hall was completely filled , and the greatest interest was manifested throughout the proceedings . Sir James Forrest was called to the chair . A committee of ladies was appointed , who are not only to appeal to the inhabitants of Edinburgh , but to correspond with other narte of Scotland , for the purpose of affording

      to all the opportunity of aiding in this great work . Effects of Working . _amomq Dibbasbp Potatoes . —About four nwntliB ago , we mentioned tho circumstance of three individuals whose hands , more or less , it was supposed , had been poisoned by coming into contact with the diseased potatoes . At that time we Stated that one of the sufferers was getting better , hut that it was doubtful whether the other two would not require to lose a portion of a limb . We regret to say this has been the case . One who was poisoned in the thumb , after the best treatment tha ? the medical skill of this town could afford , had ,

      Thk Chinese Ransom.—On 'Lhursdayanother ...

      ultimately , the other day , to submit to thu loss oio that member , "to prevent mortification in the tram Since the operation , - it is ; believed the individual wilil soon be able to , resume work , so favourable is hhii hand now appearing . —Perthshire Courier . Housebreaking and Extknsivb . Robbiry . — Orm Monday information was received by the _Commissi _, sioners ofthe Metropolitan Police , it Scotland-yardj of a robbery effected at the house of _s , Mr . Perring , aa watch merchant and jeweller , residing in the _Cityf . roadSt

      _>* Luke ' s , consisting of one hundred and sixty _* eight valuable watches , beside a large and vaJuablee stock ot jewellery , consisting of diamond , pearl andd _ottiercostly rings , lockets , pins , brooches , _eur-ringsj , gol * brequet chains , wedding ring 9 , & c . Tbcfelonyy was effected by the robbers secreting themselves in aa . yard at the back of the premises , and gained accesssi by a window whicli had been left insecure : After thee plunder the thieves effected their escape by thc l rontti door , which had been locked and chained over night , * and was found fastened on the latch only .

      _Wifb-Sbluxg . —A correspondent informs us , tbatt on Saturday last , a fellow named Vowles sold his wiles in a public-house , at Axbridge _, to another man , ' the » price paid being 5 s . and a gallon of beer . ! Pkonuncmtion of Indian Proper Names . — A . correspondent ofthe Glasgow Herald says : —At ai time when Indian affairs are exciting no ordinary in- ¦ _terest , the following hints as to the pronunciation of * certain names of places , in and near the seat of war ,. may be acceptable to your readers . These observa-. tions have been taken down from the dictation of an ; officer whobas served on the spot—every reliance may be placed on their accuracy : —1 . All names , ending in " an" have the accent on the last syllable , and the " an" is sounded like the Scotch " ah" or nearly •¦ aw "—thus Moultan is pronounced Multawn . The

      same remark applies to words terminating in " ab " —thus the river Chenab is sounded Chunawb , with the first syllable rapidly uttered , and the full weight ofthe sound in the " awb . " " Punjawb" is another illustration , 2 , Compounds of the words Feroze have thc accent on the " oze , " not on poor" or sha , " " as one often hears it . _Ferozepoor must be uttered in three syllables . 3 . "I" has the sound of " ee "thus Sikh is pronounced " Seek , " not Sheek or Syke . Alexander the Great ik the " Ptjrjauh . —Alexander the Great laid siege in person to the ancient camtal south of Lahore , 2 , 170 years ago . He led on the storming party , and was the first to reach the top ofthe ramparts , when , finding that he was a mark for the enemy ' s arrows he jumped down in the midst of them , followed by his soldiers . —Although severely

      wounder , the bold act secured to him victory . Alexander entered the Punjaub by crossing the Indus at Attock , and subsequently reached , " but never crossed , the Sutlej , which formed the boundary of his conquest . A Reason por a Divorce . —A petition was recently presented in the Ohio legislature , ' from John Noel , praying that George Robebaugh be divorced from his wife , and that she be given to petitioner , in . pursuance of a previous contract of marriage . Presents to Hub Majesty . —A private letter from Tunis , ofthe 19 th April , says : —In five or six days more the Tunisian frigate _Hisnia will leave , this place for | Malta . Seven beautiful horses , a lion , and other animals will be put on board , as a present from his highness the Bey to her Majesty Queen Victoria .

      _General Sidy Hamet Miralei , of his _highness ' _s avalry , will embark as ambassador . We suppose t at a steamer will be sent to England from Malta hto convey the Bey ' s munificent present to her _Mnjest y . Bigamy ;— At Liverpool , onMonday , Edward Darcy , a seafaring man , was brought up on a charge ef bigamy , _ltappoared from the statements bf the _wii > nesses , that the prisoner was married on the 11 th July , 1836 , to Mary Ann Hall , at St . James ' s Church , Liverpool , and again in January , I 8 i 3 ,. ' to Mary Brown , at St . Peter ' s _Chureh , the former wife being still alive . Tho prisoner was apprehended on Saturday by police-constable Ainsworth , at a house in Maguire-street . The certificates of marriage were produced . Theprisoner was committed for trial

      _Tne first wife was then taken into custody , and brought up on a similar charge to that preferred against Darcy . The evidence went to show that on the 24 th February , 1845 , she was married tb Charles Oakes , a mariner , at St . Nicholas Church , in the name of Mary Ann Darcy . The certificate was produced .. She was also committed for trial . ' > Prostitution . —We uuo . ghjWt > a «>« . * « _wipptine of influential members of both Houses of _Parli'iment took place on Tuesday , at the residence of Lord Robert Grosvenor , on the subject of the bill about to be introduced into the House of Commons by Mr . Spooner , " for the more effectual suppression of trading in seduction and prostitution , and for the protection of females . "

      The Manchester Infant Goliah . —This native production of Manchester is certainly an infant prodigy ! Born on the 11 th of April , 1843 , the child of Joel and Elizabeth Fildes , of Great _Ancoats-street ( near Ancoats hall ) , is now in the 13 th month of his age , aad weighs 901 bs ., measures round the shoulders 34 i inches , round the body 31 inches , round the thigh _18 i inches , the calf oi the leg 12 inches , and the ankle 6 _J inches ; he is 31 inches in height , and has already 22 teeth . His parents are exhibiting him here for a few days , previously to presenting bim

      to tne Queen , and his mother though a strong , healthy woman , finds the weight too heavy to _support for more than a few minutes . He is placed in a child ' s carriage , and drawn up and down the room of exhibition . This making a show of him evidently teazes and annoys the child , who shrinks from being touched and handled . The head seems inserted into the body close between the shoulders , the fat completely concealing tbe neck , if there be one . The child does not look sickly at present , but must soon suffer if bis parentscontinue to exhibit him .

      IHE LOMDON _SOCIEir FOB THE PHOIECTION OF »™ Females . —This society , whichhas now been established more than ten years , held its anniversary dinner on Monday evening , at the London Tavern , when the Ri ght Honourable the Lord Mayor officiated as chairman , and was supported by Luke Hansard , Esq .. Mr . Under-sheriff Wire , Mr . Deputy Brown , the Rev . Dr . _'Spranger , F . J . Richardson , Esq ., Dr , Sparke , & c From the report we find that , at thepresent time , there are not less than thirty young females under fifteen years of age seeking admission into the Asylum at Tottenham , but who cannot be relieved for want of funds . This , indeed , as the secretary ' s report very justly states , is a * * melancholy fact , " and it will , no doubt , be te many a matter of astonishment , amounting almost to unbelief ,

      thatvice and depravity have extended their corroding touch even to the very age of innocence and childhood . The above association bas done much , for since its establishment in the year 1835 it has suppressed 10 ft improper houses , and saved from ruin 316 young females under fifteen years of age . During the last few months it has suppressed in the parishes of Whitechapel , Stepney , and 5 t . George , nearly 50 improper houses . Vauxiiali , Gardens . — We hear that Vauxhall Gardens will open for the season on Whit Monday , June 1 st ; and we find that it is the intention of the proprietors to keep them open every evening in the week but Saturday for the convenience of their country friends . Middlesex House of Detention . — On 'Tuesday the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the Middlesex Home of Detention , which will be erected

      on the site of what was formerly the New Prison , Clerkenwell , was conducted under the auspices ofthe Marquis of Salisbury , the Lord Lieutenant of the county , who was accompanied by the _Sheriffs Laurie and Chaplin , the Honourable Salisbury Butler , Colonel Wood , M . P . for Middlesex , Colonel Wood , M . P . for Brecon , Sir John Carrol , Alderman , and several of the county magistrates . Merchant Seamen . —The receipts of the corporation for the relief of seamen in the merchants' service , their widows and children , for the year 1815 , amounted to £ 23 , 101 10 s . dd . ( including . £ 11 , 996 , from the duty from London vessels ) . The . pensions to London pensioners amounted to £ 12 , 544 ; those to outports pensioners , £ 4 , 969 , & c . And there was at the close of the year a balance in . hand of £ 517 4 s 7 d .

      Lost _Cuilbren . —One of our letters from Paris recommends that the example of the Parisian police at the late celebration of ihe King ' s Fete be followed in this country on all foreseen occasions likely to attract a crowd . The police stationed in the Camps _Elygees _, the Place de la Concorde , and the Garden of the _Tuileries , on Friday last , were ordered to bring to a large tent erected in thc middle of the Camps _Elysees all the children they might find straying about , or who had been separated from tbeir parents and friends . ' By this admirable precaution , " says our correspondent , ' * no fewer than twenty children were rescued from danger , and safely restored to their families . "

      An Engine and Tender thrown into a , Canal . — On Thursday night , as the goods train approached the _Blisworth station from Birmingham , it waa found that the points had not been properly set , in consequence of which the engine was jerked aside , snapped the chains by which it was attached to the train , __ and running down the embankment rushed right into tho canal which cresses the line at this place , and was drowned . The goods train went a considerable way down the line by its own momentum . The escape of the engine-man and stoker was almost miraculous . Guardian Society for the Preservation op Public Morals . — The seventeenth anniversary meeting was held on Tuesday at the Asylum at

      Bethnal-green , when the chair was taken by the Rev . T . W . Wrench , M . A . Notwithstanding a considerable depreciation iu some sources of the society ' s income , the report announced that it had been enabled to maintain its efficiency , and that during the past year sixty-four inmates liad been received , making a total , since its establishment , of 1 , 090 , of whom 542 had been restored to their friends , 474 placed in service , or satisfactorily provided for , 53 sent to their respective parishes , 868 discharged or withdrawn , and 19 died , whilst 33 were now nnder the care ot the society . The total income of the year was £ 802 10 s . 10 d _. ot whicli £ 130 10 s . lOd . was received lrom needlework and washing done by tlie females in the Asylum , and there remained a present balance m hand ot £ 23 13 s . Gd .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 9, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_09051846/page/3/