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      J^ N * Im' The Northern Star.'

      J _^ _* im' THE NORTHERN STAR . '

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      ' -. Songs Fob, The Eeorle,.„.__. . Ko. ...

      ' -. SONGS FOB , THE EEOrLE ,. „ . ___ . . KO . XX . [ In announcing our recent "Feast ot the Poets " _ffe _promised to give a notice of the poems and songs 0 f Robert Nicoll , and that promise we had intended to have performed this week ; certain circumstances hsve , however , so occupied onr time as to prevent us foi _illinj _? onr intentions . The promised notice ] shall appear shortly . In the meantime * we give the ' followins specimen of Robert Nicoll ' _s noble songs : — _~[

      THE HOSEST AND TRUE . Tour soldier is Woody , yonr statesman a knave ; Frae the true heart nae honour they ever shall have Their glitter an * fauseitess may gar onr hearts grue ; Ruthonour to "him wlia is honest and trne 1 Will ye bow to the coof wha has naething hut gear 1 Or the fool whom a college has filled with lear * Xa troth I we'll give honour where honour is due— . To the man wha has ever _becH honest and true ! We'll ne er speer if he come frae France , Holland , or Spain , : _:.-.:. "Ere we pledge manly friendship wi' him to maintain-Se he Mussulman , Christian , Pagan , or Jew , 'lis a * ane to ns if he ' s honest and true ! - - .

      His skia may he black , or his skin may he white , — "Wi-carena a fig , if his bosom be right ; Though his class he in rags , an' the wind hlawin * through , Well honour the man wha is honest and _trae ! "While the son ' s in the heavens , the stars in the sky Till the earth he a sea , and the ocean run dry , — * ¦ "Well honour bnt him to whom honour is due , The man who has ever been honest and true . Robert Nicoix .

      Ho. Xxi. Ourdestiht. Iatxrar! Labour! La...

      HO . XXI . OURDESTIHT . _iatxrar ! labour ! labour ! toil ! toil ! toil ! With the wearing ofthe hone and the drowning of tho mind ; Sink lit * shrivelled _parchment in tht _flesh-devouriDg ¦ oil ; . - ; - ¦ Pass away unheeded like the waring of the wind ! Build the marble palace ! sound the hollow fame ! Be the trodden pathway for a conqueror ' s carter ! "Exhale your million breathings to elevate one name ! And die , when je have shouted it till centuries ¦ hall hear ! "

      *• By i _* Ljht _uirine we rale ye . _GoS made ye but for n »! " "'' . ' ¦ ¦ " - Thus cry the lords of nations to fhe slaves whom they subdue . Unclasp God ' s book of nature—its writings read not thus ! - _- _' _- 7 - Saarl tramplen" of the millions I—Hear ! benders tothefew ! -God gare -os hearts of ardour—God gave us noble forms— . .. And Sod has poured around us his paradise of

      light ! Has he bade ns sow the sunshine , and only reap the storms ! Created ns in glory , to pass away in night f So ! say the sunny heavens , that smile on all alike ; The wares ; that -upbear naTies , yet hold them in their thrall ; Not shouts the dreadful thunder , that teaches ns to strike The proud , for one usurping what the Godhead meant for aU .

      Salt no ! we cry united by our suffering ' s . nighty length : Ye—ye have ruled for ages—now we will rule as well ! "So ! no ! we cry triumphant in oar right ' s resistless strength ; We—we mil share yonr heaven—or ye shall share onrheU ! Hampstead , loth June , 184 . 5 . _Esscest Joxu .

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      Taits Edinburgh Magazine, July. Edinburg...

      _TAITS EDINBURGH MAGAZINE , July . Edinburgh : Tait , . Princes-street ; London : Simpkin and Marshall . There are certain "writers connected with this _magazine who appear to be privileged to write mnsense , and among these , George Gilfillan stands pre-eminent . In an article on the writings of Sir _Euward Bulwer Ly tton , he thus speaks of - - - Biros . Byron ' s mind , in itself essentially unspeculative , was forced upwards npon those rugged and dangerous tracts of thought , where hehas gathered the rarest of his beanlies , by intimacy with Shelley , by enrieas emulation of hi ? Lake _contemporaries , and , above all , by the pale hand

      of his misery , unveiling to him heights and depths in his nature ami genius , which were previously unknown and unsuspected , and beckoning Mm onward through their grim and shadowy regions . He grew , at once , and _eq-ially , in guilt , misery , and power . An intruder too , on _domains , where some other thinkers had long fixed their calm and permanent dwelling , his appearance was thi more startling . Here was a dandy discussing the great questions of natural and moral evil ; a roue in silk _atocirings meditating suicide , and mouthing blasphemy on an Alpine rock ; a . brilliant and popular wit and poet , _setting Spinoza to music , and satirizing the principalities and powers of . heaven , as bitterly as he had done the bards and reviewers of earth . Intotboss giddy and terrible heights where Milton had entered a permitted guest in privilege of virtue ; where Goethe had walked in like a passionless and prying cherub , forgetting to worship in * d = _absorbing desire io know ; and on which Shelley was

      T * _rectedaudstranded , in the rtorm of his fanatical nuhe- lief ; "Byron is upborne hy the presumption and the despair of his mental misery . Unable to see through the hi ; h walls which bound and beset our limited faculties air * *" - . ti 2 life , be can at least dash his head against them . H : ac < in " Manfred , " " Cain , " " Heaven and Earth , " and _** 7 ue Tision of Jngdment , wehave him calling npon the higher minds of his age to ba as miserable 3 s he was , ; just as he had in his first poems addressed the same sad message , less energetically , and less earnestly to the _coramusity at large , And were it not unspeakably painful to contemplate a noble mind engaged in this profitless " apo 9 tleshipofafllicrion , this thankless gospel of _prodamnation to men , that because they are miserable , it is their duty to become more so ; that because thfiy are bad , they are bound to he worse ; we might he moved to _lanshter hy Its _^ trikins resemblance to the old story of the fox who had lost his tail .

      The idea that Bvron was envious of Ms "Lake Contemporaries , " if it has not themerit of being true , atl-ast has that of being new . Sueh an absurdity could only have arisen in tbe brain ofthe " gifted GiLiiian . " The whole extract , however , is _abominable , and exhibits the author as something worse than a driveller—something very like a slanderer—a calumniatorofthcgreatand nobledead . There is more rubbish of asimilaf character : _—forinstance , " Byron by way of doing penance , threw his jaded system into the Greek war . " It is in this strain , this precious critic dares to sneer at one of the noblest acts of a man whom he has the assurance to denounce as a " sneerer . " These stupid and brutal attacks ( for this is not tiie first ) upou Byroa , are very

      disgraceful to this Magazine . Thomas de _Qsunccy contributes an article on " The Works of Mackintosh , " in which , aa usual , he does his best to mystify his readers , aud spoil the pleasure they otherwise might derive from an acquaintance with his writings . The best article iu the _uutuber is the one on " Alary _Qu' _-T-n of Scots , " which is really worthy ofall praise . The interesting R-nnauce entitled " Truth and Falsehood" is continued ; and " _H-eviewa" of several new -vrorksconcludethis " _numberofTai 7 . Bythebyeweniust protest against the sort of " reviewing" which some _T-nlucky books meet with in the columns of this magazine- Thus the 3 rd volume of that most important work . "Eastern Europe aud the Emp _« ror

      "Nicholas" is "killed off" in _something less than a dozen lines . Thus , saith . tlie " reviewer , " "in spirit aud object , this is a fitting supplement to the preceding volumes : much of the matter is quite as _apocryphal , and the spirit is not more candid . " Had _"wbn'it ourselves read tke book , we should have supposed it to have been a worthless production , judging of it by this most _uccandid notice in Tait . But we have read the book , and we assert that it merits no Buck paltry notice as we find in this Magazine . We would not mind wagering that tbe Reviewer in Tait never read the _hcok at all , but contented himself -with " cutting open the leaves and smelling at the paper-knife !"

      Tdl Coxxoisseur, Jttiv, London; E Macken...

      TdL COXXOISSEUR _, _Jttiv _, London ; E Mackenzie , 111 , Fleet-street . This number of the Connoisseur i % _embsllislied ¦ with a portrait of Leonardo da Vinci , and contains several excellent articles . With tke views of the -writer of the _following reina * _ks we fully agree : —

      _» . B . HA ID 03 I . _TVhin . in tlie Comiaisscur of last month , wc affirmed that" Haydon had been sacrificed upon the altar of High Art , * ' ihe literal fulfilment of the assertion had not _iinagsdicself to our mental _contemplation . "But the _sac-TiSr-e _lisis since h _^ n consummated ' After a life sp _« it in a _coutinuou 5 , profit * eS 5 struggle to do what _theopulot ofthe _aje had no desire to _possess , when done , the last of tie British artists of eminence that has devoted his energies to thc description of painting vu _' _.-rarly denominated " High Art , " has been driven , _bypositivepecuuiarv

      distress _, to _stefc refuge from a world of care , and _evcroisappointed hope , in self-destruction . Full y aware , tbat few o _' the productions of Haydon ( none of his later ones ) were erecuted under circumstances that permitted _thr g *» et _!>' . £ g of abstraction necessary for meditating a great woik , we y » t do not _In _/ state to assert , that he has left _tawnjiles of _liA' - _'izcd composition superior in character offjnn , and correctness of _des-n , to any other English Siin t _^ r . What he mi _$ ht have done , under more favours-hie circumstances , it is no w useless to enquire . He was _Jtoieover the most accomplished writer on Art of his pe

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      nod , never , except in reference to himself , producing an unsound opinion . Even , the continued reference to himtelf , the weakness that left him open to attack from everv " puuy . whipster _. _'ihjiij _^^^ m conjunction with the contemptible ignorance of those who too often undertook to lessen him in his .-vocation . To their drivel , Haydon could not resist replying ; and ] in a war carried on in person against irresponsible adversaries , the frequent repetition of attack assumed the disguise of general disapproval ; for incognito was importance to many to whom publicity would have been insignificance . Now that the man himself is beyond personal benefit we may expect a tardy expiation of the indifference to his claims , and the supporters of High Art will _bennanimons in being toe late . "There ' s something rotten in , the state " of this department of painting , when tbe artist ' s death is the only means within his power for providing for his familv . ' i . . > .,

      An able article on "Ignorance of Artistic Affairs among Legislators ; " a clever criticism on the " " King ofthe Commons , " and Mr . _Macready's personation of that character ; and an interesting memoir of Madame Castellan" will be foupd amongst the well-written articles of this number .

      The Musical Iierald: Part 2. London: G. ...

      THE MUSICAL IIERALD : Part 2 . London : G . Biggs , 421 , Strand . This part contains several first-rate and highlypopular pieces of miisic , together with a biographical sketch of Henry Pnrcell ; a ' criticism on the Songs of Burns bv Allan Cunningham , and other varieties . We hear _' ihafc this periodical has already an extensive circulation , which it well deserves .

      Tne London Pioneer. Part2. London B. D. ...

      TnE LONDON PIONEER . PART 2 . London B . D . Cousins , 13 , Duke Street , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields . This well conducted periodical contains some excellent articles by the editor and his assistant contributors , and avast variety of original and selected matter of the best kind . This is one of the best and cheapest publications of the present day . The following extract _wilil be appreciated " ayont the Tweed " - — SCOTCH SPEESIHG . I was considerably troubled here respecting certain roads , and applied to an old snuffy-looking native who was catting some hay with his pocket-knife by the wayside . It is true , I saw the inquisition painted in his face ; bnt there was no choice , so 1 made up my mind to a cross-examination of more than the ordinary length , and was determined to indulge it for once . " How far is it to Killin !"— "Ifs a fine day . "— "Aye , it ' s a fine day for yonr hay . "— " Ah , there ' s no muckle hay ; this is an unco canld _^ glen . "— "I suppose this is the road to Killin _% " ( trying him on another tack ) . — " That ' s an unco tat beast of yours . _"—VTes , she is much too fat ; she is just fr-m grass . "— "Ah J ifs a mere , I see ; ifs a good beast to gang _. I'se warn you . "—** Tea yes , ifs a very good pony . " — "I selled just sic another at Doune fair , five years by

      past :. X warn ye .. she ' s _aHS _x hland-brea _^ _beMt _^^ I _^ don * _^ . know ; 1 bought her in "Edinburgh . "— "A weak ft week many sic like gang to the Edinburgh market frae tin-Highlands . "— "Very likely ; she seems to have _Highland blood in her . " —— " Aye _^ aye ; wo uld you be selling her *" " Do jou want to buy her V— " Na ! I was na thinking oi that . . Has shehadnaafoal _* _" " — "Sot that I know of . " — 'I hadagude colt ont of ours when . I selled her . Ye're na ganging to Doune the year f— "No , I amgoin ; to Killin . and want to know how far itis . " —" Aye , ye'll he ganging to the sacraments there the morn I "— ' * No , 1 don ' t belong to your kirk . "— " Ye'll be an Episcopalian , then . "— "Or a Roman Catholic . "—'' Na , na , ye ' renae Roman . "— "And sou is twelve miles to Killin V ( puttings leading question . )— "Na , it's na just that "— "It ' s ten , then , Isuppose ?"— "Ye'll be for cattle , than , for the

      Falkirk tryst . "— "No ; 1 know nothing about cattle . "" I thocht ye'd ha been just ane of thae English drovers . Ye have nae siccan kills in _y-iur country . "— - " No ; not so high . " — "Butye'll bonny farms . " —" Yes , yes , very good lauds . " —" Yell nae hae better farms than my lord ' s at Dunira . "— "No , no . Lord Melville has very fine farms , " —" Now there ' s a bonny bit o' land ; there ' s na three days in the year there ' s na meat for beasts on it ' s to let . Ye'll be for a farm hereawa !"— " No ; I am just looking at the coantry . "— "And ye have nae business % "—* ' No . " "Wee ! , that' s the easiest way , "— "And this is the road to Killin ? , —" "Will ye take some nuts ! " ( producing a handful he bad just gathered)— "No , I cannot crack them . "— " I suppose your teeth are failing . Hae ye any . snuff !''— " Yes , yes , here is a pinch for you . "— "Na , na I ' m unco heavy on the pipe , ye see ; buM like a hair of

      snuff—just a hair ; " touching the snuff with the end of his little finger , apparently to prolong time , and save the answer about the road a little longer , as h _« seemed to fear there were no more questions to ask . The snuff , however , came just in time to allow him to recall his ideas , which the nuts were near dispersing . "And ye'll be from the low country % " ¦ — " Yes ; you may know I am an Englishman by my tongue . " — - "Na , our ain gentry speaks high English the now" /"— " "Well , well , I am an Englishman , at any rate . "— "And ye'll be staying : in London ?"— "Yes , yes . "— "I was ance at Smithfieid mysell wi' some beasts ; ifs an unco place , London . And what ' s ye ' re name ? asking-yoar pardon . ? ' ( The name was given . ) ' * There's a hantel o' that mime i' the north . Yere father _' ll maybe be a Highlander % "— "Yes ; ? hat is the reason why I like the Highlanders . " — " _Weel .

      ( nearly thrown out . ) it ' s a bonny country now , but it ' s sair cauld here iu the winter . "— " And so it is six miles to Killin _j- ' _-L" Aye , they call it sax . "— " Scotch miles , I suppose !"— " Aye , aye ; auld miles . "— " That is , about twelve English "— "Na , it'll not be abune tan short miles ; ( here we got on so fast tbat I began to think I should be _dismissed at last , ) bnt I never seed them measured . And ye'll ha left your family at Comrie !""No , I am alone . "— "They'll be in the south , maybe !" — "No , I have no family . "— ' * And are ye no married V —" No . "— " I ' m thinking it ' s time . "— " So am I . "" "Weel , weel , _ye'U have the less fash . "— " Tes , much less than in finding the way to Killin . "— " 0 , aye , ye'll excusema ; but wecountrafolk speers muckle questions . " —" Pretty well , I think . "— " Weel , weel , ye'll find it saft a bit in the hill , but ye maun had wast , and its na abune tan mile , Agudeday . "

      The Union Magazine. London: Barker And W...

      THE UNION MAGAZINE . London : Barker and White , 3-3 , Fleet Street . Wc have heard of this Magazine , and heard it highly spoken of , but we have seen _nothing of it until this week . It appears that the first volume is now complete , and the second volume is commenced on a new plan , that is to say , it will appear in weekly ( threepenny ) numbers , and will also be issued at the close of the month as a monthly ( shilling ) magazine- The first number ( July 4 th ) is now before us and contains some well written articles . One of these is the commencement of a series of articles on "Th . ; Jesuits , " in whieh the writer proposes to treat the snbji ct under the four following heads ;—lstly : The institution of the order by Ignatius Loyola . 2 ndly : Its progress under his eminent successors , and the several expulsions of the Jesuits lrom the nations of Europe . 3 rdlv : The laws of England against Jesuits .

      4 thly : Concluding general remarks upon the doctrines propounded and thc principles set forth by the order . These arti _^ cs promise to be very interesting . From the first we extract the following particulars oi the life of Igsatids Loyola , Ignatius , or Inigo , the founder of tke order of the Jesu ' ts , was burn in 1491 , at the castle of Loyola , in the province of Guipu-coa , in Biscay , in Spain . His father , Don _Bertram , was the head of an aneknt family , and lord of Loyola . His mother was likewise of illustrious _d-scent . Ignatius was the youngest of eleven children , eight sons and three daughters . He lift tho paternal roof to be educated at the court of Ferdinand the Fifth , as one ef Ihe _piges to the king , and was , when at court , committed to tlie care of his kinsman , Antony

      _ilunriqutz , a grandee of Spain . He embraced , however , at a very early age , the military profession , to which the ardour of his temperament ami his enthusiastic constitution seemed eminently suitable ; and before he became so _courageous a sol-Jier of the church militant , he had distinguished himself in the _Spanish aimies , and atthe seigeof 1 _' ampeluna by the French , had received a dangerous wound from a cannon shot which fractured his _h-g In consequence of this accident , and the unskilful manner in which the li : ub was set , and ths necessarily _prolonged confinement arising from the surgeon ' s breaking his leg a second _tiise , liv was _removed from derive service ; and an imagination , under _ordinary circumstances ardent and irregular , became , un-ler the influence of illness , peculiarly excited ; and a vision in which St . Peter _SPtincd to touch and cure his limb , (!) followed by a most rapid recovery , made him resolve to devote the rest of his life to the conversion of Jens , Greeks , and infidels of

      all nations _. In spite , however , of this firm resolve , worldly vanity still held snay over his mind ; and in order to remedy t ! : _fc _deformity caused by thc protrusion of a portion of ' the _hona of " the fractured limb , he caused ic to be sami oil * , and the leg -. _I _' terwards to be violently stretched , that it slight not appear shorter than its companion . His _resohi-ion , however , in time overcame these remnants of _norldlincss ; in no _dr-ree d : iunl"d by the difficulty of the task , aud though he was uur . cqnainted with any hut the Spanish _language , he despaired not of the conversion of the whole _woild . The military turn which his

      early career had given to his mind , added to the romantic notions which he had d _' _.-rii-cd from legends of _knighterrajit _.-y , whicli had been the delight of hii * youth , and _histories of saints , martyrs , and confessors , which had been " the solace of his illness , may account for the m . irtitl chnrnclcr which his proceedings assumed ; and the * . itie of- ' _general , " accorded to the chiefs of the order , _evidences their origin , as well as the military model by which tl : y _utc regulated . Ignatius , immediately on his _recovery , dedicated his arms to the Holy Virgin a t _Jlontscrr ; _-. t ; and it has been related , that _immediately hiheard a loud noise , thc home shook , the windows were _shnUcri "* , nnd the walls rent . (!! *)

      The first fruit _ofhis Qn-. xotic zeal was an attempt to asS ! i 5 _* in : iU- an unlucky JIt , or , who had been unfortunate enough to dispute with him upon the p _.-rpetual virginity of _fiiB _Biased Virgin ; lbs next proceeded to Manresa , in order to r . rep :. re himself for a pilgrimage to _Jerusalem ne there underwent but then some ceremonies , and _s-illinflicted tortures . His hair a „ d nails grew long ami neglected * , he wore an iron girdle aud hair shirt , aud , in

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      the garb ofa beggar , subsisted by the charity of the inhabitants , although his _fasting for six days in the week must have efi _* - _-ctually prevented thu people of _Manresi _fromjiejng . g . reatly _^ tra _^ ' He here , during a _period'of almost _iacessant '~ _* iratchingv prayer , and humiliation , ( praying on Iii ? _Jcuees on the bare ground for seven hours , each day ) , cast off , those remnants of worldliness which had hither to obstructed his course : He now began to . be reverenced as a saint ; but disliking such notoriety , he retired to a secluded spot , and hid himself in a cave , whence he was brought back , having been discovered in , a state of utter destitution and exhaustion . He now fell into a state of nielanchuly _^ but after a period recovered his serenity of rairid . * It was at _Msinrcsa , that he composed his _"( Spiritnal Exercises , " which were published at ltome in 1513 , and app roved by a brief of Pope Paul III . in IMS , at the request of St . Francis Borgia . " .

      After his period of probation at _Manresa , he embarked at Barcelona , and arrived ait Borne in 1523 ; and after an interview with the- pope proceeded to Venice , thence to Joppa . He reached Jerusalem in September , 1525 , and after visiting ever } object of interest there , returned to Barcelona ; where , it is said , that , by tbe earnest prayers of the saint , tbe body of a poor , man , named Lus ; mo , who had hanged himself , was restored to life ( _l ) . Onthis _. second progress te Barcelona , the saint was ' comforted and exhorted by numerous ecstatic visions ; many of which might possibly have had their origin in that habit so strongly recommended in the . .. " Spiritual Exercises , " of constantly dwelling upon and realising the forms and aspects of God and his saints .

      At Barcelona Ignatius commenced the study of the works of Erasmus ; but deeming these too little adapted to the ardour of his devotion , he turned to the writings of Thomas a K > mpis . He next proceeded to Alcalade Henarcs to study philosophy , but there he fell . under the searching eye ' of the Inquisition , by the sentence of which tribunal he was . imprisoned , on the charge of having induced a widow and her daughters to go as mendicants oh a pilgrimage . He was , however , released on his agreeing not to utter his opinions for four years . This promise be broke , and again suffered imprisonment at Sa amanca ; but being again liberated , he went to Paris ,

      where he diligently pursued his studies , though in a state of the most distressing indigence . He now began to attract followers to his standard ; the society was , at first composed of seven persons , afterwards increased to ten . . Ignatius next visited Spain , where he ' preached to numerous auditories against the excesses of th ' e ' clergy - lie again visited-Venice , and there made the acquaintance of _Caraffn , afterwards Pope Paul III . The little society now attempted in vain a pilgrimage to Jerusalem ; and at length it was agreed that three of their number , _Ignatins , _Faberyand L-iynez should go to' Rome to seek an audience ofthe pope .

      The three deputies from the order were comforted by heavenl y visions on their "journey , _ind oi _» -their arriva ! were well received by Pope Paul III . ' , sud they then sent to collect their dispersed brethren . Th ey now ; added to their former tows of chastity and , poverty a vow of oke--lence to a _superior . ""general , " whom they agreed to - bey as _Goa himself , and that he ' should be 6 f > perpetual lutbority _; and . they bound themselves to . go wheresoever ho should order . without any viaticum . -Tlie . Je--nits . now grew rapidly into favour with the pope , and two' of their " number Simon Rodriguez and Francis Xavier , were deputed to the Indies ,-under the title .

      of " Apostles of . the New World . ' . * The pope at length , yielding . to the solicitations of Ifinatius , confirmed the order iii 1510 , en condition of residence at Rome , from whence he dispersed his followers to all parts of the world . He was himself even more energetic than before , and tbe conversion of the Jews , and the institution ofthe "Community of the grace of the Blessed Virgin , " for 'reformation of women , employed no inconsiderable portion of his- time . Pope Julius III again confirmed the order , and . Ignatius continued " general " till his death on -31 st July , 1356 . " liis followers were then dispersed over the whole world . His canonization as a saint took place in 1662 , under Gregory

      XV . . _" _:=-. : Roman Catholic historians relate , a . variety of astonishing miracles performed by means of the relics of St . Ignatius , aiid , amongst others , the wonderful recovery of a nun who had broke her thigh . bone , _^ and who , - n the application of a relic of the , saint , immediately arose )' . ) , and of one , Anne Barozellona , who was cured of a palsy at Valladelid , by merely invoking him . To these the- candid reader may attach as much credit as he pleases . We have fulfilled our proirise by setting before him a narrative of the chief events in the life of Ignatius _, he may form his own opinion whether the actions of the saint _originated in misguided enthusiasm or genuine piety _.

      We must see more of this publication before we pronounce a decided opinion as to its merits . Of the numbe : * before us we have no reason to speak other than in terms of commendation . ' '

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      Luesday, Mr. W. Jiaker,'Deputy Coroner, ...

      luesday , Mr . W . Jiaker , ' deputy coroner , held at inquest at the London Ilospital , on Mary Ann Dee . aged 16 , who lost her life at the fire on Saturday _rHoriiing- last , nt the house of Mr . Powell , in King'splace , Commercial-road . Mrs . Powell deposed , about two in the morning , she was awakened by deceased ' s cries , ( who slept on the second floor , ) that the _hnuse was on fire Herself and husband jumped out of bed . On opening the door and discovering tlie fire to be raging at the lower part of the premises _, they called to her to come down ; she said she could not , for the smoke . Witness , with her infant child in her arms , and her husband , got out ofthe window on to tbe lead work over the shop , when Mr . Powell called for a ladder , which in about three minutes arrived . Witness called to deceased , whom she saw at the window , to remain , as a ladder was

      coming _, and whilst Mr . Powell was fixing the ladder for her to descend , she jumped out and fell on the pavement . She was taken to the hospital , where sliedicd on Sunday morning , the house surgeon , said front a fractured skull , from wliich the brain protruded . The jury returned a -verdict of " Accidental Death . " Child _Mui-deu . —On Monday afternoon , Mr . W . Baker , jun ., deputy coroner , held an inquest at the Town of Ramsgate , Wapping , on the body of a newborn female child , which was found in thc river Thames on Saturday morning last . It appeared from thc evidence of James _Legon , ' the son of a waterman _, that on Saturday morning last , he was rowing off _TJnion-stairs , when he observed something floating _aslern of a barge . lie repaired to the spot , and found it to be thc body of a new-born infant , and conveyed it ashore in his boat to Mr . Marshall ' s , the beadle . The Jury returned a verdict of "Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown .

      Fins in Aldgate . —On Wednesday night , shortly before ten o ' clock , a fire broke out in the establishment of Messrs . Davis and Hart , job-drapers , hosiers , & c , 19 , Somerset-street , Aldgate . The discovery was made by the inmates , who . while about to retire to rest , observed a strong smell of smoke in the lower part of the premises , at the rear of the shop , Upon further examination it was found that the stock in the _lack of thc shop was extensively on fire . Information was forwarded to the Jeffery-square station of the London Fire-engine Establishment , and Mr . Fo-« o , the foreman , and a bodyof men , were soon iu attendance . The children ofthe family had a very narrow escape from suffocation , the flames being fierce , and the smoke from thc burning material exceedingly dense . The engine above named being got to work , and several men employed to pour water from buckets and other utensils upon the fire , it was safely extinguished within half an hour .-

      Alahmixg _DtsAPr-EAnANCE . —On Tuesday an event of very painful interest occurred at Ipswich , the particulars of which will be gathered by the following : — Mr . Wiliiam Swartridgc _, a muster mariner , aged 31 , came from Weymouth , on Saturday last , to inspect a schooner which is building for liim by Mr . William Baylcy . The father and mother have been living for two ' months at the Ship Launch , and had sent for their only son to stay with them until the vessel was launched .. Yesterday ( Monday ) morning he left his lodgings at a quarter before six o ' clock , to bathe , aud

      as up to the time of our going to press , he has not returned , there is every reason to believe he has met a watery grave , especially as a stock and coat have been picked up , which doubtless belonged to the deceased , who was a remarkably fine young man , and a superior swimmer . lie oncejumped off the quarterdeck whilst crossing the Bay of Biscay , and swam for his father's cap , whicli had bbjwn off . Tlie tide was coming in . and it is supposed the clothes were taken by tlie tide , and that deceased was caught in thc weeds . —Ipswich Express .

      Thk Stjfferehs by the Fire at St . John s , "N ewfoc . vdi . axd . —A subscription for thc relief of the unfortunate sufferers has been commenced both in Liverpool and Manchester . In Liverpool , where tho commercial connsxi on with the colony is considerable , a very spirited effort has been made , and wo believe the _siibscriptioir . ilre . 'idy amounts to nearly a thousand pound- * . A deputation from Liverpool waited on some of our princ i pal merchants aud manufacturers on Monday hist , but the weather was so wet , that little could be done on that day . Wc have , however , been given to understand , tbat a subscription has been opened which is headed by

      Messrs . Henry B . inncrman and Sons , who have contributed £ 100 , and have agreed to take the duties of treasurer .- * of the fund . A committee 13 also in _progress of formation , and no time will be lost in _appealing lo the public on behalf of the _uufortuuatc sufferers . N _» fewer than from eight to ten thousand ' . _icrs'tns are _houseless and destitute , and compelled i o live in the _w-md _.- ? until the military ean _m-eet touts and _sli-.-ds fortheir shelter . -Wc have heard of one individual , _ whose _Iiohsc escaped tlie ravages ol the flames , _giving shelter in it to nearly forty , r > oi > r houseless sufferers . Their distressed " condition , is _ileseribsd as heartrending .

      Tun Noisi . _i-3 of Bohemia . —The nobles of Bohemia , who up to the present day were exempt from a ins , equal to about one-fifth oi ' these imnuscd upon nther landowners , have just voluntarily _venounced ihe privilege , and have requested the Emneror ol * Austria to employ that fifth for the benefit of the country . The Bohemian Diet has sent a . n energetic . -iddres ' s to the Emperor , requesting the abolishment of _ItVtterej in Bohemia .

      Luesday, Mr. W. Jiaker,'Deputy Coroner, ...

      DEATH OF THE RIGHT HON * XiOBD CHIEF JUSTICE

      TINDAL . A " ' ¦*• -fl T . / . / ' _* ' ;¦* — -: '""" _'"^ . * ha _;^ - _^ . npuncetlie _melancholy fact ofthe sudden demi _^ of Sir _Nichols yaars bora _Uiief Justice , _bfitheiCoimsan Fleas , which event took p ace at Folkestone on Monday ubjht , at half _, past seven o clock , in , the presence of his son , Captain Tindal , several members of his _family and his medical attendant , Dr . _Pennington . -The Learned Judge , whose attention to hia judicial duties has . always b ** en unrenutting , was first attacked with , illness in , the , . House of Lords about ten days since , during the hearing * of an Irish appeal . " Sheeney r- . - ' _Lbrd Musketry ; " On _toa-ring the house he complained ofthe oppressive beat , and felt in a , sinking , state , almost to fainting . On being

      conveyed to h » residence in Bedfordiquarehe was suddenly seized with paralysis in the-left leg , _eartendiri _^ to the _Mp-joint / wbieb caused his confinement to hit bed . A few days . since Dr . . Pennington , his medical attendant , advised his removal to Folkestone for the benefit of sea-. bathing , _whitherhewasaccompamiedbyhisson ' CaptRfa _Tind-a ) . " Tins change did not ; hwvever , prove _beneficial , and eonsttpatiott of . the boivelj followed to men an alarming extent , a _* _f to . cause the greatest apprehension amongst his at ' _tenda-nts . ' Information was _immediately forwarded to Mr .- ' and ' Mrs . ' Bosanojuet , the Learned Judge ' s'daughter and son-in-law ,, tho former of whom instantly left , town .-The . attack , however , baffled all medical _slsill _, and , he _espired at the hour _before-iaentioned . ' ' " - ' ¦ ' ¦¦¦ ' ¦ ' .. " :. _; . _' :: ; : ;' . _- . "• • _, !; .

      Nicholas _Cfonnyngham-Jindal was borwat _Chelmsfort , Essex , in 1776 . He was , _axreording to one-account , th » soil of an attorney ; another version of hit * story represents him as the descendant frf an old Essex family . In the year 1795 , ' he was entered ) at Trinity College , Cambridge ; He took his degr « e o _? B . A . in 1799 , andthat . of M . A . in 1802 .. In 1801 he obtained _, a fellowship-,, which he retained till his _marriagc-iu 1819 . He wa » 8 th on the list of wrnnglers , and senior medalist . After taking bis degree , Tindaf came to London and commenced , keeping his terms .. Ee Was called to the bar by the Society of Ltncaln's-inn iiii 1809 , and _joineii the northern circuit . ' He obtained at a « early period o * his career-a high reputation-among the profession a » a special pleader , and rose , soon after he was called to- the

      bar , to a respectable business as chamber counsel , Bis want of rhetorical talent kept him ftom acquiring ani extensive practice in the courts , and he thus' continued ) for a considerable time comparatively unknown to thegeneral public . __ . The . first opportunity he had of displaying to advantage his professional skill and acquirements was on the trial of Queen Caroline . Sir Robert Gifford , the Attorney-General ,- who held eminence in special pleading in high : estimat ' on , selected _Titvdall on account of hig , reputation in that branch of business , as one of his junior counsel . Tindall well repaid the _trssfc reposed in him ; 'He displayed' legal tact and self-possession ; and ; he . and Copley , were the only counsel insupport ofthe , bill ( Gifford was a mere

      lawyer ) whose general scholarship enabled them to meet the dicursive ' appeals of Brougham to general principles . \ - "' _" - J " ¦ ' ' ¦ • ' -. " . ' ---- ; ' <; . . _; ¦ _? , ¦ .., ¦ .-.: ¦¦ : ¦ .-From that time Tindall was ; marked for promotion by the Liverpool government . He was brought into Parliament for' the' Wigtouri ! ' ( Scotland ) burghs in Marcii 1824 ; appointed _Solicitor-General in 1826 and adhering to the fortunes of Mr . Canning in 1827 , he was , although _hisclaims to the Attorney-Generalship were waived , in favour , of Sir James Scarlett , chosen representative " for the university of Cambridge to fill the vacancy left by' Lord-Lyndburst ' s promotion to the peerage . _iSirNicholas C _.-TiiifJall made no great figure in the House of Commons . His Arrest aiid Mesne Process Act . his support of the Consolidated Bankruptcy Act , introduced with'the sanction of Lord Eldon _. and a bill-for improving the law relating to debts . under :. £ 15 , are almost the only

      records of his Parliamentary career . In 1 S 29 . when ' Sir Charles Wetherell threw up the appointment of Attorney ' _-General , ' it was felt that Sir N . Tindall could ; not ; -- consistently . with self-respect , allow his claims to the oHice . to be passed over a 8 econdtime . . But . it was also felt that in the then temper ofthe Universities it was certain he * would not be re-elected for Cambridge . A negotiation waa therefore opened with Sir -W . D .- Best . The Chief Justice ofthe Common Pleas retired with a peerage , a pension of £ 3750 , and the appointment of Deputy Sneaker to the House of Lords . This Inst arrange ment in Lord Wynford's favour excited a strong sensation at the time , and was cancelled by the Grey Ministry in 1830 . - Sir N . C . Tindall was appointed Chief Justice ofthe Common Pleas on the retirement of Lord Wynford , in June 1829 .

      The deceased was the presiding Judge atthe trials ofthe Bristol rioters ; Frost , Williams and Jones ; and many others too numerous now for . recital . We may allude to an observation which he made on the occasion of the trial of some Chartists in 1843 , for riot . A person connected with that body forwarded a message to the Bench stating , that he was refused admission into the Court because he was a Chartist , although he . was employed by the solicitor for the defence . The learned Judge * 'instantly rejoined , "Let the man be admitted , we know nothing of politics here ; indeed , for my park , I don't know what a Chartist is . " , .

      His wi'ie ( a daughter of the late Captain Thomas _Symonds , R . N ., ) whom he married in 1817 , died about twenty-two years ago , leaving him seven children .

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      ELEcmic _Trleobaph . —Instances are constantly

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      occurrinu' which demonstrate the utility of the electri ; _telegraphs . On Friday last a gentleman with his family went to the station at Nottingham , and took tickets for the half-past four o ' clock train . He offered in payment a £ 5 Bri » hton , bank note , which Mr . Pettifer , assistant to the station master , at first felt a little hesitation in taking , on account of the bank being' distant from Nottingham ; . but at length lie took it , and being in haste he gave the gentleman

      £ 17 s . 6 d . in _chanue , instead of -7 s .. 6 d . In half an hour nfter the train had started he discovered the m ! -. take he had made , and instanily telegraphed to Derby , requesting they would by telegraph inform the station master at Rushy of what had occurred . This direction was attended to , and in three minutes after the arrival cf the train at Rugby , which was duo there at five minutes to seven , the hews had reached Nottingham that the sovereign had been received _^ by Mr . Pegou at _Rujby _, and it was returned to Nottingham the next morning .

      Snow on Skiddaw . —On Tuesday morning week , notwithstanding the excessive heat which had been experienced at Keswick for some weeks past , thc summit of Skiddaw was densely covered with snow or hail , and retained its wintry garb for several hours . —Carlisle Journal . Dreadful case of Burning . —On Tuesday , Mr . William Baker , the Deputy Coroner , held an inquest atthe London Hospital , orl . the body of David Bates , aged seven years . Emma Roberts , of 14 , Crowncourt , Whitechapel , said that the deceased was in the care of its grandmother , _'who-lived next door to witness . On tho morning of Saturday last , about two o ' clock , thc child attracted the attention of witness by screaming most violently . On going out to

      ascertain the cause she found the deceased ' s clothes in a general blaze , the child at the time was rolling itself on a bed in which a female lodger was sleeping . Witness procured a . couploof pails of water which she threw over the bed and child , and by thr . t means succeeded in getting the fire extinguished . The deceased was taken by witness to the above hospital . The grandmother at the time was in tlie court , in a state of intoxication . Had it nut been fur witness ' s arrival at tho house of the deceased , she believed that the lodger would also have perished , for the room was filled with smoke , and tlie woman appeared nearly suffocated . Verdict , " Accidental death , " and the Jury requested the Coroner-to censure the gross conduct of the grandmother , ' for leaving the deceased unprotected at that early hour ot the

      morning . A Bov Killed n \* ' _Failing from a Window .- — On Tuesday , Mr . G . I . Mills , the Deputy Coroner for West Middlesex , held an inquest atthe Middlesex Hospital , on the body of Edward Yesley , aged twelve , whoso friends live at No . 11 , Clevelaniltnews . About eleven o'clock on the night of Saturday last , deceased was at the first floor ' window , looking out for his mother returning from market _, when lie overbalanced himself and way precipitated into the road . The absent parent at this moment arrived . _ILir screams attracted assistance , and the poo ? lad was immediately removed to ihe hospital , where , from the injuries ' to tho head the case was pronounced to be quite hopeless , and death terminated his sufferings about an hour after his admission . Verdict , " Accidental death . " _;

      Setting Fikk to a PmsOiV . "—Patrick Connor , a Private of the lUh-Regiment of Foot , _n devcrter from his _reuiment ( now in tlie . East Indies ) , when on his way to the depot stationed : it Cliiitham , was _lidgcii in tlie prison of the liberty of _tt-nnlord , ou Saturday _moriiia ' > T last , foi' tho dviy and night . About the hour of six o'ehiek in the evening , ( ire and smoke were seen issuing from the cell where he was euniiucd . On entering it , tViorc wns a dense body ot smoke , and part of the " bed and clothes _wc-ro on lire . "Asupo . yof water was procured and tlw lire extinm _' . ishc ' d . Mr . Snutlwyv -tho gaoler , was much alarmed for the safotv of the promise !* .,

      " Di'NM . _U'i _* .. — - Tin * _Ijikthdav of 1 'yciio _Bijahe . — Tlie three hundredth anniversary of the illustrious _a- _'t-rnnomer , Tvelio I ' raiie , _wiu celebrated with great pomp on the 21 st ult ., at the island of llvccn , near Copenhnecn . A . gveivt number of steamers filled with passengers arrived from the capital on the occasion . The total number of visitors was estimsvtad at 8 , 000 ; viz ., 5 , 000 Danes , 1 , 000 Norwegians , ami 2 , 001 Swedes . In tiie evening tlwro was a banquet , at which 2 , 000 persons were scaled . Tun Natural So . v oe Napoleon . —The suit instituted by Count Leon against the Countess de _Lux-IwnrK , wason Thursday pavtly decided by the Cour rloYale , which declared that the defendant was the wither _« f the pi ain tilt " , and a judged her to make him a provision of'MOOf _* . pendente lite , reserving the question of GOOOf . per annum demanded by the Count , I—( _laftjriutiH , .

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      ExrRAORWNAnr Public _Mketing . —A meeting of an' _'Unprecedented''and exCitilTg"naturc * was held at-Manchester on Thursday . t It appears that some time ago tlie Rev . Dr . Hearnep-the lldman Catholic Minister of St .. Patrick _' s chapel in that town , who is an Irishman , was about to be removed to make way fe _^ an English preacher in the same communion . This caused _greattdissatisfaction-amongthe Irish , and some riotous proceedings took place in the chapel , and much improper" language was uttered . For this conduct , those of the malcontents who were repeal wardens ? were struck from the list by direction of ¥ r . O'Connell , and all who took part in tlie disturbance were announced in the Tablet ofthe 20 th ult , _Wie advocate ol the Roman Catholic cause . ) as ruffians : a disgrace to the n ofCatholic

      ame . or Christian ; a rabble of miscreants ; the refuse of so-21 ! / _xfe _* , ' ? _^^ neighbourhood ; men _^ _K £ * _we discipline of the gaol and the convictship—the treadmill and the bloodv whi p—than for any decent association among men , " < fcc . 'foexpregs an opinion upon Mr . _O'Connell ' s conduct in dismissing the wardens , and { on the editor ' s for _publishin _" the remarks , a meeting was , as stated above , held on Thursday evening ; at which about 2 , 000 Irish _Catholies were prerent . Resolutions condemnatory of tho Agitator ' s proceedings , and calling upon the editor to retract his imputations , were all' but unanimously agreed to : ' The poor editor came in for by far the largest share of censurer- and whenever the Tablet was mentioned , there were cries of " Bum it ! Burn it !"

      Cosr ov _RakwajsI-Of twenty of the leading lines of railway , ' the highest cost per mile in construction was the London and BlackwaE ; which was £ 2 _& t , 602 , and the lowest ihat of Dundee- and Arbroath , being JE _^ , 570 . __ The _intermediate prices ,, and the next in _ortfer in expence , was the Greenwich Railway , £ 28-7 * 270 per mile _: Loudon and-Ciroydon , £ 80 ,-6 ) 0 : Dublin and Kirig 8 town r , $ 59 , 128 ; London and Brighton , _JS 56 _. 981 ; ( ireat Western , £ 56 , 37 3 ; _? London and Birmingham , £ 52 282 ; Eiverpool an * Manchester , £ 50 , 92 % ; Manchester antf Leeds , £ 4 T _, % 2 i ; Glasgow and Greenock , 435 , 451 ; Midland Counties , £ 35 , 403 *; Edinburgh and Glasgow , £ 3 & , 024 : Birmmchatn and

      Gloucester , £ 29 , 000 ; Sooth Western ,. £ 28 , 004 ; North Union and Bolton and- Preston , . _* 27 , _* 799 , _* York and North Midland , £ 231606 ; Grand Junction , £ 22 , 293 ; _Glasgow , Kilmarnock and Ayr , £ _* 2 © , 607 ; and Dublin and Drogheda , £ l 5 i 652 . 7 _bbv _Industkious BEBS .- _^ Proverbial as the industry of the-bee is , we should _f _& ink'that there are few parallels fa »> the following : —A cast of bear , was lately presented ! to a gentleman- i » _Cockermonth , which , in the short space of _hine-dayr _* _. produced _* 28 J lbs . of fine rich honey , the wholer of vrtiicb was tafeen _wltftontdestroyingtiBore ' than about ltal £ a dozen of the industrious tenants ofthe hive .-:

      Ldcwer _MATcnas'in the _handa-bfchildren hare caused another fire ,: by . which ho leas'tfian ten _cottjpges Wf _^ _ro destroyed 1 ,, and one child' wns burned to death ! . _ThisdisasteroecurredatTodSingiori , where two children at play got possession of |' sgm « lucifers , and set fire to some rubbish "to have a _> bonfire . " Death ' from Mih , ' _^ _'Machiskbt .- _^ v- boy named Joseph Lamb , fourteen- years of ; age , wa * killed-on Thursday ,, by being caugbtin _. the machinery at , the seribblinginill of Messrs . Hudson and B ' ottoroley , at Kirksall . He was alone ' in one of tlie rooms ' at the time of the melancholy occurrence , bit Ir was' found soon after with his head dreadfully shattered . He died ; very soon after being removed to ; the- _Eeeds Infirmary .

      ExTRAORDikAnT Case of "DROwsiso . —A ' , hum and his wife ; named Brotherton , v / ho had been _carousins together on Saturday , night at various public-houses , and afterwards walked the streets till daylight ,, repaired to the water side at Trip Wharf , Fnper Thames ; Street , at an early-hour on Sunday morning , and while the man went into the river to bathe-,, Ms wife remained ashore in . charge of his clothes . He was swimming about for some time , and his wire saw him strike out into the middle of the river , and soon afterwards disappear ..- She waited patiently for upwards of an hour in expectation of his returning to her , when her patience exhausted , she raised an alarm , and sent two watermen after him , who were unable to find him , and there is no doubt he was drowned ,, and that his body still remains under water .

      _AmsiocnATic " Sucks . " --We are authorised to state that the 2 nd Life Guards , commanded by General the Marquis of Londonderry , will he reviewed by General Viscount Combermere , Gold Stick in Waiting , on Thursday morning , in Hyde Park . at ' eleven o ' clock .- —Morning Post . [ What a degraded thing must that two lesged animal be who glories in the title of "Gold Stick in Waiting ! " " Such be thy Gads , 0 Israel ! " 1 . Collisions at Sea . —It appears from an official document just presented to Parliament , that there were last year 454 collisions of vessels at sea , and in the present year , to the 12 th of May last , the number \ vasl 50 .

      A _SnowEn ' oi ? Fitods!—During the heavy thunderstorm of yesterday week a shower oi frogs fell from one of the surcharged clouds over . the "Dumber , several dropped on the decks of vessels navigating the river , and a portion of the coast near Ivilhohne Lights was _ for a time covered by myriads of the strange arrivals . _—7 / _uK Packet . Discovery of a Man ' s Leo and Skull in the Thames . —On Saturday morning , as s _: ime workmen were dredging the river near Waterloo-bridge , they discovered a man ' s leg and a human skull . Thev

      were both in a decomposed state from being exposed to the water for some time , and the leg had un it a piece of a large boot , similar to those used hy fishermen . Rumours were circulated that the bod y had been cut up , that thc guilt of the party committing thc crime might not be revealed ; but in all probability the limbs and skull were cut asunder by some steamer or other vessel as it was lying in the bed of the river , at low water mark . Informatioa has been ' sent to the Coroner , who will hold . an inquest . forth _, with .

      Competition on the "Rivep . Thames . —On Sunday . a number of boats belonging to tin ; Iron Steam-boat-Company ; commenced running between Londonbridge , and the Adelphi pier ( ncarliungerford Suspension bridge ) , for the extraordinary low fare of one halfpenny . _Thb'Nbw Mimtart Prison , St . Gkorgk _' s Barracks , _TRAiULOAn-sr-UAiiE , is now complete . All the _prisoners will be confined in separate cells , under tincontrol of a _provost-serjeant . Each cell is provided with a hammock and bedding , a stool and table , as well as a bell , that the prisoner may pull on any sudden emergency . During the day the hammock will be removed . The diet will consist of one pint and a half of . milk per diem , two pounds of potatoes , and one pound of bread .

      Faix op a Chapel . —On Saturday evening much consternation and alarm was created in the vicinity of Ewer-street , Gravel-lane , Southwark , in consequence of . a large building recently occupied as a ehapal falling down and burying four persons in the ruins . No time was lost in removing the broken timber and loose _rubbish with a view of finding the unfortunate sufferers who were buried beneath . After a few minutes one man was taken out much injured about the head , and after ' great excrti-n two others were extricated . Twenty minutes elapsed before the body of Antill , the fourth man , was discovered apparently in a lifeless state , lie was taken ti a surgeon , who , after affording the ncces _.- : _ii'i ' medical aid , advised his removal to thc accident ward of St . Thomas's Hospital . lie lies in a very precarious state , and is not expected to survive .

      Total Destruction * of a YViiai . ku . —Letters have , during the last two or three days , been received , communicating the total destruction of the whaling ship Helvetia , 3 . 10 tons burden , suppo ' _-ed to have been wilfully fired by an incendiary . The loss of _the _llclvetia , which wiis commanded by Captain W _" . Porter , occurred on the night of the 25 th of February last , in Sandwich harbour . Besides 150 barrels of sperm oil , she had 1 , 500 of seal and other commodities f > n board , and preparations were completed for the homeward passage when thc discovery was mrulo . It appeared to have commenced in the forepart of tho _vessel , between deck ? , and every attempt on tbe part of the crow to get . at it proved abortive . The alarm was given to the authorities ashore , who instantly caused the military to be turned out , and directed every assistance they were in possession of te save thc vessel . Long before the vessel was boarded the flames had gained the oil in the mainhold , and burst forth

      in a terrific blaze , firing the rigging in every direo tirm , which , owing to the wind , was soon consumed , the masts falling over the vessel ' s side . Attempts were made to scuttle her , but she still floated , and thev abandoned her . Subsequently , in the course of tho _' night , h » r cables were cut and tho ship drifted down thc channel with the tide ; tho guns on thc fort opened fire on thc burning vessel in order to sink her . Several shots pierced her bows , but . had no effect ; and about three o ' clock slio struck , on a reef , and stranded in six feet of water , where slio continued to burn for nearly two whole days , and was entirely consumed . That she was wilfully set on fire tke . commander and officers have not the least doubt . They exempt the crew of the diabolical act , believing it to have been committed by a native who was employed on board , and had made his escape immediately after the outbreak of tho lire . Tho captain and ofiieers are sufferers to o . considerable extent . The shin was insured for £ 12 , 000 .

      A _FiGNicitTKO _Beaple . —A beadle some time ago , in a parish in Ayrshire , was examined and-dismissed for gross ignorance in spiritual matters , us well as for not walking even according to thc light wliich he had . Some time after he applied for restoration of privileges , on the plea that lie had learned and amended . " Well , John , " said tlie minister , " 1 will just ask you a few plain questions—What is baptism ? " '" Deed , Sir , replied John , "I canna weel tell you wliat baptism is non—new folk , now laws ; but in my time it was fourpence to the . beadle , and tippenco to the precentor . "

      FlUE IN THE . CuTTlXaS . ( fee , OF THU _G'ti- _'Vf Western Railway . — The grass on the slopes of the cuttings and embankments of the Croat _Wi-s '< _-v \> Railway , between Slough and Paddington , has been

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      | nearly , throughout the eighteen miles , completely destroyed by lire , occasioned by its being ignited by the live coals thrown out by the furnaces of the steam-engines traversing the line . Several patcfies ? ' _'^ _w _^ _halfia- milerto _three-quarters-ofamile-in length Shave been laid totally bare , and the roots , together , with those of the growing shrubs , wholly destroyed A passenger _. wholeftSloughby the Bristol daymiiil-train on Saturday , observed the grass on the cuttings and embankments on fire , to a considerable extent , in no less than a dozen places ; " " f ishing _£ xtbaormnary . -A few days ago some members of the celebrated Wakefield Angl _. r _' _s Club _K-tewi _^ _-Sr _* r v ° f thc _"avoirs _<* the Wakefield Water Works , when one of them caught " instead of fish a full-sized wheelbarrow ' . * " _7-Retihi-mknt of Mr . Cobdek . —The following address has been sent by Mr . Cobden to the electors of Stockport ;—

      Gentlemen , —The state of my health , and other _privato considerations , i » duce me to seek a temporary withdrawal from public life . With this view I have obtained leave of absence from . Parliament for the remainder ol the _sesglOH ; aad it ig my intention , aft « r making tbe necessary _arrangemento'ibr leaving home , to go abroad for a twelvemonth . I , 'the " refore , _moat respectfully beg to be _considered in the enjoyment of the privileges and immunities of private life ; at the same time I feel it my duty to place my " seat ot your disposal In case a dissolution should oecur _dorinfr my absence from England . Allow me to . take the present opportunity of expressingthe grateful sense 1 ' entertain ofthe confrdehce and kind .

      neas with which you have honoured me . To your favour alone hare 1 been indebtetf for tho opportunity of _adroca . ting , however humbly , in tfoe British Legislature , the now happily triumphant princi p les of free-trade . I thank all and each of you for '" the ¦' considerate forbearance with which you have allowed me to- devote myself uninterruptedly to one absorbing question " , : and assuring ? you how " deeply I regret that a necessity should arise for _ga ' spenduiu my connexion with your important borough . I have the honour to be , gentlemen Your faithful servant , Manchester , July 3 3646 . - Richabd _CbsnEtr . _PuRitotrs Fjjat . —On Tuesday week , a Mr . Clement Irvine walked across the harbour at Guernsey , on a rope TOO feet in length , stretched at a height of 70 feet above the water , to the admiration of several thousand persons who * had congregated to witness the * feat . The rope was on an incline ; Mr . Irvine first ascended , it , and 'then , after five minutes rest ? , _desceadedit . .

      _Fatal _Accidsst . —0 » Saturday an inquest was held at the residence of Capt . Carew , near Croydon _^ upon the body of Patrick Maxwell Shaw Stewart , R . Ni ,. vvho shot Mmself ,. it is _supposedly bis clothes becoming entangled with 1 the trigger of his gun , s double-baralledonei whiles 8 ootin < ron thegroundsof Capt , _Cfcrew , He- was found , after the report of » gun Had been heard , lying : upon the ground , quite dead ; and his head IJtreraHy blbwn to atoms .. Fi ' em ) ' on _Fike . —On- Wednesday , a field of wheat , _^ longing to Mr . _Evfason-, Angel Inn , Chesterfield , : wasdi 3 corered to be on- ; fi " re ; , Hove the fire _originated ' , -cannot he-Known ; ' although- ' it is probable that the _lexcessive Heat'of the snnignited the soil which y borders'the wheat field , © n turning up the soil with-a spade ,, jets of flame burst from ; tbe ground to ther height of five-feet . A Bupply of water _\ va 9 instantlyobtained ; and * , after much exertion , it was extinguished , without mnch injury being sustained . ¦ 1

      A _*!» Accomplished _Fensee'JJirrer . —There is now in prison in Paris-, afemale , only twenty-one years of age and-of almost marvellous beauty , elegance of manners , and apparently candid and open character , whose _Iife-presentssome extraordinary circumstances . Her _fatbur is a tliief , who has- been five times eondemned ' to imprisonment , and is now undergoing his last sentence ; : Herinother has- been , several times in prisoirfor theft , and lier brother is at this moment _undercoing imprisonment like his father . Marianne , the girl inquestibn , ' was first arrested and condemned to several months' * imprisonment for having been an accomplice , in the dress-of a--man , iin a vol a- V

      Americaine Soon afterherrelease she was caught picking pockets in company with a _notorfoas thief , in thechurch of Nbtre-Datne-de-Lorette , and was sentenced to a years imprisonment , whieh expired on Wednes _^ day , but as ifc has recently been ascertained that she fo' _-med part of the _notoriousgang of depredators who , under Claude -Thibert , carried or such a thriving business by robbing waggons of merchandise , and selling it by means of receivers , she is detained to take her trial for one of those-robberies ,, of which she confesses to have been guilty .. Marianne has received a good education , and is said to speak English , German ; and French , with equal facility .

      A Cavk . —The New BrunswieHer makes mention of a Cave of considerable depth , discovered at . Green Head , about five miles from the city ef St , John , on the banks of tbe river . It has been explored to the _distance of about 100 foot . —The wolves arc again making their appearance in large numbers , even very near to the city of St . John . Y Distressing Case . —Early on . Friday evening , Mr . Taylor , an eminent _surgeon , in Portwood , Stockport , committed a mnst fatal mistake by hastily swallowing laudanum in lieu of the agreeable tincture of _cardamoiis , the two bottles , similar in size and general appearance , having . been placed . _toge--ther on the same shelf in his surgery . The unfortunate gentleman instantly discovered his error , and having communicated , his worse fears to his wife , proceeded to marceratc some sulphate of zinc

      to correct the deadly influence of the narcotic ; but before tbe zinc could be sufficiently- diluted , he became insensible . Medical assistance was almost immediately on the spot , and every remedial , measure resorted toby a staff of persevering _uentlemen _'; but , we are sorry to say , all human efforts proved ineffectual to rally the patient , and he expired at ( one o ' _oloelc the following _morning . Mr . Taylor , who was a practitioner of extraordinary skill , " was very " highly respected ; and the faculty ' of the horough , anxious to testify their regret . it thc melancholy end of a gentleman of great private worth and distinguished _professional attainments , twenty-two honoured ! m remain * on _Tuesday morning , by vo « _Inntarily following the procession to the boundary .. of the borough ,, on ,-iis-way to Cheadle . thc place of family _interment . An ' affectionate wife anil sorrowing SOU are left to mourn this deplorable mistake . ¦

      Bomb _Shs-el--. —A . vessel , called the Freden . which has arrived in tlie London Docks from Odessa , in addition to a car » o of Russian tallow , had 1 , 250 bomb shells on bonrd . The _importation of so _singul _.-ran . article of warfare is remarkable , A Public-iiousk _iakbx ' bt Bkks . —On Friday an unusually large swarm of Ikes , either from accident or design , alighted on the top . of « chimney at Mr . Parkin's , Royal Oak Inn , Brierly-hill , and appeared to attempt to settle . However , in a few seconds , tiie bulk of the _living mass went down a chimney iil ! 0 a bed-room , where two females were busily engaged at their toilette , who , as might lie supposed , wero dreadfully terrified at . the formidable appearance of their unbidden _quests ; one of them was injured from the stings of the Intruders as she

      atte nip ted lo ess _.-ipe . The house was deserted in a few seconds , and the landlord in vain offered various sums of money to any ono who could rid the premises ofhis ' unprofitable customers . — Worcestershire Guardian Riots in Paisley . —Great rejoicings look place here on Monday , on account of the passing of thc Corn 'H ill . Towards evening lar ; : e crowds _collecti-d at the Cross and at , the High-street . Thc police were withdrawn to allow , them to amuse themselves with fireworks , which continued for about an hour and a half . Between ten and eleven o _' clork , a large stohewarc cmte wis drawn up ami down the street for sometime , itwas then filled with shavings and sec on tire . The great object-of thc mid ) now was to make a bonfire ' ! and thoy scoured the back courts , and seized upon barrels ' , boxeswood , and whatever came

      , in their wav . These materials were thrown into the fire , which , " about 12 o ' cloek , had rather an alarming appearance . The Provost , and some of the _Members of Council , at la-t _intei-ferri ' , hut all endeavour * io _sfoji the proceedings in a , quiet way were unavailiii !* - . The police were then ordered to do their duly , and a terrible affray took place . _Thestrocts wore , however , cleared , and the fire was extinguished . On Tuesday night crowds again _beira n to _* _i" 5 eii * We , anue < mimei ! _cid . ason the previous _nisiht , to _thrnwsquilis . See . About ten o'clock an immense crowd had assembled , and it bonfire was lighted . The Provost and _meinlu-rs of Council interfered , io prevent such _outrageous proceedings as those of Monday , when they were met by a shower of stones ami other missiles . The . _Provost received a severe cut in the leu v . i _< $ t a stone , the

      Captain of the Police was carried home insensible , anil various other gentlemen were seviivlv injured , and were glad to escape . The police was _obliged to retreat , and leave tho crowd in possession oft he cross . Under these circumstances , an _express was scut to tho barracks , and Captain Kithl , with a- _iU't . " iC ' : iincnt of the 87 th regiment , marched to ihe _scc-m-, and " speedily sealtorcd thc mob . The fire '> : •! : •> . _•< . ¦ _extinguished the firo , which was composed _exclusively of new wood , _i-tolcn from several large house * _i-. i _jn-. cess of _erectii'iim-ar tho _ci' 0 ss . A nroat many at' the mosfi daring offenders were _sei' / eil and _cotivt-yctl to the Police-office . On Wednesday , after _esamiuiiMi-. n . before tho Magistrates , about twenty ef ihem were committed to gaol lor trial . A pv < v ! _a-n : i ( iou was issued by the Magistrates ' , w . iriiiuti Die , iulinbitauts _aeainst a _vepi-iit ' _unt of such riotous sets , under the

      pains ot the law . —Scotch Paper . Ssuious Accmi'ST . —On t ' _liibiy _uwnia'i hist , a number of pet-sons _fts-seinl'leii in _ikriU . _lMnew-Yi'rtl , Exeter , to celebrate the passing . of the Corn UiVlby a cannonade . They had eight ennnonr- weighing about Sib ** each , andilh . of gunpowder , _aiid-had iired four _rounds ' , when the hue cannon burst on being discharged , from , beim _: overloaded . One of Iho framneiits struck JmIm Gill , ibe town-crhr , in the knee , COhipletel y t-iii _:-. sliijifi ; tin ; bones , portions ot wliich were bv _uiinstlf p _h-ken : > m of the wmiv . d . U _8 w : _v- _* reinov ' _'triolh-. ' hes _.-ifal , ami will harn to _t » se hi * leg . _iVno'lifi- ffiimuent _stru-. k _iiimtlter young i „ " tn : _liam-d _WeHmr . In ih _* _flioc . _knorknia o ,. r some of \ , U t _^ _lh nsvl ei _' . ttii'g t . il * itis _t-Oi-e ; h >; « as _to-, p . „ v « 1 _^ _lriaowiiVuiV : * .. A thin ! _( _V'i _" gnici : t _^ nn _* ii . n . « . n ' named T vA in his > ide _, ' _^ _™? _™ ff _A lliS \ v _.-:,-, ,: _„ _k-K for t ' tC _fiwiit . A lH » t «> n _» l _» b' » * r _- - ! _,,: » ' , v . tw hl « iv . in .. ( _J the yard _«« ' _« R _* _' _*" c ! _' ' _Y _* ' I ihe K . nJW . ftV . d _Invimr-worU of which were brown .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 11, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_11071846/page/3/