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      • _^ ' _^^' OBTHBWOTm iiiT'uiLi _^ _" '' > COontmitedfrom the _seetncl page : ) ; Ions shame to allow the presence near young people ti a woman who has proclaimed herself as sbe has done . , _! .. ? ut e _** 0 Ush _tta t > uhave other _Mrns , and tnat it ia . not with- her that your We is occupied , ' but _iXil " _w Stbe attUud 0 ' '• _' » **¦ ¦ _«»» _v-hiehlhave «» In . _^ V _"" " -6 _* - l do not * ***** to _b _<*» y _myaulf witb l _~ in » . " e 0 n ( luot and affections , but neither menaces rS \ 1 _Z _T ; WlU r _««» t my repenting , as I havo a X . ! T ' JNI 0 deoe -Ta yourself in putting your children into the hands ofa woman who has no caw for her reputation , : and has ceased to re t herselfThe

      spec . system of governesses has always been unsuccessful with JE * . ¦¦ # — , f ° r tlie " _- our - children , and tbe dignity of our rank to Chang * it . ¦ As long as my _daueh : _tersare _not-married I will reside constantly with tbem . Iwill aid in their occupation , , and I win accompany them everywhere . < All my plans > re laid down and whenyou reflect on the matter , you will certaialj find as many reasons for confluence in leaving the education of our girls under tbe care of a mother as under that of a governess . My father , I know , * has made an offer to ' Mademoiselle D of an honorary annuity ; On her going to England , with this _assistance , her talents and patronvge will secure her a suitable portion more easily than in Paris' _' _- '

      niraissioNs . -, . _, 'Friday , June 17 , 18 i 7 .-I must repeat hourly to myself that 1 havo accomplished a sacred duty towards _hiy dangbters in consenting to join my efforts to those Of my father to send away this woman . It caused we arrent deal of pain . I hate eelat , but overy one told m » , as well as my own conscience that It was my dutjl My 6 odl what will be the future ? How he is incensed . One would think he was not the guilty one . He says , he loves his children ; and he distrusts tlieir mother , and makes his mistresses . their governesses 1 What a lite he is leading ! He is losing all , his energy , . . May God guide my children , ' ' Document found at Paris , in the Duchess ' s secretaire , in a sealed envelops , also entitled' Impressions . ' 'July 18 . 1817 .

      It is long since I have written anything , and nevertheless nothing has changed in the interval ; She will leave , they say , when we go to . Praslin ; aad in the meantime the empire she holds is most absolute . Father and children , she retains them all as in a special bond . 1 understand her game well _enough , if Bbe have really _swallowed all ' shame ; but for him , I cannot explain bis conduct . Ho complains of calumny ; but he confesses that appearances are bad , and he _mukes these appearances . e \« ry day worse , and gives moro grounds for all tbe scandalous Interpretations . H > - pretends that their relation' ) are misinterpreted , arid yet he publicly proclaims the rupture with my . father on her account _. He breaks with us , and does , not leave her . No character can be more enigmatical . Is _H excess of

      curruptloni . _orisittxcessofweaknesst- ' - Were it excess of weakness , could that go to the length of ' making bim so trample on the interests of his children ? What ! could be have so much fear of this woman as net to dare , while she is in the house , , to leave ; his children with their mother , or , show regard . to his wife ? What has given ber tbis empire over bim J—it is not natural . She must have some means by which she mukes her threats powerful over him .. "fr * oor . man ,. I _s ' mcore _' y griiive _' for him . What a life he leads 1 What a future he is pre . paring for himself ! - If he ' allows himself to be thus domineered over and browbeaten by _intrifJtKHi ' _es at 43 , what will he be when he grows old t And yet ,, how I _lovebirs ! He ' must have" Been sadly changed by all these bad habits ; _fiMyon seeing what he is now , 1

      cannot explain what inspired in me this love so impassioned . He is no longer the same man ; bow dull is his spirithow narrowed bis heart—bow much has he grown suspicious , ennuied , and irritable . _Nothing animates him , nothing interests him , nothing exalts him . No _generous , _impassianed , or enthusiastic sentiment seems to vibrate in bis heart or mind . He has rank , - fortuneall that could render bis _existence useful , brilliant , happy , and honourable . All is galvanised ; he interests himself in nothing either for his country or' his children . Ho keeps company wiih governesses ; he is their cavalierserctnte till he becomes their slave . Truly I believe that he only wishes to keep Mdlle D . ( whom he

      bas not loved for this eighteen months or two years , ) because be fears that if once removed hence she would make lift too hard for him . My God ! what ' an existence ! What is curious is tbat I am sane . He firmly believes tbat it is on account of Jealousy that I wish . the departure of Mdlle D . He will not comprehend that my moving principle is , and will henceforth ever be , my children . He believes that it is my jealous love for him , and this flatters him . It is singular ; but I do net doubt tbat if be had not believed my lovo inextinguishable he would have treated me less unworthily . What an illusion , what excess of _sclf-le-ve 1 ¦ LETTER FROM TflE _DOCUESS TO _HABEHOISEUE DE _H'ZZT

      WHEN AT TOEIN WITH HUB ELDEST DAUGHTEB . ' Praslin , August 25 , 1846 . ' I wish not to delay a moment , my dear ¦ Mademoiselle , in thanking you for your kind letter , which gave me a lively pleasure , and which , so far from thinking long , I could hare wished to be double . ¦ I got . it this evening , and I will not deny that it was time that letters had reached me , for ray head and my heart were much excited by the long silence . lam happy , as you may guess , to hear all you tell me of Isabella ' s happiness , but I am much astonished that you find uo ehango iri her manners , Thero is a very marked one in her letters , I thank you a thousand times for the details you have _givjn mc . * * . You say that Louise and Berthe speak of me often with Isabella , tis porhaps to give me pleasure that you write this ; in auy case you have completely succeeded , for I wept wiih joy . Once more , my dear Mademoiselle , I thank you a thousand times from thc bottom of my heart for jour letter , whicb I truly hope will not be the last .

      _'SSBASTIAKI _PaASIIJJ . ' TO THE SAHE , _WftlTTEK APPARENTLY ON JANO _& IIY . 1 ST FOUND IH TBE _S . ESIDENCE OF MADEMOISELLE DE LUZZY

      DESPOMES . ' It U forbidden us to retire to rest without being reconciled with our _neighbours ; much more , it appears to rae , ought the new year to pat an end to all dissensions and obliterate all disputes .. It is then heartily that 1 offer you my hand , Mademoisolle , and ask you to Forget , in order that we may live well together lunceforth _, all the moments of pain that I have caused you , and I promise you , also , to pass thc sponge over all the circumstances which , in mortifying me , have excited mo to occasion them . Every one _, has his faults ia this world , and I am induced to believe it is too happy . This ought to' render us mutually moro in'iulgcnt _, and to facilitate reconciliation . I am truly convinced of your sincere and tender attachment to my children , and ,

      beliere me , th .-. t no one is more disposed than I am to show gratitude and affection to those who havo been devoted to them , if I am not wounded to the heart by , the thought that they are estranging them from me . Yon know , as well as I do , that it is custom . wbicb causes attachment , especially with ehildren . Not seeing their mother , Bheloses her place in their hearts , as in their life they end by doubting her love , happy if at a late period their esteem and their confidence ara not shaken . Certainly this was not your objvot ; for you must have known thatit would bo as ' pernicious to thc children as sorrowful to thc mother to destroy bonds so sacred . From ono trills ) to . ai . otber . ooo coiros to do things whicii at first one was far from _conceiving . If , instead of irritating oneself about faults which aro mutually _confossed , we reciprocally overlook them , I believe that everyone in this world would make a good bargain . It requires only to be a good , driver and go

      round the stone heaps instead of over them ; for my part , I confess that I often come into collision , I had long intended to write to you to renew all our aoqaaiutance with tho year ; it is , therefore , with double _jJea-Snre that I havo received your charming work this evening , because it proves that you are also willing to pat an end to a Btate of things which I am convinced cannot fail to be hurtful to tho children , to place yourself often in a disagreeable and false position , and places mo in one very cruel to me , who live isolated for so long a time from those dear affections ln the midst of which I was so happy . I anticipate , with great ardour , tho time when _isy daughters will be grown up , and I confess I suffer much in seeing them what they are . towards me . But I a _2 ! taking a long time to say that we ought to try to abandon a wrong course , to take another , and to b _« 2 you to receive and take up this gage of a new alliance , to wbicb 1 hepe you will consent .

      LAST MOMENTS CF THE SOKE SE PRASLIN . _TricJftniJeiirpubllshesarsportefthedisoUBsionwhieh took place in thc secret sitting of the Court of Peers , oh the report of the chancellor . The _discucsion turned almost exclusively ou the _subjiwtof . tfce suicide , of ibe Duke de Praslin . The Duke Deoazes , grand referendary gave in _tf . e following report !—• On Tuesday morning ( the "duke died on Tuesday evening ) , at the entreaty of the family , and to discharge what was considered a daty , tbo Grand lteferendary visited the prisoner . The Duko de Praslin complained of bis sufferings . . Tbo Grand _JSkfarwidary observed that such _sufferings must have been occasioned by tbe poison be bad taken , while the doctors bad besn misled as to its nature and the ' proper" mode of treatment , by two

      empty _bottlss found in bis secretary , aud which had contained laudanum . The prisoner replied that he had hot taken laudanum , and then , being pressed on the subject , _acknowledged thathe had taken nrsenio out of a pliial found on Friday in his dressing-gown . The Grand Referenda ! y baring asked bim . how he obtained the poison , he _declared . that uobody had given it to him , and that he l ; ad brought it . with him from Praslin the evening preceding the crime , exclaiming at the same time with emotion against tho supposition , that any one could have believed that he provided ; himself witb it with the intention of poisoning Mm ' _a . de Praslin . He avowed that he had taken ths poison the moment he perceived , by tho measures adopted with rcpect to him , himSuicide

      that there were grave suspicions against . . , in presence of such an aconsalion , became a _confenfon . Upan this remark being mado to the prisoner , be observed tilcnce , but he repelled with eagomess the Idea that be should bave _oonflded to any , one the project of his crime , and , as he interrupted these explanationsjby cries of pain , the Grand Referendary asked him if his mental sufferings did not exceed those of his _boily , aad if thfcy ought not to suggest to him the necessity of subduing such _sufferihss by the expression of that repentnnce that must be at the bottom of his heart , _addinjc that bis"faintly Indulged tho " belief _thatthe could have only _convsitttd sutb a barbarous crime in a moment ol _^ sensible rag wbicb he new Utterly deplored , Raising

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      Ms bands and eyes lo baaven , the _uafcrtnaato mat cried , _nrS _**™ ye - _* i bliB _* i » _toi' Oh , Wje le deplore Tae Grand Refe »« _dwy-t " iBn took Ihe opportunity to Bay to him that aft ' nub . a supreme m _« ro _« t , In order to satisfy at once the _JBstiee of God and man , ba ought ta f C i _? _^ * rbsi ! i 0 " •»¦ bis ' ' _vepentehca' ' as publio as was nta crime , and that a _ompletecebfsMion would _HITa ST * " P *« M »« pWh ' _fte delirium tbat had h _^ M wX -ST _* _» n « 1 I P . » o « eelve bte confession £ _^ 2 JT _* 4 ° _^ " . _« ' _^ n » o take it hlmielf at the moment . He listened to , these . words with great glotheaafter little hesitation

      ; , a , ho replied , ' I am too fatigued and suffer too much at tbis moment ; tell the chancellor that I beg of bim , not to come till to morrow , morning . ' His trouble of mind was too apparent , and his sufferings too great ' to allow of tbis interview being prolonged . The physicians had just declared that it was urgent to offar the succour of religion to the pri . soner . As no clergyman had been named by the family , ' and in the absence of thecure of StSulplce , this _piousmis / sion was confided to tbe cure" de St Jacques du Unut-bas , The _Courtknoas how much strength and calmness the prisoner received from this pious ' _teremany . The chancellor again offered , but In vain , to receive the declaration wbioh be h & d said bo was disposed to make . ' :

      A number of letters addressed to the late Duke by Mademoiselle de _Luzzy bare been discovered , which , it is _saidcleorly provethata guilty connection existed _between them ; It is added that these , letters contain many disrespectful _alluBlons to tbe unfortunate Duchess . Madlle . d _* f' _" zz _*' 5 s 8 t « i retained in custody , arid it is reported will be tried upon some ohnrge founded upon her correspondence . ¦ . _....- ' ¦ . ' A former governess , of ber « ra « e the . Duchess of _l _raslln named Sarah Parscval , from sixty to sixty-five years of age , residing in tho Passage de Tivoli , and living _2 » L r 5 _^ _' C 00 f - 8 _Wed her by her former pupil , _wasso shocked by being suddenly informed _^ the _murJ _Stota ! came mad ' has been t 8 ken toft

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      SSO * " S 0 S 6 TO FEARGUS _QfCOlffNOB , * ffBlTTE * S AT THB BEQUEST OF AS IRISH FEMALB . i ffi f / Connor , oar cbaa pien ! the pride of the nation ! ] I'd fain tana sny lyre , to sound tby dne praise : Tt Thon ' rt tbe boldest , tba bravest—tbe best of creation ' The great living wonder of mofcrn days . Ti Thousands of freemen whom than bast created , And dwellings of splendour ! as monuments stand In In proof of thy greatness ! where often repeated Tby praises shall be , —thon pride of the land ! Tl The slaves _tbotfst exalted from deep degradation , To freedom and comfort ! wiH honour thy name ! . <* _Oontemplata thy actions with true veneration 1 fame

      And sing of thy goodness , thy glory , and . T aywoucb » usachiev ementsaHyet will admire ; E'en Huge , dake » , and lords , wiR y et envy tby fame ; 1 To win such bright laurels J these vainly aspire ; Butno titled hero can boast sucha name . 1 Thy deed , are _oneqoaHed : In history's page * , We read of nocoaunests so valiantly won ! 1 Tby fame is immortal ! and forthcoming ages Will sing ofthe wonders O'Connor has done . J Thos earnest here a stranger [ by traitors rejected !] Determined , the million ' s lost rights to restore : J But now , —thon art highly esteem'd and respected , ' The people they love thee ! tby name they adore 1 ' . Tbclandof tby fathers ! enslaved and degraded :

      By thy daring efforts ! shall yet be made free ! ] Proud Erin ! be truly what nature has made it ; "First flawer of the earth ] and first gem of the ¦ ea !" ' Thy own native conntry im splendour _sball flourish ! Thy bold * , daring spirit ! her rights will restore : ' Herbravesonsanddaugbters , thjmem * ry will cherish , When traitors and tyrants are thought of no more . Thomas Almond . _i _Horesley Fields , Welverhampton , 3 rd September , 18 * 7 .

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      rr- _~ r _« _'r ¦« . r , _srr iiun _^ _xiui _^ _,,,,,,, _^ , _m m -- rm ,, „ , mt ,,- „ _-.-RREVELATIONS POLITIQUES . LBS TROIS vICTIMES . Pis is Comte bb Wnxm »» _WafiticomBm _eJcOions . The Three Tictims . Bythe Count deWillbrod . ] London : _Annand , Bathbone-place .. { _Continucdfrotn the Star of September ith . ) At Hie era of which we speak , M . Decazes was the rseta of tbe _goTenuaent . This maa , who with an _intetellect scarcely beyond mediocrity , has plajed _socongspicnons a part ia the afiairs cf France _eince tbe BEestorafaon , had not then , it is true , armed at _snppreme power , bnt he already understood _eufficient oi iiintngne to manage to ebtaia the . confidence of the _kiins , and be in a position to crash ahvman who B might be imprudent enongh to thwart hfe interests _0 or his caprices- Of all those who surrounded the t king , none knew better than did M . Decaxes how to e exhibit profound devotion to his sovereign , and that i wise and constitutional royalism which tbe _promnlj gator of the Charter especially liked . Skilful in j piquing the indolent causticity of Louis XVIII ., in j nattering the literary tastes , tbe favourite poems and _s authors of the Bueareb , in relating the go-sip of the i Court and thc City , in telling piquant anecdotes of j the private habits of the deputies and otber _politii dans : using , in fact , for this harvest of stand * * ; , all 1 impure sources pf his administration , _Bseaaas - possessed a marvellous facility in guessing and anticipating the king ' s wishes , whilst turning his own to goad acooant . In all the thousand mean concessions , in all the servile humility of body , _acd prostration of mind , that make tbe fortune of courtiers and valets ,

      _Cecazes had no equal . Was the king a sceptic , his minister adopted the principles of Voltaire ; if he inclined towards liberal opinions , _Decszss was a revolutionist ; not that he was really of that opinion , bat simply to have the appearance of being _convinced by royal reasoning and ceding to royal eloquence . To deceive Louis , and lead his judgment astray , to provoke dangerous measures and ordinances by false reports , to render the Comte d'Artois odious to and scspected by his sovereign ; to represent the Royalists oa the one hand as conspirators who sought to provoke the abdication of Lrais that his brother misht profit by his fall—and on the other to induce Mm to believe the Republicans and Orleanists ( dis guised nnder the name of Constitutionals ) , the only true friends of Louis XVIII . and the Charter ; to arrange the course of events by _aarafty policy—these were the secret causes ofthe favour of ii . _Decazes . And this devoted minister , this bosom friend , this

      confidant of even the secret thoughts of hia royal master , betrayed his king and his country , not bv darin _? , active , open , treachery , bnt by certain dark transactions—certain mysterious derelictions of duty — : t was not the quickly-killing poison onp of a Borgia that this youthful minister presented to the lip ; of Louis XVIII ., it was a slow poison , whieh _spreidinj through the veins of the monarch , destroyed him silently and gradually . To betray openly the sovereign to whem he had sworn fidelity was neither possible nor advantageous : bat to give pledges to the enemies of fhat sovereign , that in case of need they might rely on h _* 3 neutrality at least , it not enhisco-operatioa—to make all questions depend on the existence of the ministry of which he formed a part , and to make that ministry subservient to his caprices , intrigues and ambition , was the conduct of 51 . _Decszes ; Uie honourable double game of the favourite of Louis XVIII .

      _Young , handsome , and engaging , he was said to have earned by his unscrupulous complaisance towards ths empress-mother , the favour shown to him at the imperial court . Having acquired power , he trafficked not only in hip own services but in the nominations which fell nnder his coatrol : dissipated and extravagant , he paid his debts either from the resources of the state , or the private funds of the king . In private life he has never yet had the imputation of one generous instinct or one honourable action . On the contrary , he has been publicly accused of every meanr . es > . -Always mixed up with some intrigue , he saved himself from its consequences by every means that fraud or ingenuity could suggest . The pupil of Foucfce he had all the craft and vice of

      his master . The wotld has done this man the _honour of giving 'him a political system—although but a see-saw ose—to make him a Janus , with one face smiling on the Royalists and the other on the Republicans _, lie is unworthy even such honour- Thc only principle _Decazes ever possessed was that of sacrificing conscience , hononr , king snd conntry , to the necessities of the moment . During his _administratis , acts of inconceivable contradiction and " _nrnffin _. ' have occurred , which conld belong to no system but that of cowardice and treason ; this _toya ty , to which he owed everything , and which he ruined gradually , he was capable of throwing off in a moment had _sneh a step been necessary , not to his triumph—he had no fancy for power merely as an

      instrameat of honour and _gloxy—but to His personal j _tafety and the preservation oi his office . Sack was the policy of M . _Decazea . Now mark tte sequel 1 Of all the Ministers of the Restoration , 31 . _Decazes wa 3 unquestionably , to all appearance , tiiemost deeply compromised , being the one who had ] beea _rat < stunpityineinthe many _re-actionsof the fust ' years of _LonisXVlII , yet was he received with marked preference by the kiag ia lS 35 , and whilstithe other ministers were destitute , persecuted , and abandoned , he _received the favour of the new sovereign . These _, two facts being'knownacd certain , we may from them guess at that which would otherwise bs unknown , and learn b ? what secret mean 9 _Beeazes became one ofthe pensioned favourites of tbe Palais Royal after he had teen , in appearance , bo deeply hostile to fee

      party-It was by means of M . _Decazjs that the conspiracy for national independesce came to have _partizans even in the royal councils . Sot that the minister could hope for a more brilliant destiny tban now of fered itself , under any possible political _change ; but lefelt that the present state of things was unlikely _tala 3 t ; moreover , as the pupil of _Foucae , that living _incarnatioa of treachery and success , he had a natural abhorrence ofa straight path , of whiehindeed ie had no experience . He then was acquainted wiih this conspiracy- —he *» Ewihe resources , the aims , tbe whole projects ©! tte conspirators , who , certain of success , asked of him only to be conveniently blind , to eee and hear tithing until the last moment , and then , confident ! t would be his interest to join them if they were _fortooaAc , thej never dreaded the chance of defeat and consequent punishment .

      Did 31 . _Dscsxes take a mere active part in the _* f * SBiracy of 1816 ? It has been asserted , and bo > beved —( not perhaps without good grounds for the odief . ) that such was the case : but of those who _^ dhave affirmed it as a fact , some have already eat fled their secret to the grave , and others have load _reasoa for never divulging it . fie cabinet of which _ILDecazas and M . _Vau-™ ane disputed the directions , followed in the foot-*« Ps of the fallen mhrstiy of September the 23 th . whilst secretly fomenting discord , and even _asf _& _ng the seditions , they promulgated the severest _«* s against any open rebellionand restrained thc

      , P _^ sonai liberty ofthe citi-Jeris in the most arbitrary manner . This continued from September 1815 to May 1816 , _^" . ng which time the conspiracy was formed and _« _ttied _outr-sf this censpiracv wc are about to refii _* _" " £ _teries and the catastrophe . _Au _dEd to the bad administration ef the cabinet r « tne indolence ef the kin ? , who unfortunately _"• _jdc _^ _e bette r than security , and who gov erned _" _ooer _his governors in such a manner tbat , with "J" ? pood intention , hehad managed only to make d ; _r arlIP' _* . _liowever disunited in themselves , cor" _¦¦ _" y _atreein despising him .

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      caVr _^ ettr _^ _' _and florist l _^ _hUiaa'ifitt _' _ri ' nnmber We have given aa estrnt ia another colimn , _con-*« MHng a calendar _tf gardening operations for the present month .

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      THE LABOURER , A _UontMy Magazine of M" _" _' _^ _ferafore , Poetry , das . Edited by Feargus O Connor , M . P . . and Ernest Jones , Esq . London : _Mrtfem-Star Office , 16 ; Great WindmUl _^ treet , Haymarket . , . . . _„ -. . i . ' - Lort , if' _*^ y ' a P 0 C'B t by Ernest Jone * , opens the number for September of thb Magazine : .. Two artictes , we presume from the pen ? of Samuel Kydd , on Co-operation , ' ; and . _' TannahiH , the Scottish Weaver Poet , ' are instructive and interesting . The i ? ? _«^ e romantic will be ' suited by the tale 9 _ffU _lUB

      _S . en-A * - *! J « fill _*» . — " «* w w ¦» VQUll--tfj , _MUUVu titled . _Thei Pnee of Btood / But , to us the most interesting of this number ' s contents is the account of the wars of The Jacquerie , ' in the continuation of the _history of 'The Insurrections of the Working _wasses . We shall try to find room for some extracts in our next . We peroeive that the number ofthis Magazine for October wiltbe devoted to the Banking _Question ; for many reasons a subject of primary importance to the working classes at the present moment .

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      . 7 _ST Several monthly and other publications will be noticed ih our next .

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      _COMMUtflSTISCIIE ZEITSCHRIFT . - A German newspaper under the above title has been started in _London , and we are bound to say great talent is exhibited iu its first number . It is also distinguished by a sober reflective spirit—dealing net in assertion but inquiry , and boldly refuting tbe various charges brought against the principles it advocates . Into themeritsor demerits of _thoseprini-ipies , it is not our province at present to enter ; suffice it to say , the editor commences by stating that communism , at present unattainable , must be the slow result of social and moral improvement , of _Belf-developement , and not the factitious growth of hot-bed _pauesopby . Thus , it will be seen , the writer

      takes asounderand more rational position than many of his party—and eschews one great error attributed to that party : that the' aillenium' can be brought about by a legal enactment , instead of by a moral reform . Woe , indeed , to those reformers who think to make act-of-parliament angels , statute-saints , or parchment morality . The good must grow out of the hearts of'men , it cannot be implanted by the hand of force . The present number is an initiatory attempt , to be amplified , if successful , - by a weekly series , intended to contain , besides the usual news , valuable information of various kinds . We recommend this _periodical to the serious attention ofour German friends .

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      ! Royal Marylebone Theatre. . This Prett...

      ! ROYAL MARYLEBONE THEATRE . . This pretty temple of the Muses opened for the season on Monday Ia _* t . August the 30 th , under the management of Mrs . Warner , who , it will be remembered , was , with Mr . Phelps , one ofthe reformers of that new famous northern Shakespeareaa temple , _Sadlcrs Wells . The play selected for the opening on Monday was the ' Winter ' s Tale' of Shakespeare . Ilermione _, a character that Mrs Warner made her own , and in whieh she gained universal fame , while at the ' Wells , ' was sustained by that lady on this occasion . Her fine figure and graceful form showed to grant advantage in the statue scene . Her acting was sublime ; and boxes , pit . and eallerv vied with

      each other in their expressions of admiration . The jealous , unjust , and repentant _Leontes was very ably sustained : by Mr Graham . Autolycus ( the rogue ) , was played by Mr II . Webb , who most certainly is one of the very befit of low camadians . Antigones , Pro lixenes , Florizel . The Clown . Perdita ( Miss Angell ) , and Mop 3 a , were well sustained by performers new to the London stage , although of considerable repute in the provinces . The scenery , dresses , and appointments were correct and elegant , and gained the admiration of all . At the conclusion of the play , in obedience to the unanimous call of the house , Mrs .

      _Wr-rner was led forth by Mr Graham , to receive the cordial and enthusiastic plaudits of a well-filled hou . The evening ' s entertainment concluded with tbat very amusing farce' The Windmill . ' ' 1 he house has been cleaned and re-decorated , which gives it a neat and very _comfortable appearance . The best order is maintained , and every attention is paid to the comfort and convenience of the visitors . The * Winter ' s Tale , ' and Sheridan Knowles _' s _« Hunchhick , * tare since been played on alternate nights , with equal success ; clearly showing that the ill-used ' Legitimate' has found a home iu the' far West / as _welfas the far North .

      Burford's Palvorama. This Exhibition, So...

      _BURFORD'S PAlVORAMA . This exhibition , so long and deservedly a favourite with tbe public , cannot fail to afford much gratification to its present visitors . The panorama of i Grand Cairo is well painted and has many beautiful effects . The city lies sleeping in tbe first bazy light of morning , and the blanched walls , tbe arid soil , the total absence of shade , all incline as to exclaim ,. ' Hew shall we bear it when the sun rises ? ' Here are onr conceptions of Cairo completely realised—its marble palaces , its fretted mosque . ' , its _everlatisngjiyramids , and , alas ! the miserable mud dwellings ofitepeople ; we need no other Earrative " to tell us the history of oppression and slavery . The very tombs which tyrants raised to immortalise themselves , stand ever in

      judgment upon tbem , proclaiming to all time what _oppression has wrung from labour . A preparation for a pilgrimage to Mecca forms part of the foreground of this interesting picture , and gives a very c _& tnplete idea of the dress and appearance of the people , ln the upper circle is another panorama , representing the Himalaya mountains and the plains ef Hindostan . This is a beautiful fairy-land scene _, where the mountain-tops are clothed iu snow , and their feat adorned by the mo » t luxuriant vegetation . The light grey mist whicb hangs in the deep _ravinss is so exquisitely represented that we half expect a hreez ; to carry it away . In such a subject there must necessarily occur seme barrenness of object , bnt the artist has introduced some figures with very happy effect .

      Roral Polttechxrc Lvsriirjiios. —On Tues...

      RorAL PoLTTECHxrc Lvsriirjiios . —On Tuesday la 3 t Dr Bachoffner gave a most able and pleasing lecture on Electricity and Galvanism , at the abovenamed establishment . In the course of his lecture , the learned professor stated , that although electricity was constantly spoken of a 3 an elastic fluid , by which we would suppose it was a substance , like water , that may be contained in a vessel and visible to the eye , such was not the fact , and tbat we are at ' present totally ignorant of what electricity really is . But thb is a patter of minor importance , as we are acquainted with the method of applying this powerful agent to useful purposes , the greatest of which was the Electric Telegraph , as by its means a _roesssgc could fee conveyed to any part of the empire at the rated 288 . 000 miles in onesecond , thus bringing ,

      as it w £ rc , the whole-kingdom , and even the continent , into a small space , and by tbis means affording a most valuable aid to mercantile transactions . Thc professor also stated , be bad heard that a company was _foriaiag for the purpose of communicating with all the principal towns la the empire by the Electric Telegraphs . It this were carried out , it would consolidate , in a measure , the whole country with the metropolis . _^ Many persons were impressed with the idea that this was a _' _tvonderful age fur inventions ; in this Dr . B . would not coincide , as he considered it more an age for the adoption and application ofthe principles of those inventions well understood previous to the present time , and it is merely for the application of them to their present use that we can claim merit .

      The Hoese V. Stkui*—A. Few Days Ago, A R...

      The Hoese v . Stkui _*—A . few days ago , a rather humorous incident ocourred on the Newcastle and Berwick Railway , by which the comparative powers of ths _lurse and the locomotive _eagine were fairly tested . As the engine No . 137 , wafl coming to New castle , and when near Chat-hill ( a part of the line on which Messrs M'Kay _, the costractors , are still employed , a spirited horie , belonging to Messrs M'Kay , whether from fright or frolic , suddenly set off at full spied in front of the engine , which was going at the rate of thirty milea an hour . The driver of the engine , fearful ofthe consequences , eased the engine , and endeavoured , by frtquent shrill whistles , to drive the animal tStbs line , bnt in rain ; for a full mile or more tbe horse held on his way with his UD * abating speed . At length the engine coming rather close upon him , tho animal darted ou to the parallel

      iine , and , as if determined not to be beaten , still proceeded , and rushed once more in front of the engine . At this point the horse had run nearly three _niih-B , and the driver , finding himself delayed , resolved to passbis opponent at all risks , and , increasing the speed ofthe engine , soon _closed upon his quarter . * , wben the animal bounded aside , and kicked up its heels as the train passed , to the great amusement of the driver , stoker , and several _« f the _passengers . Tbe entire distance which the horse ran with the train was abont four miles . . _PaiNtisits" _Imphovemesi Sociktt , —a prospectus is in circulation _^ ofa sooiety _propped to be founded und- ; r the title of * The Caxton Mutual Improvement Association . ' Its objects are to ofier to the members employed in the printing , profession in the metropolis the means of literary instruction . It will include lectures on thc sciences and arts , and the discussion vf questions literary , historical , and political .

      Signs _< _-f the Times—There were no less tban twenty-four bankruptcies announced in Friday ' s Gazette , whilst the number of insolvent petitioners it _cwiained was fifty-eight . _Wisri * cf Cobs . — ' What is the chief production of your district ofthe country f said an eastern traveller the other day , to a young farmer in the Miami Valley , ' as he was refreslthig himself with a glass of 'bald _laot' . while the stage-coach stopped to water . * Cerb , sir , corn : we raise en our land about seventy bushels to the acre , which we manufacture into whisky , sir ; to say Bothing of the quantity that is wasted for oi ead ' . _'Surrfa ' _s Christian Citizen .

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      ; LETTERS ON GRAMMAR . * Nil .: TO THE WORKING CLASSES . Mr mae _Fbhssds , The course of our study now brings us to the second part of speech , called the Not / k . Nodji means only name . That is , whenever yeu name any object—anything you can touch , see , or fft ' _ni of , you use a Nora . In order to . familiarise yourselves with this part of speech , take the objects in the succession which I have given you , and name them , remembering that every thiug you so name is a Noun . Suppose that you are sitting in a room , reading this letter , you have the . paper in your hand , your eyes see it , you sit on a chair , your feet axe on the _^ oor , the table is before vou , the ceiling over

      head , the walls around yon . I need not remind you that all these things which I have marked in italics are Nouns . You can see and touch them . You can also see the sby , and the clouds , whicii you cannot touch ; yet these are Nouns . But this is i not all . . There are many things we cannot see or I touch , which , indeed , have no existence , except in [ our own hearts ; yet they are the most important of all Nouns ; they are . our feelings—few , ( which of you do not allow love to have an existence , ay , and a most important one , too !) love , hope , '¦ fear , jealousy , scorn , joy—all these , and similar things , are Nouns . Whenever , therefore , you name anything that you can see , touch , or think of , you use a Noun .

      But you will observe that in merely naming a thing you give those , who hear you no idea of what the thing is like . If you say a girl , a man , we cannot in any way picture the persons to ourselves , further than we imagine human beings with the usual number of arms , legs , eyes , & c . To give any sort of character to the Noun -we make use . of the _fAtripart of speech , the Adjective , which shows ihe quality oi the Noun , and describes it in the fullest manner .

      j Every word that describes any peculiarity of the Noun is an Adjective . Let us take . again the I Nouns , girl , man , aad see what we can make of them with the help of the Adjective . We will say of the girl that she is slight , tall , thin , fair , pretty , young , good . ' Axe not these Adjectives useful words , which bring before us so pleasant a picture ? Then I think we may , find others equally agreeable for the man , We do not want him to be fair or pretty , but we will say he is dark , fiandsome , sensible , agreeable , thoughtful , and kind ; he has five children , two boys , and three girls ; he lives in a white cottage , with . aoreea field by the side of it .

      Now you see that these Adjectives make you picture to yourself the appearance of the man , the number ofhis family , and the sort of abode he lives in . Having now learnt the definitions of Nouns and Adjectives , you will , if you mean to improve , as I wish you to do , take your slates , and after writing a row of nouns down the right hand side , put two or three adjectives , if possible , before each noun ;

      there are so many adjectives in our language , you can be at no loss to put different adjectives before each noun . And , once for all , let me remind you that whatever you write may serve a double purpose , if yon really desire to improve : by care and attention , and referring to a dictionary if you can do so , you may improve in that art which I , in my first letter to you , so strongly advised you to acquire —the art of Spelling or Orthography .

      The next part of speech is the Pronoun , or Substitute for the Noun—a very important thing , as substitutes frequently are , although those whom they represent think little about Cie matter . But I dare say those among you , my friends , who have wives , and bave had , or made occasion , to find fault with them , have heard them sometimes say— ' Well , what would you do without me ? ' and I am sure , under such circumstances , your own hearts have told you vou would do ill indeed without those faithful

      partners and substitutes . Is it not so ? Well ! the Pronoun is the substitute for the noun , and a very efficient one it is too . If you doubt it , just try , as your wives advise you , ' How you could do without it ? ' I will give you an example ofthe use of the pronoun , and Uien write the same sentence without it . You will then see how inconvenient it would be to write or speak without using the . Pronoun ' . Tbe master , in alarm , turned hastily round . Ths kettle slipped in fib hund , burnt his fingers , and Tie let it fall with aery of pain , upon the unfortunate boys . Axel and Claea made . no noise , and their mother began to fear it was all over with them . "We will now look at the sentence , substituting the original noun for each pronoun . You will than see the utility of the latter .

      The master , in alarm , turned hastily round . The kettle slipped in the master ' s band , burned the master ' s fingers , and tbe master let tbe kettle fall wich a cry of pain , npon the unfortunate boys . Axel and Glaes made uo noise , and Axel nnd Ciaes * _rcother began to fear it was all over with Axel and Claes . You now see how the pronouns his , lie , it , their , and them , prevented the unpleasant repetition of the nouns Master , kettle , Axel , and Claes , and I think you will agree with me , that the Pronoun , which is a part of speech used to prevent the too frequent repetition of the Nam , is very useful and convenient . The next part of speech claims your particular attention . It is the Verb—A verb is a word that

      describes an action , or a state of being . We require it perpetually to give life to the noun . l A sweet girl ' is a pleasant thing to think of , but how much more so when you cati say ' A ' sweet girl , and she loves me , ' To think and to say such things are also pleasant verbs—and to say' She will be tny wife' is pleasanter still . I can assure you also that it is a great gratification to me to tcrlte these letters to you , since I hope I am improving you , employing raysclf » and doing some little good in the world . Besides , I hate idleness and accustom myself to industry .

      When I speak of a Verb being an action , you must remember that there is activity of mind as well as of body , and therefore that I hope is as much a verb , as I write , the only difference being that the one is an action of the fingers , whilst the other is an action of the mind . . Butaverb is not only an action , it is also a state of being . Animated nature can act , hut inanimate nature , trees , mills , fields , cannot act , they only exist in different states of being . A house may stand pleasantly , Ihe _^ trees may be beautiful , they may _^ _rau large , and spread their branches far . And these are all verbs , though not actions .

      The sixth part of speech is the Adverb—It is a word joined to a Verb , to describe the action or the state of existence more fully . The Adverb , in fact , performs the same office for the Verb that the Adjective does for the _iVoun ; for as the adjective shows the quality a f the Noun , the Adverb shows the manner ot the Verb—observe well the difference between the two , and apply it in speaking and wriing , and then you will write and speak , in that respect at least , more correctly than most people do , for very few people do habitually use the adjective and the adverb correctly .

      The adjective can be used only with a noun or its substitute , a pronoun either expressed or understood—as , _« I know him to be honourable , that is ' an honourable man , ' . ' . she is pretty , ' or ' a pretty woman '' man , ' in the first sentence , and ' woman ' in the second being understood . But we cannot say 'he acts _JonouyaWe , she speaks » _retfy , ' because to act , and to speak being Verbs , require Adverbs to show their manner and cannot make sense with ad . _jedaws . 'It sounds pretty , ' ' It smells unpleasant , ' 1 walk easy' and many other phrases , in evcry-day use , are therefore incorrect and ungrararaatical : very common indeed , lt is true , but not therefore the less

      to be avoided . If we are not to ' follow the multitude to do evil' in great matters , I do not see why we should do so in trifling ones . When we have a good reasan for doing ri ght , it is very contemptible not to do it , merely because other people do not ; they may not have thought on the subject . Now , remember , I wish you to think over these letters carefully , and become familiar with their contents 5 not to read thera , and throw them aside as of no practical value . There is an old maxim , ' Tell the truth , and shame the devil , 'but he who would speak truth , must first know what truth is . I am , your very sincere friend , M . M . P .

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      The Skipton Extension Of The Leeds And B...

      The Skipton extension of the Leeds and Bradford Railway waa opened last week . The lines runs through a'beautiful country , ancl _' _presents a succession of landscapes surpassed on few railways in England . The foundation etone of the new building for the Sheffield _Athenteiirh and Mechanics' Institution was laid on Wednesday week by the Earl of Arundel and Surrey . In . the evening there was a soiree at whioh Lord Morpeth spoke ' at great length on the objects and utility of such institutions . The estimated cost of the . _building'is £ 5 , 000 . Tlie Bishop of Oxford has refused his . _aas ? nt to certain alterations in the parish church of Upton cum Chalvey , by which the free seats ofthe pear would have been removed from the best to a worse

      situation , lie threatens the churchwardens with the costs of re 3 toratiori ' and' imprisonment' if by the day named the seats ave not replaced ' and . tne money paid . The bishop saya , ? It' is niy especial duty to defend the poor , and I must defend them . ' . The Earl of _Dundonatd , who , wits lately restored to tho honours of the Bath ' , has addressed a letter to the elective . Peera of Scotland , as a candidate for a seat as Representative Peer in the Upper House , in which he claims their support on the ground that various plans which he bas long urged upon the government for adoption , would effect an immense annual saving in the expenditure ofthe country . SirFitzroy Kelly has addressed a letter to the electors of Lyme Regis , from which it appeaes that a Bcrutinv will be demanded with a view to unseat the sitting member .

      ... At the Stafford Assizes , Mr Bed well was sentenced to six months' imprisonment , in default ofthe costs of a'two years ' prosecution , for refusal to pay church rates . ' -,. . The Great . Britatn bas been thoroughly inspected since the was placed on the gridiron of the Prince ' s Docks at ' _Liverpool , and it appears that she is quite safe and sound in her hull and frame , not being the least shaken , strained , nor indicating in the slightest degree any thing that would load . to the supposition ihat her back had been injured while imbedded in the sands of Dundrum Bay . ' According to the new edition of Dedd ' _s Parliamentary Companion , 223 persons who had no seats in the late House of Commons have been returned to the new Parliament . This shows agreater amount of change than has taken place eince the election of the Reformed Parliament in 1832 . On that occasion

      280 . new members were elected . At the general election of 1834-5 , the number of new members was 184 ; at that ot 1837 , it was 121 ; and at that of 1841 , it ' was 183 . Inaddition to this , a great change has taken place in the composition of the new House o ? Commons , for it contains a greater number ef railway directors , engineers ; and contractors ; a greater number of barristers , of merchants , of retail tradesmen , and of political writers ; while the number of naval and military officers , members of the aristocracy , and country gentlemen , is mu ob less than in many preceding Parliaments . The last of the elections , that of Orkney and _Shetland , lias resulted in the return of the Liberal , ' Mr Anderson , and the breaking up of the family supremacy of the Dundas as a member of wh ' ch family waB his opponent . Mr Anderson is a decided Liberal , a Free-trade , and a voluntary in religious matters .

      . At the . half-yearly meeting ofthe Edinburgh and Northern Railway last week , the ' Saints' endeavoured to prevent trains from running on a Sunday . On a diviiion the recommendation of the directors to ran a morning and evening _passeiu-er train each way was carried by a majority of 1162 . Tho American papers announce ' the death of Mr Amos Phelps , tho eminent anti-slavery advocate _, lie died at Roxbury , on the 20 th July , in the _foi-tythird year of his age . ' ' ' The Yoss Gazette of the 23 rd ult . says : — ' . Mr Cobden is now travelling in Russia . On the 13 th oi August he alighted from his carriage at a distance from a Customs barrier . He was probably thinking of free trade whea he passed the barrier , and a sentinel cried out to htm ' ' Stop ! ' levelling his musket at him . Much time was required for the explanation of the affair , and in the meantime Mr Cobden ' _scarriage came up .

      The will of thc late Jouiv Walter , Esq ., of bearwood Hall , Bcrko . and Printing-house-square , London ,, was executed by him on the 9 th of February , 1847 , and he died en the 28 th of July . He has devised to his son , John Walter , Esq ., M . P ,, the entire freehold premises and warehouses belonging to tho _cstablishmcntof the Times , in Printing-housesquare , and leaves him all his interest in ihe business . The freehold nnd copyhold estates which he possessed in _thcoountie-of Berks and Wilts , together with the right of presentation to St Catherine ' s Church , Bearwood , he leaves to the trustees under the terms of the settlement on the marriage of his said son . The residue of his real and personal estate to his wife , Mrs Mary Walter , for her own absolute

      use , and has appointed hersole executrix . ' The personalty was valued for probate duty at £ 00 , 000 . The Factory Bill . —In some parts of the West . Riding oi Yorkshire where the _woollen manufacture is tolerably , brisk , it is the practice of the roasters to work the mills twelve hours a day , as usual—not bj employing any of the women or children more than eleven hours , as the law at present prescribes , but by a relay of hands . This practice has , we find , been objected to by some of the Factory Inspectors , and the question is now at issue whether it may or may not be pursued without an infringement of the law . The object ofthe Aot is , no'doubt , to prevent the persons meant to bo protected , and not the ninchinery from being overworked , and if that ' object

      can bo effected by _giving employment toan increased number of workpeople without violating the spirit of the law , the decision ofthe legal authorities to whom the question is referred , will probably be in favour of thia extension of the relay system . — Leeds Mercury . —[ In Lancashire , where trade is' tolerably ' slack , the masters are inducing the men to stop altogether . Any thing to turn the penny , whether it be legal or equitable ! 1 A Duke is Distress . —The Morning Chronicle says , ' We deeply regret to learn that the myrmidons of the law forcibly took possession of the princely seat ofa noble duke , iu a county long noted for the political _influance he exercised , on Tuesday last , and it is feared that the _urgency of the demand made on his

      grace will eventually lead to the dispersion of the finest collection of art and vertu . possessed by a private individual in this country . We sliould have _re-Pratned from announcing this much to fie r # gretted fact , had wo not felt convinced that it cannot fall to be made public very shortly . ( ' So much for Buckingham . '— _Sltakespeare . Sib It , Pbel . —Complimentary addresses to Sir R . Peel . were presented by the Mayor and Corporation of Sunderland , and also on behalf of Darlingtun and Stockton , _durisg the recent visit of the ex-premier to tho north . Sir Robert declined tho Newcastle invitation to dinner , and these who expected to'draw ' him , wero disappoin ted . His _speeohes were tbe perfection of frank vagueness and candid declarations , whicii told nothing .

      Srj . _^ BNsio . N of _Labibb Lakcashire . —The reso lutiohs of the delegates of the operative cotton spiunersof Lancashire and the neighbouring counties , recommending thoir employers , in consequence of the depressed condition . of the trade , ' to entirely suspend operations in cotton mills for a lew weeks , ' has excited rauflh interest in the manufacturing diatriets ; ami some of the provincial journals are advocating the adoption ofthe plan . The delegates seem fully to _ttBderatatid the privations to which tho working _classes would be , subjected during the entire clositas

      or the mills ; but they allege that this course would diminish the probability of _suoji a calamity occurring during tho winter ; months , and that at present , ' in oon _« qucnco of the abundance of vegetable food and the warmth of tho weather , aud the possibility in many instances of finding _out-door employment , the . privations to which the operatives would bo exposed would riot be so severe . ' The resolutions are altogether of a remarkable character , such recommendations having probably never been offered before by the _operat-ires to their employers .

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      ,, Pm _» Oom . o _? I- . BMM . ai _m . _EibMKBiwQEr . _Ttmr .-By tmfceodo . the people of _Irelandweje again divided into two classes ; _tho-ono _consistimrof those whose conscience would allow thera to take the State oathj _- . on tho subject of religion '; toihem iii £ h privileges were secured . ' But penalties were e . ' « Gted against those who could net , or would not , swear that oath . The great overwhelming majority of the Irish people refused the test ; and the penal law came quickly to punish them , even in their famil y relations and dome - fie circle It invested any child , who might conform to the . _test _^ prescribed , with tlie rights of property enjoyed by his father . It invested the wifo with rights of property over th ' eluisb . _ind * If any of those who hnd refused to swear , _purchatSa

      an estate for any amount ofjnoney _. any . of tha _others , who had taken the oath , could dispossess him without paying one shilling for such estate . It ' any of the former class owned a horse worth fifty ; or one hundred pounds , any of the latter , class had . ; a tight by law to tender five pounds and tell him to tiis _» mount , If any of : the former _cIhsj , by his skill and industry in _agrieulture , raised tho value of-.-Wis _lanjj , so as to yield a profit equal to ene-third of the reiM » any ofthe latter could enter on the profits ofhis labour and take _piascBsion of his land . . These laws continued _forbeiwcrn eighty ahd . _niuety years , down tothe period of American : Independence ; And Ul tht 3 enactment we see what a penalty was _inflicted on tho agricultural industry of _, the Irish—what a premium was held out to encourage , that indolence whiek British ; statesmen how . ; complain o _£ The same system has _bcenicontinued to the present day : as if some ' cruel law of destiny had determined that

      tho Irish people should bo kept at Bhe starving point through all time *; since the landlord , evon now , claims the right , arid often usesit , ' of punishing theindustry of his . tenant , by . increasing- the rent in proportion to _. the improvement the tenant makes on his holding . If then it be true , that the Irish areindolent , which I deny _; the cause _co-. dd be sufficiently explained by the penalties which a bad government has inflicted upon thera , in their own country , for the crime of being industrious ... ' Then , if it be said , as a reproach , that tho Irish are ignorant , let it be remembered that this same code of p : iial laws closed up the schools of popular education ; that tbe schoolmaster was banished for , the crime of teaching , and if ho returned he was liable to bo treated , i ? a felon . If ignorance ef the people _^ then , be the cause of the famine ) enough has been said to point out the cause of _theignoranceitself . — : Bishop Hughes ( ofi & iUB York ] on the Famine in Ireland .

      Tiie Schoolmaster Abrqab . —A certain _overseer of the poor not a hundred : miles from Seclbergh lately presented an account of poor rates , iu _rfspoot of tithcB _. Jis follows : — Rcxtoria tithes ... £ 310 s . ' Victoria tithes ... £ 0 15 s . ' ¦ Which would seem to imply" that the former ; were King ' s and . the latter the Queen ' s tithes ; . bus the fhatfe . thhy avo'divided into Rectorial and ' -Vicarial , which the worthy functionary . of the township , with an ignorance and simplicity too frequently characteristic of imh personages , had converted into _Rektweia and Victoria . - - -

      _Startuso _CiucatiimcB . —Some short tiros _aijo , a mau was cutting * ling or heather on Papplewick forest , in this neighbourhood , for the purpose of bsing manufactured into besoms ; when _baviaij slipped _between two pieces of fallen timber whici lay concealed beneath' the heather , he broke his rigjat leg . Being unable to extricate himself from hia position , with a desperate resolve he seized the handbill which he had brought for the purpose of cutting tbe ling , and chopped the leg clean off . Thpiu'a thus liberated from the confinement under which he

      had previously suffered , hefputtd . himself , of course , unable to make his way over the forest on or / e leg , when he deliberately sat himself down on a large stone , and p ' aeing the entire leg on an'adjoh : 2 » g block , without more ado , chopped it off level with the other broken leg , and trudged his way home , more than two riiiles , ( on his stumps , _« ith hia amputated logs under his arms ! It may bo just necessary , in order to mitigate the horror which the reader aay be apt , _veiy naturally , to feel at the above extraordinary recital , to inform him that both the legs-were ¦ —wooden ones . —Nottingham Mercury ,

      _ExTBAORDi . VAfir Suicide . —An inquest was held last week at Blaackardstown , upon the body of a man named Mat'hew lVagent _, wiiocommitted suicide on the previous day by cutting his thvoat with a razir . Verdict , ' Temporary Insanity . ' Tii ' ii . following-letter was written by the deceased on ths day before he terminated his existence : — Dublin , August 26 , 18 * 7 . . When true hearts lie withered , "And i ' ond ones are _flovni , Oh . who could Inhabit

      • This cold world _aloiieI After yearn spent in a 'distant country , I return to my own , arid fiml the affections of my kindred withered and decayed , when I thought to meet with them as ' 'fresh and as green as those within my own breast . I am annoyed with the petty obienncry and trickery of the world . Erery man suspects the rest of the world to bo endeavouring to deceivo Him . There is _nosint-crily in i :. I have seen too ranch of mankind ever to _exp-.-ct to be happy in this world . I will therefore try what sort of place is the next , . I know it will be said that I lii ' icar under temporary insanity ; on the contrary , t never nus so perfectly sane in my life . I know I have been a sinner , but I have every dependence in tho mercy of the

      great God . Somo _would-be philosophers have s « m thai suicide is cowardly . What cur would impeach Cato with cowardice ? Some creature that dare not prick his _fljsh with a pin to escape from tho most degrading' ' slavery ! I wish I had au opportunity at staking my life in the service of my country , but ns I have not , I hope God will pardon mo for thus disposing of it . To two dear friends , froin whom I could have expected but little sympathy or affection , I am indebted for the most niacerc and genuine kindness ; I sincerely thank thero ; they will understand that I allude to them . _Favew-cll , my dear friends , farewell . If " my opinions of mankind are unjust , I crave pardon ; _i ; have my own shave of faults , and . should deal lightly with others . _—Matthsw _Susent . To the public , if the public like to read it . '

      As Unwelcome Gallant . —A young lady residing in the upper part cf Philadelphia , tho daughter of » hank officer , ' when going'to tod , _wftsaboufcW ' _ng her shutter , when she was horrified by la _\ ing her lurid on an immense snake , which , with expanded jaws , was peering into the apartment sacred to the maiden privacy and ' meditation fancy free . ' . Dreadfully alarmed , she rushed down stairs , alarmed her parents , raised tho hiic _asd cry , and a number oi persons , armed with all the implements known and des'

      _cribed in an indictment forati assault and battery , went to attack the monster . Oneof the first blows kniided him from the window sill , and he tumbled down through the . branchcs of a grape vino into the yard . Ilia pursuers followed , and soon completed the work of death . It proved to be an anacond . vsix or seven feet long , and some six inches in circumference . Hardly had lie been killed beforoa neighbour came rushing in breathless to' _rsolaiia his pet ! ' But it r _\ ns too late , aad nothing ' non remains but his skin to grace same private collcctiou ov _public

      museum . Sew-made Men i . \ _Parliamesi —The ensiling Parliament will contain a very large number of men who may boast that their ability and industry have raised them to fortune and dignity from humble circumstances . Messrs Stephenson and Locke arc two brilliant instances ef railway results . Sir J . _Wslms ey , M . P . for Leicester , began life as an usher inab-ys _' _sehool . _MrVT . Jacksen , M . P . i ' or New cast . _' _c-under-Lyne _, for which town ho was elected over the head of Lord Brackley , the son of the Earl of Ellesmere , and nephew of the Duke of Sutherland , worked his way up from a humble clerkship to a partnership in an African house , and eventually by land speculations in Birkenhead , « f the prosperity of

      which ho is one of the authors , acquired a princely fortune Mr Humphrey Brown , after enduring the _vicissitudes ef fortune as a merchant andctinal carrier , "I ' d acting for ' some years aa a railway manager , acquired a fortune in three years as a traffic taker , and has been elected to represent his native town , Towkeabury , in Parliament . Many moro _examples might be cited . _—IlaiMtth Chronicle . _Oompstiiion . —It was confidently , stated on the Manchester Exchange , on Tuesday , that there is now lying in Liverpool a quantity of American cotton _tVisiand heavy domestic cloth , only awaiting the least advance on present prices to be brought into competition with English productions . Oil the writer ' s conversing with a spinner , on thc probable destination of these extraordinary imports , thc conelusion arrived at was , that they might probably havo been sent f o this country to be warehoused , thus to be rqsdy lor exportation to any part of the world ,

      this beine a more eligible place of sale than that of Lowoll . Some _months ago , a large _guantity of goods ( say 100 bales ) , were imported into Liverpool from the United States , nnd caused , at the time , a strong sensation , which only subsided when it was ascertained that they were " only waiting orders for rcshipment ( if we mistake not ) to China . The fact is , that there is _positively no room for nny imports of the description referred to ; the un precedented low prices in Manchester positively forbid it , except at a ruinous less . It may not bo amiss to observe , that some spinners , who were talking the matter over among themselves , were of opinion that the . impprto in question might ba attrib'Hed to the Short . rime BiU pawed tet session , and contended that the differenca between the ten koursjabour in _Enfiland , and thc fifteen in America , would alone ba sufficient to justify a repetition of similar shipments . Time alone can show the truth oi this opuuon .-I » A

      lSI OnoiiB . -Mr John , Shaw , of Radford , has crown this vear , in one of the'York Gardens _. ' the narish oi'Lenton _, abed of onions of the Tripoli variety superior in size to any other plot of this useful _ve" « ' _i-i bio in the whole vicinity , if not in the whole _° sorrounding district . The largest one _woighB 2 U ounces—another 18 J ounces , with several more of similar _proportions . . Fhakzem , one of the best poets of Sweden , died _soinewhatBuddenlyoutholliihuH _; '

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 11, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_11091847/page/3/