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      [_ To _ "I 1845 - The Norllhe-Rn Star. -...

      [_ to _ "I 1845 - THE _NORllHE-RN STAR . _- _— _ ¦ __ ?

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      Javoia Voice From The Pauper Usion A Sad...

      jaVoia Voice from the pauper _usion A sad a sad and aching heart , A hi A hot and throbbing head , And a And a palsied hand , as gaunt , and lank , Ani And yeUow as the dead : Toilin Toiling like a drudge In ! In the stark and grizzly derm , la thi } n the sultry noon , and the dismal eve , "Wl "When the dusk creeps on the lawn . Deatl n _^ tt ontae midiiight sea ;

      De Death in the battle's strife , Whe When fighting in my country ' s cause , St Staking life to life : Beat peath by the lurid Might Oi 0 f * _aeghasdyKghteia _*^ s _„< 3 ck ' , Deal Death on the shore ofthe hungry sea , ' 3 'Neath the crush of the beetling rock 01 ' 01 any end wonld seem A A pleasant thing to me , Ho * However dark—however dread 1 Tiie pangs ofitniigat be ; To To snatch me from this dearth ( Of sympathy or care—Tin The God-bora lore that the Hon hath 1 In its grim and blood v lair .

      Th The weary , weary puke That beats upon my brow , li' like the nervous blow of an iron baud , Is bounding faster now : Ti Tor I look upon my breast , And , with burning eye , behold T Tbe leaden badge of want and woe That makes my heart so cold . I For it tells me of fhe time When I had home and wife , i And my blood thrilled up in the morning air As I pUed my hedging-knife ; J And it brings me back the days When I earned from the stubborn soil The food that nourished those I loved By sturdy honest toU .

      It tempts me in my dreams To stray in bygone years , Till I wake with sobs on my _trerubluls _Kp And bathed in bitter tears . For cruel hands have torn array The loved one from my side , And severed those whom God hath said , " Let no man e ' er divide . - " A fad and aching heart , A hot and throbbing head , And a palsied hand , as gaunt , and lank , Aud yeUow as the dead ; Toiling like a drudge In the stark and grizzly dawn ,

      In the sultry noon , and the dismal eve , When tin .- dusk creeps on the lawn . Great Gun

      Ihe Small Difference Between Rich Asdtoo...

      IHE SMALL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RICH _ASDTOOR ! The poor -nan's sins are glaring ; In the face of ghostly warning , He is caught in the fact , Of au overt act—Buying greens oa Sunday -mornin _* r . The rich man ' s sins are hidden In tiie pomp of wealth and station ; Anil escape the sight Of the children of light , Who are wise in their generation . The rich man has a kitchen , And cools to dress his dinner ; The poor who would roast To the baker ' s must post , And thus becomes a sinner . The rich man has a cellar , And a ready butler by him ; The poor must steer For his pint of beer , Where the saint can't choose but spy him . The rich man ' s painted windows Hide the concerts of the Quality ; The poor can but share A craek'd fiddle in the air , Which offends all sound morality . The rich man is invisible Is the crowd of His gay society ; But the poor man ' s delight Is a sore in the sight , Aud a stench in the nose of piety . Joe JfiHer fte Yoxmger

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      The People's Charter: A Bill To Provide ...

      THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER : a Bill to Provide for thc just Representation of the People of Great Br itain and Ireland , in the Commons House of Parliament London : Cleave , Shoe-. _' ane . TMs is one of the most beautiful specimens of deeniive printing that it has been onr good fortune to se : it reflects credit on all concerned in its production . On a large sheet of paper , of the most beautiful - . exture , In letters of red and bine , surrounded and mVeffished -with borders and letters of sold , i 3 g iven tbe _satire of thatdocument which has embodied within _itself tie people's mode of making the " third estate a lie realm" what its designation shows it ought to

      M-and which document is surely destined , and at no _csunt period either , to become the " law of the land . " It thus forms a most tasteful " picture of rik _"—one that would impart grace to the drawing _wm , and will be a splendid ornament to the cottage . _?«¦ _taveseen nothing in typography so well deserving « pre < ervation as this "Decorated People's Char m :: " and we say this as much in relation to the MKki _. f execution as to the intrinsic nature of the « fimicnt itself . We advise all who can spare the _smnxt of cost , —only oneshilling , —to _' possess _them-»•** _*•* ¦ of it . They will find that onr description of tie , Inst in which the Charter appears is far from leas overdrawn .

      Aroitlar History Of Priestcraft K All Na...

      _AroiTLAR HISTORY OF PRIESTCRAFT K ALL NATIONS . By Wm . Howm . _-Seccntft £ _/< * « ¦ ¦« . London : Chapman , Newgate-street . A _scveufli edition of this deservedly popular work las jaa issued from the press : a work which ought •" . _** *• hi wit one ' s hands , as aa antidote to the r * 3 L « oaou $ influence of superstition and priestly domi-¦ _aiiwi , which , though somewhat crushed , still strug-£ * for thc rosnmption of its full and unfettered _**• " _*¦ «• - The demon still lives ; and , if untethered , _u a _= '" P n ( SCCu * _i _* - hellisli campaign against _«}* ace and happiness of society . _Bigotjyand inj 5-erar . ee are not yet annihilated . Fanaticism still ¦ "" "Is dominion over thousands and tens ofthousands : ¦ _**! fhe s , -une devilish spirit actuates the _pseudo-Sffit- ' ofthe present time , that impelled the sacerdo-• * nionsters of by-gone days to the commission of * ws at which human nature shudders

      . _^ fe find fault with no man ' s creed . We _repusaietlie idea of interposing between a man's con-» a >«* and Ms God—with Ms mode of belief or _** _k of worship , we ( meaning society ) have _no-Arpgto do ; hut we have to do with the effects of _re-^ wi' _* , or rather irreligious rivalry , priestly rale , ° * _J £ al rapacity , and surpliced delinquency . The - _tttomc before us exhibits fliese effects too palpably to _**"* aee us to desire our country to be _accurseo by " the _fflpetoation of such evils ; and we trust that the _ta-?•*«¦ ! author of ihe " Historv of Priestcraft" will

      - _^ e io sec Ms desire realised iu the total destruction a the "craft , " As a sample of the style of the work , and of the _&& service the author has conferred on Ms race by _fcnfyiling a history of the baleful doings of those who _Zre turned the earth into a charnal-house , and _ftmehed the world in blood and tears . Our extract * ffl be useful just now , when it is a contest between ' ¦ he minister and the people whether we shall endow ie priests of thc Romish Church with the public _seier . From it they will learn something of the ' We and pretensions of Romanism : —

      _Quist appeared—the career of Paganism was checked '"'' toe fate of Judaism was sealed . A character aud a " _* % i « i were placed before the eyes of men hitherto in-Sj _!* td _< _ahle in the beauty and philanthropy of their na-* _? _* - _- I _' nlike all ofher founders of a religious faith , _^ _a had not any selfishness—not any desire of _domi-^ ; and his system , unlike all other systems of _wor-^> _* _^ _s ; bloodless , boundlessly beneficent , inexpressibly _^ _T * , 'c'i mort marvellous of all , went to break all bonds * - _^ sobI ; and to cast down every temporal and - ei 7 _q-iritaj ] _tjTanny . It was a system calculated for _***<• ' _& - _^ a » universe . One would have thought . * _** tt'JSi ibis epoch , tbe arm of priestcraft would have _^ w _vl-ai : tbat it would never more have dared to as " * _* ~ ~ bnt ¦** _¦* s a Principle of shameless avidity _^ _**«* _Udtj , and it is exaetly from tbis time that we * _V * *_ _Uie most amazing career of its delusions and atrod-£ ' - " _^ _i to tlic veiy day of our own existence . _iTl . - " - " J * _u * j v * vm UHIJCU _5 _KUVV _. is _—d

      _**> not _fanjj-ja _,. _^ _jtjj _jjje _hon-org arrogant ast _^'' _'rftht Papal church ! Scarcely had the _perse-^^ ' _** _•*« pagan emperors ceased , when the Christian jj _^ ra became inundated with corruptions and supersti-*» i _sh _!**** * _C 0 _* - * _—* 511 * - embraced _Oiristianity ; ianl _p 051 _*** wnole "world embraced it nominally with _j _^ T 0 : a a conversion of such a kind , thc work of _*^ " _?** n "l ' ' * " and popular interested hopes , what effects 11 _^ J _? « _pscted ! The martial tyranny of ancient laa , _"Tl _^ _^ _sahdued the world , was coming to an Kri _ypja _^' * _" _*** of wlucn a thousand states had been 3 % * tUrned t 0 Poison in her bosom , and brought " _t-utioa frr ' * _015 a _* stress ° _f Woodshed and tears that retrineataia _w , licl 1 national rapine and injustice never _Ktism j , " _Vfape - Bn * _i as if the Shost of departed des-• t _^ - _^ _^^ over the Seven Hil ! s , and sought only a _tc * _ntt _^ j _; ' . ( , aiise in a worse shape , a new tyranny _com-*** tatef i _' efonn of P _riestcraS _J tentimesinoreterriWe fOf _ril * _" ttan tile oId * hecauseitwas one which sought tne out

      _guislj to -J merely persons of men , ; ro e * u « - _•^ hoina 8 _* Se ; _tocros 1 » into everlasting _childjsbness _SeriesT _? " _"" _d ; and to rule i _^ in its fatuity , with _mys-^¦ t hed m _15 " The t 3-me 8 favourea ihe attempt , _outing _*• _" _P 0 " _* * _<* * he Boman empire , science and _^•^ the _™^ _^^ VPearhxg . A licendous army con" _^ " die Gotv "y _** a denandledan _^ _deiFemmatedpeop le ; ouac and Hnnnish nations , rushing in immense

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      torrents over the superannuated states of Europe , scattered , for a time , desolation , poverty , and ignorance . At ttos crisis , wtuk it had to deal with hordes of rough warriors , who , strong in body and boisterous in manner , had yetmindsnot destitute of great energies , and many _fractional maxims of moral and judicious excellence , but clothed in all _ths ; simple credulity of children , up rose the spirit of priestcraft _i-. _» Home , aud as « uned all its ancient and inflated claims . As if the devil , stricken witli malice at the promulgation of Christianity , which threatened to annihilate his power , had watched the opportunity to inflict ou it the most fatal wound , and had found no instrument so favourable to his purpose as a priest—such a glorious and signal triumph never yet was his from thc creation of tlic world : Had he devised a system for

      himself , he could not have -pitched upon one like popery—a system which , pretending to be that of Christ , _sup-. vessed the Bible , extinguished _knowledge , locki-tl up the human mind , amused it with the most ludicrous baubles , aud granted official licenses to commit all species of crimes and impunity . Satan himselt became euthror . ed on the Seven Hills in the habit of priest , and grinned his broadest delight amidst the public and universal reign of ignorance , hjpocrisy _, venality , and lust . As if flie popes had studied the pagan hierarchies , they brought into concentrated exercise all their various engines of power , deception , and corruption . They could not , indeed , assert , as the pagan priesthood had done , that they were of a higher origin than the rest of mankind : and therefore entitled to sit as kings , to choose all

      kings , and rule over all kings ; for it was necessary to preserve some public allegiance to the doctrines of Christi anity ; hut they took ground quite as effective . They declared themselves thc authorised vicegerents of heaven ; making Christ ' s words to Peter their charter : — " On this rock I will build my church ; " hence asserting themselves to be ihe only true church , though they never could shew that St . Peter ever was at Rome at all . On this ground , however—enough for the simple warriors of the timethey proceeded to rule over nations and kings . On this ground they proclaimed the infallibility of the Pope and his conclave of C . _- irdinals , and thus excluded all dissent . Their first act , having once taken this station , was that whicli had been the practice of priests in all _countries , to shut up the true knowled ge amongst themselves . As the

      priests of Egypt aud Greece enclosed it _intnysteries , they wrapt tbe simple truths of the Gospel in mysteries too * : as the Bralimms forbid any except tlieir own Order to read the sacred _Vedas , tbey shut np the Bible—the very book given lo _enlighten the world ; the very book which declared of its own contents , that " they were so clear that he who ran might read tliem ; " that they taught a way of life so perspicuous that "the wayfaring man , though a fool , could not err therein . " This was the most daring and audacious act the world had then seen ; hut this act once successful , the whole earth was in their power . The people were ignorant : they taught them what they pleased . They delivered all sorts of ludicrous and pernicious dogmas as Scripture ; and who could contradict them ! So great became the ignorance of even

      tlieir own order , under this system , so completely became the Bible a strange book , that when , in after ages , men began to enquire and to expose their delusions , a monk warned his audience to beware of these heretics , who had invented a new language , called Greek , and had written it in a book called the New Testament , full ofthe most damnable doctrines . By every act of insinuation , intimidation , forger y , and fraud , they not only raised themselves to fhe rank of temporal princes , but lorded it over the _greatest kings with insolent impunity . The Ban , which we have seen employed by the priests of Odin in the north , they adopted , and made its terrors felt throughout the whole Christian world . "Was a king refractory ; did he refuse the pontifical demand of money ; bad he an opinion of his own ; a repugnance to comply with papal influence in his affairs ? the thunders of the Vatican were launched against lum ; his kingdom was laid under fhe Ban ; all people werc forbidden , on pain of eternal damnation , to trade with his subjects ; all churches were shut ; the

      nation was ofa sudden deprived of all exterior exercise of its religion ; the altars were despoiled of their ornaments ; the crosses , the relics , the images , the statues of the saints , were laid on the ground ; and , as if thc air itself were profaned and might pollute them by its contact , the priests carefully covered them up , even from their own approach and veneration . The use of belis entirely ceased in all churches , the bells themselves were removed from the steeples and laid on the ground with the other sacred utensils . Moss was celebrated with shut doors , and none hat tiiepriests were admitted to fhe holy institution . The clergy refused to marry , baptize , or bury ; the dead were obliged to be cast into ditches , or lay putrifying on the ground , till the superstitious people looking on their children who died without baptism as gone to perdition , and those dead without burial amid the ceremonies ofthe church and in consecrated ground as seized on by the devil , rose in rebellious fury , and obliged the prince to submit and humble Mmself "before the proud priest of Rome .

      Thc above sample will impart to the reader some notion of the manner in which Mr . Howitt has executed his task . Thc whole work abounds with uncompromising denunciations of the system by whieh the priests of mammon and corrupt power " have their living . " It is characterised throughout by fearless discussion , and honest independence . Mr . Howitt spares no branch of the system . He takes it up in its origin , traces its history through all its phases , down even to our own times , speaking as freely , as boldly , and as truly of the priestcraft of the

      English Church , as of the priesthood of the " religions out of tasMon . " To the edition just issued a -vast quantity of new matter has been added . The _advi-r tiseiuent prefixed to it states , that "it contains several entirely iien * chapters , and that , the whole work has been so got up as to . present three times the original information at a considerable reduced price . " What stronger _l-ecommendation ofthe work can we offer than the mention of that fact , and the other fact , that this is the seventh edition of a work that truly deserves to be popular . "

      Tue Practical Cotton Spixxer. A. Ful' Nr...

      TUE PRACTICAL COTTON SPIXXER . A . FuL _' nrton and Co ., IOC , Newgate-street , London . A work to impart to the young Cotton Spinner a practical laiowledge of the calculations and other minute but necessary knowledge appertaining to his craft , is indeed much needed . The parties who possess this knowledge arc as tenacious of it , and as secret aud exclusive with it , as ever the priests of old were with thc _infoi-mation they locked up from the Jay portion of mankind . It is only some favoured relative , or at times a fortunate " friend , " that can get initiated into the mystery of " wheels and _pullies , " to be able to produce from the _spinnins-mule the exact quantity and qualityof thread or "twist" required and such are mostly made tG pave the way with

      gold , beforeallowedto enter the temple ot _cotton-spmjiia-r-ftilciiJation . A plain and practical work on the art , therefore , would be a boon to parties _avIio _aspire to situations in which a knowlege of tbe _quantity or quality of the "twist , " or the length of a given weight of cotton when spun into " twist , " is required . The work before us is an attempt to supply tliis deficiency ; and so far as the intention of the author goes , the effort is a laudable one . Unfortunately for those who stand in need of a teacher , the author does not possess either practical or theoretical knowledgesumeienttomakeMsteachmgsplaintothe mind ofapersondesirousof becomingone ofthe "initiated , " who cannot avail himself ofthe instruction of a tutor . At all events the author has had so little practice in

      "book making , " that he cannot impart instruction by that means . We will give reasons for [ these assertions . In liis calculation of the " lap , " or a certain length or weight of cotton prepared for feeding the _aord-jnachine , he assumes that eighteen feet long weighs 18 ) ., and then asks , " What is the proportion of eighteen feet to one hank , allowing shank to wei _^ h 1 B > . I" "What does he mean ? what proportion does he want ? If a "lap" eighteen feet long weighs 1 ft ., and if a hank weighs lib ., then eighteen feet of a Lap will make a hank of " twist ; " but if he means what proportion does the length of the lap , eighteen feet long , bear to the length of a hank of twist , both weighing lib . ( and his solution of his question leads to this inference ) , why does he not say so ? Then , in

      his solution to the question , he commences by saying : " Eighteen hanks in IB * ., ' * ' while the question gives only one hank to lib . Either hc knows very little of the subject on which he writes , or the compositors have put liis " copy" thr ough the "deviling machine , " or " willow , " and so bedeviled it , that they have "knocked all the sense out of it . In the answer to his question le says : "Eighteen feet is the one-liundredand-fortieth pari of a hank . " Then , if eighteen feet of a " lap" weighs lib ., and eighteen feet of a "lap"is _theone-huHdi-ed-ana-fortieth part of aliank , then a hank weighs 1401 b .: while the question stipulates tbat a hank shall weigh lib ., not 1401 b . Really the "Practical Cotton Spinner" is a veiy impracticable affair . There cannot be a doubt but that the

      author means thateightecn feet of lap wants spinning into one hundred-and-forty threads , each eighteen feet long ; or into onc thread 2 , 520 feet long ; and that eighteen feet of twist is the one-hundred-andfortieth part of a hank : or , in other words , that the " lap" eighteen feet long wants drawing in the various processes to one hundred-and-forty times its own len n th , before it becomes twist of a certain count , one hank of which shall weigh 1 ft . Whether that twist when spun will be as fine assewin _| thvead , or as coarse as a rope , we do not pretend to say : we leave that point for the author to explain ; for as the weMit of the "lap" and thc weight of the hank are both assumed , we have not any reason to quarrelI with him on this point : but we may hint that we think his twist would be " wheelbands . " We shall next follow our author to the carding

      engine , where he finds that the draught of thecam . twenty-eight : t . _

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      found of a pound of cotton to a hank . " Now , as we before showed , one pound of cotton is not the _oneliundred-and-i ' ortieth part of a hank—but one hank ,-according to his own statement . The length of one pound of cotton in the " lap" is the onc-hundred-andfoviieth part of the length of the same pound of cotton when spun into a hank of "twist ; " and , therefore , thc statement or rule ought to have been—multiply the draught of the carding engine by one one-hundred-and-fortieth , the proportion found of the length of a pound of cotton in ihe hp _. _to the lengtli oi tlio same pound of cotton inthehank of twist . Instead of proceeding thus , which he ought to have dene according to his own data , our author gives us , as the result of the operation ,

      "twotenths of a hank grist of end . " What does lie mean I . He put in one pound of cotton , which he called the one-hundred-aiul-1 ' orticth part of a hank ; and he brings out a pound of cotton , which he calls twotenths of a hank ! and yet a hank of twist , weighs one pound , or takesone pound of cotton to ' make it ! What he meant to say was , that the length of the "lap , " eighteen feet , was the one-hundred-andfortieth part ofthe length of ahankoftwist _* 2 , 520 feet long and when the " lap" had been drawn in the card to twenty-eight times its original length , it would come out in a " sliver" five hundred and four feet Ion " , or two-tenths , or one-fifth , ofthe length of the hank of twist At the twenty-fifth pagewe find

      , _astatement of the remits of the whole , after passing through the various processes ; and our author shows that thirteen feet six inches of a "lap" weighing , nett , thirteen and a half ounces , produce 122 , 525 feet 6 inches in length , or 48 * hanks of twist . But if IS * ounces of cotton produces 48 J hanks of twist , then one pound of cotton will give 6 ii hanks , and yet , in commencing , our author fives , as data , " one hank of twist weighing one poun 9 . " He was either spinning ropes in the commencement of his book , or cobwebs at page 20 . __ We fear his work has got a wrong name . It is anything but a Practical Cotton Shsner : for the spinner who should only rely on its directions and rules would make sorry practice indeed .

      The Illuminated Magazine-May. Two Years ...

      THE ILLUMINATED MAGAZINE-May . Two years have elapsed since the first appearance of this magazine , and with the Completion of tho fourth halt-yearly volume , the first series has been brought to a close . The Rluminated appears tliis month in the new and portable shape of a bound volume , and carries with it a look of compactness and durability quite novel to the class of publications to which it belongs . The experiment is a bold one , and will , we hope , succeed , not only for the sake of the proprietors , whose enterprise deserves success , but also for the sake of the public , who will , we think , be gainers by the change . The change in the outward appearance ofthe Illuminated is , we arc- inclined to believe , indicative ofa change for the better within .

      For some months past there hai been an evident fslling-off in the ability which at the outset characterised this magazine , and we have had some reason for complaining of its deficiencies in that respect . We are glad , therefore , to bear testimony to considerable literary superiority in the first volume of the new series . Several old contributors make their reappearance iu this month ' s number , the contents of which are mostly unexceptionable , though one or two articles are somewhat too brief to satisfy ns . The opening talc is a love-sketch entitled " The Roman Architect , " in which thc serious and the burlesque arc made to veiy happily mingle . " Old Scenes and New , " by thc Rev . R . Jones , is a pleasing paper . * ' The Rights and Wrongs of the Poor , " by Luke

      RonEX , M . D ., is but the introduction to an intended dissertation on the great question of the present time . We have so repeatedly commented on the productions of this kindly-hearted , but often wrong-headed writer , as to render it unnecessary for ns to do more than remark that his dissertation gires promise of containing a tail * share of the errors we have before combatted with , for instance , in the article before us , lie asserts two things . First , that in tliis countiy , " there is , except in the comparatively rare instances of dishonest gains , absolutely no other source of accumulated wealth than invention or economy . " Second , that '' the great object of English legislation is the education , health , and wellbeing of the poor , and their protection against the avarice and cunning of the rich : and that the courts

      of law , the press , and other channels are open to the humblest for the publication of then * wrongs , if they have any , and the obtainment of justice . " It is not necessaiy that we should occupy space in refuting assertions like the above , so notoriously the reverse of true . We believe Lvke Rodex to be fully convinced in his own mind of the fidelity ofthe picture he has drawn of England as it is * , but never was a public writer more mistaken . The productions of Axccs B . Reach we are always pleased with , and his " Voice from tho Bedroom" is no exception to our usual satisfaction . " The Two May Mornings" is an interesting story . "Tootee , the Dancing Girl , " by Louisa Sidjuit Costelio , is a love-tale of the East , prettily told , and will he read with avidity by all subject to the influence of

      "love ' syoung dream . " " Lunatic Asylums" is a well written article on a most important subject . " My Uncle , Captain _Anthony Bygravc , " is one of Mrs . Carouse White ' s pleasing sketches . " The Past , the Present , and the Possible , " a continuation of articles from the former series , gives a vivid description of South American life : we shall be glad to hear more of the author ' s experiences . " The Last Day of the Honeymoon " is by Richard _Bsixsiet _ILvowies , son of the distinguished _Sheiudas _ILvowies ; it will be found well worthy perusal . Lastly , of the _prosearticles , we have a delightful little sketch from the pen of James Smith , one of the best writers in this _marine ; the only fault of this sketch is its brevity . There is an abundant supply of poetry , some of it passable , and some of it poor stun ; we except one piece , " The Wife ' s Tragedy , " by Charms Whitehead , a beautiful poem , from wliich we select a few stanzas . The following is the portrait of thc " Wife " : —

      She was not beautiful ; yet how to trace Worthier perfections which my power defy ? That decency of mien transcending grace ; That gentleness which was veiled dignity ; That sweet serenity of air aud face , Whicli of her inward heaven was the sky ; That purity of a plain heart , made wise By nature , beaming from her Sabbath eyes . These picture not , nor praise her ; but suggest , Perchance , some heing , many a wretch , forlorn Of friends aud hope , once imaged in his breast , Has ever after in his bosom worn , Some dear partaker of a murmuring nest , _Jfore safe , more secret , built amid the thorn-Some constant partner of his joys and woes , Living , to bless his _eyes _^—djing to elose _. Some one to love , and to he loved ; to make All sorrow ' s tender sufferings still endeared , Enriched , almost to rapture , for the sake

      Of her whose smile the desert household cheered . Such was Louisa , who could only wake Equable peace , iu fortune ' s centre sphered ; But in adversity ' s fell round , had shone Peace , upward-pointing Hope , and joy in one . Yes , lovelier far than beauty is the glow Of goodness , radiant on a brow serene ; Goodness that timidly itself doth show , Like a church-spire amid the foliage seen , Holy , -with God ' s work round it : that cau ttoow Its faith before affliction , like a screen ; That can to gathering clouds a softness lend , And sees the rainbow ere the storm descend . And here is the more glowing picture of the " wifeV cousin , who in an evil hour comes to reside with her : —

      She came : in truth there was rare beauty here . Behold the dark complexion of the south , The broad Mack eye , as moonlit water clear , The arch audacity ofthe rich mouth , "Whose lips capricious , _playfully severe , "Sow staid as age , now flexible as youth , Aye-varied loveliness , had still their cue From one who all tlieir fascination knew _. She seemed as one born amid fruits and trees , An out-door child of _Nature ' s dear regard ; Flowers for her couch , her lullaby of bees , The morning ' s heiress , and the fairies' ward ; Health had been lent her by the odorous breeze , Her bounding step by the elastic sward , Her grace hy motion , by the skies her looks , Her cheerfulness hy the fresh running brooks . Aud then to see her smile , and hear her laugh , 'Twas as a peal of bells in sunshine heard ; Half was the melody of mirth , and half

      Brightness , that on her cheeks and brow appeared The beggar would have paused upon his staff To bless her from his heart , his heart new cheered To the eld man that voice , that joyous eye , Would have recalled the happy times gone by . A creature full of impulse , frank and blithe , Her heart as fair aud open as her hand , Before her rigid Time , grown young and lithe , - Danced as she listed , hew at her command , And bound with variegated wreaths his scythe , Or filled his lucid glass with sparkling sand . Even such her power , so all who loved her deemed—Even such she was ?—Jfo , even such she seemed .

      - There are some _illustra-ions , the best of w hich is an etching by " Pjhz . " i we may be permitted a word of advice , it would b * that a little more margin , even at the sacrifice of asnr . _il quantity of type , would bean improvement : a close-cut page will make any book look stunted aud shah * > y , especially one of small _, form . We think too that the title on the back , as well as on the side , cover , and the leaves gilt-edged instead of plain , would give a finish to the appearance of the volume . For ourselves , we are very well satisfied with the Rluminated as it stands . A neatly bound volume of nearly two hundred and fifty pages , containing the good things , the . titles of which we have detailed , purchaeeable for the sum of eightecnpence , isanovelty in the literary world atonce so cheap and entertaining as to be fairly entitled to the most extensive patronage . Such patronage we hope the proprietors will meet with .

      The Late Thomas Hood. In The Last Number...

      THE LATE THOMAS HOOD . In the last number of the Star wc announced the i _. i _-. * Ho 0 ( 1 _' " tUc P ri ! lcc ° _- ' J estel , s * « paid the debt of nature , after a wasting illness of many years slow progress , tciminated by months of extreme debility and suffering , cheerfully borne Irom the Athenjeum of _l-nturday wc extract the following notice of Hood ' s life and literarv labours , joining the writer m his estimate of Hood ' s _powei-s and _usefulness . With the Athtnmm , v _* c mv that the world will assuredl y soon feel that it is _jjoom * for Hood ' s withdrawal : — Thomas Hood was the son of Mr . Hood , the bookseller , of the firm of Vemor and Hood . He gave to the publie an outline ofhis early life in the " Literary Reminiscences "

      , published in Hood ' s Own . He was , ns lie there states , eavly placed " upon lofty stool , nt lofty desk , " in u merchant ' s counting-house ; but liis commercial career was soon put an end to by liis health , which began to fail ; and by the recommendation of the physicians he was " shipped , as per advice , in a Scotch smack , " to his father ' s relations in Dundee . There lie made liis first literary venture in the local _jounirls ; subsequently he seat a paper to the _Biindee Magazine , the editor of which was kind enough , as Winifred Jenkins says , "to wrap my _bitofnonseiiseiuider his Honour's Itiver , without charging for its insertion . * Literature , however , was then only thought ot as an amusement ; for , on liis return to London , he was , we believe , apprenticed to an uncle as an engraver , and subsequently transferred to onc of the Le Kens , But though

      he always retained his early love for art , and had much facility in drawing , as the numberless quaint illustrations to his works testify , his tendencies were literary , aud when , on the death of Mr . John Scott , the _Zoiicton J % « - _sine passed into the hands of Messrs . Taylor and Hessey , Mr . Hood was installed in a sort of sub-editorship . From that time his career has been open and known to the pub-Ue . The following is , we apprehend , something like a catalogue of Mr . Hood's works , dating from the period when his " Odes and Addresses , " written in conjunction with his brother-in-law , Mr . J . II . Reynolds , brought him prominently before the public : — " Whims and Oddities ;" " National Tales ; " " The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies " ( a volume full of rich , imaginative poetry ); " The Comic Annuals , " subsequently reproduced with the addition of

      new matter as "Hood's Own ; " "Tjlney Hall ; " "Uptho m-ine- " and "Whimsicalities : a "PeriodicalGathering . " Nor must we forget one year's editorship of "The Gem , " since that included "Eugene Aram ' s Dream , " a ballad which we imagine will live as long as the language . Of later days Mr , Hood was an occasional contributor to P'tncl ' _j casket of mirth aud benevolence ; and , perhaps , his last offering , " The Song of the Shirt , " was liis besta poem of which the imitations have been countless , and the moral effect immeasnrable . The secret of this effect , if analysed , would give the characteristics of one of the most original and powerful geniuses which ever was dropped by Faery into infant ' s cradle , and oddly nursed up by man into a treasure , quaint , special , camelconcolouredin the changefulness of its tints , yet complete and self-consistent . Of all the humourists , Hood was the most poetical . When dealing with thc most familiar subjects , whether it might be a sweep bewailing the suppression of his cry , 01 * a mother searching through St . Gflcs ' s for her

      lost infant , or a Miss Killmansegg ' s golden childhoodthere was hardly a verse in which some touches of heart , or some play of fancy , did not beckon the laughing reader away into far other worlds than thc jester's . It is true , that he was equally prone to vein and streak his noblest poems , on high and awful themes , with familiar allusions aud grotesque similes ; and this union of what is near and tangible , with what soars high and sinks deep , wrought out in every capricious form which a gamesome invention could suggest , enabled him from time to time to strike home to the hearts of every one—the fastidious and the common-place—the man of wit and the man of dreamsof all , we should say , except tbe bigot and the charlatan . To these Hood's genial sarcasms must have been gall and wormwood , directed , as they were , to the noblest purposes . IBs jokes pierced the deeper , too , inasmuch as they were poet's jokes—clear of grossness or vulgarity . The world will presently feel how much poorer it is for Hood's withdrawal ; and then there will be no lack of remembrancers and memorialists .

      We add the following from the Literary Gazette of Saturday : — TnoM _* . s Hood died ou Saturday morning . A spirit of true philanthropy has departed from its earthly tenement ; the light of a curious and peculiar wit has been extinguished ; the feelings and pathos of a natural poet have descended into the grave ; and left those who knew , admired , and loved these qualities , to feel and deplore the loss of him in whom they were so pre-eminently united . Yet we can hardly say that we lament his death , Poor Hood . ' his sportive humour , like the ray 6 from a crackling fire in a dilapidated building , had long played among the fractures of a ' ruined constitution , and flashed upon the world through the flaws and rents of a shattered wreck . Yet , infirm as was the fabric , the equal mind

      was never disturbed to the last . He contemplated the approach of death with a composed philosophy and a resigned soul . It had no terrors for lum . A short while ago we sat for hours by his bed-side in general and cheerful conversation , as when in social and healthful inter _, course . Then he spoke of the certain and unavoidable event about to take place with perfect unreserve , unruffled calmness ; and the lesson and example how to die was never given in a more impressive and consolatory manner than by Thomas Hood . His bodily sufferings had made no change in his mental character . He was the same as in his publications—at times lively and jocular , at times

      serious and affecting ; and upon the one great subject ofa death-bed hope , he declared himself , as throughout life , opposed to canters and hypocrites—a class he liad always detested and written against ; wliile he set the highest price upon sincere Christianity , whose works of charity and mercy bore witness to the integrity and purity of the faith professed , "Our common friend , " he said , "Mrs . E—— , I love ; for she is a truly religious , and not a pious woman . " He seemed anxious that his sentiments on the momentous question should not he misrepresented ; and that his animosity against the pretended should not be misconstrued into a want of a just estimation for the real .

      Another subject upon which he dwelt with much earnestness and gratitude , was the grant of a pension of £ 100 a year to his wife . . " 'f here is , after all , " he observed , " much of good to counterbalance the bad in this world . I have now a better opinion of it than I once had , when pressed by wrongs aud injuries" [ of tliese he spoke , but they are not for publie notice ] . Two autograph letters from Sir Robert Peel relating to this pension gave liim intense gratification , and were indeed most honourable to the heart of the writer , whose warmth in thc expression of personal solicitude for himself and his family , and of admiration for his productions ( ivith which Sir Robert seemed to be well acquainted ) , we firmly believe ' imparted more delight to the dying man than even the prospect that those so dear to him would r . ot be left destitute .

      We have thought tbat these particulars might possess an interest for our readers , and that , at least at the present period , a list and notice of Hood ' s works , so well and so generally known , would not be expected . As they have issued frem the press we have always found a pleasure in pointing out their various merits and beauties , the idiosyncracy of their humorous features , the touching tenderness of their move natural effusions . The smile and the sigh were ever blended together ; the laugh at the grotesque idea and whimsical imagination ( rarely seeing objects as other people saw them ) , and the tear which must flow over such pathetic narratives ai Eugene Aram or the Old Elm-Coffin . Without a parallel and

      as original as Hood was in the ludicrous , his more enduring fame will rest on the exquisitely humane and simply compassionate . There was no force or affectation in his efforts to serve his fellow-creatures—they were spontaneousandpassionate ; and all the artof picturesque and descriptive power bestowed upon them was but appropriate and congenial ornament , neither covering nor concealing the rich stream of benevolence which flowed in the depths below . His most cynical sparklings emanated from a kind heart ; they were fireworks which revolved in many a quaint and brilliant device , but burnt or injured none . He conld help the droll conceit and dazzling sally ; hut the love of kind predominated throughout and over all .

      Mr . Hood was the son of the respectable publisher and bookseller of that name , long a partner in the firm of Vevnor and Hood , Poultry , which is seen inscribed on many a title-page , some forty or fifty years ago . He has left a widow and two children , a sen and a daughter , both inheriting much of his talent ; and likely , we trust , to be more prosperous in the world than all his genius could make their parent ,

      The Orphan; Or, Memoirs Of Matilda. By E...

      THE ORPHAN ; or , MEMOIRS OF MATILDA . By _Ei'oene Sue . Parte VI . and VII . London : T . C . Newby , 72 , Mortimer-street , Cavendishsquare . This is a wonderful work . Thc author exhibits a knowledge of female character , and the human heart , to an extent rarely equalled , and certainly never ex celled . The taste displayed by the publisher in the getting up of this edition is worthy of all commendation _, i he demands on ouv space will not permit us to extract any one ofthe striking scenes contained in the parts before us ; we must , therefore , content ourselves with giving the following reflections on thc conduct of husbands to their wives—attention to the moral of whicli may contribute to the happiness of thousands . " To persons about , to many , " the following will be found invaluable : — _ATTEOTIO . V to "tripleb" essential TO CONNUBIAL HAPPINESS .

      How many men , the day after marriage , suddenly substitute a careless and selfish negligence , for the attentions and little kindnesses of the day before ! Poor idiots ! they know net of what enchanting pleasures they deprive themselves for ever , for the sake of escaping some of the sweet influences of love , for the sake of loving , as they call it , _teirtout constraint ! they do not understand that marriage becomes a monotonous , coarse , and often intolerable existence , for the want of that perpetuity , bf refined attention , graceful coquetry , and enchanting andmysterious delicacy ! They do not understand that on those very attentions , so futile in appearance , depend often the happiness and the peace oflife ! in a word , they do not feel to what heart-rending humiliation they reduce a woman from the day when they force her to ask herself if it is her name of wife which causes this hasty disappearance of kindness . . They do not feel with what a generous resi gnation that woman must be endowed who does not make a fatal comparison between the watchful attentions of strangers , and the neglect of him who ought

      The Orphan; Or, Memoirs Of Matilda. By E...

      to be all te her . Alas . ' I know the world reproaches women who feel thus acutely tliese little lights anil shade ;* of life , witli attaching an exaggerated and ridiculous hi * _, portance , to trifles , to -mere notlmxgs , and yet these nothings almost always suffice for the happiness of women . Por those nothings they will blindly , proudly , joyously devote their whole existence ! For those nothings they often forget the privations , thc sorrows , the great misfortunes which beffll them ; for those no-things prove to thorn that they are valued—and loved , there is one thing which ever inflicts an incurable wound on the heart of woman , and that one thing is iudifference or neglect . And then , after all , since men in their proud _svlf-suffieieney , treat as childish , what to us is so import-inr , is it generous on tlieir part who are so wise , who tire so strong , who ; : re so powerful , to deny us a few poor attentions _wJiidi would costt / tcm so little , and which would be to tis a pretext , at k'iist , for loving them to idolatry ?

      We perceive that Mr . Newby is about to _comniciicc a new monthly periodical , under the title of " The Traveller ' s Magazine , and Review of British and Foreign Literature ; " through the pages of which " a now and direct line of communication between travellers abroad—travellers at home—the ' uttermost parts of the earth '—and onr own firesides will be established . " Such a magazine should be successful

      Anniversary Of The United Carpenters' So...

      ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED CARPENTERS' SOCIETIES OF LONDON . This grand animal banquet came off on Monday , May 12 , at the Highbury Barn Tavern , Islington . About 400 persons , amidst whom was a good sprinkling ofthe fair sex , sat down to a sumptuous repast , comprising most ofthe delicacies of tho season . __ Mr . Jonas Wartnaby , a member of the King ' s Arms Society , Marylcbone-street , was unanimously called to the chair , supported on his right by Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., and on his left by — Bourne , Esq ., editor and proprietor of the Artizan . The Chairman read a letter frem T . S , Duncombe , M . P ., apologising for his non-attendance at thc dinner , but promising to be present in the course of the afternoon if his engagements would possibly permit . The Chairman said their business on the present

      occasion was not to be confined to eating and drinking , * the Carpenters of London , he flattered himself , were possessed of some intelligence , and their good sense bid them take advantage of such gatherings foi the advancement of the political , moral , and social condition of tlieir fellow-men . ( Cheers . ) The programme he held in his hand fully bore him out in this assertion ( hear , hear ) , and the attendance of so many of the loveliest portion of the creation at tlieir festive board showed that the Carpenters oi London belonged to the advanced guard of the great , moral , and social movement , and his wish was that they might long enjoy moral courage to maintain their exalted position . ( Loud cheers . ) lie would now introduce Mr . Gotobed to speak to thc first sentiment , as follows * . —

      The United Societies of Carpenters of Great Britain and Ireland , and may they have a just remuneration for tlieir labour ! Mr . Gotobed said , having , as it were , from his cradle been engaged in the trade , he , with hearty good-will , proposed that sentiment . He could like to sec their trade societies more extended , although , as Carpenters , they had not much reason to complain , seeing that they had always been able by their union to overcome and vanquish their enemies —( cheers ); and sure he was , that it only required a more binding and general union of their several societies to effect a very great improvement in their condition . ( Cheers . ) He had much pleasure in giving the sentiment . The toast was then drank with all the honours . Mr . Dobelii rose to propose the second sentiment , as follows : —

      The People—may they speedily obtain their just rights , and may the Government assist them in mailing the laws of the country bear equally on the whole of those that have to obey them , Mr . Dobell said , it appeared to him no man could dissent from the sentiment ho had proposed , but it followed that some steps must be taken , or those just rights and equal laws would uot be obtained . ( Hear , hear . ) The late Conference had pointed out some of the necessary steps . He could not help thinking that the committee had drawn up this toast in very mild terms ; more especially , when it was considered how dear those just rights were , and how long they had struggled to obtain them . ( Loud cheers . ) Afr . O'Connor rose amid great applause , and said ,

      there was no toast on the whole programme that he would sooner speak to than the one he now submitted to them . He had always identified liimself with the people , he was one of them . He had done liimself the honour to become a carpenter to-day . ( Laughter . ) He thought his struggles for and on behalf of the rights and liberties of the people , and his untiring efforts to obtain protection for labour , justly entitled him to rank himself among the working classes . ( Loud cheers . ) One of the previous _spealccrs had said that the Carpenters had _wnnparatively a fair remuneration for their labour . That accounted for their apathy , for , notwithstanding this numerous assemblage , apathetic the great body were . He regretted that none of the members of Parliament were

      present , especially that Mr . Duncombe ' s engagements deprived him ofthe opportunity ofbeing with them . Mr . Dnncombe was the only man who really represented the interests of the industrious millions in that house . ( Much cheering . ) He would sooner dine with the operatives , than in any other society from the Queen down to the officers' mess . Why ? Because they earned what they eat . ( Loud cheers . ) But how were the working men to obtain a fair remuneration for their labour ? There was a surplus of labour in the market , and that surplus must be removed —( hear , hear ) . They must banish distrust , envy , hatred , and jealousy from amongst them , effect a cordial union , and their combined intelligence would point out the way —( hear , hear ) . Governments did not wage war for mere empty glory—no , they waged war to obtain the largest share of the produce of the people ' s labour . ( Loud cheers , ) He

      congratulated the working classes on their increased intelligence . When he spoke of liberty , lie __ did _' not mean licentiousness ; he did not mean trafficing with the rights , liberties , and lives of other men ; but of liberty , tempered with reason and justice . ( Loud cheers . ) He had come a considerable distance from the country to be present at their festival , and at any time when they called on hhn he should be most happy to obey the summons , and hoped that at no distant day they would meet , not to mourn over their grievances , but to congratulate themselves on the obtainment of their just rights . Mv . O'Connor resumed his seat amidst great applause . Mr , Row , an operative Carpenter , then sung , in excellent style , " Oak and Ivy , " and was rapturously applauded . Mr . T . BAnRATT , secretary to the National Society of Trades for the Protection of Industry , proposed the third sentiment , as follows : —

      The late Trades' Conference : may its deliberation !* , he crowned with success * and may the ensuing Conference carry out thc plans so well laid down hy its predecessor for the protection of labour . Mr . Barratt said he thought every right-thinking Englishman would agree that it was highly desirable that a thorough union of all the trades should prevail for the effectual protection of their labour —( loud cheers ); and that it was only necessary for it to be generally known that T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., was at the head of that popular movement to ensure it the most triumphant success . ( Great cheering . ) Mr . _Gonninn , an operative , then sung " The Brave Old Tree . " Mr . Bamum again rose , and said , as Mr . O'Connor was about to leave , he had much pleasure in proposing " Health and happiness to Feargus O'Connor , Esq . " . Mr . Welshes had much pleasure in supporting that sentiment .

      The toast was drunk amid the unanimous acclamation of the whole assembly . Mr . O'Connor rose amid renewed cheering , and said he duly appreciated the compliment they had just paid him , and should feel highly honoured at any time to mix in their society . ( Cheers . ) He had not intruded his political opinions on them today , but having been personally introduced , he did not suppose there was scarce a man amongst them but knew his sentiments . He was a thorough Democrat and a zealous advocate of the People ' s Charter . ( Great cheering . ) They might talk of charters , of incorporation , of Magna Charta , & c , but only mention the People ' s Charter—O ! that was a terrible thing . ( Loud laughter . ) But he believed that any rational person who read and considered that document , would say the people ought to have tlieir Charter . ( Loud cheers . ) He was not a leveller , he

      was an elevator . He did not ask that they should all ride in carrriages—on the contrary , he thought they were a devilish deal better looking fellows than those who did : exercise was good for their healths—( loud laughter ) , and he should not care if the Queen lived in the clouds- ( loud cheers ) , but what lie required was , that the people , in return for their labour , should enjoy a fair share of the comforts and blessings of this life . ( Loud cheers . ) Some members of the legislature were in favour oi" " cheap bread , high wages , and plenty of work ; " but what he wanted for them was less work and more wages . ( Great cheering . ) He could only thank them for their veiy kind an l cordial recaption , and respectfully bid them farewell Mv . O'Connor then left the Hall , thc whole assembly upstanding and uncovered , cheering him with deafening applause . Mr . Blewitt rose to propose the next sentiment , as

      follows : — o The Representatives of Finsbury in Parliament , T . S . Duncombe , and T . Wakley , Esqrs ., and all friends of the working classes * . * may they continue to support the rights of their fellow men , and oppose all tyrannical inroads of any party in power upon the rights of the community . He said bethought , generally , _^^ l _^ ment were just what the people . made thera-m that respect he perfectly agreed with Mr . O Connor ; if the people knew their rights , and knowing , dared maintain them , there could not be any bad members of Parliament . ( Loud cheers . ) He thought Mr . O'Connor had been very diffident in introducing his political creed to them . He thought he need not

      have been so , as the working classes at any rate .. : with him in theory , ' and his great exertions ; U .-o ine . riled that thev ••••" mild he ; as ho trusted . ihey _ston would be , with " him in practice also . ( Great cheering . ) He cordially proposed the toast . _^ . Mr . Barratt also supported the sentiment , which was drunk amidst loud applause . Mr . How then sung " Tubal Cain , " and was greeted with much applause . Mr . Blewitt again rose , and in a very amusing speech gave " The Ladies , " which was drunk with great acclaim , tlic band playing " Here ' s a Health to all good Lasses !" "The Stewards , " and "the Chairmau , " were . " . ' . eg _fi ' ve _* . * . The _fhai' _-man _wsriondcl , nnd the Hall was then cleared ior dancing , which was cuutiuued with great spirit to a late hour . _—¦¦!¦ _" » . . .. _^____

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      Tub Late _Euil of Mohxixgto . n . —When the new Mint was erected on Tower Hill , at an enormous expense , the'high price of thc p recious metals ami the existing prospects ofthe country , rendered the office of the moncyers for a considerable , tir . v . _,.. : ¦ - _fecUysinccure . No gold or silver was brought lu _' the coining press , * milling was confined to the pugilists and corn-grinders , and paper usurped the post of cash . At this period the lion . Mr . "Wellcslcy Pole was appointed Master of the Mint . Upon these circumstances , Mr . Curran observed , " I am _^> : ul to find an Irishman for once at thc head of a moneymaking department ; it may afford an additional scene for the ' Beggar's Opera . ' For Mot o ' the Mint , we shall have Pat o'the Mint ; and as the new establishment is likely to coin nothing but rags , there can be no want of in Won during thc _reion ofbeggaxy . "

      Comforts Completed . —An English sailor in Dublin , crossing the Coal Quay half tipsy , with a gallon measure of foaming porter to regale his shipmates on board , passed through a crowd ol ' coalkeavers , not much more sober than himself , and in _thepridoof his heart addressed them with . " Sang your whiskey , you Irish lubbers , here ' s a gallon of good English beer— it is meat , driuk , _and " _: lothes , " slapping the vessel with his hand . Onc of the fellows , affronted at this challenge , instantly knocked him down into a large slough of water , adding , " You had meat , drink , and clothes before , and there ' s washing and lodging for you into the bargain , you thiol . " The fellow was proceeding to follow up liis triumph by kicking the fallen Briton , when another of the gang interfered with "Blur and omuls , Larry , though you did give him washing and lodging , sure lie doesn't want ' iiiaiio 2 mo into the bargain . "

      Infaixible . —Try it . —What's the host way to stop a woman's crying ? To dara ( n ) her eyes , to be sure . _AFoniuNATE Slip . —An Irishman , not long since digging for lead in the district of Dubuque , Wisconsin , fell through the bottom ofhis hole into alarge cavern , and , on looking round , found the inside of the cavern covered with very pure lead . It was one of the richest veins ever discovered , and the Irishman ' s fortune is made . The Cuke worse than _ini : Diseask . —An eastern caliph , being sorely afflicted with ennui , was advised that an exchange of shirts with a man that was perfectly happy would cure liim . After a Ions search he discovered such a person , but was informed tliat the happy fellow liad no shirt .

      True Civilisation . —Prosecutions have already commenced against the press in Algeria . This is the strongest proof we have yet heard of the colony becoming every day more and more French . A Royal Don Mot . —When the Queen visited the Royal Academy , the fountains in Trafalgar-square were forced up to an utuinaiural elevation oi' thirtythree feet . On her Majesty being asked what she thought of them , sho merely replied that " she had no idea absurdity could be carried to such a height . " "Nothixo xike _Leai'ibb . —Ill thc _lloii' _-c * of Lords thc other night , the Bishop of London said , "My Lords , I am deeply convinced the country wants New Bishops ! " How odd the country didn't think of this before .

      One Good Turn Deserves _Asoiaeb . —When the Whigs had possession of _Downing-street , and got in the mire , Peel always ran to help them out , though he was severely blamed by his party for so doing . Thc Whigs are now returning the compliment . Such extreme acts of kindness strongly illustrate the old saying of thero being " Honour among thieves . " Time for a Chaxge . —The llouse of Commons is constantly ordering reports to be brought up and read ; but they never order the truth to be brought before tliem and spoken . If , therefore , they legislate upon mere reports , little good can be expected . Moserk Martyrs . — " If the Maynooth Bill passes , "

      says Mr . Bickersteth , " new Itidleys and _Latimcrs must burn ; " but , asJ / rs . Glusse says , in her direction to dress a hare , " first catch your hare ; " so Mr . Bickersteth must first catch a bishop in the mind to be burnt before he can bum him , and this at the present day he will find a somewjat difficult task . Thc right reverend gentlemen have certainly been " pulled over thc coals" and kept in "hot water " very much of late * , but it by no means follows that they must leave their stalls and walk like fatted oxen to be roasted in Smithfield . No , no ; Mr . Bickei * steth may calm his fears : thc bench of bishops quite agree with Mr . Ward on that comfortable doctrine pronounced by St . Paul , that '' it is better to marry than burn . "

      Cockney Justice . — " What are you beating that boy for ? " said a gentleman to a young denizen of the Rookery , in St . Giles's ; "you arc too big fbr him . What has he done ? " " Vy , ho dropped his knife , I picked it up , and now he wants me to give it liira back again ; 'cos I von't , he ' s _sarey . " . Mb . Justice Best ' s Great Mind . —The demise of Lord Wynford recalls to recollection an anecdote of the style in wliich his name appears in an index to certain law reports . Under the title "Best , " is "Mr . Justice—his great mind . " " ( See page 27 ) . " Turning to thc reference , we find , "Mr . Justice Best said he had a great mind to commit the prisoner . "

      The Irishman ' s Death . —A poor Irishman , who was on his death- bed , and who did not seem quite reconciled to the long journey he was going to take , was kindly consoled by a good-natured friend with the common reflection , that we must all die once . "Why , my dear , now , " answered the sick man , "that is the very thing that vexes me ; if I could die _half-Ordozen tunes I should not mind it . " _L-tTusr Case of " _Absf . x < ib of Mixd . "—A fellow , not loxxg since , in a fit of abstraction , ran his hand into a neighbour ' s pocket instead ofhis own . He came to

      his senses upon drawing ) a heavy _piirsciherefrom , and walked off in a hurry for fear of being laughed at . " What Pxacues these Ciulvrex . ire I "—At a recent examination of the scholars connected with a Methodist Sunday-school in the vicinity of Appleby , a _knowing youth , who was being examined on that portion of scripture where it is related that Jesus cast seven devils out ot Mary Magdalene , thus in his turn interrogated the master * . — "How many devils are now supposed to exist ? " " Onc , " was the ready reply . " Then pray , sir , " again asked the boy , " what has become of the other six ? " Noanswer .

      Cokiiect _EiYMotoov . —A young lady asked a gentleman the meaning of the word Surrogate . "Itis , Miss , " replied he , " agate tliroiigh > hich parties pass on their way to get married . " ' ' Then , I imagine , " saidtlielady , "that was a corruption of sorrow-gate . " " You are right , Miss , " replied he ; " as woman is an abbreviation of wo to man . " County Elections may well be called county farces . The mockery of representation wliich occurred in Denbighshire the other day , beautifully illustrates this . Sir Watkin W . Wynn , in a very cavalier speech , told the poor devils of Welsh serfs tliat ho should vote as he pleased , humed over the ceremony , and jumped into his carriage , having had relays of horses on the road , and told-his coachman to "drive away like blazes , " to get in time for the race for thc cup in the Roodcc ! This gives us both an idea of the representation of the people , and the staple wliich senators are not unfrcquently made of I—Satirist .

      THE WHITEHALL " B 1 _RT-EATEH . " Graham again lias had to eat his words , — - So oft he does so , 'tis beyond a question , That certain proof it positive affords ; For such a swallow , he ' s a prime digestion . —Ibid

      " _ADVERTISING" LOUD JOHN . Of " resulutions "—what a string Have jou prepared , my Lord . ' But it'i * forewarn you of one thing—The House won't give a ( _x \) eord . —Ibid . A _Tic-Rusn . Affair . —An Irishman going to be hanged begged that the rope might be tied under his arms , instead of round the throat ; "for , '' said Pat , " I am so remarkably ticklish in the throat , that , if tied there , I'll certainly kill myself with laughter . " A Slight Mistake . — -1 he Duchess of B , meeting a Cambridge student , inquired what progress her nephew made 1 "O' . " said the student , "he sticks close to Katherine Hall . " ( The name of a college there . ) "I thought as much , " replied her Grace , " for he had always a hankering after the wenches . " _Hasdbome Pay . —During the war of 1796 , a sailor

      went into a watchmaker's shop in the city of —— -, and handing out a small French watch to the ingenious artist , demanded how much the repairs would come to . The watchmaker , lookin < -- at it , said it would cost him mor e in repair than the original purchase . " O ! if that is all , I don't mind that , " replied the sailor . " I will even give you double the original cost , for I have a veneration for the watch . " " " What might yon have given for it ? " inquired the watchmaker . " "Why , " said Jack , twitching his trousers , " I gave a French fellow a knock on the head for it ; and , if you'll repair it , I'll give you two ;" _Floating Theatre . —A floating theatre , called the " Temple of the Muses , " has been built for the purpose of -ranting the towns on the Hudson River , United States . The theatre is lighted with gas . manufactured Abroad ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 17, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_17051845/page/3/