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      Fe-Mtaby 21, 1848. The Northern Star. ' ...

      Fe-Mtaby 21 , 1848 . THE NORTHERN STAR . ' 3 _~

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      Beauties Of Btron. Xo. Xxx. The Bride Of...

      BEAUTIES OF BTRON . xo . xxx . THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS . C _ 55 ixc , who , though a bad politician , was net a bad judge of poetry , spoke ofthis poem as " very , very beautifuL" \ Ve doubt not that our readers will be of the same opinion , after reading the following selections . —

      IHE _CLUTE Of THE EAST . " . Know ye the land where the oypress and myrtle Are _eif _t-hnns of deads that aro done in their dime , Where the rage of the vulture , the love of tho turtle , Sow melt into sorrow , now madden to grime . Snow ye tbe land of the cedar and vine , Where the flowers ever blossom , the beams ever shine : Where tha light wings of Zephyr , oppress * d with perfume , "Wax faint o ' er the gardens ef Gul in her bloom ; "Where tbe citron and olive are fairest of fruit ,

      And the voice of the nightingale never is mute : Where the tints of the earth aad the hues of tho sky In colour , though varied , in beauty may vie , And the purple of ocean is deepest in dye ; Where the virgins are soft as the roses they twine , And all , sate the spirit of man , is dicine ? lis the clime of the East ; 'tis the land of the Sun-Can he smile en such deeds as his children havo done f Oh 1 wild as the accents of lovers * farewell Axe the hearts which they bear , and the tales which thev _teB .

      - _ L _ 1 __ . Fair , as the first that fell of womankind , When on that dread yet lovely serpeHt irmiling , Whose image then was stamp'd upon her mind—Bnt once beguiled—and ever more beguiling ; D ___ _ling , as that , oh ! too transcendant vision To Sorrow ' s phantom-peopled slumber given , _TOien heart meets hear t again in dreams Elysian , And paints the lost on Earth revived in Hea-en < * * # Who hath not proved how feebly words essay

      To fix one spark of Beauty * * heavenly ray * Who doth not feel , until his failing sight Paints into dimness with its own delig ht _^ Ms changing cheek , hit sinking heart _confesi The might—the majesty of Loveliness ! Such was Zulieka—such around her shone The nameless charms _nnmatk'd by her alone ; Tbe li g ht of love , the parity of grace , The mind , the music breathing from her face , The heart whose softness harmonised the whole—And , oh I that eye was in Itself a soul I

      --UK AXD _Z-l-IK * . " What , not receive my foolish flower ! -lay , then , I am indeed noblest : On me can thus thy forehead lower f And know . * thon not who lores thee best I Oh , Selim dear ! oh , more than dearest I Say is it me thon hat _ t or fear est ! Come , lay thy head npon my breast , And I will kiss the o into rest * * » Without thy free consent , command , The Saltan should not have my hand ! Thinks t thon that I could bear to part With thee , and learn to halve my heart ! Ah ! were I sever from thy side , Where were tby friend , and who my guide . Years have not seen , Time shall not see The hour that tears my sonl from thee , Even Azrael , from his deadly quiver _.

      When flies that shaft , and fly it must , That parts all else , shall doom for ever Our hearts to undivided dust . " He lived—he breathed—ha moved—he felt ; He raised the maid from where she Knelt ; His trance was gone—his keen eye shone With thoughts that long in darkness dwelt ; With thoughts that burn—in rays that melt . As the stream late eonceal'd By the fringe of its willows _. When it rushes reveal'd In the light of its billows ; -c the bolt burst on high From tbe black cloud that bound it , Tlssh'd the soul of that eye

      Through the Ions lashes round it . A war-horse at the trumpet ' s sound , A lion roused by heedless hound , A tyrant waked to sudden strife By graze of ill-directed knife , Starts not to mov . convulsive life Than he , who heard that vow , display'd , And all , before _repress'd , betray'd : " Sow thou art mine , for ever mine , With life to keep and scares with life resign ; Sow thon art mine , that sacred oath , Though sworn by one , hath bound us both . * * * * Think not I am what I appear ; I ' ve arms , and friends , and vengeance near . " " Think not thon art what then _appearest ! My Selim , thou art sadly changed ; This morn I saw thee , gentlest , dearest ;

      Bat no w thou'rt -ram thrteU ettranged . Hj love then trartly knew ' st before , It ne er was less , nor can be more . To see thee , hear thee , near thee stay _. And hate the night I know not why , Save that we meet not but by day ; With thee to live , with the * to die , I dare not to my hope deny : Tby cheek , thine eyes , thy lips to kiss , lake this—and this—no more than this ; For Alia ! sure tby lips are flame ! What fever in tby reins is flashing ! My own have nearly caught the same , At least I feel my cheek too blushing . "

      Soxgs For The People. So. Vi. The Staxda...

      SOXGS FOR THE PEOPLE . SO . VI . THE STAXDARD OF TRUTH . T _ _t standard of truth was uplifted on high ; Its bate was the earth amd itc summit the . _ y ; And aU tribes gathered _ e _ rit with banner . _ _o _(_ -l-d Snmm-u- forth by His mandate who _gorems th * worldl Aad there rallied around it , with triumph and conga , All nations and languages , peoples and tongues ; Theligbt-tetrt-d children of freedom were there ; And the blood-stained oppressor was forced to appear ! And the slave aad his tyrant , the people and priest , The Icarne- and rade , from the west to the east , AH came , —and _attentive was fixed eveiy eve ,

      For this test every action and motive could try ! And the trumpet of liberty sounded a blast , As before the bright _s-udard tbe _moldtndes pa-ied , And Oppression and Tyranny beard their own knell , And looked on its glory , and staggersd , and fill ! Then there passed by the negro , in slavery ' s chain , Bat the power of that standard soon snapped it ia twain 1 And the darkness of death , which had blinded his eyes I "Was exchanged for the radiance and bight of the sides J And I marked the grim despot of Russia go by , — Then the Folander girded his sword on his thigh , — And the shouts of the nations ' -- echoes did roll _. As the _sutMT-t bowed ' neath the conquering Pole .

      Them the _-tusselmin came , with the Pagan HlltOUtll , And embraced and clung round the bright standard of truth ! And the nations of Europe were gathering there , — And anoa _; them Britannia stood proudly and fair 1 With joy she beheld her abuses had fled , ' Asd reason and justice were throned in their stead ! Ko priest sacrilegiously plundered her now , — And the blood of _Rathcsrtnac was wiped from ber brow I And lordlings and knaves from her bosom , were thrust—And merit was raised from its dwelling af dost ! And she joined in this chorus , which swelled to the skits , " Shout , shout , je glad nations!—lo , Tyranny dies !" J . A . _ - ___ THE *__ J « D .

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      Lays Of The Loom. A Swscnos Of Pohtical ...

      LAYS OF THE LOOM . A _Swscnos of Pohtical _PiEcsa _ r J / uasGow . Dundee : G . and J . Taylor This unpretending collection of " poetical pieces " is another eridenco of the mind and ability existing in the ranks of Ihe workin j-class . To one of the most nnfortunate sections ef that class James GoW belongs , —he is a hand-loom wearer . In his short and simple preface the author remarks , " The length of time required to labour , in order to procure even a scantv subsistence at the loom , leaves the leisure hours of the weaver but 'few and far between ;* I haTe , therefore , little doubt tbat it willbeatonce admitted that I have written tinder peculiarly _un--arourable circumstances . " He has published these poems in obedience to the wishes of Ms friends , and we are glad to learn tbat many have given him their support in quartet- where he least expected assist ance . He adds , " I have not been induced to publish , with a view to profit . My own hands have

      hitherto ministered to my wants ; and I have not looked for , neither do I expect , any other fate than that of honest labour for my daily bread . " This is a sensible view of his position—for praise , even when well-merited , does not always lead to pudding ; and although we are not of those who would bid the _shoenu _& er "not go beyond his last , " yet it would be no - _icLkmdnes !» ° n our part to inspire James Gow with the hope that his poetry will ever redeemhim from the drudgery of theloom . We say this quiteindependentof any opuu 0 nwe entertainasto thi merits of his poetry-we say it , because , in tbe race for wealth , where one man of beart and mind succeeds hundred ' s of such men fail . The race is too often not won by the worthy , nor the battle gained by the deserving . Beyond cheering him ic his hours of toil , and pi . c-.-tuj for him the applause of his brother workers , we anticipate that James Gow ' s poetry will procure for him no other reward . These rewards , however , are not to be lightly valuod .

      Tjiese " poetical pieces , " though not belonging to a high order of poetry , are not void of merit . Per haps their chief charm is their unaffected simplicity , and accordance witb nature . There is somewhat ol a g _ameacEs chargeable to their account , and nearly

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      all the pieces are of a melancholy , though not of a despairing character . The tone throughout shows the author to be hut too well acquainted with the misery ofhis order—misery , which it is to be feared he has not alto _^ thtr escaped . AVe may add that Jamis Gow , although evidently po-fc . es . iwl 0 f _whpous feelings , is ( what can be said of but few religionists ) neither a bigot nor a slave , but a democrat , who would do his share in making the world something better than it is at present . As we are pinched for room , we must confine _our-Kives to a single specimen of our poet ' s rhymes . We select a piece which he tells us was written before be was sixteen years old : —

      THE OIFHAN HOME . What _starvlng-like creature is yon that I see , Wi * pale hollow cheeks , and a tear in Ilk e _' e , That are baith swall'd wi' greetin _' , wi' rabbin * quite firod , B _' ea a stranger would guess that he ' s hungry and tired , As a kind o' a . wallet he _hauds in his hand , And at a * body ' s door for a wee makes a stand ! He ' s the puir orphan laddie , to hardship a slave , -inc . his father and mithor were laid in their grave . His wide legged breeks are a' tern and neglectif , That are patched wi' a * colours , and prined to a jacket That winna baud out either wind , rain , or sleet ; And big marrowless bachels inclose his wee fee _^—-rae the upper o * ane the thin sole mil soon fa ' , And the tae of the ither is near hand awa , — Though they aye skin bis heels , yet he maunna complain , For he got them for nought , when he'd nane o' his ain .

      An auld codger's bonnet h- wears , but tho snoot , Which gars the light-headed ca' him the recruit . In this state he wanders about thc hail day , Wi' a hreast fa' o' pain , to mocteiy a prey-E ' en mon up ia _yoars , wha harshness should spurn , And chastise the thoughtless wha mak him to mourn , _Betause he is friendless they deem it nae crime To grieve and insult him sair , -time after time . Bnt the clear hectic flush on his bonny pale cheek , And the sharp heavenly flash ofhis blue een bespeak That they'll no hae him lang thus to laugh at and jeer , For he'll soon lie at rest wi' the friends he loves dear , Doon 'mang tlio dull sleepers , wha ne ' er dream o' skaith , For nae thing can injure the dark house o' death ; Though young , like a tree that ' s begimung to wither , He droops , —sin' he tint his kind father and mither . We r ecommend these " Lays of the Loom" to all the sons of labour .

      Rationalism—A Tract For The Times. Bt G....

      RATIONALISM—A Tract for the Times . Bt G . Jacob IIol . oas _.-. London : J . Watson , Paternoster-row . This tract did not reach ns at the time of its publication , in October last , and although we have had it by us for some weeks past , we have not found time to read it before the present week . Thb , however , causes ns but little regret , as we find , on examination , * to be as appropriate to the present time as when first published , ene proof , let us add , of its worth .

      The title Is one calculated rather io repel than attract . The general reader and on-looker has seen so much irrationality perpetrated under the name of " Rationalism , " that they are not pre-disposed to place a very high value on anything bearing that name . Perhaps one of the most irrational things ever done by Mr . Owes and his followers was the assuming of this same title of " Rationalists . " While some people considered that the men who took this title must be wondrous clever , others held that they must be wondrous conceited . The former class wert led to expect from the " Rationalists" more than it was possible for them to perform ; while the latter class , itis needless to say , wereprejudiced ; and , satisfied with decrying the name , cared not to inquire as

      to the principles and objects of the misunderstood 4 Rationalists . " Mr . Holtoake tells us that "the high title , Rationalism" can only be retained as expressive of the aim and tendency of Mr . Owen ' s views . He adds , " I should certainly reject the de-- ignation if I was understood , as a consequence of its adoption , to consider alias irrational who differ from me in opinion . " Good . Bat we ask Mr . Holtoake whether too many of the believers in , and advocates of "Mr . OwEs ' sTiews _, " have not acted as though they considered all other men as "irrational !" What bat this conceited My kept the followers of

      Mr . _Owes from communion with the political reformers ? We know there were individual exceptions—Mr . Holtoake himself was an exception ; so was Mr . F __ mi . \ o ; Mr . Waits , and two or three others ; but the great body of the " Rationalists " preferred constituting themselves into a " sect , " rather than mingle with "the people , " which , had they done , tbey would not only have benefitted tbe people , but would also have strengthened themselves , and more extensively propagated their principles . Mr . Holtoake is an enthusiastic champion of " the faith tbat is in him . " The failure of the Harmony experiment daunts him not : —

      Because preference shares yield no interest , and community scrip finds no purchasers at this particular time , many persons , supposed to be well grounded in nationalism , have begun to despond . But that philosophy , which is to elevate human nature , and be the guide and guardian of virtue , mast not fluctuate with a joint-stock experiment ; it must be higher than public opinion—it must not be shaken by relative success or failure—nor peculiar to any social condition—but fixed as truth , as universal and as enduring . This is spoken like a man ; and for so speaking , were " the prince of dreamers" now living , he would christen Mr . Holtoake " Greatheart . " The failure of the Harmony experiment has not "settled " the question of "Mr . Owes ' b views , " it has but

      postponed the " settlement . " We have not adopted his views , nevertheless we regret the failure . The object of Mr . _Holtoaee ' s tract appears to be "to place the 'New Views' ( propounded by Mr . Owen ) in a new light . " Rationalism , he argues , as a system of mental and moral philosophy , has no ne cessary connection with communism , or other economical systems . He proceeds to put Mr . Owen's philosophy into a new shape and form , and we must confess that we better understand the philosophy in its new form than in its old . Had we been able to have reviewed this tract before the . pening of Parliament , we should have _jgiven it a lengthier notice than we ean now afford room for . We must confine ourselves to the followinj : extracts : —

      That tho golden corn of sunny climes should fill our barns , and our merchandise should grace every cot and palace of theworld , is well . In time we shall exchange morality—our calculation for the Turks' hospitality , and our science for Persian tolerance . Moral merchants will arise , saying—we barter goods , let us barter sympathies , and as we make the earth grand let ns elevate humau nature . But the political economy of nationalism asks why , in the mean t _ ne , m _ 6 t our labourers die , why be trampled down in competition ' s race ! Will that bo solid

      happiness bought with misery and death ? Shall we pave the highway of commerce with toil-worn bones ? Why not achieve the independence within our reach by the location ef our artizans on our untitled land—and learn to live at home ? Barter will then be free , no longer , as now , an imperative necessity that must be pursued at tbe expense of moral principle—and being _froe it will be honest . Then the now struggling tradesman will become the easy minister of useful interchanges , and a generous intercourse succeed the selfish triumphs of capital and cunning _.

      From _Clumberf _Jbttniaf upward , the iron _andobstiaate principles of political economy have blended themselves with such as are more consonant with the wants of tht ago . Distinguished thinkers begin to feel thoroughly assured " that co-operation is the lover by which the great mass of the community shall he eventually raised . " Ho details are pledged , but the general acceptancy of tbe principle 'is perfect , nothing is wanted but the same currency of opinion for some mode of its application . | The difficulties which havo retarded the consummation of the Harmony experiment in England have been

      pecuniar ; . The plans of its principal directors had no worse fault than that of being prematurely splendid . _Thota who have criticised proceedings there , have never ascribed its difficulties to any more fatal cause than that of ill-timed expenditure . Bnt a very temporary discouragement this ! Gas , steam-vessels , railway companies , hare met with the same disasters and far greater delay—and what are their projects compared with the community scheme , which is world-making on a small scale . They illuminate a town , cross a channel , or intersect the land—communities seek to renovate the social state , recast and elevate humanity .

      Mr . Holtoaee ' s _arguments are clear , rather than clever ; not very dazzling , butunmistakeably cony iuciug . He has avowedly abstained from entering into any description or defence of the political economy of " the new state of society ; " but we would recommend to him not to neglect this more practical aud more popular part of the question . There are thousands of hard-working , common-sense folk , who have neither time nor inclination tostudy the " mental and moral philosophy" of either Robert Owes or G . J . Holtoake , who would , nevertheless , be glad to learn , within the compass ofa tract thc size ofthe

      present , the " social arrangements" of " the new state of society . " To get at that knowledge now , they must wade through the not veiy attractive writings of Mr . Owes , or the almost endlesss volumes of the New Moral World , which but a very few will take the trouble to do . The question of community of labour and property is beginning to attract attention throughout Europe , and a brief and clear exposition of "Mr . _Owbx ' s views" would be service _ ible just now . We think Mr . Holtoake could well supply the want . In the meantime , we commend this tract to our readers .

      Tiie People's Jou Rnal-P_Ni I. London: A...

      TIIE PEOPLE'S JOU RNAL-P _ _ni I . London : Artizan Office , Wellington-street , North Strand . Just as we were completing our " publication notices" for the week , we received the first part of this periodical , which should have reached us at least two weeks ago . Kow , be it understood , we do not puff books . If we praise a work ( and we would much rather praise than blame ) , it is because having read tt , we find ourselves able to pronounce a conscientious approval of its contents . We , therciorc , must read before we can recommend _. and hence we must postpone further notice of the People ' s Journal till next week Ut usadd , however , that a first giance satisfies us as to tne attractive qualities of the _Jourual : we shall

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      therefore , be sure to rend it , when we will report tbe result .

      Wallace Der~.Vn_D: Edinburg H, Miller An...

      Wallace DEr ~ . vn _ D : _Edinburg h , Miller and Fairly . —This title is our own ; the few pages before us appear to be the re-print of a letter , addressed to the Editor of the Scottish Herald , and bearing the title , ** P . F . Tytler , Esq ., called to account for his misrepresentations of the Life and Character of Sir William Wallace . " We suppose there are not many of our readers who will need to be told , that the P F . Tytler , Esq ., wbo is here " called to account" _is the celebrated Seottish historian . We must do Mi-Stem ,, the author of this tract , the justice to say , that he manfully and eloquently defends the memory of his great countryman . What we have to find fault with is , that we find him clinging to that virtue in Wallace ' s time , hut monstrous absurdity in the .

      resent day— " nationality . He talks about the " annihilation of Scotland ' s name , and the universal reference made to her , as the humble appendage of England . " This it ridiculous . Scotland is no more an appendage of England , than England is of Scotland , thev are both one— "Great Britain . " It is fortunate that Mr . _Sieiu / s nationality _nonseasebas not the least chance of being responded to . He admits that the Scottish aristocracy have no sympathv with Scottish nationality ; he must know that the middle-class have found it to their _advantage for their country to be united to England—witness tbe growth of Glasgow and other places ; and as regards the working men , we can answer for them , that they repudiate these farcical distinctions of race , and regard lishmen

      Eng as brethren . They know , too , that tlie one system oppresses the working men of both countries and that North and South Britons must be united to effect their common emancipation . Mr . Steill also defends Knox against _theabuse of O'Connell , whom he handles rather severely , denouncing hira as a " hypocrite . " Very right . Every man of common sense knows that the "king" ofthe -Yew-lander-18 a " knave in politics , and a hypocrite in religion . " We conclude wit-la sentiment of Air . Slum ' s , respecting his country ' s great hero : — "It wns the wonderful services _Wbllacb performed single-handed to his country , both as a warrior and a statesman , the entire abience of all selfish feeling he manifested while in power and out of power , and the heroic sacrifice which he made of himself on the altar of

      liberty—a sacrifice that will tell on tho destinies of tho human family to latest _ages—tliat seeured fer him the undying love ofhis countrymen . " Let us add , and has wonfor him equally the undying love of Englishmen . . Not a sensible Englishman but venerates his name , and mourn , his mubdek as one of the foulest blots staining the annals of England .

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      Atrocious Outrage, And Illegal Interfere...

      ATROCIOUS OUTRAGE , AND ILLEGAL INTERFERENCE WITH THE SACRED RIGHT OF PETITION . [ _.. _ROU OCR OWK C 0 RI . E 8 P 0 _ D __ T . _"J If the English people knew but a tithe of the persecution te which the Irish farmer and labourer are subject , and but too frequently the victims , they would not feel the least astonishment atthe numer ous acts of agrarian disturbance about which they hear so much . The public seldom , if ever , hear or get the least hint of the cause of those disturbances . An instance of petty tyranny , ofa very serious character , and imminently calculated to disturb the tranquillity of a district heretofore proverbial for the good order and peaceablenetB of its inhabitants , has occurred recently .

      The following brief sketch will , to some extent , serve to shew with what a high and unconstitutional hand Irish landlords carry their pretensions . The late Mr . Evans , of Portrane , represented the county of Dublin in Parliament . He was returned by tho popular interest ; and was always looked upon by the great bulk of the people as a United Irishman , who had the good fortune to have , like some others , escaped banging . lie was a favourite with tbe people . In order to afford the children of his poor tenantry at Portrane tlie means of education , hc

      built two little school-houses—one for males , the other for females ; and as the poor tenantry were all Catholics , he left the selection of the teachers to the parish priest . Mr . Evans died some two or three years since without issue ; his widow , who is sister to the late Lord Congleton , better known as Sir II . Pennell , resides at Portrane , and not having been accustomed to have any intercourse with the tenantry , she employed a person named Wolstenfullam , a German , to act for her aa agent , or , as you term it in England , bailif .

      It happened some five or six weeks ago , that a petition to Parliament in favour ofthe Tenant Right was laid on a table at the Catholic Church door for signature . Mrs . Evans' tenantry signed the petition most willingly , as they are greatly oppressed by faying three pounds an acre for bad land , while their neighbours upon an adjoining estate , belonging to a Tory landlord , pay but thirty shillings for mueh better land . Mrs . Evans having heard of this petition sent for her agent , or bailiff , Mr . Wolsterfullam , in order to aid her in discovering if any of her tenants or dependents had either signed the petition or had taken any part in obtaining the signatures of others . Threats ofall sorts were held over any tenant who should dare to sign this petition . After a good deal of espionage , suspicion fell upon the teacher , who had been seventeen years schoolmaster in Mr . Evans ' school , and who , during that long period , had given the utmost satisfaction to the pupils , to their parents ,

      to the parish priest , and apparently even to Mrs . Evans herself . _Neverthelesss , the alleged crime of having signed a petition to Parliament in favour of the Tenant Right , cancelled all former ties , and without any other fault , even the formality of an inquiry into the alleged one , the unfortunate schoolmaster was waylaid in the dusk , between the schoolhouses and his own little dwelling , by the agent , Mr . Wolstenfullam , and seduced into a low public-house , under the pretence of settling his quarter ' s salary , but in reality te afford two or three _bura-bailiffs tirae to effect an entrance into the school-house , and throw out everything belonging to the schoolmaster and keep possession . The unsuspecting teacher did not anticipate the object of coaxing him into the public house , till after he had acknowledged the receipt of the money . He was alone with the agent , and therefore had no witness to this low and tyrannical trick . He did not like to go into the public house , particularly as he is a teetotaller .

      Thc agent and his mistress became a little alarmed at their tyranny , and sent for the schoolmaster , paid him a year ' s salary , and assigned as a reason for their conduct that he had not only signed the petition but was a Chartist . Now it so happens that the schoolmaster did not sign the petition , and that he isjiot a member of any political society . The _scho-lhouse has been shut up ; the neighbourhood is in a very excited state , and will soon require an additional police force . The people are alarmed at this interference with their right to petition Parliament . They are deterred from petitioning . Is not this interference witb the right of petition a breach of privilege ? C . Malahide , Feb . 14 , 18 _ C .

      O'Connell .. O'Higgins. Commission Op Ot...

      O'CONNELL _.. O'HIGGINS . COMMISSION OP _OTER _ANO TERMINER . The Commission of Oyer and Terminer was opened yesterday , at eleven o ' clock , by the Hon . Justices Crompton and Perrin , of the Queen ' s Bench , accompanied by the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor ( Alderman E __ an , locum tcnens ) , his lordship ' s secretary , Mr . Deehan , tue Gity SwOrd-bearer and Marshal , when tbe usual formalities were observed . It would be wrong to say the Queen _.. O'Higgins , because the prosecution is , in reality , at the instance of O'Connell . Tou are already aware that two bills of indictment were sent up , one to the County Grand Jury , the other to thc City Grand Jury . The County Grand Jury are nearly all landed proprietors , and , consequently , more deeply interested in a landlord and tenant question than the City Grand Jury , who ,

      by the bye , do not own an acre of land amongst the whole of them ; yet , strange to say , tlie County Grand Jurythrewout the billsagainst Mr . O'Higgins , while , on the other hand , the city sages found truo bills against him . It was a hard contest , and not a very noiseless one in the grand jury room . There were eleven for ignoring the bills , and twelve for finding them . Sir Richard Baker , a little city knight , and a tailor by trade , laboured hard not only to induce some weak minds to concur in his views , but to make the witnesses say more than they should or could say ; one of v _^ iom , a _resjiecta-. e gentleman , snubbed the little knight for his impertinence . The trial has been removed by a writ of certiorari from the Commission to the Court of Queen ' s Bench . It is , therefore , likely to become a " Great State Trial . "

      The general impression here is , that , in this case , at any rate , O'Connell will be defeated . Little he knows of the real state of feeling outside of Conciliation Ilall . His bosom friend , Tom Arkins , the spy , failed in establishing a character for honesty this day . He instituted proceedings for a defamatory libel , seandalummagnatum , against the editor and proprietors of the Dublin Argus , an unstamped publication . The cause wag tried to-day . The jury acquitted the prisoners . The audience hailed the

      verdict with such loud and continuous cheering , that the court was obliged to commit some of them to Newgate . The verdict is not very complimentary to the character of Tom Arkins . The unfortunate man bad troubles enough of a domestic nature , without this public stigma upon his character . It is surprising how such a man imposed upon the public _, lie is sword-bearer to the reformed corporation , and clerk ofthe corn table . But he is the bosom friend of the "Liberator , " as he calls him , and that you knoff covers a multitude of sins .

      Execution Of Bryan Seery. The -.Flouring...

      EXECUTION OF BRYAN SEERY . The -. flouring account of tbe execution of this wretched man is furnished by the reporter of the Freeman ' s Journal . Seery , it will be seen , persisted to the last ir . < ; ' most solemn terms , to assert his

      Execution Of Bryan Seery. The -.Flouring...

      total innocence of the crime for which he was about to pay the forfeit of his life : — - MOLLISOAB , 1 . _Kiruy BvSKIHO . __ - _ ll _« die is _CASt- " the tow ha * taken _ittcoune _. _" _^ Bv -un Seery-the ill-fated , _fii-lMec _lar ,. ] _, flnd _uimtrsnll y believed innocent Bryan Seery is now no more . The following declaration wa . made , voluntarily _mtul _., by tha unhappy man on Thursday evening , in the _presense of the Rev . Mr . Savage , the deputy-governor of the gaeI , Jtfr . dunning ( the prisoner ' s agent ) , an * two magistrates ofthe county , _whosiened the document : — ¦ * *

      <• County of Westmeath to wit . —I , Bryan S . ery , now a prisoner m the gaol of Mullingar , and to be on this day executed , do most solemnly and sinc . r ly declare , in the presence of that God before whom I muBt shortly appear for judgment , that I never fired at Sir Francis Hopkinsthat I never committed any act tending to injure him in person or property—and that I never was cognizant of , or a _pnrty to , any conspiracy to plat or shoot , or Injure the said Sir Francis Hopkins ; and that I am lot guilty , directly or indirectly , ofthe crime for whicli I am to bo hanged . —Rrvan SEEitr . " This was the declaration presented by the Rev . Mr . Sav age to the sheriff to witness ; and I presume it ib the same document signed , in the presence of the parties alluded to above , on the previous erening .

      The prisoner , after baring spent the whole of Thursday evening with the Rfcy . Mr . Savage in religious devotiens , retired to bed about eleven o ' clock , and slept soundly _unttl six in the morning , when he arose , and after attending mass In tho chapel } l 0 rccejved tho holy communion from the hands of the Rev . Mr . Savage , whose attention to the poor convict was unceasing . At six o ' clock in the morning thc trumpets of the military were heard all over the town , the men being under order * for duty at eleven o ' clock . Tho military force present consisted of the following : —Two troops ofthe llth Light

      _Drag-ons _, 80 rank and file c _« ch , accompanied hy Major Jones ; two troops of the 8 th Hussars , of 40 rank and file each , commanded by Colonel _M'Caul and Lord Killeen ; the Sth regiment of Foot ( stationed la the town ); two companies of the 32-, under the command of Captain Lowe ; one company of thu 75 th , commanded by Captain Bathurst ; and seveuty . flve constabulary , under the command of Messrs . Brooky and _Shiels . I have never beheld a more awfully solemn _scens . Almost every shop in the town was closed , yet hardly a soul except the soldiery attended at the execution ! It was a fine unclouded

      morning ; as the day advanced , the clear bright sky proclaimed tbe return of spring . The streets , as I have already said , were quite deserted , and the people testified , by their refraining from either c oming into town , or collecting in crowds in its suburbs , their abhorrence ot the tragedy . One fact illustrative of tbis I shall relate : —A mercantile gentltjm » n , who came from Dublin to purchase butter , could not get any person to do _businoss with him , and although the day was that on which tlie butter market is held , according _tothspatent _, the market being the largent iu Leinster , there was not a single firkin brought into town .

      At eleven o clock the infantry and police were placed in order in front of the gaol . The unfortunate convict was accompanied in his devotions throughout the morning by the Rev , Mr . Savage , who , since his sentence , has been most assiduous and unceasing in his attendance . When tbe hour of tft-elvc o ' clock had arrived , the Rev . Mt . Savage requested the sheriff to witness the the declaration of which I have given a copy abovo , but that functionary refused . Tbe rev , gentleman then informed tho prisoner that the hour was come for him ; and the prisoner , taking a crucifix in his hand , said , " I follow Christ , and declare I am an innocent man . " The Rev . Mr . Masterson , wearing his surplice , then walked with the prisoner to the scaffold , repeating the Litany of Jesus aloud . When thc prisoner appeared on the drop he said , raising the erucinx , and in a calm , loud , and steady tone , and with an emphasis of awful and terrible solemnity" I declare before my God that I had neither act , hand , part , or knowledge in the crime for which 1 am going to die here l "

      This declaration , so pronounced , caused a shudder amongst the soldiery , and the prayer , " the Lord havo mercy on hira , " _burstfrom every lip . A few memonts more and ths unhappy man was launched Into eternity . Tlie body , after the usual time o f suspension , was out down and placed in the coffin , and then his friends conveyed it to the late residence of the deceased , in the town of Mullingar , amid the sobbing and burning tears of the torrnspeople . Thus ended the fearful tragedy . The body will ba interred on Sunday at Castletown , and although not a soul was present at the execution , some hundreds of thousands will , I _amaisured , accompany poor Seery * s remains to the grave . There was only one magistrate of the county ( Mr . Uniacke ) present , I cannot write more , for . in common with the whole inhabitants of the town , I am so shocked at what 1 have witnessed , that I am quite nerveless . God grant that I may never again have to describe puch a scene . Gloomy silence now reigns , and all is tranquil .

      The military will not , I understand , leave town for a dayortw # . Seery was kept for an hour after the time , appointed for Wb execution . Sir Guy Campbell was understood to have said that the delay arose from the expectation of a reprieve by the ten o ' clock coach .

      FUNERAL OT _BlirA . V _SESHY . The funeral of Bryan Seery took place on Sunday , and was attended by vast multitudes of the country people , whose numbers were estimated to amount to 80 , 000 or 60 , 000 souls . Thc greatest decorum was observed throughout the day , there not being tho slightest disposition evinced by the peasantry to commit a breach of the peace . " The Rev . Mr . Savage , " says the report , "who had officiated at mass , and who had attended Seery since his sentence , briefly addressed the people , having first read the following document : —* The funeral of Bryan Seery , who was executed on Friday , will take place immediately after last mass . His last words were—what his past good conduct and excellent character througli life justified

      you all in expecting— ' That I had neither act , hand , part , or knowledge in the crime for which I am to die here . ' The clergy of the surrounding district will attend on to-morrow at a solemn high mass for the eternal repose of his soul . The office will commence at eleven o ' clock . We make this announcement , as we know that the people of thc town and the _surrounding district are anxious to testify tlieir sympathy with the afflicted widow and orphans on this occasion . The funeralprocession will commence at _eleren o ' clock . In accordance with the humane feeling so generally expressed , it is intended to raise a subscription for the support of the widow and orphans thus _iinoYnpftpfllv denrivpd nf a _irnnd hiuhnnri and inilnRl * _- _» -

      . * _... __ -. > ---- _ . j —r .. w- V * .. „ _.. — .. _ . _ _.. _ . . .... . _ ... trious lather . Contributions towards this work of charity will be received by the clergy of the town , and also by the clergymen of the different parishes throughout the country . The rev . gentleman then exhorted the people to demean themselves during the day peaceably , steadil y , and soberly , but above all , to give no opportunity to thoir enemies of saying that the law or peace was broken . He then announced that he had received several subscriptions that morning , from Dublin , for tbe poor widow and her children , and stated that on this day ( Monday ) there would be a solemn ofiice and high mass , at wliich upwards of thirty of the clergy would attend , for the reDOs . of the soul of the martyr . '"

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      THE FACTORIES BILL . The following is the joint report of the Inspectors of Factories , annexed to the separate reports of Messrs . Horner , Howell , Saunders , and Stuart : — Factory-offiee , London , Deo . 18 , 1845 . Sir , — We , the undersigned Inspectors of Factories , have now the honour to report to you that , in conformity with the arrangement proposed in our letter to Mv . Manners Sutton , dated the 2 _» . h ofNovember , 3844 , our present statutory meeting ( being the secoad for the present year ) commenced on the 20 th ef November last , nnd it still continued by adjournments . We hare read to each other the several reports relating to our respective districts for the last half-year , from the 1 st of May to the 81 st of October included , which we send with this joint report .

      We have conferred with each other on various matters connected with tho discharge of our duties under the 3 rd and 4 th of William IV ., c . 103 , and the _Tthof Victoria , c . 15 . Nothing has occurred to which we deem it necessary to call your attontion , except the following case in Mr . Stuart ' s district , wherein the justices , having found the defendant guilty of an offence for which a _upccific penalty of not loss than £ 10 , and not more than £ 100 , has been awarded by the statute , nevertheUss _dtclnred that , notwithstanding their eonviction of the defendant , no penalty was due . The statement made by Mr . Stuart to us , and our minute thereon , comnuuieated to you in our letterof the _Vith inst ., will explain clearly the proceeding of the magistrates ; a copy of these documents , and of Mr . Stuart ' s lettsr , to you , applying for your authority to adopt the only measure , which can now be « sorted to in order to remedy the error the _magistrates seem to as to have committed , will be found in the appendix to this report .

      The Act of Parliament passed durin _p the last session , entitled * ' An Act to regulate the Labour of Children , Young l ' _srsons , and Women , in Printworks , " provides in theSrdsection" that the inspectors and _sub-lnspectors of factories shall respectively be inspectors and sub-inspectors for carrying _iato effect tke powers , authorities , and provisions of this aet ; " we , therefore , on the 10 th of July , took the liberty to suggest to you that some public notice should be issued to the occupi-M of such works , and in pursuance ofthe authority contained in the answer , from Mr . Milliners Sutton , dated the 10 th of July , we issued advertisements in the London Gazelle , and in various

      newspapers . We also by letter to Mr . Manners Sutton , dated the 19 th of July , requested that directions might be given for the _prepara tion of the abstract of tlic net referred to in the 2 MU section , by competent legal nntherity _, as was done in the case of the Factories Act * lastyear . Copies of this abstract we have received , as directed by your order to the Stationery . olBce . We have at our present meeting made arrangements to suable tho occupiers of these works to conform to the law in respect to registers , certificates , « Sjc , whicli they are required to _ksep , by preparing fov them such documents , in a proper form , in thc same manner as we prepared similar documents for the occupiers of factories at our meeting in July , 1841 , before tho amended Factory Act eame into operation , Wc have completed these detnils _, and in the course of this weck a circular letter will be

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      forwarded to the occupier of every printwork of whose . establishment we have received notice . We have , & e „ Leon __ d Horner , t . jonks hoiv-l-. _IlOll-RT J . S-- K-EB _. 8 _. Jameb Stuart . The Right Hbn . Sir James It . 6 . Graham , Bart ., one of h « r Majesty ' s Principal Secretaries of State , & c , APPBNDIX . At a meeting of tho _Inspectors of Factories held this day , Dec . 12 , 1845 , Mr . Stuart made tho following statement to the inspwtors relating to a prosecution instituted by Mr . Lang , Procurator Fiscal for the Justices ef Peace at Glasgow , by the desire of Mr . Charles Balfour , Sub-Inspector of Factories thero , against Mr . Janus Clark , _power-cloth manuf « s . _m . r at St . _Roiiox , aear Glasgow .

      The complaint at Mr . Lang ' s instance concluded for payment of the statutory penalty of not less than £ 5 , and not more than £ 20 , for not having in terms of tho 21 st and 59 th sections ofthe Amending Factory Act , 7 Victoria , c . 15 , fenced the requisite parts of the machinery of his factory ; and for the statutory penalty of not less than £ 10 , and not mere than £ 100 , in terms of the ( Oth section of that aet , on account ofthe bodily injury Buti ' _ored _, upon the 27 th day of May , 1845 , by Alexander Thomson , enginekeeper at that factory , in coiiseauence pf those parts oi

      the machinery before mentioned not being securely fenced , by having ane of his legs broken , and his right arm so seriously injured as to render immediate amputation necoBsary . The magistrates eonvllted Mr . 'Clark in the lowest stntutory penalty of £ 5 for the first offence , and in £ 8 5 s ., the whole costs incurred . But , although they found that Alexander Thomson had suffered th . aforesaid bodily injury from the machinery not being _Bocurely fenced , " they , in respect of the special circumstances , find no penalty due for the offence last aforesaid . "

      It appears to the inspectors that the magistrates , by finding no penalty due for the offence under the COth section of the act , by whieh they had convicted the defendant , have failed to give effect to a clear and indisputable enactment of the statute , which , too , gives to the inspector or sub-inspector no power of appeal . The inspectors having deliberately considered tho circumstances of this case , are of opinion that they should be brought under the notice of her Majesty ' s Secretary of State , as hc only ean take measures , through the Lord-Advocate or otherwise , for vindicating the authority ol the law , in this and similar cases , where the magistrates fail to enforce it _. The inspectors direct that the certified copy ofthe conviction in this _caso produced to them bu sent with this minute to her Majesty ' s Secretary of State . Messrs , Hugh Oogan and William Dick were the convicting magistrates at Glasgow , and Mr . John Douglas their clerk , Factory Inspectors ' -o . ffiee , Dec . 12 , 1845 .

      Sir , —Referring to the accompanying minute of the Inspectors of Factories , I have the honour of representing to you that the _decinion of the magistrates , finding no penalty due en account ofthe bodily injury sutl ' ared by Alexander Thomson , ie attended with grievous hardship to him and his family . I have ascertained that he is a sober , honest , and indnstrious person , with a wife and two children . In consequence of the accident which befell him , occasioned by machinery not securely fenced , he lost his right arm and had a compound fracture ofthe left leg . lie was confined in the infirmary of Glasgow for fifteen weeks , and is still from weakness unable to make any exertion towards gaining a livelihood .

      I therefore beg leave , with the concurrence of my col leagueB , respectfully to recommend to you to empower me , as Inspecter of Factories for Scotland , in terms of the 24 th section of the Amending Factory Act , 7 Victoria , c 15 , to direct an action to be brought in the name of the foresaid Alexander Thomson for th * recovery of &_ v ___ g » s due by tbe foresaid James Clark . This extraordinary course would not have been followed in this case but for the decision of the magistrates of ( ilaegow , finding no penalty due for the offence under the 60 th section of the act , from which compensation might have been made to _thcinjured person in a summarymanner . I bavt , die , Jakes Stuabt . The Right Hon . Sir J . It . G . Graham , Bart ., & c .

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      A _SiNouun Phenomenon is mentioned as having occurred near Norkioping , Sweden . On Monday , the l _. th , about nine o ' clock in the morning , the waters of the Motala _, a river of East _Gotland , flowing into Brawick Bay , suddenly fell very considerably , and continued to fall with such rapidity , that at four in the afternoon of the same day the bed of the river was quite dry , and quantities offish , which were found buried in thc mud , were taken .

      Shi . wiiEca off Boulogne . —We learn from _Boulogne-sur-Mer , that about five o ' clock in the afternoon of Saturday last , after a most tempestuous day , an English sloop , with a crew of five men , leaking at every plank , attempted to make that port , but , from want of sufficient water to get in , wag obliged to run aground to the east of the pier , a short distance from the stockade . Notwithstanding the heroic attempts of M & guin , a French pilot , and Testard , a fisherman , two of the English sailors were drowned : the others were saved .

      _Fraterniit . —A society is formed in the metropolis , for tlie purpose of bringing together in harmony and brotherly love the natives of different countries . A meeting has been held at White Conduit-house of the members , who consist of Germans , Poles , French , Italians , Americans , and English . The motto of the society is " Alle Menschen _tind Bruder "— " All men are brethren . "—Morning Advertiser . Murder in the Count , or Wa . _ rfobd . —Great sensation has been created in the neighbourhood of Clashmore , in consequence ofthe discovery ofa murder , committed on a poor woman living within a short distance of this place . The body was found on Monday last in a drain , having the breast bono broken , and showing other serious contusions in various places . Tbe husband bas been apprehended on suspicion _.

      Rouen and Havre _IIaij . road . — We read in the Commerce : — " Very alarming rumours were in circulation at the Bourse on Thursday , relative to the report ol M . _Frissard _, the engineer sent down to inspect the works on the Havre railway . It was even said that all the works were to be executed over again . Destructive Fire . —On Monday night a fire occurred at the corner of Bethnal-green-road , at an oil and co . ourman ' 8 , and before the arrival of the engines from tbe stations of Jeffrics-squaro , Farringdon-street , and other places , the stock of the shop was completely consumed , and the building seriously damaged . D ___ Tn of Baron Bulow . — A letter from Berlin announces the death of Baron dc Bulow , ex-Minister of State .

      Juvinii- 0 . _fendhrb . —On Saturday a meeting of noblemen and gentlemen took place at the Mansion House , for the purpose of _taking into consideration measures fer the reformation of juvenile _oftanders , and for checking the growth of crime . Tha Lord Mayor in tiie chair . Tlie meeting was addressed by Mr . Anderton , Mr . Pearson , the Bishop of London , M . D . Hill , Esq ., recorder of Birmingham , Lord Robert Grosvenor , Mr . Alderman Challis , Dr . Lynch , the Rev . W . Russell , and Mr . D . Wire . A committee was appointed to carry out the views of the meeting , which will sit at the Mansion House .

      The Aixbgko Incest and Mubdeb at Greenwich . —On Saturday last , William Richardson was fully committed to take his trial on the charge ol murder . His wretched daughter , Ann Richardson , was also committed as " an accessory . " Tbe prisoners , when removed from the dock into the reserveroom , commenced a conversation together , and in answer to something that his daughter said , the male prisoner patted her on the shoulder and laughed , as though nothing had occurred of serious moment . The Potatoe Disease is still continuing its ravages in the midland counties .

      Fatal Accident at TnE South _Western Rail-WAr Terminus . —On Saturday Mr . Bedlord held an inquest at St . George's Hospital , Hyde Park-corner , on the body of William Cone , aced fifty-five , a porter in the loeomotivc dopartment of the South Western Railway Company . His foot had been crushed by the wheel of a railway waggon , wliich exciting gangrene caused his death on the llth inst . Verdict , " Accidental Death . " More Resignations . —There is reason to believe that Admiral Sir George Cockburn has resigned hi ?

      seat at the Board of Admiralty . It is further understood that Lord Forester has resigned the pest hc held in the Royal Household as Captain of the Honourable Corps of _Gentlemen-at-Arms . Some short time ago it was stated that the Earl Delawarr had tendered his resignation of the high ofliee ol Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty ' s Household , but that on the urgent request of an illustrious personage , he had consented to retain tho appointment . We are now assured , however , that his Lordship has actually resigned _.

      The Archbishop of Cantkmyury completed his 80 th year on the 12 th inst . A Strange Coincidence . — . The Jottrncti des Debats mentions that the parricide Dubarry , lately condemned to death by the CoHrt of Assize of 'Parlies , wns ordered for execution on the 12 th of February . The criminal records show that one of his ancestors of the same name ( Jean Marie Dubarry ) was executed for a similar crime on the 12 th of February , 1746 . " Is there not something extraordinary , " remarks the Journal ties Debats , " in this parity of crime , name , and date ?" _1-UT-ANiisiiiKE Election , —The seat in the Ilouse of Commons vacated by thc retirement of tlie Hon . W . Diiwnay , was on Saturday conferred upon Mr . George Finch , of Burlcy-on-the-llil ) , without opposition . Mr . Finch is a _Conservative and a Protectionist .

      Fatal Railway Accident near Kendal . — On Saturday last , the _1-ith , a melancholy and fatal aeeident took place on tlie Lancaster and Carlisle Railway , at a place called Hay Fell , about three miles

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      north of thu above town , by which Susan iiayton _, the mother of six children , was killed . At the scene ot tho accident , the railway crosses the _turnpiku road on a level . The deceased was crossing the rail in a cart at the moment of the arrival of a railway waggon , lne cart was overturned , and the pt . i * woman was frightfully crushed , and died in a few minutes . Verdict— " Accidentally killed . " Sr . Dews . —So great is the apprehension of the tailing ol the north tower of the cathedral of St . Denis , that the inhabitants of the houses in its immediate neighbourhood arc hastening to remove from them . A Fool . —At Coolmeen , in the county of Clare , a few days ago , in a fit of religious enthusiasm , a man nailed his feet and his left hand to the post of his bed , in imitation ofthe crucifixion of Jesus Christ ,

      " War to thb _Cast-b _, Peace to tiik Cottage . "The Marquis of Exeter maintains three bloodhounds to hunt down and worry human beings found offending against the Game Laws . _Roijbek-. — At the Clerkenwell police-office on Monday , Sarah Margaret Chamberlaine was committed for trial , charged with _robbing her mistress , Mrs . Mary Fiilford , residing in Cornwall-place , Islington , of jewellery and other property . A Gkntlkwan . —On Tuesday at the _Marlboroughstreat _Polkb-ofnce , " a gentleman , " named James

      Richard Smith , was fined . £ ., or two months' imprisonment , for an unprovoked assault on Ashton , one of tlie beadles of the Burlington Arcade . He had spit in thc complainant ' s face , and struck him several blows , because the beadle had interfered with liim when " gallopading behind a lady , with a view of attracting her notice . " The Pope v . Fans . Elssler . — Fanny Elssler ' s triumph at Rome _hasbeen _iscriously cheeked by an interdict placed on the ballet of "Esmeralda , " that work being pronounced dangerous to public morals ,

      German _Tkbasok . —A printer at Wurlzburg has been arrested for having printed an almanac in 1842 , in which the name of . the Bishop of Wnrtzburg is placed before that of the King and royal family ef _Uatavia . A Young Laby and Mamma . — The Courrier Irancais states that a woman died lately nt Tolosa , in Spain , at the extraordinary age of 150 years ! She leaves a daughter in her eighty-second year . A Revelation for Children . — Peter Parley's name is Samuel Grisivolu Goodrich . Ho is the son of a clergyman of Connecticut , a state wliich has sent forth more literary men than any otlier in America .

      "The Far-West , "—This well-known _personage after many retreats from the spirit of advancing " annexation" in America , has at last resolved to give up altogether . By a recent _arrival from the new world we learn that " it is now sitting on the sands of the Columbia , waiting for a passage to China . " Thb _Campm-M . _Mok-M-Kt . — Mr . Marshall , A . R . A ., the sculptor appointed to execute the statute of Lord Clarendon i ' or the-new Houses of Parliament , is also engaged upon the monument to be erected to the author of the Pleasures of Hope in the Poets' Owner , Westminster-abbey .

      Vert Important . — Among those who are most likely to be well informed , it ia confidently _atntedthat her Majesty ' s confinement is not expected before the end of May . Prick of Brbad in Paris . —The priee of bread for the fortnight commencing Feb . 1 ( 5 , is fixed at 38 c . per killogramme for bread of the best quality , and 30 c . for thc second ; equal to 7 id . and 5 d . per quartern . _pKDKsiRiAmsM . —Jas . _Btrom and Thomas Maxfield ' s ( the North Stab ) Mile Race for 50 Sovs .. This race came off on Tuesday . At starting , Byrom jumped off , and kept a clear lead , till nearly half the course had been corered ( which was fr om the London side ofthe turnpike to the milestone through Ealing ); shortly after passing the Old Hat , the Star put on the steam , and made a good five yards of his speed , which he steadily and geometrically increa-ed , until hi ran in a good and clear first by some ten yardB . Time of winner , four minutes and 48 seconds .

      Sudden Death of Mrs . Braham . —We regret to announce the demise of Mrs . Frances Braham , the lady of the cmiment vocalist , which took place on the night of Sunday last , at Mr . Braham's residence , No 8 , Gloucester-road , _Bayswater . Death op General Sir William fl . Clinton , G . C . B ., _Lieutenant-Goverxor of Chelska Hospital . —This officer died on Sunday morning If-t , at the family seat , Royston , Herts . Ladv Holland's Will . —It is a subject of general literary interest to learn that ( besides tome £ 1 , 500 per annum , and a considerable sum in money , £ 7 , 000 ) Lady Holland left to Lord John Russell the " Memoir of Mr . Fox , " so long in preparation by the late Lord Holland , with an expression of a hope that it should be published as early as possible . Her Ladyship also bequeathed to the Birtish Museum the celebrated Toleutirio Box , on which , the lovers of art are aware ,

      ia sculptured the noble antique ot the goat- browsing , Thia precious relic was presented by the Pope to Bonaparte , after his Italian campaign , as the richest gift he could offer him . Napoleon _eent it to Lady Holland , from St . Helena , with a grateful autograph note , for the ' attentions paid to him by her Ladyship in his captivity . Both box and autograph are now , it is stated , in the British Museum . Supposed Shipwreck off thu Sksrkies . —A note , of which the following is a copy , was found enclosed in a bottle picked up by the artilleryman in charge ofthe fort on Dalkcy island , and brought to Lieut . Hutchinson , harbour-master of Kingstown , on Sunday evening : — "Brig Spey ( or Issey ) _, Feb . 4 , 1816 : Six feet water in the hold—we expect soon to be all lost , unless some help arrires ; we are about 37 deg . i 6 min . off Skerries . The captain was lost two days ago , and the mate is dead , he died of the yellow fever about a week ago . " John Igo , seaman . "

      Mr Razob and Shaving Tackle . — What next ? Here we havo a pamphlet on the art and mystery of shaving ! Certainly , of all " the ills that flesh is heir to , " none are more annoying than shaving , or being shared with arazor " made to sell , " yet thousands submit to the torture every day of tilth , lives , without making an effort to put an end to thc infliction . We really have heen much amused with the " close-shaving" arguments put forth in this pamphlet , which , besides amusing us , has also learned us a thing or two we were before ignorant of . A ny of our readers who may desire to know more , we must refer to the author of the pamphlet , J . Teetgen , 10 , Bishopgate-street Without . Vert Right . —The ladies in Louisiana have adopted a rule never to marry a man who owes an editor more than ene year's subscription .

      Suicide vrom a Steamer . —On Tuesday afternoon , as the Diamond , Gravesend steamer , which leaves the _London-bridge-wharf at four o ' clock , was off Northfleet , on her downward passage , a man ( unknown ) , who was standing on the after-deck , suddenly jumped over the side of the vessel into the river and was drowned . Destructive Firb at Natland _, near Kendal . — On Monday morning last a fire broke out on the premises of Mr . James Simm , farmer , of Jvatland , which destroyed a large _qvv __ tvty _ol'fav-niing stock , produce , _, itc . The fire is believed to have originated acci- dentally . Fire at Grebnwicu . —Wednesday morning , shortly r before two o ' clock , an alarming fire broke out at c Greenwich , upon the premises in the tenure of Mr . ' . J . Muttey , licensed victualler , near the Royal _Hos- - pital , known by the sign of the Royal Oak . Tlie e house was burnt down , and the contents destroyed .

      The pocket of the editor of the Boston Journal was s picked a few days since , and all the thief got for his s risk and pains was an unfinished article on ( he Oregon < n question . Murder or a Wife rv her Husband . — On tho o 10 th inst ., while a man of the name of Daniel Dunn n was in the act of outting timber in his house , ho had d some angry words with his wife , during which , he ie struck her with tho hatchet he held in his hand , _ , and killed her . This shocking deed occurred at at Shanrahan , near Clogheen . Dunn has made a full ill confession of his guilt , and has been committed to to our gaol for trial . —Tipperary Constitution .

      The Latk Murdkr and Suicide in Stbpney . —On On Monday morning the _reniaina of Jeremiah Spence ice Stark , " and Helen Stark , hie young wile , whom he he murdered , and afterwards destroyed himself , were ere buried in the Tower Hamlets Cemetery , near Bow . ow . Tho funeral was conducted as privately as possible . ble ., An immense numberof persons collected in _Arbottr-iursquare , near the house where the horrible deed waswas ; committed , during the whole of Sunday , in _expecta-ctation that tlio bodies would be brought out for _intenterment , but they wero disappointed . The time and andi

      place of the funeral were kept as secret as _possibleiblc , Soon after nine o ' clock iu the morning , when fen few persons were stirring , a hear * c and niourniug coacroaclili drove up to the house , No . 16 , where the ill-fatei ' atci . couple pGvisucd . The coffins , containing their bar bo > dies , were immediately brought outand placed int ' . tint ' . tu same hoarse , and the mourners , six in number , go > , gow into the coach which followed as quickly as _possiolesioles The grave was soon closed over the remains of th > f thi rash and unfortunate man and his victim , and tlid tin crowd dispersed .

      Shipwrecks . —Accounts have been received of thai ' thi wreck of tlie Steadfast , John Adams master , _fror , fron Quebec , bound to Bristol , timber and deal _ladon-loncrew saved . The barque Arethusa , of _MarvporjvporM William Loster master , from Montreal , bound tnd tt Plymouth , flour and wheat laden . Letters receivce ' ive . from Captain F . dwin Pentreath , of the ship Jam Jam Morrison , of Quebec , and from Captain l _) oiutt ) oiutH Campbell , of the ship Sir Richard Jackson , froi _, from Montreal , bearing date Monicongan Shoals , 7 th 17 th n Decembor , state the loss of both theso ships on tion til night of the 1 st to 2 nd instant , and that tliey had , nad , ii the time the ships struck , cut away the mam aun aim _mizenmasts of both ships severally , to case thenthenii Tho boats of the former having been _tU stove in e in u washed overboard , the crew were saved ot . a rata rot constructed bv them of deals , of which _eonsststUtstU _„ " " & of the latter ship , a er _miviiiimviii been a day a _,, d night last in the ice , in their boat * boat ! ati ot on -hor ..

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 21, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_21021846/page/3/