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      February 24, 1849. The Northern Star.

      February 24 , 1849 . THE NORTHERN STAR .

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      The Marseillaise: Translated Bt Erxest J...

      THE MARSEILLAISE : TRANSLATED BT _ERXEST JONES ; ji . t present suffering imprisonment in Tothill Fields _Dunseon , under a sentence of Two Years * Incarceration , & c , & c , for the " crime" of demanding Ju stice for the People . Sons of freedom ! break your slumbers , The day of _g lory ' s drawing nigh , Against us Tyranny ' s red numbers Hear their Woody banner hi g h . Heat their bloody banner nigh . Ilark ! hirelings fierce for brutal strife ,

      Far and near sound war ' s alarms , And outrage in your very arms The hopes—the partners _' of your life . To arms ! brave citizens ! Array each gallant band March on ! inarch on ' . your tyrants blood Shall drench the thirsty land ! We'll march ! we'll march ' our tyrants' blood Shall drench the thirsty land ! What demand their banded minions ? What dares each despicable king ? Amid the flap of Freedom ' s pinions , Hear their rustv fetters rim * -. - *?

      ... . . .. Hear their rusty fetters ring . For us ? 'Tis but an insult vain , That shall arouse our hearts the more ; We broke their manacles before , We'll dash them into dust again . To arms ! brave citizens , ct « . Shall an alien crew conspiring , Make laws to blight a freeman ' s hearth ? Shall the mercenary hireling Tread all our manly pride io earth ? Tread aU onr manly pride to earth . Great God I shall mighty millions cower

      And ' neath a yoke so paltry yield , Shall petty despots basely wield A nation ' s strenj-th—a people ' s power ? To arms 1 brave citizens , etc . Tremble tyrants ! traitors ! tremble , Plague spots of the factious few I Plot , conspire , betray , dissemble , You shall not escape your due ! You shall not escape your due ! Tor we'll be soldiers , onc and all—If hundreds die , fresh thousands stand—Every death recruits a band Towed to crush vou or to fall .

      To arms brave citizens , etc . And now , like warriors , gallant-hearted , learn by turns to strike and spare—Pity those -whom faction parted , And would be with us did they dare ! They would be with us did they dare ! But for those despotic knaves , Who make them play the minion ' s part , And tear their bleeding country ' s heart , Onward—onward o ' er their graves I To arms ! brave citizens ! etc .

      Children of each hallowed martyr ! Kindle fresh the kindred strife'Hid their ashes Freedom ' s Charter Sliall set the seal upon their life . Shall set the seal upon their life . Less eager to survive the brave Tl-an to partake their honoured rest , Sow dare thc worst—and hope the best , But never-never die a slave . To arms' brave citizens ! etc . Onr country ' s sacred love inspires—Freedom ! those who fight with thee ! For the land—for the Lind of our sires , The home and birthright of the free I The home and birthright of the free ! Fight with us , Freedom—at thy voice Victory hails our strong career , Till strieken tyrants dying hear The liberated world reioice !

      To arms * brave citizens * array each gallant band , March on ! march on 1 your tyrants' blood Shall drench the thirsty land . We'll inarch ! we'll march ! our tyrants' blood Shall drench the thirsty land .

      CHORUS OF TIIE GIRONDISTS ( Alourir pour la Fatrie , ) _TRANSLATED BT ERNEST JOXES . The cannon are _calling in thunder The high-hearted cliildren of France And rending her fetters asunder , See her citizen soldiers advance .

      _cnoncs . To fall for liberty ! To fall for liberty ! Is the fate the most noble—most worthy the free Let us rush like a vast inundation , On those who would keep us in thrall ; Let us show them , united , a nation Can battle and conquer them all . To fall , etc . Upholding thc rights that we cherish ,

      Away' to the scene of the strife ; And soon shall our enemies perish , Or ask on their knees for their life . To fall , etc . To arms , then , each gallant avenger , The wrongs of our land to redress ! Then on ! for where thickest the danger , The soldiers of freedom shall press . To faU for libertv ! To fall for liberty ! Is the fate the most noble—most worthy the free 3

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      THE THREE DAYS OF FEBRUARY Thc arrival ofthe First Anniversary of the French Revolution of 1818 , demands that we shonld consecrate a portion , of this week ' s Northern Star to a recital of the principal events ofthe _ever-nienioraUe days of February . Postponing " Reviews" of several publications , we give place to the following recollections of tlie downfall of Lotus Philippe , and thc victory of the people : —

      22 x _» OF FEBRUARY . _Etirly in thc morning , numerous groups of men of all classes , especially workmen , covered thc public places , and moved along the streets following the same direction , thc east of Paris . Tho thresholds of almost all the doors were crowded with women , or persons who , more sedentary without appearing less agitated , seemed to wish , by remaining stationary , to associate themselves with the interest of distant events . At ten o ' clock , the students of the schools of law and medicine assembled near the Pantheon . Thev formed

      into two files and advanced in this order to the liumber of 1 , 500 or 1 , 800 , apparently obeying the orders of ayoungmau of twenty , of colossal stature placed at their head . Arrived at the quay , they met a body of about 2 , l > 00 workmen , descending from the Faubourgs , they joined and mingled in the same ranks , without disturbing thc order of their march . Half-past Elevex . — -It is the time fixed for the general meeting at La Madeleine . Students and workmen , agitators and spectators , are there in multitudes . Innumerable masses cover the plaee , the streets _Itoyalc and _Troncict , the entrance ofthe Boulevards , and all the abutments . They sing the _Marseillaise . They shout "Vive la llefonne ' . —A has Guizot ! " Ac .

      Xcos . —Atthe _ChainpB Elysees , three barricades were erected by the crowd on the principal causewaY ; and they at length besieged thc municipal station of the Grand Carre _Jlarigny . The inmates were constr ained by a shower of stones to withdraw into the interior of thc corps de garde , which was protected by iron gratings recently erected round it _Throughout the afternoon thc Cliamps Elysees were the theatre of disorders less serious than turbulent . As soon as the troops appeared to still the tumults , they were greeted with vehement shouts of " Vive hi ligne , " and were approached with sympatliv , instead of being shunned . Half-past Twelve . — The whole eityis become the scene of alarm and agitation . It is reported that serious engagements have taken place at the wounded muni

      Faubourg Saint Mareeau ; that ton - _cinal officers have been conveyed to Yal de Grace ; _t'Atacaptainhas been killed . Barricades have been erected near the _marchfi St . Honore , and the Rue de Ilivoli . Two poor women were killed , or rather assassinated , in the first of these streets . During these tragic scenes , an innumerable crowd of spectators of all classes covered thc Boulevards , and the principal adjacent streets . Six o'clock . —The tumult became more serious in the Champs Elysees , where they erected a vast p ile of garden seats ; it was set on fire , and it app _* ared at a distance as if the whole city was in -fl-unes . Some children broke the reverberes , burned the omnibus beaches , Ac . without any opposition from the municipal officers or thc sergeants de

      _Tille . Foot and horse patrols paraded all the thoroughfares in the heart of thc city . Assemblies were formed near l'Ecole Folytechnique . The Marseillaise and the Chant des Girondins were sung by a swat number of students asa signal to come out , as in 1330 , hut the most rig id precautions were taken bv the authorities . The studenis of lEcolc _Polyiechnique , whose clothes and swords had been taken away , and who were vigilantly guarded , could only reply by the same songs .

      "W e take the following from a paper in _Chambers ' s Edinburgh Journal , entitled "An -English "YVorkmau ' _s Recollections of Paris in 181 3 . " _YTe should observe that the "EnglUU Workman" is evide _* _-itl y no friend to ihe < _-0 ! aoenitic cause , although _ciraumstances lu _s- 'it huii for the moment an actor ia one of

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      the scenes of the Revolution . His constant nse of the epithet " mob , " is peculiarly disgusting ; and , indeed , stamps him a " snob ;" but such snobbishness is the best passport to the columns of Chambers ' s Journal : — On the ever-mcmovable morning of Tuesday , the 22 nd of February , I was proceeding as usual to my employment , when on reaching the Boulevards , I found groups of workmen and others reading the official proclamation prohibiting the meeting . The crowds seemed very much excited , and gave vent to their feelings in loud and angry exclamations . At the guard-house , instead of the one solitary sentinel , the whole front was occupied by the military , all armed , and ready to act at a moment ' s waniin ' tr .

      _Nothing of any note attracted my attention during the morning beyond vague and contradictory reports of conflicts between the troops and the people . At eleven , I went as usual to breakfast , when I was somewhat startled by observing a large tumultuous assemblage enter rue St . Martin from the Boulevards . The foremost , who was an oavrier en blouse , bore a piece of red cloth on a staff , as a substitute for the terrible drapeau rouge , and for the first time I heard the French vive— " Vive la Reforme . '" The progress of this mob , although unmarked by any species of wanton _outrage that 1 could observe , " spread consternation and alarm through all the nei g hbourhood . I was somewhat amused bv observing a perfumer who lived nearly

      opposite removing , with all possible despatch , the royal arms from the front of nis shop . On returning to my work , I found thc shop closed , and all the workpeople departed , as now indeed were all the shops in the street . On reaching the Boulevards , I found everywhere immense assemblages of people , and great _' excitement . The shops were closed the whole length of thc Boulevards , from the Porte St . Martin to the Madeleine , and thousands of heads protruded from the windows , all very evidently expecting a something to co ** firm or ease their apprehension . I proceeded down rue Royal tothe Place de Concorde . Here I found a _stromr iiiilitarr force of horse and foot . I next

      visited the rue St . Honore . Here things wore a most serious aspect . Some omnibuses and cabriolets had been overturned in several places , the stones liad been removed , and an attempt made to form a barricade . A troop of dragoons were employed to keep the mob from assembling together . They used the flat of their swords , with no very great delicacy of touch , on all who chose to disobey their commands . Much ill-feeling here exhibited itself between the soldiery and the people . The noise of drums now struck my ear : it was the rapj > el beating for the Garde 2 fationale . strongly guarded both in front and rear . A number of young men and boya followed , singing the "Marseillaise and "Mourn'pour la Fatrie . "

      Here for the present we leave the "English Worhnan ' s Recollections . "

      THE 23 RD OF FEBRUARY . This day belied the famous expression of Petion — " It is <~ _-oing to rain , we have nothing to fear from the people to-day . " Thick clouds covered the sky ; a cold wind accompanied with heavy squalls prevailed . A circumstance less unfavourable to the undisci plined bands ofthe people , than to the regular and organised troops ot power . The troops suffered greatly from the inclemency ofthe weather during the nijj | ht and morning . The people , on the contrary , refreshed by sleep , and

      sheltered from the weather , proceeded immediately to the scene of action . Sixty workmen suddenly appeared hi the quarter Poissonniere ; preceded b y a drum , and conducted by a man with a long beard , waringa small tricoloured flag . They first tried to erect a barricade at the entrance of rue des Pronveries ; but the approach of a detachment of infantry forced them to renounce their design . The troops , wiih a view to disperse them , followed them to the market , where these soldiers were surrounded by women , who offered them , gratuitously , provisions of every kind , exclaiming , — "Friends ! spare our husbands , our brothers , our children !"

      The first barricade was erected in rue Poissonniere with a carriage and a water-cart . A second barricade was made across rue de Clery _, with two hackney coaches , the horses of which _vyerc restored to the coachmen . A third barred rue Saint Eustache . A fourth was commenced in rue du Petit-Carreau , a little below rue Thevenot . These operations were executed , without any interruption , before a crowd of spectators . They occupied more than three quarters of an hour . Towards half-past eight , a detachment of Municipal Guards on foot forced a way through rue dc Clerv and drove out the workmen , who took

      refuge near rue Poissonniere . _Kot a gun had been levelled against the soldiers , but they fired upon the people . Three persons , two of whom were women , fell victims to the basest assassination . At the same time other attempts were made at different points in the quarter . In rue Bourbon-Yilleneuve a barricade was formed with carriages . The streets contiguous to rue Montorgueil were barricaded with hackney coaches , carts and vans . Upon place du Cnire , some Municipal Guards , pursued by young people , armed only with sticks , suddenly fired . " A woman , struck on the head with a bullet , was killed on the spot ; other passengers were wounded .

      _Xixe o'clock . —The National Guards were called in all the streets . From this moment it was understood that a solemn manifestation of that body would next take place . The 2 nd legion patrolled rue de la Paix , shouting " Vive la _Ilt-forme ! " iu which they , were joined by the surrounding crowd . A detachment of cuirassiers arrived . The captain ordered them to disperse the crowd which followed tlie Rational Guards . The commanding officer seemed to hesitate a moment ; at length he refused . Immediately the National Guards and citizens joined the cuirassiers , and shook hands with them . In the mean time , the heroism of the people was everywhere manifested . A barricade had been formed in me Saint-Martin . A company of soldiers attempted to take it by assault . A youth of fifteen jumped over it , and wrapping a flag round him ,

      tlu _* ew himself on his knees , and said , with a firm voice , — " This is your standard ; Sre , if you have courage ! " The " example of this intrepid hoy was immediately followed by the citizens ; they leaped over the barricade with one accord , —placed themselves before the guns , exclaiming , "Fire , if you dare , upon unarmed citizens . " The soldiers refused to fire ; and cries of " "Vive la Ligne ! " resounded on all sides . In the quarter Saint Denis , the agitation had been increasing since the morning . The shops were closed . The workmen were at the doors , the inhabitants at the windows . They saw tho body of a young workman , who had been killed by the Municipal Guard , half an hour before , carried past on a board . A bloody mark upon his breast indicated the place where he had been struck . lie was one of the victims of tho barricade at Petit Carreau . Twenty men accompanied this sad procession .

      Two ' barricades were erected between the gate Saint Denis and rue Mesley . The firing soon commenced in this quarter ; but thc barricades were more numerous and better defended towards rue Aumaire , rue Transnonain , rue Phalippaux , rue Benbourg . Thero were several also in other streets bordering upon rue Saint Martin , rue du Temple , and rue Saint Avoie , _Soox . —A detachment ofthe line , commanded by a gener al , received orders to attack a barricade which was erected at the corner of rue Saint

      Francis . At the moment thc general ordered them to fire , an officer vainly attempted to lower the barrels of the guns with his sword . They fired , and killed several victims . The troop retired into rue del'Oiseille ; when a hundred Rational Guards , accompanied by a crowd of people , entered rue de Poitou , exclaiming , " Vive la Reforme ! " The troop , expecting an attack , fired in that direction , and wounded three of the National Guards ; one mortally . This catastrophe terminated thc struggle in that " quarter .

      We return to the English Worhnan ' s Recollections : — My euriositv being somewhat excited by the occurrences of the morning , I struck work , and descended into the street , whicli I found now completely deserted , except by the military ; strong detachments of which held it at both ends . They allowed me to pass through them mto Rue ltoyal , where I found the mob had constructed a barricade which the soldiers were now busily employed in destroying . A vast crowd occupied this street , and all the streets adjoining . Many of them were armed with such weapons as most readily eanie to hand-as thick bludgeons , pitchforks , hatchets , and sledge-hammers . Bars of iron wrenched from railings were general ; but I observed several with muskets and p istols . A few paces farther on I saw a crowd surrounding some object on the ground , , and singing , the eternal "Mourir pour la Patne . " On looking Eih the throng , a melancholy spectacle presented itX-extended on its back lay the corpse ofa young man covered with mud and gore .

      On attempting to return up tho Rue St . Mai tm , I was repulsed by point of bayonet , so I passed through a short passage which connects it withthe Rue St . Denis . This I found also occupied by troops . I gained thc Boulevards by another route . On arriving at the guardhouse of the Boulevards des Bonnes Rouvelles , I saw a mob _ advancing witn drums beating in front and flags flying . , There was a strong body ofthe Municipal Guards at this spot , with a regiment ofthe line . The soldiers formed rig ht across the Boulevard , and seemed determined to " resist thc approaching multitude who , by their glittering bayonets , appeared well armed The head of the column halted ; a short consultation was held , and theu the column wheeled Off _crvhis " _Vive la Reforme , " and singing the _neverAlvm" " Mourir pour la Patrie . " I proceeded te the Rue de La _Harpc , by the way

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      ofthe Rue Poissonniere , crossing the Seine at the _PontRcuf . I observed a sharp fusillade going on at Pont au Change , the next bridge , while troops were crowding to that point from every direction . The firing soon ceased , and the people gave way . At that moment a fresh body of military , who , by their appearance , had just entered Paris from some distance , passed along the quais . They consisted of lancers , dragoons , and horse artillery , with riflemen , and several regiments of the line . Both men and horses seemed dreadfully fatigued , being covered with mud , looking wet and " miserable . All the bridges and quais were swarming witb troops—light horse , dragoons , and cuirassierswho wero incessantly employed In dispersing the numerous groups , who took every opportunity of assembling together , and venting tlieir displeasure in loud outcries against the Ministry , mingled with "Vive la Ligne !"— "Vive la Reforme ["— " A bas Guizot !"

      Towards evening it was announced throughout the cit y that Guizot had resigned . The people ceased the struggle , and Paris became the theatre of universal rejoicing . But a fiercer , deadlier conflict was at hand . Throughout the evening the people marched in large processions through the streets , singing and shouting , but animated hy peaceable intentions . A powerful column proceeded to the Boulevard des Capucines , where is situated the hotel of Foreign Affairs , the then residence of Guizot . Here they encountered an impenetrable barrier of armed soldiers , arranged in battle array , the whole breadth of the Boulevard .

      Thc column , nevertheless , continued its route , until the first rank came in contact with the front of the infantry . The officer who directed them then commanded them to Jialt , while he advanced towards the commander of the soldiers to obtain a pasgage , promising at the same time the maintenance of good order , and answering for the pacific intentions of his followers . The commander refused . The citizen officer repeated his petition . The crowd drew near to listen , and to join their entreaties to that of their officer . The commander of the troop then ordered his soldiers to lower their bayonetsa command which could not be obeyed without breaking their line of battle . A breach was thus made , into which some children maliciously tried to

      enter . The commander then considered his position lost , and his safety threatened ; he retired behind the throng , and , without any previous warning gave orders to fire . Two hundred muskets were then flved upon this dense , inotfensivc , and unarmed crowd . It was a frightful spectacle to see these thousands of citizens falling in confusion , overthrown by terror , grief , or death . "When tho prolonged noise of this atrocious discharge had ceased , when the infernal work of this horrible butchery appeared to be finished , thousands rose as from the tomb , and fled with swiftness from that fate whicli liad spared them for fresh blows . They would not have fled if they had been armed Had they fled in the moming from the firing at the barricades ? Numerous victims remained : some already stiff in the stem embrace of death , others

      uttering lamentable cries for pity and succour . Fifty-two wero raised ! the greater part deprived of life ! It is impossible to describe the public stupor , the expressions of grief , rage , and despair , which succeeded this barbarous episode . The unfortunate victims of this base assassination were immediately conveyed away by their fellowcitizens , who survived to avenge them . The cart which contained them was lighted with torches , surrounded by their brave comrades , whose tears were stifled by indignation , and who exclaimed with fury , * ' Des armes T des armes ! " while exhibiting the bleeding forms of those men , erewhile singing and gay , now inanimate and still warm with the fire of the balls ; and the torches easting their light by turns upon the victims and their conductors , added to the tumultuous emotions which this funeral procession excited .

      The Rational Guards passed the night in cleaning their arms ; making powder , and preparing balls ; trees fell under the stroke of the workmen ; the pavements were torn up , carriages and coaches were overturned , and gigantic barricades were erected in all the populous quarters . But the people being without arms , provided themselves by pulling down the church gates , by sharpening iron , and preparing clubs . Partners of their vengeance , as well as of then * misery , the women brought their humble pewter dishes to convert into balls . So far from wishing to detain their protectors , they stimulated them , promising to throw their furniture , and even the roofs ot their houses upon the troops , in case they succeeded in destroying the barricades ; they passed the remaiuder ofthe nig ht in preparing liniments and bandages to dress the wounds which the people might receive .

      THE 24 III OF FEBRUARY . The enraged people hailed with enthusiasm the dawn of this great day . Leaving the care of providing the necessary materials of war to their old men , women , and children , the avengers of liberty scattered themselves over the city . In the rue Mauconseil , a barricade was attacked by a military detachment . From time to time , a young man appeared above the intrenchment , entirely uncovered , loaded his gun , took aim with the greatest coolness , and struck a soldier at each blow . Tlie detacliment fired upon him , but not a ball reached him . Re repeated this manoeuvre ten times . The officer in command at last ordered his soldiers not to fire . The young man then retired , and appeared no more . Let them talk of ancient chivalry ! M . TiiiEits had heen called to the councils of Louis Philippe , and instructed to form an Administration , hut it was " too late !"

      AYe return to the "English Workman ' s Recollections : "As I proceeded into Paris , I heard drums beating in all directions ? , bells tolling , aud the sound of the p ickaxe and crowbar . At the church of our Lady de Lorrette , the people were dragging down the iron railing in front , and removing the stones iu the street . Proceeding onwards , I saw barricades forming about every hundred yards rig ht and left of me . A captain ofthe Rational Guards endeavoured to persuade them to desist ; but they refused . The rappel was beating in all quarters : everywhere Rational Guards , singly or in parties , were hastening to tlieir _nlaces of rendezvous , clambering on the best way

      they could , for march they could not , the road was now so dreadfully cut up . I would beg my reader to imagine Cheapside in London strewn with broken glass , bottles , pots , and iron railings , diligences , omnibuses ,, carts , waggons , wheelbarrows , and watering-carts , planks and scaffold-poles , with ladders , barrels , buckets , and articles oi * household furniture , in fact everything a mob can lay their hands on ; and they then may form some notion of the scene which all the principal thoroughfares hi Paris presented on that day . On reaching the bottom of the Rue du Faubourg Montmartrc , I was stopped by the people , who were constructing a very strong barricade , and desired to assist . This I had no particular wish to do , as I

      knew not how Ions ; before it might be-the scene ofa sanguinary struggle . The method pursued in constructing these street defences was nearly in all cases the same . "Where any street vehicles could readily be obtained , they were used in preference to other materials ; but as these things were now nearly used up , the mob had no resource but that of paving stones . A band of labourers formed line across the street , with crowbars , pickaxes , or bars of iron , with whieh they loosened the stones . These were rapidly taken up by another line , who passed them on to a third , and so on to the barricade . By these means a barricade was formed in an incredibly short space oi time . My station was nearest to the barricade—for they bad selected me , on account of my being taller the

      than most of them , to place the stones on top—I took the opportunity of passing over to the other side , and finally gave them the slip . On reaching " the Boulevards , 1 found all the fine trees cut down , and placed across the road . Everywhere were traces of the destructive activity of the preceding night . Advancing towards Porte St . Denis , 1 passed a very large body of troops . Dragoons dismounted , standing by their horses ; troops ofthe line , with their scarlet trousers covered with mud ; riflemen in their dark-green uniforms ; and artillery standing by theu * guna . With the exception of the military , I was alone on the Boulevard , and thc sound of my own footsteps sounded painfully on my ear ; for the silence of death reigned amidst thousands , all standing still and motionless as statues . A lcng line of watch-fires

      were smouldering , round which they had evidently bivouacked ; and the men looked pale and spiritless with excessive fatigue . At the farther extremity of this body of soldiery were placed several pieces of cannon , pointed towards Porto St . Denis . My heart sunk within mc , and tears started in my eyes , as I thought how soon they might be used in the destruction of mv fellow creatures . I never shall forget the sensations those murderous engines of war occasioned within me . . . After passing these troops , and arriving at Forte St Denis , I found an enormous barricade . I climbed over , and was made prisoner in an instant . A _<* ain 1 was set to work , as they were forming four massive barricades at this point-one across Rue bt . Denis , one in the Faubourg , and the two others across the Boulevard .

      At this work I was kept , as nigh as I can guess , about four hours , lifting great stones above mv head At length I sunk down upon a heap of stones , ncrfectlv overpowered by fatigue , although my Mow-l abourers worked _w with undiminished zeal ,

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      Perhaps I did not enter into the spirit of the thing so much as they did , for I never shall forget the activity displayed by all classes . The man of evident wealth , in morning gown and slippers , worked fixiJ , _° wlth the lilu 0 _ulw m Mouso and sabots . « _Ti _W ! actuated h v the same indomitable zeal , _amon-them and _S ood-wiU seemed to exist A respectabl y-attired individual came up to me *??! jy t m a compassionate tone if I was not _lauguou . I showed him my hands , torr . and bleeding my heated brow dripping with perspiration , and my soiled and muddy dress . Ho entered a wineshop , and gave me a bottle of wine and a small loaf , which I very thankfully received , and ouicklv devoured . *

      Presently I heard a great beating of drums , and on looking over the barricade , saw a body of military approaching from the Faubourg , their "litterbinbayonets extending as far up the Faubourg as 1 could well see . The barricades were manned in a moment . A parley took plaoe between the troops and the people . One orator spoke at great length , and evidently verv much to the purpose , although I could not understand half of what he said ; but it ended bv tho soldiers giving Up their arms to the people . " This was scarcely finished , when another _bodv of _National Guards came up . A National Guard , " who was with tne people , stood on a broken pillar , and waved his " at on the point of his bayonet . The men came rushing over the barricade , and boldly fraternised with the people .

      lhe mob , now mingled with the _National Guards , tormod line on the _Poulevard between Porte St . Denis and Porte St . Martin . Nearly all now had muskets , although many were armed with every species of weapon . Some had evidently furnished themselves Irom the theatres and old euriositv shops ; some were armed cap-a-pie , like the knights of old ; some Indian war clubs and tomahawks . Among other things , I recognised a very large sword which l remembered seeing exposed for sale as the 3 W _01 _* d ol the executioner of Paris . A cry now burst from many lips of " Aux Tuileries ! Aux Tuileries ! " They formed columns , with drums at their head , and began a scrambling march over the numerous barricades down Rue St . Denis .

      I had read , when a boy , of the awful and sanguinary struggle attending the taking of that abode of royalty ; and so , _sufiering my curiosity to get tlie better of prudent fears , I followed the throng , who advanced beating theu-drums , and roaring iu chorus the "Marseillaise , " particularly the words , "Aux armos , citoyens ! " varying it , however , with tlie eternal "Mourir pour la Fatrie . " They took the direction of thc Tuileries , by thc way of Rue Thevenot , crossing Rue Petite Carreau , to thc Place des Tictoires . At this place they halted , in order to induce a body of National Guards assembled there to join them . There was here a general inspection ofthe revolutionary irregulars . Those who had no ammunition were supplied by those who had : a captain of the National Guard took tlie command ; the revolutionary forces formed line , and marched and

      countermarched round the place . Thoy were now a formidable-looking body—truly picturesque in their blouses and caps—their beards and savage-looking moustaches adding much to the effect , with their now half-military costume , for several wore dragoons' helmets , or the steel cap of days long past . Now again thundered the drums , and again a thousand voices roared the "Marseillaise , commencing with " Allons enfans de la patrie ; " but many preferred beginning with the finish , and shouting at tho top of then- voices , "Aux amies , citoyens I" and by way of variety , gave a few lines of the " Chor des _Girondiates "—• " Mourir pour Ia patrie , C ' est le sort le plus beau , le plus digne d ' onvic J " for tbey seldom sot over those lines . "Anx armesT Aux armes ! Aux Tuileries !" shouted a thousand voices ; and so to the Tuileries they went , and I followed .

      BATTLE OF THE CHATEAU D EAU . On reaching the back of the Palais Royal , a short street separated mc from the main body of the insurgents , when suddenly I heard the discharge of a single gun , and then another , and another . This was succeeded by a dead silence ; and the few persons who were * in the street stopped short , and turned pale , as I daresay I did myself . This lull of a few short moments was succeeded by a deafening roar , produced by the discharge of some hundreds of muskets , with a proximity so close , that the smoke whirled in white wreaths over my head . Then succeeded an irregular firing , which gradually increased in strength every moment . Then another , and another heavy discharge , fully convinced me that the people were engaged hi regular battle with the military .

      Gradually the excitement overcame my fears , and my pulse , though quick , beat more regularly . Wishing to obtain a view of the action , I passed into the Rue de "V alois , formed on one side by the Palais Royal . At tho end of this street the peoplo were firing over a barricade , at what or whom , the volumes of smoke prevented me seeing . One party , with sledge-hammers and crow-bars , were busily engaged in forcing the iron gates of the Palais Royal , while others amused themselves bybreaking the plate-glass windows with stones and oyster-shells . The lower windows , which were defended by strong iron bars , wore battered in , bars , stonework , and all , and the mob entered . This part of the building , I imagined , must have been used as a store , from the immense quantity of wearing apparel that was thrown out and burned in the street . From one window was thrown an immense quantity

      of bedding , which was likewiso heaped on the flames , until the heat became insupportable , and the smoke all but blinding . Some , indeed , set fire to the building itself , whicli others extinguished , much , however , to their own personal risk . As tlie fi ghting continued , 1 lost all sense of danger , and soon found myself close to tlie barricade which ran across the Rue de Valois , from the Palais Royal to a wine-shop opposite . On looking across the square in which stands the facade of thc Palais Royal , I found that the firing on thc part of tlie military proceeded from a guardhouse called thc Chateau d'Eau . On a terrace that ran across the front of this building were stationed three ranks of Municipal Guards , while immediately below them stood a body of the troops of the line , the whole joining in keeping up a constant fire .

      __ The stone at this moment was ono of great excitement . Thc flash ! flash ! of the musketry through the white smoke from the terrace and every window ; of the guardhouse , the beating of drums , waving of flags- , and brandishing of swords and pikes , all conspired to deaden the sense of danger , although the sound of the balls striking the barricades , or whistling over my head , bade me remember that I waa witnessing a real battle . As yet I had seen no one hit on our side of the barricade ; but suddenly a young man who stood rather above me ou the barricade fell backwards among the stones and rubbish at my feet . His teeth were firmly fixed in Ms -under lip , and ids eyes distorted by a fearful squint . In a moment the blood came bubbling through a small purple spot in

      his forehead , and his features were soon covered with the sanguine dye . Ilis white shirt was also soaked with blood , which ran in a puddle among tlie broken stones . He was soon picked up and carried away , and I could not refrain my tears at the sight . In a few moments another fell , shot through the shoulder . Ilis gun fell from his hands : and then what possessed me I do not know , for my excitement was more than can be well imagined , but I had taken the gun of the wounded man before Iliad given myself a moment's time to consider , and immediately bang went my piece over the barricade . ' A Garde _Rationale supplied me with some

      cartridges , and from tliat " moment I took my place among the defenders of the barricade . Although I could never boast of a great share of courage , yet at this moment all thoughts of danger , of home , wife , children , were all forgotten in the fierce deJight of battle . It was like skating on very doubtful ice : wc all know it is dangerous , but yet all think they will escape tlie drowning . The battle began about twelve o ' clock , and it was now nearly one . The people had now possession of the Palais Royal , and the houses on the other corner of the street , from which they fired on thc troops below .

      Some fought very bravely , standing on the top of the barricade , loading now , firing then . Others , almost on their hands aud knees when under the barricade , would rise up and fire , retiring to load . Some indeed stood at the corner of a street some distance up , and fired off tlieir pieces there , which greatly added to the danger of those who held the barricade . Every time the soldiers fired very heavily , a panic would seize some ofthe combatants , and these would make off , to take up a safer position high up the street . A little man , who was armed only with a sword , behaved very bravely . Re rallied the fainthearted , stamped and swore , and , followed by a few as desperate as himself , leaped over the barricade . They wove received with a deadly discharge , and many a poor fellow rolled over in the mud . The

      few who were left standing came rushing over the barricade . A panic seized tiie rest , and some ran out of the street altogether . Rut although foiled hi their first attempt , again they rushed over thc barricade , again to meet with tho samo repulse , and many with their deaths . It was now indeed a hideous scene . The dying and toe dead lay heaped together in pools of blood _, lheir shrieks and groans rose into the air , mixed with the frantic yells' and horrid imprecations of the mob ; the muskets kept up a deafening roar , ana their red flashes streamed incessantly through the stifling sulphurous smoke . The facesof the combatants were distorted with rage , and many fought 011 , mangled and bleeding , till they could no longer stand to load and fire . About this time an officer , Trhora I _aftcrvrartto

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      learned to be General Lamoriciere , rodo into the square : both horse and rider rolled instantl y into the mud . The general rose wounded , I believe , and made his escape . A captain ofthe Garde Nationalo , the same I think who first led the insurgents , now stood on the , barricade waving his sword , and _inciting tlie mob to charge . lie was shot through the body , and fell on the other side . But the moo rushed from three barricades atthe same time , two being across Rue St . Honore , and engaged" in deadly combat , hand in hand , with the soldiers . A deadly discharge came from every window of the post , while louder yells , and cries of agony and rage , mixed in wild and savage din with the unceasing roar of the guns . As I did not choose to pass over the barricade

      myself , I could not well distinguish what was doing at this moment , from thc mingled forms ofthe combatants , and the blinding smoke of a quantity of straw , which , plundered from the royal stable , was on fire in front of the guardhouse . Several men passed me with trusses of straw , and one carrying a targe copper vessel , filled with oil . At once the dreadful truth flashed across my mind : those human fiends intended to burn the wretched soldier . * with the guardhouse . To aid tliis human sacrifice , the royal carnages were dragged out , and one after the other tired , until at last seventeen gilded carriages stood burning in the square , with an insufferable stench , in one costly conflagration . The noise of the firing , whicli had for two hours

      continued without intermission , now became fainter . I passed over tho barricade , and was horror-struck on perceiving thc flames rushing from every window of the Chateau d'Eau , and mounting high above the roof . A few scared and desperate wretches rushed out on the terrace shrieking , and were shot Q UO by _OUO as they appeared ; the rest remained inside , and wero all burned to death . Of the whole troop , as I afterwards learned , not one escaped . Heart-sick at this frightful butchery , I made my way over dead and wounded , burning " fragments of carriages , and blackened stinking heaps of lmlfburncd straw through a short street that led to the Place Carrousel , in which stands the Chateau of tho Tuileries .

      The "English Workman" speaks of the destruction of the troopB at the _Chateau d'Eau as a "frightful butchery . " Frightful , ' no doubt , hut the conquered courted their doom . The people offered to fraternise , but were answered only by vollies of musketry . The defenders of tyranny earned , and deserved their tragic punishment . Thc "human fiends" wero those who arrayed their hired butchers against the people , and thereby rendered the frightful conflict at the Chateau d'Eau unavoidable . Had those " fiends " shared the destruction which fell upon thoir miserable tools , Justice would have had hor due . Here is thc " English Worknitin _' s" account of

      THE CAPTURE OF TIIE TUILERIES . The chief portion of the combatants who had been engaged in thc destruction of the Palais Royal and the Chateau d'Eau had again formed into column . Here I naturall y expected a repetition of the scene I had just quitted . I threw myself into their ranks , I ' now had a musket and bayonet , besides a naked sword thrust through my belt , which I had found by the side of an officer of thc Garde Municipale , in the Place du Palais Royal . Onwards we marched ; still no sign of resistance . With drums beating in front , we passed through tlie triumphal arch that ornamented the chief entrance of tiie Tuileries . There was still some firing going on , but nothing to wince at . Onwards wc still

      marched , crossing the courtyard in front of the chateau , and entering by the principal gate . Here was a scene which , though * difficult to describe , will never be obliterated from my memory . It was a most splendid palace , glittering in crimson and gold beautiful mirrors and paintings adorned the walls , and magnificent chandeliers hung from the richly-sculptured and gilded roofs . Marble statues and busts of celebrated generals stood in one magnificent saloon . Rich crimson hangings , fringed deeply with gold wero festooned from the lofty windows , which reached from the roof to the floor , opening to a magnificent terrace overlooking tho garden . I ran from room to room , admiring all that in the lapse of centuries art could produce or unbounded wealth purchase .

      After leaving tlie chapel , I hurried through many splendid saloons and spacious halls , until 1 entered the throne-room . Here the work of destruction had commenced . Tlie throne was torn from under its canopy , and . borne away in frantic triumph by the mob . I tore a piece of thc gold lace from the gorgeous crimson hanging , to preserve as a momen to of the struggle . Louis Philippe and his family had fled . The people rejected the Count de Paris , and dissolved the Chambers . A Provisional Government was formed , and the Republic proclaimed . VIVE LA ItEPUBLIQUE !

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      ClIATE . iraRIAXD ' s SKETCH OF PlTT . —Pitt W _3 S tall and thin , with a gloomy sneering expression . His language was cold , his intonation monotonous , his gestures passionless ; yet tlie lueidness and fluency of his ideas , and his logical reasoning , illuminated by sudden flashes ol eloquence , made his abilities something extraordinary . I saw Pitt pretty often , as lie walked across St . James ' s Park from his house on his way to thc King . George III ,, ou his side , had perhaps just arrived from Windsor , after drinking beer from pewter-pots with tlie farmers of the neighbourhood ; he crossed the uglv court-yards of his ugl y palace in a dark carriage , followed by a few horse-guards ; this was the master of the kings of Europe , as five or six city merchants avc masters of India . Pitt , in a black coat , and brass-hilted sword , with his hat under his arm ,

      went iip-stairs , two or three steps at a time ; on liis way ho only saw a few idle emigres , and glancing very disdainfully at us , passed on with a pale face and * head thrown back . This great financier maintained no order in his own house—he had no regular hours for his meals or his sleep . Plunged in debt , he paid nothing , and could not make up ids mind to add up a bill . A valet managed his household affairs . Ill dressed , without pleasure , without passions , eager for power alone , he _desjiised honours , and would be nothing but William Pitt . Lord Liverpool took mo to dine in bis country house in the month of June , 1822 , and on thc way thither , pointed out to me the small house where died in poverty the son of Lord Chatham , the statesman who brought all Europe into his pay , and distributed with ids own hands all the millions of the' earth . — Memoirs of Chateaubriand .

      Preservatios oi' Books . — About twenty-five years ago I was annoyed by finding the backs of several rows of books , some in a bookcase having glazed doors , whicli were kept locked , and others on adjoining open shelves , frequently mildewed . Wiping them carefully only cleaned them for a time , for fresh crops of mildew speedily disfigured them again . Remembering to have seen my lather , who always made his own ink , finish off by pouring a glass ' of spirits of wine into the ink jar , in order to prevent its becoming mouldy , I lightly washed over the backs and covers of the books with spirits of wine , using , as a brush , the feather ofa gooscquill . I frequently saw the books during the next five years , and I have occasionally soen them since , and there has not , so fiir as I am aware , been a single spot of mildew on them since the spirits of wine were applied . I have used spirits of wine to prevent mildew with equally good effect in other cases . _—Corrcsjxmdent in thc Builder ,

      Tns _OvE-lLA . _-iD Rovtk to Camforma , —Lieut . Morrison , of Col . Stevenson ' s New York regiment of volunteers , gives the following piece of advice to whom it may concern : — " Caution to Emigrants . — I hope tliat those who intend to emigrate by land here will be careful that they are not overtaken by storms , or snows , or want of provisions , on their toilsome journey across the Rocky Mountains . I have seen those who started from the borders of Missouri , hale and stalwart men , hobble down into the plains of California crippled for life . I have seen brothers who , in the madness of hunger , have fought for the last bit of their father's dead body , having shared thc rest at their previous meals !—having been encompassed with snow on thc tops of those dreadful mountains . Maidens who left their homes rejoicing in the pride of youth and beauty , in joyous anticipations from this far-off land , by the horrors and sufferings of that fearful journey , despoiled of their loveliness and bloom , withered into premature old age .

      Whale Fisiuxo . —A company of Englishmen has been formed and incorporated by Royal Charter , under the title of the Southern Whale Fishery Company , for the purpose of carrying ou the whale fishery iroiii a fixed station in thc Auckland Islands , coin monly called Lord Auckland ' s Group , in 51 deg . S . hit . 1013 deg . E . long . Prooress of Macuiner-i * .- —A brcadmaking machine has been exhibited in Glasgow wliich makes superior bread , performing the labour of many men . It is to be patented . Sm Joux Fhaxkmx s Expedition * will have been out four vears on the 20 th of May next . CompuIsoky Freedom . — -The Chamberlain of London has commenced proceedings to compel 1017 persons to take out their freedom of the city .

      _Mi-vd Tins . —Any person purchasing a Soldier ' s military necessaries , subjects himself to a penalty of £ 20 and treble tho value of tho goods . Heavy Damages . —In a suit for libel , brought by a J' ew York broker , against the & in , penny paper , the plaintiff recovered 10 , 000 dollars damages at the full amount laid in his declaration . This is the _heaviest verdict ever given for libel in that State .

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      Miltos.—Macaulay, Iu His Ilistoni Of Eng...

      Miltos . —Macaulay , iu his Ilistoni of England , thus , not less truly than _urandlv _, describes Milton : — A mightier poet , tried at oiice bv pain , danger , poverty , obloquy , and blindness , meditated , u _^ dis _l turbed by the obscene tumult which ra _< _-cd all around lum , a song so sublime and so holy lint ifc would not have misbecome the lips of those ethereal virtues whom lie saw , with that inner eve which no calamity could darken , flinging down on the jasper pavement their crowns of amaranth and gold . Irish Miles , —A pedestrian travellius m Ivolnnd met a man , and asked him rather _gruttly why the miles were so plaguy long , when thc Hiljernian replied , '' You see , yer honour , the roads are not in good condition , so we give very good measure . "

      A Mistake ;—It is related ofa certain _ma-ristrato living in tlie valley of the Connecticut , who was so fascinated by the appearance of a pretty Catholic lady witness before his eourt , that instead of tho bible , he presented his face to kiss . lie never discovered his mistake till liis wife , who happened to be present , gave him a _roiling box on the ear . The Pulpit ax » the Press . —A genuine Yankee , down west , was holding forth very emphatically on the sinfulness of the age , and pointing out to his congregation the value of tho golden rule , "to do as they would be done by , " when suddenly lie mado a pause , and said , — " Perhaps it may not be amiss to remember the printer in my discourse . He is in a very disagreeable situation , lie trusts everybody —he knows not whom ; his monev is scattered everywhere , and he hardly knows where to look fop

      it . lhs paper , his ink , his type , his journeymen ' s labour , his living , Ac , must be punctually paid for . YOU , Ml * . , nnd Ml' . , and a hundred others I could name , have taken his paper , and yon and your children and your neighbours have boon amused and informed , and I hope improved by it ; if you miss one paper you would think very hard of the printer : you would rather go without " your best meal than bo deprived of your newspaper . Havo you ever complied with thc terms of your subscription ? Have you taken as much pains to furnish tho printer with his money as he has to furnish vou with hia paper ? Have you paid him for his _tvpe , his press , his hand-work , liis head-work ? If " vou have not , go and pay him off slick . " This had a wonderful effect on tho auditory , for , according to thc _A ' orth Star , all the subscribers present , proved unanimous , and paid their arrears next day ,

      _IIlkssixg a Sworn ) . —St . Colwmba , of old , when asked to bless a soldier ' s sword , replied , " God grant , then , it may never shed a drop of blood . " Home . —There is no place like home , unless it ' s the home of the young woman you ' ve ' * after . " This is , of course , an exception . Future poets will please to note it . The Russian * Miscreant . —The Emperor of _Ihissia has _isjued commands to all charitable and benevolent institutions in tlie empire , positively prohibiting them to augment their funds by nicaus of masquerades and public amusements . Odd People —Thc first Charles Mathews used to describe three meagre brothers , all men ol" business in New York , who always had their garments made double tlie fitting size , in order to save time and trouble in case their respective corporations should

      increase , an occurrence whicli appeared probable to them alone . The residents of another busy street in that same western city , about twenty years ago , may recollect an old mail whose whim was stili more remarkable . He was a bachelor with a decent income : and , strange to say , no miser , though he lived all alone , netod as his own attendant hrevery department of housekeeping , and never admitted ii single feminine assistant , as his snccinl ambition was to be what he called independent of women . And one of his chief doctrines was , that no man could admit one ol the fair ( by courtesy ) within the walls of his domicile and escape absolute slavery . To preserve his own liberty , therefore , tliis ori ginal philosopher superseded the ladies in actual sonice , from _stitching shirts to making tea . He is said to have acquired extraordinary proficiency , particularly in the former art , and " always boasted to Ids friends that he was ono independent man .

      Valuation or Wives ox Railways . —A case , says the Cambridge Chronicle , was lately decided in one of the courts , by which it is now ruled that husbands who lose their wives by railway accidents can onl y claim , in compensation , the amount of any income which may bave been cut short by their death . Thus , " virtuous women , who wero only crowns to their husbands , " will be valued , according to the tombstone cutter ' s rule , at five _shillings . It lias been suggested that at railway stations , besides the " ladies refreshment room , '' there should bo a " ladies' valuation room , " with a proper officer in attendance . As thc ladies pass , scenes of tho following tenor , it is supposed , would pass _also : — " What sort of a wife are you , ma ' am V " Sir !" — " Ot what value are you to your husband ?"

      '' Your question is very impertinent , sir . I believe , although I did not bring my husband a shilling , he would be filled with deep sorrow were he to lose me . "— " O ! we have nothing to do with that , ma am—sorrow docs not enter into railway calculations . You may pass . "—Another enters : "Pray , ma ' am , how does your husband estimate you ?" " You aro as great a brute as my husbaii ! -, I believe , and that is saying a great deal . I bring him ten thousand a year , which goes back to my relations it I die , as we have no _o-hiliiren ; and yet the wretch uses me worse than "— "Station-master ! quick , quick ! Get a special train instantly for this lady , and lot a pilot engine go before , and a guardian angel behind . ' "

      Geesi : ix _Skarch op Golde . v Eucs . — The papers tell us that adventurers are going in _jluclcs to California . Tliis is the way in which geese always travel . Axtiqi'itiks of Loxdox . —Clerkenwell was _originally called _C'lcrJc _' . i-well , nnd took its name from the parish clerks of London having of old been u . scd to assemble thero every year to play some history ot Holy Scripture . Cripplegate was built _bofore the Conquest , and took its name from the cripples who used to beg there ; it was repaired in _10 ; j . j . Faichurch-xtreet takes its name from a fenny or moorish ground so made by a stream ( called _I-vngbouvn ) , that formerly passed through it . Finsburp was

      formerly called J ' _ciisbiiry , for the same reason . Aidgate , formerly OUgatc , was one of tho four orig inal g ates ofthe City mentioned in King Edgar ' s reign , in i ) 07 ; the old gate was rebuilt in _lCUtC CiLiniTAULE . —A lady noted for her kind feeling , on hearing that the Pope was a fugitive from Rome , exe ' aimciii " Poor old man , has lie got any family V On the matter being explained to hei " , she added , "Well , I hope he'll marry now . " Vehv _Piiopkii . —There was a rule in an old Debating Society which might be advantageously recommended to the House of Commons , " That any g entlemen wishing to speak thc whole evening should have a room to liimself . "

      A Thirsty " Infant . "—In a case heard at the Stamford County Court last week , the plaintiif , : i tailor and publican , sued the defendent for Us . I lid . for beer and spirits supplied . The Judge having learned that the defendant was only eighteen years of age , said he might have appeared and pleaded " Infancy , " but as lie had not done so , he would hear the case . His Honour then told the plaintiff to read the items , which he did , giving the following as the amount of one day ' s chalking up : — "Five half-pints of ale , three glasses of g in and water , and three glasses of brandy . " Judge : "And you

      supplied this in one day to this infant : Plamtill ( astounded ) : " Infant ! why they say be is _eig hteen vears old . Infant !"—Judge : " Goon . "—Plaintiff " September 20 th , ale 3 d ., ditto od ., gm Sd ., a loaf of bread for his man when he went out shootin _* r , " Ac—Judge : " What ? " — Plaintiff : " He has a dog and a gun , a game certificate , and he keeps a horse to go out a-hunting ; and he sometimes treats his friends . " — Judge : " What is ho then ?"—Plaintiff : ' -The son of a pawnbroker . "Judge * . " Well , he is but an ' infant' in thu eye of the law . I shall disallow from thc account the

      charge for spirits , and I shall make an order that the balance be paid when the ' infant' comes of age —in three years' time . " Thc plaintiif seemed puzzled with _' the size and capacity for drink of the law ' s " infants . " Laws asd Outlaws . — Two brothers of thc name of Lawcs creating a disturbance atthe Dublin Theatre , were called to order by the celebrated Felix M'Carthv , who happened to be in thc same box . One ot tliem , presenting his card , said , " You shall hear from us ; our name is Lawcs . " " Lawes is it ?"• quoth _Telix , " then I'll give you satisfaction ; I'll give you an addition to yon name ; " and exercisin g his well-known strength , handed them out of the box , exclaiming , "Jfow , by thc powers , ye _' re both 0 «* -Lawes . "

      The Greater Calf . — Sir William Burrell used frequently to boast oi * having been botli at Oxford and Cambridge ; being one day at an agricultural meeting , he made some proposals which a fanner present objected to . " Sir , " said the baronet , who could ill brook any opposition from an inferior , " I should be verv sorry indeed if I were not better informed on such subjects than you are , having been ut two Universities . " " Ay , that may be , " replied the farmer , " but I remember to have had a calf that sucked two cows , and the observation that I made was , that lie was the qreater calf for that . "

      Gambling _rou a Vote . —A chiffonier , named Braillion , was on Saturday sentenced to three months ' imprisonment , and IOOf . damages , for having so violently assaulted a companion as to place his lite in danger . "Before the election of President the prisoner was a great partisan ot Louis Napoleon , and he played a game at piquet with the complainant , who was a Cavaignac man , as to which should _i-ivo his vote to the other . The prisoner won , but _' the complainant declared that he had only played for fun , and would not give his vote to tho prisoner ' s candidate . Thereupon the chiffonier became furious , and with his professional hook struck complainant a blow on the head , wliich felled him to the ground . _—Galhfucini . _IlA-nii-it Guekx , — A man heaving that a raven would livo 200 years , bought cue to try .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 24, 1849, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_24021849/page/3/