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      April 25, 1846. ¦ The Northern Star. 3

      April 25 , 1846 . ¦ THE NORTHERN STAR . 3

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      ' _"VlLilAM THOM . j THE WET _^ r _nnBOW . j / _Ooneluded from the Sarof April 18 . ) j In da «« _* _*^ ' _^ consid erably improved cireum- _, at In _™** _* _y ' . _Tl „ _rkin' ' at the loom . In the month . _staws _J _^ _iJJMd _. small publication , intended to ! of _*** , r _^ amoutMy _. entitled The Inverury Gossamer ; , l _. _fi'it _vvas chief editor , assisted , however , by _rtmVnot ttii wortny of ha companionship . Owing ;

      OfJiera ¦ " _¦• , . ? _„„„„ , _!_ „ -- „ l- ;„ tmi mini wk _: _ffew-w , _™ _^ presentlv explain , two numbers only of the luckless Gossamer saw thc light , and this fa ti , be _regretted for independent of the editorial talent exhibited by the chief editor which , by the to . _misht have been expected after the publication of Im _"^ collections , '' his coadjutors male and female ( " there were both ) , would not have disgraced any newspaper _pub'i-shed in the kingdom . The writers in the lnvemrg Gossamer were all of the poet TnOM ' s own " order "—the working class , yet their productions in ppetry and prose were most commendable , and showed them blessed with both well-informed heads and sensitive hearts . The Gossamer bore the

      fol lowing motto : — " Daylight will Seek through a sma * hole . " Two causes combined to produce tlie Gossamer s untimely end , it started as the exposer and reformer of local abases and the relentless enemy of " cant " in eTery shape and character . The Town Council , that mo _> t important _b-idy , were advised to bestow a little of that attention to the interests of the public which they were always so ready to pay to their own ; the Gas Company were"hauled over _tliecoals" fortheir extortionate charges ; and the Uryside Farmers got a lecturing , and were by no means grateful for the " advice gratis . " A certain Bailie _TldnclaWi had , at

      a Council Meeting _. stigmatised the " Incomes "* ofthe town , as " uircb of passage that should be avoided or Suppressed ; " the Gossamer defended the "Incomes , " and this defence , of course , gave offence to the " natives" — the veritable " lnverurians . " Lastlv , _ihe most " untoward event" of all for the Success of the Gossamer was the publication , in the first number of an article by the poet , in defence of Bows against the assaults ofthe hypocritical humbugs and sanctimonious swindlers who won the applause of their -water-drinking dupes by holding up Bcrxs as a druukard and a debauchee . The article 13 too lengthy to give entire , the following ate

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      BTJRSS IS A SCRAPE (!)! "Why pounce on poor Burns , every snivilling clown and coating eyof , who takes a fancy to spout tcetotalisin ] "Would it not be worth while , on their part , to assure themselves , in the first place , that Burns was indeed a drunkard ? If that point is settled to their heart ' s wish , next let them coolly examine whether , in seeking prose . lytes , it be discreet to pick from the ranks of intemperance ths most alluring qualifJeg of our nature : * * * * * * * _Drinking -was the fashionable and tolerated vice of his day , and Burns did incidently mix in the manners of his times . So wroader that he did . Few—none had the like temptations . In . the great poet , was found the Drightes : wit , the richest eloquence , that ever honoured man . * * * * Burns was not a drunkard . In youth and manhood , wild and fervent as his emotions were , yet they were ever listed to nature and to reason ; the drunkard ' * emotions have other sort of _keepfrs—brutality and madness .

      Burns uttered his very sweetest breathings over the _lstastpassages ofa life shortened by causes of many a kind . Then , as at all times , his peerless lay came forth , _eaibued bursting with an intensity of soul that bloated , _bswiKereil toners never knew—never feel—never , never express ! "Even when he knew he wan dying , he looked in Jessie Lewar » face , whom he _lored as a 'father loves Ms daughter , and that he might reward her filial _tennVrotss for him who was fast wearing away , " repeated the sorrowful and sweet—• ' Thoa art sweet as the smile when lovers meet , And soft as their parting tear , Jessie V Poor Burns ! It was aU he had to / give , but the gift is imperishable ; and the bonnie lassie that wet the dying Jips of It _jfaert Bums , shall claim a lovely record in every warm _breast , when his heartless slanderers are rotteu _. _/ orgotten _, and

      ——We repeat—for all admit , that hard dnnking was a _bsgrhning feature of th _« age in which Burns lived . Is it fair , then , ye Pharisees , to pluck a star from the darkness ye acknowledge and hold it to the Ii < iM ye assume Those who make it a rule to cite such men as Burns , in order to maka _drunkennesshideons _, would do well to consider whether they are not consuming the very end they aim at . In thus picking from the ranks of dissipation _instances of individuals pre-eminently attractive , the allurement becomes powerful in the very illustration , and goes for worse than nothing . Many , many a would-be

      poet has become drunkard , just because it had been rung and rung into him that Burus was such—weaklings who could assimilate in no way else , thought good to resemble him here . Hence the doctrine , the fallacious doctrine , ha _i led _c-auy a silly _weaverand cobbler to duck his five and Sixpence and his soul—all , forsooth , to be so like a poet 1 If yon are _tiard-vp" at any time or an illustrious brute , _bt-gin at the beginning and woilop right downwards—it wocld thus he a long , long time , ere Burns came in for his whntks . Could you not keep a good-natured auditory vanning an hour or two at the expense of that jolly old t--jre Noah , the most abandoned fuddler

      " That e'er _crack'd a bottle , or fathom'd a bowl . " _Kaybeje want pluck to meddle with bim , he being a favourite where you would not like , of course , to be an © fender . Well , wdl , that is ail the better ; let him alone , then , but , for puir auld Scotland ' s sake—and for truth ' s sake—and for the sake of the sacred cause you plead , let Burns alone too . His faults and his frailties ar « Mb mortal portion—give them a grave with bis dust —they are of earth . What is heavenly of him , if yoa cannot relish , try not to tarnish . A sponge is lighter thanac ? iHeL There are flaws on the fairest . These it is lovelier to wipe out than record . 'think of It , and of _= som-diing else strongly connected with it , which , to _convenience _vonr memory , we have milled into

      rhyme" The mote is bright in sunny light , Yet moves unmarked at e ' en ; In fairest water faults appear , That lurk in mud unseen . " This awful castigation of the canting " miserables " whe " Hate the excellence they cannot reach , " was cot likely to be forgiven , nor speedily forgotten ; the teetotallers and _pictista combined to raise the war-whoop of persecution , and from the first number the poor little Gossamer was doomed ; It ceased to live _afcer the second number . We return onr hearty thanks to the poet Tiiom for the noble defence of _Entxs _-ibore quoted , and regretthat we cannot command space to _givespecimens of theabilities ( poetical ) ot his w « rlhy coadjutors .

      In _August , 1 S _44 , the poet was present at thc " Burns' Festival , " on the " Banks o' J _&> _oC when _"repeataut Scotland" did homage at the shrine of her ill-used national bard . We do not find mention made of the name of Thom in the report of the " _* * f e = uval f" possibly Scotland , although " repentant , " did not relish publishing her repentance by the tongnesofaay of her sons _lotverihan "lords" and "professors . " The " festival" did not , however , pass by _with'ttt the Inverury poet ' s name being heard in connection therewith . A " slashing" article appeared in fundi in the shape of an iuquiry into the sincerity of Scotland ' s " repentance ; " and the condition of thc poet _Tnosi was instanced as an illustration of the fact that Bntss , had he been living in

      the venr of " repentance , " 1844 , would most likely &** - ? Jar- « I as he fared fifty years before—when dying he _hiid to beg the loan of £ 5 to save him from a debtor ' s gaol . This Punching of " repentant Scot _las-d" raised a hornet's nest about poor Thos _' s ears , the * " nationalists" were in arms immediately for the _char-icier of the "land o' cakes , " and the bard of _Eenachie suffered , a _= well as profited , by the generous adveacy of his satirical London friend . Early in 1845 William Thou returned to London to _superintend the publication of the second edition of hii po-jius , and in the month of February was entertained at a public dinner at the Crown and Anchor . The dinner took place on the 20 th of that mouth , W . J . Fox . Esq ., occupied the chair , and

      paid an _ch-queat tribute to the poet ' s genius and virtue ? . The speech of the poet himself was manly aud Toid of ail affectation , lie embraced the opportunity to do _justice to his earliest friend , Mr . George _Gali'irur , of Inverness , who had aided him even before he _becsine known to Mr . Gaums , lie exonerated liis coantrymen from the cha : ge of " neglect , " and specially singled out the " Whistle _Binkics" of G _as . v , who had exhibited towards him the true feeling of brotherhood , lie remarked that he had Bo reliance upon ihe lyre , only _p-artially , he relied oa the i . _jom . lie added , " 1 uiaue a little book , and hive _written truiv from mv heart what 1 felt ; _ifyou

      would best serve me , If I coins again among you , buy Eiy bo ; i ! i and my webs , but do noS overwhelm me with superfluous pra _> se , or with unwonted , uueuurted _cUaii'y . " In the mouth of April following a public tea --arty ajd soiree was held at the _National Hall , _lLlbara , iu honour of the poet : the meeting was verr jnn-itrously attended , aad was presided orer by Dr . _B-jwiuxu . In a short _noiiee of this meeting _vjich Appeared in an _Euiuburjh paper it was stated that tiie poet " manfully a _* .: d correctly spoke , and elicited vimnucrs of applause . " " There were many Scotch ; . re-c : it , bui the _jjreai majority were _Endish , who _j- _'idthtir money to hear _Tuojiaud the bonmc auld _souis of Scotland . "

      For tne last twelve months William Tiiom has leen a denizen of the " ywit metropolis . " That he ¦ was v . ' . i ! advised ia taking up his location in London , we ; ioubt . We do not doubt the good intentions of hi" _frst-a-: ! _- " _, but we think the attempt to settle the * _"IstrostES . ( _or : is , they are called in the south-west of _Sc- _'tiairi , laeoiuers , "} niton _strang _^ w , who have had tht Lardiliuol to break in upon the estaWislied monopolies of little towns or villages , to practise for their own " btbjo : , andinoppositi"n to the heirlooms of ths place , the trade or caliiur ihey may have inclined ,

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      weaver-poet in this Babel was a great mistake . The profits from Lis poems , the handsome subscriptions af his countrymen in New York and Calcutta and the other donations from his friends in this country would have sufficed , with , the hel p of hia Joom , to have established liim in easy cimfmslauceis for life , with , perhaps some reversion for his children , if he had remained in Inverury , or somewhere within the circle of his labour-connections . Instead of this lie has been so unfortunately advised as to attempt to live in London , in the character ofa "linen-merchant , " that is to say , one who takes orders and supplies sheeting , shirting , table-cloths , and similar fabrics , the produce of his native loom . But how is

      a poetical weaver to win a living by such employment in this Babelof competition ? If he could take a line _s-hip , would reheat Im creditors , aud be always " selling off under prime cost , " and making " an alarniin _; sacrifice" of himself or somebody else , he might sell ; but this heartless , degraded life would not be a fitting existence for the " bard of Benachie . " Friend Thom will never make a profitinonger , he has not an atom of the shopocrat in his composition . _Nevertheless , as he has " webs" to sell , we suggest that she buyers of shirts , sheets . Ac ., should give the weaver-poet a turn , we will answer for the quality . Admiration of Tuom _' s poetry is very well ; but we fancy the purchase of his cloths is something still better , —the solid pudding is before the empty

      praise . . . William Thom is now about forty-six years ol age . The following _description of his person , which is pretty correct , is from the jresfmiflsfcr _& ifwio : — " His stature is short , and his legs stunted , like ono of tliose _whose childhood was not generously fed ; but there is breadth in his shoulders and clearness in his complesion , indicating a bale and tough constitution . Light auburn hair , now silvering , _covers a large broad head with ample brow , firm set mouth , and light blue twinkling eyes , full of the sensibility and acuteness of the mail ''

      Let us add that the peet possesses first-rate conversational powers , nnd whether he dazzles by his wit . charms with his melody , or touches the heart with those *; outbursts of feeling which ever and anon evidence his true manhood , he is ever the life and soul of the friends surrounding him . lie , in short , is a max , "take him for all in all , " such as the world has but too few of . Wiluam Thosi ' s poems are simple in style , construction , and object ; but they speak from the heart of the author to the heart ol the reader . They are , mostly , like the poet ' s own history , of apathetic or melancholy character . We do not think him a second Robert Burks , but we do think very highly of some of his poems , particularly his address to his son

      " Willie , " on the death of her who " dauted his bonnie brown hair . " This piece we can rank only with _Bur-vs * address " To Mary in Heaven , " _andBrnoK ' a celebrated " Farewell . " We do not think we could award this poem higher praise , although in some respects it is even more heart-moving than the effusion of either Burns or Btros . We shall not essay further criticism , but content ourselves by taking the Mowing quotatiou from an article on the Scottish poets in a German periodical— " Leaves for Literary £ ntertamment . " [ _£ tt _*& teryurZfterarfsc / ict * iittr / iattun ( T . ] " Iu Tuom ' s poems there is no trickery , but deep and healthy feeling , flowing from his inmost heart . If we wonder at anything , it is not so much that

      Iuom , the weaver , should be a poet , although his business is perhaps one of the most unfavourable for poetic activi ty , as we do at the powerful and pithy language ia which he writes , lie ; nows how to unite strength and tenderness in a manner which hardly any of tke living Scotch poets can equal ; and that he is ma _> terot the language in prose as well as verse , is proved by his own account of the sorrows he has had to endure . " On those sorrows , or rather the wrongs that produced those sorrows , we now say nothing : on a former occasion wc expressed ourselves on this subject in no measured terms , and , moreover , William Tuom ' s story best speaks for itself , and has no need of help from us to move the hearts of our

      readers . it is rumoured that the appearance of another volume of poems from the pen of William Tiiom is not far distant . We hope this rumour will prove correct ; for sure we are , that the promised volume will be welcomed not only by the British public , but also by the admirers of the " bard of Benachie " throughout Europe , India , and America . In the course of these remarks we have rather sketched the person and career of the poet than examined his poetry ; but that will not excite surprise when it is considered that William TnoM ' s whole life is a poem - a poem fearfully interesting , telling not only of sufferings endured by himself , but of suffering and wrong borne by thousands , voiceless themselves , but for whom their inspired brother is a voice pleading their cause in tones which sound from "Indus to the Pole . " We conclude this imperfect notice with another extract from thc volume before us : —

      MY HEATHER LASD . liy _heather land , my heather land ! 3 fy _daarest pray ' r be thine ; Aliho * upon thy hapless heath , There breathos nae friend o' mine . The lanely few that Heaven Las _spar'd Fend on a foreign strand ; And I maun wait to weop wi' tkee , Jiy hameless _leather land ! Jfy heather land , my heather land ! Though fairer lands there be , Thy gow ' _nie braes in early days , Were gowden ways to me . "Maun Bfc ' s poor boon gae dark _' uing down , _"N _' or die whaur it had _dawn'd _, But clausht a grave _ayout the wave . Alas ! my heather land !

      My hf ather land , my heather land ! Though chilling winter pours His freezing breath roun' tireless hearth , Whaur _hreadless misery cow * Yet breaks the light that soon shall blight The godless rendu * hand—Whan witkerM tyranny shall reel Frae our _reui'd heather land ! We are happy to introduce to our readers another little poem from the pen of our respected friend , Allex Davenport . Our friend says " I feel quite in my element when Ireland is the subject of my pen ; I should like her to be a free and independent nation . Her sufferings ought to be a sufficient ransom for her redemption : "—

      IRELAND IX CHAINS . Air— "Marselloise Hymn . " Rise , Britons rise ! with indignation , — Hark ! hark !! I hear the clanking chains That bind a brave and generous nation , Where martial law and terror reign ; Her gallant sons demand assistance , Can British hearts refuse the call ? Heboid them _strug ' _-iUng for existence , Shall Ireland , or her tyrants fall 1 See ! see ! the fiends of war Have seized on Liberty ; Then rise , and as one man declare , That Ireland shall be free !

      Arise ; and with a voice of thunder , "Prodiim amidst the clashing storm , That you to burst her chains asunder Will meet the foe in every form . What though the cannon point before ye , And dungeons gape on every hand ; Unite ! and put down Whig and Tory , 'Tis time the people should command . _DishonourM be tlie grave Of him who quits the field : But crowns of glory to the brave , Who nobly scorns to yield .

      Wtll yon desert the Irish nation , And see her wear her chains again , Because her Chief spurns all relation With _EwMnd and with _JJnolfsJiMCn ? Xo ! Britons , no ! do not d < : strt her , _liL'turn , for every evil , good , You who hold dear the People ' s Charier , And who would sea ! it with your blood ! Then raise your voice , ye brave ! She is your siste * r still—And if you have not power to save , Show that you have the will . Alu . v _Havs-wout

      What is Ro . _vce _doisg ? He seems to have been very quiet of late . In his position , to pause is to fail , to temporise is to court ruin , cneigy alone can give him thc victory—can save him . We take the following spirited appeal from the March number of the New York Democratic Review , the author , _Giieexleaf WiiiTiiin . is well known to our readers , many of his noblest ami-slavery poems having appeared in our columns : —

      TO _RONGE . nr j . c , WIlITTIEB . Strike home , strong-hearted man!—Down to the root Of old oppression sink the Saxon steel . Thy work is to hew down . In Cod ' s name then Put nerve into thy task . Let other men Plant a * they may , that better tree , whose fruit The wounded tmsom ofthe Church shall heal . Be thou the linage-breaker . Let thy blows Fall heavy as the Subian ' s Iron Hand , On Crown or Crosier , ninth shall interpose Between thee and the weal of Father-land , Leave creeds to tluset-idlcrs . First of all Shake thou » 1 ! _Rt-nuan < lrc ; uii-Jand with tlie fall

      Ot that accursed tree , whose evil trunk Was spared of old hy Erfuri _' s stalwart monk . _Fi- _^ ht not with ghosts and Shadows . Let ns hear Tlie snap of chain-links . Let our gladdened ear Catch the pale prisoner's _welcome , as the light Follows thy _iixe-stroke , through his cell of night . Be faithful to both worlds ; nor thiui to feed Earth ' s starving millions with the husks of creed ; Servant of Him whose high and holy W . _i 3 to the wronged , the sorrowing and the lowly , Thrust not his Eden promise from our sphere , Di-tant and dim bejond the blue shy's span ; Like him of Patmos , see it , now and here , — Thc X w Jerusalem comes down to auui i

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      Be warned by Luther ' s error . Nor like him , ' When the roused Teuton dashes from his limb - •¦ - The rusted chain of ages , help to bind His hands , for whom thou claim _' _st the freedom of the Mind I In the Star of April 11 th appeared a poem entitled " The Watcher on the Tower , " from the pen of _CfliRLKS Mackav , editor of the _Glasgow Argus . We had purposed to have this week given several additional pieces by the same author , together with some _remaks of our own , but must defer both , with the ex ception ofthe following beautiful piece which first appeared in the Dail y News a week or two back : —

      OLD OPINIONS . Once we thought that power Eternal Had decreed the woes of man ; That the human heart was wicked , Since its pulses first began;— . That the earth was but a prison , Dark and joyless at the best , ' And that men were born for evil , And imbibed it from the breast That ' twas vain to think of urging ' Any earthly progress on , Old opinions ! ragsand tatters ! Get yon gone ! get yon none !

      Once we thought all h uman sorrows Were predestined to endurs ; That , as laws had never made them , Laws were impotent to cure ; Thnt the few were born superior , Though the many might rebel ; They to sit at Nature's table , We to pick the crumbs that fell ;—They to live upon the fatness . — We the starvelings , lank and wan , Old opinions , ragt and tatters , Getyou gone , gel you gone .

      Once we thought that Kings were holy , Doing wrong by right divine ; That thc Church was hard of conscience , Arbiter of Mine nnd Thine . That whatever priests commanded No one could _reject , and live : And that all who dift ' md from them ' It was error to forgive : — Right to send to stake or halter With eternal malison .

      Old opinions , rags and tatters , ' Get you gone , get yon gone . Once we thought that sacred Freedom Was a cursed and tainted thing ; Foe of Peace , and Law , and Virtue ; Foe of Magistrate and King ; That all vile and rampant passion Everfollowed in her path ; Lust and Plunder , War and Rapine , Tears and Anarchy and Wrath . That the angel was a cruel ,

      Haughty , bloodstained Amazon . Old opinions , ragt and tatters , Getyou gone , get you gone . Once wc thought tbat Education Was a luxury for the few ; That to giro it to the many Was to give it scope undue . That 'twas foolish to imagine It could be as free as air : Common as the glorious sunshine To the child of want and care ;—That the poor man , educated , QuarrelPd with his toil anon . 0 Wopinions , rags and tatters , Get you gone , gel 93 % zone .

      Once we thought it right to foster Local jealousies and pride : Bight to hate another nation Parted from us by a tide * . Right to go to war for glory . Or extension of domain : Right , through fear of foreign rivals , To refuse the needful grain . Right to bar it out till Famine Drew the bolt with fingers wan . Old opinions , rags and tatters , Oct you gone , getyou gone . Old opinions , rags asd tatttT 3 ,

      Ye are worn—ah quite threadbare- ; We must cast you off for ever ; We are wiser than we were . Never fitting , always cramping , Letting in the wind and sleet , Chilling us with rheums and agues ; Or inflaming us with heat : We have found a mental raiment Purer , whiter to put on . Old opinions , rags and tatters , Get you none , get you none . CM . The following beautiful poem wc extract from thc March number of Simmond's Colonial Magazine : —

      THE GOLD MISE 3 OF THE WEST . Br GEOBGIiNA C . _MCSKO . [ It is said , though the story is itself _assuming somewhat of a legendary character , that gold mines might be found in North as well as in South America , did not the Indians of the former fear to discover them , in consequence of a tradition thnt , should they become known , tliey would be compelled to work in them as slaves . ]! O ' er Michigan how deeply sigh Those breezes , as in grief That Redman ' s power ha 3 fleeted by ,

      As brightless from the leaf They hear away , with heedless breath , To float o ' er distant waves—Then sink , at last , to sleep in death , Far from their brothers ' graves ! The sun-rays from the pathless wild , And that lone shore , have died , Where the pale-face and forest-child Are standing side by side ; And sadder than the hollow moans Ofthe fast-darkening lake , Yet proud and stern , the hunter ' s tones Its liugering echoes wake .

      "Ye have swept us from our haunts of yore Beside the pleasant streams , And the salt wave 1-, by the distant shore , Which speak to us in dreams . With talcs of peace our ears were won —• With warrior ' s iron hand , The children of the setting sun Were driven from their land . And we have , fled , like hunted deer , Before the hunter ' s face—Yet following fast , wa ever hear The footsteps of your race ! And ever still there come the sounds Of voices form the West , Which to the Happy Hunting Grounds

      Are calling us to rest . What seek ye more!—otr scatter'd tribes Sink fast as melting suow ; We cannot take tlie stranger ' s bribes , And to our fathers show ; And say . wc have forgot their words , And fill'd your hands with gold , While still the songs of summer birds Repeat the talcs they told . They said that we shouldbe too weak To linger near their graves ; But nought , except the gold ye seek , Could make the Red men slaves : They bade our feet forget tbe way , They bado our eyes forget The spots wherein tliose treasures lay-Where tkey are sleeping yet ! " Our brothers dwelt in lands as fair ,

      With sunny hills and plains ; But there were treasures gleaming there To buy its children chains ! And ever when the South wind blows , ' Tis laden with their _nghs , And tells the land of meiting snows Our fathers' words were wise . The Indian cannot toil in mines , The pale . face hath not found—But ever where the red gold shines , The Red man shall be bound . 'Tis even thus our fathers' words Spoke to our hearts of gold ; And still the songs of summer birds Repeat the talcs they told . We show no treasures ofthe earth , Whereon we must uot rest—Your brothers taught our own their worth , Tliose Gold Mines of the West !" Southsea .

      Imiu Suicioe At London- Biu-Jgk.—On Monday Night About Half-Past Eleven O'Clock Tiie Passengers 011

      iMiu _Suicioe at London- _Biu-jgk . —On Monday night about half-past eleven o ' clock tiie passengers 011

      Umuon -»E Saw A Man Enter The Middle Rec...

      _umuon _- » e saw a man enter the middle recess on the eastern side , and mount the atone seat , from which he immediately plunged headlong into the river . The act was io very sudden that _although several persons were near him _tliev could not prevent him committing the desperate act ! The body was not found . Tub _Tahles Tubxko . —We read in the' Courrier Francias— " There is passing at present at Bayonne , a veritable comedy . On _ilio-id-iv , the telegrap h transmitted to thc authorities of that city orders to cease all surveillance over the 1 fante Don Henry , to pay him all the honours due to liis rank , and in his place to watch Gcueral Xavvaez , whose intrigues the Spanish Government , it , appear * , is apprehensive of . What renders this _change the more amusing is , that the police of Frame were set ui . im thc traces of Don lleiiry at the formal demand ot * Narvaez . "

      Arson * . —At thc Gloucester assizes , on Saturday , James Wares , aged OS , wns transported for life , for setting fire to a _dweiling-house , Thc principal evidence was that of his daughter , who was lodging in the house , a public-house of low description , and with whom he was at variance . He attempted to strangle her , but she got away ; the ( ire afterwards broke out and was discovered to have ori ginated iu the prisoner ' s room _.

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      D 0 TJGLAs JEltROLD ' S SlIILLING MAGA-/ _IMi—Ai'aiL . London : PmchOffi > : e , 85 , Fleetstreet . Wu are happy to announce to our readers that the editors story of "St . Giles and , St . James" is resumed in this number . Three chapters are given to make up for past omissions , and these chapters tully sustain the character achieved for thc story by the preceding portions . In the present number the story breaks ofF with the election ol Mnhew Capstick ( our old friend thc _mutliii-maker ) as M . l \ for the borough of Liquorish . How this is brought about , wc have not space to inform our readers ; we _mn-it , therefore , refer them to the magazine , contenting ourselves with giving the following extract , illustrative of

      AS _ELECTION SCENE . "Three cheers for Cipstick _, our member , " cried Rasp , from the window of the Yellow Committee-room . " Three cheers for Capstick aud the Constitution . " " Give it him , " cried Flay from au opposi e house , and the obedient loyal mob of Clues discharged u volley of mud and stones and other constitutional missiles in use ou such glorious occasions . Crash went tho windows , and , on the instant , the two factions in the street engaged in a general fight , all moving , as tliey combatfd , towards the Town llall , already beset by a roaring mo _' _i . A tew minutes , aud Mr . _Cupstick appeared . Whereupon , the High Bailiff declared him duly elected a knight burgess , and buckled the sword _ab-. _'Ut him—tlie sword with which , by a pretty fiction , the knight was to

      defend thc borough of Liquorish from all sorts of wrong . Capstick , with the weapon at his thigh , udvancod with groat dignity , and was for a time regardless of the showers of eggs and potatoes that , from thc liberal hands of the _Tllues , immediately greeted him . The young Lord St . James—how Snipeton leered at liim ;—also appeared on the hustings , and accidently received full iu his face an egg , certainly intended for the visage ofthe successful candidate . It was plain , too , that dipstick thought as much , for ho turned , and taking out his pocket . handkerchief , advanced to his lordship , and in the politest manner observed , —" My lord , I have no doubt that egg was iutcuded to he my property : will you , therefurd , permit me to reclaim my own ! " and saying this , Capstick with his white kerchief removed the offensive matter from

      his lordship ' s face , whilst the crowd—touched by the courtesy of the new raomber— 'laughed and cheered uproariously . Mr . Capstick then advanced to tho front of the hustings . At the same moment a potatoe fell short of him , near his foot . Whereupon the member drew his sword , and running it into the potatoe , held it up to the mob . Another laogh—another cheer greeted the action . " Silence ! he ' s t » rum ' un—hear him ! " was the cry , und in less than ten minutes the now member was permitted to proceed . Whereupon he suid : — " Gentlemen—for gentlemen in a mob are always known by their eggs and potatoes—I should , indeed , be unworthy of the honour you have placed and showered upon mc , did I in any way complain of the manner in whicli you have exercised

      tinprivileges I see ljiug about me . I am aware , gentlemen , that it is the free birthright of Englishmen—and may they never forget it!—to pelt any man who may offer himself for the honour of representing them in Parliament _, lt is right that it should be so . For how unfit must the man be for the duties of his office- —for tho trials that in thc Ilouse of Commons he must undergoif he cannot , properly and respectfully receive at the hands of an enlightened constituency any quantity of mud , any number of eggs or _potatoes , that in their wisdom they may feel _disposed to risk upon him , I should hold myself a traitor to the trust reposed in me , did I at this moment of triumph object to cither your eggs or your _potatoes . " ( Very loud cheering ; with a cry of " You ' re

      the sort for us . " ) "So , gentlemen , 1 look upon eggs and potatoes as , I may say , tlie cynif _r-stonos uf the Constitution . ' ( ' Three cheers for the Constitution , ' roared Risp , and the Yellows obediently bellowed . ) ' Nevertheless , permit me to say this much . Feeling the necessity that you should always exercise for yourselves thc right of pelting yonr candidates with eggs and potatoes—permit mu to ohs _' . rve that I do not thiuk the sacred cause of liberty will be endangered , that I do not believe the basis of the constitution will be in the smallest degree shaken , if upon all future elections , when you shall he culled upou to exercise the high prerogative of pelting your candidates _, you select eggs that are street , nnd first mash your potatoes . ' Laughter and loud cheers attested the reasonableness of the proposition . "

      The other articles are , as usual , very good ; but we have not room to particularise , excepting that wu may remark of Jumper Hedgehog ' s Letter , that it treats of the Oregon question , and most admirably answers the belchings of that old fanatic , Quincy Adams . We may add that Juniper quotes thc " Address of the Fraternal Domocrats to the VVorkiim Glasses of Great Britain and thc United States , " wliich appeartd in this journal some weeks ago . Juniper _remarks on the address that " fiae rousing words are in it ; words that strike upon the i . _eart better tiian fife and beaten shcep ' _s-skin . "

      Simmonds's Colonial Magazine. March, Ai'...

      _SIMMONDS'S COLONIAL MAGAZINE . March , _Ai'i'iL . London : Simmonds and Ward , lhugeyard , Bucklcrabury . It is some considerable time now , since we noticed this mauiizine . The February number ive did not receive . " Thc Marcii number came to baud too Into for notice that month , and now wc find ourselves compelled to notice botli numbers ( Marcii and April ] as briefly as possible . The March number contains several very interesting articles ; wc may particularly instance tho despatches from Captain Slum , describing tho progress of the exploring expedition in South Australia * , an article by the editor " On tin *

      growth aud production of Indian corn or maize , and thc manufacture of sugar from the stalk ; " and one of Mr . Mc Coinbie ' s " Australian Sketches" describing the " Scenery and Society of New South Wales . " Thc April number opens with a delightful article on Texas from the pen of Charles _Hootan , which the believers in the Texan paradise will do well to peruse before the y commit themselves to that "happy land ; " we regret we cannot afford room i ' ov an extract . Several other _interesting articles are contained _, in this number . We have given elsewhere : i beautiful p oem from thc March number . We shall take an early opportunity to speak at _length of tin merits of this useful publication .

      One Hundred Original Tales For Childhen....

      ONE HUNDRED ORIGINAL TALES FOR CHILDHEN . By Josbpii Uinu . London : Soutcr and Law , lol , Fleet Street . This work is intended as a c ! s \ 3 J-book to teach the art of reading in less time , and with greater ease , than the usual methods , and to cultivate at an early period tlie imaginative and reasoning faculties ol youth . We have not read the whole ofthe t : _tlc _3 , but wc have road several taken at _vamloia and consider them well calculated to effect the author ' s object . The stories are all such as can be comprehended by the generality of children , of three or lour years and upwards . All hard words are avoided , the nuijority of the tales are illustrated with wood engravings , and altogether thc book is well calculated to instruct , amuse , and interest thc juvenile class for whom it is intended .

      Tiie Family Herald. Parts34, 33. London ...

      TIIE FAMILY HERALD . Parts 34 , 33 . London _G-. Biggs , 421 , Strand . These two parts of the Family Herald are rich in entertaining matter , and calculated to add to the popularity so well earned by this best of the penny publications .

      The People's Journal. Part Iii. London: ...

      THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL . Part III . London : J . Bennett , OP , Fleet Street . We have received the third part of this ably conducted nnd excellent publication , and from a cursory " lance at its contents we are inclined to be . icve it still better than the preceding parts . On the receipt of part 4 we will notice both it and the present pa . it , and enter more fully into the contents of both . We trust that this Journal is well supported by the People , for such support it well deserve ? .

      Gj-J-J-R Illness Has Compelled Us To Cur...

      _gj-j-j-r Illness has compelled us to curtail our " _liovSuu-s ;" tiie same cause compels as to postpone the first of a scries of articles on " Eastern Europe and the Empsror _Niuiiulas , " which will appear in our seventh _paga un ler tinhead of " Foreign Movements . "

      Qi-Ee. Y . Victoria. —Tho Annua! Cost Of The Royal Family ^ Of England Is A Larger Sum Than Thu Whole

      _Qi-ee . y . Victoria . —Tho annua ! cost of the Royal Family _^ of England is a larger sum than thu whole

      Iieot Oi Tins Pon—Without—Credit Governm...

      _iieot oi tins pon—without—credit government . The German papers / in commentins , 'on the visit id ' Victoria anil Albert to the continent , hinted their opinion that the little lady was a dear _hai-f-iiin to her loving husband and subjects . " Victoria , ' " say they , "is a little white faced woman with hair thai looks like a faded light brnwif , who rides nnd jokes like a trouper , while her husband simpers forth a timid

      approval . She is _eouui-uish and flighty in her manners , fells broad stories ami _Inm-lis at thi'in , while the noble German matrons looks thuughtlul , aud Albert unmeaning ; and to show whicli is Her Majesty the _IVince , and which is His Majesty the _ljuceii _, Albert wears ruffles and Victoria _p-uunloons' . " Vie have _l-o special use for the Royal eounle among us , hut as we always pay exuavagantiy SW foreign enrositics Simpson or Jackson would make it worth their while to accept ashort engagement as Mr . and Mrs . Caudle . _—AVii' Fork Sun .

      " SlMiUUK lhSCOVKUY Of \ l ,. \ U ;' . i QrASTOY 01 Navai . Sroiii : s—A few days since as a man named Harry , a labourerjn the employ ut' Messrs . Grid !' , _biiihlti ' _-s of Woolwich , was engaged in _cii-animj out ; i _wiiter-i'h . ' set in Warwick-street , ho _disci-vered in the soil two _bays , containing about S 3 lbs . of copper bolts , marked with the broad- _--itow , which had doubtless been _ttohm . from Woolwich _JJoeky _.-u-d many years since . Harry immediately delivered over the property to the police ut the dockyard . _Di-. ' . ™ or the Eaul or Ekkoij .. —The Earl of Eiroil Hereditary Lord High Constable of Scotland , expired on Sunday morning at the residence of his soiiMi-law , Viscount _Cacipden , hi i ' _v-vtmstn-sQuiu-e ,

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      Tiibsuvish Pitess-Gaxo.-'Lhe Daily Newsp...

      TiibSuvish PitESS-GAXO .- _'lhe daily newspapers speak of her Majesty ' s ap | ' . _* _oflchins retirement We may , therefore , look for the banishment , ot the old word " confinement" from genteel circles . - _Tnu Imsn Curfew Bill .-As no person in Ireland is to be allowed to leave his house alter a certain hour at night , iVr . _Punefc respectfully asks Lord Lincoln , how the evicted tenants are to manage , who have no houses to remain in ? Are they to roost in the _hedges ? An answer will oblige—Punch . Tub Cost of _Soldikhs and of Seamen . —The

      daily pay of a foot soldier is ls . with a penny tor beer : the daily pay of a life-guardsman is ls . _lLJd ., and the annual cost is £ 14-13 . 1 Id . per man , besides horse and allowances , or £ 1 8 s . Cd . per week ; dragoons , £ 5 G lis . oil . per annum , or £ 1 ls . 9 d . per week ; foot-guards , £ 31 10 s ., or 13 s . Od . per week ; infantry £ 31 per annum , or lis . 10 d . per week . A regiment of horse soldiers , of a bout 300 , officers and men , cost £ 25 , 000 per annum . The wanes of seamen in the royal navy arc £ 2 12 s . per month , or 13 s . per week ; and £ 1 12 s ., or 8 s . per week more , are allowed for provisions .

      Jon . v Bull . — The seven dealings of John Bull are , the shop , the stocks , the newspaper , religion , roiwt beef , prejudice , and port wine . A Bittkr TnuTii , —We level the poor to the dust by our general policy , and take infinite credit to ourselves for raising them up again with the grace of charity . —Fonblanqne . Tns Poon is the Highlands—Small-pox and fever are exceedingly prevalent , not only within the _preeints of Inverness , but throughout extensive districts in the * Highlands . The sickness is aggravated by extreme destitution among the lower classes , especially males and females who . not coming under

      the description of aged or inlirm paupers , have no parochial relief . _Giiabitabl'j _Tni'srs Bim ,. —A meeting of gentlemen representing the civic companies was held on Saturday morning last , at the hall ofthe Worshipful Company of Merchant Tailors . It was we are informed , unanimously agreed most strenuously to persist in opposing this measure , to present petitions to parliament praying _thatithebill might not pass into a law , or that thc city companies might be _wxempted from its _operatiwi _, and that tliey might be permitted to appear by counsel at the bar ofthe House of Lords , to adduce their reasons for claiming such exemption . Sir Charles Wefcherall and other eminent counsel

      have been retained . A Sure CAPTunK . —We reommetitl the following plan to Louis-Philippe as an infallible one for t » kin « Abd-el-Kader . Let hi- * Maj .-sty get the Arab chiel to accept a bill— -the larger the sum the better ; and put it into the hands of Levy . If that illustrious sheriff ' s officer , does not capture Abd-el-Kader the very day it falls due . we will pay the amount and coste ourselves . —Punch . Romantic _Advestuub . —A few days ago the ship Young Enqlnnd arrived in the St . Katharine ' s Dock , from the Cape of Good Hope , under the command of Mr . Adams , who was wrecked a few rears a _^ o on thu coast of New Zealand , lie was made a prisoner hy the natives , who treated him with ! _- ; irbarous cruelty ,

      and wonld have put him to death but for thc intercession ofa daughter of one of the chiefs . He was tattooed all over , and compelled to adopt the pame mode of life as the natives , and accompany them in their fishing and huntimr expeditions . IJ is chiof food was fish and the wild nnima ' s he killed . He underwent a variety of adventures , a ud repeatedly _iattempted to make his escape , hut was so _closely watched by the natives that lie was _un-ible fo do so until he had been among them three years , when he succeeded in eluding their vigilance , ami made his escape in a canoe . After a g < wd deal of siifrcring he was picked np by a ship bound to the Cape , wherehe

      was appointed commander of the _Vo-im * England . His wife , who had Ion ? given him up for l »« t , am ! had worn widow ' s weeds , was quite overj" } cd on his beim ; restored to her , and the meeting , after so long an absence , was most _allrcting . Tiik Destitute asd _Uxkmiv . oved i . v Bradford . —About 300 families in this town are supplied with soup and bread from the Soup Kitchen . The committe have , in various parts » f the town and neighbourhood , about l , i ) 00 mon enpiored six _hoursa-day for which they are paid ls . __ We understand that onefourth of the funds subscribed is already expended , nnd it is _caluiilalcd the whole will be expended in seven weeks .

      _PuwisiiMKjfr of Death ix _A-ikriCa . —rour statesocieties ( with numerous . _iiixiliaries ) have been formed for the abolition of capital punismmont . These state societies are New York , Pennsylvania , Maryland , and Massac' u-etts . And there is one United States , or General , Convention for the same object , of which Mr . Pallas , tho Vice President of the United States , is president . Two newspapers are published expressly to further the cause—the Prisoners' Friend , at Bosf-n , and tho Spirit of the Age , in New York city . _Uks ' iiIcs these a great multitude of secular and _reli-fious papers have spoken in favour of the _measure . More than forty might be named in New York alone . Dkatj ! of _Ghxkral Siii _IIkjuit _Batj-t _, G . C . II . — This officer , Colonel of the Sth Foot ( the King ' s regiment ) , died on Monday morning at ten minutes befm - _c two o'clock , at hi- * residence in Dover-street , Piccadilly , altera long and r . evere illness .

      A Nkw Petition * . —A _meetins , ' was held on Saturday evening at the Lecture Room , Milton-street . Cripplegiitc , of tradesmen , operatives , and others of the city of London . They complained of suffering ninny privations from want of employment , and when employed , from inadequate remuneration . They set forth the advantages of coal for working : machinery , ami the inconvenience the people suffer from its enormous price in this and other neighbourhoods . They agreed to present a petition to parliament , of which the following is the prayer : — "Your petitioners therefore humbly pray that your honourable house will take this subject into consideration , nnd by legislative cnactine . it cause the expense ofthe transit or

      conveyance of cords to London and various other large towns in the kingdom to be paid out of the 2 ' _rcastmi ; or levy sucli au ' impost per ton on coals at the pit ' s mouth , or otherwise , as will defray tho cost of such transmission , so as to produce an equalisation of the cost of that article or commodity throughout the kingdom ; whicli your petitioners humbly submit is not requiring that your petitioners should have any exclusive advantage over any other portion of her Majesty ' s 9 _'vbji-ets , but that all parts of the kingdom may be put upon nn equality as regards the cost of coals , which I ' rom their great use in the manufactures of this country has , of late years , become of the greatest importance to all the working classes in the kingdom . "

      Inconsistencies ? . f Oun Own Times . —In England commerce and riches gallop , and social legislation crawls ; consequently we have thirteen millions of . _- pecie stowed away in the cellars of tlie bank , and hundreds of human beings dying of starvation in the cellars of St . Giles ' s . Amiable benevolence contributes millions to comfort and convert heathens in fur-oft' clinics , whilst neighbours are perishing for food and instruction at out own doors . Mistaken lenity strides along too quickly , whilst law stands upon precedent , and won't budge faster than it is driven ; by reason of which wc see monsters of crime let oft on the ground of insanity one day , and

      rcclaimable sinners hanged on gibbets the next . In like manner , while wc are preaching peace at homo . —trying to get thc trade of cutting throats into disrepute ! _siceting the fierce threats i . f Amevicawith mild expostulations , and pooh-poohing Young France when _hi-c , puts herself into a _Iwiitin-. ' attitude—mc arc afar off in the Punjaub , compelled to make the live rivers _disclmrsic blond -t every mouth , nnd to strew its banks wilh dead warriors . —Our Own Times . Tin ; WKst . _r . YAN * _Confbubnck —Preparations aro being made for the reception of the ministers , nearly 500 In number , expected to attend the Wes ' eyan Conference , which will be held this year in Bristol . — Bristol Journal .

      Tub Ciioi . eiu . —This formidable di-ease is at present ravaging . _several provinces of Persia . It has been introilnceil into Khorasan by the caravans , and has ' _* pread south and west through the marshy countries of Mn . " scmllicnin . At Mcsched it has cut oil one-third of the imputation , _asd at Teher ., 11 aud Ispahan the inhabitants of entire quarters of these cities have pomhed . _I'ii _' o . _'iT i ) K l > i . oo » Houses . —We have fbrsoinoycars past been making almost monthly , and very often weeklv consignments of good and valuable horses to tho nations of the continent , both to improve- their stock nnd for immediate usefulness on thc road ami in the li . 'ld . At length , one of tho German States , that of _Mecklcnbuvgh , has been able to return the comnliment in kind , and last Friday accordingly we reeeived at Hull , per the Hamburg steam-ship , Caut . Ihov . n , an entire horse and two mares , _thorough bred , ty ciws with the stout breed of Clydesdale , Theii progeny is expected to become famous for working

      _purpiiscs . Cholera ix India . —The following melancholy account of the death of a oiiicer , his lady , ami _i-ju'ld , from cholera , has been published by tho Madras U . S . Gazette : — " It is with much pain we announce the decease , by cholera , nt Secimder . tbad , on the ISth instant , of ' Brevet Captain Thomas Osborne , uf the With N . I ., and his lady , both of whom fell victims m tli ' _a fatal epidemic on thc _^ imo day , having on the preceding one lost their infant clii'd . . Since the above was iu type the following _partim-iars haw reached us in 11 letter from _Seeundi-rabail : — ' Lieutenant Osborne , ofthe dOiIi N . I ., which ci . n- - .-s is now a stage or two distant from Soeunderabad , having

      lost one of his children by teething , ciune on to tincantonment with the corpse to liavclt buried , leaving his family in camp . No sooner had he nrrivcii a * Captain Harper ' s than he was _himscii ' attacked with the epidemic . This news having reached Mis . Osborne , she hastened to join her husband , when she was also seized by the same disease , which in u : th cases proved fatal on the same day . IV _haul e ** _- young couple were buried yesterday evening . The poor lady ' s ayah , I understand , has also fallen a victim to the pestilence this morning . Captain and Mrs . Harper have in _consequence removed from Iheii house to avoid its dreadful effects , '"

      Tiibsuvish Pitess-Gaxo.-'Lhe Daily Newsp...

      " To Fink Young Mkh . " —As it is the Abc ' hbishoF of CASTKimunv who draws up thanksgiving prayers lor the successful slaughter of the enemy , may we ink , is it the chaplains cf regiments who write the recruiting bills , scattered _throughout the country , to catch tbe eye of the " Pine Young Mm ? " One of these compositions , recently put forth at Gloucester , is now _buloi-e us . There is a truthfulness in the promises held out-and indeed a pieturcsquenoss of painting , that do the highest credit to thc morals of the author , whether the thing be written on a drumhead or a pulpit cushion . For instance , when the "Fine Young Men , "—like eels , bobbed for , —aro _ciuulit by the shilling , they are immediately " Taught the art of riding , driving , drawing , fencing , gunnery , and the mechnuica ; the making and use of gunpowder , _sUy-rot-liDts , and other mo-works . "

      The allusion to sky-rockets and other fire-works shows the hand of the master . The author subtly , knowingly touches on schoo ' boy _rec-lloctions—on the lifth ol" November days , when fire-works were precious to the juvenile . We subjoin a ' ew of the advantages offered to " the Gunners" ( fer so artillerymen are styled ) . I 'ere they are : — " They are lodged in the finest barracks in the world ! They have light work and good pay , the best beef that Kt'iit can afford , nnd a comfortable place in the barracks called the ' Canteen , ' _eot apart tor thom to set ; tlair _frionds in and take a cheerful glass : also a splendid library and reading-room , a park aud pleasure grounds , with a select numher of horses for tluir instruction and amusement . After their education is completer ) , they will have an opportunity afforded _ibi-m to travel to foreign countries , _whure thoy may drink their wine nt two-pence per bottle , by the new tariff ! "

      lhese , it must be owned , arc many agreeable advantages ; and yet , with a modesty peculiar to recruiting sergeants—he of the Upper George . Inn , Gloucester , has said _n-ithingof the box at the opera _, and the Mowbray Hounds , always at the service of the Gunners . But perhaps the sergeants did noti wish to tell the fine young men all that was in store for them . Only lot them enlist , nnd then no doubt he would surprise them . After—it is not said how _many—vears' _service , the recruits are promised that they shall " return to $ eo their friends "—( balls , bullets , and bavonets permit ; _, ting)—" with money , manners , and—experience !" The last advantage , no doubt , warranted . —Punch .

      _MuiiDEit asd _Attkmitkd _Swcidk . —A distressing case of murder and attempted suicide has occurred at _Aiidoversford , near Cheltenham . In consequence of ill treatment on thc part- of her husband , ( who sometimes beat her with a flail , ) and other relatives , a female , named _ Jane _A ' ewman , on Saturday , first drowned her infant daughter in a mill-pcnd , and then attempted to destroy herself in a similar manner . She was , however olxerved . taken out in a senseless state , and ha-- since partially recovered .

      _Ds ! . vrii rt _LiuiiTNixG . _—Ayimngninn _wn-t killed by lightning last week nt We . siii .-y , In . Suffolk . He , with six others , sought shelter from a storm under a hedge , a Hash of lightning knocked down several of th" youths , and the d _.-oeased died in a few minutes . _Kxi'M'sios of Powdkr Mu . i .. —A powder mill blew up at Walt 1 mm Abbey , 0 : 1 Sunday light , fortunately no person was on the premise * . * _'l he disaster was ) occasioned ly a ( iood , which set the mill sarnies'in such rapid motion that the powiLr which waa m : uer tiiem exploded .

      Dbatii bv rnmiiT . —Martha Ford , n girl nine vents of age , ( laughter ofa sawyer living at Wcdnesburv , was so frightened by hearing a noise heh ' nd Iter , iv * she was coming down stair * , and turniu" and sciin" _- a dog belonging to a neighbour , _« h .-. t she died the f _«! l » wisig day . _Extrxsivj * _Romiunr . —On Friday , between twelve and one o _' eh-ck , Mrs . _Viesler , a widow bnlv , reM . lh : g ir- Oxford-terrace . Bayswater , went to this Hank of England , where she rccoiv _.-il .- £ 300 . ennsi _.-tina of two . £ 100 , and £ 50 , and six £ 5 Hank of England notes , with twenty sovereigns . The notes .-he carefully placed in her pocket-book , and the gold in a purse " , which she put in her pocket . On quitting the Bank , she , accompaniod by her daughter , went on foot into

      King _William-streettomake some purchases , " when , to her astonishment and dismay , on putting her hand into her pocket , she found that the pocket-book and purse had been abstracted . _Lvgksuitv of a-Delhi _Tntzr . —At the time when the dexterity ofthe thieve- at Delhi was proverbial , it happened one day that a Nuwaub had alighted at ono of the shops in that city , and was bargaining with the shopkeeper for some article he wanted to purchase . In order to be more at his case , the Nuwaub had slipped liis right loot from its shoe , and had placed the said foot on the chubootm , or raised floor , of the shop , while his left foot remained in its shoe on the ground . A thief slyly a bs traded tho em pty shoe and made off undetected . The Nuwaubwhen

      , ho had completed his purchase , put down his righfc foot , and then discovered that the shoe had disappeared . A search was made , uselessly of course , for the lost shoe , when the Nuwaub sent one of his attendants to a shoemaker with thc remaining shoe , with an order for another to be prepared immediately to match it . He then got into his palanquin shoeless and went his wivy . The thief , watching his opportunity , went straight to the shoemaker , and assuming a touc of authority , told him that " his master the Nuwaub , having found the missing shoe , had sent him to countermand the order he had given —mid would therefore tlmnk him to roturn the shoe

      leftnt ins shop . " The unsuspecting shoemaker , taking the thief for one of the attendants of the greatman , quietly gave him up the shoe , and thus the thief possessed himself of the pair , with which he safely decamped , and was never more heard of . A Gross _OvinAGB . —On the afternoon of the _Ctlt iast ., a gross outrage and attempt at violation was made upon the person ofa respectable married female , named White , residing in a cottage upon the estate of Colonel Keppel , at Ashley , Milton , Warwickshire , by a respectable-looking man , who alighted from a chaise under the pretence of sheltering from the rain .

      A Post-office Mistake . —Our town was in a state of great excitement during the whole of Thursdaylast , owing to the non-arrival of the London mail . It appears that by some mistake the mail-bag was sent to Rochester instead of Dorchester , so that we did not receive the mail till the arrival of the Emerald _. _^ Southampton coach , about six o clock in the evening . —Sherloume Journal . _Skiiious Accident at Blackburn . —On Monday afternoon about six o ' clock , an appalling accident occurred on the Blackburn and Preston Railway . An engine drawing a loaded truck w , is proceeding along the line in the immediate neighbourhood ofthe

      Blackburn station , when a drunken follow approached it at the imminent risk of his life , as was imagined hy those who saw him . A labourer named John M ' Nelly . belonging to Blackburn , ran forward to snatch this person from the fate which appeared fc > impend over him ; poor M'Nelly fell a victim _loh . ' s own good intention ; losing his footing , his legs wiri thrown across the rails , and both of them torn oft " below the knee by the wheels of the locomotive passing over them . He was immediately conveyed to ; h house in Penny-street , Blackburn . The un forti n iter sufferer is married , and has six children alive : but slight hopes are entertained of his recover-. - .

      _ExTiuonmsAUY Suicide by a Boy . —On "Monday Mr . Baker held an inquest at the Lord Nelson , Nicois- . row , Church-street , Shorediteh , on the kdy of Wil- . liam Thomas Figess , aged nine years , who destroyed 1 himself under tlie following circumstances . The de- ¦ ceased resided with his mother at No . 16 , Vincent * street , in that neiglibniirlio ... d _, his father having ; absconded from his home abmit four years _sirce , and I no tidings of him had ever _hi-en ii >>< r ; ud . The ¦ de- - ceasul was always considered a vet- nr . Ui lempen d I child and never exhibited any _apia-iir . _-iiii-v .-i . _l ' _iiii-ii ' _.-il I

      aberration . On hi"t Sunday forenoon _m- n . krd his » mother for a _Imif-penny to put chase an _l'ld ' _amblier r ball ofone of his playmates ; he was re fust d , ami after r sitting awhile in a chair in a sullen nmunvr , he sud- Idcnly ro _.-o and left the room : in less than five inii u-1-tes afterwards a little boy found him hanging by a . a . rope , which wan passed around his neck ami fastened il lo tho banisters of the stair * leading from his is motlior _' s room , lie was cut down instantly , and id Mr . _Wooif , a surgeon , was called in , who tried every ry means for upwards of two h _^ urs to restore life , butut ineffectually . —Verdict , " Temporary Insanity . "

      IoxoitA . _vcK and CiiiJiK . —The calendar for the _pi-e--esent Salford Hundred sessions contains the names of of 47 persons charged with felony , of whom I !) oauaii . neither read nor write , 25 can read , or read nnilniL write imperfectly , one can read and write well , aiidiidl 0110 has received a superior education . There _aroires also 17 per .-onseiiar » oii with misdemeanour , of whomonn one can read and write well , eight can read , or reaiiadl and write imperfectly , and eight can ntiither read 11011101 : 1 write . An UxAxswi : n . \ _* m . K _Akgumi-st . — " Gentlemen ol oil the jury , " said a Western lawyer , " would you set _st aa _lat-trnp to rat eh a bear ? Would yon make fools o ! s o ! i ! yourselves by endeavouring to spear a buffalo with tth :: knitting needle ? Or would you attempt to cniptjpt '' out tiie Mississippi with a goiird ? No , gentlemen , n , ' . ' . _km-wyoii would not ; then how can you be guilt-yoyo . ) the absurdity of finding my client guilty of _mmnmn slaughter for taking the life ofa « _-o » _ioti ?

      _^ _. _' _E- 'HAX LMIUIUSTS TO THE U . _MTKD STATES . _—Tll-Tlll treriiwii _Emigrant Society has issued its report fo , fun 1 _S-I-5 . The number of oiiiigrants . irriviiur here lius _Iiua year from German States , ij reported at 30 , 012 . Th Tiiii year before ( ISii ) 17 , 70 ! . ) . Increa se in oneycarcaii 12 , 513 . Much good has been accomplished by th thli society , in directing , aiding and advising _cmij-rantanti ! Such was the influx of strangers last year , that hit tVV two or three months many able bodied _. _Geriniiiinaii eould not obtain work . We ' are pleased to sec tin- tin 1 this society _ur-cs its beneficiaries , with small moan : oaii : i : to seek a living in the quiet and happy business ess 11 agriculture , instead of encouraging the general pnl pro pensity fur the more precarious occupations of cif cim iife . —J \ V «> York Sun .

      Death ok Sin John * _Seuiuciit , _Baut . -Ihis vis to _ucmble baronet expired on thc 15 th instant , at ut ut advanced age of 70 . He was deputy , hen tenant f « it ff . ihc countv of Herts , which he represented from lbh lbfcl to li ? 34 . having previously sat for Bath , lira _cldecWw son and successor , Thomas Geo . Saunders _Scbngunglit was born in 1802 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 25, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_25041846/page/3/