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      August 25, 1849. The Northern Star. O — ...

      August 25 , 1849 . THE NORTHERN STAR . o — - - - _-..- ¦ - — - ¦ _^^ _^^ _" _™ _- ' _- ' _- ' - _^*^ - ' _^ " - - i- _~^^^~^^^~— " ' "' m _~ _~*^^^^^^^^^^^* m _^^^^^^~~*~~ _TlKmmMMT _^ _rn'MWWlBB _^^ ai _^^ _M-mmtMmwmwwammn _^ M _^ rwMnr-rwi mm _^ i

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      Watch The Clock! Bt The Lite J. Clakexce...

      WATCH THE CLOCK ! BT THE LITE J . _CLAKEXCE SUXCAS . Countrvmen and friends ! The dreary Xight Is disappearing , Andthe Eternal Morn is _rearing—A Morn -whose glory All glory under Heaven transcends ! The marvels told in fairy story , Tho wonders of your -nightly dreams , Will fade hefore the dazzling beams Of that Xew Dawning which descendcth . On our dark world , and never endeth 1

      Believe it , friends ' . —this _Morn draws nigh , Though sceptics mock ! Mark vou the Hour !—Direct vour eve To Time ' s great Clock 2 But , ere this glorious Morn can brighten , The moral H-raven must storm and Tighten I Thc curtain yet remains undrawn Before that dark hour next the dawn . There will hc woe—tliere will bc terror—There will he hate , and wrath , and wrong-There will he ignorance and error , And strife between the "Weak and Strong ! Prepare your souls for such an hour I It cometh on you without warning—And , woe to those Eternal Power Finds unprepared for that Great Morning *

      Even now , my friends , itloomeih near Stand fast against the shock : — Quail not , nor cower ! vicld not to Fear , But—Watch the Clock !

      Bsuietos

      _Bsuietos

      Reform The Safety-Valve Of Revolution. W...

      Reform the Safety-Valve of Revolution . With a Skeich of Continental Struggles for Nationality . By J . D . Durham . London : € r . Vickers , Holywell-street , Strand . A roETiCAL review of the present state of Europe , commencing with Great Britain and ending with Poland . The foUowing lines are a fair sample ofthe author ' s poetry : — Relentless _Nicholas ! the hour of wrath , The knell of thy destruction ringcth forth ; Hark how the voice of thy oppression cries , For long restricted vengeance to thc skies ! Lo ! in tlieir countless myriads they come , To hurl thee to irrevocable doom ; Thy thousand victims in the darksome mines , Where neither li g ht of day nor reason shines ;

      ShaU from their loathsome dungeons yet arise , To blast thee , tyrant , with their flashing eyes ; Even now the captives' fetters forth are cast The day of their deliverance dawneth fast 3 Arise ' . " Gallicia ! _Poscn ! ¦ Warsaw ! Come ! Strike fur your country ' s honour _; glory ; home 1 Behold the spectre of each ravished bride ! Torn from your arms aud for their lust supplied . Your Wee-ling children , famished , mangled , torn ; Tour cities , empty , desolate , forlorn . Rise in the majesty of _manhootVs might ! Armed in the sacred panoply of right ; Lead you the vanguard in this holy cause , Sacred io ri ght , reli g ion , and thc laws ! With aspirations to avenging Heaven : That justice to these martyrs shall be given '

      Tcs' Royal miscreant , traitor , murderer dire ! Sleeps iii their asJics , still the wonted five ; From whence shall rise resplendent o ' er her tomb , Hope ' s beacon star from the surrounding gloom ; There shall the sacred sacrificial fount , "With freedom ' s incense burning , npward mount ; Till from tlie concave heaven reflected burn , Its sweetest splendours o ' er her mournful urn ; Till flasliM from valleys' depth and mountain steep It rouse the nations from their death-like sleep ; To burst the chains of ignorance aside , Humbling the tyrant ' s power , the despot ' s pride , Asserting equal rights , and righteous laws f And virtue s merits in its just applause ; Till Xiberty , fair goddess , sliall unrobe , lier unveiled charms hefore the ransomed globe !

      Tlie Log Cabin. By Mits. Lee. London G. ...

      Tlie Log Cabin . By Mits . Lee . London G . Slater * , 252 , Strand . A ciuemix g story of the toils , troubles , and triumphs of a youthful American who , h y perseverance in industry and moral conduct , acquired domestic happiness and public influence . The Log Cabin is a book we would gladly see in tiie hands of the young of both sexes .

      Tail's Edinburgh Magazine. August. Ediu-...

      Tail ' s Edinburgh Magazine . August . _Ediu-Tiurgh : Sutherland and Knox . London Simpkiu and Marshall . " Befokm the Law " is the title of an admirable article devoted to an expose ofthe abominations of our judicial system . The article on •" The Hungarian "War" is defective , and rendered -worse b y the one-sided notes of the Editor . " There and Back ' Again " will be found p leasant _i _* eading . The author seems to he a great admirer of

      -RonssEA-q . Every man has his own peculiar motives for travel ling , and , therefore , of course , I had mine ; though you will probably become incredulous when I endeavour to explain what they were . It was not _t-i behold lakes , glaciers , and mountains whose heads touch heaven , tliat I had come into Switzerland ; it was not in search of poetical or other inspiration ; neither , being perfectly well , was it with any view of improving my health , or acquiring animal spirits , with which at tlie time , I was literally overflowing . I had come purely out of love for the memory of Jean Jacques Rousseau , aud that I might stroll about at mv ease over the scene of the Kouvelle Ileloise But

      why was the rcemo'y of Rousseau dear to me ? _Protably some one had breathed It into my ears before the dawn of mem-ry , and rendered it familiar to me in that period of life when to be familiar is always to he loved . The day on which I first became acquainted with his writings I r _* member most distinctly . It was in the midst of summer , when July had covered all the roads , and sprinkled all the bushes in their vicinity , with dust . A cousin , who lived some five or six miles off , had just writ'en to me , to say that he Lad got a copy of the " Confessions , " which , if 1 would fetch them , he would lend to me . I started early , with one of my sisters as a companion , all the way amusing myse-f with imagining what manner of things those "' Confessions" could be . We walked

      through shady lanes , over meadows strewed with wild flowers , crossing many a brook by the aid ofa plank or small rustic bridge , and at length reached the house in which the treasure lay . All else connected with this circumstance has faded from my memory but the _book and my sister , aud the way in which I read as we returned home . I sat on stiles , I reclined on green banks , beneath the chequered shade of oaks and elms ; I devoured the " Confessions . " The names of Geneva and Chamberi , and Madame da Warrens and Claude Anet became engraven ineffaceahly on my mind ; and with the whole , the dust , sunshine , green meadows , shady groves , sparkling streams , and melting heat of July , were inextricably associated . "A Shetland Lochinvar , " "A Tale ofthe Mexican Gulf , " "The Modern Vassal , " " Sketches from Hig hland Tradition , " & c , & c , make up the remainder of this -month ' s number .

      The ^Mirror Magazine. August. London: Ke...

      The _^ Mirror Magazine . August . London : Kent and Richards , -51 and 52 , Paternoster-row . Ax excellent article on "Education" is followed by " The Aristocrat , " an anecdote of the first French Revolution : " Biographical Sketches of the Kings of England , '' is the title of an article which throws much light on the state of England in the reign of Edward VI . From the " Adventures of a French [ Republican" we extract the following description «» f thebreaMngout ofthe insurrection on tiie occasion of

      THE _rKJEIUI . OF GENERAL _LiMAKQ-OE . The Tast procession , increasing every hour in numbers , advanced along the Boulevards . The pavement was taken up by another vast multitude -watching the procession go by . _ Police in uniform and in disguise were mingled with the crowd , and their manner plainly showed that they were ordered to provoke the people as much as possible ; but they paid no attention to their insolent manner , nor to' their remarks . * _ Windows , ba l conies , trees , roofs of houses , all were covered by a dense mass of people , too prudent to _so into the street , but too curious not to wish to lee what was happpening , and what was about

      The procession was advancing towards the Place de la Bastille . The procession was in such a state of excitem ent that the "Revolutionary leaders could _scarcely keep them _do-wn . " What are we going to do s asKea one . tt * j 0 fol , nd a Kepublic , " answered a conspirator . « V " Where ?" ' _HV _^ Ln Tn vhov-v Do notfear , you will know ¦ n _SH & _f dSs directly . Be ' ready to . do foul duty , _iSdffiffW yourself the bile by being * < S " said a student to Pierre _Goufran , who

      The ^Mirror Magazine. August. London: Ke...

      was then lecturing them , " I may perhaps be allowed to ask if my musket will be wanted ?" ¦ Permit me to observe , " responded Peter , " that we don ' t say musket . " "What then ?" " A five-foot clarionet is the word . " " Why so ?" " Because tbe mouchards may report a man to thc curienx for talking about his musket , but not for speaking of a five-foot clarionet . " " Good ! that ' s an idea . I thank you . " " Tiens ! I hoar a noise . What is the matter ? Are the police down on us already V * " It can ' t be , " said thc student . " I say , you are taller than I am , —look out !" " Vive la charte . ' ' ¦ cried the student , mechanically . "What is it then V " it ' s the Polytechnics . "

      " Bravo ! that ' s good . It warms . Just agoing to begin , ladies and gentlemen , -just agoing to begin ! walk in , walk in !" It was indeed the Polytechnic School . Though consigned to the house during the funeral , they had burst their bounds , and arrived bare-headed and with torn clothes to join the movement . Tremendous applause greeted the arrival , which was simultaneous with reaching the place . " The Marseillaise , ' * cried the crowd . " The Marseillaise . " repeated Tictor . The military band at the head of the column at once ( struck up tho splendid air of " Rouqct de l' Isle , " audau electric shock shook the whole line ofinarch . A scaffolding had been temporarily erected at the end ef the Place de la Bastille .

      General Lafayette , M . Mauguin , Generals Saldanhaand Sercognani _, and Marshal Clauzel , ascended the scaffold and made the usual speeches delivered on such occasions . . These speeches were solemn and grave , befitting a mere fuueral . But it was more than a funeral , it was the signal of a revolution . When tbe distinguished personages above mentioned had spoken , Victor Lefranc stepped forward . The dense crowd now pressed more closely and eagerly round the scaffold . Victor spoke in a loud , clear , and ringing voice , which was heard afar off on the boulevard . He spoke of Lamarque , his patriotism , his virtues , his military exploits , and then turned to the general policy of France . Mauguin , Lafayette , and the others looked uneasy . They were afraid they wore about to be compromised .

      Victor spoke ofthe Revolution of July , reminded those present that its combatants fought to tear up the treaties of 1815 , for human progress , for liberty , and not for a selfish , grasping , tyrannical , and egotistical king . Sever were Louis Philippe and his government more severely handled . The crowd howled with delight . Theodore and the sections scarcely could restrain their impatienco . They wanted to begin . They clutched daggers and pistols as if they feared to lose them . *" At last Victor Lefranc terminated his speech ; and then , closing his eyes , and holding aloft his arms , hc cried in a tremendous voice;—"Vive la EEruBLiqcE !" It was the signal . Ten thousand voice 3 answered from all sides of the place in one warm and tremendous cry .

      The people were delighted , students , workmen , National Guards , embraced each other with tears in their eves . Lafayette aud his friend , especially the warlike Mauguin , endeavoured to make their escape . Thc news spread like wildfire through the town that a cry of " Vive la Republique" had been uttered Everybody know that this was an insurrection . This is one of the best written of the monthly magazines . We are happy to add , that it breathes a spirit of fervent hostility to tyranny of every description .

      Sharpe N S London Magazine. London ; Hal...

      Sharpe _n s London Magazine . London ; Hall , "Virtue , aud Co ., Paternoster-row . The interesting articles in this number are too numerous to specify , but we must single out Mrs . Hoare ' s "Scenes fromthe life of Torqnato Tasso" as worthy of special commendation . On the other hand , we must censure the miserable article on Hungary from the pen of Miss Pardoe . We can assure that lady

      that the expression of her aristocratic , or snobocratic , strictures on the glorious Kossuth , will not add to her popularity amongst her own countrymen . As regards Hungary , the reader of this magazine will find some compensation for Miss Pardoe's trash in the admirabl y executed engraving of Buda . and Pesth , given with this number . The "Lake of Tiberias " is the subject of another beautiful engraving .

      The Some Circle , Part 1 . London : 60 _i , St . Martin _' s-lane , Charing-cross . The first Monthly Part of a new weekly publication , very cheap , and _neatl y got up . There are a host of contributors , foremost among whom is the accomplished and successful authoress Miss Agues Strickland . The most interesting feature of the Part before us is a history of Hungary from the earliest times , a chapter of which appeal's in each number .

      Suxshtne Ant) Shadow; A Tale Of The 2hxe...

      SUXSHTNE ANT ) SHADOW ; A TALE OF THE 2 HXETEENTH CENTURY .

      BY THOMAS _MABIIN WHEELED , Late Secretary to the _National Charter Association and National Land Company . Chapter XXI . Truth's something like champagne when brisk and bouncing , _Trone to explode , work mischief , and all that ; But still more like champagne when done with flouncing ; Because so monstrous few can bear it fiat ; It stoops at folly like a falcon pouncing , Therefore be cautious whom you fly it at :

      If dull , ' tis scorned—mark many a " holy thesis ; And if too brisk , it flies in people ' s faces . "Tis dreaded like a monster with a sting to Its tail , and voted on all hands an evil : Kings hate , and prelates fear it : women cling to Bland flattery instead—for it is so civil . Thus you'll discover , 'tis a dangerous thing to " Tell truth , " ( as Hotspur savs ) " and shame thc evil ; For like a thousand other things , the fact is , 'Tis more approved iu theory than in practice . W . Read .

      Beturn we to Walter 2 forth . Elate with the matrimonial alliance hc had achieved for his sister , and planning future schemes of aggrandisement , he scarcely thought of the treacheryby which Julia ' s marriage was effectcd , and no feeling of sorrow or remorse visited his conscience ; true he knew not of its fatal results , and if he had , he would have esteemed her death the consequence of aught save his own brutal conduct . Business was the absorbing passion of his mind , and all other feelings -merged Into the primary one of acquiring wealth , and through wealth , dignity and importance . Belonging to the new school of traders , who , emerging from the obscure but substantial manners of the pastno longer content themselves with wealth and

      , retirement , but look forward to political honours , and the exercise of influence in wielding the destinies ofthe world , he entered actively into the political agitations of which Yorkshire and Lancashire wore then becoming tho arena . Imprisonment and persecution had , for a time , silenced the most active spirits ia the Chartist movement ; their champions , O'Connor , O'Brien , M'Douall , Lovett , Vincent , and a host of others , were in Whig dungeons , paying the penalty for daring to be more honest , and more fer-seeing than the majority of their compeers , and the middle class—with that spirit of tact and treachery whieh has ever distinguished their struggles for power—took this opportunity of consolidating the newly-acquired power

      which the Reform _BillTiad thrown into then * grasp , and of dealing a death-blow to their old enemiesthe Landed aristocracy . To effect tliis object , they saw the necessity of obtaining the co-operation of the people . Experience had shown them that , by themselves , they were unequal to the task of grappling successfully with their time-honoured opponents , in those legislative strongholds in which custom and prejudice were linked with their adversaries . Their leaders were aware that they were essentially a stand-still body , a balancing power between the aristocracy and thc democracy , having no principle of motion in themselves , and that to overcome this vis inertia ; they needed the momentum of popular support . To bid for this was a necessary consequence , hut the price was a-matter

      of serious importance . The intelligent working men were conscious that the suffrage was the only measure worth their co-operatioa ; but this was a sacrifice too great for the factions of the middle class , but lately admitted within thc privileged pale . Already tasting its sweets they were anxious to monopolise them , and couldnot brook the idea of sharing these benefits with the mass . Impelled by self-interest to forego the universal , they sought refuge in the sectional ; they knew that poverty had rendered bread an Englishman ' s staple-food , * to cheapen bread was a fascinating object , one which would catch the unwary artisan , and enlist the symp athies of the well-meaning , but ill-informed of all classes . The object was chosen with their usual shrewdness—it insured the support of the sentimental theorist , the sanctified hypocrite- and the paid

      Suxshtne Ant) Shadow; A Tale Of The 2hxe...

      hireling , and threw upon its opponents the odium of being the supporters of an acknowledged and admitted-unjust monopoly . "With the ground thus advantageously chosen , the repeal of the Corn Laws was thc hattlc cry with which they rushed to the assault of the landlord forces , who , ill-marshalled , and destitute of any acknowledged leader , would speedily have succumbed to their opponents had not an unhoped-for assistance—on the part of the farseeing Chartists—delayed tlieir final overthrow , and imparted energy and excitement to the contest . In this campaign Walter North was an active partisan Destitute of thc abilities necessary for thc guidance of the combat , and hut half admitted to the confidence of its shrewd concoctors , his wealth , appearanceand apparent candour , nevertheless ,

      , rendered him a general favourite with the adherents of tliat measure , and gave his name a local celebrity which it otherwise would not have obtained ; this was the chief object Walter had in view in _joining this asritation , Ot the hidden motives and wily calculations of its manufacturing fabricators he knew nor cared naught ; ho was content to be a puppet of the party , to echo their statements , and uphold their principles , on condition that their interest secured him a seat in the legislative assembly . To forward this object he purchased an estate near an adjoining borough , made it the centre of his Free Trade exertions , and , assisted by the League influence , was eventually the successful competitor for its parliamentary representation . He had uow obtained one ofthe objects ofhis ambition , and trusted that the

      increased importance it gave him , and . the _cxtenAou of his circle of acquaintance would , combined with his really handsome person , effect his ultimate objectthat of securing a noble and wealthy bride , and ultimately a patent of nobility to himself . These were lofty views for the retired publican ' s son , but his life had hitherto been a complete glow of sunshine , misfortune had never thrown her dark shadow across his successful career , and he therefore pursued his schemes , not doubting ot their ultimate success . In the Ilouse of " Commons , Walter _North was not calculated to shine ; thc novelty of his election cs a representative of the Anti-Corn Law interest , had for a time kept his name before the public , hut he speedily sunk into the most obscure of all obscurities—a voiceless member ofthe British Senate . Without the

      eccentricities of a Sibthorp , the personal appearance of Muntz , or thc cough and stammer of a Howard , to relieve the tedium ofhis dullness , or point him out to public notice , his vote was aye ready to support the interest ofhis party , and the press was spared the trouble of reporting , and the public the waste of time in reading , nis wise sayings and doings . Of all legislative assemblies the British is the most dull , tame , and inanimate ; deprive it of the Ansteys , the Urquharts , and other longwinded pvosers , and it is a mass of unmitigated mediocrity , relieved only by tho brilliant coruscations of a Disraeli , the eloquent sophisms of a Macaulay , the glowing eloquence of a Sheil , the sarcasms of a Roebuck , and the sound reasoning of a Peel , and the minor abilities of some dozen members of

      various factions . For oratorical abilities it cannot for a moment vie with tho French Assembly—for logical reasoning , with the German Diet , or States-General—for animation , with thc Cortes of Spainor for despatch of business , with the American Congress—but in etiquette and precedence its claims are p aramount . Happy the day for Britain when its cold contracted views sliall expand with the infusion of new and vigorous blood ; when thc dullness of prerogative sliall vanish before the glow of universality , and the chill of etiquette and the dogmas of prudence give place to the claims of utilitjC and the doctrines of humanity Its atmosphere has become vitiated by stagnation ; the effervescence of popular representation would purify it ; its constitution has become torpid and emaciated by age and

      indulgence ; the breath of revolution would infuse into it the vigour of manhood , instead of diffusing the pestilence of corruption , and spreading the curse of despotism , from the world ' s centre to its extremest bounds , earning the heartfelt maledictions of the brave and free in every clime ; it would become a fount of liberty , from whence its pure streams would gradually diffuse themselves over tho wide world , cheering the drooping spirits , and invigorating the care-worn frames oftho sons of men . Never can we hope for this happy result until the claims of party are lost in those of justice and humanity ; until the Walter Norths of the Ilouse of Commons are superseded by the men of the people , and the righ s ofthe many triumph over the interests of the few : let us then all aid in achieving this desirable consummation . ( 2 b be continued . )

      Mn. Mason.—Mr. John Mason, Of Birmingham...

      Mn . Mason . —Mr . John Mason , of Birmingham , formerly of _Ncwcastte-upon-Tyne , being about to emigrate to America , a farewell tea party of his friends aud well-wishers took place on Wednesday , the loth inst ., at the Corn Exchange , Birmingham . Councillor Baldwin presided , and the assembly was addressed by Mr . Muntz , M . P . , * Mr . Scholefield , M . P . ; G . Dawson , Esq . ; R . K . Douglas , Esq . ; and several other speakers . . A testimonial , consisting of £ -10 , ( in cash ) was presented to Mr . Mason , with an intimation that efforts would be made to raise the sum to £ 50 . Mr . Mason in returning thanks said , that to leave one ' s native land was a matter of no small consideration to any man ; but to him , who had devoted fourteen years of the flower ofhis life to the service of the public , when he might have

      employed his abilities * for the promotion of his own personal welfare , it was a very serious matter , for he had devoted every penny he had to obtain works , in the study of which he sought the best means of removing those causes of wrong which existed in society , and promoting those elements of it which would lift up the masses without destroying the great social fabric . On a review ofhis life he could say that when lie "first entered on a public career , it was not from motives of ambition , or the mere desire to meddle in public affairs ; but having beheld his mother , brother , and himself passing through the ordeal of poverty , and finding himself able , at twenty years of ago , to give utterance to his sentiments " , lie felt it a blessing to relieve his heart by the denunciation of that oppression which he had shared ,

      and which thousands of his own order endured , After reviewing his career as a moral-force Chartist advocate , and dwelling upon thc errors of thc democratic party , such as might be expected , he referred to his services on hehalf of the working classes , observing that there was not one single case between masters and men , and between class and class , in which he had not succeeded in improving the tone of feeling between them , and in making the working man believe that it was his interest to secure that of his employer , and that it was equally the interest _, of the employer to promote that of his men , the results of which he had witnessed to this day . ( Cheers . ) His great object , during his residence in Birmingham , had been to reconcile the middle and _workini i classes , to do Ins utmost to produce such a

      combination of the two classes , that when they uttered the word " reform , " the aristocracy would be compelled to grant it . His object had also been to fill up the chasm between those who produced everything and those who produced nothing . But , eventually , he found that he could not thus devote himself to the public , without neglecting his family . If , in America , his circumstances should improve , his pen should be employed in g iving greater force to the principles he had enunciated in this country . Until the distribution of wealth and its laws were understood they would continue to have mountains of wealth on one side , and depths of poverty on the other . They could not alter thc value of money without affecting the price of wages . There were works which ho had projected , which , however , he

      could not produce while he remained in this country , and if his fortunes were prosperous , his heart would , as ever , be devoted to the interests of mankind ; sympathising in their wrongs , and endeavour ing to fit them for that redemption for which all true patriots laboured . ( Cheers . ) With proper laws , England might make millions rich , spread wealth and blessings on the homes of the poor and the lowest classes of society , without deducting from the comforts and luxuries of others . He felt highly gratified by this mark of respect ; while he lived he should call to mind , that though hc had suffered persecution for his opinions , yet he had received tokens of respect from the hig hest to the lowest in the town of Birmingham . A Frenchman ox our Life _Guauos . —M . Eugene

      Guinot has made a recent cheap trip to London the subject of a feuilleton in the Siecle . Portions of it are translated in the Literary Gazette , from which we take an extract : — " In going to Westminster , the curious stop at the Horse Guard barracks , situated at Whitehall , at the entrance to St . James s park . _. The soldiers of this corps d ' elite are of an elegance which is seen nowhere else than _Jn tne Euglish army and at the Opera Comique . There is nothing martial in their uniform , but it is so elegant and coquettish as to produce the best effect . Every one of these soldiers has tho air of a walking gentleman on the stage rather than of a real dragoon really mountingguard . Our readers cannot p icture dressed

      to themselves simple soldiers so well , combed , brushed , oiled , pomatumed , blackinged , and varnished their hands and nails are attended to as carefully as those ofthe most perfect gentleman ; their hair is curled with art , and any trooper whose hair is not properly arranged , or nicely parted , is sent to the blackhole . On that point discipline is inexorable . These soldier dandies receive pay proportioned to their elegance . Means are afforded them of passing a comfortable " existence . They are copiously fed , and take tea three times a day . _nonuniform is ! splendid ; the lowest grade serves asa pretext for ornaments ; corporals arc covered with embroidery , and lieutenants wear two large epaulettes . "

      A drunken Man , named Cain , being taken hefore an American magistrate the other day , was wittily asked whether he was the man who slew his brother ? "So , your honour , " ( hiccupped the sinner ) , "II am the chap that got slewed , "

      Death Of Mehemet All.A 1e *** Dri *V Aug...

      DEATH OF MEHEMET ALL . A _*** _* V August ~ 9 . ~ Mehemct AU Pasha died at Alexandria on the 2 nd inst ., and on the following day his body was taken up to Cairo , where he was buried on the 4 th , in . the new alabaster mosque bui b y himself in the citadel . Ihe procession from the palace at Ras-el-te ' en to tlie canal was attended by a great concourse of people , the European consuls in uniform , wilh many ot the European residents , and a great number ot troops with arms reversed . On emerging from lhe palace the coffin was laid at the foot of the grand marble staircasethe attendants gathered

      , round , and the chief mufti , a venerable old man , advanced , raised his hands , and amidst profound silence , repeated three times , withapmsc tor mental reflection between each , " Allah hoo akbar" ( God B roa 5 after whioh he twice repeated " Salam altyimm ( Peace be with you ); and then the _pro-« _mS arted i * tha pvinci P _- _** ffic * - » nd S randees ! _Sfin _^ n _--i _- _- \ fw the honour of carrying the _* _irZ \ _Z- S ] m ] _t ers - 0 " _Posing the harem , a H , _f hi . Ulld , ! _J , _* t 0 the north of the palace , _™« _J _«; ¦ and _'flotations of the women were Ta \ B _?? a Twen _ty-six buffaloes were kill-d and _Untr buted ainon c the linnr . with hventv-six

      _SmoF » ' bread * da _^> and a considerable sum or money . „ A' ? i ° _l _£ as no ceremony attending the _convejance of the Pasha ' s bod y from the Nile , to _~ f _irf _^ _^ - ™ a even Abbas _Pdsha _, the _mosque . y' J ° med _the funeral onl _* at the _i _* _' _* first severe illness occurred in v " ! _I ' u ' , wl i cn he Proceeded to Malta and Naples . _^ where : having rallied a little he returned to _iv- 'ypt in April , improved in bodily health , but with _nlvhJ n _nl iU _^ t _? r ? . 1 and W » mental faculties totally prostrated . His _anuearance had _nnderm _™ „

      complete change ; his eyes had lost that searching and intelligent look for which his Highness was so remarkable ; bis cheeks were shrunk _. _' and his voice was quite feeb e . His medical men having then declared his total unfitness to attend to the affairs of the country , the late Ibrahim Pasha assumed the reins of government , and at his death was succeeded by Abbas Pasha . From that time until within a few weeks of his death Mebemet Ali took his daily drive in his carriage , and lived in his palace in the same style he was wont to do , but none but his immediate attendants were permitted to approach him . Meheniet Ali was bom in the town of Cavalla in Rr . umclia , the ancient city of Macedonia . In Mohammedan countries their natives keep no reckoning of their age , and the Pasha could not tell precisely what his own was , but he was supposed to be about eighty years of age .

      Mehemct Ali first commenced life as a tobacconist in his native town , but he afterwards volunteered into the army , to which his taste was more congenial . In his new career he soon obtained hij _* h favour with the Governor of Caval _' a by h s efficient assistance in quelling a rebellion and dispersing a band of pirates , and on the death of his commanding officer he was appointed to succeed him , and married his widow . In 1799 , the town of Cavalla having heen called upon by the Sultan to provide its contingent of 300 men for the expulsion ofthe French from Egypt , the Governor sent the required number , headed hy his son , with Mehemet Ali Under liis orders ; but shortly after landing at Aboukii * tho son returned t » Roumelia and left Mehemet Ali iu command . In all the engagements with the French Mehemet Ali distinguished himself by his conduct and valour . He rapidly rose in rank , and his lofty spirit gainc i him a strong ascendancy over the minds of his

      soldiers-After thc evacuation of Egypt by the French , in September . 1801 , the Sultan appointed Mohammed Khosrew Viceroy of Egypt , who has since boen several times Prime Minister at Constantinople , and between whom and Mehemet Ali there always existed an inveterate hatred . The Mamelukes were at that time actively , engaged in endeavouring to recover their ascendancy , whicli had been overthrown by the French , and th' - two principal Mameluke Beys , Osmun Bardissy and Mohammed Elfy , came to an engagement with the Turkish army and defeated i _<* . Mehemet Ali , with his troop of Albanians , was under the

      orders of Khoorshid Pasha , but , for some reason or other , took no part in the battle . The Turkish General , irritated at hU defeat , complained of Mehemet-Ali to Khoshrew , who summoned him to his presence ; he refused to attend , and took _advantage of an _insurrection whicli then occurred among the Albanian troops to join the _M-imelukes under Osman Bardissy . In 1803 he attacked Khoshrew at Daraietf . a , and brought him prisoner to Cairo . The Porte then sent to All Geza ' i ' rli Pasha to replace Khoshrew Pasha , but he was still less fortunate than his predecessor , for he was put to death by the Mamelukes soon after his arrival .

      * In 190-1 , the army under the Mameluke Bardissy , became clamorous for its arrears of . pa v , an insur rection ensued , the Bey ' s house was _at'acked by the infuriated soldiers , and he had to make a hasty retreatfroni Cairo . Mehemet Ali , strengthened in the affections of the troops , had clandestinely fostered this insurrection , but . not thinking lm time yet come , he sent Khosrew , his prisoner , hack to _Constantinopl-, and judiciously appointed Khoorshid Pasha , then Governor of Alexandria . Viceroy of Egypt . The position of the new Viceroy was very embarrassing , as the Albanians and his own troo s still persisted in tlieir demands for pay , which it was entirely out of his power to satisfy . A new and formidable insurrection broke nut , and Khoorshid's soldiers put Cairo to the sack . The inhabitants ol the town were in the utmost alarm , they deposed

      Khoorshid Pasha , addressed themselves to Mehemet Ali for protection , and made him Viceroy . Mehemet All was installed in the P . ish . ilic of _Eaypt in 180 G , on condition that he should send to the Sultan 4 , 000 _p-irses , which _represented at that timo the sum of about £ 210 , 000 sterling . ThoPashalic of Egypt was then commonly called the Pashali _* - of Cairo , and it extended only to Middle Egypt and the Delta ; Upper Egypt being divided into several districts , administered by the Mameluke Beys , and Alexandria , with a part of the western province , by a Pasha independent of the Pasha of Cairo . A few months after the installation of Mehemet Ali in the Pashalic of Egypt the Porte consented to give him also the Pashalic of Alexandria as a reward fur the services he had rendered to the Ottoman Empire in 1807 , on the occasion of the evacuation of Lower Egypt and the city of Alexandria by the English .

      In 1808 , Mehemet Ali received orders from the Porte to attack and disperse the Wahabees , a fanatical sect of the Mohammedan religion , who had pillaged the holy cities of Mecca and Medina . Before engaging in this war , and draw ng his troops out of Egypt , the Viceroy determined upon putting a _fiii'tl end to the power of his old allies , the Mamelukes _, for , although the two chiefs were dead , tliere still remained a strong number who had it in their power to annoy him . Accordingly , on tho 1 st of March , 1811 , tha Mamelukes were invited in a bndy to the citadel at Cairo , to attend at the investiture of tlie

      Viceroy's son Toussoon . as chief of the expedition against the Wahabees . When the ceremony was over the Mamelukes mounted their horses , but on reaching the citadel gates they found them closed , and a sudden discharge of musketry from soldiers placed on the walls completely annihilated them . A great many Mamelukes v _\ ere put to'death at the same time in the provinces . It has been computed that 470 with their chief , Ibraham Bey , perished in the citadel ; and in the city and _throughout the country no less than 1 , 200 were killed . Thus ended the power of these formidable chiefs who had kept Egypt in a state of anarchy and warfare ever since the year

      1382 . After the destruction of the Mamelukes Mehemet Ali made himself master of Upper Egypt ; he _obtained from the Sublimo Porte the _-fovernment of that part ofthe country , and at the same time considerably increased the land tax aud the duties of Customs ou the internal trade , In the autumn of 1811 Mehemet Ali sent his army into Arabia against the Wahabees . This war lased six years , cost the Viceroy immense sums of m _* _-ney and a great number of men , and was finally brought to a close by Ibrahim Pasha . In 1813 Mehemet Ali himself _wc-nt to the Hedjaz (" or ; i time to hasten the result of the expedition . Dining his absence the Porte , jealous of his power , secretly appointed Latee ! Pasha Viceroy of Egypt , but Mohammed Bey , Mehemet All ' s Minister ot War , pretending to eiit' -r into the views of the Lateef Pasha , engaged him to declare himself publicly the Viceroy of Egypt , and then decapitated him .

      In 1815 Mehemet Ali , convinced of the great _advantages of discipline and inilitarv tactics in the art of warfare , resolved upon having ' "his army properly drilled , but his soldiers , were very averse to thi * measure and threatened an insurrection . Ho therefore sent his mutinous troop- into Ethiopia under his third son , Ismael Pasha , who , on that occasion , conquered the provinces of _Dongola , Berber , Shendy , Sennaar , and Cordofan , whilst he raised a new army , which was drilled by French and Italian officers . He then offered the Sultan to assist in quelling the Greek insurrection against the Porte , and on the 16 th of July , 1824 , Mehemet All ' s fleet , consisting ot 103 vessels , sailed for the Morea , under the command of Ibrahim Pasha , who for three years kept the country in subjection , but was obl ged to retire after the battle of Navarino on the 20 th of October , 1 .-27 . In 1830 the Porte conferred upon Mehemet Ali the administration of the island of Caudia .

      . - Mehemet Ali then turned his thoughts to obtaining possession of Syria . Accordingly , on the 2 d of November , 1831 / Mehemet Ali sent into Syria a powerful arniv , under the _comm-md ol his s' _» n Ibrahim Pasha ,. who in a few months reduced the whole country to submission . On this the Porte declared Mehemet Ali a rebel , and sent a strong army into Syria ; but Ibrahim Pasha ' s troops invariably overcame the Sultan's , and several important battles wcrefought , which insured to the Egyptians

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      the possession of . . the country . The European powers interfered , and , under their guarantee , peace _wasSlgnedoiltheUthof May , 1933 , Syria and the district ot Adana were ceded to Mehemet Ali , in conjunction with the Pashalic . of Egypt , on his acknow _l edging himself a vassal of the Sultan , and encaging to remit to the Porte the same tribute ss the former Pashas of Syria . According to this arrangement Mehemet Ali paid for _Eaypt 12 , 000 purses ; Syria and Adana , 18 , 000 pur- _* es ; and Candia 2 . 000 purses , milking together 32 , 000 purses , or £ 100 , 000 sterlin _*; per annum .

      Mehemet All continued in the quiet possession of Syria until 1 S 39 . but the Porte disliked very much the occupation of that country by the . Viceroy of _E-J-ypt , so that after organising an army aud a strom *; fleet hi tho beginning of 1839 , the Sultan Mahmoud sent his troops into Syria under the command of Ilafiz Pasha , to expel tho _Eayp'ians , bnt Ibrahim Pasha proved too powerful for him , and the Turkish army had to retreat . _England , Aus'ria . Russia , and _Prussia , _tli- * n , in conjunction with the Porte , signed a treaty on the loth of July , 1840 , and informed Mehemet Ali that he was no longer to remain in Syria , but the Viceroy , confiding in the promised assistance of the French , seemed determined to keep the country .

      England therefore sent a foniial demand to ( he Viceroy for the restitution of the Turkish fleet , which had been brought into the p _* _-rt of Alexandria bv the treachery of the Turkish Admiral , but his Highness gave evasive answers , and referred to the Sultan . In the meantime he strained his utmost powers to increase his army , and formed throughout Egypt the National Guard , in which all tho male inhabitants were made to serve . The allied Powers , finding that ths Viceroy would nnt evacuate Syria by fair means , determined upon driving him out by force . The fir . * t engagement took place on the 10 th of October , 1840 , near Beyrout _,, when the Egyptian avmy was complcteiy routed and the town taken . Caiffa and Snida were bombarded in the same month , Tripoli and _Tarsous

      soon followo ) , and on the 3 rd of November ofthe same year the bombardment and taking of Acre in thc short snace of four hours must have convinced Meheniet AU that any further resistance was useless . The town ot Alexandria was blockaded by an English squadron ; still Mehemet Ali was not inclined to submit , as he entertained hopes that France would come to his aid , but in the end he _f-mnd he could no longer temporise , and acceded ti the terms proposed , the hereditary Pashalic of Egypt in his own family being scoured to him . The withdrawal of the Egyptian troops from Syria commenced in December , 1840 , when 54 , 000 men and 0 , 000 women and ehildren took the road of the Desert to Suez ; but what with sickness ,

      desertion , privation , and the opposition they encountered on their march , not 25 , 000 reached Egypt . Ibrahim Pasha proceeded by sea from Gaza with the sick a-id wounded , and landed at Damiettaon the 21 st of February , 1811 . whilst the remainder of the troops marched by El Arish . .. Before the evacnatr-n cf Syria , the Egyptian army consisted of 85 , 000 men ; of these only 33 , 000 returned to their country . Admiral Walker , _belonging-to the Turkish navy , in lliti name of the Sultan took command of the Turkish fleet in the port of Alexandria , and sailed for _Co-i--tantinople on thelltb of January , 1841 . At tin same time the _Egyptian troops were withdrawn from the island of Candia , the Hedjaz , and the two holy cities , and these countries were restored to tlu-.

      aut oritv of the Sub'ime _Pm-te . Until last year Mehemet Ali enjoyed a very strong constitution ; his stature was short , and his features formed au agreeable and _anima'ed physiognomy , with a searching look , expressive of cunning , nobleness , and amiability . He always stood very upright , a- d it was remarkable , from its bciivz unusual amou * _- Turks , that he was in the habit uf walking up and down in his apartments . He was most simple in his dress and cleanly in his person . He received stro- g impressions easily , was very frank and open , _r-nd could not easi _' y conceal his mind . He loved his children with great " tenderness , and lived in the interi'ir of his family with great'simplicity and freedom from , restraint , lie wai very fond of playing at

      billiard- * , ch <* ss _, _draughts , and cards . In his latter year * he became very merciful and humane , and generally forgave the greatest faults . Mehemet Ali cherished fame and thought a great deal not only of the opinions entertained of htm during his lifetime , but also of the reputation he would leave at his death . Thc European papers wore regularly translated to him , and he was _nffected by any attacks directed against him . His activity was very great . He slept little in the night and invariably rose b ? fore sunrise . He received daily the reports of his Ministers , dictated answers ; and frequently visited any improvements or changes going on in the public works . He learned to read only at th ** age of 45 . lie principally studied his * ory , and was particularly in _t erested with the lives of Napoleon and Alexander the Great .

      The only language he spoke was _Turki'li hc understood Arabic , but did not like to spenk it , The late Viceroy did not observe the tenets of the Mohammedan religion with any rigour , and never cured about fasting in the month of _Ram . izan . He showed the greatest _t-leration for all religions , and for this considering tho strong _. innate bigotry which prevails among Turks , he deserves the greatest praise . He wis the first Mohammedan ruler who granted real protection to Christians , raised them to the _highest ranks , and made some of them his most intimate friends . His freedom from superstition was as remarkable as . liis toleration in _religinn , and in

      _inaiiiinstances he shook oft ' the yoke of those absurd prejudices tn which all those of his faith humbly bow their heads . Mehemet Ali had by his . wives and concubines sixteen children , of these only five , three sons and two daughters are now living—viz : Said Pasha , Admiral of the _Esvptian fleet , born in 1818 ; Haleem Bey , born in 1823 , * Mebemet Ali Bey , born in 1833 : N . _izleh Hanum , born in 1797 , widow of the Deflerdar Mohammed Bey ; Zeinab Hanum , born in 1824 , and married in 1845 to Komil Pasha . Haleem Bey \ v _* is four years in Paris , where he received a libera ! education .

      Mehemct Ali _' s second son , after the late Ibrahim Pasha , was Toussoon Pasha , born at Cavalla , "ho left an only son , Abbas Pasha , born in 1 S 13 , at present Viceroy of Egypt . Toussoon Pasha died of thc plague at the camp of Damanhour in 181 C . Mehemet Ali had also at Cavalla , by the same wife , a third son , Ismael Pasha , who died in the war in _Se- _* naar . Another son of Mehemct Ali , Housseio Bey , born in 1825 , died in 1847 at Paris , where he had been sent for his education . Mehemet Ali had twelve brothers and two sisters , allofwhomaredead .

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      The Excavations at Mount-Sourel . —For several weeks past considerable interest has been excited in this town in consequence of an attempt which js making to explore certain supposed remains of the ancient and once formidable castle which stood on the rock overhanging the town ; and wo are sure that some account of the proceedings will bo interesting to our readers , whether antiquaries or not , especially when wc state that thc laborious task has been planned and carried on by a party of quarrymon . Thore has always existed in this place a tradition that a subterranean passage still remained , whicli had once led from the castle into the town , and frequent attempts have been made to discover it , but the extreme amount of time and labour requisite for such an undertaking have

      caused them to be successively abandoned . Afew enterprising young quarrymen ( eight in number ) having resolved upon another trial , commenced in earnest about a month since , and , having been kindly supplied by Sir . Statham , thc overlooker at the quarries , with the proper sinking tackle and tools , there is now some prospect of the question being settled as to the existence of this secret mode of _access to tho castlo . Tho mon work in the evenings after their day ' s task is over , and have been so zealous in thoir exertions as sometimes to keep on till eleven o'clock at night . The shaft , whieh is about twelve feet by eleven feet wide , has been lowered about fifty feet , ov between sixty ; md seventy feet below , tho surface of tho hill ; it has oeen cut out of tho solid granite , and it is supposed

      that nearly two hundred tons of materials have beon thrown out , including a quantity of timber and freestone . The timber is oak , and some of the beams are seventeen feet long , and perfectly sound ; the freestone is cut into various shapes , and has evidently formed parts of the old castle ; on one of tlio blocks are scul p tured two flowers . Bones of difierent animals , nails , bricks of the quarry-form , and other curiosities , have also been found and carefully preserved . The quarrymen have doubtless been partly induced to persevere in their laborious undertaking by the hope of eventually receiving some substantial reward for their exertions ; as yet , however , they have got nothing except occasional donations from their richer townsmen and the visitors who have been attracted to the spot ,

      and these have been sufficient to encourage them to continued perseverance . The opinion that this shaft was constructed as a means of secret communication is strengthened by the discovery of an opening in a back yard on the side of the street nearest to the hill , whicli has all the appearance of being of ancient construction , and has beon ascertained to run in the direction of thc shaft ; and it seems very probable that this opinion may prove correct . The shapes into which many ' of the blocks of stone thrown out of the shaft are cut lead also to the supposition that thoy may have formed part of a winding staircase , by means of wliich the ascent into the castle was made . Other secret passages are also traditionally believed to exist , but no vestiges of them have yet been discovered . —Leicester Mercum .

      Scotch Law op Entail!—The Duke of Richmond , availing himself of thc new act for the amendment of the law of entail , has applied for authority to disentail the whole estates of thc Marquisate of Ilu ntly—of the estates of Glenlivat and Kinrara _; and ofthe baronies of Strathnaven _, Kincardine , and others , in the counties of Aberdeen , Banft ) Moray , and Inverness .

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      _FartrHcjj . Pool * ron Powder . —The man of our _rc-sriment , who was taken prisoner yesterdav , was _brotiirht in this morning by four Sikhs , witli " 'Wi . _* _-i _% _-. s ' nvh _' B compliments . " lie is such a perfect fo .. ' that tliey could get nothing out of him . Xo _uuuv . _( _.-. _aii we . Though questioned by several of the staff . lie could give no information whatever . lie said that " the _murtlieriiig thieves had tied him to a lo « . ami put a guard over him ; " but " sorra a bit _di-l hy _« et to ate or drink , " and he was half famished . _!?<• is a perfect Yahoo—just caught from the wilds of L _* elaud , and can speak very little English . Ut * belongs to my company , to its credit ; bnins wi * only want hands , not heads , it ' s no matter . —J . _c-nw froni the Journal of a ¦ Subaltern .

      Tho Hon . Captain V . H . F . Berkeley _iw _.-i _-vi-itteii to the Bristol Times , to assure a writer in tiiat paper (• ' llaml . le JJound Berkeley Castle ") th ** : Lis ancestor , Thomas Lord Berkeley ¦ wa * not . _- ¦ murderer and a regicide . " As you , " says the _galbi'it scribe , "are the only , gentleman who has in-i-A * . _*>' . upon finding a regicide inthe family of wh ' t _.-i : I am an humble cadet , I think I havo a ri ght to call upon you to give me your authority , or at one '" : \ o allow that the horn of strong Berkeley beer , ot which you speak with so much gusto , had for the uiv . _** . _wb-fuscatcd vour intellects . "

      A Crup . 1 . _Commestarv . —On AVednesday a tradesman at Colchester closed his doors and ; _W ! _i- ; _r-il outside tho following notice : — " Gone to _M-i * . ; a Regatta—open again at seven o ' clock . " T ! : t ? hour having passed , and thc engagement to o _* _-v >* _ai seven having been broken , some cruel wag _appended .-to the above notice , in large character— " _i'ri _***!" _, and can ' t got homo . "—fysivich _Express . As _nictiKS and favour forsake a man , we discover liim to be a fool , but nobody could find it out iu his prosperity . A Bad Debt . —The following advertisement appears in all the Paris papers : — " A debt of I _t . OOOf ., owing bv tho Princess Lctitia _Buonap-iiU _* , io be sold . " Wiieuu the Oi . n Country is Going to . —During three months preceding the -ith instant , "i » ' _?* .- "• -t- _* fe emigrants arrived at New York from Europi . ' , being nearly 1 , 070 per diem average .

      A _Smpi-eky Subs en i be ii . —Tho New Jydaml TVas / ii _* »«;( o ) iia ) i says , and we believe it , { 'is ' much as wc believe any other . " American ' piper , " ) that a Massachusetts postmaster _appi-i _*< _- . s the proprietors that Mr . ' s paper " is iwi taken from the oflice , " and adds : — " Reason , tic k _\? run off with another man ' s wife , and I guo . < _-- in * won ' t want it any longer . " Our Yankee eoi ; tei . _* _i---- > rary charitably observes : — " The worst wish wo ' -Avefor the subscriber is , that the woman wlu . _i-: _ui away with him may stick to hiin through life . " B . _vniEit Precocious . —A schoolm-iRi _* . in the neig hbourhood asked his scholars " "W ho . _¦* : ¦; - the first Quaker ? " One urchin , without a * v . _---u ent ' s hesitation , answered , " Ualaam ' s _donkey—ih-j . _spirit * moved him , and he opened his mouth . " A _Fi-MAi . * : _ViiACTrriosER . —Thero is an ¦•!¦! ladv

      following tho vocation ofa midwife , Janet Unyd by name , living in n place called llhiw , in ihe parish of _Trau-sfytidd , who commenced her _iHidivifory in the year 1818 , at the ago of thirty-six , and up to June , 18-10 , received the enormous number ol' _* J , 0 S 0 children , which is above sixty-seven yearly unon an average . —Carnarvon Herald . "I _TiiixK , " said an old toper , commenting on tho habits of a young man , who was fast making a beast of himself - ' when a man reaches a _.. oriaip pint in drinkin _' , hc ort to stop . " "Well . I think , --laid old Beeswax , dryly , "hc ought to stop before he reaches a pint . " _

      A _ooob-iieakted Dutchman , who dwelt in Albany in the time of one of the early governors , am ! who professed to cu re all cases of hydrophobia , paid a visit to his excellency , and being treated to all the hospitalities of the house , was highly pleased with him ; and shipping the governor familiarly on the back , he exclaimed - . " Gofentor , you tsii a tarn clever fellow ; and I hopes you will po pit . mit a mad tog , ant I will cure you for otting !" A PiiE . vcu officer quarrelling with a _SwUs , reproached him with his country ' s vice for lighting on each sule for money , " while thc Frenchnien , " -. said he , "fig ht for honour . " "Yes , sir , " replied tho Swiss , " every ono fights for what he most « _anta . " " Mn . Showman , " said a greenhorn at the menagerie , " can the leopard change his spots V " Yes , sir , " replied the individual who stirs up the wild beasts ; " when he is tired of one spot ho can easily go to another . "

      _PEitsucuriox op the Jews . —In 1131 tlio Tows of London were fined two thousand poun d-- because some of their community h ad killed a sick person . Tho modo in whish thoy killed him is not .-tared by the record—ho may have diod under the hands ofa Jewish doctor as probably as by _violeneo : but , however that may havo been , the amount levied was enormous—being equal to moro than thirty thousand pounds sterling of the present day . Come at Last . —The New York Adverlistr _exclaims on tho 21 st of July , "that blessed rain , for which tho earth has panted , and thc trees have sighed , and man has prayed , has at length fallen upon us , and is still descending V A Happy Omen . —The hazel trees in the copses and hedges for miles around Kendal are laden with nuts , a sure prognostic , it is believed by the rural people , of tlio grain crops being correspondingly lienvv .

      A Yankee down east has invented a specific for the use of gold hunters , called the " Californian Gold Grease . " The operator is to grease himself well , lie down on the top of a hill , and then mil . to tho bottom . The gold and " nothing eHe" will stick to him . Price ninety-four dollars per box . " Do you believe in forerunners ? " asked a nervous old lady of Deacon J . " Yc . * _* , ma ' am , " replied tho deacon , "I've seen them I" ' " ' Bless me ! " exclaimed tho lady , " do tell ? " " Yes , " continued the deacon , throwing his eyes with a solemn stare on a dark corner of the room ; "I see o _.-i <; now !" "Mercy ! mercy on me ! " shrieked the lady ; " where 1 " " There ! there ! " pointing where his eyes wero directed . ¦¦ That cat , ma ' am , may bo called a forerunner , for she runs on all-fours !"

      At a _tai'ty in Modern Athens ono of th- - guests observed her sou Charles eating rather " moro voraciously than the laws of even northern etiquette allowed . She watched for an opportunity , and gave him one of those significant looks which only mothers and elder sisters can command ; but , instead of stopping , Charles said to his manmia , "Oh ! ye nce dna look and nod for me to stop . You ken this was washing day , and I got no dinner . " Rain the P , est Cleanser . —It is stated , from

      accurate calculations , that one half hour ' s heavy rain removes from the sowers of London more deposit and detritus than 100 , 000 men could remove , working for ten hours . Hook , and Crook . —Strongbow _, on entering Waterfowl harbour , observed a castlo on one shore and a church on the other ; inquiring what they were , he was told it was thc Castle of Hook and the Church of Crook . " Then , " said he , " w _« must , enter and take the town by Hook or by Crook . " Hence the proverb to this day .

      Love and Politics . —According to tho correspondent of the Daily News , the afiairs of the United States , in Chili , h ' . ive been somewhat complicated by a curious circumstance in the private history of Colonel Barton , the American minister to Chili . ; Id appears that gentleman fell in love with a lady who was a member of the Roman Catholic Church ; tho archbishop refused to sanction their marriage , because the minister would not renounce tho Protestant faith . The lady consented to be married by the American chaplain of the fl ig-ship . Tho

      archbishop immediately addressed Mrs . Barton a letter , charging her with " becoming tho concubine of a dissolute foreigner , threatening her _wifh the anathemas ofthe church , & e . Colonel llavton then appealed to thc minister of foreign afl ' ai' _-. s ' ibr the protection of government , but it was informed that it could not be granted , _because the archbishop was a member of the government , lie then immediately struck his flag , and has retired from the country , leaving the difficulty to be settled hereafter as it may . Thus wo see that still— " Love lines the court , the camp , the grove . "

      The Daily News asserts that of all the men brought * " into "public life , and kept in it , by the late Daniel O'Connell , Feargus O'Connor was the only one ever cashiered for having an op inion of his own ; the only one who has manifested ' energy sufficient to shape out a career for himself . "Cheap _Tmrs to Melrose , " says the Border Advertiser , " arc the order of the day . A Falkirk excursionist seems to have held Scott ' s dictum as to tho abbey . — "And home returning , soothly swear , Was never scene so sad and fair ; '' passing lightly , for he complained that they saw " naething but that abbaye , as they cae'd it . "

      _Editorship oi * Denominational _Pai'eks . —Tliere are no journals conducted in a more carping and ungenerous spirit that the organs of religious denominations . Atthe present moment , tlio ' J ' lritkh Banner , the . Patriot , and tho Wesleyan ' Times , are all dead set against the IFatc / nuan , whieh , in turn , appears to have afforded them ample provocation . The only _newspaper war now being carried on is by these evangelical journals . —Hull Advertiser . The Stature oi * Axgels . —Bishop Purcell _, of Cincinnati , has received the first ofa pair of

      kneelin _<*> _an- _'cls to ailovn his cathedral , sculptured * . inder the direction of Hiram Powers in Italy . Some one asked the bishop if this stature was not of uncommon size , it being the kneeling , figure of a person six fcet in height .. In answer , ho gave the history of his commission to Powers , lie had directed it to be made " of tbo natural size . " Powers , in reply , requested _something move definite , _alleging that * " hc had _nevel * seen an angel . " The bishop referred to ltevolation 9 xxi . 17 , for his measurements . This was conclusive , and was the gunge as to me and proportions of the objects sent . —Boston bnrow tope .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 25, 1849, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_25081849/page/3/