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      July 28, 1849. , _ , ' ¦ The Nor T Herts...

      July 28 , 1849 . _, __ , ' ¦ THE NOR T HERTS ST A Re - _AJk * - ' bm _joi . 1 _WH . I _<•— •— - '__ _W V' \ . Tin 1 1 ¦ • r _. _MH _^ _q _^ _-M _* , _^ .. _;^^^ ,.. „„ ,, t ftiM _ If' qr _.,. „„ - _, 3

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      Rome -Shall. Be Free ' ' %. Pow'r That C...

      ROME -SHALL . BE FREE ' ' Pow ' r that canst conquer wrong * : ; _LTpUft this suppliant throng , _Heart-bow'd to thee : Spe-id thou the oath we swear-Strong as an answer d prayer , By all that freemen dare , Rome shall be free ! By Brutus" constant zeal , _2 Jy thine own RafFaellc , Rome shall be free ! By all the glorious stir Since Rome's first heroes were , By our new Triumvir , Rome shall be free .

      ByCoelcs dauntless vrav , HyMutius Sca : voIa , Rome shall be free ! By Curtius' deed devout , By Brennus" baffled rout , Yet doth Camillas shout , Rome shall be free . By all our martyr line , By all their hopes divine , Rome shall be free I By young Ruffini _' s pain—The Bandiera twain ; They have not died in vain , Rome shall be free .

      By her eternal name , By Freedom ' s quenchless flame , Home shall be free I By thy Beloved , hy Him , "Who makes old glories dim—. Echo Mazziui ' s hymn—Rome shall be free . Spabtacus

      A "Voice Prom.Tiie Bastile. ""Yuth Care-...

      A "VOICE PROM . TIIE BASTILE . " _" _yuth care-worn heart and fieshless arms , And joints all racked with pains ; On pallet laid , while coarsest food _Nlv load of life sustains : Nix _thousrhts still cling to former years , _WhiclTfood and friendship gave ; Ere II ant had drove me here to die , And fill a Pauper ' s grave . What dreadful crime has sealed my doom , And steeped my soul in woe ? That makes me hear this worse than death .

      * ' I strive In vain to know . Tar better they , in battle ' s Tan , Who death and dangers brave , Than I who here must starve and die , To fill a Pauper ' s grave . ¦ Though feeble grown , and shrivelled am , I once could boast of health : Aly active toil has swelled the sum ' That marks my country's -wealth . ( "I ' ve heard tbe huns-rv cry for bread— ¦

      * ' My hand was stre / _tch'd to save ; Eut now , withal , J ' starvc and die , To SH a Pauper ' s grave . Throughout iny grated window small , I view thc city dome ;—Its towering pile that points the sky , Distinctly through the gloom . Its pillars proud my hands have hewn-Have dug them from the cave"But yet , alone , I starve and die , To fill a Pauper ' s grave .

      I ' ve tilled the ground , I ' vc sown the seed , I * Ye cut the harvest down ; But not a foot of barren soil Could ever call my own . To foster others' pomp and pride I made myself a slave : Oh , base reward I to starve and die , And fill a Pauper ' s grave I Alv wife and children—Where are they ? Go search some neighbouring cell : In dens apart each hugs a heart , "Where peace can never dwell . The thought distracts my burning brain , While tears my heart-strings lave , They , too , are doom'd to starve and die , And fill a Pauper ' s grave . Oh , treach ' rous guardians of the poor ; Oh , Justice J where art thou ? Oh . man ! whose gold my sweat produced , Uehold mc prostrate now ! Hut why repine ?—and what am I , That such a "boon should crave ? ' _lis Labour ' s lot to starve and die , And fill a _PavjKr ' s grave . _ili-iburgh . James _Haekxess

      Bsrashtce And Stiadow- A Tale Op Li The ...

      BsraSHTCE AND _STIADOW- A TALE OP li THE _XKETEEXTII CENTURY . Ill B _7 . THOMAS MARTI . * - * WHEELER , Sate Secretary to the _National Charter Association I and _National Land Company . _Cdju-ier XVII . Whai elegance and grandeur wide expand The prideof Turkey and of Persia land ' Soft quilts on quilts , on carpets carpets spread , And couches stretchM around in seemly band , Aiid endless pillows rise to prop the head . : ¦ * * * * Here languid beauty kept her pale-faced court . — Thomson

      I . ner cold nnmeaniDg eye , her faded cheek , llow is she chang'd from what she was of old ! Her pale p .-de lips whence sighs unconscious break , — Oh little these who every day heboid , Mark the sad change come ou , and make a wreck Of many a face that once so brightlj" told Each happy thought that o ' er the spirit played , _IpCasting a flitting light without a shade I—Bests . || | The mansion of Sir Jasper Baldwin was situate »» - — , _nhout twenty-four miles from the residence _jjgfMr . Elkinson ; itwas a large pile of buildings , lerected after the Eastern fashion , surrounded hy a _jifiacious _sarden , in -which -nourished every variety _g f-tropical flowers and plants , —here the glorious arose unfolded its paradise of leaves , contrasting ( _jMjauieously with the dark foliage ofthe ocynum ; " -there the brilliant tropical lily and the scarlet _Mossoni of the voluptuous bombox , intermingled Shea- iiowers with the sweets ofthe myrtle _andTthc a |§ -tree ; ihe _ianiannd and tbe date were seen side 3 _*^ . side with th e cocoa and the palm ; the mango ¦ " ¦ Hid the orange , intermingled their branches with r i & secf the pomegranate and the citron ; the sun _SSid the shade , the flowers and the foliage , and the jimgnt water glancing through the trees , all _comjliiiied to render it an anode for the hlcsscd . A ¦ 8 weller in our cold clime can scarce imagine the | « auties of a tropical garden , where taste and _gsialtii go hand in hand . Oh ! tbat man ' s evil

      pas" _jaons should mar the beauty of such fair scenes , " that the slime of the serpent should leave such "traces in the garden of Eden . A colonnade led from "fife garden to the rear of the mansion , and opened 5 S 3 a " spacious apartment , sixteen fcet square , the "Sides of which were covered with rich paper , representing the Loves of the Angels ; the floor was _^ _NHrereu with fine jnatting , which in ihe centre was Sferlaid with a magnificent Persian carpet ; a low goffcoir-. an of beautiful workmanship stood at each end _g _fthe room ; small hut elegant marble tables were -aattered about , on which were handsome vases "" filled with beauteous flowers ; the windows at each ¦ end of the room were surrounded by a balcony , jyhere the passion-flower climbed in fertile luxuifinoe , "whilst a jet of water cast a deli g htful coolpess on the air ; the sides of the apartment were _^ domed with splendid mirrors and costly pictures , - -and a few books were tastefully arranged on an

      __ hauy table at one end of the room ; _aniT upon thc --ottoman near tbis reclined in sleep the beauteous 2 onn of Lady Baldwin , attended by two slaves or Wt & ck servants , who , with fans iu their hands , awaited the period of their mistress awaking . Upon | _t £ e Persian carpet in the centre room sat , or rather p _^ p , two mulatto-females , strewing with careless Hands the petals ofthe orange flower , that its odours tht perfume the apartment . Pale and languid is form that reclines on the ottoman , the dark ~_ Jison covering of which contrasts strongly with sienaer

      _j-jgiB wane arms anu nanus _tnac emorace lis _pjken folds ; the climate hath not- yet had time to _Bogprivc lier ofthat purity of colour so essentially jllp'then * , hut its effects are already felt and shown _ggShe extreme languor which pervaded her frame ; | wt a malady more fatal is _preying on her heart . Iljpr six months has she inhabited tne prison-house IgiSir Jasper ' s mansion—sumptuously is she appaiiilled—slaves await her every nod—ber slightest _Iggsli is obeyed with mechanical precision—luxury _a £ d power surround her—yet her mind 13 chained , jjli | d the palace appears the prison . Sir Jasper ,

      oc-¦ eupied in business in the morning , and in sleep | jlring tbe heat of the day , usually rises with the zzsbg ofthe sea breeze , and when no other resource | nfesents itself passes the remaining hours of the day _gfliis wife ' s apartment . He is kind to her , kind as ife nature will allow him to he , —he interferes not §§| th her pursuits or amusements—he is content to Mthe possessor of the jewel , to show it occasionally _jfgehis -friends and dependents—he enshrines it in a WBtlv casket , aud surrounds it with gaudy

      trap-- _jpgs , "but he knows naught of its hidden virtues , — _j-tfris for its glitter , and not for its qualities , that he _"Steems it . And Julia lay asleep on the silken ottop _| n , —the passion flower shaded her lovely _browsrffie water ofthe -silver fountain fell -murmuring on [ lier listless ear—the perfume of the orange de-Gfighteth her not—the magnificence around ner is apheeded . "Her thoughts are far away , delightedly s _-imgerin *" - * in a small room in a dpll street in the city _^ London—her parents , her Wo _* _* _* hers , are gathered _Ifi-dmfd her—all is happy and serene—a youth enters

      Bsrashtce And Stiadow- A Tale Op Li The ...

      the apartment , ' tis hev playmate , tis Arthur , au is joy and sport ; the scene changes amid hurricane and storm—she is dragged from her home to a far off clime , and they tell her she is married—she screams aloud at the dismal recollection , the slaves stare aghast at each other and fan the heated brows of their mistress ; anon the scene changes , and she sits in fairy bowers , discoursing high and mighty _truths with a seraph from above , but a rumbling is heard , the earth shakes , the seraph spreads his azure wings , and she is plunged into the yawning gulf , —she avvakqs trembling with emotion , and is scarce conscious whether it is the apartment or her frame that trembles and vibrates like the chords of a tempest-riven _iEolian harp ; and the passion

      flower still shaded her lovely brows , and the water ofthe silver fountain fell softly on her awakened ear , and the perfume of the orange diffused its grateful odours around , but they awakened no pleasurable emotion in the languid frame of Lad y Julia , one dense cloud of mental haze enveloped her , and it was in dreams only that the faculties of her mind appeared to awaken from the torpidity of inaction . During the six months that Lady Baldwin had resided with Sir Jasper she had never seen Arthur Morton ; Mrs . Elkinson had been twice a visitor at the mansion , and from her Julia learnt of Arthur ' s welfare ; and to hear that he was in health , and enjoying happiness beneath her Mend ' s roof , was , indeed , a pleasure , but for her there was no

      corres-Eon ding enjoyment ; the active employments of manqod may do much to rob the bitterest grief of its sting , but Julia bad no such resource : t he heat of the climate , and her lowness of spirits , equally com bined to keep her from out-door exercise ; the garden was the limit of her world , and even its beauties could scarce raise a p leasurable emotion . When sorrow hath darkened the heart , and tne elasticity of youth is broken by the icy hand of apathy , nature in vain displays her charms—the sun loscsits brilliancy—the moon itssoft lustre—the stars do not smile from the heavens as they once did—the flow ofthe waters hath ceased its sweet music—the very flowers have lost their colours , and their sweets bring no incense to the heart—the deurthe

      towering forest trees are devoid of gran — ocean itself is robbed of its magnificence . To the young , the innocent , and the light-hearted , nature unrobes herself , and stands confest in all her loveliness ; but when despair hath brought on premature age , when crime hath scared the soul , wHcn apathy hath benumbed the faculties , our perception of its beauties is for ever fled ; we may , indeed , talk of them , but the feeling of bliss in their enjoyment is gone , no more to return ; and Julia , once so lighthearted , who looked on every flower as her friend , and every tree as a companion , experienced this deprivation of feeling . She had no pleasure in society ; to keep up an acquaintance with the few residents who had the entree of Sir Jasper ' s

      mansion , was irksome to her , she had no feeling or sentiment in common with them ;' and though she sedulously performed her duty as the -wife of the Governor , and saw that no rite of hospitality was violated , yet she shrunk with a feeling of morbid sensitiveness from any further intercourse with them than necessity demanded . Shut up in tbat splendid mansion with no companion but her own restless and dreamy thoughts , the society of Sir Jasper , which she at first loathed , b-came by degrees a relief to her , and his presence was no longer shunned . Strange and powerful is the effect of habit , blindly and imperceptibly do we yield to its influence , whether exercised for good or for evil . Prisoners who , when first introduced into their cells ,

      have shuddered even at thc thought of coming in contact with the vermin that infest them , have at length welcomed their society , and shed tears of real and bitter grief at death " or -other causes de . priving them of the solace of their company . So it is with man and his fellow men ; confine the two most bitter enemies in the same cell , prevent them from injuring each other in their first paroxysms of anger , and thc love of society implanted in the human breast , combined with the force of habit , will speedil y render them bosom friends ; and , indeed , itis impossible for two persons , though mutual hatred may burn within them at the outset of life , to live long together on the terms of intimacy of man and wife , without habit supplying the place of love , more especially if no prior attachment exist to weaken its effect . Something of this kind was

      gradually creeping over the mind of Lady Baldwin , and had long life been allotted to her , and death or absence deadened the effect of her feelings for Arthur , she might , in time , have become an affectionate wife to the man she once loathed and dreaded . The passions of the human heart — dark , violent , and overpowering as tbey sometimes manifest themselves— are composed of more ductile elements than the world generally imagines , and it is well for our peace that they are so . Months rolled on , the summer was gradually waving into autumn , and Lady Baldwin ' s cheek waxed still paler , and her form more delicate and shadowy ; in vain did the alarmed husband procure every medical aid that the island afforded ; naught did it avail , the disease was beyond the reach of medicines .

      " Xotthe sage ' s skill , nor the leech ' s art , Can hail ihe wounds of a broken heart . " The lethargy of her mind , wliich the voyage had dispelled , now returned with deadening influence , and her intellect was gradually yielding before it ; she would sit for hours in a state of almost torpidity , but a word , an accent , ov even a scent that reminded her of the past , would operate like a charm npon her , and for hours she would live with renewed life beneath its spell . A sea voyage , and her native air was recommended by the medical attendants as a last resource ; the idea of her return to England Sir Jasper would not listen to , but consented to her trying the effect of a few days ' sail , and a residence upon his estate at Mount Pinto ,

      healthfully situated in the highlands , about sixty miles inland . The voyage seemed to recall the drooping spirits of then patient ; and Sir Jasper , who , with the physician , accompanied her , until her arrival at Mount Pinto , buoyed himself up with the hopes of long retaining his ill-gotten , but muchprized treasure . Vain delusion , and speedily dispelled—it _wasjthe wizard power of memory that was tracing the faint bloom on his lady ' s cheek ; almost unconscious of her present situation , she was revelling in joy with the companion of her childhood . Agaihwere his lofty sentiments and pure aspirations ringing in her ears ; again was he recounting the perils ofhis shipwreck , and his adverse fortunes

      in his native laud ; and by a strange hallucination she mistook her husband for Arthur Morton , and during its influence he gleaned from her their illstarred affection , and the cause of Arthur ' s flight from England . Mad with jealousy and revenge , he harshly upbraided his poor victim , but she heeded it not—his furious tones were music , to her cars , and his violent upbraidings , the soft confessions of his love . Having seen his ill-fated lady safe to his country house , he re-embarked for his official residence , burning to revenge himself on his rival , by arresting him on a charge of * ' arson , " and sending him to England for trial . ( To le continued . )

      Destructive Fires. At Piaistow, Essex.—A...

      DESTRUCTIVE FIRES . At _Piaistow , Essex . —About five o ' clock on Sunday afternoon last a stack of hay , containing about twenty-six loads , was destroyed on the farm premises of Mr . Robert Freeman , cowkeepcr . Supposed cause , the overheating of the hay . Sot insured . Ix _SriTALviELns . —About half-past eleven o ' clock on Saturday last , at the foundry of Mr . Cash , _Henagc-strcct , two upper floors , used as pattern rooms , were burned out , the roof off , and a steam engine , ifcc , much damaged hy fire and water . Contents insured in the Licensed Victuallers' Office ; building in the County . Cause not known . Is C-i . _-eiikexw-eix . —At 8 , Coppice-row , about midnight , upon the premises of Mr . Bayley , chandler . The counter and part of the stock were destroyed . Sat insured .

      Ai the Red Lio . v , Ljxg _Enwinn-sinEET , Cm * . — About half-past two on Sunday morning , Bloomfield , 2 S 6 , ( City ) , observed thick smoke ascending from the cellar ofthe Red Lion-inn , known as the "Lincolnshire House , " kept by Mr . W . T . Tabernacle , late of the Surrey Coalhole . He immediately alarmed ihe inmates , and sprung his rattle for assistance . In a very short time afterwards , Mrs . Tabernacle and the servant made their appearance in their night dresses at the first-floor windows . In an instant the flames hurst through the windows below them , and it was feared , from the fury of the

      fire , that they would not he able to escape . The policeman besought them to jump out , which they did , falling into thc arms of the constable . The potman escaped in a similar manner . The landlord was at Gravesend at the time with his children . Several engines were promptly on the spot , but notwithstanding the exertions made the fire travelled from floor to floor with inconceivable rapidity , and eventually the roof fell in with a tremendous crash . The house is gutted , and the contents destroyed . How the fire ori g inated it is impossible to glean , _eve-rything being quite safe when the landlady retired to rest , about an hour and a half prior to the discovery of the outbreak .

      The Judgeship Vacant Bythe Death Of Mr. ...

      The Judgeship vacant bythe death of Mr . Justice Coltman has not heen offered to Sir Frederic Thesiger , but , it is said in political circles ,. -where the learned gentleman holds no unimportant position , that in the event of certain propositions made by Sir James Graham meeting with the concurrence even of a majority ofthe Cabinet , that Sir Frederic ' s promotion may be regarded as certain . — Weekly Chronicle . As _Expebitiox to California is "being organised in Bristol . Those who take part in it are to he something _hetTOcn merchants and _soldieiw , prepared to win gold arid wear itj as well by courage as by commerce .

      Patrick O-Doso-Shue , When One Man Becom...

      PATRICK _O-DOSO-SHUE , When one man becomes the chanjpiori of a community , when he suffers to ward 08 f _erseeu tion item , his _breviers , he leaves the community in his debt . No bond may be signed , no deed _prepared ; but , according to honour , the individual and' his brethren stand to each other in the relation of creditor and debtor . Ever wound he endured , every sorrow that crossed him , every pang he felt , must be placed f his account . The debt of the community is proportionate to the sacrifice oftho individual . The stale prisoners , who are gone from amongst U 3 , sacrificed everything to secure our happiness . Life and limb , family and home —they relinquished each and all to benefit our cause . They merged their own existence in that of the country , forgot self-interest to advance national interest , and accepted a

      lifetime of misery to plant one truth in this Irish soil . They have claims on our gratitude whicli cannot be denied . Some of them had worldly wealth , were " men of property . " and gratitude is all they seek . If we are _s-rateful for their love , and obey their teaching , we thereby cancel our debt to them . But others are differently circumstanced , become paupers when they become prisoners , lose all their property when they lose their liberty , and in their case some more substantial compensation than mere gratitude is required . Not for themselves do they claim the debt , for they are independent of Life and Fate ; but for those who suffered in iheir sufferings * for those who depended on them for support and protection : who lost the means of existence , when they lost their labour—for their families .

      Patrick O'Donoghue was one of those . His only property was the labour of hi * - bands . Once hU hands were chained he was without wealth or the means of obtaining it . Ue knew this when he climbed the hillside in the cause of Ireland-he faced death , and , sadder still , he felt that he left his family to face poverty — he understood his duty to those who were dependent on his" exertions , but he believed that his duty to the country was higherhis paramount duty ; and to perform that he sacrificed home and the hopes of life . He suffered for us . He became a slave—a chained and prison-bound slavethat we might be free . He boldly grappled with Fate when we shrank from the contest ,

      He is now sailing to a distant land—a brokenhearted convict—and the hopes of his family go with him . He was the ptop of their life ; now that it is removed , w _. hat is before them tut misery ? The strong hand is chained , where shall they seek for help ? The husband and father is hurried away , where shall _th-iy turn for protection ? Truly , the time has come to " balance accounts . " Now is the day when the sufferer must receive his reward , when the community may pay some portion of its debt . It has been a grievous defaulter in former cases—towards the family of John Mitchel for instance—it lies with itself to redeem its character .

      "When a Roman diedinhattle , he bequeathed his children to the state . It was a good custom , and must not die out . To erect a Pantheon is not so consolatory to the martyr as to support his family . If the community inherits his fame and _teaching , it should also be the inheritor of his responsibilities . We have had many pseudo-martyrs , few real ones . We have known enough who have traded on the sympathies of the people , few indeed who were disinterested in their philanthropy . On that account the true men deserve peculiar gratitude . For the reasons above stated we request the public to undertake the support of O'Donoghue ' _s family ,

      or , rather , we demand that support ; for it is not a favour , hut , as we have shown , a right . It is not the granting of a boon , it is the payment of a debt . It is no _frenerou _*) present , it is simply a quid pro quo . He suffered for us and he brought suffering on others : we must alleviate that as much as possible . We must prove that we appreciate his truth , and are grateful for his unselfish acts . We , too , must sink self , and follow the dictates of duty . We must learn from him to regard the existence of others before our own . If we do not so , we are dishonoured and false , and the " convict ' s" worst paug will be the thought that his sacrifice was offered for those who could not comprehend it .

      . Irishmen , this mnst not be . Let us prove that we deserved the confidence of our '' traitors . " Let the goodwork commence . We will aid ia the best way we can . — Dublin _L-ishman .

      The Poor-Law. The Following Letter Havin...

      THE POOR-LAW . The following letter having been refused insertion in the Preston Guardian , has been sent to us for publication * . —

      TO THE EDITOR OF THE _PKESTOX GUARDIAN . * Sir , —In your independent columns of last Saturday I find that my name has been brought before the public by the Poor-Law guardians of Preston . The article is headed , "An important applicant for relief . " I feel grateful for the necessary relief they have hitherto afforded me , but I cannot pass over their unthinking and unjust decision in my case without reply , and all I require is , a clear stage and fair play , which is the ri ght of all , rich or poor , in the public press . I shall first notice , that my application to the Poor-Law Board , after they bad refused me relief , is too much crippled for the public to judge . Why did they not give it at full length ? Secondly , my private letter to Mr . Thackery is more abridged ,

      wherein I gave a short detail , of the increasing destitution and overgrown distress of the starving hand-loom weavers . Why was not this given at full length , and not confined to the few scraps selected by them to screen their fancied wisdom in depriving the poor of their legal right ? However , I shall take them now on their own admission , and an open acknowledgement , set forth by them in my case , as stated by me . Tbey allow my daughter earns Ss . per week , and myself 2 s . 5 d ., which makes a sum of 10 s . od . per week ; then , sir , they deduct with me the weekly expenditure of rent , coals , candles , and soap , 4 s . 3 Jd ., thus leaving me the net income of Cs . lid . per week to feed and clothe five in familj—three adults and two helpless childrenand then decide , saying , that it was proper in them

      to stop my relief of 2 s . per week . Kow , sir , I do not dispute their transcendent merits as being qualified administrators of the Poor Law , but I must disavow and exclaim against their unconscientious decision in my case , because all men of Christian feelings will allow , that we should have at least three meals per day of coarse food , that is , twentyone meals per week each individual . Let them now calculate , and they will find that each person has not three farthings per meal to subsist on out of my scanty income ; and let any honest man put his hand to his * breast and ask himself , if he could endure such wastiug paugs of sheer hunger and not apply for relief , as the law directs , to preserve life and rescue him from a premature death . Had our guardians consulted God in their choice when

      deciding on my case they would not have stooped to listen to the false persuasions of Mr . Ward , their unfeeling inspector . So doubt he returned to them with some new fancied discoveries , to show them the success of bis late mission , which has left many with hungry bellies , and a general murmur over tbe whole town . In my letter to the Poor-Law Board I took the highest average of a power-loom weaver at Ss . per week , and not more than four or five factories in Preston will reach more than 7 s . per week average . My daughter was not able to manage two looms until this summer , being only a power-loom tenter thc rest of her time , and the half of that time totally idle . She had only ono week in her life Ss . Cd ., and that was the week that Mr . Ward was the roving inspector . Ho fastened on this week

      as a criterion In his private report to the guardians , but forgot to notice that she had only earned 3 s . Cd . during the three previous weeks , being on looms of sick persons occasionally—such has been Mr . Ward ' s juggling inspection . But power-loom weavers cannot eara more than wiU feed and clothe themselves , paying for lodging and washing , and giving them a sufficiency of food ; which they must have , or else they will leave their parents and go to strange lodgings , as' hundreds do—thc evil habit of too many ofthe factory hands . Our guardians lay too much stress on the scanty earnings of poor men s children springing up into maturity , because they do not know our creeping and sinking privations . I have said , that if I am refused relief I will and must petition the House of Commons and the House of Lords , and if I fail , I will then petition the Queen and Cabinet for a licence to beg , because the learned St . Augustine says—" That meat , drink ,

      and clothing are Christians ' , riches only , and with these they should be content " he also adds , " that all the superfluities ofthe rich are the property ofthe poor . " I credit his word , and will beg from others a share of that which belongs to myself . I am now nearly past labour , sinking under a heavy asthmatic complaint for the last two years ; my wife is ill also , because she has not a sufficiency of food or nourishment to support health or the cravings of nature . Hundreds ofthe poor ave dying by inches , though having relief , hut too scanty to preserve life , especially the "* band-loom weavers , who are destitute of all comforts , as food , clothing , and bedclothes . " Clung to the hob on Sabbath days , In nakedness and clogs , We envy much the brute that strays O ' er marshes , moors , and bogs . " Jon . v Le . vsom , Hand-loom weaver , 70 years of age . 10 , Paradise-street , Preston , July 2 , 1 S 19 .

      Statistics Op Snuff And Tobacco.—In The ...

      Statistics op Snuff and Tobacco . —In the year 184 S the quantity of snuff , tobacco , and cigars , entered for home _consumption-was twenty-seven million seven hundred and flfc-tl _^ _'ee thousand one hundred and thirty-four pounds ! ' . The duty received by Sir Charles Wood for the weed amounted to £ 4 , 3 <» , _*» i being about £ 100 , 000 more than he reaped froiinhe saine source in 1847 . Verily , ithc consumers of snuff and tobacco are among tho _Chan-^ t Alor of , the _Exchequer ' s best friends *

      The Nead- Of Rush The Mwhseher. , . . .....

      THE _nEAD- OF RUSH THE _MWHSEHER . _, . . .. _( _.- ;; ¦ ¦ , Br DR . ¦ ELLIOT 80 N , & I . D . ( From the Zoist for July , a Monthly Magazine published by Bailliere , Regent-street , ) _, ii

      -Tfj _? true nafcure- of Rush cannot be mistaken , It is 1 certain , that ho was , in every respect , an atrocious villain , and * -villain of extraordinary ' force of character . _ His- acts were such that his whole nature _isj-nveiled . _-: and , if the _developeiDtmt of his head _u-vr _"S _^ _d - _^ cording to Gall ' s principles with _rfi i I . 8 P Piology oftho brain must have tal en to the ground for Over . For' a cerebral physiologist may always- , without _fes _* assert positively « _J 5 _£ iSt ! n n oons * _ant , positive ,-exhibition ofa 1 * rt eu ] _iv r because constant strength * « f certain parts 01 tne _niindis-accosflpanied by _stronff developement of certain _paws of the brain , dm * co _^ _s- _^ uentl y ot tue skua ; just as he may ahvavs _fearlessly assert

      _„ _fswf !«; ° i ' ; r » _mwitai faculties from , negative exhibitions ofthe head , because deficient _dovliopc _m » nf _£ _> _rf . tom , _P-wto-tf the brain ,, and _cense-&««»&! _£ _i _^ _" _** ' accompanied bv deficient HZfv _i CMta _^ _*» W _*& cnltfe » . * although , _eon-Z _& _JlJ _^ i not _»**«* respecting ' mental _resneetn ;? ° i _? P ° 9 ltl ;' _/^ ibitions of the _hW , M mPnHl f . fp „ lfL _S from negative exhibitions- ef _hnnUft _, V es because the developement of ih » _KuX _rf _« _fv' ? m _- other ««»*« than !*»&»» the quality ofthe brain may not be healthv * and of _StSftS f tlQS m _- fty aviso from mere want of excitement or fro _** x disease . Therefore hefore that _hilheaVrntn V _** " 4 _SSiSSB that his head must have been verv la ™ . _** , „ „ ..,, „„< ,

      , live of nKSr * _% _**** " « _W _»** _£ _onnoKr _^ mlSfT _* 5 of * - » lovo ofthe opposite sex , and of food , enormousl y large : while those of self-esteem and tho love of notorfety , with the lower range of intellectual organs , mult W been large ; and , provided the bram were healthv , the organs of justice and caution , and the higher and intellectual organs , small Rush , though ho could talkgliblyandwas asharp , active man of business , showed no force or grasp of intellect . His defence was most loose and rambling ; he asked irrelevant questions ; sometimes ho aimed at what could be of no service to him , and sometimes disgusted every person by his stupid and glaring efforts to establish a falsehood . His

      force of character waa great ; but ifc was the force of all the lower feelings . Placed in certain hi gh situations , he might have become in the vulgar sense a great and renowned man—mi ght have destroyed nations most heroically , and , if cursed with arbitrary power , havo trodden upon the necks of millions of subjects . But the " want of high intelligence and of a high sense of justice and benevolence rendered his strength mere brutality . In accordance with his qualities , his head is verv large . But unfortunately tho head is large where it had better have been smaller ; and small where it had better have been large . The head strikes a person , even unacquainted with phrenology , as one of the most monstrous and _ift-sliaped ever beheld ;

      quiet as hideous as his character : ¦ and his face is in exact accordance ; his upper lip is frightful . The sides ofhis head andthe lower part of its back are enormous , and there lay the positive , the forcible part , ofhis character . -The organs of Alimentivcness , sexual impulse , the love of property ( Acquisitiveness , ) the disposition to violence ( Bcstructiveness , ) the disposition to contend ( Courage , _Combativcness , ) _cks-i ning ( _Secretiveness , ) are _EJionsious . The remarkable negative part of his character arose from the _smallis-ess of his organs of Justice and Caution . In the situation of these organs tbe bead grows narrow and slopes down in a most singular manner . Tho contrast with the other organs already mentioned strikes every eye . . The organs of Attachment , Love

      of Offspring , Love of Notoriety , and of Self-esteem , are large . Tho force of any of them would be very great when one or more of the six very large organs at the lower part of the sides and back of the head , — Destructivcness , Combativeness , Cunning , £ _•<* ., acted in concert with them ; but must have been overpowered when opposed by one or more of these . The same remark holds with respect to Benevolence , Veneration , and Firmness , which are not quite so large as the four former , but still are full . The organ of ideality is not at all deficient . The organ of Firmness or rather Perseverance , is not an overpowering organ in . him * but much that is called firmness is really either courage , or the strong action of some other organ : and his organs of perseverance were so supported by the immense power of the verv large orarans , that I see no reason to doubt

      from Rush's head that Gail is correct in what he advances upon this faculty and organ . The organs of Music , the Sense of Persons , Form , Language , and Locality , were large ! His speech in his defence for fourteen hours proved he had words enough at command , and ho was known to be very fond of music , and to play well upon the flute . The organ of Order was small . The upper row of intellectual organs were among the smallest of his head . His forehead at this part was narrow and did not advance . _Casu-_ ality was small . 11-7 * small , and Comparison was larger . So that the want of intellectual power exhibited in his defence is fully accounted for . Such a brain would never havo chosen intellectual pursuits , - but must always liave occupied itself in the gratification of the feelings wliich the brute department of animals possess , some one , and some another , in equal force with ourselves .

      And now let mo ask , why was such a monster , such a monstrous organisation made ? But why is the whole world a scene of suffering and wickedness ? Why are innocent babies totured with endless varieties of disease ? why arc they agonised with the natural process of obtaining their teeth ? Why do epidemic poisons devastate nations , the good and the bad equally ? Why do agonising and fatal hereditary diseases attack the virtuous ? Why do countless causes of misery assail the fust and tho unjust ? There is little happ iness whicli is not produced with the _unhappiness of others , tolling and anxious ; or which is not liable to be smashed unexpectedly . As to the m'serics occ asioned by ourselves , why arc we not so made as to wish ar . d __ be able to act better ? Why have we not more intelligent and more virtuous brains ? Why is mankind so organised and situated

      that ignorance , superstition , vice , and suffering , are the prevalent lot of humanity ? Whatever the external show of happiness , we may find sorrow actual or impending almost everywhere , if we go behind the scenes and learn tho particulars of every individual ; or , if not , we have only to wait and wc find it come . Not only while beholding the glitter and happy excitement of our parks and streets have wo merely to turn our heads and seethe famishing . and diseased beggar , or visit the hospitals or the dirty alleys and back streets and behold want and agonising and wasting disease : but , while we arc enjoying tho most glorious landscapes , the dwellings of the destitute and almost houseless are at hand , some victim of disease is never far off , and some suffering birds , fish , beast , or insects , in more or less abundance , are always discoverable .

      For the innocent brutes suffer too . Look at the miseries ofthe toiling horse—that docile and affectionate animal—cruelly forced to excessive labour for our advantage or perhaps taken into bloody battle to be wounded and painfully Jailed . Look at the miseries of the myriads of animals which are every m oment painfully put to death for our own ' nutriment . Truly , "the whole creation traraileth and groaneth . " The insensible department of _natarc is no less exposed to injury and destruction . Plants perish from over crowding , from lack of moisture and nourishment , and from the violence committed upon them by the animal department of nature , and by weather . The inanimate department ia equally injured ; mountains fall , countries arc swallowed up : streams obstructed ; shores worn away . In the vegetable and inanimate department there is no suffering , and all appears a

      magnificent circulation Of Changes ; but the sam e general , laws which disturb them reign throughout and disturb the sentient department of nature just as though this part were also insensible . Good comes out of evil every moment . But the question presents itself , Why the evil at all f And next comes thc greater question , Why is anything at all ? For what end this strange and suffering spectacle of nature ? The head of Rush is no greater mystery than the rest of sentient nature . To give ai shadow of a reason is impossible . The purpose of all this is past finding out . Wo must be content with beholding and submitting in silence , conscious of our own littleness and inability ; and not foolishly and presumptuously attempting an explanation . We must

      be satisfied that it could not be otherwise than it is , and this is my own sole consolation . But while we thus encourage a humble spirit , let us do all the good in our power . From Rush ' s head we must learn charity . Let every man remember that , if he had such a charge of cunning , acquisitiveness , & c , & c , as Rush was burthened with in the possession of such massive organs , and a corresponding deficient charge of higher feeling and intellectualpower , he would be a Rush . Let us detest such organisations as we detest the organisations called wolf , tiger , rattlesnake , scorpion , or vermin ; and let us defend ourselves and others from them by all means which are absolutely necessary and as little cruel as possible . But let us pity the individual , for he did not make himself—no , not a hair ofhis head .

      Mn.. Hunsos's Estates.—Tho Following Is ...

      Mn .. Hunsos ' s Estates . —Tho following is an auctioneering estimate of Mr . Hudson ' s estates now being , or about being , brought under the hammer : — Londsborough ( bought of the Duke of Devonshire ) , £ 470 , 000 ; Baldersby , £ 108 , 000 ; Octon Grange , £ 30 , 000 ; Newby Park , 22 , 000 ; Gibraltar House , at Albert Gate , £ 18 , 000 ; making a total amount invested iri lands and houses alone within a trifle of £ 700 , 000 . - . In Caston there are 123 temples dedicated to the three heathen deities , Taou , Buddh , and Ju-kea-sic , or Cofifucius—with 2 , 000 priests , 1 , 000 nuns , andan annual revenue e-sceeding £ . 108 , 090 ,

      Tue Chartist Seste8ce&—Bkglish Justice. ...

      TUE CHARTIST SESTE 8 CE _&—BKGLISH JUSTICE . ( From tho ¦ _gcB'le ' s AdvocSk and Mv South Wales mdieator , of 3 Ia * ch 17 th . ) ¦ The sentence of thc LAW has Seen passed Upon the Chartists and so-called _Cha-Mists who were tried at the Central Criminal Court , London . And I what a sentence f Some of these uirfbrtnuato men nave been sentenced to transportation for life , others to long periods of ifnprisonnient with heavy . lines and recognisances . . When & remember that : all-these men wore convicted upon the evidence of [ the-most notorious spies- ; and infamous informers ; miscreants , such as Powell , , of whoso character a _skctcii appeared m an artiric we copied from- the . Northern Star in _osr issue of the 3 rd instant ! , we

      , cannot twt exclaim * " and is _this- * E & glish justice !'"' _Bbubtlsss some ef these prisofiers ' had been _guslcyof liigh crimes _^ _-- _—doubthss- th * y had secretly plotted * the'overthrow 1 ofthe _cxistitigstate of thing-s in England _^ , _—doubtless-they had 1 conspired against * the government of Queen Victoria ,. oi _«* r 3 ther again * -itl the government of _thowiinscrupuiOuS' Whig lords * who now control , with their puny hands * ,, tbeattairs of the greatest nation of the- earth ; _butf they had been led into-these- plottings and conspiracies by men paid for thus- betraying them , by the- minions of these "Whig lords themselves , and witli ; money extorted from * the- over-drained pockets o * 8 ' t _* hc hardworking people of England . It appears-that it is by this system —a system of secret police , during the existence of which ho man can be safe—that the Russell administration intends

      to govern Great Britain-and Ireland . In the * latter uniortunate and do-wn-trodden country the system of espionage has been carried on to a most fearful extent . Villains of the deepest dye have been emp loyed to entrap men otherwise innocent . These fellows havo coaeoeied in their diabolical brains the most horrid conspi racies , they have then broached them amongst a knot of miserable , halffamished wretches , have induced them to give some sort of assent to their proposals , and then denounced them to the police ; whereupon thev have oeen taken into custody , committed for trial , and convicted upon the evidence of the hardened villains who have caused them to bo placed in the prisoner s dock . This is no new thing in Ireland ; mtact , Lnghsh rule in that countrv has moro or

      loss lor the last fifty years been supported by this systcm . Ifor , indeed , is it new in England , the Powells and Davises ofthe present day may be well ranked with the Olivers , the Edwardses , and thc Richmonds of a former period . But what are we to think of a government wliich requires such props to support it . Such a government must be " truly paternal . " It must challenge the love and admiration ofall who love under it . The fact is , that this system is nothing more nor less than an engine for the enslavement of the people , and by tending to debase their morals it opens a ready way for the aggrandisement of despotic lordlings . Can it be expected that under a systcm such as this there should be anything else but dissatisfaction and discontent ? Is it at all likely that the le of

      peop England or Ireland will settle down peacefully and quietly to pursue the ordinary avocations of life ? If they did they would be less than menthey would be unworthy of the ancestry from wbich they have sprung—they would not be deserving of the liberties of free men . 4 And yet in the midst of this mass of political and moral corruption , we are to be amused by being told ofthe "devoted loyalty" of Englishmen , of the " stability of English Institutions , " and of the superior blessings enjoyed by Englishmen over tho people of any other country . All this , however , is sheer humbug , got up to serve a purpose . The institutions of England are not stable—they are not fixed upon an immutable foundation—they are not established in justice ; and unless some mi ghty change is shortl y made in the policy of England ' s rulers , unless honesty is substituted for trickery ,

      trutu tor falsehood and deceit , and justice for judge made law , we may expect to sec one of the most terrible social convulsions that ever shook the throne or dynasty of any nation in the world , ancient or modern . It is absolutely impossible that the thing called government in England can go on muck longer as it is . With millions of her most industrious and intelligent artisans perishing for lack of food , with thousands of her hardy labourers prowling about the country like beasts of prey . With a debt which she can never by any possibility overcome ; with her destinies in the hands of an imbecile , truth hating , and dishonourable faction , it is impossible that England , struggle as sho may , can steer clear of that sea of trouble and calamity with which she is now surrounded , and into which she has bGen plunged by the ignorant and truckling statesmen who have undertaken to guide her helm .

      We should be sorry , indeed , to see the flames of civil discord raging throughout England ; we do not wish to see our fatherland torn and rent by contending factions opposed to each other in deadly array ; but dreadful as such a thing is to contemplate , we Avould rather thau see her degraded as she now is , see her in the throes of a new birth by wliich she shall bo delivered from thc power of harrowminded despots , whose only thought is for themselves ; whose only care is for place and pension , who wholly disregard the interests of the people , and who in their worship of Mammon , forget the God of Christianity . Men whose rule is based upon expediency , and who in their dealings with the people over w'hom they usurp , forget alike the dignity due to the state , thc honour due to their sovereign , and thc good old truths of revealed reli gion which no nation can neglect and escape scatheless .

      —~^J^- Fatal Affray Between The Military...

      _—~^ j _^ - FATAL AFFRAY BETWEEN THE MILITARY AND THE _CONVICTS AT BERMUDA . The Bermuda Herald , of Thursday , 5 th July , contains tho following account of a conflict attended with loss of life , between the military and the convicts on board the Med way convict ship : — "An inquest was hold on Tuesday last , on board the Medway convict shi _j ) , by Charles C . Keane , Esq ., coroner , on view of the bodies of Thomas Kerrigan and John Tobin _, who had been shot . Tho following is the substance of what was elicited before the jury : —The four or five hundred convicts on board the Medway were assembled that morning on thc spar deck ( the forward part of tho ship ) to witness tho punishment of one of their number , James Cronin , for mutinous conduct . The overseer , F . B . Black , Esq ., and his officers , with thc convict guards , fully armed , and their pistols being loaded

      with ball cartridge ( thc usual practice , we believe , ) were drawn up on the quarter-deck—they numbered twenty in all . Tho medical ofliccr was also present . The quarter-deck is divided from the spar deck by a railing about five feet high . Thc man to bo flogged had a brother on board the shi p , older than himself , who had permission from thc overseer to absent himself from witnessing the punishment ; but this kindly offer on the part of Mr . Black was refused , and he appeared with tho other prisoners . When the proper officers were in the act of securing the man to the gratings or ladder , his brother rushed forward , and leaping on the barrier and waving his hat , called to him by name . He ( the elder Crouin ) then addressed some words in Irish to tho convicts , which was answered by a wild cheer , and a rush oi some 250 to a barrier , upon which they clustered like bees , preparatory to a descent upon the quarter-deck . The men were desperately excited . Thc

      overseer waved his hand , and called to the mon to 'full back , ' which order was quite disregarded . Mr . Black , ( -Mainly perceiving what must bo the object of the prisoners , viz ., the rescue of Cronin _, and the probable butchery of . himself and his small party , ) gavo orders to the guards to 'fire , ' which waa immediately followed by a volley from the front rank . This did hot have any immediate effect , the desperate men entertaining the idea that only blank cartridges were fired . The rear rank ofthe guards , which had beeri kept in reserve , then moved to tlie front , and , under order- from Mr . Black , fired . Two of the mutinous convicts fell dead , and twelve were wounded . This instantly quelled the mutiny ; the men hurriedly retreating to hiding-places about the forward part ofthe ship . The punishment was then administered to the younger Cronin . After a lengthy investigation , the jury unanimously returned a verdict of ' Justifiable Homicide . ' One

      ofthe wounded men died on Tuesday afternoon . An inquest has been held on his body . The ringleader , Cronin , was wounded in two places . Two others are maimed for life , one having had his leg amputated at the knee , and the other having received a ball-in the spine . "

      Meetiko Op E.Iolisn And Imsii Representa...

      _Meetiko op E . _ioLisn and Imsii Representatives . —An influential meeting of the members of the House of Commons was hold on Saturday last , m one of the committee-rooms , for the purpose of making such arrangements as would ensure a cordial co-operation in Parliament between the members ofthe movement parties on both sides of the channel . The meeting was presided over by John Bri ght , Esq ., M . P ., and was attended b y a . large number of thc Irish representatives , and by many of the leading members of the progressive party in England . We understand that the meeting unanimously resolved upon a united course of action in the Ilouse , npon the three following questions : —

      the Irish Church question ; tho Franchise question in both kingdoms ; the Land question in Ireland . It was also understood between tho gentlemen who composed this important conference , that every exertion should bo made out of doors to secure for these fundamental questions the most active and extensive support . —Weekly Chronicle , A Hint to Girls . —There is sense in this remark in Miss Swisshelm ' s "Letters to Country Girls " ( Pittsburgh Visitor ) : — " It is _ar ' _g'Kod thing for you girls to learn toftoi interested in what yo _^ r fa thers and brothers think nnd talk about . One reason is , i _$ pleases thein ; another , it improves _yourselveSi " —Jerrold ' s _iff _^ s ,

      Vamtto*.

      Vamtto _* .

      ^¦ A -Rs!!"K T'9 J F, An 0f Enucatios.-I...

      _^¦ -rS !! _"K ' f _, 0 F _EnucATios .-It is stated from _nfcnSPS _^ . _- S that , tnc Emperor has just issued an _SnTe _,-ottfZ Hh qu t i a 3 _* ivi _"S ° ur reader * 1 ??? ho 1 ? Sv ti-lV _™" _^' _*? condition of education _siis HVL 5 l ° M { _*?™ of all the Russias . 111 s imperial Majesty—that great patron of Eng lish art , who build ' s up am _nffilwlumna an-fsutaldizcs our racing fie ' _lds-finds learning * 0 _crruimug Jus convenience in his own dominions . The education of his people is to be reduced to a small per _csntage-thc bread of knowled ge is to bear a more moderate proportion * to the sack of ignorance This significant decree _limids henceforth the number of _studeats- in * any of tho _Ifitwsian universities to

      three hundred - _* and as at present there is a great excess QvertMB _* raodesfcaUowa * ase _( theunivOTsity oi Moscow , for _instauce , having a'thousand students , ; and that of ® 5 _** put six hundred and fifty ) , no new Istndent is to bo * admitted into any of these _unfverisities until the-number there shall have fallen below '• _fclu-ce hundred , Tile-next generation is , therefore , 1 to- be dark in t & c nw _"*»; and afterwards _edufcatioi ** ' is- * to'be made—a : * - in- the memory of man it was con _> siilercd amongst ourselves such a luxury should—aa offdiv of class and _' _pi-ivi & g e . The vacancies when they-occur are to b _3-i _* _-eoi > t _* -- tcd first from-the noblesnext from those destined for the profession of medicine .. His impeii » l < majesty has fallen * back upon the wisdom of the " _flno-olii English gentleman " - — only he-has forgotten the new conditions ofthe world in _whioh . fchat extinct _speoies- lived . It is only in tha fossil state-that "the fineold English g entleman " could now bo kept abovc-tfi-e-und In Emrknd . No

      doubt his- imperial m ajesty dislikes the _fsuits of knowledge which hc has seem unnaturally forced in the sudden , glow of the- revolutionary spirit all arouud kim , and thinks that he can still sow tha earth with dragons' teeth , instead of such dangerous seed , at his- pleasure , to yield , him only armed men . We take upon ourselves the- office of Zadkiel ,. and prophesy—out of tho darkness which ho would create around him shall come- the monsters that shall devouuhim ; they whom-. he dooms to _be-tho lean kine in the matter of _instuuetion shall eat up his fat kine *; the irresistible power of knowledge which is abroad' shall crush those' who seek to crash ifc . There is nothing that wo _shauld welcome mora warmly , in the-interest of his subjects , than a few more ukases in the same spirit from his imperial Majesty the _Erajerorof All the _lttissias . —Athcnamm Memory . —A bundle of dried time , Castle in the Mr : —A structure which usually consoles the architect for a hovel en earth .

      Dark Ages . —A long night , with many thieves about and few policemen . Civilised D * - » Tac _* CTio . \ . —Every pound weight of cochineal contains 70 , 000 insects boiled to death ; 80 that the annual sacrifice of inscctuui life , to pi'OCUro our scarlet and crimson dyes , amounts to about 49 , 000 , 000 of these small members ofthe creation . A Classic Al-ctioseer . —An auctioneer , putting up an antique _llomsui helmet for sale- , told the company he was informed that it had belonged to llomulus , the founder of Home but whether hewas an iron or brass-founder lie could not toll .

      What Next ?—The American papers state that a machine has been invented for making gaiters , halfboots , shoes without seams , producing any size required , and fitting thc foot with great exactness . A Rustic beino joined in thc bands of wedlock , was asked by one ofthe guests , a friend , if hc had paid the parson , to which he replied— " Oh , no , he ' s owing father for a peck of beans , and we'll make a turn . " Eke _io . \ o ( says the Times ) _Geoi'iro Hudson will have ceased to be as one of the notabilities of _English society , and will relapse into an obscurity from which ifc would have been well for him had ho never risen . An * Editor of thc Empire State , of New York , prettily observes : — " Woman ' s empire state is matrimony ; here she is always in the majorityalways reigns , and ( as scurrilous bachelors say ) sometimes storms . "

      Giufiiical a . vd Poetical , though UscoJironTAnLE . —A correspondent oftho Elizabethtown ( Kentucky ) Register gives a description of a late storm at Bi g Spring , ono paragraph of whicli wc give;— " A fewminutes before nine the tremendous roar of thc tornado was heard afar off , making its advance with irresistible impetuosit y , and in a few minutes it was upon us , wreaking its vengeance with a lavish hand . The atmosphere was darkened with fence rails and tree tops , and timbers of enormous size went whistling through thc air ; houses were tossed about like marbles in the fingers of a giant . Two-story framed buildings were raised entire from their foundation , with their inhabitants and contents , and cast some twenty , forty , or fifty yards , aud then

      torn asunder and scattered . to the four winds of heaven , in some instances even tearing up and carrying away the very foundation stones . " A _Losnos _BiicoAii is said to have obtained a livelihood by counterfeiting a bowel complaint , and successfully entering druggists' shops to bog pieces of ginger , which he afterwards sold to a maker of g inger-beer . The Paris correspondent ofthe Literary Gazette says , "It is the custom of thc Parisian press to pay the most eminent political and literary writers by the line—as the London newspapers do thc scribes of horrible murders and dreadful accidents , Alexander Dumas has received as much as one franc or even one franc and ten cents a line . Marrast , of the National , used to get ten sous , a shade less than fivepence .

      A * Lady asked her intended whether , when thoy were married , the church bells would be rung ? The gentleman _replied to her dismay , '' That he intended to ring a belle himself inside tho church . " A Disbanded Soldier . —Wo learn from the Tuam Herald that , at the Iiildarc quarter sessions , lloberfc Johnson and Martin Murphy , having been found guilty of sheep stealing , were asked , previous to sentence , what they had to say for themselves . Johnson , who had been discharged during thc late reduction of the army , read a poetical eftus on , of which wo give the first and last stanzas . Thoy were sentenced each to seven years' transportation : —

      I served my Queen and country well For seventeen years and over ; I fought where comrades round mo fell Like leaves in brown October ; I fought where , in his ghastliest guise , Grim death around did hover ; Yet I was turned adrift to * Ue , A poor disbanded soldier . For thraldom in somo penal clime I'll freedom gladly barter ; I'd sooner bear the brand of crime Than die starvation ' s martyr ! Proceed—for seventeen long , long years , My theme was British glory ; Proceed—this heart ' s unblanch'd by fear , A soldier stands before yc .

      A Model , —Every American artist that comes here ( says a correspondent of the New _Ibrk Mirror ) sends home a dozen or two of the beggars in thu character of Apostles or Virgin Marys . " A sturdy old fellow who blacks my boots tells me ho has been painted twenty-eight times in the character of St . Paul , thirteen times as St . Peter—hc cannot remember how many times ns " . A llomau _Ti-AHev , " and as " The Head of an old Man , " at least a thousand times . One would think that from- assuming theso characters so often , ho would have attained to uncommon sanctity , but be is in truth the greatest rogue that I hive ever seen in Italy . The rascal prides himself a good deal on being so often sent to America , and the other day he told me that *

      he believed there was not a gentleman ' s parlour in my country in which ho or ono of Iiisfnmily was not hung up in a gilfc frame . He s aid to me yesterday , " My son and daughter have just been sent to America again , one as ' A Peasant Boy of the Campagna , ' and tho other as ' A lloman Lady . '" Having detected him that week in an attempt to secrete one of my pocket-handkerchiefs , to show his contrition , he said , ho and his daughter ( who is quito as great a thiol * as her _fathei " - ) would sit to one of my artist countrymen for a " lloly Family , " if I would promise not to expose him . " Aprceious pair-yottare , to be sure , for a Holy Family ' . " said I . " "Why , signor , " said the rogue , " ¦ my religiwa cx-2 > res $ ion is worth two cents an hour more than any other man ' s in Rome . "

      Editors . —Neither birth , _mar-riagc , sickness , nor seasons are known to editors in . this country j death itself is no apology ; they may die , but their papers must be published . Brand y , at the gold mines of California , sells at about £ 4 per bottle , and is used quite freely at that price ! Mn . Lewis Bowmxo , third son of Dr .. Bowrimr , is appointed one oftho assistant commissioners for the government of the _Itanjaub , with a salarv of £ 700 a year . ' " Jon . v _Abernetiiy , th * eminent surgeon , used to tell his scholars that human maladies chiefly proceeded from two _causjs—stuffing and fretting . Ayounc fop _ahou , _* _* _; starting for yew York , proposed to purchase a life-preserve **— "Oh , you will not- want ifc , " suggested the desk , " bags of -wild don't sink . " succession

      Ix is stated that three clergymen m , who Were _appointed chaplains to thc _Liverpow Umetcrv , have become mentativ deranged . 1 no circumstanco is attributed to their constant repetition ( sometimes as often as six times in a day ) of the funeral service , and the impressiycncss oi the sad spectacle of which they were habitually the spectators . ¦ ¦ ,. , „ A company of amateurs , coitvposou entirely of blacks , lateiv mado their appearanco at the Jamaica , Theatre Royal , in tho tragedy of "Douglas , " and their performances arc said to have been highly oreditable . Foreign Capital m English Securities , has , it is calculated , been invested to tho sum of £ 22 , 000 , 0 ( 10 , in consequenco of the disturbed state _** jf Europe during the last eighteeji months ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 28, 1849, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_28071849/page/3/