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      _PECEittEH 29 , 1849 . THE NORTHERK STAR . _» m

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      DECEMBER . "While otters frame and write reforms , Decemb e r , gloomy , dark December ! I sing of tempests , clouds and storms , Thy presence prompts mc to remember And here thon art with passions strong , Of giant might—a child of song , To rule and rhyme at pleasure . " Whose song _awsends on whirlwind wing , ¦ While towers and turrets rock and ring To harmonise the measure . ' And steeple tall , and leafless tree , Croak forth their doleful melody . And who , but must thy freaks remember '

      , Thy lawless pranksand antic forms , Thy rushing tempests , _clondsand storms , Decem b er , gloomy , dark December ! December , black December . I gaze npon thy throne of clouds , December , warlik e , wild December ; And snowy robes thy formenshronds , Bequeathed thee by thy friend November And asl gaze in wonder lost , Thy skill directs th' advancing host , "With system ' s strict precision . At length is heard the trumpets blast , The cloudlets hurry fierce and fast , To form one grand division .

      But evening comes;—a starless Bight , A n d shuts f rom view the bloodle s s fi ght ! Yet who , but ever muit remember , Thy w a rlike s po rt s , th y cheeri n g s tra i ns , Thy cloud-caped hills and snow-clad pl a ins ? December , wayward , wild December ! December , black "December . Yet I have loved thee—love thee still , December , stormy , stern December ! Kings were won't to have their will , And thou _' rt of royalty a member . Bnt not of those who strut and stride , And flatter ' neatn a peacock's pride , And learn but to dissemble . Away thou soar ' st—the ocean ' s roar , And tempests sweep from shore to shore , And rocks and mountains tremble .

      0 ! howl drink thy wildest glee , And dream of long-lost liberty ! Nor shall I cease once to remember , The fix e d r es ol v e , the impassioned thrill , That tells me I most l ove thee still , December , stormy , stern December ! December , black December . Edinburgh . James Harksess . Christmas Day is past , and the year 1819 is rapidl y drawing to an end . Some will _vatch its fast-running sands with feelings of sadness , and such may find their sentiments expressed

      in—THE OLD MAX'S SONG OF THE OLD YEAR'S DYING . BT £ . Im . HEEV . Br . To sleep—to sleep I—' tis tbe Old Year ' s d ying , Let ue sleep till he be dead ; Comfort and Hope and Time are flying—Gladness and Youth are fled . Year after year has been ushered in—So many are loRt there are few to win , Bat enough for sorrow and toil and sin : — Let me sleep while the Old Year diesJ I like not the passing away from earth Of the thing we have watched so long ? I cannot welcome the Xew Year ' s birth "With the Old Year ' s d ying song . ' "Wake mo at morn when the dnst is Sung On the ancient head that so late was young : —

      If rest may be where the soul is wrung , Let me sleep while the Old Year dies I Bivers of tears have flowed to him—Strong tides o f t h e s oul ' s despair ; Jinny a passionate prayer and hymn B e en poured on hi s midni ght air . "Why have we wished that his days were o ' er , "When the life that goes with him returns no more ?—I shall miss his weary step on the floor ;—Let mc sleep while the Old Year dies I Wild pu l ses are pl a y ing in many a heart "With the hopes ofthe dawn to come ; Por tney know not yet ofthe nights that part "What the morrow shall never bring home ! Their Sew Year friend as the old they greet ; But mine are the memories sad—it sweet—That pass the new guest in life ' s crowded street : —

      Let me sleep while the Old Tear dies I Hy heart is bowed—and my eyes are dim , And take not the light they gave : Then , call me not up to make merry with him "Who treads on an old man ' s grave ! Tn the morning light ofthe life-long year The outer mists themselves look clear ; But 1 to the Shadow am all too near-Let me sleep while the Old Year dies ! In the cave ofthe earth down fathoms below The greenness whereon we stand ,

      'Tis said that a central fire doth glow , — A sea-less and burning land;—If d e ep in the heart snch fires abide , And the rallies stretch and currents glide T h a t see no gr ee nnes s an d feel no t i d e , Then—sleep while the Old Year dies ! Perhaps while gleams of the future ' s light On his forehead the Sew Year wears , "We may not care how the long d re a d ni ght Pall down on the old grey hairs : — But the veil of the grave-clouds gather near , And the long death silence lies close to mine

      ear;—So , -1 have no joy in the coming year-Let me sleep while the Old Year dies ! A year of pestilence , war , and reaction , toe cannot bnt welcome the termination of 1819 , in the hope that 1850 will usher in "better times . To the enslaved and the unhappy , not merely the death of the old year—Death in general is welcome ; for Death is the avenger of the suffering , and punisher of the rich , the selfish , and the tyrannical . This sentiment must have inspired the song of

      THE LEVELLER . BT _SARBT CORNWAIX . The king he reigns on a throne o gold , Fenced round by his right divine ; The baron he sits in his castle old , Drinking his ripe red wine : Bnt below , below , in his ragged coat , The beggar he turneth a hungry note , And the spinner is bonnd to his weary thread , And the debtor lies down with an aching head So the world goes , So the str ea m Hows , Yet there ' s a fellow whom nobody knows , Who inaketh all free , On land and sea , And maketh the rich like the poor to flee .

      The lady lies down in her warm white lawn , And dreams of her painted pride ; The milk-maid sings to the wild eyed dawn Sad songs on the cold hill ' s side : And the bishop smilc 3 as on high he sits , On the scholar wbo writes and stares by fits ; And t h e g irl who her nig htl y needle plies , Looks out for the source of life , and dies . So the world goes , So the stream flows ; Yet _tSere ' sa fellow whom nobody knows , Who maketh all free , By land and sea , And forceth the rich like the poor to flee . Ere we speak ofthe . New Year , we will tak e final leave of its predecessor in A PROLOGUE TO THE YEAR FORTY-SINE .

      BTSDWKG 1 LL . "When first you launched upon the stream of Me , Hope seized the helm , and joy the sails _un-TimesmUed auspicious , and mankind seemed rife , For liberty , throughout the western world . from where the Danubekvesits _rockj ;* _*«* To th' silver Rhine , and where the Tiber flows , Responsive echoes tby spring b reeze s b ore , And despots quailed , as man with might arose , Resolved to live by dint of daily tou , "With freedom blest upon his native soil .

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      But inftby Toy ., _ge though ' _st _witnesssd spirits ' l £ ff &* of more than c _« _dd Broken-treason triump hant-and lrashed , . . Vow lies in bloody grave _^^^ T ' The noblest works of God : others _™ e d To foreign climes , doomed _^ If Img _^ ery Whilst freedom with her _attributes hath vanished , "Leaving theworld aprey toknavery . _Jfope hath left the helm and _des _pa _^ ow rules , The joy of tyrants , and the fault of fools . Oh' for a _curse-a with'ring hitter curse To hurl _af depots ; aud oh bitter _« shonld That some , _fve seen _. -natures _nowes- _*

      _TheTenns of freedom , _^ f _^ _X * Tho' hfttling in the foremost ranks t h ey _stoou And fell _alacrifice , that ?« « _fiJJ -n _&* + _„ fW deeds -- by deeds should prove

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      Thy days , old year , are numbere d , and the past Mustteaqhuswisdom . Th ' women scourging king , And fratricidal tyrants shall at last B S "Receive the chastisement which their misdeeds France must wipe off her stain of infamy , And peopleVm Fraternity be bound , * lo baffle the intrigues of tyranny . Once more to the rescue—boldly gain the ground a 4 year * Sefc Rome and Hungary free , And " Fifty" may proclaim freedom ' s jubilee .

      New Tear ' s Eve , and New Year ' s Day , though hut little minded in England , are yet celebrated in Scotland , and on the continent generally , particularly in France . In Scotland , on New Year ' s Eve , the children go aboutseelring what theycall their "Hagmena , " say ing , * 'Hagmena , hagmena ! give us cakes and cheese , and let us go away * " In some places they make their appeal in the following lines : —

      j Get up , _guid wife , an ' binno sweir I And dealyonr cakes and cheese while you ' re here ; i For the time will come when ye'll be dead , j And neither need your cheese nor bread . Cheese and oaten cakes , which are called farls , axe distributed on this occasion among the cryers . The naming of New Year ' s Day in the Highlands , appears to unite the opposite elements of water and fire . In the first p lace ,

      water from the dead and living flood _ib sprinkled wi th a brush , by some person appointed for the occasion , over all the beds in the houses , to the no small discomfort of the sleepers . We should have mentioned , that the fire is previously li ghted . This libation is intended to preserve the Highlander during the whole year from the sad effects of witchcraft , the evil eye , ¦ and aU the other machinations of infernal sp irits .

      Then , an attempt is made to expel all disorders , by the fumes of juniper ; to this end , all the doors and windows , as well as every crevice , are carefull y closed , and branches of juni per are lighted . Of course , a most powerful fumigation is produced , hut this is submitted to without complaining , until the parties are almost suffocated . "When the operator deems the charm complete , the genial air of heaven is again admitted , and the party , with all the neighbours not engaged , are invited to partake of a plentiful breakfast , and the rest of the day is spent in dancing and other diversions , and thus the new year is welcomed in the Highlands .

      In Sir John Sinclair ' s statistical account of Scotland , 1794 , the minister of Kirkmichael , in the county of Banff , under the head of "Superstitions , & c , " says , — "On the first night of January , they observe , with anxious attention , the disposition of the atmosphere . As it is calm or boisterous , as the wind blows from the south or north—from the east or west , they prognosticate the nature of the weather till the conclusion of the year . Their faith is coached in verses thus translated from

      the GaBlic language : — ' The wind ofthe south will be productive of heat and fertility ; the wind of the west , of milk and fish ; the wind from the north , of cold and storm ; the wind from the east , of fruit on the tree 3 . ' * ' We shall conclude these notices of Scottish customs , by giving the following account of a genuine Scottish miracle , performed nearl y one hundred years ago nnder the operation of anti-teetotal influences . The minister of Tilliconltry , in the county of Clackmanan , says ( 1795 ) : — "It is worth mentioning that one William Hnnter , a collier , was cured in the year 1758

      of an inveterate rheumatism or gout , by drinking freely of new ale , full of barm or yeast . The poor man had been confined to his bed for a year and a half , having almost entirel y lost the use of his limbs . On the evening of Handsel Monday , as it is called ( i . e . the first Monday of the New Year , 0 . S . ) , some of his neighbours came to make merry with him . Thoug h he could not rise , yet he always took his share of the ale as it passed round the company , a n d in the en d , became much intoxicated . The consequence was thathe had the use ef his limbs the next morning , and was able to walk about . He lived more than

      twenty years alter this , and never had the smallest return of his old complaint . " New Year ' s Day , or the Jour de PAn , is the greatest festival celebrated over the length and breadth of France . " Every human being who has a franc , or fire francs , or 500 , 000 francs—every being who has money or securities for money—in possession—in expectancy —or in reversion—every human being who has at any time dined , or supped , or breakfasted , or lunched , or called , or slept at the houseof any other human being—must be prepared

      with presents and gifts of some sort or kind—> for host and hostess—for children , for family , for friends , and for servants . If a bachelor , he must be prepared with a galanterie for his intended—if a student for his grisette orlorette —if a married man , for his wife and children —if a working man , forthe partner of his toil . Persons of all ranks and conditions—of all classes , professions , trades , and calling , go about Paris that live-long New Year ' s Day , in giving and distributing gifts . Eatables and drinkables—fruit and bon bons , bonnets and

      bodices , truffles and turkeys , marqueterie and ' Maraschino de Zara—prie-dieus , and purses I —coffee services , and dessert knives—fancy j stationery , perfumery , jewellery , rings , pastry , [ fish , sausages , cheeses , red herrings , morelles , j and mushrooms ; nay , even such simple gifts ! as loaves of bread and a pot au feu , or a chaufrette , are on the New Year ' s Day distributed [ among the humblest poor , by persons as humble and as lowly as themselves . " The following lines , sweet , though melancholy , command a place in our Garland : —

      THE " LAST SEW YEAR . " BT ALFRED _TEKXTSOff . If you 're waking , call me early , call me early , mother dear , For 1 would see the sun rise upon the glad new year : It is the last new year that I shall ever see , Then ye may lay me low i' the mould , and think no more o me . " To-night I saw the sun set—he set , and left behind The g ood ol d y ear , the dear old time , and all my peace of mind : And the new year ' s coming np , mother ; but I shall

      never see The May upon the blackthorn , t he leaf upon the tree . Xast Sfciy we made a crown of flowers—we had a merry day—Beneath the hawthorn on the green they made me Queen of May ; And we danced about the May-pole , and in th e hazle copse , Till Charles ' s wain came out above the tall white chimney tops . There's not a flower on all the hilts—the frost is on

      I only _wSTtolive till the snow-drops come again-SSS snow would melt , and the sun come ont Itoojto fiel flower so before the day I die The buUding rook will caw from the wmdy tall _Button _£ _** , mott o . . tthtafl . . _** ering grave . Upon the chancel casement , and upon that grave In the Sly , early morning the summer sun will

      shine , Before the red cock crows from the farm upon the hi l l , "When you are warm asleep , mother , and all the world is still . "When the flowers come agnin , mother , beneath the waning light , Ye'll never see me more in the long grey fields at night ; When from the dry dark world the summer airs Wow c o o , On the oat-grass and tho sword-grass , and the bulrush in the pool . Ye 'll bnry me , my mother , just beneath the hawthorn shade , And ye'll come sometimes and see me where I am lowly laid ; I shall not forget ye , mother , —I shall hear ye when ye pass With your feet above my head in the long and pleasant grass .

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      I have been wild and wayward , but ye'll forgive me , now ' _Te'll kiss me , my own mother , upon my cheek and brow ; ' Nay—nay , ye must not weep , nor let your grief be wild , — Y e sh o uld not fret for me mother , ye have another child . If I can , I'll come again , moth e r , from out my resting-place ; Though ye'll not see me , mother , I shall look upon yonr face ; Though I cannot speak a word , I shall hearken what ye say , And bo often , often with ye when ye think I ' m far away .

      Goodnight ! good night ! when I have said good night for evermore , And ye see me carried out from the threshold of the door , Don't let Effle come to see me till my grave be g rowin g green : She 'll be a better child to you than ever I have been . She'll find my garden tools upon the granary floor ; Let her take ' m—they are hers—I shall never garden more ; But tell her , when I ' m gone , to train the rosebush that I s et About the parlour window , and the box of mignonette . Good nig ht , sweet mother!—call me when it beg ins to dawn : All night I lie awake , but I fall asleep at morn—But I would see the sun rise upon the glad new year ; So if you ' re waking , call me , call me early , mot h er dear !

      The peace-at-any-price " philanthropists' * will , no doubt , thank us for making room for the following Te Denm : —

      THE TEMPLE OF JANUS . Tht Temple of Janus , in old Home , was only closed during a time of universal peace . Itis suggested , tbat , in commemoration of peace regained , all those who have saved money through attention to Mr . Cobden ' s eloquent denunciation of the unsafe Austrian loan , shall _subscribe towards the erection of a new Temple of Janus upon Christian principles , —Mr . Barry to be the architect The following lines may serve as a sort of lay Te _Deutn , tocelebrate the completion » f the edifice , if peace should last so Umg . Beautiful Peace ! beloved One ! We gripe thy hand at last ; For the storm that threaten'd altar and throne , Thank God . ! is overpast . In the M a gy a rs ' blood , _pour'd out like rain , W e h ave sign _'d the Tsar ' s new lease : We may shut the Temple of Janus again , — For the world is now at peace .

      Fa i r Peace . the _yonngest-born of Truth , ( Not that Galician w * * * l * How Bhall a Haynau guard thy youth . For a perjured Emperor ? Let the gallows and rifie ? work amain , Let th e knout ' s s o ng ne v er cease ! Tou may shut the Temple of Janus again , — For the world is now at peace . Dear Peace ! thou more than mother mild , _"Kursing our youngling Hope , — T ho ugh Home b e s courged as a f r oward chil d By the gentle mother Pope , f Though a Gallic slave must drive the wain , Lest the motuproprio cease , Yet shut the Temple of Janus again , — For the world is now at peace .

      0 Peace " la belle ! " albeit the day Of thin e Av a t e r ' s gone , — J Like a counterfeit Louis changed away For a worse Napoleon , — Though France but a papal kick may gain For draining shame to the lees , Let us shut the Temple of Janus again ! For the world is now at peace . Glad Irish Peace ! so cheaply bought By a few sweet smiles at most , — For a tenant now and then shot is noug ht On the famine-stricken coast ! " _Tis o n l y an autumn orange stain On the shamrock leaves one sees : So shut th e T empl e of Janu s a gain , — For the world is now at peace .

      Our own best Peace , with its rule of prey-That blessing to all the weak , With colonies happily turning grey , Andwanfe forthe ' rebel' Greek !— § Though th e co l l a r st i ll gall beneath the mane , If the roar but an instant cease , Quick ! shut the Temple of Janus again , — For the world is now at peace . _Spauucvs . We venture to predict that thc gates of the temple of Janus will not long remain closed . There ought not , aud there will not be peace as long as tyranny endures . In the fervent hope that 1850 may witness tyrants in the dust , and the peop le triumphant , equal , and free , we most heartily wish all our friends and readers A HAPPY NEW TEAR !

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      * Not the'Peace' brought by Szela , the Galician murderer , to his master Metternich . t The fanatic Montelambert , in his recent defence of French infamy , calls his Ex-Holiness ' the mother of ths world . ' And all the world , including the French Ministers , know that the molu proprio had never any motion of its own , but owed all to the French invasion . t Verily the Avatar of _Teace was in the days of tbe dirtiest of kings—th » 'Napoleon of Peace , ' as English tradesmen loved to style him . The dirtiest of kings , indeed , for the invader o * f Rome is only President 5 Though how Greeks eau 'rebel * against Britain , it might puzzle even the Cepbalonian hangman , or Mr Ward , to inform us .

      Dcspee Democuaiic School Sohiee.—The Ann...

      Dcspee _Democuaiic School Sohiee . —The annual soiree of Mr . John M'Orae ' s school , too k place in Bell-street , on the 11 th inst ., Mr . Robert Flesher in the chair , who opened the entertainment of the evening in a most suitable and able address . The chil d ren , in th ei r various e xer c ises , acquitted themselves in a manner highly creditable to Mr . M'Crae , as an efficient teacher—several of whom , we havo no doubt , from acquirements they have attained , will , in more mature years , gi ve proof o f those great principles so early imbued . This thought must be cheering to every parent who has the welfare of his fellow men at heart . We may notice a few of the pieces brought forward by the scholars , name ly : — " The Trial of Robert Emmett , " a scene from " The Vision of Famine , "

      " The King of the Moon , " " The Red Flag of the Republic , " "The People—their Rights , and no Less , " " The Factory Child , " " A Political Address on Monarchy , " "Mazzini ' s Vow , " "Land of _Llbertv , " "Political Address on Labour , " '» The Wife o ' f General Bern , the Hungarian , " « ' A Tale of Misery , " " The Marsellaise" ( J . E . Johns ) , "All hail , Caloden ! " "Kings and Thrones aro Fallen , " Ac ., Ac ., all of which were given in excellent style . Mr . M'Crae , at the close , gave a short and spirited add r es s o n t h e g e ner a l s t a te of Europe and the young and rising generation . There were from 1 , 000 to 1 , 200 present . The harmony of the evening was kept up to a n early hour . A variety of songs , to which were added the sweet sounds of an instrumental band , an d t h e creatur e com f orts were in abundance .

      Firearms for ins American Government . —A package has arrived by the steam-ship Princess Royal , Cuxhaven , containg a rifle and another article called an etui , belonging to the government ofthe United St a t e s , and which has been forwarded by the rice-consul of tho United States at Hamburgh to this country for shipment on board ono of the American line of packet ships for New York . The package was addressed to " Gen . George Tallcott , chief of the United States Ordance , office of Ordnance , Washington . U n ite d St a t es of Am e rica , " a nd h a s b e en forw a r de d b y t he Unite d States consul in London to New York for delivery at its

      destination . Murder in a Railway _Cahkiaoe . —A horrible murder was committed a few days ago on the road from Turin to Asti , A stranger , w ho h a d recentl y arrived at Turin , where he received a sum of 6 , 000 francs , left by tho railroad for Asti ; but he had been followed to the station by f our men , who knew that he had received the money at Turin , and who got into the same carriage . On the arrival of the train at Valdichiesa , these men left , and when tlie train arrived at Asti their unfortunate victim was found dead from strangulation , and his money bad been carried off .

      Gambling . — This vice has been practised by the most civilised and enlig htened people , as well as by the most barbarous and igHoraut Tha coronettcd _legislator of the _foremwt nation in refinement has been known to _saenhc * a nrincelv _ineome to this passion . No station is free from fts dSng influe » ce . " The bvutal _uull-baiUr , and the most profound thinker , have alike met ruin in its vorUx . _XSance of the latter occurred in the case of an author of European celebrity , who , in one of his works , said , ? Tlfe _gamester , if he clies a martyr to his _punm . t is d _* ri _* _ruinei - he adds lite « ml to every ether loss , aud by the aet _Sciae renounces earth to . forfeit heaven ! me man who wrote that sentence was himself a gambler , and _ultimatelv a suicide ! Suehis the result of this ( _lemor _. _Iising _S commenced perhaps in a state of dissipated ennui , and conS through a _«« ated sta ! e of the di _f ?? organs , _ntelEnff a _nioW , pev . ri . h , and discontented stat . ofhiind , thc whole of which _miglithave been prcven ed br the occasional use of that mild aperient , _Framptoni X ill eflfealtfi .

      A Biiiocs _Cmiflaist wrrn _Indigestion op Thrie Teabs' stasdi . no _cdeed _bj IIolwway's pills . — Jlr . C . Williams , of Dungannon _, had been suffering for three years with a severe _bilious complaint , accompanied with bad digestion , and a constant expectoration cf phlegm ; his afflictions from these disorders were so great that for nights together it was impossible for him to lie on a . bed . AUthe medicines he had taken failed to give him relief , ho therefore determined upon giving hollowat _' s tills a trial , and he was soon gratified mth the result , for this valuable medicine speedily improved his powers of disestioH , remored the excess of bile , and re-established him in perfect health .

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      _SUKSHINE AND SHAD O W ; A TALE O F THE NINETEENTH CENTURY . BT IHtMAS MAOTIH WHBKLIK , Late Secretary t _« tht National Charter _Asaioiation _a » d National _Lsrad _Cov » p _& w _.

      _Chaftkk XXXVI . . Time when it lowers on states , inspires Some thoughts above self ' s low desires ; And if I speak of hope , the word Hath scarce the construing ofthe herd ; Since nor with careless glance—my soul First gazed on dark Timo ' s riddled scroll-First conn e d the fo o d of Trut h , and wrought Tho chyle of memory into thought , In my still heart I learnt to rear , Beyond all lowlier hope or fear , Beyond the harlots of the hour , The lusts that burn for wealth or power , The snake-like arts , that whilo they wind Aloft , are tracked in slime behind ; Beyond the day ' s brief praise or blame-Beyond the angel wings of Fame—Beyond the smiles of kings—the loud Not lasting , worship of the crowd-Beyond all , —save the heart ' s—applause ; Oh God—Oh Earth ! your common causo . Lytton Bulwer .

      Close by those ever burning brimstone beds , "Where Pedloe , Oates and Judas hide their heads , I saw great Satan , like a sexton stand , With his intolerable spade in hand , Digging three graves—of coffin shape they were , For those who , coffinless , must enter there With humblest rites . The shrouds were of that cloth Which Clotho weaveth in her blackest wrath . The dismal tint oppressed the eye that dwelt Upon it long , like darkness too it felt _. The pillows to those baleful beds were toads , Large , living , livid , melancholy toads , Whose softness sUock'd !—worms of monstrous

      8120 Crawl'd- round—and ono upcoiled which never dies . A doleful bell , inculcating despair , Was always ringing in the heavy air ; An d a l l a bout t h e d etesta b lo pit , Stange headless ghosts and quartered forms did _, flit . Rivers of blood , from dripp ing traitors sp ilt , By treachery stung from poverty to guilt . I asked the fiend ( or whom these rites were meant : — " Those graves , " quoth he , " when li fe ' s b ri e f oil is spent—When the dark night comes , and their sinking into Hell , I mean f o r D a vis , Tinley , and Powell . " * Charles Lamb .

      Upon h i s r e turn to L o n d on , A rt h ur f ound the greatest excitement prevailing ; Ernest Jones , the Meagher of the Chartist movement , had been arreste d , together with . Shar p , Williams , _Fussell , Vernon , and other active London democrats , under the provisions of the Gagging Bill ; tbey wero speedily found guilty by middle class juries , and sentenced to lengthened periods ef imprisonment ; John Shaw , Bezer , and many talented provinci a l l ea d ers , quickly shared the same fate ; revenge began to actuate the minds of the warmhearted , and desperation usurped the place of judgment _, jn the metropolis , this feeling was very prevalent ; Ernest Jones , John Shaw , John Fussell and other victims , had been long known , and highly

      respected ; the former was almost adored by the discipl es ofthe physical forco school , of a warm and poetic' temperament , gifted with great eloquence and an impassioned style of delivery ; by birth and education a gentleman and a scholar ; yet withal , so urbane and condescending , he acquired a magic ascendancy over the young Mid the enthusiastic , to obtain his release or rovenge his fate , they determine d to h a z a r d any me as ure , however apparently hopeless . The vile Whig government , taking advantage of this feeling , and of the absence ofthe old school Chartists from these meetings , introduce d among them their base tools , Powell , Davis , Tinley a nd oth e rs , who by their accursed arts blew the

      flame until the mine exploded , and involved many true hearts in its ruins ; but somo , whose fate is more to be regretted than William Cumiy ' s—long will the democrats of London miss his servicescautious and cool-headed , yet brave and enthusiastic , the excitement of the time overcame his usual sound j u d gment , he was entrapped in the snare , and fell a victim ; but so disgusting was the treachery by which the government had lured him and his follows to their fate , that not by the Chart ' s !; body alone , but by the public generally , they were regarded move as martyrs than criminals , and the Whigs will never effaco the odium which their spy system has heaped upon them . Arthur Morton had been too intimate with

      these men to have any chanco of escaping their fate ; _enlinked with Cuffiiy by the ties of friendship , like him ho refused to save himself by flight ; fortune , however , f a voure d him , fov by somo fortuitous circumstance he escaped denunciation from any of the government tools until the trials wero proceeding , when timely in f orm a tion be ing co nr e y e d to him , he acted on the advice of his friends , and once again became a fugitive from Justice . - Wo mu s t not dwell on these events . Attached to some of the metropolitan victims by ties of tho closest friendship , we mourn their lot ; two of their number havo fallen beneath the murderous system of discipline to which they were subjected ; their blood will not sink in those dungeon vaults , but will rise to heaven

      demanding justice _^ on their murderers ; the rest still wear their chains , and may yet experience the fate of the martyred Williams and Sharp , —to assist them is almost impossible , to pity them is useless , — the only help we can render is tb support liberally their wives and families , —to rouse up the scattered elements ofthe democratic party , —to rally public opinion round tho principles which they are embalming by their sufferings , and thus convince those of them who may re-appear amongst us ( for alas ! years may elapse before the exiles will return , ! that wo have been active in working , while they have been passive in enduring , and that the war between the oppressed and the oppressor has not , nor ever shall cease , until substantial

      justice shall be impartially administered to aU . Arthur Morton , assisted b y tho good and true , after many perils escaped to the continent , where he yet resides awaiting the hour when the glorious red ba nner , the emblem of unity and freedom , shall nroudly floaton the highest pinnacle of St . Stephen's ; t h en wi l l his woes , and the woes of his compatriots be recompensed ; the shadow will then fall from his visage , and the sunlight beam on his countenance . His fate , though hard , h _.-ith been a common one ; endowed with genius and patriotism , they served only to embitter his lot by setting him at enmity witli the world and the world ' s laws ; ardent and sensitive , he felt keenly evils which would have passed lightly over a willing slavo ; he roams an

      exile in a foreign land , unclieered by the wife of his bosom , or the child of his affections , yet in tho far distance he hears the melody of freedom breathing among the green hills and the lovely valleys of his native land ; and though its sweet sounds fall faintly on his ear , yet his heart vibrates to their tone , and thc soul of the wanderer glows with the hopes of hereafter . Sometimes the melody floats to his ear in tlie simple words of freedom ' s song , and the music lulls his cares to rest ; anon it bears the lofty tones of _pieans for Italy ' s regeneration , and h i s heart leaps at thc inspiration ; again it bursts on his ear in the war songs of Hungary ' s tr i um ph , and his lips echo with g la d ness ; b ut ah ! thc melo dy is hushed ! woe is me ! Italy has fallen ! Hungary is

      ravaged ! and the mournful dirge falls on tho poor exile like the knell of departing hop e , for the sun of Kossuth and Mazzini hath set in clouds and bloodshed—like him , they are wanderers and exiles . Still the spirit melody des erts him not , but whispers hope on , hope ever , and the heart attuned to the s a cred sound , dwells fondly on it s f ar off ec h o e s a n d the stricken soul revives again . If genius has its ev i ls it ha s a lso it s ch a rm s ; th e re arc hours when every thought comes clothed with verdure , when naught is too bright to hope , and naug ht too high to dare , when the veins seem to flow with blood too subtle to bo of earth , and the thought of _despondoncy is unknown , then we leave the dull highway of tlie world , and leap at once to

      fame and glory ; then night and solitude are charming , tlie soul becomes intoxicated with deep draughts of pure delight , and if languago could then convey tiie heart's felicity , what dre a ms o f spiritu a lity wou ld it pour forth , w hat whispe rin g of won d rous voic e s , thousands of dim and fairy feelings flock around that would perchance lose their very charm in the revealing , then the earth is no longer a plague spottcn world , but a verdant paradise ; the heavens a b ove are clear , not a cloud dims their beanty _, new feelings and a new heart seem created within , all t he dut i e s of life seem hei ghtened and ennobled , refined and softened , the sense of self is lost , and we glow with feelings for others ; the heart swells with more generous emotions tlun priest or prophet ever penned , the soul feeds luxuriously on its own creations , and all is love and gladness . Such hours

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      sity _, made still more fieree by his sensitive nature , y et his doom was notall misery , it had its sunlight mterniingled with its shadows ; and though a wandwer an d an e xile , living a lifo of misery and wan * , unclieered by aught save fond recollections and hopeful anticipation ! , yet is he less to be pitied than his earl y associate Walter North , who has attained his ambitious hei ght , _< and now looks around on a wovld that despises while it natters him ; for ho has earned the curse of satiety ; he has no hopes for the future , tho past to him is one vast blank , f rom D an to Beersheba all is vacuity ; the impulses which should set the generous blood in motion arc frozen at their fount , and his lot is more unendurable than the patriot exiles , t or th e d e p t hs of miser y may bo sounded , but the gulph of satiety is bottomless , and the soul sinks lower and lower in its dark waters until annihilation itself would become a relief , but the soul is powerless even for its own destruction . ( Tt bt coHtinutd . )

      Have Given More Names To Immortality Tha...

      have given more names to immortality than whole ages of plodding life , w h en w i th careworn brows wc drive away the lofty impulses of our nature , and dwell only with the gross matter of fact world ; bni alas , such joys arc transient , and disappointment hath a venomed sting , fated from their birth ; thej die an early death , age looks back with mingled joj and sarcasm upon the visions of its early days , thc heart grows accustomed to tho iron eage and harsh bars which enclose its once fond anticipations . Yes , the soul that can wing its way from this cold world into th e re gion of enchantment , is not all starless in its path , though oft it . droops its weary wing among tho clouds of darkness and uncertainty , _ftn " genius is a blessing twin-born with a curse . " These reflections apply strictly to Arthur Morton ; for though our hero was tried in the fire ofadver-* A slight liberty has been taken with the last lines of the original .

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      Orpressros.—The Weight Of Oppression Gen...

      _OrpREssros . —The weight of oppression generates two consequences ; it excites the people to aspiro at li be rty , and it prevents them from obtaining it ; they dread foreign enemies less than their taxgathers . It is the inequality or the impositions which make thoir severity so poignant . The just burthens of the rich are laid upon the poor ; jud"e from what they pay , and you would think them rich ;—look at what they possess , and you will seo that they are miserable ; the indigent are assessed as if they were wealth y ; t h e taxes laid upon tho rich are levied from the poor . To the most _barbarious nations this injustice is unknown , hence , they whom the Goths have subdued , w i sh never to return to Roman administration .

      Fastest Growth Yet . —A native of "Down East , " describing , with charactar _' sti _a exaggeration the properties ot guano , as a promoter of vegetation , said that a few hours after planting cucumber seeds , tho dirt began to fly , and the vines came up like a Btreak ; and , although he started off at the top of his spood , tho vines overtook and covered him , and on taking out his knife to out tho ' darned things , " fie / otmc" a targe cucumber gone to seed in his pocket ! Tiierk is now residing at Wellington , Salop , a man named William Ball , who weighs thirty-five stone , measures six feet five inches round the body , three feet round tho thigh , aad twenty-two inches round the arm . ! He bas been a very hard-working man , notwithstanding his size and weight . He is a teetot al er , and is well-known by the name oil "Slender Billy . "

      BvEBTman , no mutter how lowly he may . appear to himself , might still endeavour to produce something for the benefit or use of society ; remembering , that an insect furnishes by its labour materials wherewith to form the regal robes of kings . Correct _Dkfisitiox . —In the Court of Exchequer last week , a builder scaflblder described a foreman as " a man who walks about and does nothing , and orders everybody else to work . " Quack Journalism is Paris . — In the lowest depth there is always , as Milton says , a deeper still .

      and French publishers are giving " a proof of this ; for , not cont e nt with a tt e mp tin g t o b rib e the p u b l i c to buy books nnd engravings , by giving to each purchaser tickets in two lotteries now on foot , some of them have actually brought out a journal , in which they offer , I defy you to guess what — gratuitous medical attendance and cheap medicines to subscribers 1 1 really am not hoaxing you . Thore is , I repeat , a t this moment , a journal which gravely pledges itself to find every sick subscriber a dootor for nothing , and to get him physic below the usual rate . —Paris Correspondent of the Literary Gazette .

      Those wno stand on the high places of the earth understand not what necessity , what suffering , means ; they know not what it is to » noble mind to be obliged , like the worms , to crawl upon the earth for nourishment , because it has not strength to endure famine . Life moves around them with so much grace , splendour , and beauty ; they drink of life ' s sweetest wine , and dance in a charming intoxication . They find nothing within them , wliich can enablo them to understand the real sufferings of the poor . They love only themselves , and look at mankind only in their own narrow circle . " I go through my work , " as the needle said to the idle boy . " But not till you ' re hard pushe d , " as the idlo boy said to the needle . A Nbobo _PRBAcnuR . —Tho following story , says Frederi c k Dougl ass , in his North Star , furnished by

      the correspondent of thc Manchester American , shows how the slaves in that region come b y their knowledge of the Bible , and how very accurate and valuable that knowledge is . It would bo the height of folly , however , to expect anything better of those in whom the ability to read is looked upon as as a crime : — " We once attended a large meeting ofthe coloured p eople , addressed b y a coloured preacher , who , o f cour s e , could neither read nor write . On this occasion he selected the visit of Nicodemus as the foundation of his observations . ' My bred ' en , said ho , ' dare was in old times a great many preachers on de ' arth who went out among de people . Many of dem was white preachers , such as Peter , James , and John . Dare was also a groat many coloured preachers , and do greatest among dem all was de Nigger Demus !"

      Thb Durham Dialect . — It chanc ed , the other day , that a phonographic foreigner , a linguist , was passing through the county of Durham in a third-class r ai lw a y carr i age , and jotted down in his note-book the conversation of some fellow travellers . Their language was a puzzle to him , and he has sent us a transcript of his notes for publication , in the hope that the Rev . BIythe Hurst or Mr . Elihu Burritt may see our pa per , and enlighten him as to tho country which gave tho speakers birth . We think , however , we need not publish the whole of what he has sent . A sample will do ; and , without troubling tho two accomplished linguists , wo will furnish our correspondent with a translation : — Ooistu ? How are you ?

      Ugh ! cobby . Why , in good , comfortable health . Wairstubeen ? Where have you been ? Dirm . At Durham . Cevaw . Wairstugawin ? So have I . Whither aro you going ? _l "' iensooziz . To Fence Houses . Cezaw . So am I . We may add that the puzzlod passenger , on alighting at Gateshead , with his carpet-bag , was assailed ( so he says ) with clamorous cries of " (" _Jueenseed Queonsecd ! " " Torkseed ! Torkseed ! " Tyekfurtuppuz ! Tyckfurtuppuz ! " and almost fancied tliat

      the locomotive engine must have dropped him upon the wrong planet . —Oateshcad Observer . Ose or the Boston exquisites being asked wily he married a second time , replied , " Because he thought it so very re-wiving ! Marriage , —I look upon a man ' s attachment to a wom a n , who deserves it , as the greatest possible safeguard to him in his dealings with the world ; it keeps him from all those small vices which the unfettered youth thinks little of , yet which certainly , though slowly , undermines the foundation of better thin g s , till , in the end , the whole fabric of ri ght and wrong gives way under the assault of temptation . — James .

      Pleasure mat he called the short cut to the tomb , as it s hort e ns time , which is the way . Tub _Poetrt or Bacon . —Pope , the actor , deli g hted in the good things of this life ; after expatiating at table on the excellence of a ham , he said"Ham , sir , is the same improvement upon bacon that steel is upon iron ; in fact , sir , ham is the poetry of bacon . " _Trt ir . —Beautiful is the lore , and sw e et tho kisses of thy sister ; but if you haven ' t a sister handy , try your cousin—it isn't much worso . If you haven ' t a cousin of your own , try somebody else ' s—there is no difference .

      OsE Jons W . Jones , who has been sentenced to the Kentucky Penitentiary , for living with two wives , excuses himself by saying that when he had one she fought him , b ut when he got two th e y fought each other . Dr . Lasoley , w ho h a s been confin ed f or som e time in _A ' enagh Gaol , having refused to eat , had continued without food of any kind for thirty-eight d ays , partaking of nothing except cold water . 'Nenagh Guardian . Better that a hous o b e too small for a night than too large for a year .

      Proof Positive . —A clergyman was lately accused , while in Lowell , of " violentl y dra g gin g his w i fe from a revival meeting , and compelling her to g o with him . " He replied as follows : —/?! thc first place : I have never attempted to influence my wife in her views , nor a choice of a meeting . Secondly _.-My wife has not attended any of the revival meetings in Lowell . In the third place . I have not attended even one of these meetings for any purpose whatever . To conclude : Neither my wife nor myself have any inclination to attend these meetings . Finally . —I never had a wife .

      ilow to hake Coffee , —Choose the coffeo of a very nice brown colour , but not black ( which would denote that it is burnt , and impart a bitter flavour ) . grind it at home if possible , as you may then depend upon the quality ; if ground in any quantity keep it in a jar hermetically sealed . Put two ounces of ground coffeo into a stewpan , which set upon the fire , stirring the powder round with a spoon until quite hot , when pour over a pint of boiling water ; cover over closel y fov fi v e minut e s , whe n puss it through a cloth , warm again and serve . —Soger ' s

      Modirn Housewife . A _GENILBMAN , in q uiring of a n a v l officer , wh y sailors generally take off tlieir shirts when going into action , was answered , "that they may not havo an y check to f i g htin ' . " Virtue Rewarded . —Thero is a man up country who always pays for his paper in advance . He has never had a sick day in his life ; n eve r ha d any corns or tooth-ache ; his potatoes never rot ; the weevil never eats his wheat ; tho frost never kills corn or beans ; his babies never cry in the ni g ht , and his wife never scolds . —American Paper .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 29, 1849, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_29121849/page/3/