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      All The Pieces Of February 21, 1846. The...

      February 21 , 1846 . THE _NORTHERN STAR . % _~

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      Beauties Of Byroj*. Bo. Xxx. The Bride O...

      BEAUTIES OF BYROJ * . BO . XXX . THE BRIDE OF _ABYTOS . GixmsG , who , though a bad _jwiitician , waa not a bad judg e of poetrv . spoke of tais poem as " Tery , Tery beautiful" We doubt not that onr readers will be of tiie same opinion , after ieading the following selections : — "THE CLIHE J * THE EAST . " Snow ye the land wher _* the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of dcoAs that are done ia their clime , " Where ihe rage ot die vulture , the love ef the turtle ,

      Now melt intosorrow , now madden to crime t Snow ye the land of the cedar and vine , Where the flowers ever blossom , the beams ever shine : "Where the light wings of Zephyr , _oppress'd with perfume , "Wax faint o ' er the gardens ef Gut in her bloomj 'Where the _cfctm and oUve are fairest of fruit , And the voi < e of the nightingale sever is mute : "Where th e tints of the earth aad the hues of the iky In colour , _though varied , in beauty may vie , And tte purple of ocean is deepest in dye ; ¦ _fTn-re the virgins are soft as the roses they twine , jud all , saw the spirit of man , is divine ? lis the clime of the East ; ' tis tbe land of the Sun—Can he smile en sueh deeds as his children have done ! Oh ! wild as the accents of lovers'fareweU - Are the hearts which they bear , and the tales whieh they

      2 CLSIEA . lair , as the first that ftil of womankind _. When on that dread yet lovely serpent smiling- _. Whose image then was statnp'd upon her mind-But once beguiled—ud ever more beguiling ; Dazriing , as that , oh ! too transcendent vision To Sorrow ' s phantom-peopled slumber given _. When heart meets heart again in dreams Elysian , And paints the lost on Earth revived in Heaven ! * * » # "Who hath not proved how feebly words essay

      To fix one spark of Beauty * * heavenly ray ! "Who doth not feel , until his failing right Faints into dimness with its own delight , His changing cheek , his linking heart confess The might—the majesty of Loveliness « Such was Zulieka—such around her shone The nameless charms unmarVd by her alone ; The li g ht of love , the purity of grace , The mind , the music breathing from her face , Ihe heart whose softness harmonised the whole—And , oh ! that eye was ia itself a . soul I

      SELW AND _XCIETKA . " What , not receive my foolish flower $ Say , then , I am indeed unblest : On me can thus thy forehead lower 1 And know ' st thou not who lores thee best S Oh , Selim dear ! oh , more than dearest 1 Say is it me thou hat ' st or fearest ! Gome , lay thy head npon my breast , And I wiU loss thee into rest . ? * * Without thy free consent ; command The Saltan should not have my hand ! Thinks't thou that I could bear to part "With thee , and learn to halve my heart ! Ah ! were I sever'd trom thy ride , "Where were thy friend , and who my guide * Tears have not teen , Time shaU not see The hour that tears my soul from thee , Even AzraeL from his deadly quiver ,

      When flies tbat shaft , and fly it must , That parts all else , shall doom for ever Onr hearts to undivided dust " He lived—he breathed—he moved—he felt ; He raised the maid from where she knelt ; His trance was gone—his keen eye shone With thoughts that long in darkness dwelt ; With thoughts th A born—in rays that melt . As the stream late conceal'd By the fringe of its willows , When it rushes reveal'd In the light of its biUows ; As the bolt burst on high From the black cloud tbat bound it , "Flssh'd the soul of that eye Through the lone ; lashes round it .

      A war-hone at the trumpet ' s sound , A Hon roused by heedless hound , A tyrant waked to sadden strife By graze of ill-directed knife , Starts not to mov & convulsive life Than he , who heard that row , display'd , And aU , before _repress'd , betray'd : " Sow thou art mine , for ever mine , "With life to keep and scarce with life resign ; Sow thou art mine , that sacred oath , Though sworn hy one , hath hound us both . * * * * Think not I am what I appear ; Pre arms , and friends , and vengeance near . " " Think not thou art what theu appearest ! My Selim , thon art sadly changed ; Thhi morn I saw thee , gentlest , dearest ;

      Bat now _thoa'rt from thyself estranged . My love thou surely knew ' st before , It ne er was less , nor can be more . To see thee , hear thee , near thee stay , And hate the night I know not why , Save that we meet not bnt by day ; With thee to live , with thee to die , I dare not to my hope deny : Tby . cheek , thine eyes , thy lips to kiss , lake this—and this—no more than this ; Tor Alia ! sure thy lips are flame !

      "What fever in thy veins is flashing ! Hy own have nearly caught the same , At least I feel my cheek too blushing . " « * *

      Songs For The People. Ko. Vi. The Standa...

      SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE . KO . VI . THE STANDARD OF TRUTH . Tht standard of truth was uplifted on high ; Its base was the earth aad its summit the sky ; And aU tribes gathered nearit with banners unfurled Summonrd forth by His mandate who governs ths world ! Aad there rallied around it , with triumph and songs , All nations and languages , peoples and tongues ; The light-hearted children of freedom were there ; And the blood-stained oppressor was forced to appear !

      And the slave and his tyrant , the people and priest , The learned and rude , from the west to the east , AH came , —and attentive was fixed every eye , For this test every action and motive could try ! And the trumpet of Liberty sounded a blast , As before the bright _srandard the multitudes passed , And Oppression and Tyranny heard their own knell _. And looked on its glory , and _stasgared , and fall ! Then there pxued by the nsgro , in slavery ' s chain , But the power of that standard soon snapped it in twain ! And tbe darkness of death , which had blinded his eyes ! Was exchanged for the radiance and light ofthe skies ]

      Aad I marked the grim despot of Russia go by , — Then the Polander girded his sword on his thigh , — And the shouts of the nations in echoes did roll , As the auteerat bowed ' neath the conquering Pole . Then the _Musstlman came , with the Pagan uncouth , And embraced and clang round the bright standard of troth ! And the nations of Europe were gathering there , — And amoa _ z thera _Britannia stood proudly and fair ! With joy she beheld her abuses had fiad _. And reason and justice were throned in their stead ! So priest sacrilegiously plundered her now , — And the blood of _Rathcarmac was wiped from her brow ! And lordlings and knaves from her bosom were thrust—And merit was raised from its dwelliag of dust ! And she joined in this chorus , which swelled to the skies , " Shout , shout , ye glad nations!—lo , Tyranny dies !" J . A . LE 4 . Tnrai . AKi > .

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      Lays Of The Loom. A Ssthcnox Of Pobtical...

      LAYS OF THE LOOM . A _SstHcnox of Pobtical PkcksbtJajcesGow . Dundee : G . and J . Taylor This unpretending collection of " poetical pieces " is another evidence of the mind and ability existing in the ranks of ihe working-class . To one of the most unfortunate sections ef that class Jam e s Gow belon gs , —he is a hand-loom weaver . In his short and simple preface the author remarks , " The length of time required to labour , in order to procure even a scanty subsistence at the loom , leaves the leisure hours of the weaver but 'few and far between ; ' I have , therefore , little doubt that it will be at once admitted that I hare written under peculiarly unfavourable _circnmgtances . " lie has published these poems in obedience to tlie Irishes of bis friends , and we are glad to learn that many have given Mm their support in quarters where he least expected assistance . He adds , " I have not been induced to publish with a view to profit . My own hands have

      hitherto ministered to my wants ; and I have not looked for , neither do I expect , any other fate than that of h o nest la b our f o r m y daily bread . " This is a sensible view of his position—for praise , even wh e n well-merited , does not alw ay s lea d t o p u d din g ; a n d althou gh we are not of those who would bid the shoemaker " n o t g o be y ond hi s l a st , " yet it would be no act of kindness on our part to inspire James Gow with the hope that his poetry will ever redeem bim from the drudgery ofthe loom . We say this quite independent of any opinion _wj entertain as to the merits _-Lw ° _l try _ we _** ' beca _« se . in the race for wealth , where one man of heart and mind succeeds , hundreds of _sueh men fail . The race _istoooften not won by the worthy nor the battle gained bv the deserving _, beyond cheering him in his hours of toil , and procuring for bim the applause of his brotherwork e r s , we anticipate that James Gow ' s poetry will procure for him no other reward . These rewards however , are not to be li ghtly valued . '

      These " poetical pieces , " though not belonging to a high order of poetry , are not void of merit . Perhaps their chief charm is their uuaffected simplicity , and accordance wiih nniure . There is somewhat of a sameness chargeable to t _' aeiraccount _, aad nearly

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      all the pieces are of a melancholy , though not of a despairmg character The tone throughout shows the author to be but too well acquainted with tbe misery of his order-misery , which it is to be feared he h _» not altogether escaped .. We may add that Jam e s G ow , although evidently possessed of rebgious feelings is ( what can be said of but few _rebgionistii ) neither a bigot nor a slave , but a democrat , who would do his share in making the world something better than it is at present . As we are p inehe d for room , we must confine ourselves to a single specimen of our poet ' s rhymes . Weselect apiece which he tells us was written before he was sixteen years old : —

      THE _OBPHAJr WDWE . What _starving-like creature is yon that I see , Wi' pale hollovr cheeks , and a tear in ilk e ' e , That are _baith swall'd wi' greetin ' , wi' rubbin' quite fired , E en a stranger would guess that he ' s hungry and tired , As a land o * a wallet he bauds in his hand , And at a' body ' s door for a wee makes a stand ! He ' s the puir orphan laddie , to hardship a slave , Since his father and mither were laid in their grave . His wide legged breeks are a' torn and negleetif , That are patched wi' a' colours , and prined to a jacket That winna haud out either wind , rain , or sleet ; And big marrowless bachels inclose his wee feet , — Frae the upper o' ane ( die thin sole will soon fa ' , And the tae of the ither is near hand awa , — _Though they aye skin his heels , yet he mamma complain , For he got them for nought , when he'd nane o' his ain .

      An auld lodger's bonnet he wears , but the snoot , Which gars the light-headed ca'him the recruit , Iu this state he wanders about the hail day , Wi' a breast fa * o' pain , to mockery a prey-E ' en men up in years , wha harshness should spurn , And chastise the thoughtless wha mak him to mourn , Because he is friendless they deem it nae crime To grieve and insult him _sair , time after time . But the clear hectic flush on his bonny pale cheek , And the sharp heavenly flash of his blue een bespeak That they'll no hae him lang thus to laugh at and jeer , For he'll soon lie at rest wi' the friends he lores dear , Doon ' mang the dull sleepers , wha ne ' er dream o' skaith , Por naething can injure the dark house o' death ; Though young , like a tree that ' s beginning to wither , He droops , —sin' he tint his kind father and mither . We rec o mmend these " Lays of the Loom" to all the sonB of labour .

      Rationalism—A Tract Fob Thb Times. Bt G....

      RATIONALISM—A Tract fob thb Times . Bt G . Jacob Holyoulb . London : J . Watson , Paternoster-row . This tract did not reach ns at the time of its publication , in October hist , and although we have had it by us for some weeks past , we have not found time to read it before the present week . This , however , causes us but little regret , as we find , on examination , ) to be as appropriate to the present time as when first published , one proof , let us add , of it * worth .

      The title is one calculated rather to repel than at-! tract . The general reader and on-looker has seen so much irrationality perpetrated under the name of " Rationalism , " that they are not pre-disposed to place a very high value on anything bearing that name . Perhaps one of the most irrational things ever done by Mr . Owes and his followers was the assuming of this same title of " Rationalists . " While some people considered that the men who took this titie must be wondrous clever , others held that they must be wondrous conceited . The former class were led to expect from the " Rationalists" more than it was possible for them to perform ; while the latter class , itisneedless to say , were prejudiced ; and , satisfied with decrying the name cared not to inquire as

      to the principles and objects of the misunderstood " _Rationaliste . " Mr . Holtcake tells us that " the high title , Rationalism" can only be retained as expressive of the aim and tendency of Mr . Owen s views . He adds , " I should certainly reject the designation if I wa 3 understood , as a consequence of its adoption , to consider all as irrational who differ from me in opinion . " Good . Butwe ask Mr . Holtoake whether too many of the believers in , and advocates of "Mr . Owes ' s views , " have not acted as though they considered all other men as "irrational !" What but this cenceited folly kept the followers of

      Mr . Owes from communion with the political _reformers ? We know there were individual exceptions—Mr . Holtoake himself was an exception ; so was Mr . Fleming ; Mr . Watts , and two or three others ; but the great body of the " Rationalists " preferred constituting themselves into a " sect , " rather than ming le with " the people , " which , had they done , they would not only have benefitted the people , but would also have strengthened themselves , and more extensiTely propagated their principles . Mr-HoLiOASEisanentJiu 9 iasticchampionof"tho faith that is in him . " The failure of the Harmony experiment daunts him not : —

      Because preference shares yield no interest , and community scrip finds no purchasers at this particular time , many persons , supposed to be well grounded in Rationalism , have be < rnn to despond . But that philosophy , winch is to elevate human-nature , and be the guide and guardian of virtue , must not fluctuate with a joint-stock experiment ; it must be higher than public opinion—it must not be shaken by relative success or failure—nor peculiar to anj social condition—but fixed as truth , as universal and as enduring . This is spoken like a man ; and for so speaking _, were * ' the prince of dreamers" now living , he would christen Mr . Holtoake " Greatheart . " The failure of the Harmony experiment has not" s ettled the question of " Mr . Ow e n 's views , " it has but

      postponed the "settlement . We have not adopted liis views , nevertheless we regret the failure . The object of Mr . Holyoake _' s tract appears to be "to place the 'Isew Views' ( propounded by Mr . Owen ) in a new light . " Rationalism , he argues , as a system of mental and moral philosophy , has no necessary connection with communism , or other economical systems . He proceeds to put Mr . Owes ' s philosophy into a new shape and form , and we must confess that we better understand the philosop h y in its new form than in its old . Had we been able to have reviewed this tract before the opening of Parliament , we should have _| given it a lengthier notice than we can now afford room for . We must confine ourselves to the following extracts : —

      Thatthe golden corn of sunny climes should fill our barns , and our merchandise should grace erery cot and palace of the world , is well . In time we shall exchange morality—our calculation for the Turks' hospitality , and our science for Persian tolerance . Moral merchants will arise , saying—we barter goods , let us barter sympathies , and as we make the earth grand let us elevate human nature . But the political economy of Rationalism asks why , in the mean time , must our labourers die , why be trampled down in _competition ' s race ! Will that be solid happiness bought with misery and death i Shall we pare the highway cf comraarce with toil-worn bones ? Why not achieve the independence within our reach by the location of our artizans on our untitled land—and learn

      to live at home ! Barter will then be free , no longer , as now , an imperative necessity that mu 6 t be pursued at the expense of moral principle—aud being free it will be honest . Then the now struggling tradesman will become the easy minister of useful interchanges , and a generous intercourse succeed the selfish triumphs of capital and cunning . # # # # From Chambers' Journal upward , the iron and obstinate principles of political economy have blended themselves with such as are more consonant with the wants of tht age . Distinguished thinkers begin to feel thoroughly assured " that co-operation is the lever hy which the great mass of the community shall be eventually raited . " No details are pledged , but the general _acceptance of the principle , is perfect , nothing is wanted but the same currency of opinien for some mode of its application .

      The difficulties which have retarded the consummation of the Harmony experiment in England have been pecuniary . The plans of its principal directors had no worse fault than that of being prematurely splendid . Those who have criticised proceedings there , bave never ascribed its difficulties to any more fatal cause than that of ill-timed expenditure . But a very temporary discouragement tbis ! Gas , steam-vessels , railway companies , have met with the same disasters and far greater delay—and what are their projects compared with the community scheme , which is world-making on a small scale . They Illuminate a town , cross a channel , or intersect the _land—commKnities seek to renovate the social state , recast and elevate humanity .

      Mr , Holtoake _' s arguments are clear , rather than clever ; not very dazzling , but unmistakeably convincing . He has avowedly abstained from entering into any description or defence of the political economy of " the new state of society ; " but we would recommend to him not to neglect this more practical and more popular part of the question . There are thousands of hard-working , common-sense folk , who have neither time nor inclination to study tlie " mental and moral _philusophy" of either Robert Owns or G . J . Holyoake , who wouid , nevertheless , be glad to learn , within the compass of a tract the size ofthe

      present , the " social arrangements" of " the new state of society . " To get at tbat knowledge now , they must wade through the not very attractive writings of Mr . Owe . v , or the almost endlesss volumes of th e New Moral World , whi c h but a very f e w w ill take the trouble to do . The question of community of labour and property is beginning to attract attention throughout Europe , and a brief and clear exposition of " Mr . Owen ' s views" would be serviceable just now . We think Mr . Holtoake could well supply the want . In the meantime , we commen d this tract to our readers .

      Tiie People's Journal—Pam I. London Arti...

      TIIE PEOPLE'S _JOURNAL—Pam I . London Artizan Office , _Wellingtou-street , North Strand . Just as we were completing our " publication notices" for the week , wc received the first part of this periodical , which should have reached us at least two weeks ago . _ISow , be it understood , we do not puff hooks . If wc praise a work ( and we would much rather praise than blame ) , it is because having read it , we fiud ourselves abletopronouuceaconseieutious approval of its contents . We , therefore , must read before wc can recGnimend , an < l hence we must postpone further notice of the Peo ple ' s Journal till next week . Let us add , however , that a first glance satisfies us as to the attractive _-pialities of the Journal ; we shall ,

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      ther e fore , be sure to read it , when w o will re p ort th o result .

      Wau-Acb Defended: Edinburgh , Miller And...

      Wau-acb Defended : Edinburgh , Miller and Fairly . —This title is our own ; the few panes before us appear to be the re-print ofa letter , addressed to the Editor of the Scottish Herald , and bearing the title , " P . F . iytler , Esq ., called to account for his misrepresentations ofthe Life and Character of Sir William Wallace . We suppose there are not many of our readers who will need to be told , that the P . F . Tytler , Esq ., who _i 8 here " calledto account , " is the celebrated Scottish historian . We must do Mr . Siwii , the author of this tract , the justice to sav , that he manfully and e l oquentl y defends the memory of his great countryman . What we have to find fault with is , that we find him clinging to that virtue in Wallace ' s time , but _menstrous absurdity in the prenationa

      sent day—" lity . He talks about the " annihil a ti o n of Sc o t la n d _s name and the universal reference mado to her , as the humble appendage of England . " This is ridiculous . Scotland is no more an appendage of Eng land , than England is of Scotland , they aro both one— "Great Britain . " It is fortunate that Mr . Steiu _/ s nationality nonsense has not the least chance of being responded to . lie admits that the Scottish aristocracy have no sympathv with Scottish nationality ; he must know that the middle-class have found it to thoir advantage for their country to be united to England-witness tlie growth of Glasgow and other places ; and as regards the working men , we can answer for them , that thev repudiate these farcical _dtstiuctionsof race , andregard Englishmen ag brethren . They know , too , that the one system oppresses tho working men ol both countries , and that North and South Britons must be united to effect their common emancipation . Mr . _STEiixalso

      defends Knox against _theabuse of O'Connell , wh o m he handles rather severely , denouncing him as a "h ypocrite . " Very right . Every man of common sense knows that the "king" ofthe _ffrcgn-landors is a "knavein politics , and a hypocrite in religion . " We conclude withja sentiment of Mr . STEai / s , respecting his country' 6 great hero : — "It was the wonderful services WaLucis performed single-handed to his country , both as " a warrior and a statesman , theentire absence of all selfish feeling he manifested while in power and out of power , and the heroic sacrifice which he made . of him s elf ou the a lt a r o f liberty—a sacrifice that will tell on the destinies of the human family to latest _ages—that secured fer him the undying love of his countrymen . " Let u s add , and has won for him equally the undying love of Englishmen . Not a sensible Englishman but v e nerat es his n a me , and mourns his murder as one ofthe foulest blots staining the annals of England . .

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      Atrocious Outrage, And Illegal Interfere...

      ATROCIOUS OUTRAGE , AND ILLEGAL INTERFERENCE WITH THE SACRED RIGHT OF PETITION . [ FROM OUR OWN C 0 RRE 8 POM » NT . ] If the English people knew but a tithe of the persecution te which thc Irish farmer and labourer are subject , and but too frequently the victims , they would not feel the least astonishment at the numerous acts of agrarian disturbance about which they hear so much . The public seldom , if ever , hear or get the least hint of the cause of those disturbances . An instance of petty tyranny , of a very serious character , and imminently calculated to disturb the tranquillity of a district heretofore proverbial for the good order and

      peaceableness of its inhabitants , has occurred recently _. The following brief sketch will , to some extent , serve to shew with what a high and unconstitutional hand Irish landlords carry their pretensions . The late Mr . Evans , of Portrane , represented the county of Dublin in Parliament . lie was returned by the popular interest * , and was always looked upon by the g re a t bulk of the p eo ple as a United Irishman , who had the good fortune to have , lik e s ome o thers , escaped hanging . lie was a favourite with the people . In order to afford the children of liis poor tenantry at Portrane tlie means of education , he built two little _school-houses—one for males , the other for females ; and as the poor tenantry were all Catholics , he left the selection ofthe teachers to the parish priest .

      Mr . Evans died some two or three years since without issue ; his widow , who is sister to the late Lord Congleton , better known as Sir II . Pennell , resi des a t P o rtrane , and n o t havin g been accu s t o m ed to have any intercourse with the tenantry , she employed a person named Wolstenfullam , a Germ a n , to act ' for her as agent , or , as you term it in England ,

      bailiff . It happened some five or six weeks ago , that a petition to Parliament in favour of the Tenant Right w a s laid on a tabl e a t the Catholic Church door f o r signature Mrs . Evans' tenantr y si g ned the p etition most willingly , as they are greatly oppressed by paying three pounds an acre for bad land , while their neighbours upon an adjoining estate , belonging to a Tory landlord , pay but thirty shillings for much better land . Mrs . Evans having heard of this petition s ent for her a g ent , or bailiff , Mr . _Wolsterfullam , in order to aid her in discovering if any of her tenants or dependents had either signed the petition or had taken any part in obtaining the signatures of others . Threats of all sorts were held over any tenant who

      should dare to sign this petition .. Alter a good deal of espionage , suspicion fell upon the teacher , who had been seventeen years schoolmaster in Mr . Evans ' school , and who , during that long period , had given the utmost satisfaction to the pupils , to their parents , to the parish priest , and apparently even to Mrs . Evans herself . _Neverthelesss , the alleged crime of having signed a petition to Parliament in favour of the Tenant Right , cancelled all former ties , aud without any other fault , even the formality of an inquiry into " the alle g ed one , the unfortunate schoolma ste r was wa y l a id in th e du s k , between the schoolhouses and his own little dwelling , by the a g ent , Mr . Wol s tenfullam , and s educ e d into a low public-house , under the pretence of settling his quarter's salary ,

      but in reality to afford two or three bum-bailiffs time to effect an entrance into the school-house , and throw out everything belonging to the schoolmaster and keen possession . The unsuspecting teacher did not anticipate the object of coaxing him into the public house , till after he had acknowledged the receipt of the money . He was alone with the agent , and therefore had no witness to this low and tyrannical trick . He did not like to go into the public hou s e , particularly as he is a teetotaller . The agent and his mistress became a little alarmed at their tyranny , and sent for the schoolmaster , paid

      bim a year ' s sal a ry , and assigned as a reason for their conduct thathe had not ouly signed the petition but was a Chartist . Now it so happens that the schoolmaster did not sign the _petition , aud that he ia . not a member of any political society . The _schoelhouse has been shut up ; the neighbourhood is in a very excited state , and w ill soon re q uir e an additional police force . The people are alarmed a t t hi s int e rf e r e nc e w ith their ri ght to petition Parliament . They are deterred from petitioning . Is not this interference with the rig ht of petition a breach of privilege ? C . Malahide , Feb . 14 , 1846 .

      O'Connell V. O'Higgins. Commission Of Oy...

      O'CONNELL v . O'HIGGINS . COMMISSION OF OYER AND TERMINER . The Commission of Oyer and Terminer was opened yesterdav , at eleven o clock , by the Hon . Justices Crompton and Perrin , of the Queen ' s Bench , accompanied by the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor ( Alderman _Esian _, locum tenensj , his lordship ' s secretary , Mr . Deehan , the City Sword-bearer and Marshal , wh e n the usual formalities were observed . It would be wrong to say the Queen v . O'Higgins , because the prosecution is , in reality , at the instance of O'Connell . You are already aware that two bills of indictment were sent up , one to the County Grand Jury , the other tothe City Grand Jury . The County Grand Jury are nearly all landed proprietors , and , consequently , mure deeply interested in a landlord and tenant question than the City Grand Jury , who ,

      by the bye , do not own an acre of land amongst the whole of them ; yet , strange to say , the County Grand Jury threw out the bills against Mr . O'Higg ins , while , on the other hand , thc city sages found trao bills against him . It was a hard contest , and not a very noiseless one in the grand jury room . There wer e ele v en f o r i g norin g the bills , and twelve for finding them . Sir Richard Baker , a little c ity knig ht , a nd a t a ilor by tr ad e , l a boured ha rd n t o nl y to induce some weak rainds to concur in his views , but to make the witnesses say more than they should or could say ; one of whom , a re sp e c table g entlem a n , snubbed the little knight for his impertinence . The trial has been removed by a writ of certiorari from the Commission to the Court of _Queon ' g Bench . It is , therefore , likely to become a " Great Statu Trial . "

      The g eneral impression here is , that , in this case , at any rate , O'Connell will be defeated . Little he knows of the real state of feeling outside of Conciliation Hall . His bosom friend , Tom Arkins , the spy , f a il e d in establishin g a charact e r for honesty this day . He instituted proceedings for a defamatory libel , scandalum magnatum , against the editor and proprietors of the Dublin Argus , an unstamped publication . The cause was tried to-day . The jury acquitted tho prisoners . The audience hailed thc

      verdict with such loud and continuous cheering , that the court was obliged to commit some of them to Newgate . Tho verdict is not very comp limentary to the character of Tom Arkins . The unfortunate man had troubles enough of a domestic nature , without this public stigma upon his character . It » 8 surprising how such a man imposed upon the public . He is sword-beaver to the reformed corporation , and clerk ofthe corn table . But he is the bosom friend of the " Liberator , " as he calls hiui , a nd that y o u know covers a multitude of sins .

      Execution Of Bryan Seery. The Following ...

      EXECUTION OF BRYAN SEERY . The following account of thc execution of this wretched man is furnished by the reporter of the Freeman ' s Journal . Seery , it will be seen , persisted tothelas _^ ir the most solemn terras , to assert his

      Execution Of Bryan Seery. The Following ...

      t o t a l inn o c e n ce o f th e c rim e f o r which h e was about to pay the forfeit of his life _:-MuttrwoAB , Fa , DAY Evening . —The die is cast—« tha law has _uken its course , "hmd Bryan Seery-tho Ill-fated , _Bflf-iltelanrd , nnd universally believed innocent Bryin Seery is now no more . The toliowing declaration was made , voluntaril y made by the unhappy roan on Toursday evening , m the presence of the Rev . Mr . Savage , the _deputy-governor of the gaol , Mr . Gunning ( the prisoner ' s agent ) , and two magistrates of the county , who signed the document : — '

      County of Westraeath to wit .-I , Bryan S . ery , now a prisoner m the gaol of Mullingar , and to be on this day executed , do most solemnl y and sinecrd y declare , in the presence of that God before whom I must shortly appear tor judgment , that I _nisver fired at Sir Francis Hopkinsthat I never committed any act tending to injure him in person or property—and that I never was cognisant of , or a party to , any conspiracy to plot or shoot , or injure the said Sir Francis Hopkins ; and that I am _aot guilty , directly or indirectly , of the crime for which I am to be hanged . —Revah Seeet . " This was the declaration presented by tho Rev . Mr . Savage to the sheriff to witness ; and I presume it is tbe same document signed , in the presence of the parties alluded to above , on the previous evening .

      The prisoner , after having spent the whole of Thursday evening with the Rev . Mr . Savage in religious _devotions , retired to bed about eleven o ' clock , and slept soundly until six in the morning , when he arose , and after attending mass in tho chapel he received the holy communion from the hands of the Rev , Mr . Savage , whose attention to the poor convict was unceasing . At six o ' clock in tho morning tbe trumpets of the military were heard all over the town , the men being under orders for duty at eleven o ' clock . The military force present consisted of the following : —Two troops ofthe 11 th Light

      _Drageons , 30 rank and file each , accompanied by Major Jones ; two troops of the 8 th Hussars , of 10 rank and file each , commanded by Colonel M'Caul and Lord Killeen ; _thefith regiment of Foot ( stationed in the townj ; two companies ot thc 32 ( 1 , under the command of Captain Lowe ; one company ofthe 75 th , commanded by Captain _Bathurst ; and seventy-five constabulary , under the command of Messrs . Brooky and Shiels . I have never beheld a more awfully solemn scene . Almost every shop in the town was closed , yet hardly a soul except the soldiery attended at thc execution ! It was a fine unclouded

      morning ; as the day . advanced , thc clear bright sky proclaimed thc return of spring . The streets , as I hare already said , were quite _desert « d , and the pcoplo testified , by their refraining from either c omlng into town , or collecting in crowds in its suburbs , their abhorrence of the tragedy . One fact illustrative of this I shall relate ' . —A . mercantile gentleman , who came from Dublin to purchase butter , could not get any person to do business with him , and although the day was that on which the butter market is held , according to the patent , the market being the largest in Leinster , there was not a single firkin brought into town .

      At eleven o ' clock the infantry and police were placed in order in front of the gaol . The unfortunate convict was accompanied in his devotions throughout the morning by the Rev . Mr . Savage , who , since his sentence , has been most assiduous and unceasing in hit attendance . When the hour of twelve o ' clock had arrived , ths Rev . Mr . Savage requested the sheriff to witness tho the declaration of which I hare given a copy above , but that functionary refused . The rev . gentleman then informed the prisoner that the hour was come for him ; and the prisoner , taking a crucifix in Mb hand , said , " I follow Christ , and declare I am an innocent man . " The Rev . Mr . _Hasterson , wearing his surplice , then walked with the prisoner to the scaffold , repeating the Litany of Jesus aloud . When the prisoner appeared on the drop he said , raising the crucifix , an d i n a ca l m , loud , and steady tone , and with an emphasis of awful and terrible solemnity" I declare before my God that I had neither act , hand , part , or knowledge in the crime for which I am going to die here ' . "

      This declaration , so pronounced , caused a shudder amongst the soldiery , and the prayer , " the Lord have mercy on him , " burst / root every lip . A few mementi more and the unhappy man was launched Into eternity . The body , after the usual time ef suspension , was cut down and placed in the coffin , and then his friends conveyed it to the late residence of the deceased , in the town of Mullingar , amid the sobbing and burning tears of the townspeople . Thus ended thefearful tragedy . The body will be interred on Sunday at Castletown , and although not a soul was present at the execution , some hundreds of thousands will , I am assured , accompany poor Seery ' _s _romains to the grave . There was only one magistrate of the county ( Ur . Uniacke ) present . 1 cannot write more , for . in common with the whole inhabitants of the town , I am so shocked at what I have witnessed , that I am quite nerveless . God grant that I may never again have to describe such a _eceae . Gloomy silence now reigns , and all is tranquil .

      The military will not , I understand , leave town for a day or tw _« . Seery was kept for an hour after tho time appointed for his execution . Sir Guy Campbell was understood to have said that the delay arose from the expectation of a reprieve by the ten o ' clock coach .

      FUNERAL OF BRYAN SEERY . The funeral of Bryan Seery took place on Sunday , and was attended by vast multitudes of thc country people , whose numbers were estimated to amount to 50 , 000 or 60 , 000 souls . The greatest decorum was observed throughout the day , there not b e i n g t h e slightest disposition evinced by the peasantry to commit a breach of the peace . " The Rev . Mr . Savage , " says the report , " wh o had offi c i a ted a t m as s , and who had attended Seery since his sentence , briefly addressed the people , having first read the following document : —* The funeral of Bryan Seery , who was exeeuted on Friday , will take place immediately after last mass . His la » fc words were—what his past good conduct and excellent character through life justified

      you all in expecting—* That I had neither act , hand , part , or knowledge in the crime for which I am to die here . ' The ckrgy of the surrounding district will attend on to-morrow at a solemn high mass for the eternal repose of liis soul . Theoffice will commence at eleven o ' clock . AVe make this announcement , as we know that the pcop le of the town and the surrounding district are anxious to testily their sympathy with the afflicted widow and orphans on this occasion . The funeral procession will commence at eleven o ' clock . Iu accordance with the humane feeling so generally expressed , it is intended to raise a subscription for the support of the widow and orphans thus

      unexpectedly deprived of a good husband and industrious father . Contributions towards this work of c h a rit y wi l l be rec e ived b y the cl e r gy of the town , and also by the clergymen of the different parishes througbout the country . The rev . gentleman then exhort e d the p eo p le t o d emean th e ms elve s durin g the day peaceably , steadily , and soberly , but a b o ve all , to give no opportunity to their enemies of saying that the law or peace was broken . He then announced that he had received several subscriptions that morning , from Dublin , for the poor widow and her children , and stated that on this day ( Monday ) there would be a solemn office and high mass , at which u p wards of t h irty of the cler g y would attend , for the repose of the soul of the martyr . '"

      The Factories Bill. The F O Llowi Ng Is ...

      THE FACTORIES BILL . The f o llowi ng is the joint report of tlie Inspectors of Factories , annexed to the separate reports of Messrs . Horner , Howell , Saunders , and Stuart : — Factory-office , London , Dec . 18 , 1845 . Sir , — We , the undersigned Inspectors of Factories , have now the honour to raport to you that , in conformity with the arrangement proposed in our letter to Mr . Manners Sutton , dated the 29 th of November , 1844 , our present statutory meeting ( being the second for the present year ) commenced on the 25 th of November last , and is still continued by adjournments . _VTe have read to each other tint several reports relating te our respective districts for the last half-jear , from the 1 st of May te the 31 st of October included , wliich we send with this joint report .

      T 7 e have conferred with each other on various matters connected with the discharge of our duties under the 3 rd and 4 th of William IV ,, c . 103 , and the 7 thof Victoria , c . 15 . Nothing has occurred to whicli we deem it necessary to call your attention , except the follewing case in Mr . Stuart ' s district , wherein thc justices , having found the defendant guilty of an offence for which a specific penalty of not less than £ 10 , and not more than £ 100 , has been awarded by the statute , nevertheless declared that , notwithstanding their conviction of the defendant , no penalty was due . The statement made by Mr . Stuart to us , and our minute thereon , commuuicated to you in our letter of the 12 th inst ., will explain clearly the proceeding of the magistrates ; a copy of these documents , and of Mr . Stuart ' s letter , to you , applying for your authority to adopt the only measure which can now be resorted to in order to remed y the error the magistrates seem to as to have committed , will be found iu the appundix to this report _.

      The Act of Parliament passed during the last session , entitled " An Act to regulate the Labour of Children , Young I _' srsons , and Women , in Printworks , " provides in the 3 rd section " that the inspectors and sub-inspectors of factories shall respectively be inspectors and _sub-inspectors for carrying iato effect the powers , authorities , aud provisions of this act ; " we , therefore , ou the 15 th of July , took the liberty to suggest to you that some public notice should be issued to the occupiers of such works , and in pursuance ofthe authority contained in the answer , from Mr . Manners Sutton , dated the llitli of July , we issued advertisements in the London Gazette , and in various newspapers .

      We also by letter to Mr . _Mannors Sutton , dated the 19 th of July , requested that directions might be given for the pre paration of the abstract of the act referred to in the 29 th section , by competent legal authority , as was done in the case of the Factories Acts last year . Capias of this abstract wc have received , as directed by your order to the Stationery-office . We have at our present meeting made arrangements to enable the occupiers of tliese works to conform to tho law in respect to registers , certificates , _tfcc , which they are rennired to keep , by preparing for them such documents , in _n proper form , in the same manner as wc prepared Bumlnr documents for the occupiers of factories at our meeting iu July , 1844 , before the amended Factory Act came into operation . Wo have completed those details , and ia the course of this week a circular letter will be

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      forwarded to tbe eccupier of every printworlc of whese establishment we have received notice . _< We have , & c , Leonard Hobneb , T . JOSES IIOWBMj . _Roiti'iiT J . Stmuzai . James StuAbt . The Bight Hon . Sir James R . _

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      APPSNDIX . At * _meetlnp ; of the _Innpecters of Factories held this day , D « c . 12 , 1815 , Mr . Stuart made the following statement to the inspectors relating to a prosecution _instituted by Mr . Lang , Procurator Fiscal for the Justices of Ponce at Glasgow , by the desire of Mr . Charles Balfour , Sub-Inspector of Factories there , against Mr . Jams * Clark , power-doth _manufacturer at St . Rollox _, sear Glasgow .

      Tha complaint at Mr , Lens ' s instance _eoncludsdfor payment of the statutory penalty of not _lesB than £ 5 , and not more than £ 20 , for not having in terms of the 21 st and 59 th sections ofthe Amending Factory Act , 7 Victoria , c . 15 , fenced the requisite parts of the machinery of his factory ; and for the statutory penalty of not lest than £ 10 , and not mere than £ 100 , in terms of the 10 th section of that act , on account ofthe bodily injury suffered , upon th _» 27 th day of May , 1815 , hy Alexander Thomsen , engine _, keeper at that factory , in conseauence of those parts of

      the machinery befora mentioned not being _saourol y fenced , by having one of his legs broken , and his right arm so seriously injured as to render immediate amputation necessary . The magistrates convicted Mr . Clark in the lowest statutory penalty of £ 5 for the first offence , and in £ 3 os ., tbe whole costs incurred . But , although they found that Alexander Thomson had suffered the aforesaid bodily injury from the machinery not being securely fenced , " they , in respect of the special circumstances , find no penalty due for the offence last aforesaid . "

      It appears to the inspectors that the magistrates , by finding no penalty due for tho offence under the COth section ofthe act , by whieh they had convicted the defendant , hare failed to give effect to a clear and indisputable tnactment of the statute , which , too , gives to the inspector or sub-inspector no power of appeal . The inspectors having deliberately considered the circumstances of this case , are of opinion that thty should be brought under the notice of her Majesty ' s _Secretary of State , as he only can take measures , through the Lord-Advocate or otherwise , for vindicating thc authority of the law , in this and similar cases , where tbe magistrates fail to enforce it . The inspectors direct that the certified copy ofthe conviction in this case produced to them be sent with this minute to ber Majesty ' s Secretary of State . Messrs . Hugh _Gog-an and "William Dick were the _convicting magistrates at Glasgow , and Mr . John Douglas their clerk , Factory Inspeotors ' -office , Dec . 12 , 1815 .

      Sir , — -Referring to the accompanying minute of the Inspectors of Factories , I have the honour of representing to you that tho decision of the magistrates , finding no peualty due on account ofthe bodily injury suffered by Alexander Thomson , is attended with grievous hardship to him and his family . I have ascertained that he is n sober , honest , and industrious person , with a wife and two . children . In consequence of the accident which befell him , occasioned by machinery not securely fenced , he lost his right arm and had a compound fracture ofthe left leg . He was confined in the infirmary of Glasgow for fifteen weeks , and is still from weakness unable to make any exertion towards gaining a livelihood ,

      I therefore beg leave , with the concurrence of my colleagues , respectfully to recommend to you to empower ne , as Inspecter of Factories for Scotland , in terms of the 21 th section of the Amending Factory Act , 7 Victoria , c , 16 , to direct an action to be brought in the name of the foresaid Alexander Thomson for the recovery of damages due by the foresaid James Clark . This extraordinary course would not have been followed in this case but for the decision ofthe magistrates of Glasgow , finding no penalty due for the _offeree under the 00 th section of the act , from which compensation might have been made to tbe injured person in a summary manner . I hive , _& c ., Jamis Stuabt . The Right Hon . Sir J . R . G . Graham , Bart ,, dse .

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      A Singular Phenomenon is mentioned as having Bccurred near Norkioping , Sweden . On Monday , the 19 th , about nine o'clock in the morning , tho waters of the Motala , a river of East Gothland , Bowing into Brawick Bay , suddenly fell very considerably , and continued to fall with such rapidity , that at four in the afternoon of tlie same day the bed of the river was quite dry , and quantities of fish , which were found b uried in the mu d , were taken .

      Shipwreck off Boulogne . —TVe leara from _Boulogne-sur-Mer , th a t ab out five o ' clock in the afternoon of Saturday last , after a most tempestuous day , an English sloop , with a crew of five men , leaking at every plank , attempted to make that port , but , from want of sufficient water to get in , was obli g ed to run aground to the east of the pier , a short distance from the stockade . Notwithstanding the heroic attempts of Meguin , a French pilot , and Testard , a fisherman , two of the English sailors were drowned ; the others were saved .

      Fbaternhy . —A society is formed in the metrop olis , for the purpose of bringing together in harmony and brotherly love the natives of different countries . A meeting has been hold at White Conduit-house of the members , who consist of Germans , Poles , Fr e nch , It a li a ns , Americans , and English . The motto of the society is " Alk _Menschen sind Bruder "— " All men are brethren . "—Morning

      Advertiser . Murder ik the Countt of Waterford . — Groat sensation has been created in the neighbourhood of Clashmore , in consequence of the discovery of a murder , c omm i tte d on a p oor woman livin g w ith i n a short distance of this place . The body was found on Monday last iu a drain , having the breast bono broken , and showing other serious contusions in various places . The husband bas been apprehended on

      suspicion . Rouen and Havre Railroad . —We read in the Commtrce : — " Very alarming ; rumoun were in circulation at the Bourse on Thursday , relative to the report of M . Frissard , the en gineer sent down to inspect the works on the Havre railway . It was even said that all the works were to be executed over again . Destructive Fire . — On Mond a y ni ght a fire occurred at the corner of _Bethnal-grcen-road , at an oil and colourman _'s , and before the arrival of the engines from the stations of Jeffries-square , Farringdon-street , and other places , the stock of the shop was completely consumed , and thc building seriously damaged . Death of Baron _Bhlow . —A letter from Berlin announces the death of Baron de Bulow _, ex-Minister of State .

      Juvhsile Offenders . — On Saturd a y a m e eting of noblemen and gentlemen took place at the Mansion House , for the purpose of takiug into consideration measures fer the reformation of juvenile offenders , and for checking tho growth of crime . The Lord Mayor in the chair . The meeting was addressed by Mr . Anderton , Mr . Pearson , thc Bi s h op of London , M . D . Ilill , Esq ., recorder of Birmin g ham , Lord Roborfc Grosvenor , Mr . _Aldermaa Challis , Dr . Lynch , the Rev . W . Russell , and Mr . D . Wire . A committee was appointed to carry out tlio views of the meeting , which will sit at the Mansion House .

      The Alleged Incest and Murder at Greenwich . —On Saturday laBt , Willi a m Rich a rd s on was fHlly committed to take his trial on the charge ot murder . His wretched daughter , Ann Richardson , was also committed as " an accessory . " Tho prisoners , when removed from tho dock into the reserveroom , commenced a conversation together , and in answer to something that his daughter said , the male prisoner patted her on the shoulder and laughed , as though nothing had occurred of serious moment . The Potatoe Disease i s still c o ntinuin g it s rav ag e s in the midland counties .

      Fatal Accident at the South Western Rail- ] wav Terminus . —Or Saturday Mv . Bedford held an inquest at St . George ' s Hos p ital , Hyde Park-corner , on the body of WiUiam Cone , aped fifty-five , a porter in the locomotive department of the South Western Railway Company . His toot had been crushed by the wheel of a railway waggon , which exciting gangrene caused his death on the 11 th inst . Voraict , "Accidental Death . " More Resignations . — There is re as on to be l ie ve that Admiral Sir George Cockburn has resigned his

      seat at the Board of Admiralty . It is further understood that Lord Forester has " resigned the past he held in the Royal Household as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms . Some short time ago it was stated that the Earl Dolawarr had tendered his resignation of the hig h office ol Lord Chamberlain o f h er M aj e s ty ' s H o u s e h old , hut that on the urgent request of an illustrious personage , he had consented to retain the appointment . We are now assured , however , that his Lordship has actually resigned .

      The Archbishop of Canterbury complet e d hi s 80 th year on thc 12 th inst . A Strange Coincidence . — The Journal des Debuts mentions that the parricide Duhavry , lately condemned to death by the Court of Assixe of Tarbes _, was ordered for execution on the 12 th of February . The criminal records show that one of his ancestors of the same name ( Jean Marie Dubnrry ) was executed for a similar crime on the 12 th of February , 1710 . " Is there not something extraordinary , " remarks the Journal des Debuts , " in this parity of crime , name , and date ?" Rutlandshire Election . — Tho seat in the Il o use of Commons vacated by the retirement of the Hon . W . Dawnay , was on Saturday conferred upon Mr . George Finch , of Burley-on-the-Iiill , without opposition . Mr . Finch is a Conservative and a Protectionist . Fatal Railway Accident near Kendal . —On

      Satur d ay last , the 14 th , a melancholy and fatal accident took place on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway , at a place called Hay Fell , about three miles

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      north of the above town , by which Susan Havton _, t he m o th e r of six c hildren , w _. ib killed . At the scene of the accident , the railway crosses the turnpike road ou a level . The deceased was crossing the rail in a cart at the moment of the arrival of a railway waggon . The cart was overturned , and the p oor woman was frightfully crushed , and died in a few minutes . Verdict— " Accidentally killed . " St . Denis . —So great is the apprehension of thefalling of the north tower of the cathedral of St . Denis , that the inhabitants of the houses in its immediate neighbourhood are hastening to remove from them . A Fool . —At _Coolnwen , in the county of Clare , a few days ago , in a fit of religious enthusiasm , a man nailed his tcet and his left hand to thc post of his bed , in imitation ofthe crucifixion of Jesus Christ .

      • ' War to the Castlb , Peace to tub Cottaob . "The Marquis of Exeter maintains three bloodhounds to hunt down and worry human beings found offend _, ing against the Game Laws . Roijbeky . —At the OlerkenweU police-office on Monday , Sarah Margaret Chamberlaine was committed for trial , charged with robbing her mistress , Mrs . Mary Fulford , residing in Cornwall-place , Isling ton , of jewellery and other property . A Gentleman . —On Tuesday at the _Marlboroughstreot Polico-ofh ' ce , " a gent l em a n , " named James R ic h a rd Smith , w a s fined £ 5 , or two m o nths ' imprisonment , for an unprovoked assault on _Ashton , one of tlie beadles of the Burlington Arcade . He had spit in the eomplainant ' s face , and struck him several _btowa , becmise the beadle bad in terfered with him when " gallopading behind a lady , with a view of attracting her notice . "

      The Pope v . _Fannt . Elssler . — Fanny Elssler ' s triumph at Rome has been seriously checked by an interdict placed on the ballet of "Esmeralda , " that work being pronounced dangerous'to public morals . German Treason . —k p rinter a t Wurtz b ur g haa been arrested for having printed an almanac in 1842 , in whicli the name of ; the Bishop of Wurtzburg is placed before that of the King and royal family of Batavia . A . Young _Latjt and Mamma . — The Courtier Irancais states that a woman died latel y at Tolosa , in Spain , at the extraordinary age of 150 years 1 She leaves a daughter in her eighty-second year .

      A Revelation for Children . — Peter Parley ' s name is Samuel _Griswolu Goodrich . He is the son ofa clergyman of Connecticut , a st a te w hi c h has sent forth more literary men than any other in America . "The Far-West . "—This well-known personag «* after many retreats from the spirit of advancing " annexation" in America , has at last resolved to give up altogether . By a recent _arr-iwl from the _neff world we learn that "itis now sitting on the sands of the Columbia , waitin g for a _paseago to China . " The Campbell Mosument . — Mr . Marshall , A . R . A ., the sculptor appointed to execute the statute of Lord Clarendon for the'new Houses of Parli a ment , is also engaged upon the monument to be erected to the author ofthe _Pleasures of Hope in the Poets ' Owner , Westminster-abbey .

      Very Important . — Among _thos-e wbo are most likely to be well informed , it is confidently stated that her Majesty ' s confinement is not expected before the end of May . PmcE of Bread in Paris . — The p rice of bread for the fortnight commencing Feb . 1 ( 5 , is fixed at 38 c . per killogramme for bread of the best quality , and 30 c . for the second ; equal to Yid . and 6 d . per quartern . _Pedebtrianism . —Jas . Btrom and Thomas Maxfield ' s ( the _rfoRTu Star ) Mile Race for 60 Sovs . This race came off on Tuesday . At starting , Byrera jumped off , and kept a clear lead , till nearl y half the course had been covered ( which was from the London side ofthe turnpike to the milestone through Ealing ); shortly a f ter pa s sin g the Ol d Hat , the Star put on the steam , and made a g ood five yar ds of his speed , which he steadily and geometrically increased , until he ran in a go od an d c l ea r first b y some ten yards . Time of winner , four minutes & nd 46 seconds .

      Sudden Death of Mrs . Braham . —We regret to announce the demise of Mrs . Frances Braham , the l a dy of the e miment vocalist , which took p lace on the night of Sunday last , at Mr . BrahamYresideuce , No . 8 , Gloucester-road , Bayswater . Death ot General Sir William H . Cliniox , G . C . B ., Lieutenant-Governor of ChelseaIIospital . —This officer died on Sunday morning ! _%£ , at the family seat , Ro ys ton , Herts . Lady Holland ' s Will . —It is a subject of genera ! literary interest to learn that ( besides some £ 1 , 500 for annum , and a considerable sum in _motiey , 17 , 000 ) . ady HoUand left to Lord John _IlusseUthe " Memoir of Mr . Fox , " so long in preparation by the late Lord Holl a nd , with an expression of a hope that it should b e p ubli s hed as earl y as possible . Her Ladyship also bequeathed to the Birtish Museum the celebrated Tolentino Box , on wliich , the lovers of art are aware ,

      is sculptured the noble antique ofthe goat browsing . This precious relic was _prusented by the Pope to Bonaparte , a ft e r hi s I ta lian cam p ai gn , as the ric h est gift he could offer him . Napoleon sent it to Lady HoUand , from St . Helena , with a grateful autograph note , for thc attentions paid to him by her Ladyship in his captivity . Both box and autograph are now , it is stated , in the British Museum . Supposed Shipwbkch _opf the _Skerbies . —A note , of which the following is a copy , was found _enclosed in a bottle picked up by the artilleryman in charge ofthe fort on Dalkey island , and brought to Lieut . Hutchinson , harbour-master of Kingstown , on Sunday evening : — "Brig Spev ( or Istsey ) , Feb . 4 , 18-16 : Six feet water in the hold—we expect soon to be all lost , unlesg some help arrives : we are about 31 deg . 46 min . off _Skerriis . Tho captain was lost two day 3 ago , a nd the m a te is de a d , he died of the yellow fever about a week ago . " John Igo , seaman . "

      Mt Razor and Shaving Tackle . — What next ? Here we have a pamphlet on tho art and mystery of s havin g ! Certainly , of all" the ills that flash is heir to , " none are more annoying than shaving , or being shaved with a razor " made to sell , " yet thousands submit to the torture every day of their lives , without making an effort to put an end to the infliction . We really have been much amused with the " close-sharing" arguments put forth in this pamphlet , which , besides amusing us , has also learned us a thing or two we wcre before ignorant of . Any of our readers who may desire to know more , we must r e f e rt o the author o fthe pa m p hl e t , J . Tcetgen , 10 , Bishopgate-street Without .

      Vert Right . — The ladies in Louisiana have ado pted a rule never to marry a man who owes an editor more than one year's subscription . Suicide from a Steamer . —On Tuesday afternoon , as the Diamond , Gravesend steamer , which leaves the London-bridge-wharf at four o ' clock , was off Northflect , on her downward passage , a man ( unknown ) , who was standing ou the after-deck , suddenly jumped over the side of the vessel into the river and was drowned . Destructive Fire at Natlasd , near Kendal . — On Monday morning last a fire broke out on the premises of Mr . James Simro , farmer , of Natl a nd , wliich destroyed a large quantity of farming stock , produce , & c . The fire is believed to have originated accidentally .

      Fire at Greenwich . — Wednesday morning , shortly bef o re two o ' c lock , an alarming fir e br o ke out at Gre e nwich , upon the premises in the tenure of Mr . J . Muttey , liceuscd victualler , near the Royal Hospital , known by the sign of the Royal Oak . The house was burnt down , and the contents destroyed . The pocket of thc editor of the Boston Journal was picked a few days since , and all the thief got for his risk and pains was «» unfinished article on the Oregon question . Murder of a Wife by her Husband . — On tha 10 th inst ., while a man ofthe name of Daniel Dunn was in the act of cutting timber in his house , ho had some angry words with his wife , during which he struck her with thc hatchet he held in his hand , and killed her . This shocking deed occurred at _Shanrahan , near _Cl ogheen , Dunn has made a fall confes s ion o f hi s g uilt , and has been committed to our gaol for trial . —Tipperary Constitution .

      The Late Murder and Suicide in Stepney . — On Monday morning the remains of Jeremiah Spence i Stark , and Helen Stark , his youn g wife , whom he i murdered , and afterwards destroyed himself , wero i buried iu the Tower Hamlets Cemetery , near Bow . . The funeral was conducted as privately as possible . . An immense number of persons collected in Arbour- - . square , _nuar the house where thc horrible deed was s committed , during the whole of Sunday , in expects- _< tion that the bodies would be brought out for inter- - ment . but they wero disappointed . The time and d

      plaee of the funeral were kept as secret as possible , s . Soon after nine o clock in tho morning , when few w persons wore Btimng , a heane and mourning coach to drove up to the house , No . 16 , where tho ill-fated id couple perished . The coffins , containing their bo- odics , w er e immedi a tel y brought out and placed in tiie > ie same hoarse , a nd thc mourner s , six in number , g ot ot into the coach which followed as quickly as possible , e . The grave was soon closed over the remains of the he rash and unfortunate man and his victim , and the he crowd dispersed .

      Shipwrecks—Accounts have been received ofthe he wreck of the Steadfast , John Adams master , from > itt Q , uobee , bound to Bristol , timber and deal laden— — crew saved . The barque Arethusa , of Maryport , rt , William Lester master , from-Montreal , hound to to Plymouth , flour and wheat laden . Letters received ed from Captain Edwin Pentreath , ofthe sh ip Jane me Morrison , of Quebec , and from Captain Donald aid Campbell , of the ship Sir Richard Jackson , _froniom Montreal , bearing date Monicongan Shoals , _Ttholiol Decembor , state the loss of both theso ships on the the night of thc 1 st to 2 nd instant , and th a t th ey hud , at , at the time the ships , struck , cut away the mam and mid mizeiimast * of both ships severally , to case ¦ them . ; m . Tke boats ol the former having been all stove m on or washed overboard , the crew w _« rc 1 _fvedo " . . '; i ; i ]] , ' constructed by them of deals , of _^ _XThivS- _£ _oai'oo ; and the crow ofthe latter ship , afar _hn _^ ng _, ng been a day aud night fast in the ice , in their boats , ate ,, atl ot on shore .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 21, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_21021846/page/3/