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      Beauties Of Byrox. »0. Xxxvi. "Beppo." "...

      BEAUTIES OF BYROX . » 0 . XXXVI . " _BEPPO . " "Seppo _was written at Venice , In October , 1817 , and acquired great popularity immediately on its publication , in the May of the following year . Lord Brass ' s letters showed that he attached very little importance to it at the time , lie wasnotaware that _ge had opened a new vein , in which his genius was destined to work out some of ite brightest triumphs . " _Jkppo is an amusing _production—the precursor of Do n Juan . THE CAESIYAL . lis known , at least it should be , that throughout All countries of the Catholic persuasion , Some weeks before Shrove-Tucsday comes about , The people take their fill of recreation And bny repentance ere they grow devont _.

      However high their rank , or low their station , WW" fiddling , feasting , dancing , drinking , masq . uimj , And other things which may be had for asking . The moment night with dusky mantle covers Tits sides ( and the more duskily the better ) , the _iiuie I 235 liked by husbands than by lovers Begins , and prudery fliBgs asWe her fetters ; And gaiety ou restless tiptoe hovers , Giggling with all the gallants who beset her : And ihere are songs and quaver ? , roaring , hamming , guitar * , and every other sort of _strumming . And there are dresses splendid , but fantastical , Masks of all times and nations , Turks and Jews , And harlequins and clowns , with feats gymuastical ; Greeks , Romans , Yankee-doodles , and Hindoos ; All kinds of dress , except the ecclesiastical , All people , as their _fanciei hit , may choose , Bat no one in these parts may quiz the clergy , — Therefore take heed , ye Freethinkers ! I charge ye .

      Ton d better walk about begirt with briars , Instead of coat aud smallclothes , than pnt on A single stitch reflecting upon { chtrs , Although you swore it only was in fun ; They'd haul you o ' er the coals , and stir the fires Of _Phlegethoa with every mother ' s son , Ser say one mass to cool the caldron's bubble That boil'd your bones , unles 3 you paid them double

      nxux _akb ) , Tilth all its sinful doings , I must say , That Italy ' s a pleasant place to me , Who love te see the Sun shiae every day And vines ( not nail'd to trails ) from tree to tree Jestoou'd much like the hack scene of a play , Or mdodrame , which people flock to see , ¦ When the first act is ended by a dance la vineyards copied from the south of France . I like on Autumn evenings to ride out Without being forced to bM mj groom be sore JJv cloak is round his middle strapped abont , Because the stats are not the most secure ; I know , too , that if stopped upon my route , _Where the green alleys windingly allure , Heeling with giupes red _waggons choke the way , — In England ' twould foe dang , dust , or a dray . J also like to dine on becafieas ,

      To see the Sun set , sure he'll rise to-morrow , Sot through a misty morning , twinkling weak as A drunken man ' s dead eye in maudlin sorrow , Sat with all Heaven f himself ; tbat day will break as Beauteous as cloudless , nor he forced to borrow That sort of farthing candlelight which glimmers Where reeking London ' s smoky _caldren simmers . I love the language , that soft bastard Latin , Which melts like kisses from a female mouth , And sounds as if it should be writ on satin With syllables that breathe of the sweet south , And gentle liquids gliding all so pat in That not a single accent seems uncouth , X = ke oar _laarsfr _northern-whistling , granting guttural Which we ' re obliged tobiss , and spit , andsputter alL I like the women too ( forgive my folly )

      From the rich peasant-cheek of ruddy bronze , And large black eyes that flash on you a volley Of rays that say a thousand things at once , To the _ifch daraa ' s brow , more melancholy , But clear , and with a wild and liquid glance , Heart on her lips and soul within her eyes , Soft as her clime , and sunny as her skies . Ere of the land which still is paradise ! Italian beauty 1 didst thon not inspire _Haphxtl , who died in thy embrace , and vies Ifith all we know of Heaven , or can desire , In what he hath bequeathed us *—in what guise , Though _flashing from the fervour of the lyre _. Would words describe thy past and present glow , "While yet Canova can create below 1 "England ! with all thy faults I love thee still , " I said at Calais , and have not forgot it ; I like to speak and lucubrate my fill ;

      Hike the government ( but that is not it ) ; I like the freedom of the press and quill ; I like the Habeas Corpus ( when we ' ve got it ) ; I like a parliamentary debate _. Particularly when ' t is not too late j 1 like the taxes , wbea they ' re sot too many ; I like a sea-coal fire , when not too dear ; I like a beef-steak , too , as well as any ; Have no objection to a pot of beer ; I like the weather , when it is not rainy ; Tbat is , I like two months of every year . And so Cod save the Kegent , Chorea , and King ! 'Which means that I like all and every thing !

      Songs For The People So. Xiii. The Sires...

      SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE SO . XIII . THE SIRESGTH OF TYRAXM . The tyrants chains are only strong While slaves submit to wear them ; And , who could bind them on the throng _Betermin'd not to bear them t Then clack your chains I e'en though _theSnks Were lig ht as fashion ' s feather , The heart , which rightly feels and thinks , Would cast them altogether . The lord * of earth are only great While others clothe and feed them ! But , what were all their pride and State Should labour cease to need them 1 The swain is higher than a king : Before the Laws of Nature The monarch were a worthless thing , The swain—a useful creature .

      "We toil , we spin , we delve the mine , Sustaining each his neighbour : And , who can show a right divine To rob us of our labour ? We rush to battle—bear the lot In every ill and danger-Ana , who shall make the peaceful cot To homely joy a stranger ? Perish all tyrants , far and near Beneath the chains tbat bind us : And perish , too , that servile fear Which makes the slaves they find as _. One grand—one universal claim—One peal of moral thunder—One glorious burst , in freedom ' s name , And rend our bonds asunder ! Ohaiit . es Cole , _alondtm Mechanic

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      Taits Edinburgh Magazine. May. Edinburgh...

      _TAITS EDINBURGH MAGAZINE . May . _Edinburgh : Tait , Princes Street . Loudon : _Simpkin I and Marshall . ] Tait opens this month with an article on " The TarilF and the Oregon , " by an Englishman in - America . The letter is , however , dated as far back 23 February last , and is , therefore , somewhat stale . The " Englishman" handles our American friends rather severer ? , but on some points the justice of his censure cannot be denied . Regarding the worst as hot two probable , he nevertheless hopes for the best —for peace , we hope with him . A review of " Bell ' s Lite of Canning" is rather too eulogistic of that political trafficker , to please us . " His death , " says the reviewer , " wa 3 universally felt as a national ¦ ca lamity and mourned over as a private sorrow . "

      Tins is rather " strong . " Did the writer in Tait _Overhear of the two famous Registers by Cobbett ; the one on _Cjjxsisg ' s death , the other on his burial ? -Those Registers tell _avery different tale ; and for our r _* rt we most beg permission to accept Coebbtx _' s history of his own times before any version of that history by the writer in Tait . Casxwg ' s biographer admits that his hero was a traitor to the principles of _"Js youth , a traitor even while he was yet a youth ; _aad if we are to believe the tale told by Mr . Bell , we cannot shut our eyes tothe fact that Caxxixg was not _Merely a turncoat , but an informer . Having first obtained the confidence of Godwin aud the Reformers , _* _z & being put in pgssessionof their secret—a projected revolution—he communicated that secret to Pur , fiud was rewarded for his treachery with an nndersecretaryship of state . Of course , like all apostates , he signalised hi 3 after life by ridiculing and _debouncing the principles , the advocacy of which had

      first gained Mm notoriety , and persecuting tne men whom he hated because , unlike himself , they had not abandoned their principles . Through all his career from the time of his treachery to Godwk , he was one of the readiest and _most malignant opponents of reform . The _sufferings and rights of the many , were by him ever treated withiorutal _jestsandfoul-mouthed abuse . He delighted to figure as parliamentary buffoon , and "the revered and ruptured Ogdeu , " will long be remembered as one of the choice witticisms with whicV . he was used to set Lis brother rascals of St . Stephen ' s tax-trap "in a roar . " Even _witbin the year of his death , when pretending to have become a great "liberal , " he declared—emphatically and insolently declared—that he would oppose parliamentary reform to the latest hour of his existence . If Air . Beu . will send us his " life of the Right Hon ., 4 c . " we promise him we will do his hero justice . WeshouldlikeveiyweUtodeYQteawlum

      Taits Edinburgh Magazine. May. Edinburgh...

      or two to the subject , but _tni ? f | k w _<* cannot afford room . Enough that we now _S ?« onr declared conviction , that Casnisg was one of the _^ orst of men in the worst of time ; a clever and flashy knave he was —but not the less a knave—to whose memory the people owe nothing but hatred and scorn . Colonel Johssos ' s beautiful romance of " Jenny Basket , " is concluded in this number ; but a new fiction is commenced under the title of " Truth and Falsehood , " from the pen of Elizabeth Thornton , which promises to be interesting ; Spain supplies the scene of the

      new story , and the moving adventures are sufficiently Spanish to gratify the reader . There are two brief , but pleasing reviews in this number of " The King of Saxony ' s Journey _through England and Scotland , " and the "Travels of Mohan Lai . " There is also some good poetry by Elizabeth Roberts , J . Walker Ohd , Calder Campbell , and Mrs . _Tixsusv ; this last named lady ' s lines on ** tbe Centenary of the Battle of Culloden , " are truly beautiful . There is nothing very striking in this month ' s number ot Tait' but the articles are generally readable and entertaining .

      The Almanack Of The Month.-Mat.-London: ...

      THE ALMANACK OF THE MONTH .-Mat .-London : Punch Office , 85 , Fleet Street . As nsual this Almanack contains lots of good things , but we must take exception to one article , that headed " Our Library Table , " wherein is volunteered a most ridiculous , would-be chivalrous defence of Royalty , and Prince Albert ' s pension , in reply to the just and sensible strictures of that excellent publication the Popular _Informumt . Joking is all very well in its way , bnt _joking will not clothe ragged backs , fill _hunsrv bellies , and bestow comfort upon the wretched plundered thousands who are _constants suffering the extreme of misery , while

      pampered ' idlers are clad in purple and riot in abundance , _carina nothing for the miserable condition of those from whose labour they derive their unjust superfluities . The true Tory defence of Royalty contained in the article alluded to , may tend to make the Almanack of the Month popular with the flunkies of the palace , but is not likely to add to its friends among the people . We advise Mr . A'Becrett to leave such nonsense , for the future , to the congenial columns of the John Bull . The principal topics of the month are capitally quizzed both in prose and poetry , and there is hardly a page which does not afford rare entertainment for all joke-loving readers . We subjoin a . few jokes from

      THE TALK 09 THE M 08 TH . The April Fool op the Month . —The Earl of St . Germans played off some capital jokes on the first of April . Most of the letters which should have been _deliverad on 3 £ aFcli 31 st were _Izept back purposely tUl the following day . We regrtt to state that one of the suffer era was the Duke of Cambridge , to whom an invitation for the 31 st had been sent to preside at a public dinner . The mortification of his Koyal Highness at receiving it a day ton late can be—to make use ef the nervous language of the penny a-liner— " much better conceived than described , " Fifteen Million Apeil Fools —Prussia was particularly favoured in April Fools this year , for it was confidently reported in all the papers that the constitution which the king had so long promised his subjects , would , without fail , be pnhlished on the first of April .

      " If tod have Teabs peepabe to shed theh now . — A young painter who had been exhibiting a portrait of Louis-Philippe with a crown of glory rouud his white hat . was met at the door of the louvre by one of his friends . " Why . Raphael , what " s the matter ? You look so pale , and you are in the _deei-est mourning . "— " Why , my dear friend , I see you haven ' t heard of my calamity . Yesterday I was decorated with the cross of the Legion of Honour !" As _Vskxpccted Blessing . —The fog was so intense one day last month , that the _wbob : of Trafalgar Sqaare was completely concealed lrom view from 10 A . M ., to 3 P . ST . Here arc some capital _rOI-lTICAI . MAXIMS .

      The sun nevor sets on the English dominions—and we show our gratitude by taxing the light that comes from it . —If nature really abhors a vacuum , what a hatred she must have of a Queen's Speech!—China has its opium —hut _hadn ' t England its debates ?—O'Connell's motto is : " Rents _carefaUy collected . "— £ 70 , 000 -were voted for the Queen's horses in the same year that £ 10 , 000 were given for the education of the people . The reason of the difference was because the former are fed with corn , and the latter with chiff . —The National Gallery may be justly deemed one of the " Burdens on Land . "—The sense of the House of Commons is always the last thing that a Minister thinks of taking . —The reason ladies are excluded from the House of Commons , is because it is found there is talk enoagh without them . —The only person who is safe in Ireland is the Cove of Cork . —The nearest approximation that has ever been made to the discovery of the longitude , have been the speeches on the Cora Law Debate .

      The Connoisseur. May. London: E. Mackenz...

      THE CONNOISSEUR . May . London : E . Mackenzie , 111 , _Fieet-strcet . This number opens with a review of the paintings , sculpture , and other works of art , forming the present annual exhibition at the Louvre , and will be interesting to the numerous class of " tarry-at-home _travelh . _-rs , " who must depend for their information concerning foreign art upon the fortunate few who , like the _edit-r of the Connoisseur , may see with their own eyes , and be gratified or disappointed as the case may be . Artists are amongst the loudest of grumblers with respect to government patronage , having ever on their lips tlie assertion that " they manage these things better in France , " but it is very questionable if such management is at all advantageous to artists , or at least stimulative of excellence in art . It appears that in the present exhibition there are a great number of large pictures , chiefly religious subjects that have been painted by command of the *

      king or the ministre derinterieur , which ( according to the Connoisseur ) are mere botches , —collossal specimens of insufficiency . But there is a reason for this ; it appears that " religious painting in France has become a means of political corruption . " " If the ministry would procure the election of a deputy of the centre it presents a Martyrdom to the church of the arrondizementhe would represent ; but as the government must be carried on at the lowest figure of expence , and as a connoisseurship is not _exigeant iu the provinces , the minister obtains his means as cheaply as possible , and sets his own price upon the talent of the artist : thus the politico-religious _^ canvasses are covered to order at from two to three thousand francs each , or from eighty to one hundred and twenty pounds for some two hundred square feet of painting ! Now , in producing such subjects , the artist must pay at least a thousand francs for canvas , models , and colours , and there remains about a thousand francs of remuneration for his six months'

      labour I So much for the French government patronage of which Englishmen talk so highly ! Of course as these prices are not temptations to artists of reputation , we have at once an explanation of the extreme mediocrity of these extensive botches , and why they occupy the best places . " How well this compound of corruption and meanness accords with the political character of honest Louis Philippk , affording another illustration ef the dirty doings of this king of the j hopocracy . The remaining articles are on the usual topics , but we think hardly so interesting to the general reader as we usually find them . This number is embellished with a beautifully executed portrait of . Michael _Asoelo , from a painting by himself , forming one of the series of lithographs drawn by C . II . Maguibe , whose _^ productions we have repeatedly and justly laudod . In an article in the present number , the editor replies to the cavillings of certain parties who appear to have smarted under the criticism of Ms pen , complaining of his "

      severity . " The editor remarks of the complainants ; — "The opinion of the public is sought ; if in some cases it is given in soft , honied words , great is the joy ; but if , on the other hand , some not very complimentary phrases are deser » edly delivered , the outcry is against the person who boldly tells the truth _, lie , forsooth , has no business to injure the feelings of the other ! His observations might have been uttered in more soothing terms ; to say the least , they were ' uncalled for ! ' This is the position we would resist , for at this rate , criticism would descend into a jnere mass ef gross Hattery . " Well does tlie Connoisseur say that " a critic ought to have no party : he has nothing to do with the individual ; " his duly should be performed quite independent of all personal considerations . For ourselves we are so well _satisfied with the impartiality and tha ability of the _writercyn the Connoisseur , that we bid ] them go on and prosper ; maintaining their publication as " the harbour of refuge for honesty , " and the terror of quacks and quackery .

      Pdscii. Part Ivin. London: Punch Office,...

      PDSCII . Part ivin . London : Punch Office , 85 , Fleet Street . We are sorry to note a falling off in Punch which we hope will be but temporary . In the present part the illustrations are very inferior , and the contents generally are not at all equal to the " spicy" outpourings which not long since delighted the publicthe world . There is one exception , the series ol articles on "The Snobs of England , " worthy ol Punch in its best days . The writer , apeaking ol ' * noble snobs , " gives the following description of

      WHAT SSOB 3 ADMIBB . Suppose he is a young nobleman of a literary turn , and published poems ever so foolish and feeble , the Snobs would purchase thousands of his volumes : _thepublisbers ( who refused my Passion-Flowers , and my grand Epic at any price ) would give him his own . Suppose he is a nobleman ofa jovial turn , and has a fancy for wrenching off _knoi-ktrs , frequenting gin-shops , and half murdering policemen ; the public will sympathise good-naturedly with his amusements , and say he is a hearty , honest fellow . Suppose he is fond of play and the turf , and has a fancy to be a blackleg , and occasionally condescends to pluck a pigeon at cards ; the public will pardon him , and many honest people will court him , as they would court a housebreaker , if he happened to be a Lord . Suppose he is an idiot ; yet by the glorious constitution , he ' s good enough to govern us . Suppose he is an honest , highnjiudea gentleman : so much the better for himself . Bui

      Pdscii. Part Ivin. London: Punch Office,...

      he maj he ? n ass , and yet respected ; or a ruffian , _atid yet be exceedingly popular j 0 r a rogue and yet exeuses will B 9 found for him . Snobs will still worship him , male Snobs will do _hinr honour , and females look kindly upon him , howe _? _sr hideous he may be . SOBLE AND CIVIC _SSuBS . Our City Snobs have the same mania of aristocratic marriages . I like to see such . I am of a savage and envious nature , —I like to see those twro humbugs which , dividing , as they do , the social empire" of this kingdom between them , hate each other naturally— -making truce and uniting—for the sordid interests of either : I like to see an old aristocrat swelling with pride of race " , the deeendant of illustrious Norman robbers , whose blood has been pure for centuries , and who looks down on common

      Englishmen as a free-born American does on a nigger . I like to see old Stiffncck obliged to bow down his head and swallow his infernal pride , and drink the cup of humiliation poured out by Pump and _Aldgate ' s butler . " Pump and Aldgate , " says he , " jour grandfather was a brick _, layer , and his bod is still kept in the bank . Your pedigree begins in a workhouse ; mine can be dated from all the royal palaces of Europe . I came over with the Conqueror : I am own cousin to Charles Martel , Orlando furioso , Philip Augustus , Peter the Cruel , and Frederic Barbarossa . I quarter the Koyal arms of Brentford in my coat . I despise you , but I want money ; and I will _selTyoumy belovtd daughter , Blanch StifiWk , for a hundred thousand pjunds , to pay off mortgages . let your son marry her , and she shall become Lady Blanch Pump and Aldgate . "

      Old Pump and Aldgate clutches at the bargain . And a comfortable thing it is to think that birth can be bought for money . So jou _leara to value it . Why should we , who don ' t possess it set a higher store on it than those who do ? Perhaps the best use of that book , the Peerage , is to look down the list , and see how many have bought and sold birth , —how poor sprigs of nobility somehow ¦ sell themselves to rich City Snobs' daughters , how rieh City Snobs purchase noble ladies—and so to admire the double baseness of the bargain , # . * * * It used to be the custom of some very old-fashioned clubs in the City , when a gentleman asked for change for u guinea , always to bring it to him in _tcasJted silver . * that which had passed immediately out of the hands of the vulgar bting considered " as too coarse to soil a gentleman ' s fingers . " So when th » City -Snob ' s money has been washed during a generation or so ; has been washed into estates , and woods , and castles and mansions ; it is allowed to pass current as real aristocratic coin . Old

      rump sweeps a shop , runs of messages , becomes _aeon-Sdential clerk and partner . Pump the Second becomes chief of the house , spins more and more money , marries his son to an Earl ' s daughter . Pump Tertius goes on with the bank ; but bis chief business in life is to become the father of Pump Quartus _, who comes out a full-blown aristocrat , and takes his seat as Baron Pumpington , and his race rules hereditarily over this nation of Snobs .

      A New Poet! In Our Srst Page Will Be Fou...

      A NEW POET ! In our Srst page will be found a lefter from a gen tleman addressed to the Chartist body , offering himself a candidate for election to the neit Chartist Convention . Judging by his letter , the writer appears to be a frank , straightforward man , possessing the three grand requisites for a popular representativehonesty , talent , and enthusiasm . Mr . Jones feels that he has a mission to perform , and we doubt not but that some one or more localities will accept his services , if on closer acquaintance his views are found in accordance with those held by the great body of the Chartists . Of course , it will be the duty of those

      who may . be disposed to appoint Mr . Jones their representative to fully satL-fy themselves as to the . " orthodoxy" of ills principles . Our business is with another subject . Since the receipt of Mr . Jones ' s letter , a friend has informed us that the new candidate for Chartist honours is a Poet , and a poet too ef high pretensions if we may accept the praises of his critics . In the New Quarterly Review published in January last appeared a review . of a poem entitled " Uu Life , " published by Mr . Newby , Mortimer-street . When we say " published , " we should say the first part only was published . Thus saith the critic in the New Quarterly Review : —

      The first part of this pleasing work lies before us . It contains more pregnant thoughts , more bursts of lyric power , more , iu fine , of the purely grand and beautiful , than any poetical work which has made its appeaance for years , if we except the magnificent productions of Browning , and perhaps the lays of Tennyson . The author of this poem is Mr . Ernest Jones . Be it observed , that we have not seen the poem , except such portions as are contained in the few extracts given in the Quarterly , we , therefore , cannot affirm the decision of the Qaa . rle . rly reviewer . We must be in a position to judge for ourselves before we give an opinion ; we read before we review : _nevertheless we may give another extract or two from our contemporary , which shall also include an extract or two from the poem .

      The following is a passage from the ' Introduction , pourtraying the career of many a modern patriot . The -author tells us , he has seen hopes arise , and hopes depart , and ardour die away , and manhood scorn youth ' s virtue ; and now , in pursuance of this monitory strain , he contiuues : — Have met the young man , ardent all , Starting on fire at glory ' s call ; Have heard him , too , with patriot grace Refuse—yes ! even refuse a place ! And , yet invincible to bribe , Launch forth his noble diatribe ; Have heard him coughed and jested down , Alike in parliament and town : For every one was held uncouth

      Who smacked of honesty and truth , — Till drawn to Fashion ' s shot-silk banners , She taught him principles and manners : False _Beauty ' s smiles like snares were spread _. Cold Irony ' s keen arrows sped ; While bright before his eyes were set Gay ribbon , star , and coronet , All , all the hopes of joy and ease _. At that one price alone—to please ! To please!—to dress by fashion ' s glass-To serve the few , and spurn the mass ; Cease tobe bold , and frank , and hearty , Abandon country for a party I

      While dignities were let for hire , The highest bidder still the buyer , Till little of the man remained , And country lost what party gained . At first I have beheld him burn , Then stand—then waver—and then turn ; How few could brave—how few could shun The many bearing on the one ! Oh ! who the tempting could withstand ? Who wouid not choose the safe left hand , Within the _csurtly harbour get , And anchor with a coronet , Held by a ribbon from afar , And blazoned , bondsman ! by a star !

      The epigrammatic and forcible terseness , the apt and choice phraseology , of this passage , is fully apparent . We cannot pause , however , for remark . Suffice it to say , that this whole introduction is a species of protest against the indifferentism and political , social , and religious hollowness of the day , with some explanation of the causes from which this work was undertaken . Here is a remembrance of the poet's sister , and their father ' s home : — But oh I a dream ot childhood ' s day , __ On winter sere one summer ray , One flower to plant above a tomb , To warm the frost , and light the gloom . ; Grace ! Grace ! my sister , spirit-sainted ,

      Sweet vhuoned thought , all angel . pui . nted , That makes my worn heart leap and sing , And memory turn to thanksgiving ! Dost thou remember that old room , ¦ Oppressive with ancestral gloom , > . With heavy carvings quaint and dark , And windows opening on the park , Through which the sunset-glades were seen , And old oaks , trooped on pastures green , Forth standing in the golden glow ,. With clouds above and flowers below ; like knightly champions set to screen With leafy shields from charging storm , . The tender blossoms shrinking form J "

      Again : — The _house-clock rung the homeward toll—Dusk shadow crowned the beechen knoll , — The miits crept round with large , dim tears , Forth shadowings of uprising years , — The nigbt drew in with darksome weather , — Thus passed our childhood's last together . After bestowing the warmest praise upon the above and other specimens of the poem , the Quarterly reviewer adds : — " Finally , we may say of this poem ,

      that for alternate pathos and _epigrammatic vigour , it has few , very few , equals . " One thing is certain , that Mr . Jones is possessed of talents which will make him a valuable acquisition to the democratic ranks . It is a glorious proof of the progress of democratic principles , that in spite of force and fraud , political and social persecution , such men as Mr . Jones are avowing themselves converts to Chartism , anxious to do their share in promoting the triumph of the good cause . That triumph will come !

      Fatal Acchieet At An Hotel.—On Tuesday M...

      Fatal _Acchieet at an Hotel . —On Tuesday Mr . Wakley , M . P ., held an inquest at the London University College , on the body of Thomas Wells , aged fifty-three years . The deceased was head-waiter at Hick ' s Hotel , _Duke-sircet , Manchester-square , and bore a most excellent character . About halt-past eleven on Friday night he was about to descend the kitchen stairs , " when being seized with a fit , he fell , and was precipitated to the bottom striking his head against the stone floor , and he sustained an injury which proved fatal . A surgeon was immediately called , who recommended his removal to the hospital , and he was forthwith taken thither , but expired in a few minutes after his admission . The house-surgeon proved death to be the result of the injuries consequeat upoutae fall . Verdict , " Accidental death . "

      The Oiillmch Dear Protestants ! Yoa See ...

      THE OIIlLMCH Dear Protestants ! yoa see my Muse g . _'ows riotous ! And longs to bully Prelate , Po ;« e , and _? riest . When , _Io . ' some Benedictine Monk says , " T hy at us > Cut so severel y ?_ i 0 () k at , l 0 mo at _UaiU But do not , rfyeu ' _re prudent—try at us I ( Who are of _humnn dough the working yeast ) , But while I own my Creed is grub and gammon !—Religion , as reformed by you is—Mammon !" ( Abbot of Florence , canto i . )

      In the Star of April 18 th we directed the attention of our readers to a publication issued by Mr . Effingham Wilson , Royal Exchange , entitled , The Popular Informant . As we have already expressed our warm appr oval of this publication , it is not necessary that wa should now , when again referring to it , do more than _select a few extracts , which extracts will indeed better testify to the merits of the work than anything we' could say in its favour . The following extracts'are from that portion of the Popular Informant devoted to an exposure of the rapacity of

      THE _ESTABLISHED CUUKCH OP ENGLAND ASD IRELAND . The Church of England is paramount in England and Wales , and a branch of the same establishment in Ire . land . The Sovereign of the realm is head of the Church of England ; and in that character nominates arehbisbops and bishops , assembles and dissolves convocations of the clergy , and is the last judge appealed to in ecclesiastical cases . The church is governed by two archbishops and t wentyfour bishops in England and Wales , and by twelve in Ireland . The clergy are technically divided into three classes , viz ., bishops , priests , and deacons . But they

      may more properly be classed as _> eaeficed clergy , com . prising bishops , dignitaries , rectors , and vicars ; and non . beneficed elergy , or curates ; in all amounting to about 13 , 800 individuals . The baniflced clergy may be subdi-Tided into single beneficed and pluralist ( or those holding several livings ); into resident or non-resident . They are computed to amount to about 8 , 010 ( 7 , 190 in England and _Walss , 850 in Ireland ) , and enjoy nineteen twentieths of the revenue of the church . The ri » _n-beneficed clergy , or curates , aineunt to 5 , 750 ( 5 , 200 in England and Wales , 550 in Ireland ) . They may be considered as fairly doing three-fourths of the work , and receiving less than one twentieth of the emolument .

      The hearers of the Church of England are variously estimated at from seven and a half to fourteen millions , the former beiRg probably nearest the truth ,

      THE BE VENUE OF THE _CUUBCU Cannot be safely estimated at less than ten millions sterling in Great Britain and Ireland ; very plausible calculations raise it abore eleven millions and a half . * . . * ¦ * * At least ten millions is the sum paid to the clergy of the Church of England for tending a snug little flock of fourteen ( or as somB reckon , ten , or even seven and a half ) millions . The remaining Christians in the world are computed to amount to about 261 millions of different denominations , that is to say : —150 millions , Roman Catholics GO millions of the Greek Church , and about 51 millions of Lutherans , Cnlrinists , and Protestants of different sects . You have no doubt heard of the regal state of the pops

      and cardinals , aud of the pomp and state displayed by the spiritual chief of a church of 150 millions of communicants , who is , at the same time , the temporal sovereign of three millions of people . You have no doubt heard of the magnificence of the Greek Church with its iconastas or scr » cn 3 , adorned with gold and silver plate , and pearls and jewels . You have heard perhaps of the _Protesta » K Church of Sweden , with its archbishops , and bishop , sand regular hierarchy . You have heard of the _Lutluran State Church , and Calvinistie establishment of Geneva ; but did you ever suspect , that all the revenues of all the clergy of all these 261 , 000 . 000 of Christians do not , iu 1816 , exceed those which are received by the clergy of the Church of England for the cure of the fourteen millions (?) comprised within its holy pale .

      If therefore , it be the only true church , and that tho other 261 millions , of Christians are ' wandering in the paths of tlamnable heresy , a fact I am . not disposed to call in question , it is certainl y not a cheap church—far from it , since its establishment is , in proportion , rather more than eighteen times more costly than all the others of Christendom taken at au average . It may be argued too , that as the Church of England is the true church , and all others in error , that they are dear ; and our own is cheap at any price . But even if we admit that there is more piety , learning , and truth

      in the Church of England , than in all the other churches —with their 2 G 1 millions of misguided members—I do not think that the archbishop of _Canterbury , or uven the bishop of London ( and heaven knows at a pinch , he is not particular in what he says ) , will venture to assert that tho Church of England is more holy or effective now , than in the time of the apostles . Yet , its commuuiciints were then , voluntarily , more than eighteen times poorer than even those Christian churches _« f the present day , which are—very voluntarily I believe—eighteen times poorer than our own holy mother church .

      ORIGIN or _CHDBCB _PBOPEBTr . I know that it is argued , that the church has , right or wrong , an inalienable right to all endowments made throughout all ages , by princes , parliaments and private individuals , who choso to dispose of their substance in its favour . But if we refer to the origin of the first _accumulatieu of property by a class of men _professing evangelical poverty , we shall find them to have been made for the _purposo , or under the pretext , of collecting it for the

      poor . It was on this understanding , that men contributed so freely to it in the early and middle ages ; and jou have all heard hoir , as long as Catholicism existed in England , the monasteries and the convents doled out their alius to the poor , devoting one-fourth of their revenues to the indigent , as they continue to do , even to the present day , in southern Catholic countries . That is to say , that _iiitso trustees of Lazarus appropriated the funds intended for his relief , to enable them to lead the life of _Divss , though still allowing him the crumbs of his own meat , swept from their luxurious tables . But the Church of England , stepping into the shoes ( I mean into the bishopries and livings ) of the Romish Church , practised no such deception ; for it-denied Lazarus even the crumbs , and referred him to the more charitable laity with their Elizabethan Poor Law .

      This Church of _Enjrland , framed , as we lire told , upon the model of the primitive apostolic church of Christ , now devours a revenue which more than doubles the amount of all the money levied throughout the country for the relief of the indigent under the name of poor rates .

      ' - CHUHCJI BEFOBH , One half the revenue of the Church of England would more than suffice to support the poor , as they are . now supported in the Union Workhouses ; but as this . starvation system would he leas charitable than to knock them on the head , God forbid that T should seriously _suggest it to the reverend gentlemen in question . > Let us rather imagine tho abandonment of threefourths of their revenue for tbis benevolent purpose , which would be ' productive of the following advan . tages : — , Firstly . —The _rnte-paycrs would be entirely relieved _.

      Secondly . —As half the revenue of the Church of England equals all that is at present spent in feeding aud clothing the poor , it follows , that' three-quarters of such revenue , if equably distributed , would furnish half more than is now doled out for their relief . They would thus , at least , enjoy sufficient of the first necessaries of life , to induce them to abstain from devouring raw potatoes ' or from picking rotten bones . Thirdly . —The Church of . England itself would spiritually benefit , by a noarer approach to _evangelical poverty and simplicity : though even this would still be fur remote ; because , if parting with' three-quarters , and only retaining _one-quarter ( or £ 2 , 500 , 000 ) of its revenue ; its clergy would be still three times better paid than that , of France , which , with an incomu of less than one million and a half , has to ' fulfU the duty of tending a flock of more than thirty fire millions of individuals .

      It would atilLba twenty times better paid than the Greek , Roman . Catholic and ., Protestant clergy in the . Russian Empire , who receive something less than a half a million sterling , ' for ministering to the spiritual wants of more than 00 millions of Christians . _; ! 1 ; - . _';>'¦!

      CUT AND THaDST AT THE' _CHOnCU CBMBANT . ' A man maykaep a private chaplain if it suits him . He may line his pew : at church with cedar , rose , or satinwood , and adorn it , if he choose , with spring cushions of crimson velvet ; but what would the world say ' of him , if he were guilty of this extravagance ; ' whilst his relatives were hungering in rags at the church-door ! The poor rates amounted to about seven millions sterling , before the n « w Poor Law passed in 1831 . ' Man and wife—the mother and the child—wero separated in the Union Prisons , and the ' paupers driven into them reduced to the lowest rations of the worst food which would keep life and soul together . Alt this was done to save two millions sterling . If the country had been a wretchedly poor country , to which two millions , was a great object , this crael economy mig ht have _beea painfully necessary '; but wnen we consider that ten millions a year are lavished oh the Church ,

      or more than four times the amount squeezed out of the sufferings of the poor , it becomes matter of doubt , whether it is more disgraceful for the nation , to give , i _» r for the successors of the poor and humble apostles to receive it . " ' _"' The above extracts may serve to indicate the views of the author of the Popular Informant ; the statistical details we must pass over , as also all that the author says concerning the ' iniquitous Irish establishment . Each Date of this portion ot the

      work is headed with texts from the bible , sarcastically introduced as " Scriptural Authority for Church Revenues ! " When having read some of the details of this awful exposure , the reader directs his eye to the " texts " at the head of the page , the effect is not to be described . If priests could blush they might find cause for burninj ; shame ia these disclosures of their heartless rapacity ; hut , as the _Poxmlax Informant well says , it is matter of doubt _whether it is more disgraceful ior the successors of the poor and humble apostles to thus plunder the nation , or for the nation to submit to tho robbery . \ Vc again recommend'this excellent publication to our readers .

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      _"'" ¦'¦ _S-i : ' . •' . ¦ : ¦ ,,,,,.,,, rj _„ , ¦ : _•*¦"' -- ' - ' »» _TiikChisksk R . vNS 0 M .-0 n Thursdayanother stalment of the Chineso ransom u _u-nved . at the Ka Mint in nine _waggon * , ouch drawn -J 1 ; " 9 ® uor ' and a cart drawn ' bv two horses , Th ? va . _« e wupwa of half a million sterling . The treasure w ' . _' 18 escor from Portsmouth , via Southampton Railway , don , by a detachment of the military-Gkees Ginger . —The Severn steamer has broil " a considerable parcel of West India guificr , in a lire state , and as fresh in appearance as if just taken c of _ti '/ e ground , which is entered at the reduced di of five shillings per cwt .

      Tub Leeds Electric Telegraph . —Wo und < stand that the appliances necessary for the worki of th © electric telegraph will be completed en t , Midland Railway to Leeds in another week . Tl extraordinary mode of communication has alrcai been opened to York . ELOPEMENr . —The gossips in Taunton have had i interesting subject to chat about during the last ft days—an elopement—quite an event in these unr mantic _, matter-of-fact days' . The gay Lothario _wi a pupil in the house ofa worthy clergyman , reaidii 1 ! ' j ¦ I '

      within two miles of Tauaton , and the damsel _nothing Jess than the rev . tutor ' s Housemaid , It appears th » for sometime the youn _^ _geutleman had devoted himself to a mora interesting pursuit than perusing the rev . gentleman ' s classics , and last week they started to Bridgwater , and soon "tied the nuptial knot , " On returning , they divulged tho secret , and _ayuin started . Tlie "happy" couple have n _& 5 since been heard of , but having only £ 50 " between them , they will doubtless- soon return to their _anxioss friends _. An uncle of the young man is in ptirsuit of the

      fugitives . Glass _Milk-kbis . —The repeal ofthe duty on-glass-, which led to the- employment of this substance hs a material for pipes in the conveyance- of water ; has been succeeded by lis use for milk-pans ; . Is Peggy In ?—Last week a young girl , fresh from the West Highlands-, came on a visit to-a sister _ahe had in Glasgow . At the . outskirts of the town- she stopped at a doll-bar arxl began to rap smartly on tire gate . —The keeper , amused at the girl's actions and curious to know what she wanted , came _< . _tvb , and-she very demurely interrogated him as follows :.- — "Is

      thisGlasco ? " "Yes . " "Is Peggy in 1 " Ext » aordinary Siioweb op Plies . —As a > gentleman was entering Luton on Tuesday , in a _ciiaitic , he was suddenly almost blinded by what appeared dust driven by a gale of wind . _Oa a more minute examination , he found the annoyance was caused by a-n- immense multitude of flies . They . came . in _suocsssive armies for the space of half a mile , and often flew with such violence against the-face of the driver , ; i _^ to make it difficult for him to see his way . The ft / was of the same general appearance as the common housefly , but not more than the eighth ' of an inch in length .

      IN ' amks . —Emma is from the German , and _signiSos a nurse : Caroline , the noble-minded : George , from the Greek , a farmer ; Martha , from Hebrew , bitterness ; the beautiful , though common name Mary , is Hebrew , and means a drop of salt water—a tear ; Sophia , from Greek . Wisdom ; Susan , from Hebrew , a twin ; Robert , from German , famous in council ; Rosalind , from tho Spanish , lovely ; Juanita , ( pronounced Whanetiih _. ) from the same , the consoling ; ( Jharles , from the French , the active . Oliver , from the Hebrew , the ambitious . _Dbath of a Vetkkas . — Died at bis residence , Derby , on Saturday , the 2 nd instant , Admiral the

      Honourable Henry Curzon , m the eighty-first year of his age . The deceased Admiral was the youngest son of the first Baron _Scarsdaje , and uncle of the ] present Peer . He was a midshipman on board tlie ! Superb in throe genera ! actions in Suffrein in HS 2 , j anil Lieutenant of the Monarca in a fourth in June , 1783 ; Captain of * the Pallas in _CornwiiliiYs retreat ; Captain of tha Indefat ' gable in the expedition to Ferrol , where he capture ! i the French _frigate . Venus ; Captain of the Elizabeth , blocn ' ading the Tagu ' s in 1808 , ami superintending the embarkation of General Moore's army at Coiunna . The gallant officer also commanded a squadron at the blockading of Cherbourg .

      R . _OBBKUY by a Servant . —At the Thames Policeoffice on Monday , Margaret Savage , an Irish _womsn , was charged with stealing a £ 5 Bank of England note , four sovereigns , 20 s . in silver , and a quantity of wearing apparel , the property ofDaNiel Hayley , a . shipping agent and boarding-house keeper , of No . 7 , Gould-street , St . George ' s in the East . The prisoner admited that she had robbed her mistress of all that was taken from her , but no more , and that she was not aware there was a £ 5 note in the purse till next day when she asked a man in Bedfordshire what it was . Mr . Bioderip committed the prisoner for trial . , " _IIaxg Out the _Bas . ner ox the "Wall . "—A New York lady has hung out a semi-monthly publication which she culls the " White Banner . "

      Remarkable I ' beskscb or Mind . — When Lieutenant - M'Nair , of the 02 nd , only son of the late General M'Nair _. fell at the head of his company , in the first terrible assault of Fcrozeshah , Serjeant M'Culloch , of the same regiment , knelt down beside the bodv under the hottest of the enemy ' s fire , and deliberately cut off a lock of hair , which he preserved to console the sorrowing relatives—an affecting proof of intrepidity and thoughtful tenderness of feeling , as well as of the estimation in which our lamented young townsman was held by the soldiers under his command . —Galloway Advertiser .

      Thk Mystkky Solvkd . — Some years ago attention was particularly called to a tombstone in Worcester Cathedral , inscribed with the one word " Miserrimus" ( a most wretched man . ) So brief , yet so painfully expressive a record naturally awakened a goiid deal of conjecture , and we believe tbat a whole book was written upon the supposed career of the nameless tenant of a mysterious grave . In Widcombe Churchyard , Bath , lately , a like inscription , the word " Annetto" upon a broken column , attracted the notice of a poet of no mean pretensions , who wrote some _vc-y affecting lines lull of-touching conjecture _as . to the mortal pilgrimage and affecting death of the fair deceased , which verses -were inserted in one of the most popular of our monthly , periodicals . The denouement of the subject is _rathercurious .. A surgeon , who dates . his . success in his profession from

      the time of the occurrence , states that "Annette " was - ' almost his _first patient , and that he \ _rns called in by an old Duchess dowager , the foster parent , who resided on the North-parade , Bath , and who with tears in her eyes entreated the doctor ' s best offices for the poor invalid . The physician was enabled to effect a temporary recovery ; the maladi , however , _eventually had a relapse and died . But who was the fair deceased ? None other than a / ia ' vourtte Blenheim spaniel > The Dowager was at first inconsolable for tlie less , but so sensible of the kind attention of the medical _attendiiur , that she not only appointed him lier . own . professional adviser , but recommended liira to others , thus establishing his fame , and making his fortune . The defunct spaniel was , by means of a douceur to the sexton , interred in a Christian burial ground , and hence the touching elegy of the Muse ! ' '

      A Deist ' s _EviintscK _Recused . — At Bow-street Police Court on Friday , a Mr . Courtenay , a reporter , summoned another reporter for threatening to' assault him , but after he had been sworn , the complainant stated , in reply to a question from Mr . Payne , the counsel for the defendant , that he did not believe in the bible , Mr . Payne , therefore , objected to the evidence of such a pi-rsou _beini : taken , and after some question irii ; thenv , _is ; istrate , Mr . Jardine , refused to hear hint . ' The complainant' asked whether Atheists and Deists were not to have the protection of the laws ; but Mr . " Jardine refused to argue the question , and _dismissed the complaint , It is ' that in

      Tub Colonial _OtKiei :. — reported consequence of the multiplicity t , f important business in the Colonial-otliee , Mr . Gladstone , the Secretary of State , has'found it necessary to appoint an additional : Under-Secretary in that department , iti order to relieve Mr . Stephen _, from some portion of his labour ; and wc are informed that Mr . Gladstone has selected a gentleman of well-known talent and acquirement-.- to fill the new situation . ¦ TiiiB " iN ToTTKSHAM-CouKT-Uo . vn . —On Saturday morning , a fire broke out on the premises of Messrs . Heal and Sons , 196 , Tottenham-court-road . The flames were not extinguished until a large portion of the manufactory and its contents were destroyed . The houses , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , and 5 , ' in Alfred-niews have been extensively injured . The cause of the fire is

      unknown , ,. .. , , . _, Tela Earl of _Lincomt , after a very long rustication , _i-ias been returned to Parliament for the Falkirk district'of burghs by a grand aggregate majority _, of eleven votes . . Fire at thk London asd Croydon Railway Works , New Cross . — Oh Sunday evening , shortly after sixo ' clock , a fire , that for upwards ol three hours continued to burn most fiercely , broke out upon the premises termed the Coldblowwhnrf , the property of the London and Croydon Railway Co . ; near New-cross station . The ' fire _^ Yas _wt su bdued until after nine o ' clock . /' _- _^ _O V '' _\ : v : _^

      . Monument to John Knox : — A-:-meeting of the ladies of Edinburgh interested in the erection of the proposed monument to JolroKhox on thespot where he lived and died in Edinburgh , was held on Tuesday , in the saloon of the Royel Hotel . Tho hall was completely filled , and the greatest interest was manifested throughout the proceedings . Sir James Forrest was called to the chair . A committee of ladies was appointed , who are not only to appeal to the inhabitants of Edinburgh , but to correspond with other _narte of Scotland , for the purpose of affording

      to all the opportunity of aiding in this great work . Effects op Working among Diseased Potatoes . —About four months a _^ o , we mentioned the circumstance of three individuals whose hands , more or less , it was supposed , had been poisoned by _combug into contact with the diseased potatoes . At that time we stated that one of the sufferers was getting better , but that it was doubtful whether the other two would not require to lose a portion of a limb . We regret to say this has been the case . One who was poisoned in the thumb , after tho best treatment thai the medical skill of this town co « W afford , had ,

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      1 ultimately , tlie other day , to _snbnit to the loss o ( that member , to prerenfc ' mortification in the arm ; Since the operation , it is believed the individual wi ] soon be able-to resume work , so favourable is hi ! hand now appearing . —Perthshire Courier . _IIOUSKBRKAKIXQ AND ExTEN . _' UVS K . 02 UBEY . — Oil Monday information was received by the _Cummisstoncrs of the Metropolitan Police , at Scotland-yard , . of a robbery effected at the house of 3 , Mr . Perring , a j watch merchant and jeweller , residing in the City-• road , St . Luke's , consisting of ono hundred and -sixty 1 eight valuable watches , beside a large and valuable _ato _' _- ffe of jewellery , _consisting of diamond , pearl Mid other costly rings , lockets , pins , brooche _? ,. ear-rings , gold biTfl _. uCt chains , wedding ring ? , & c . Tlie felony was effected by tlie robbers secreting themselves in ayard at the back of the premises , and gained access by a wimlotf which had been left insecure . After thp plunder the _^ thieves effected their escape by the ivont door , which hud been locked and chained over night , and was found fastened on the latch only .

      Wipe-Selling _^ . — -A correspondent informs us , that on Saturday last , a fcllmv named . Vowles sold his wife in a public-house , st _4 xbrhl _{ . e , to another man , the price paid being 5-=. ? _jad a _gallon of beer . PROKUXSIATWN OF LVMA . V VUOPER _IfiMES . — A j _correspondent of the _Sktsgoiti J . kra d sa _> o ; - — At a I timewuen Indian affairs ate excitiui no ordinary in-I terest , the following hin _;* as to the pronunciation of ¦ certain _namea of places , in and near the feat of war , j _nray be acceptable to your readers . _S'liese _observa-I ti » ns have heen < taken down from the dictation of an ; officer who has served on the _8 poi- " _-ev « _-y reliance May ; be piaced on thei ? accuracy :- » l . . All names _ei diug : j in " an" have the aecent on the last syllable , and the ! "an"Js sounded like the . Scotch :, ah" or nearly j " "— Sims _Mouliafispronounced ' Multawn , the same remark applies ? to words terminating in _" ab _"' [•'—thus the river Cherab is sounded Chunnwl ) , with ' the first syllable rapidly uttered , ana the full _vveijiht

      of the soundl in the " . awS , " " _Punjswb' _^ K _am-ther j illustration , 2 . Compounds of the w-nis Fin _ze have ? the accent oar . the " eze , ' not 011 " poor" _i . r " sha . " : as one often _htssra it . _Feross-pooi-muiB be uttered ia ' . three syllable * . 3 . " 1 " has the sound of _' W—; thus _Silch is pronounced " Seek , " _jiotSheek-orSjke . i Ai . KX . xNmu ' . _tbb _ Gv . eat im- tub _Pukjaus ; —Alexander the Great laid sie _# e in ' person to the ancient capital-south of Lahore , 2 , 170 _Ji-ars ago . He led on I the storming party , and was the first to reach the top ' of theiMmparts , _wjien , _findiuu that he . was a _jnaikfor the enum . v _' s avraws , he _jumped down in the midstof them , followed by hi ? soldieni . — -iiitboui'li severely _, woundcr , the bold ae ( t secured ! o _hisn victory . _Alex--aiufer- entered the _, 'Puiijnuu by _crfissii : g- the Indus ' at Attoelc , and sue $ cqi > eijt ! . v re _& uheii , but ntvercrosscd , tiicSuiIej , wfoien formed _tii _^ _iwiiiidary of his * _GOllQUSSt .

      A _IIvasok . pon a _DryoncE . — A _petifcu-n was recently _pri-sentsid in the Ohio _le _^ i _.-Jature . from John : Noel , praying that _George Kobehauah _iiedivorced from his- wife , and that she be _jtiven to _;< etiti ( _.-ner , in .-pursuance n { a previous contract of _niandajie . _Prksusts-to _IIkr Majesty . —A 1 _-rivum iettrr from Tunis , of the 19 th April , .-ays : —In live _or'six _daygr more the Tunisian frigate llisnia will _ieave _tlsis place foriMaltn . Seven _beautifisi horses , a lion , and other animals will be nut on bo _* i d , as a present from his _highness the Hey to her Majesty _Quci-h Victoria . General Sidy Unmet _Miralei _, of his highuvss ' s , _avalry . _iwill embark as uiiihas * . _* idor . _H " e _supposet- afc . 1 steamer will be sent to England fro _» i Malta h to _> eonvev the Uev ' s munificent _uresnu t _. > her M _.-ijest y _.-Biuamt . —At Liverpool , _-miSlmiday _. Ediviini _llarcy ,

      a _stttlarimi man , _was-brought up » n ; i charge of bigamy . It _.-ippwiml _fium ths st _.-uer-K-i _.-ts of the witnesses _, that the prisoner was married on the 11 th July , I 8 SS , to Mary Ann Hall , at St . James ' s Chinch ,. Liverpool . : m < i _jifjyiii in

      # _PnosiiTUTiou . —We understand that a meeting ot influential members of both Houses of Parliament took place on Tuesday , at the residence of Lord Robert Grosvenor , on the subject of the bill about tobe introduced into the House of Commons by Mr ,. Spoqner , "for the more effectual suppression of trading in seduction and prostitution , and for the protection of females . " The Manchester Infant Goltah . —This native production of _Mnneliester is certainly an infant prodigy ! Born on the 11 th of April , 1845 , the child of Joel and Elizabeth Fildes , of Great _Ancoats-street ( near Ancoats hall ) , is now in the 13 th month of hisage , and weighs 90 lbs ., measures round the shoulders-342 inches , round the body 31 inches * round the

      thigh 18 i inches , the calf of the leg 12 inches , and the ankle 03 inches ; he is 31 inches in height , and has already 22 teeth . Hi 3 parents are exhibiting him here for a few days , previously topresenting him , to the Queen , and his mother though a strong , healthy woman , finds the weight too heavy to support __ for more than a few minutes . He is placed in a child ' s carriage , and drawn up and down the room of exhibition . This making a show of himevidently _teazes and annoys the child , who shrinks from being touched and handled . The head seems inserted into the body cl 6 se between the shoulders , the fat completely concealing the heck , if there be one . The > child does not look sickly at present , but must soon suffer if his parents continue to exhibit him .

      The London Society ion the _Pkotection op Young Females . —This society , which has now been established more than ton years , held its anniversary dinner on Monday eveninff , at the London Tavern , when the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor officiated as chairman , and was supported by Luke Hansard , Esq ., Mr . Under-Sheriff Wire , Mr . Deputy Brown , the Rev . Dr . Spranger , F . J . Richardson , Esq ., Dr . Sparke ,

      astonishment , amounting almost to unbelief , that vice and depravity have extended their corroding touch even to the very age of innocence and childhood . The above association has done much , for since _its establishment in the year 1835 it has suppressed 10 & improper houses , and saved from ruin 376 young females under fifteen years of age . During the lasfc few months it has ' suppressed in tlie parishes of _Whitechapel , Stepney , and St . George , nearly 50 improper houses . Vauxhall Gardens . — We hear that Vauxball Gardens will open for the season on Whit Monday * - June 1 st ; and we find that it is the intention of tho

      proprietors to keep them open every evening in ther week but Saturday for the convenience of their country friends . . _'" . ' ... ' Middlesex House of Letext . ion . _ - On Tuesday the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of th © Middlesex House of Detention , which will be erected on the site of what was formerly the New Prison , Clerkenwell , was conducted under the auspices of the Marquis of Salisbury , the Lord Lieutenant of the county , who was accompanied by tlie Sheriffs _Lauria and Chaplin , the Honourable Salisbury - Butler * Colonel Wood , M . P . for Middlesex , Cehmcl Wood , M . P . f » r Brecon , Sir John Carnd . Alderman , ani several of the county _magistrates . -.

      'Mkhciiant Seamen . —The ree'eip : * of r ! : e corporation for tho relief of seamen in _tlionnfiehnnts ' sf _r « vice ; their widows and children , for- & h « » year 1 S 15 * amounted to £ 23 , 101 19 s . 5 d . ( _inehidmg £ 11 , 090 * from the duty from London vessels- ) . The pensionsto London pensioners amounted to £ 12 . 544 ; tho _eto outports _pewsionars , £ 4 , S 69 , < fcc- And there . via * _, at the close of the year a balance in hand of £ 517 4 s 7 d . ¦ Lost Children . —One of our letters from Paris _, recommends that the example of the Parisian

      policeat the late celebration of the King ' s Fete be followed in this country on all foreseen occasions-likely to attract a crowd . The police stationed in the Camps _Elysfies , the Place de la Concorde ,, and ike Garden ., of the . Tuileries , on Friday last , were ordered touring to a large tent erected' in the middle of tha-Camps _Elya & es all the children they might find straying about , or who had boen _separatedfroiutlwir parents and friends . ' By tiiis admirable precaution , " says our correspondent , " no fewer than twenty children were rescued from danger , and safely restored to their families . "

      An Encink ani > T « ndeb _thkswn _kwo-a Ganjul .- — - Oh" Thursday night , as . the goods train approachei . _thei Blisworth station from . Birmingham , it was . found that the points , had not been properly set , in . consequence of which tho engine was jerked aside snapped the chains- by which it was attached to tha train , and running _dowa the embankment _irushefc right into the canal which crosses the line at thia place , and was drowned . The goods train went a > considerable way down the lineby itsownmomentnm . The escape ok' the _engine-niau and stoker was almost miraculous .

      _Guardiajs Society for the Preskhvation ojs " Public Mmuls . ~ The seventeenth anniversary meeting was held on Tuesday at the Asylum at Bethnal-ereen , when the chair was taken by tho llev . T „ W . Wrench , M . A . Notwithstanding a considerables depreciation in some sources of the society ' s income * the report _annotvueeu that it had been enabled la maintain its efficiency , and that during the past viaesixty-four inmates had been received , making a total * sinco its establishment , of 1 , 990 , of whom 542 had been restored to their friends , 474 placed in service , or satisfactorily provided for , 53 sent to their respective parishes , 868 discharged or withdrawn , and 1 * died , whilst 38 were now under the care of the society . The total income of the year was £ S 02 10 s . I 0 d ., of which £ 130 10 s . lOd . was received from _needlework and washing done by the females in the Asylum , and there remained a present balance in nami o £ 2313 s . Gd .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 9, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/nss_09051846/page/3/