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      TSE TYRANT'S WELCOME . " So great was the anxiety to obtain a glimpse of the Emperor that noblemen -srere seen striving against each Other to secure the good offices of policemen in order that their carriages might be allowed to occupy positions ealcolated to afford the best chance of seeing bis Majwty . * * Thi crowd , -which at this time wss greatly increased , cheered him vociferooalf , the ladies waving their handkerchiefs from the windows in the vicinity . —Tablet , June 8 ft , 1844 . " And ye fete him and cheer him , ye sycophants file , And the praise of th » Despot ' s yonf theme and yoor song ? And the feet of that tyrant have trod on onr isle , "Which ye boast that to freemen alone should belong . And ye h&il the destroyer -frith shouts of

      acclaim—O Sod ! that such hearts in your bosoms could beat-Are ye dead to all feelings of honour and shame , That ye crouch and ye bend at the autocrat ' s feet ? Forget ye the blood that his red handB have spilled ? The homes he has mined , the hearts he has riven ? The snow-plains his victims in thousands have fill'd ? That his perfidy " * thus Slotted out and forgiven ? target ye tha wail of weak woman , when torn By his Calmucfcs and Cossacks from husband and child ? The Jatotct she has felt , and the pangs she has borne , Till the fiends at hii fonl rsgennity smiled ? And has sympathy pErish'd , ye fair ones who boast That no hearts like yours can for misery bleed ? Are Waraaw ' s dread scenes to y 6 nr memory lost ,

      Whew the suckling to exile and death he decreed ? fen ye think of the hnsband , the child , and the wife , < Jondemned at his will to the lea and the mine Where death were relief in the mid-day of life , To the . slave he has doomed in slow torture to pine ? 01 ye nobles of England , ¦ w ho throng round fti « car , To give Satamdet yonr homage and chEawi Ye are -worthy tbe chains and the lash of the Czar—Tour base adulation has sickened his ears . Tar nobler in nature , in valour , and all , On the Gancasus ' s hills is tbe poor mountaineer , Who spurns that hell-hound ' s dark bondage and thrall , And scatters his legions 'with fire and with spear . But enonsh ; and wherever the monster may roam

      He will treasure this truth as he crosses the waves , 27 o serfdom more sordid awaits him at home Than the x&bles who greet him to-day as his slaves . Clericw

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      LONDON IMPROTEMESTS . TJPB&A 2 . the sorgeons palace high 2 l * t column after column rise , And art put forth its symmetry , And sculpture warm * neath royal eyes . O ! las a goodly sightto see In Britain , wealthy , proud , and free , Jler Monarch ' s home a temple fair , Bedeck'd with all things rich and rare A tributary world csn bring for "England ' s Queen , or England ' s "PTing Build for the Queen I—forbid it not :

      But , ah J "who builds the poor man ' s cot ? Build for the merchant , xear the mart ! For commerce make a splendid home ; Tax well each architectural art ; Boldly upraise the spacious dome . There shall a mighty congress meet , The lords of Britain ' s merchant-lcet , The hnsy traffickers , whose stores Are gamish'd from a myriad shores : But O ! the squalid home that mocks Th 6 labourer of our merchants' desks ! Be not the earnest cry forgot , Who builds , who builds , the poor man's cot ?

      Build high the column to the dead Who died for England ! it is wtlL " Those stones might give the living bread , Hight build-warm homes "wlitre m-n might dwell , Tbe poor man thinks—a churlish thought— . But he were quickly better taught , Jf those who rear'd that column ' s height "Would give the next " convenient lite " So braid homes , where at moderate rent The labouring man might rest content . We cannot change , then cheer his lot—Who builds , who builds , the poor man's cot ?

      Who bnilds ? who bunds ? Alas , ye poor . ' If London day by day " improves , " Where shall ye find a friendly door , When every day a home removes ? Wide streets " low neighbourhoods" reclaim , Where virtue lives sext door to ahame . Who will build homes to house again Those we are making homeless men ? ** Down with yon hsnnt of vice" we ery—Alas J these poor men live and die . Then ere we triumph o ' er the spot , Who bunds , who bunds , the poor man ' s cot- ? B . J

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      DUEAilS OF THE PASTLfifES OS 5 ET 1 SIIXSG THE EASTEBJf GisriXVTJOS , BACESET SOAD , J-OXJBOX . A simple glance brings back old times , and memory recalls The many calm and happy hours I spent within those walls . The lectures , classes , leading room , newspapers , maga-¦ zujesj The dash of party polities , and rural tales and scenes ; And library of goodly books in many a varied style " : Deep pathos that would melt the heart , and wit to raise a smile ; A copious ever fruitful fund of entertaining themes , The beat of Scglish literature , realities and dreams .

      Perhaps some -quiet evening , I'd read the " Bard of Hope , " Or tsrn'd me to the tuneful rtrains of Alexander Pope ; And Byron ' s life and minstrelsy would tempt ' me oft and long , As from the cradle to the grave I traced the child of sengi Or life of 4-reneral Washington , sad patriots stern and bold , Who fought and -bled that they « i « ht live nnfetter'd , tLocontroll'd , Count the good mas of erexj Iaw 3 , how scant the list Appears , There ' s seazce ten tre 2 y virtuous names to grace b thousand years .

      Of mighty men of war , indeed , we have some glorious groups , Aggressive ttms , and fcsteheriei by mercenary tswpa , When dire oppression goaded Jxanee to desperation , and Ha Priests and Peers like vanquished wolves , lay daughter'd round the land : Benditary tyrants quaked , roused from their wyal trance , And hireling swords and hireling pens , were drawn on gallant Prance . Hat ihallow sophist , SdmundJBurke , with pen inhand rushed on , Blnbb ' ring because the dainty " age of chivalry was gone : "

      A famish'd people gained from him no kindly tbonght or word : "He pityM thespon'd plumage , but forgot the dying bird . " 2 fow came tfee time of shedding blood instead of tears xndink , Bnt revolutionary France-woidd neither yield nor shrink . Aristocratic Europe arm'd , the French again to bind , But ragged rebels drove their foes like straws t * fore the wind . Had intermeddling courts and scribes , minded their own tStixs ,

      And fed and taught their poor at home , and lightened labour ' s cares : Had they done this , not sympathized with crush'd and baffled knaves , O fewer of the human race had found untimely graves . But I have wandered far away from gentler , softer themes , And horrible realities have rushed into my dreams : A single glance recalls old times , and happier , idler hours , When we drew sweets from racy hoofa , like bees from summer flowers . London , Jnne 8 , 1844 . S . H . O .

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      A TREATISE ON THE STEAM-ENGINE BY THE ASTIZAK CLUB . Past 1 . London : Longman , Brown , Green , and Longmans . The natnre and object of this work will be best gleaned from the following ^ extracts from the prospectus : — The work will open with a preliminary dissertation npon the Steam-Engine ; giving a sketch of the rise and progress of the invention , and assigning to each contributor to tie final result his fair proportion of merit After it has been despatched , an explanation trill be gone into of the properties of steam , the effects of heat , the conditions of rest and motion , and natare of central force * , and generally of those principles or mechanic and chemistry more immediately concerned in the operation of the Steam-Engine , and which require to be , un-£ eatood before the subject can be properly mastered .

      The sext stage of progress win consist in the description of the most approved varieties of the Bteam-Engine ai applied to the psrposB of pumping , and detailed drawings will be given of the mort perfect pumping engine * hitherto constructed . This wni be followed by specimens of rotative engines , both high and low pressure , as applied is * nffl » and manufactories—by examples of the best kinds of marine engines , and by selections from the most approved railway engines of this and other countrie&gThese examples will each be followed by an exposition of the method by "which the proportions of each variety of engine are to be determined , and by elaborate . tables of the dimensions follawed by different engineers in their practioa From these data , ttatpltvradka } rvlct viil te constmcied for cttiemit&ifi

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      CLEAYE' 5 GAZETTE OF VARIETY . Pabt 4 . London : Cleave , Shoe Lane . This admirable Miscellany continues to delight and instrnol—we trust we may say—thousands of that most important portion of the community , " the reading public . " Those who do not read it do most assnredly deprive themselves of an unceasing fund of instruction and amnsement , wanting which , vre pity them . From the mass of good things before us , we fiad it difficult to select anything sufficiently brief for our columns : here , however , is something respecting those historical visionaries , the " alchemists , " of whom all have heard , but with whose ideas many probably are but imperfectly acquainted : —

      THE ALCHEMISTS . The alchemists believed in two grand arcana , or secrets—the philosophers ' a stone and the elimir vi ' m . The fomer was supposed lo be the source of wealth , the latter of undying youth . It was asserted , with regard to the philosopher ' s stone , that as all minerals were not wholes in themselves , but only compounds of certain different earths forming their integral state , it was only necessary to analyse any given mineral , and ascertain the nature and relative quantities of its component parts . This being done to a nicety , it only remained for skilfil alchemists to collate their materials , regulate the proportions , and submit tb « n to the amalgamating action of fire , to render their labours complete . With regard to the elimir vilm , the arguments were

      somewhat of a metaphysical cut . It was said that as Adam and Eve ate and drank previous to their fall , their bodies -were probably of the same nature and materials while they were immortal as after the fall , which rendered them mortal . By their eating and drinking , it seemed to be proved that their bodies , although immortal in essence , were yet liable to waste , inasmuch as their food -was required to snpply that corporeal wear a&d tear and evaporation ; and from this reasoning the alchemist deduce * the proposition that something must exist in nature which perpetually renewed thtir youth and vitality—conferring npon them , in a word , the boon of immortality . This absurd system of

      argument was deemed convincing ; and hence the idea that a principle of eternal life existed in nature . The next step made by these wiBeacru -was to determine 'whether ttoa principle tpm a solid or a liquid , They were ignorant of the transformation of Bolid food into chyle , aod its passage into tbe blood ; and they believed that the liquids which human nature imbibed were the sources whence the waste in the blood was tupplied . They moreover believes that the blood was the main element of life ; hence tbe terms " old blood" aid " young blood circulating in the veins . " Tfcey therefore came to the conclusion that the principle of eternal life W 9 s a liquid , and upon it they btstowed the name of a heavenly elixir .

      The rule of alchemy commenced shortly after tbe propagation of the Mohammedan creed , and einanated from Arabia . When the Aiab torrents poured f « rth over the burning tracts of Africa and tbe fertile plains of Asia , bent upon conquest and the propagation of tb » new ereed , Europe became infected with the degrading superstition which the victors carried into other climes . The belief in talismans and the influence of the celestial bodies was almost a portion of the Saracenic cieed , and the east soon became famous for its alchemical doctors . * * * » * The most I&mcaa chemists of the Arabian school practised the ari which was so popular ; and thus the great names of Galen , Albnfaragvus , Rbazies , and Avicennah were lent to consecrate the impo » ture .

      From tbe tenth to the thirteenth centuries , alchemy flourished in the east ; but at length tbe crescent of Ottoman power arose , and the devastating w&tb of tbe impetuous ocean of Turkish barbarians swept away the arts and sciences of ths Arabians , together with the thrones which they had founded . In the thirteenth century the stndy of alchemy was revived in the west of Europe , and prosecuted with an ardour which seemed to redouble in proportion as it subsided in the east , which was its birth-place . In the fourteenth century

      the belief in alchemy was all but universal , even among the foremost rank of men of science and erudition . Still greater importance was given to the art by the patronage of the ecclesiastics , many of whom practised it with amazing perseverance . Pope John XXII ., who died in 1334 , wrote a work on the philosopher ' s stone , in which be went tbe length of asserting that he had himself made two hundred ingots of gold , ef a hundred pounds' weight each . Bscon , Albert Magnnf , and LnlJy -wrote elaborately upon tbe subject , and tbe libraries of ecclesiastical institutions teemed with treasures on the

      art of gold-mating . The fifteenth ctntvry was alBo very prolific in alche mical experimentalists ; but chemistry was now so closely interwoven with the more fanciful pursuits , that the labours of those practitioners were in many eases eminently useful . Up to thU period the two secrets had been gTtedily sought after , but about this time tbe existence of the tkmir vifm began to be suspected , or else deemed impossible to find , and attention was therefore devoted the mor « undividedly to the discovery of the philosopher's stone . The uses of mercury , opium , and antimony were at this period developed and generalised by the alchemists , and nnmerous other important atAditionB * wbib made to the materia medica . Those str ange characters ,. Cornelius Agrippa asd Paracelsus , at of

      wei ^ this time prominent supporters alchemy . In tha reign of Edward IT . an Act of Parliament was p&sBtxl to forbid the transmutation of metals . In tbe same reign we find that John Norton and George Ripley , t \ ? o poets of some eminence , beth devoted themselves \ 'o the mysteries of alchemy , the'former having written a work on the subject , which he called the " Ordina . V * «* d the latter an elaborate performance , entitled " The Compound of Alchemy . " A few years liter -we fl " ° ^ the erudite George Agricolo , the parent of the science of metallurgy , -writing on the same subject . Tan Belmo 'Qt , a distingnisbed German physician and chemist of V . ^« eaxlier part , of the seventeenth century , bIbo wrote in > defence of alchemy ; and the Roaicrucians , a secret society founded in Germany , gave great credit ta a cause from a belief in which many persons now

      began to secede . But the new and experimental philosophy which resulted from the discoveries of sucb men as Bacon , and Kepkr , and Gali ^ ° > speedily brought the reveries of the alchemists , an d , indeed , the entire pbyscical and metaphysical philost " > pby of the middle ages , into disrepute ; there yet remai w > d , however , some few believers in alchemy . We find , . ^ eed , even the immortal Milton himself retaining some *» ™ existence of an universal solvent In asBi w *" * . ™ & * *** ' k 0 ** bis " Paradise Lost , " the eat * ' w ^ ""bich matter transpires throngh spirits , he exclain " *»' •—" - Nor w . ""ider , if by fire Of sooty coal the e . -npiric alchemist Can turn , or holds i * poaible to tore , Metals of drossast or * * to perfect gold , As from the mine . "

      In yet more reerat times the Ci 1 BBt de Mm . y » B c if French chemist , who died in 1 714 , is said to have destroyed his constitution by exp * Timenting on himself with secret medicines , which he pre pared npon the principles of the alchemists . Mr . Wouh % » Fellow of the Royal Society , and an indefatigable cultivator of the science of chemistry , warprobably theL Mtlearned alchemist : he died hi 1805 . The following pretty eonceit will afford tbe reader a spice of the poetical contents : — THE HUSBAND'S QUESTION . Dost thon remember , sweet , when we , In summer days of early youth , Bead many a tale of poetry ; How thrilled each pulse with warmth and truth ,-And bow the pleasing , fervid strain Re-echoed la our hearts again ? In a few years how changed art Bum Or I /—how can , indeed , it be J— ; We seldom read together now , ThoM thrilling burst * of poetry : Te feeling am those hearts have grown Impervious as they were of stone ? Ono !—I read within those eyes

      , More tt" «« the poet ' s art can teach , Of Love ' s ewn graceful sympathies—Of all nixing faith may reach ; Whilst thou—tbe charm of mind—art real ; How well forraken ' s the ideal 1 B ] H . We wish this : excellent Miscellany every Buoeess

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      " THE V 181 T OF THE CHAM OF KNOUTLAND TO THE X 1 N 6 D 0 M OV SIRLOIN . " The Chain was especially made to rule over millions —he was , in truth , a prize man . It waB plain tbat Nature , if , indeed , something higher than Natare does not make Chains and such people , made him aa one of her grand pets . And here , allow me to say , that Nature is , I am sure , falsely considered to be tbe maker of such people—such labour being , I am convinced , very far above the common handiwork of the goddess . Indeed , when we find Nature continually buay making Hottentots , Guinea negroes , Esquimaux , New Zsalanders , and millions of such coarse creatures —human wretches in the rough—I think it must be allowed that tbe charwoman band of Nature cannot be equal to the delicate manufacture of Emperors , and Kidcb , and Chains . "

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      " Why not ? " asked the Oldest Inhabitant The King and the clown are both time ' s creatures . " "Thank you for the thought ; it suits me well , " said Alexis ; " they are time ' s creatures ; bo is the simple hour-glass , and so tbe golden watch . Both instruments do the same office ; both are things of time ; both liable to chance and accident . Molly ' s broom-handle knocks the bour-glaBS down ; or the cat , jumping at the ghost of a mouse , whisks it on the floor with her tail ; the glass is shivered ; the sand scattered ; time ' s servant is destroyed . " " And your flue watch » " cried the Oldest Inhabitant . " A grain of dust gets into the works—an impatient or unsteady hand snaps tbe chain—and no matter how the watch is jeweled , it ia a dumb , still thing—time is dead with it ; as dead as with the pauper hourglass . "

      " Yes , " said the Hermit , " and ao with Cham and Cham at the end . " " That may be , ' said Alexis ; " but , my good sage , I was brought up too gingerly to believe in my heartthough I confess , I would not say so much to the world—that the same Nature could by any means make the hour-glass and the watch . No : there may be a sort of Nature that makes the millions of men—the creatures , whose moments may be told by tbe ever-running , ever-working sand , —but it must be a higher power , a far BubUmer nature , that makes the life that acts upon a jewel . No , no ; one Nature for the hourglass , another tor the watch . " " Let us grant so much , " said the Hermit ; "that we may get on with the Cham . "

      " He was a wonderful pleee of human mechanism , " said Alexis . " Be seemed to have been wound Dp at his birth to act a life of dignity—to move unerringly without pulsation—a machine of brain—a white-blooded fignie of a man . He never laughed . " " Poor wretch ! " cried the Hermit . " His face would now and then be frosted with a smile , that gleaming upon you would make your teeth chatter . Once at a grand review—for soldering wqb his delight ; he would play with bomb-shells and cannonballs as boys play at ring-taw—once , smiling very fierce approval at a squadron , he—by the very -wintriness of that smile—fuze the men to their saddles , tbe horses' hoofs to the earth . " " I though ! you said , " tried the Hermit , " that the Cham was a cosxer ? That his smile"

      " Ay , ay , " answered Altxis , " that was his travelling smile . His home-look was quite another thing . He was , moreover , the tallest man in his dominions ; by which fact , Nature significantly showed that he was born the top governor of all . Well , Sin , the Cham was much reviled and bespattered by many nations , but especially by tbe people of the kingdom of Sirloin . " " And wherefore by them 1 " we aeked . " Doubtless because of tbeir superior goodness , " said Alexis . " Believing themselves the wisest , the noblest , tbe Host dignified , and aoie than all , the most moral people of the earth , they never paused to bestow the ugliest names upon their neighbours . Hence , the Cham was a ruffian , a monster , a child-eater , a crowned cannibal . Great , therefore , was my amBzcment when the

      Cham suddenly informed me that it was his Intention to visit tbe people who so much abused him . Upon my knees I implored him to remain at home . Emboldened by my fears , I entreated the Cham to . remember the fonl names the Sirlolnians had thrown upon him ; to consider with himself whether bis royal persen would be safe among a people so furiously good and virtuous ; whether—if even he escaped with his life , he would not be so grossly maltreated , —that war , and nothing short , nmat come of it . The Cham deigned no word in reply ; but motioning with his fingar that 1 should follow him , he descended his palace steps , flung himself into a carriage drawn by unicorn *—they would travel £ 00 miles a day—and in' little more than a week we had passed through I know not hew many lands , and had arrived at tbe tea which separated the kingdom of Sirloin from

      all the rest of tbe world- The Cham , who had never drawn his boots since he first stept into bis carriage , immediately went on board ship , and in a few hours we were fast ascending the river which Iowa to Tellowfat , the capital of tbe kingdom of Sirloin . We disembarked at a place called Bangbomb . It is there that the SirloinianB bave a vast Manufactory for shells , shot , rockets , grenades , and the thousand toys that tbe devil plays at war with . Tbe Cham was received by two or three very civil gentlemen sent by the Court to do him honour . My xoyal master was so pleased with tbe respectful bearing of one of these good people , that be held forth his little finger-nail to be k'ssed , which , with some trepidation , only proper on the part of tbe Siiloinian , was reverently saluted . 11

      Away , then , went the Cham to the marvellous city of Sirloin . True to bis genius , he bad arrived so suddenly that none of the vulgar had news of the glorious advent ; hence , the Cham proceeded on hiB way , and men shouted sot their gratitude to the Bkies for tbe honour vouhaafed them ; there were no arches ot vernal green—no white-garbed gentle maidens , scattering roses in the path of the great new-comer . Soon , bowever , the tidings flaw ; soon was it known to tbe high and rich ones of Sirloin that the Cham of Knontlandtbe potentate with whose name scandal and plebeian abuse had done tfeeir naughtiest—was in the city , and great was tbe rejoicing of lords , great the flutter of ladies . Almost ere tbe cock crew , the Prince of

      Sirloin hurried to welcome the Cham , who , seizing th » Prince in his arms , attained him to hiB breast , weeping tears of thankfulness . And the folks who saw this Trept too ; touched , melted by the recollection that so good , so soft-hearted a man as the Cham had been so wickedly abused . It was impossible tbat he who could hug a prince so cordially , yea , so lovingly , could have scourged a nation . No : even the very footmen—unused as they were to weeping—felt the tears trickle down their noses , as they beheld the tenderness of the Cham . Ho had been scandalized as a monster ; hut his first public act vindicated his humanity , for he embraced a Prince , and never scratched or bit him 1

      " However , there was greater astonishment in store for the Sirloiniana , It had been said—wickedly saidof the Cham that he delighted in the game of soldiers ; tbat bis chief happiness was to have about him his thousands and tens of thousands of human machines , marshalling them with aa much self-glory as though be headed the angelic host . Sbameful perversion of tbe honest troth ; for -when the Cham saw that the SirloinianB -were about to send him a guard of honour to keep watch and ward at his door-posts , he entreated that no such emmony should be lavished npon him : his humility shrank from such display ; his modesty , painful to himself in it * excess , vowed he would have no such idle parade . Whereupon , tbe simple Sirloinians again lauded tbe Cham for bis self-denial ,

      again felt that the most meek , unceremonious potentate on earth had been wickedly blackened . Yes : it was plain that the Cham was a pattern man , and they—miserable Sirloiniana ! giving ear to the slanders of the naughty—had all along considered him little better than a lost sheep . How , indeed , could be care about the pomp and blazon of the soldiery , when he refused even a handfnl of redcoata ? Never did Cham bo delight a people ; never could a report of human goodness fly more swiftly than did the news of Enoutland ' a gentleness and simplicity . I > owagers wept ; and honest , respectable tradesmen , * &&-ping their bosom * , owned tbe modest greataen of t&e

      Cham . " The Sirleinians , be it known , an a great people —a very great people . They have , however , tb 4 a Aveakness . The eon ¦ bines not npon men who talk loader than they talk of tbe enrpatting loveliness ef virtue above all the goods of this earth—of the nnpurcl > a * eable freedom of mind- ^ of independence , and of the beauty of downright outspeaking in contempt of all fch-e wealth and bravery of the world . They care not for titles and wealth , not they—but only for the real worth of the moral man . And , yet while saying this much , \ hey . would fell down npon their knees and worship 0 < ven an ape , if ennobled by the herald ¦—Woald bua flu ogre , If tbe Mid ogre bad » beavy

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      balance at his banker ' s . Think ye , my master , the Cham of Knootlaiod knew no * this ? Ob , yesj and determined to play his part accordingly . "You would think it natural tbat a stranger arnviDg in a ' ltTt 8 hoaid flr 8 t B 6 ek it 8 temples mA glorious public fabrics ; that he should delight himself and satisfy his curiosity with considering the external monuments of the genius of the people . My master , the Cham knew the Sirlomians better ; and therefore his first visit was toa goldsmith ' s . Speedily the trump of fame published the glad tidinga . The Cham had come to perform the first duty of man ; namely , to spend money , and the Sirloinians huzzraed

      him accordingly . And then did many and many a Sirloinian -who had given credence to wicked stories of the Cham , believing bim to be little other than a national bugbear , tha gaoler of a -whole fcingdom , a wholesale child-ateolei and woman-scourger , —then did they all feel remorse for £ helr hard thoughts , and in their hearts , and what is more , in their innermost pockets , worship Jtfee Cham of Knoutland . Then did many a free and independent Sirloinian—as ha was wont to boast himself—beset the Cham for his cubtom ; going down upon bis marrowbones on paper , and praying to be bis moBt obedient tradesman and slave !

      • ' Every hour did the Cham spend money , and every hour did men ' s hearts yea / n kindlier towards him . In three days the moral Ethiopian had really changed his skin , and was a creature of lustrous beauty . And be it remembered by all , -who , in the kingdom of Sirloin , would enjoy the like change , that the mutation really began when the Cham visited the Goldsmith ' s . " The Sirloins aro great loverB of horses . The higher classes take especial delight in the animal , which they train to racing , solely for the benefit of improving the breed of the creature , considering the sport of the race altogether subsidiary to the national value of the steed . Many and touching , too , are the stories of affection shown by the Sirloinian masters towards their racers . It ( a no uncommon thing to see almost in every park a dozan old horses , which , having In their youth won

      cups and other pti « 38 for their grateful masters , are kept in clover in their age ; the Sirloinian—especially the noble and wealthy—neves permitting the generous creature to wear out its life in cart or tumbril . Hence , in the kingdom of Sirloin , racing is the noblest sport ; , in itself animating andbeautiful , and indirectly tending to cultivate the virtues of truth and honour among all who patronage the pastime . Tbe Cham fairly melted the hearts of the Sirlonians , when he showed himself ' at one of their races ; and now , when he signified his magnanimous intention of bestowing—during his natural life—a prise upon the owner of the fleetest steed—then would the Sirloiniana have hugged the Cham in their arms J Then did he stand upon the earth , in the eyes of the Sirloinians , as though he had descended from the heavens t

      " And so the Cham from day to day grew in the hearts of all men ; and the Sirloinians felt , aye , a sweet remorse for their bard thoughts of my master—for the base and slanderous stories they had lent a willing ear too . At length—the Cham having seen the Sirloinian soldiers play at a battle , and having , in the most liberal terms offered to the Queea of Sirloin the frus use and service of any , of all , of the hundreds of thousands of the slaves that wore his uniform—an easy ofier , seeing that her Majesty had no likely need of them—at length , the Cham prepared himself to journey homeward .

      " Now , indeed , did my master play a gloryfying part . He flung about him showers of gold ! Was there a monument unfinished—a church half built—a sentry-box unpainted—the Cham thrust his hand into his pockets and instantly bestowed the needful gold . His most potent cbarins , however , resided in gold boxes and diamond rings . These , the work of his own artificers , were -magically made , and by some spell that dwelt In them , carried away the hearts and souls of all men . Hence , the Cham never travailed without these boxes a-ad tings ; and hence , on his departure from Sirloin , he gave them away by hundreds , and—the Cham having exbaustless wealth—thu wise Sirloinians called him Cham the Magnificent !

      " And this brief journey of the Cham of Knoutland to tbe kingdom of Sirloin , proved that where ready money is , ready virtue must be ; and that whatever the garrulous wickedness of history may exclude to the dishonour of Ckarus and Kings , they may yet possess the hearts of all if for every heart they have a gold box l" — Illuminated llagcuiine , for July .

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      MADAME D'ARUSMONT . TO THI EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Dundee , 28 th June , 1844 . Si& ,- —If error unmixed with truth were presented to the human mind , the human mind , when not in the most barbarous state of savage ignorance , would instinctively reject it . And 60 also , if truth , unmixed with error , were presented to the human mind , the human mind , when not either in the most barbarous sU > te of savage ignorance , or in the most brutalirad state of v . toous degradation , or when not blinded or per * verted by temporary interests at variance with tbe selfevident conclusions emanating from the same , tbe human mind would as instinctively receive it . And , again : wh ^ n error is received by the human mind , it is received because presented in company with txntb . And so also , if truth be refused by the human mind , it is because it appears in company with error . Leaders of publio opinion are always individuals who advocate some butb not generally familiarl ; but

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      with that some truth , they usually advocate some , and very frequently , much erron Weak judgments , re « lyiug on the judgment of the leader , swallow the error with the truth . Stronger judgments * disgusted with the error , not nnfreqaently refuse the truth . Tbe leaders themselves , either unconscious of the admixture of poison which they have administered with the sound food , or , it may be , smitten with that vanity common to persons raised by circumstances or by their own ambition to positions more conspicuous than their absolute knowledge fits them to occupy , defend all which they have once abandoned with the ardour of pronely tism or the obstinacy of self-conceit . Thus is it that contention so generally intertupte the even course of inquiry ; that party and sect ever arise to turn aside Reform ; and that those who open their career as tne soouirgere of abnsea and the friends of human progress , close it , but too often , with attempts to extinguish the light which they at first assisted to kindle . i

      I distinguished at too early an age , and have ever too deeply deplored , the erroneous course ao generally followed by public teachers not to have held myself on guard against following tbe same . Lat me , therefore , suggest to that portion of tbe public in my native country who honour me with confidence , that there exists in my works , and in the very parts of those works which I understand t » be the most popularly approved , a very fundamental , and a very dangerous , because a most demoralizing , and socially and nationally disorganizing , error .

      In various parts of the volume of my popular lectures , known in Great Britain , Theology and Religion are confounded . And , most true it is , that twith single and very singular exceptions ) they have ever been , and yet are , confounded both in the theory and the practice of empires . The worii 9 , however , like the things they represent , are essentially different . To precise and establish this difference is a matter of no small importance ; since their association , nay , their absolute blending together and confusion in the language , thoughts , and feelings of men bave been tbe soured of most fatal mental and moral 1 aberrations and ruinous political convulsions . i

      Theology , from the Greek theos , logos , renders distinct the meaning of the subject it attempts to treat . Theos , 0 od , or Ctoda , unseen beings and unknown causes . Logos , word , talk , or , if we like to employ yet more familiar a fid expressive terms , prattle or chatter . Talk , or prattle , about unseen beings or unknown causes . The idleness of the subject , and inutility . nay absolute insanity of the occupation , sufficiently appear in tbe strict etymological meaning of the words employed to . typify them . The < danger , the mischief , the cruelly immoral , and , if I may be permitted t « coin a word for the occasion , the unhuinanizing tendencies both of the subject and the occupation , when and where these are ( as they have for the most part ever been throughout the civilizad world ) absolutely protected fey law and upheld by Government—sufficiently appear also from the whole page of human history .

      Religion , from the latin religo . religia , renders with equal distinctness the thing signified . Religo , to tie over again , to bind / ast ; rdigio a binding together , a bond of union . The importance of the great reality , here so accurately shadowed out , appears sufficiently in the etymological signification of the word . Its utility will be evident if we read , with intelligence , the nature , the past history , tbe aotiul condition , and the future destiny of man . ¦ But now , taking these two things in the most strict etymological sense of the words which express them , it will readily be distinguished tbat the first is a necessary creation of the human intelltat in a certain stage of inquiry ; the second , a necessary creation of the human $ oid ( by which I understand both our intellectual and moral faculties taken conjointly ) in any and every stage of human civilization .

      Theology argues , in its origin , the first awakening of human attention to the phenomena of nature , and the first crude efforts of human ingenuity to expound them . While man sees the sun and stars without observing either their diurnal or their annual revolutions ; while be receives upon his frame the Fain and the wind and the varying elements , without observing either their effects upon himself er npon the field of nature around him , he is as tbe brute which suffers and enjoys without inquiring -why it experiences ligbt ox darbntiSB , pain or pleasure . When ! first he pats , in awkward language , to himself or to his fellow , the question why does such an effectf * Uow such a cause ? he commences his existence , if not as a reasonable being ( a state at which he has not as yet arrived ) , at least as a being capable of reason . The answer to this : first inquiry ot awakening

      intelligence is of course such as his own circumscribed observation supplies . It is , in fine , in accordance with the explanation of the old nurse to tha child , who , asking , when startled by a rolling pual of thunder" whatmakes that noisa ? " was fully satisfied by the reply : " my darling , it is God Almighty over-head moving his furniture . " Man , awakening to thought , but still unfamiliar ; with the concatenation of natural phenomena , Inevitably conceives of some huge being , or beings , bestriding the clouds and the whirlwind , or wheeling the sun s > nd the moon like chariots through the blue vault . And bo again , fancy , most naturally , peoples the doom of the nvght with demons , the woods and the water with naiads and dryads elves and fairies , the church-yard With ghosts , and tha dark cave and tbe solitary cot with wizards imps and old witches . '

      Sucb , then ,. is Theology in its origin ; and , in all its stages , we find it varying in grossness according to the degree of { ignorance of the human mind ; and , refining into verbal subtleties and misty metaphysics in proportion as that mind exchanges , in its progress from darkness to light , the gloom of ignorance for the mazes of error . I defer till next week the hasty developements at present within the scope of my leisure to offer touching the nature and trees of Religion . i F . W . D'Arpsmont .

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      ETZCER'S PARADISE . TO THE EDITOR Of THE NORTHERN STAR . Esteemed Sir— -Your friendly notice of my late publication on Emigration to the Tropical World induces me to take the liberty of addressing this letter to yon , which perhaps may be found worthy of notice in your periodical . i Your various insertions of my friend Mr . Stollmeyer ' s communications , fcei proceeding but from your kindness , and no doubt with a view to benefit your readers by directing their attention to a new matter calculated to procure more than the relief of the distressed sought for so much now , deserves my best thanks , which I beg leave to tender you .

      It is , beyond contradiction , greatly to be desired that all Editors of I publio papers , professing to furnish their respective public with intelligence on subjects of general interest , and especially on the new discoveries and inventions of the highest interest to mankind , would follow your example , and no longer -withhold from their 'readers tbe knowledge of my systems , proved by theory and practice to be the infallible means for salvation to the suffering classes , and ot amelioration of the condition , ef all clasaea of people ); a cause which it , and soon yiill be acknowledged to be , the paramount of mankind—a cause too , which needs not to eome into collision witk any party , but is the cause of all progressive minds . This cause embraces all the respective businesses of man , as much above this , or that , or any other opinion , as is the science ef mathematics , of physics , or any other of sxact reasoning and experience . I may divide it in these five sections , vl ? .:

      —1 . To till tbe land by machines propelled by powers that cost nothing , to the effect that three or four men can cultivate , as the finest garden , from 1 , 000 to 2 , 000 aores with a capital not exceeding that for the present usual poor implements of agriculture , sucb as ploughs , harrows , spades , he ., besides clearing the land from trees and stones , making canals and roads , and any elevation or excavation of the ground . To make this mechanical system useful to all classes , even the poorest , joint stock companies are proposed , and various ways to obtain land in their own country . \ 2 . Emigration to the ever-mild , ever-green , tropical regions comprising one-half of the globe , and being fifty times more productive than the other half , making use of my mechanical system on the principle ot joint stock companies . ;

      This is suggested to those people ( of all classes ) who are of a bolder and more enterprising character than to put up with very inferior circumstances at home , though they should have there tbe means for greatly improving their condition . 3 . For emigration and commerce on a grand scale of incomp&tatively greater advantages by using my invention of the Naval Automaton , propelled by waves and wind , free from the ordinary perils ; the management of sails superseded by a simple machine which does tbat business ia less than ! a minute , when else it requires half an hour , and Bill by the power of wind ; a system of navigation which will reduce the time of navigation to one-third , and its expenses to one-sixth .

      4 , A road and canal system , with which none pan compete ; boats and waggons being propelled by a power that costs nothing—neither men , nor beasts , nor steam ; the roads never requiring any repair , and being constructed by a simple machine passing over any hill or inequality of ground . Transport will cost almost nothing , except what ] the wear and tear of waggons and machines may be . 5 . A system of stationary machines and factories , superceding all comparatively poor and expensive machines , and trades of nearly all kinds , with a profit exceeding all common ideas of present business .

      Is the time not come yet , when mere low ignorant buffoons , who are prene to ridicule but not to inquire into sciences of the greatest importance , cease to fill the placeB of publio instrootora t Save the publio , by the past history of inventions of the last two or three centnries , and especially of late Inventions , such as steam engines , railways , steam waggons , gas light , Mo ., to ., not finished yet their inglorious apprenticeship to take their learned parrots and public buffoons for otacXes of windem , anfl be duped again and again , by refusing or neglecting j enquiries for themselves , aa behoves independent rational minds I Far all new Invention * had to lay for many years before they were examined and candidly acknowledged , by those professors of learning wbo ought to have been tbe foremost in bo doing . i

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      Public men v > obtain respect and patronage should b % the formers of rational public opinions , and not th « senseless echoes of irrational ones . With great respect , I am , yours , &c . F . A . ETZLER , London , July 1 , 1844 .

      Post-Office Espionage. To The Editor Of The Morning Chronicle

      POST-OFFICE ESPIONAGE . TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE

      Sir . —Lord Stanley , in his speech on the postage espionage question on Monday evening , put the privilege of opening letters on tbe same ground as the expendltuie of the secret service money , and said— " It is one of tbe pow « rs entrusted to ft Ministry , for tbe due exercise of winch your security , and your only secum ? , is the honour , and conscience , and oath of the accredited Minister of S » te to whom that power is entrusted . " I am not about to dispute this ; but I should like , and I believe the public would like , as I am confident Lori Stanley were the case his own would like , some better

      security . Is there no invention by which an envelope may be bo secured as to render it impossible to be opened without being torn ? Sorely some chemist aud mechanist may devise a combination , which , though it may not prevent the liberty being taken , may apprise us that the Secretary of State knows onr affairs . Any one who could prepare such a wrapper might ensure an extensive sale , and I would advise him to adopt and print upon each the title— " Graham Detector . " Hoping that any scientific man who can give information on this point will do so , and that you will lend jour columns to so righteous an object ,

      I am , Sir , your obedient servant . Safe Bind Safe Find . Buckingham , June 25 .

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      London Corn-Exchange . —Monday July 1—Tha stands were well tilled with samples of Wheat of home produce . Fine qualities of both red and white declined Is , other descriptions 2 s per quarter ; yet a large portion of the supply was lef t over for Wednesday ' s market . Tne quantity of free Foreign Whesfc on offer was not large . To effect sales & decline of quite Is per quarter must have been submitted to . In parcels under lock the rates were almost nominal . The finest malting kinds of English Barley were mostly taken at last week ' s currencies ; but grinding and distilling sorts were Is per quarter lower . Malt at an abatement on previous figures of Is per quarter The Oat trade was very dull , and the prices ruled from 6 d to Is per quarter low « r than on Monday last . Beans at a decline of from Is to 2 a per quarter Maple Peas were Is to 2 a lower ; but boiling parceia maintained late rates . In the Fiour trade no

      alteration m prices . London S * uthfield Cattle Market , Mondat Jdly 1 . —The demand for the primest Snots , homo breds , runts , &o . was somewhat active , at prices fully equal to those obtained on Monday last . In the middling and inferior qualities the rates may be considered about the same as those of iast week . The numbers of Sheep were extensive . Prime old Downs commanded a steady trade ; other kinds of Sheep a sluggish inquiry , without the slightest alteration in value , the best of the former producing 4 s per 8 ibs . The Lamb trade may be considered about stationary . Calves at fall prices . In Pigs very little was doing , yet their quotations were supported .

      Borough and Spitai . eiei . ds . —Only a moderate supply of old Potatoes have lately come to band , yet the demand for them is inactive , at prices varying from 60 s to 110 s per stone . New Potatoes are ia good supply and steady inquiry , at from 63 to 1 # 3 per cwt . Boroush Hot Market . '—The accounts which have come to hand since our last , from Sussex , the Weald of Kent , and Worcester , state that a grea 6 increase of £ y is apparent amongst the bine , which is seriously blighted . In Farnham , Mid Kent , the Hops are described as progressing tolerably well . The market price , for all kinds of Hops , remains very firm , at folly last week ' s prices . Wool . Markbt . —In tbe absence of publio sales , tha transactions in the private contract market are on an extensive scale in most decryptions , and prices are on the advance .

      Tallow . —This market may be considered puite aa firm as on Monday last , although there has not been so much business doing in the past week as in the previous one . We have ju » t received advices from St . Petersbnrgh up to the 22 d of June , where higher prices were insisted upon , and in one or two instances paid . Town Tallow is held at 403 6 d to 51 s nett cash ; new Y . C . for last three months , 42 s id , Livkbkxme . Corn Market , Mondat , Jolt 1 . — The week ' s imports of Grain , to . from any quarter , are of light amount * The duties on Beans and Peas have fallen Is per qr respectively . A few parcels of Wheat have been taken for the country , bat the demand for this grain has been less lively than during the previous week , and we have to quota the secondary qualities Id'to 2 d per bushel cheaper . Flour has met a dull sale , though offering on rather easier terms . The tains that fell in the beginning of the week have checked the demand for Spring-Corn . Oats are scarce , aad a * eheW ^ at _ full w > . u-= _ Barley , Beans , and Peas eacb j f&harrfjpi ^ r . *¦¦ Oatmeal in slov ? request M /^®^ $ R $ R */? i ! ar Ant-800 bris of United State ^^^^ iw ^ eufwii 2 iam hands , in bond , at 223 ' -i ^ $ f | & $ p&- " ^ . f ^^ j& . kl' -is and Ellen ^ E ^ tf ^ iey , departed iuia , Sli * ;' .:: ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦•¦ : * L % y ' / f * i ' . ' . ;¦ '¦'~ , ¦ :..: ¦ '¦ : ¦'¦ ¦ : ' . '¦* ''¦¦ ..

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      the proper dimensions of every part of every land of engine , so ftat when t * e size of the cylinder and pressure on the piston are given , the right-dimension of every other part may be immediately computed . The method of erecting engines in the workshop—of fixing them on beard a vestel—of setting valves—adjusting parallel motion * , dec , wfll be all fully explained , and the most beneficial details of consfarnotion and the bestinetbods of werkmanship will be clearly elucidated . The subject of boilers will also be considered , and euch rules and precautions given as will obviate failure from a deficiency of Bteam , and predetermine the effect of particular modes of construction .

      After the above ample explanation of irhat the work is intended to be , it only remains for us to express our opinion as to the realisation of the above premises in the part before us , so far as that realisa tion ia possible in a first number . That opinion founded upon a perusal « f its contents is most favourable ; and if the succeeding numbers only exhibit the hke amount of talent and practical knowledge , this work must and will become a most important addition to the library of the mechanic . The want of a work

      ¦ of this description has been for some time past felt by practical men , and will , we doubt not , be hailed by them as a desideratum long needed . The pari before us gives a sketch of the different experiments , discoveries , adaptions , and improvements of Hero , the Alexandrian , Blasco de Garay , Bs Cabs , the Marquis op Worcester , Galileo , Ssavery , Papih , Ni-nrcoMEN , and Smeaton , all predecessors of Watt . The discoveries of that immortal revolutioner Watt are more fully treated of , and will be continued in the second number .

      This part is embellished with a highly-finished steel plate and several diagrams illustrative of the successive o'i scoveries and improvements of the various projectors ; it is also elegantly printed , and , is every way worthy of the paironagt of the public ; especially that class for whom it is more particularly intended , —the operative engineers . It has our hearty recommendation .

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      THE NEW AGE , AND CONCORDIUM GAZETTE . July . Our friends , the Concordists , get worse and worse , —more mystical than ever ; we honestly confess we cannot understand them . It appears that our friend Campbell * ' feels missioned to commence a second Concordiam . " We are glad to hear this , for we presume in the coarse of his mission he will endeavour to explain what his brother Coacordists would be at ; a matter rather difficult to nnderstand from the spiritualized and etherealized pages of the " New Age . " We can assure our friends that we of the " old world" must have a more commonsense-like revelation of the " new order of things " ihan what is to be found in these pages , ere they ( the CommuniBts of Ham Common ) can hope to make much progress .

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      THE NATIONAL TEMPERANCE ADVOCATE . No . 2 . New Series . This periodical presents itself in the . new dr « ss lately , and with such good effect , adopted by Chant ' hers'Journal , and exhibits a decided improvement not only in its appearance , but also in its matter , and general arrangement . The present No . is to a considerable extent devoted to a refutation of the alleged M fallacies" of medical men on the subject of Teetotalism , and contains besides much valuable information on various subjects . The Editor is requested to forward us the first No . of the new series which we have not yet seen .

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      EXHIBITION OF WORKS OF ART-WESTMINSTER HALL , LONDON . This is a glorious exhibition , a proud memorial of the hitherto latent talent of our countrymen , which like the brilliancy of many noble minds , only requires a motion to draw forth its effulgence , truly illustrating both in art , Boience , philosophy , and patriotism that —Many a gem of purest ray serene , fcc . ho . Wealth and aristocracy have too long combined to encourage only the base and gross passions of mankind . The humanizing , the noble , and tbe instructive arts have been repressed and left to wither ; but man , now , after a peace of upwards of a quarter of a century , has begun to think : and when once that occurs , away is torn the debasing barriers to mind raised by cunning tyrants , aud tho splendour of ennobling intellect becomes th « only light we suffer to guide our faculties . The power of mind

      forces itself onward ; and being found impetuous , the wily opponents join in the movement ready to impede , to misdirect , fearful of being overwhelmed and swept away in the mighty torrent . Thus the King of the French , anxious to assuage the growth of the liberal mind of France , has concurred in a grand exhibition of talent in that country , and has , by his suavity and ill-gotten wealth , gratified the people and lulled for a moment the storm arising against his tyranny and usurpation . He , however , deserves note , as being the first monarch who has invited the not " illustrious by courtesy" but the illustrious by talent and industry , to the feast of a King , ' tbe preoints of a palace ; he has also exhibited a feelinc of justice by having paid the amount of the damage caused by the waters breaking in and destroying 420 , 000 worth of property which otherwise wonld have fallen heavily upon struggling genius . _ __

      The frescoes of the Westminster Hall Exhibition are splendid specimens of the industry and talent of our countrymen , showing that encouragement is only wanting to produce practice , and practice perfection . Tho subjects are not generally well chosen ; but as the art progresses this defect would be remedied ; for public opinion would step in and allow the artist to depart from the ilavery of conventualitiea and ignoble degrading subjects . Thus , since the last Exhibition , the voice of the discriminating publio has done much good . The mean truckling of

      inserting the insipid faces of Victoria and her husband has been nearly abandoned . The next step must be to get rid of libelling the " human form divine" by sticking wings on its back . Much allowance must be made for the infancy of artistic powers ; for that portends a noble unequalled maturity ; and when proper subjects are chosen , we may justly anticipate a glorious school of moral and patriotic instruction for forthcoming generations . The gorgeousness of the colouring , in many of the pieces , apropos to the style , cannot bo excelled ; and we feel honest pride in our country ' s eminent talents .

      The sculptures have astonished us . We were not prepared to expect such an array of ability , considering that np branch of it has received lees encouragement than the poetic breathing of lifo into clay . At the same time , there is an evident want of practice in handling the tools , and defect in the choice of subjects . There are also some evidently from the hands of those accustomed to the stiff formalities of church decorative sculpture , wanting in true art and free execution . The mere carving , with undeniable fidelity , the heavy robes and ornaments of kings , princes , and warriors are not evidences of great talent ; for the truth of which we refer to the representations of King William the Fourth , No . 114 , C . B . Robinson ; George the Fourth , No . 112 , Sir E . Thomason ; Prinoo Albert , No . 122 , John Franois ; and Lough ' s Edward the First : ; in these every intricacy of tassel and sword is elaborately worked ; but the procets is only

      mechanical : whilst Acteon devoured by his Hounds , No . 128 , R . G . Davies ; and the Power of Law , No . 182 , E . Davies , are rough but noble conceptions ; the first implying true lovo of art , poetic imagination , and correct execution ; the human frame in violent acti on , and the muscular developement excellent ; Whilst the latter ia a calm , noble , dignified figure , —the proportions , the ease , and grace natural and elegant . It also is delightful to contemplate The Aroher or Eagle Slayer , No . 106 , J . Bell ; Model of a statue , &o M No . 138 , P . Hollis ; Portrait statue , No . 147 , Cupid , No . 148 , both by Bohnes ; Wilberforce , No . 150 , S . Joseph ; Youth at a Stream , No . 155 , Foley ; an Ancient Briton , No . 162 , G . G . Adams ; Eve , No . 165 , W . C . Marshall ; Brougham , No . 167 , Papworth . All these redound to the credit of the artists , both in conception and execution , and show powers only wanting exercise to attain first rate excellence . E . M .

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      The Grahaming of letters—the « ' secret " Office . — ( From a Correspondent J -The Poat-eflica officials ate endeavouring , by means not only mjusS , but , it oar Information is correct , base , to discover thd " traitors '" in the Post-office who have divulged the doings of the "Secret-office . " Once discovered , theit PoBt-office career , however long it may have been , will speedily be brought to an end . The greatest consternation prevails among certain worthies of tbe " Freeimg school" in some departments of the Augean stable , at Mr . Daneombe ' s " effrontery" in giving notice that oa Tuesday evening next he will agate bring the question before tbe House of Commons . It ia understood tbat

      Mr . Duncombe has been supplied with some valuable information on the subject ( this belief is shared in by the Government ) , and that should he succeed in can >*• ing his motion , he will produce before the commiitoa living testimony of practices carried on in the ? ¦ ' Secretoffice" of the moat detestable kind . It will surprise the public not a little to be Informed that in the event of the committee of inquiry being granted , not tha least important witness will bo a matron who kept tka " Secret-office" when business was unusually bn-S . Several of the messengers , who never were allowed » o enter the apartment , but who received tbe opened aad re-sealed letters and packets through a wicket in tha door , will also ba produced . The J'ostmast « r-G-fineral ' a interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer oa Thursday was partly in reference to Mr . Duncombo ' s motion . —Morning Chronicle . Saturday .

      Punch , and the English Fooche . —Oar terrific artist has made a representaticm of the Home Secretary , which we recommend to every Postmaster , Banking , house , Merchants Office , and private family in England : and which we present this week Gratia It ia cheap , elegant , finely drawn , a wonderful likeness , and a most moral and interesting allegory . Look at him , and see bow his fine eye ia a rolling between the folds of the letter ; lighted up with a tender , curious , and parental expression ! Look at him , LadieB and Gentlemen—the R ^ 'ht Honourable Secretary ot State for the Home Department : discharging one of the noblest duties of fcia high office . As Lord Lyndhurst is Chancellor and Keeper ef the Saals , Sir James Graham is a breaker ot the 8 &me .

      Look at this enlightened patron of letters 1 Fax from denying- tbe soft impeachment the other night ) b . 8 owned it like a man . If the Emperor of Austria baa a fancy to know tbe nature of any person ' s correspondence , Sir James Graham will get the little job dane foe him . if tbe Pope of Rome , or the Prince ef Tour and Taxis , or the Emperor of Russia , or any other crowned gentleman , is anxious to be acquainted with the doings of his subjects in this country , a word to Sir Jam-ra Graham , and the English Home Secretary will ba charmed to oblige him . There is nothing like mutual accommodation . Let ! us keep well with the Governments of Europe . Polite-Bess costs nothing . Ia this ease you do but open a letter , read it , seal it up again cleverly , and send it oa to its address . Is the text a bit altered , because boiuqbody has just glanced his eye over it ? No , no more than your face is changed because a policeman looks at you in the street .

      Now , Governments are like men , more or less suspicious , according to their temperament . Hence , t ! i 9 more a Government is hated , tbe more suspicions it ! will naturally become and the more it Is its duty to open letters . What a happy knack at letter-burglary some folks may get at this rate , and what an enlarged sphere of agreeable duties ! " It was the duty of the Council of Ten to clap any gentleman under the Plombes , if they suspected him : it was the duty of the Emperor Napoleon and Louis XVIII . to have a Cabinet Noir , and to open everybody's letters : it ia tha duty of the admirable Emperor Nicholas to have spies npon every man of mark in his dominions ; to have little men to spy great men , fathers to spy sons , and vice versa ; and what is history for , but that Statesmen may profit by it ; and why are our governors to neglect advantages which every other civilixed slate possesses ?

      In the debate in the Lords upon the subject , there was one sensible thing said by our dear old Brougham . He defended the letter opening practice of course— . Queen Caroline ' s Attorney-General admitted that " cases might arise , in which it might be necessary to obtain information in this way j" a man should pursue ' useful knowledge" in spite of any such paltry difficulties as a wafer or a bit of sealing-wax . But ha did confess " tbat it was a very popular thing to declaim against the opening of letters in the Post Office . " Yes , so popular a thing , that we hope every print la every part Of the nation will declaim against it , and ogaiuat Right Honourable Gentlemen who do it . It ia likewise a popular thing to declaim against picking pockets—well then , dont let ua be ashamed of being in tho fashion . —/*««< # .

      Market Intelligence.

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      Jtjl ? 6 , 1844 . THE NOBTffa&N . STAR . ! . 3

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 6, 1844, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1270/page/3/