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      THE CH A RTER , AX B SO SURRENDER * The lords of the soil claim tie poor lean ' s toil ; JUs labour to them is given Fora crust of bread and a straw-roofed sfced . Though bleak as the winds of heaven . To sow and till , so that valley and till ilajr jield up their fertile store , Unsithe toiler slave , and at last receive The husks , when his labour ' s o ' er . In the gloomy mine , iriiere no light doth sliine Save the ray from the miner ' s lamp-There oppression ' s slave finds an carl s grave , Consum ed by the Wighting damp . Bnt what reck the great for the sufferer's fate , Though they torture his life away ! When their victim bleeds , thus their eonseiei pleads" O , his was bat vulgar clay . " then tiiemillocrat proud proclaims aloud That" bread should to all be given : " Vet his slavish thrall must , abate then ail , For vengeance appeal to heaven . 0

      > o I let us once more , as xa days oi yore , By our Charter firmly stand , like the rock as firm , wheo it "braves The storm That breaks on our sea-girt strand ¦ ffM e a hope remains , let us east our chaics At the feet of the tyrant band , And our watchword be " Man ' s equality , And the right to our fatherland 2 " stamford-street Leeds . "David Jlos

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      ' SOXXETS . " Man ' s inhumanity to man Slakes countless thousands mourn . "—Bnmt . 1 stood ( a stranger } in the City ' smart , Where all the sons of toil and trade were met : Aad there I saw , what my poor sicken'd heart , long as it throbs with life , will ne ' er forget . The storm washowling—darkness veil'd the skies—And there I saw , stand shivering in the storm , Poor human beings , lifting up their eyes ? or bread to succour famish'd ones at home i The blind and lame caine liaiting through the crowd—Touth , manhood , and "tlie man of hoary lead . " Some vtMspefd of their ills , some mournVl «? $ !«? , And craved , for heaven ' s sake , a ernst of bread J 1 saw the rich man pass unheeding by—Cnfelt by him their grief , unheard by iim ifceir crv .

      Is this , thought I , equality and right i Can such a system dignify our land ? } f this the liberty for which we fight ? 0 , sheath your swords , and nerveless be each hand . Thou monster Man ! I blush to call thee brother . The reason which thou boasf st of damns thee more : rride , wealth , would even make thee scorn thy mother , And stain thy fingers with a "brother ' s gore I 3 i cannot last for ever . Vengeance burns Around the tyrant , and his power shall fall ; Then Justice to her ancient seat returns , And Troth's immortal light is shed on all : Taca tyrants ' chains from Britons shall be liurl'd , And Justice , love , and Truth shall govern all the world . Tate .

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      CQXDfGSBT ; or , THE XEW GENERATION . BtB . D'Ish . veu , Esq ., M . P . —London ; ColbuTDj Great Marlborongn-strcei . / Continued from the Northern Star ofJanuary 25 th . ) Having attained his eighteenth year , Coxkcsby leaves Eton , and Lis first visit is to Eeaumanoir . On his way he makes the acquaintance of a mysterious personage at a . wayside inn , -whither he is driven j « ar shelter by a sudden storm , "while traversing on foot one of the ancient- forests of the midland counties , 'where , in days of old , Gorman kings Lunted , and Saxon outlaws plundered . The scene is \ M » utifullv described , and the emotions of the nero of the story graphically pourtrayed . We give Cosixosby ' s first interview with

      SIDOMA . The wind hovvlc-d , the IirancJics of the forest stirred , and sent forth sounds like an ineaniatiOB . Soc-n might oe distinguished the various voices of the mSghty trees , as diey expressed their terror or their agony . The oak roared , the I > eee £ shrieked , the ehn sent forth its deep Enalong-drawrJgroaH ; wlrile ever and ajion , amid a momentary paus" ^ t lie passion of the ash - . vas Jstard . in moans of tlirilling anguish . Coningslrf lurried oa ; the forest becatu-j less close . , i jilace « f refuge was at hand : u-rcened iroia 3 ; 5 s first glance Is ? fonic tlm trees , the ascending siscse i-ovr

      oc-; raved a 3 t > o : •• vji » ti » C « : nHjr = by r « : e £ ed 1-jfcrt-tiie temjiest ? r * fc ? . Tlit forest inn v ,: as Jilso a fiuin-hoasi ' . There -. as v . comfortablc-looKing Idtcl-. toi ssougl ); but ilie ingle vxm : ira * frill of smokers , and Cosiagsby was glad to avail Usn ^ f of i ; : e < r . ilv pirate room for ihe simple meal -idti fui-j i > u- ^ rai iiim . Only eggs as 3 boc-cc ; ' cat rcry --ifisie to a ptatstrian aud a liniigrj cue . A * he stood « tt the window oi" Lis little apartment , ^ i .:-. L : 3 g ilie ha ~ ja drops that were die lieriilos of tlie . Giahig irarricane , and waiting : or his rcyv . s :, a fiasii of jcriMiug illumined vlit wliole cavastry , s&ii a siovseman .. " . 3 ' uii sjk . i-. JL folk-wed by his srooui , gaSopeH up to the iocr .

      u . s i-j 32 iai-l ; ablc bcaaiy of it * anfir . al so atn'acted feungsliy ' s attention , that it jgwr- .-utfd Lan catching r ' -t-a a I'Umpse ai the rider , wLo itij-idly Oismsanrcd and izsien-H iJm inn . The host shortly afitr came ia and Ml * il ConiugAv wk « tL « r lie haA r . nj ci ^ cction to a r « . t ) einsn , who was driven tliei"e b } the storai , siiaring tiis room until it subsided . The consequence of tlie Jumidiate asstnt of Coningsby v .-as tbat the landlord reared , and soon rtturaed , ushering in « a individual , w ] io though periiaps ten years older lhaa Ooniagsfe . v , was still , according to Hippocrates , in t ?» . e period of iiisty vooih . Jlc was abuve the middle height , suG of a disncgiiished air : aidlirure ; pale , witi : aa imf-ressive brow , sad dark f-y « s ofgr-. at iutcHig-encg .

      'Jlie - steiagei' boJon ^ ed t ' iai fulxJi - xfae Apostles iTClessed tofore tk » y followed i 3 < eir Master ; " he diQieforc courteously declined to assist Comsosct in ihc danolislung of a disli of eggs end bacon . Con--cmtion was , however , heartily engaged in Isy both jtaKie ^ and Cosixt . sin- was enchanted by ihe . r . stonisliiJig j ]; ic-iiiiatioii , and original thought , of iis eonipa-: mon . The age needs great men ; and , according to i ^ ivnie ; ilicy exist- not , or Lare no ; as yet shown " . heinsdves ; " the : ige does cot believe in great men , oecause it does not possess any : the spirii of the age !¦> the very thing that a great man changes . " The srauger asserts that almost eTcnthing grcaJ tiiat jas been done , has been done hy youth . In proof of this lie elofiuc-ntlv mns ov « r the "

      ACHIEVEMENTS or TOOXG JEN . Bon John , of Austria , won lepanto at tMenty-i 5 ve , — Ac greatest battle of modern time : —JiaditEotljecnfor tee jealousy of Philip , the next year lie would ' nave Ijcen Emperor of Mauritani . Gaston de Pois was only twentytwo when he stood a victor on the plain of Bavenna . 2 very one remembers Conde , and Rocroy at the same age . Gastavus Adolphns died at thirty-eight . l « olt at his Captains : that wonderful Dulse of 'Weimar , only thirtv-35 when he died . Manier himself , with all his n : iraeles , died at forty-five . Cortes was little more than thirty when he cared upon the golden cmwlas of Mexico . When Maurice of Sasony died at thirty-two all Europe aelmowleCged the loss of tlie greatest Captain and profoundest . Statesman of the age . Then there is Kelson , Give—* ut

      th « e are warriors , and perhaps yon may thinit there are greater things than war . I do not ; I worship the Lord « f Hosts . But take the most iiluslrious achievements of 3-3 prudence . Inneccnt III ., the greatest of ilie Popes , "a ^ the despot : " Cliristendom at tliirty-scven ; John de ^ edid tvas a Cardinal at fifteen , and OuScnardin : fells 35 , Vaa ^ j xAih Jus state-craft Ferdinand of Arragon him-^ Jf - lie was Pope , as Leo X ., at thiriy-sevc-n ; Luther Tfilibfcl even Win of Ms richest province at thirty-five . Ta 3 j € I gnatius Loyola and John Wesley , they woricd . with ' > ora : r braiiic . iguatius was o «? y thiny when he made ^ ' l- 'Igrimagej and wrote the " Spiritual Exercises . '' «» al « Tote a great work at sixteenthe greatest of

      , ^ naidnnen , and « 5 e < l at thirty-seven I Ah ! that fatal "Ji irtj-seveDj wKcli reminds me of Byron , greater even as a roan than a writer . TVas it experience that guided "& * Prodi of Raphael when he painted the pabecs of Hoe * ? ne jiet ^ too , at thirty-seven . Jliehelieu was ^ fttary of State at thir ty-one . " Well , tlien , there are esiiugbrofcj anj pjtt , both Ministers before other men * ave <> n - cricket . Grotius was in great practice at scven-*« n , and Attorney-General at twvnty-fonr . -And Acqua-^^~ - \ e < luariva was General of the Jesuits , ruled every KtiUitt in Eunojie , and colonized America before he was Z ^ - ^ Wcn . Hut it is needless to rmlHply instances " "toon of hei ^ es is the histerv of youth .

      fo whom might be added the . giants of the French jw *< mition—mi ghty , whether for good or evil : — iocme ; the conqueror of the Austrian ? , tie paciii-* i « i _ La v ** be , <* e rival of K « pos £ <» died at " ^ v-tt ree years of age . Xafoleos himself had Pvr- / oulonsc > won the battles of Lodi and the j ^^ ws ; adiieved the first consulship of the refvr ^ wstroyed that EepubL' e andxiade himself t lu ^ of the Gauls ; pl a ced his broth ers oa the his f ^^ nro pe ; surpassed HisxiE . « i ; and gained flSbeft ? victory on the plains , of Austerlitz , We fc " ewast * "i * r-seven yearsofiige . Norshonld 3 biS * ilie Jegisktive chiefs of that revolution : — tm . j * > wonder of his age , wlo died at forlyik ' , ht tm ' D - ««>^ ^ ho * ed at ihirty-four ; wW ^ * ^ unfortunate , CixmtE ItesMonuxs , ouiml T ** * fte Revolutionary Tribunal , ^ rhen re-Ja-i ei , f Os 1 aie nisage , will not be forgotten—' . ' Thirty-^' , "" ¦ " 3 * ° f t ie Sans-cuttoli Jtsus Christ , when he - - > or roust wconKt the name of the fiery ,

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      heroic , and dmnent apostle of equality , St . Just , J * o gave upks hie for the many at the age ' SS And Jast ,, not least , the niignticst rS \\ » i ° , ? "f' " Ro »»™ anB , tlie incovl uptible ; who , lwiore lie was thirty-five vears of a < -e had achieved the dietatoisliip cfl ' i-aiieo , and at-ame which k yet , and will for ever be , the hate and terror of aristocrats . The stranger and Comxosby part , but first—I long to see your msre again , said Coningshv . She seemed to me so beautiful

      Mie is not only of pare race , said the stronger , but of the highest and rarest breed in Arabia . Her name is " The Daughter of the Star . " She is a foal of that famous mare which belonged to tiie Prince of the Wahabees ; ar . d to possess which , I believe , was one of the principal causes of war between that tribe and the Egyptians . The Pacha of Egypt gave her to me , and I would not change her for her statue in pure gold , even carved bv Lysippus . Come round to tlie stable and see her . The Daughter of the Star bounded away with the Wandering Jew , " as if she scented the air of the desert from which she and her rider had alike sprunir .

      The day after Ids adventure at the Forest Inn , Coxixgsbt arrived at Beaumanoir . He had not visited the famDy of his friend for some years , and now experienced a most affectionate reception . At the dinner table of the noble host he encounters a Mr . Eustace Lylc , a Koman Catholic , and the richest commoner in the county . After dinner , when the ladies had withdrawn , and " the usual political conversation had commenced , the Kw Poor Law was the principal subject of discourse . We have before intimated that the Duke ( Rutland ) was a supporter of the New Poor Law , though not harshly so ; on tlie other hand , his TVliig son-in-law , Lord Everinqham , a clear-headed , cold-blooded man , looked upon the New Poor Law as another Magna Cliarta . Opposed to this last , was Lord Henry , son of the Duke ( Lord John Manners ) , who would not listen to the Statistics , Dietary Tables , and Commissioners' Reports . He went far higher th an his father ; far deeper than

      Ms brother-in-law . He represented to the Dulte that the order of the Peasantry was as ancient , legal , ana recognisedan order as the order of the Mobility : that it had distinct rights and privileges , though for centuries they had been invaded and violated , and permitted to fall into desuetude . He impressed upon the Duke that the parochial constitution of tins country was more important than its political constitution -, that it was more ancient , more universal in its influence ; and that this parochial constitution had already been shaken to its centre by the New Poor Law . He assured his father that it would never be well for England until this order of the Peasantry was restored to its pristine condition ; not merely in physical comfort ^ for that must vary accordi ng to the economical circumstances of the time , like that of every class ; but to its condition in all those moral attributes which make a recognised rank in a nation ; and which , in a great degree , are independent of economics , manners , customs , ceremonies , rights , and privileges .

      Henry flunks , said Lord Everingham , that the people are to be fed by dancing round a May-pole . Eut will the people be more fed because they do not dance round a May-pole ? urged Lord Henry . Obsolete customs ; said Lord Everingham . And why should dancing round a May-pole be more obsolete than holding a Chapter of Hie Garter ? asked Lordneiiry . The Duke , who was a blue ribbon , felt this a home thrust . I must say , said his Grace , that I , for one , deeply regret that our popular customs have been permitted to fall so into desuetude . The spirit of the age is against such things , said Lord Everingham . And what is the spirit of theage ? asked Coningsby . The spirit of utility , said Lord Everingham . And you think , then , that ceremony is not useful I urged Coningsby , inildlv .

      It depends upon circumstances , said Lord Everingham . There are some ceremonies , no doubt , that are very proper , and , of course , very useful . But the best thing we can do for the labouring classes is to provide them with work . But what do you mean by the labouring classes , Everingham ? asked Lord Henry . Lawyers are a labouring class , for instance ; and , by the bye , sufficiently provided with work . But would you approve of Wdfcninster Hall being denuded of all its ceremonies ? And the long vacation beiug abolished ? added Colnngsbj , Theresa brings me terrible accounts of tlie sufferings of the poor about us , suid tlie Duke , shaking his head . Women think everything to be suffering ! said Lord Everingham . How do you find them about you , Mi . Lylc ? continued tlie Dul ; c

      I have revived the monastic custom at St . Genevieve , said tlie young man , blushing very much . There is an almsgiving twice a-weeU . Lord Hairy objects to the . working classes being called "labourers , " and insists that their rightful title is "the peasantry , " to deprive them of which is to wrong them . We dissent from this view . The najne of " peasant" is associated with all that is serfish and slavish in tlie feudal system ., "Witness the State of the peasantry . of tJiis country centuries ago ; those of 1 ' ranee previous to the revolution ; and those of Russia in the present day . On the other hand , "labourer" is in our Tiew an honourable title—a view shared in by the great Wiixum Coebett ; who , when persecuted by the base Whigs , proudly claimed ilie appellation of " labourer" as hfs class-designation , ilr . ii'lsRAEu favours a return to the almsgiving system as a means of alleviating the wants of the poor . Here is a picture of

      THE ilMSGIVJXG AT ST . GEXEV 1 EVE , far as the eye eovuil reach there spread before them ? savage sylvan scene . It wanted perhaps undulation of surface , but that dcficieBcy was greatly compensated by the multitude and prodigious size of the trees ; they were tlie largest indeed that could be well met with in England , and there is no part cf Europe where the timber is so huge . Tlie broad interminable glades , tlie vast avenues , tlie quantity of deer browsing or liounding in all directions , tlie thickets of yellow gorse and green fern , and the breeze that even in 13 ie stillness of summer was ever playing over tins table land , all produced an animated and renovating scene . It was like suddenly visiting another country , living among ether manners , and breathing another air . They stopped for a few tniuutes at a pavilion built for thepurposes of the chase , and then returned , all gratified by this visit to wliat appeared to be the Jiigher regions of the earth .

      As they approached the brow of the hill , that hung over St . Genevieve , they heard the great bell sound , "What is that ! asked the Duchess . It is almsgiving flay , replied Mr . Lyle , looking a little embarrassed , andfor tlie f , vst time blushing . The people of the parishes with which I am connected come to St . Genevieve twice a week at »! iis hour . And what is your systeia ? inquired Lord Everingham , who had stopped , h ' . tc-vvUvf . by the scend What check Isave you T The rectors of the dtfFcreiii parishes grant certificates to those who in their hew merit bounty according to the rules which I have established . These are again visited by my almoner , who countersigns the certificate , and then they present it at the postern-gate . The certificate explaius the nature of their necessities , and my stewra-d acts on his discretion . 3 ! amma , I see them , exclaimed Lady Theresa .

      Perhaps your Grace may uiitik that they might be relieved without all this ceremony , said Mr . Lyle , extremely confused . But I agree with Henry and Mr . Coningsby that ceremony is not , as too commonly supposed , an idle form , I wish tlie people constantly and visibly to comprehend that property is their protector and their friend . My reason is with you , Mr . Lyle , said the Duchess , as well as my heart . ; They came along the valley , a procession of nature , whose groups an artist might have studied . The old man , who loved the pilgrimage too much to avail himself of the privilege of a substitute accorded to his grey hairs he came in person with his grand-child and his staff . There also came ihe widow with her child at the breast , and others clinging to her form - , some sorrowful faces , and some pale ; many a scrioas one ; and now and then a frolic glance ; many a dame in her red cloak , and many a maiden with her light basket , curly-headed urchins with demare looks , and sometimes a stalwart form baffled for a time of ihe labour which he desired . But not a heart

      there tliat did not bless the bell that sounded from the tower of fSt . Genevieve . A beautiful picture is the above , but when we have said that , that is all we can say . Pretty the thing reads in print—pretty would the scene be on canvas , but for a reality , the scheme—if it can be so dignified—would be a mockery to meet the end designed . Private benevolence is exemplary ; and so long as rich and poor exist , those of the former , who from their superfluities give aid to their unfortunate fellow creaturcs , will naturally , and rightly command admiration for their good deeds . But to seriously reconnnend a . system of almsgiving as a means of

      dealin" with the " Condition-ot-England Question" is preposterous . Besides , such a return to monastic mummeries as above pictured , is hardly in accordance with—need we say is utterly opposed to—the present enlightenment cf " the labouring classes . It is not a return to the " good old times" when the baron and the priest , or the parson aud the squire , were the local gods in every town and hamlet , that is now Avantcdto regenerate England . What is needed is a just recognition of the rights , social and political , of the wealth-producers , guaranteeing to them the fruits ot their toil . Too long have the working classes been the dupes and slaves of the system expressed in DicpExs' Chimes ;—

      " Oh , let us love our occupations , Bless the squire and his relations , Live upon our daily rations , . And always keep our proper stations !" Bnt the reigH of that system is drawing . to a close The working classes—already partially enlightened as to their real value in society , the causes of their wrongs , and the necessary remedies—wiuVnot muca longer submit to the brutalities of a Poor Law ; and Mr D'lsnxEumay be assured will be as little inclined to go back to the slavish , debasing system of monastic relief . Justice , not charity , is the requirement of the presait age . With these remarks we close the first volume of Gminssku

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      THE CHRONICLES OF THE BASTILE . J . C . * ewoy , 72 , Mortimer-street , Cavendish-square . ( Continued from the Northern Star of January 25 . J We resume our notice of this excellent publication , whiclMve find on further perusal to exceed our most sanguine expectations when reading the first number . Ihe author , whoever , lie is , need not hesitate to assert his claims to popularity with the best writers of tlie day . His portraits are drawn with great ability ; indeed we know nothing superior to liis pictures of j ) 'Ar « kssox , tlie infernal Lieutenant of ^ Police to Louis XIV . ; Jacques , the spy , the liero of the work ; Maitre Qumn . T , the blood-stained usurer ; St . Mahc , the governor of the Bastile ; and Madame dk j Iaixtkxox , the consort and ruler of Louis Quatoijze . Tlie dialogue is pointed , and never slackens . Ihe author is evidently well read in French historv ,

      anil paints the Paris of the 17 th century , as though he were now an actor in the scenes he describes . The copious foot-notes will be found of value to the Student in history , while they serve to authenticate the fnghtful revelations of these " Chronicles . " The length of the two extracts given below leaves us no room for further comment this week , but we shall return to the work again . „ The following frightful scene is extracted from Part VII . Jklib de St . Auxey , daughter of the IJaron be St . Auxey , imprisoned in the Bastile by the monster I )' Akgexsox , is taken by St . Marc , the governor , and his nephew Coiibe , to see the different dungeons of the fortress , no doubt with the view of terrifying her into compliance with the accursed designs entertained against her . She is taken to the dungeon of the ditch of one of the towers , where she

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      THE MASIAC OF THE BASTILE . It was an arched vault , about twelve feet square , reeking with inephitie vapours , with only the smallest possible aperture to admit ail : tile Stones under foot were covered with a lajer of slimej half an inch thick : the walls , too , dripped with moisture , and large unsightly masses of fuugiigrew from them , luxuriating in the unwholesome atmosphere , and mingling with it their own pestilential breath . He ' s only been here twenty-five years , observed Corbe , elevating his torch , and pointing with his finger to : i certain part of the dungeon . ;¦ ¦ - " . "Who ? ejaculated Julie , in a scarcely audible voice ; no one can live here ? Me does , again remarked Corbe ; look yonder !

      Impelled b y a feeling she could not resist , the affrighted girl followed' the direction of her guide ' s hand , but no sooner beheld the spectacle that presented itself than she uttered a suppressed scream of horror that ought to have touched the Governor ' s heart—had he possessed one—and covering her face with her hands attempted to reascend the stairs leading from the dungeon . Go on further , exclaimed St . Hare , barring her egress ; lie won't hurt thee . - There was no alternative , for lie advanced to the door

      of tlie den , and effectually closed the passage against her . The light from Corbe ' s torch fell full upon an objecthuman in form—that sat huddled up , all of a heap , propping up his face with his hands , in a remote corner of the den ; two planks , placed transversely across a couple of iron bars cemented into the wall , served him for a bed : a litter of straw , wet and rotten , for a pillow ; an old vug for covering ; his feet and legs were bare , as likewise his arms , whilst the remainder of his body was enveloped iu a coarse blanket that scarcely served the purpose for which , it was intended .

      He was an old man—with grey hair , which hung over his shoulders iu long matted shocks , and his beard had grown to such a prodigious length that , as he sat , it reached the ground . His eyes were hollow , but brightalthough nearly concealed by tlie shaggy brows above them—and remained fixed in one direction , notwithstanding the attempt Corbe made to attract his notice , by waving the torch so as to east its light upon him . By his side stood a pitcher , and a lump of bread , on which a troop of rats had just been feasting , for two or three still remained , in spite of the Governor , . who in vain tried to scare them by stamping his foot , and striking his cane upon the ground . Had he known they were the prisoner ' s daily companions—that he had accustomed to feed from his hand—lie would have billed them outright —but he did not , and so they bun-owed in the straw beneath their master .

      The feeling now uppermost in Julie ' s breast was compassion , not horror ; she could even bear to look at that unfortunate , and ihe large tears fell from her eyes as she gazed upon Ms emaciated form . You may speak to him , said St . Stare : be woiy * t understand you ; he has not spoken to anybody for years : besides , he ' s mad . The man looked round , and his unearthly eyes flashed fire , but that was all the notice he took of the group , until Julie , stepping forward , addressed him : May God in his mercy , said she , forgive thy persecutors , and soon call thee to his bosom ! This shall be my prayer for thee . , The man listened to the gentle tones that fell upon his ear , and two large tears rolled down his cheek ; he heaved a deep sigh , muttering in a voice that was awfully distinct , at the same time bending his gaze full upon Julie .

      Heaven ; then , lias come at last ! Oil have prayed for it night and day ! no ! all night—there's no day here ! Sweet angel ! God's messenger ! Back , back ! Don't come nearer ! I am of earth ! thou art of heaven ! a . spirit from pavadise ! Ah ! ah ! ah ! they thought to keep mo here for ever ! but I prayed to die ! and heaven has come atlast ! Twenty-five years ! But I have not forgotten it ! They want to kill mo , but I won't die ! I have something yet to tl'll ! 0 ! 0 ! a t . ile of . blood ! my poor master ! IJut I know where they buried him ! Yes ! Old Jacques Morinknows !—ha ! ha ! ha ! . The state of surprise into which this unexpected speech threw both . St . Hare and Corbe was probably tlie reason that neither attempted to stop Mm ; but perceiving that lie was likely to make some awkward disclosures , Hie Governor took Julie by the arm , and pushed her out of the dungeon , leaving Corbe to close the door upon the old man , who was still muttering when they quitted . his pvesence .

      D . AKGEXSOST AND TIIE SPY—COMI . N'C EVEXSS CAST THEIR

      SHADOWS BEFORE . I hear there is much discontent amongst the people , Jacques , remarked D'ArgensOn , after a pause- ; hast thou heard ov perceived aiijtldng of the sort ? I have , llonseigneur , replied the spy , sternly . Hast thou learnt the cause ? asked the lieutenant of police . There are many causes , iJonseigneur , responded Jacques , elevating his voice ; heavy imposts ^—low wages —dear food—scarcity of employment—unequal lawsan over-bearing clergy—an oppressive aristocracy—Bali ! ejaculated D'Argenson , impatiently : it was the same years ago . And may he , for years to come , Monseigneur ; but it will have an end : the peopie-jjjS ; . The people ! reiterated the lieutenant of police contemptuously ; the people indecdt Bah ! Vou may affect to despise the iieui .-le , Monscigneur ; but beware how you trample on their

      feelings—IJah ! again ejaculated the former , apparently endeavouring' to divest himself of the idea that this portion of the community possessed such a commodity ; the scum ! Hold , llonscigneur ! exclaimed tlie spy , glowing with anger ; I am one of the people ; I am sprung from that very stum ; and will not hear it debased in silence . This to me , Sieur Jacques ! observed D'Ai-genson , astounded at tliat individual ' s Boldness . Why not to thee ? resumed the latter with animation ; would ' st tlion deny me freedom of thought and speech ? I hare only told thee truth ! It is perhaps unwelcome , Monseigneur ; but ' tis truth notwithstanding . # * # * I have known the truth prove a sure passport to the Bastile , Sieur Jacques , said he ; mwt cIIch ' "We have arrived at something indeed .

      'Tis quite a matter of taste , retorted tliat unimpressionable individual ; the BastiJe , where one may speak the truth , to walls that can't hear it—or liberty , without the privilege of speakingit atall—or only to those that KQn ' t . I don't think there ' s a pin to choose . This was said with an air intended to imply an opinion , on the part of tlie speaker , that the turn of thaseale , if any , was rather in favour of tlie Bastile , and his conviction that it was a very comfortable sort of place , of which he was perfectly ready to become an inmate , if it would at a " aceommodate tlie views of the functionary in-whoso presehee lie stood . Not that he felt any real desire tliat way—but he knew that by assuming an indift ' erence to the fate with which he was indirectly menaced would have flic effect of rendering his employer equally lukewarm to inflict it—aline of policy , whose efficacy he had tested on several critical occasions .

      The theory propounded by Jacques startled D'Argenson , not less ' than his tacit defiance of a power which he wielded to the terror of all classes . # ' # * * But whatever were the feelings of D'Argenson on tins latter score—and that they were bitter enough , the sequel will prove—he was too cuiming to allow Jacques to perceive what passed within his mind—though even something of tliat might have been gathered by watching the convulsive twitchings of his mouth and eyebrows—and for the present confined himself to remarking , in answer to the spy's last observation , that , perhaps ex perience might teach him better . To this the spy retorted only by an expressive shrug « the shoulder . ' ! . Well , well , Maitre Jacques , continued D'Argcnson , we differ both . in l « stcand political creed ; but I would caution thee not to make open confession of thine .

      I have , Monseigneur ; and do . I would not conceal my opinious , ev < ufrom his most Christian Majesty . llaitre Jacques thwart going t 0 ° far , resumed WMgenson , very rapidly tititing the spy ' s words ; , thou must keep that democratic- pirit within bounds , or the worst of punishments , short of hanging , will ultimately bu thine . : And what may that be ? asked the spy , with an ironical smile . ... . ¦ The Bastile , SieurJacuues , the Bastile ; sangdieu . ' It has no terrors . for me , Monseigneur ; I have nothing to lose . By the worst of punishments , I thought something even worse was in store for me ! r Ah ! exclaimed the lieutenant of police ; worse than that ? worse than hanging , or than the Bastile ! worse than the Bastile , Maiti-e Jaque ' s ? D « ntr € W «» . ' Worseihan either , Monseigneur ; worse than the one firs * and the other after

      , . , Jlld'lWU UIVl VMIW UltVI -. Ah ! again ejaculated the other , in a tone that espressea reat doubt as to their existing anything worse , and "rest curiosity to bo made acquainted with the secret , m order , when the opportunity oflerod . of favouring Jacnuos

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      with the benefit of his own discovery : this , of course , was a private resolution . ' .. Well , Monseigneur , I know of two' punishments , that to an honest man , are worse than either hanging or the Hastile . lie paused . . .. Name them ! name them ! exclaimed D'Argenso . n , impatiently . ¦ The first , Monseigneiny is " the being an honest man , and in the pay of his most Christian Majesty ' s lieutenant of police ! The second—again lie paused . Well , Sieur Jacques , observed D'Avgwison , growing pale : and the second ? Is the being his most Christian Majesty ' s lieutenant of police , retoitcd Jacques , bowing ; and gathering his large clonk about him , slowly quitted the apartment , leaving . , his disconcerted employer foaming with indignation ^ -

      This is too much , exclaimed the latter , as soon as he could" command his feelings sufficiently to give them utter , ance ; hut it will be my turn next . Thou Shal t not beard me with impunity ; tmnevre dieu . ' Let us reflect ; let us reflect ; continued he , speaking to himself ; 'tis time I should act . ' yes ! yes ! I'll not trust tliee any longer , Maitre Jacques : thou art growing troublesome ! in league too with the baron ! oh ! 1 have not done with thee , yet but—we must wait—we must wait ! The Bastile is not bad enough for thee , eh ? nor hanging ! ah ! ah ! ah ! thou art difficult to please , sang dieu ! but I have not done with thee yet ! and easing his mind , at intervals , with such exclamations as these , D'Avgenson resumed his labours , noi" ceased them until long past tlie hour of midnight .

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      THE WORLD WITHIN . By the Rev . J . E . Smith , M . A . B . D . Cousins , Dukc-strcct , I . incoln ' s-innfields . This little book professes to be a . description of the interior of tlie earth , with its inhabitants , cities , temples , and basilicas , social and domestic institutions , with other curiosities never before heard of in this world without . The author narrates tliat when at Smyrna lie resolved to visit the ruins of Ephcsus , and thiit on his journey to the famous city of Diana he encountered a , party of Turkish travellers , with whom he took up Iii 6 quarters at a caravansary . After their repast the Turks commenced smoking and chewing opium , of which last enjoyment the author partook , ignorant of the nature and effects of that

      remarkable stimulant . Tlie consequence . was , that lie in a very short time swooned away , becoming dead to all mundane impressions , or rather the world became dead to him , lie bcin <* as lively as ever , and as happy and frolicsome as if he had been transported to heaven itself . In this state he finds himself transported to the interior of the earth , where he beholds the wonders which form tlie subject of these revelations . He is guided during his visit by one of the female inhabitants , so beautiful that even Tom Moore could not adequately describe her charms ; the author adds , that compared with "his subterranean guide , the Venus of Cleomexes was but a poor , ordinal ?* looking creature , and not fit to hold a biisin of water to wash the fingers of the perfect creature who officiated as his cicerone .

      For the wonderful things shown and told by this more than Venus , we must refer our readers to the book itself . The name of the author is sufficient guarantee that what he has written lacks nothing in regard to originality ; and we maj ; add that both instruction and amusement will be found likewise . 'Tis a pity for Mr .. Smith but that he had flourished in a less sceptical age than the present ; bom a few hundred years ago , his visions would have been swallowed as gospel truth , and himself hud a fair chance of rivalling the areat Mahomet .

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      THE . TR 1 UMFH : OF TltLTH ; OR , A-COMMONSENSE VINDICATION-OF THE LAWS OF nature :: 1 ' ¦ _ . : r .. ' , _ .. , This small tract contains an exposition of the science of medical botany ,- as "taught by Dr . Corns , ot Leeds , and detailed in a series ol' lectures delivered by him in several parts of Yorkshire : also , answers to the objectors to the Doctor's theory . The tract may beiiad fora penny on" application to the Doctor , at 10 , Trafalgar-street , Leeds .

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      THE TRUTH-SEEKER ; AND TEMPERANCE . , ADVOCATE . This . is anew monthly publication devoted to the advocacy of Total abstinence principles , and the Water Cure , wnder the manaijemeut of Dr . F . R . Lees , late Editor o the National Temperance Hmdd . The subjects proposed to be discussed in this publication , besides Tectotalism and the Water Cure , are Education , Chemistry , Dietetics , Physiology , Social Economy , Intellectual and Moral Philososphy and Logic , Biblical Criticism and Christian Theology ; including defences of the latter from the objections of sceptics , and examinations of the most celebrated writers against Christianity . The first number contains several able articles , some from the pens of eminent men . The well-known talent of the editor is sufficient promise of the ability with which this publication will be conducted . Differ from him we do , widely , on many points ; but we cannot ' , oh that account , " withhold this just tribute to .. his merits . . . ¦'' .. ' ¦

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      • . MEMOIR OF EUGENE SUE . At a moment when the "'Mysteries of Paris" and the " Wandering Jew" aro exciting so niueli interest in this country , our readers will be pleased to learn a few particulars of their author , which we find in a French publication , Li Goiirrier de VEurope : — Eugene Sue was bovn at Paris , the 10 th of December , 1804 . The Empress Josephine and her son , Prince Eugene Beauharnois , were his godmother and godfather . The Sue family is very ancient , and has been established for many years at Laeolme , near Cannes , in Provence . It is still represented there by M . Sue , a retired officer of high rank , and great uncle to the author . The great grandfather of Eugene Sue , Peter ; his grandfather , Josep h '; and his father , Jean Joseph , were all surgeons' and physicians of great

      celebrity . Joseph Sue left extensive anatomical works , and to him the French Medical School owes the introduction of the pathology of Gaubius , which succeeded that of Boerhaave . Joseph and Jean Joseph both graduated at the Edinburgh University ,- and » iade known to .. -their country , in numerous translations , the works of the Scotch School of . Medicine . Our author ' s father also published numerous works , and made some curious researches into the punishment by decapitation , - -and upon the effects of galvanism . He was . chief physiciau to the Imperial Guard in the Russian campaign ' . ' After tlie Restoration ,. he . became physician to the king . He lived in intimate friendship with the Empress Josephine ,-Franklin , Massena , Moreau , and all the great personages of the consulate

      epoch , lie made a generous bequest to the Academy of the Fine Arts of a magnificent collection of comparative anatomy and objects of natural history , formed in his own family by four generations of physicians . This museum , of great value , constitutes a gallery in the Palace of the Fine Arts . Eugene Sue himself , according to . the wishes of his father , entered upon a medical career . He was , in the quality of a surgeon , " attached to the military suite of the king ; then to the staff of the army in Spain in 1823 ; then ,. in thesamecampaign , tothe 7 th regiment of artillery . He was present at the siege of Cadiz ; at the taking of Troeadero , and at that of Tarafa , In 1824 he quitted the land service for the naval . He made several voyages in tlie Atlantic : and after having traversed the West Indies , he returned to the Mediterranean , visited Greece , and , in 1828 , was present , in the ship Breslau , at the battle of Navarino .

      Returned from that campaign , and having renounced the navy and medicine , which hiid no charms for him , he took up his abode at Paris ; where , thanks to the handsome income which he enjoys as a paternal inheritance , he was enabled to lead a happy and brilliant life . His favourite occupation , after the pursuit of pleasure , > as at this time painting , which he studied at his friend Gudin's . In 1830 an old comrade of the artillciy remarked to M . Eugene Sue , " The romances of Cooper-have made the sea popular ; you ought to write us your recollections of the sea , and create the maritime romance of France . " Tlie idea pleased our author . He quitted the ; painting-brush , . took up . the pen , and pubb ' shed "Keinock the Pirate ; " Finding tlie thing amusing , and encouraged by success , he continued to write , following a livelyand fertile fancy . Tims appeared in succession numerous works , which may be put in , the following order : — . ' .. ' . ¦ .

      Sea Romances . - —Kcrnocfc the Pirate , Flick and Plook , Atar-Gall , ' the Salamander , the Watch of Koatwen . —Maritime History—History , of the . French Marine under Louis IV ., Abridgment of the Military Marine of cveiy people . —Historical Romances—Latreaumont , Joan Cavalier , Lotoriercs , the Commander or Malta . —Rowiucas of Jj /«« n « r«— Arthur ,

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      La Concaratcha , Dylcytar , l'llotel Lambert , Mathilde , < tc . —tiramas—Latreauinont , the Pretendress , and several dramas of great effect , produced in concert with Messrs . Dinaux and Legouvc . —Philosophica l ' and Social J ! om < niccs—The Mysteries of Paris , and the Wandering Jew . The earliest worjus of Eugene Sue announce a spirit free from prejudice—an ardent and sympathising nature . In the midst of the fancies of the story-telleroften side by sii ! c with the paradoxes—we still detect the keen observer , who sees the evil around him and arrests the triumph of perfidv and of violence . In the thoughtless romancer , there is always a vague sentiment of social-wrongs . At length , the instir . ct ot ' a generous soul inspired M . Eugene Sue with the idea of his great work—the Mysteries of Paris . M . Sue

      has repeated a hundred times that he owed the first conception of that work to the counsels of ; a friendly criticism . This admission is a rare instance of modesty and generosity . The fact is , that , from the first' chapter , before any voice had raised itself in praise of the writer , lie produced , in the analysis of the fall of the " Chourincur , " tlie proof of high pow . ers of criticism . Perhaps there is not , in the whole of the work , a more profound study than that ; there is none which exposes more wisely the vice of existing society , or wnieh offers a clearer indication of the true reform . At the moment when the author of the Wandering Jew is about to enter upon the question of the organization of labour , lie will only have to place before him this first draught of the figure of the Chourineur , M , Euscne Sue inhabits , in the heights of

      the Faubourg St . Honoro , a little mansion covered with creeping plants and flowers , which over-arch the peristyle . His garden is laid out with thecarc of love —fresh and perfumed . A fountain plays in the midst of rocks and sea plants . A long closed gallery , walled with sculpture and plants leads from the house to a little oilier sate—quite hidden under an artificial rock . The interior is composed of very small apart ¦ ments , somewhat confined , and rendered obscure by the creepers and flowers hanging down the windows . The furniture is crimson , with golden nails ; the sleeping-chambev alone is lighter anil of a blue colour . The furniture ; ' very numerous , is mixed , riot without confusion , with massive drapery . There is a little of every style—Gothic , Renaissance , fantastic French . The drawing-room is shelled . The walls are hid by

      works of art , paintings and sculpture , various curiosities , family portraits , master-pieces , works of modem artists , his friends . Precious vases , gifts of female friendship , cover the mantel-shelf . One of them is the respectful homage of a royal hand . Glorious names shine in every part : Delacroix , Gudin , Isabey , Vemet , &c . In a frame , is seen a drawing of Madame de Lamartine , and some verses of the illustrious poet . One picture occupies a privileged place , upon canvas , in the midst ot the coquettries of the drawing-room . It is an anchorite of Isabey , of terrible effect , forming a remarkable contrast in that little temple of luxury . On every side issues a sweet odour , in which may be distinguished the healthy smell of the Russian leather . The favourite horses and dogs of M . Eugene Sue ( painted by himself , or by M . Alfred Dedrcux ) , keep him company who caressed them formerly , and recommended themselves to his friendly remembrance . In the

      vestibule , in the midst of the weapons and trophies of the chase , a stuffed wolf and a uml of pvey , formerly tamed and loved , live again in tlie house of their- master . At the end of the garden are lodged with care two magnificent beagles , the present of Lord Chesterfield . Beautiful pheasants and fowls walk , freely upon the turf of the garden , and come every night to roost under the garden window and under the balcony—winged guardians of the porchelegant and gentle friends of the house . In traversing this mansion , which the hand of a friend opened to us during the proprietor's absence , we detected many traits of clvavactev ; a passion &v luxury and strong emotions , with a re-action towards retirement and meditation ; an enli g htened taste for the fine . arts , a disposition for refined obscurities—the love of animals and of plants . We were guided by a domestic , Laurent , who during fifteen years has not quitted M . Eugene Sue : perhaps an equal praige ol the man and of the master .

      The Poet Tjiom . —The following appears in a provincial paper : — " By the bye , y ou know Thorn , the Invcravy Poet , or , as Punch calls him , the ' Weaver Bai'd . He is in London just now , and comes out in the first literary circles . The other night he was at the Countess of Blessington's , and this evening he goes to Mr . C . Hall ' s . I have had him dining here once- already , and he is coming again to-morrow . He sings an excellent song , ami plays the H « tc remarkably well . His appearance has lost none of its eccentricity . "

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      a "Lender" lost . Lost , a Donkey off Westminster Common—a kicker \ Yhethev going with saddle , cavt , pannier , or pack : Is slow in his paces , was formerly quicker—Has a mark , veryfaint , oiM . P . on his back . Is supposed to oe stolen—for , lately , a lad With sosne chaff in his bat was seen trying to catch him ; The lad ' s out of place— -is well known , wears a plaid—And fcr cunning iisid mischief nobody can jnaieh him . lf $ h'ay \ l , it ' is hoped , before Jong he'll be found ¦ 111 good working condition , improved in Ms paces , For his owners would like to bc ' earninj ; a pound ( Or , at least , hoar' him bray ) ' at next Westminstei Kaces . ( Signed ) Jajies Coppock , 28 th January . , Westminster Crier

      Murder is Sroni . —From the statement of Mr . Grantley Berkeley , it seems that the killing of game , on the part of anybody but the proprietor ) js nothing more nor less than murder . Could not the honourable gentleman take a rather more lenient view of the matter , and make it game-slaughter ? It would be rather hard to hang a poor labourer for shooting a hare , even though he committed the act with hunger prepense . Mr . Grantley Berkeley ) we presume , will maintain that shooting at game , with intent to kill , whether you hit it or not , is the next thing to murder . If so , and could his views become law , what a number of cockney sportsmen would be transported merelyfor wasting powder and shot ! We should like to know whether Mr . Berkeley considers a clerk , or

      a medical student , who dines off jugged hare at an eating-house , an accessory after the fact ; and also , whether he looks in the same light at anybody who sups on a poached egg . Poverty Rewarded . — The Hampshire Td < ymj > h boasts a paragraph which we have , read with a delicious thrill of the heart-strings . One Ann Abraham , aged " upwards of 00 , has received at tiie West of . England Agricultural Meeting ' , as the reward of £ fty years' faithful servitude , the sum of £ 2—yes , forty shillings—a . very handsome recompense , though certainly not at the rate of twelve-pence a year . She has , moreover , received— " A handsome testimonial tVojntlie society , bearing the signature . of the Marquis , of Lansdowne , and which , being framed and glazed , now forms an elegant decoration to her cottage . " Ann Abraham has not touched the forty ieituie lo

      sjuinngs . i > o ; sne jias money jiioviuu for hor burial , without burdening the parish . " Really , there is a fine spirit of economy animating these rewarding societies . For instance , the poor man will keep out of the workhouse—will starve with a fine heroism for fifty years , so tliat at the end of tlie half century he may obtain the rewarding 'forty shillings . m obtain it ? No ; his corpse obtains it , for he does not touch the money , leaving it that it may save liis remains from the obloquy of parish deals . By such sweet bribes ( not forgetting the " handsome testimonial , framed and glazed , " ) the poor are not only tempted to starve ' through life , but to bury themselves when starving has done its worst . How must the father of hypocrisy have chuckled and rubbed his iniquitous hands , as he read the " handsome testimonial" made by Pharisaical benevolence to aged penury !

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      Napier ajjd Caesar . —It is a- common idea that the most laconic military dispatch ever issued was that sent by Ctesar to the Horse Guards at Ronie , containing the three memorable words , " Veni , vidi , vici ; " and , perhaps , until our own day , no like instance of brevity has been found . The dispatch of Sir Charles Napier , after the capture of Seinde , to Lord Ellcnborough , both for brevity and truth , is , however , far beyond it . The dispatch consisted of one emphatic word , "J ' cccavi , " " 1 have Scindc " ( sinned J . '

      Rkfixemest . —The other day a gentleman of mo press , seeing liis daughter writing to an old family connection , and being asked if he had anything to say , replied , "O , yes ; tell him I still continue to waste the midnight oU . " The dear little creature instantly new-nibbed her pen , and wrote , in the most delicate hand , " Papa presents his kindest regards , aad bids me say that he still continues to consume the midnight camphinc . " Hobsos'b Choice . — " Gentlemen and ladies , " said the facetious Beau Nash , the then master of the ceremonies for Bath , introducing a most lovely woman into the ball-room , " This is Mrs . Jlobson . I have often heard of Ilobsou ' s choice , but never had the pleasure to view it till now , and you must coincide with me that it reflects credit on his taste . "

      Dbahi fhom Excess of Joy . —Last week a poor woman , named Lucy . "Xoung , who kept a little shop in Eastbourne , and was behind in her payments , was so overjoyed at their settlement by Mrs . Davies Gilbert , that she went into a fit anil shortly expived . Fete for the Hour Garments . —Cobusntz , Jan . S . —Bishop Amelde has issued an ordinance to his clergy announcing that he is resolved to institute a special holiday in honour of the holy garments of our Saviour , anil the other valuable relics , namely , the naila and the spear . Tliat Ihis 1 ' ete shall be celebrated on the Wednesday following the third Sunday after Easter . Grammar for the Mji . liox . —A young lady at school , engaged in the study of grammar , was asked if "kiss" was a common or proper noun . Aitw ' . « onio hesitation , she replied , "it is both common and proper . "

      Above the reach op Calumny . —Mr . Porter , the United States Consul , at Guadalcupe , in Tobaseo , in ft letter lately laid before the Congress , say 3 , in reference to a Mr . Patterson , that "ho stands so high in the estimation of the respectable portion of the community that his calumniators cannot touch him with aten-foot pole ! . ' " As Extinguisher . —A young minister in a .-country parish , wUo prided himself on speaking the purest English , told his servant to extinguish the candle . " What ' s your will , sir 1 " said Jenny . " Put out the candle , " said the minister . A few days afterwards , when lie was entertaining some friends at dinner , Jenny asked if she should extinguish the eat . The Mormoxites . —This singular sect of American fanatics have installed themselves in Thcobalil'sroad , where on Sunday evening " Elder E . 11 . Davis , " styling himself companion and intimate friend of the late martyr , Joseph Smith , delivered tho first of a course of lectures on their particular views and opinions . An Ambricas Editor remarks— " We might as well try to confine a thunderbolt in a quart cim r . s to cramp our genius ; it ' s rising like a bowl of yeast . " Goon Advice . —A West Indian contemporary publishes this pithv and unquestionable axiom : —

      Tho man that in this world would rise , Must take tlie news and advertise . " Foion a Ba 7 j . aii . "—These words , which mean " clear tho way , " were addressed to the S 7 tk itoyal Irish Fnsilcers , by Major Sir Hugh Gongh , id 1811 , sit the battle of Barossa . The French were . making a furious onset , when the Major uttered this rallying cry , and the Fusiknrs reversing then muskets , dashed in amongst their enemies , literally "clearing the way . " ( ku Au . T 2 OJAXcE . —A good deal of conversation has arisen on the subject of om * removal within the City , anil it is aslcud in several quart ers whether we shall pay our allegiance to Gibbs . We beg to say , once tor all , that we respect the City sovereignty , and to him who is , de facto , , the Cockney Kin ; :, we are prepared to rentier tho honniujo that is due to Mm . Wo feel ( hat we owe Gibbs something , anil wo trust we know how to pay him off . —Punch . Ei . orEMiixr Extraordinary . —Mr . Smith's cat with Mr . Jones ' s dinner . —Punch .

      A Wife to " Look ur to . "— -There is now residing in Cincinnati a youii }; tody from Kentucky , -whose height is six feet eleven inches . She is stout in proportion to her altitude . Ax Appropriate Title . —A gentleman of the name of Pepper had been several times thrown from a spirited youh « r horse , and was relating the citvumstancc to a friend , at thy s : unc time risen'ir-ir that he had never iriwn -1 : 1 s \; mcar . ame . "I uiiuk . " ' replied-liis frioni ! . " yw . should call him < : 'onj .-c-rcastcr . " ¦ Method is Madness . —in George the Thirii ' s ifrst illness , when Willis , who was a clergyman , entered tho room , the King asked him if he , who was a clergvman , was not ashamed of himself exercising such aprofession ? " Sir , " said Willis , " our Saviour himself went "about healing the sick . " "Yes , " answered tho King , (< but he had not £ 700 a-year , for it . "

      Axkcdote op tiie Late Edmuxd Kea . v . —During the recess which followed Kean ' s first triumphant season at Drury Lane , he accepted an offer to play at Portsmouth * , lie had then become the " Great Mr . Kean , " travelled in his own chariot . gave splendid dinners , and was an honoured guest at the board of every manager . On the morning of the day on which he was to make his appearance at the Portsmouth theatre , the manager and two or thae * friends invited Mr . Kean to take a glass of Miuleria and a biscuit , at one of tlie principal hotels . The party entered the hotel anil seated themselves . _ The wine ' and biscuits were brought , and the landlord , " albeit a great man , " could not do less for such a guest as Mr . Kean , than wait upon him ; in-person .

      Kean had no sooner perceived the landlord , than darting upon him one of those soul-searching 'looks for which ha was so celebrated , he exclaimed , ' V Stop —is not your name ?"— "Yes , sir , " , said the landlord , astonished at his looks , and at the- 'tone'in which he addressed him . " Then , " said Mr . Ivenn , > 1 will not eat nor drink in your Isowe ; ' -Fight years ago 1 went into your c ' oftre-roorii , snid lnoaestly requested a glass of ale ; you-surveyed me from top to toe , and having done so , I heard yon tivi- .- r , w directions to your waiter , who presiiilod in- vimi the " glass in one hand , holding the ofhci ; for ; iiu money ; I paid it , sir , and then'he ivlh-. f | U' > V ^ . i t-, ift hold of the glass . I am better - dressed- now—I can drink Maderia— I am ¦' waited upon by the ln ; -dlor < l in person—but I am the sniiie' Ethmind Ke > j ' n as I was then ; anil had not Edimind-Kean t ! " - \ i the xame feelings that he has now ? Away -w : ivi ? you , sir . Avaunt ! your " siitht pains me ! " A ml-raving

      said this he took his hat and hastily li-n thc- ' -sptirtment . ""Now , " said Kean , when . they h : ul- ' « i < ittcd the house , " I will take you to au hoiii'si icliow . who was kind to me in my daysi of niisfoiiiuit ' . " 'They entered a third-rate house , and having ouierod some wine , desired to see the landlord ; he came , but it was not tlie host of Kean's recollection : he was dead : - There was ,-however , a sort of half-waiter , half-potboy ,- who' had lived at the hoH ^ Twheo Kean frequented it , and was ii ' great- fam ^ te of his niaster . ' Kean , with a tear in his eye ; "ih ^ uired about the family of- the deceased lamllonV ' . ' cijd , on leaving the house ,- asked the waiter what -oYioek it was ; " I-wjJl ' s ' ce , sir , " running- tp the 8 tniiv at tho head of which stood a clock . " Have ' you no i ? : i ! : ch V said Kean . " No , sir . " "Take that anc !< biiy one , and whenever you look at it , think or '" yourhrt » master . " The noble hearted actor put I ' ve pound * in the hands of the waiter , who remained «» - <¦ ' with atitonislmient . jA

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      THE MEDICAL ARGUS . Johnson , CO , St . Mar-. tin ' s-liiHO . . . This is a new metropolitan weekly medical journal , intended to advocate the interests of the general practitioners of medicine , snvgery , ami midwifery . Tlie first number contains articles on Sir James Graham ' s Medical Bill , and the financial accounts of the Royal College of Surgeons . There are also reports of some most interesting medical cases and lectures , both at home and abroad .

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      CURIOUS EPITAPHS . EriTApn is st . Michael ' s church-yard , crooked lane . Here licih , wrapt in clay , The fccdj- of William VTrny . I have no more ( o soy . OS A OOOD WIFE . Here lies my poor wife , much lamented ; She ' s hniw , and I ' m contented . J . \ 1 VADD 1 XCT 0 X CHUKCJl-YAliD , YORKSHIRE . : When I was like you , For years not a few , On tiie ocean I have toil'il .

      • On the line I have broil d . Iii Greenland I ' ve shivcr'd ; Kow from hardships deliver'd , Capsized by old death , I've surrcniler'd my breath ; And now . l lie snug , As a bug in a rug . Fuller , the well-known author of " liritisli Worthies , " wrote his own epitaph , as it appears in Westminster Abbey . It consists of only four words , but speaks volumes : — Here lies FulUr ' s cstvtli .

      OX A TOMn-STOXK IN KSSKX . Here lieth the man Richard , Ami Mary liis v . if ; 1 ; Their surname was L ' riuhitrd . They lived without strife : And the reason is plain—¦ They abounded in riches , They no care had , nor pain , And the wife wore the breeches . IX LLAVMRIiECK CHURCH-YARD , MOXTGOMEnYSnJKE Here lies John Thomas , Anil Ins three children dear , Two buried at Owestry , And one here .

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      Suicide by a Doe . —On Saturday last , a fine , handsome , and valuable black dog , of the Newfoundland species , belonging to Mr . Floyd , solicitor , Holmfirth , committed suicide by drowning itself in the river which flows at tlie back of ite owner's habitation . For some days previous the animal seemed less animated than usual , but on this p articular occasion he- was noticed to throw himsclt into the water and endeavour to sink hy preserving perfect stillness of the legs and feet . Being dragged out of the stream , the dog was tied up for a time , but had no sooner been releasod than he again hastened to the water and again tried to sink , and was again got out . This occurred many times , until at length the

      " animal with repeated efforts appeared to get exhausted , and by dint ot keeping his liead determinedly under water for a few minutes , succeeded . atlast in obtaining his object , for when taken put this tinie lie was indeed dead . The case is worth recording , as aftbrdihg another proof of the general instinct and sagacity of the canine race . —Leeds Intelligencer . ¦ Something Wonderful . —We have been called upon by Mr . J . M . Edgar , of the Inch " , in Cannobie , who has loft with us a crab , to bo placed in tlie Carlisle Museum , being one of six which ; came into his possession under the following . singular circumstances : — A pig was slaughtered about foiir weeks' ago . on the premises of Mr : Edgar , and its stomach . " thrown into the dunghill . On the day following , Mr . Edgar was removing a portion of the heap , and happened to turn doins

      up the stomach of the pig with his gripe . ; in , this he burst the skin or covering of the stomach , \ iuvi to his utter amazement ' out tumbled six small orab-hsh . and one or two crab-shells , containing young :.- > lliese have all been carefully . preserved , and have , been a subject '"' of wonder- in the whole district , we have-no doubt . How to account for the fact of the crabrhsh finding their , way into the ¦ "> bread-basket' of the '¦ Doorgranter , at a place thirteen miles from , salt water , we leave to those who are better initiated than ourselves into the mysteries of ichthyology and ' pork . Mr . . Edgar is a highly respectable man , and speaks , we have no doubt , what he believes to be the truth ; and if the facts be as stated , certainly we arc bound to agree with the poet that " truth is stranger than fiction . "— Carlisle Journal

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      THE THREE IMPOSTORS . Dundee :. J . Myles , 201 , Oyergate . London : Watson , 1 ' aul ' s-alle ' y . This is a translation "from the French , of a work published at Amsterdam in 1776 , but supposed to belong originally to a inncli earlier period . The questioii of its antiquity is amply discussed in the body of the work , and constitutes one of its most interesting and attractive features . The publisher says : " The edition from which the present is translated , was brought me froiniParis by a distinguished ¦ < defender of civil and religions liberty : andasniy Mend had an anxiety , from a thorough conviction of its interest and value , to see it published in the English language , I have , from like feelings , brought it before the public , as I am convinced that it is an excellent antidote to superstition and intolerance , and eminently calculated to promote the cause of freedom , justice , and morality . " We recommend this work to all free inquirers and searchers for the truth .

      A Bowl Of "Punch," Fresh Brewed.

      A BOWL OF "PUNCH , " FRESH BREWED .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 1, 1845, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1300/page/3/