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      " ~~ Past II . The following Uses possess at least the merit of ; g well-timed , and , therefore , taay fitly fona part $ , £ Garland : " - V * tTTTWrnnn

      WINTER , 1 ST 0 K 0 & 8 S WILL 11 M WHEELEB . ] Stem Winter thou art come again With tottering palsied hand ; Crisping the grass upon the plain , And whitening all the land . Sow rimey dews and lioarj ftost Bedeck the grove , the field ; The trees their verdure all hare lost , Uor food nor shelter sield . The birds sit cowering on their perch , So longer free and bold ; They tremble on the oak . the birch . Benumbed , half < J * a « i wilh eld . The brook no longer ripling flows

      Across the f lowery plain , A level surface now it sbowB , Beneath the icy chain . At sea T » en feel thy stern effects , Thj unrelenting sway ; Thy storms have caused many wrecks , And wrought despair , dismay . At home , abroad , where ' er we look . Thy chilling power is felt . And charity is like the brook , ' Tis froze when it should melt . And charity is always cold , At least so proverbs say ; Giving perchance unto the bold Whilst weak ones pine away .

      At best 'tis bnt a feeble gleam , Though kindness it may show ; Tis but the weakened Solar beam , On old December ' s snow . But whj should man need charity When winter storms affright Tis by tlie Tyrant ' s stern decree Which still withholds oar right . Let as no longer tamely bow Their Cuarity to ask ; Bnt be resolved like msnthat now We ' ell situs to the task—The glorious task onrland to free From tyrants and their power , To raise our arms for liberty

      And make oppression cower . As winter sturms do pass away And snow begins to melt , Whene ' er bright Sols refulgent ray Upon its mass is felt , — Soknowled . e falling or the soul Its darkest clouds will part , Illume , invigorate the whole , And soften every heart . The mists of prejudice will fade Before the rising Sun , let but the Truth be once displayed . And half our task is done . Arid when the spring time Afour nope Brings forth its buds of joy , When we ' ve no foe with whom to cope , 5 br Tyrants to destroy , — How sweet 'twill be for to look back

      On winter ' s stormy days , 'Twill lend new verdure to the track , 'Twill » hed aroun-S a blaze Of Triumph on each honest one Whose 8 id has helped to bring The Power of truths reviving sun To herald in the Spring . And all who ' ve nobly done their best Their fellow man to aid , Hav ^ struggled manful with the rest , And ne ' er the cause betrayed . The noble cause « if "Equal Right " Worthy the wor ' d ' s applause , Are all who struggled in the fight For Just and -Equal Laws . And they shall reap from off the soil The seed they ' ve sawn in tears , Eujoy the Harvest of their toil When Winter disappears .

      The great event for the reading world within the last few days has been the publication of the usual Christinas Book from the pen of "Boi . " It is the faslriiin to praise everything written by this popular favourite , and , consequently , the " Battle oi Life " is already extolled by many of the critics as one of the best efforts of its author . We are sorry that for once we must be so unfashionable as to dissent from thisJHdgment .

      f THE BATTLE OF LIFE : A LOVE STORY . " Opens— " Once upon a time about a hundred years ago . " The Ecene a spot where long before a great battle hid been fought . The characters first introduced are a Dr . Jeddlcr , and his two daughters , Grace and Marian . The doctor is described as a phiiesoplierin hi ^ way ; , his philosophy , it appears , was to look upon the world as " a gigantic practical joke ; something too absurd to be considered by any rational man . This old doctor is a " bore . " His two daughters are delightful specimens of the

      nambypamby , sentimental class of young ladies . Marion , the vounsest , is betrothed to one Alfred Ileathfield , a ward of Dr . Jeddler's , who has been brought up in the family . This hero of the piece is a wise and Tir tuous medical student ; tbat section of " Young England" being particularly noted for morality and discretion beyond their years I ! The arrival of this ** nice young ' man " is followed by the appearance of two country attornies , 'Snitchey and Craggs ;" the former of these is exceedingly loquacious , and so compensates for the taciturnity of Ms more silent , if not more sensible partner : —

      "' Lalies ! ' said Mr . Snitehey , 'forself and Craggs , who bowed , ' good morning . Miss , ' to Marion , ' I kiss your hand , ' which he did . ' And I wish you '—which he anight or might not , for he didn ' t look at first sis ' -t like 3 gentleman troubled with many outpourisgs oi soul in behall of other people— ' a hundred hapjiy returns oi' this aospicious day . ' 'Ha , ha , ha . " laughed the ort

      fortliis actress , at all events , Doctor Jeddier S * ' > o , returned the doctor , God forbid ! Slay she live to laugh at it as long as ; she can laugh , and then say , with the Frcnefc wit , ' the farce is ended ; draw the currain . ' * The French wit , ' said Mr . Snitehey , peeping sharply into his blue bag . ' was wrong , Doctor Jediiler , and your philo-SDphT is altogether wrong , depend upon it , as I have often toldjou . Nothing serions in life ! What do you Call law ? ' A jvie , ' replied the doctor . ' Did yon ever go to law V asked Mr . Snitehey , looking out of the blue bag . Sever , returned the doctor . ' If you ever do , ' said Mr . Suitchry , ' perhaps you'll alter that opinion . '

      ' Granted , if you please , that it is foolish / said Smtcbey ' tbeie we agree . For example , here ' s a smiling country , pointing it out with his fork , ' onceoverrun with & 0 idiei' 5—tresspajsers every one of "em—and laid waste by £ rc and sword . He . he , he ! The idea of any man tipoaag himself , voluntarily , to fire aud sword Stupid , wasteful , positively ridiculous ; you laugh at your fellow creatures . you know , when jou think of it : Bat take the suiiliu ^ country as it stands . Think of the laws apptrtiining to real property ; to the mortgage and

      reparation of r « al property ; to leasehold , freehold , and copyhold estate . * Think , * said Snitehey , with sucfe emotion that he aciuaUy smacked his lips , ' of the complicated laws relating to title and proef of title , with all the contradictory precedents and numerous acts of Parliament connected with them ; think of the infinite number of in . genious and interminable chancery suits to which this pleasant prospect may give rise ; and acknowledge , Doc , tor Jeadler , that there is a green spot in the scene about us ! I believe , ' said Mr . Snitehey , looking at his partner , that I speak fer self and Craggs 5 '

      Tie object of the meeting of the above-named persons is to relieve Dr . Jeddier of his guardianship , the medical student having arrived at age and being about to depart for foreign lands to complete his medical education . He departs , leaving his ladyelove to the care of her eldersister , and this concludes parttlic first of the story . After a lapse of three years , and when Alfred js on his way back to Dr . Jeddlers , we arc introduced to a Dot very reputable character in the person of one Michael Warden , Esq ., a broken-down spendthrift , who , in the office of " Snitehey and Craggs , infarms those worthies—though for what reason it is

      impossible to discover—that he is not only deep in debi out deep in Jove also ; the object of h « passion feeing Marion , the nice young medical student s intended . " We have then a mysterious meeting between Miss Marion and the rake Warden , and so far as the reader can see at this stage of the story , he must conclude not enlv that Marion has " two strings to her bow , " but also that the rake is the favourite of the two . Alfred arrives , but , lo ! the bird had flown : Marion had , a few , " minutes before the arrival of her true and faithful lover , gone off , as every one concludes , with the used-up spendthrift . . .

      Six vears more are supposed to have passed when the third part opens . Michael Warden returns as he departed , somewhat mysteriously . lie learns , what now the reader learns , tbat Alfred the jilted lover , had not broken his heart , nor committed ' suicide , but instead of any such romantic " ' mode of easing himself of bis griefs , had consoled himself by marrying Grace the elc ' est sister , who appears to have been nothing leth when once she found the field left to herself , in consequtnee of the flight of her sister . At last . married to Michael

      when s' . rue had supposed her Warden , and some supposed her dead , back comis Marion neither wife nor ghost , still unwed and unburied . The mystcrv of her conduct is now explained . It was very " true that Alfred had loved her , and s-he Allied , but she had a notion that her sister , and imL herself , should be the wife of the model medical student , and , tb . refore , Tan away , pretending to have gone off with Mr . Warden , Instead of wim > she Lsu really onlv been staying with " Aunt Jlartlia , " during the ' six years (!) of her mysterious , eclusk * from her faniilv . Finally , there is a hint

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      atthe clow , that all parties are made comfortable by » 2 » 5 S &T > , P «> baWe . and unnatural filii -f ° ' - . DlekGns' Christmas Story , which , for all it contains about Christmas , mightjust as weU have been published at Midsummer . We have Baid the story is improbable and unnatural , and we appeal to the common sense of our readers , if they ever before heard of such a pair of asters as the daughters of Dr . Jeddier ? It has happened before now that two Bisters haTe loved one and the same man , but ve should like to known when and where , except in Mr . Dickens's book , was there an instance of womankind playing at such a game for the purpose of losing ? Suppose a real Marion hot in love with

      an Anred , and Alfred with her , Grace making no manifestations of rivalry , and Alfred having no lovethought about Grace , where is there a Marion in real life who would act as Mr- Dickens ' s heroine is represented to have acted ? The real , passionate , natural lover , man or woman , has none of the sentimental disinterestedness which would induce the handing over the object of his or her affection to another . Again , had Miss Marion determined not to marry her nice young man , she / night have carried out her determination without making a pretended elopement with a character in whose canit . any her own

      character was not very safe . She might , too , have gone off to " Aunt Martha's" without creating such a " scene" as closes part the second , which though it may do for the Lyceum will not go down with the reader . Note the inconsistencies and improprieties of this book : Alfred loves Marion , but marries Grace ; Marion loves . Alfred , and don ' t love the questionable Michael Warden , vet she runs away from the former , and concludes by marrying the latter ; lastly , it does not appear that Grace loved Alfred , but because her sister thinks so , and runs away , she does as that "dear good sister" wishes-, and becomes Alfred ' s wife ! And these absurdities

      have been strung together , we are told , ior the purpose of illustrating the " quiet victories and struggles , great sacrifices of self and noble heroism" in this" world of sacred mysteries !" There are two " characters" introduce ! into the book , evidently with an eye to their stage-nines ? , whom we have not yet mentioned ; the first of these is one Benjamin Britain , a serving man to Dr . Jeddier , " a small man with an uncommonly sour and discontented face . " This worthy thus describes himself - : '" I don't know anything , ' said Britain , with a leaden eye and an immovable visage . 'I don't care for anything . I don ' t make out anything . I don ' t believe anything . An . i I don't want anything . ' His companion " character" is one " Clemency Newcome , " she is thus described : —

      "She was about thirty years old , and had ft sufficiently plump and cheerful face , though it was twisted up into an odd expression of tightness that made it comical . Hut the extraordinary homeliness of her gait and manner would have superseded any face in the worM . To say that she had two left legs , and somebody else ' s arms ; and that all four limbs seemed to be out of jeiut , and to start from perfectly wrong places when they were set in motion ; is to offer the mildest outline of the reality . To say tbat 6 he was perfectly content and satisfied with these arrangements , and regarded them as being no business of hi rs , and tuok her arms and legs as they came , and allowed them to dispose of themselves just as it happened , Is to render faint justice to her equanimity II . r drsss was a prodigious pair of self-willed shoes , tbat never wanted to go where her feet went ; blue stockings , a printed gown of many colours , and the most hideous pattern procurable for munev ; and a white apron . She

      alwats wore short sleeves , and always had , by some accident , grazed elbowg , in which she took so lively an interest that she was continually trying to turn them round and get impossible views of them . In general , a little cap pircned somewhere on her head ; Though it was rarely to be met with iu the place usually occupied in other subjects , by that article of dress ; but from head to foot she was scrupulously £ c ! eau , and maintained a bind of dislocated tidiness . Indeed , her laudable anxiety to be tidy and compact in her onu conscience as well as in the public eje , gave rise to one of her most startling evolutions , which was to grasp herseif sometimes by a sort of wooden handle ( part of her clothing , and familiarly called a busk ) , and wrestle as it were with her garments , until they fell into a symmetrical arrangement . " This Clemency Newcame was made to fit Mrs . Keeley ; and we belief the" character" does fit her , and-he the ' character" most admirably .

      Of course there arc beautiful sentences scattered here and there worthy of the pen of Charles Dickens ; and there arc two or tbreedescriptivepassagesequal to any thin" he has bei . re produced ;—to wit , the "Battle Field . " the ball-room > cene , the interiorol the office of ' Snitehey and Craggs , " and the exterior of the . Nutmeg-Grater Inn ; the following extract describes the battle-field : — " Once upon a time—it matters little when , and iu stain-art England , it matters little where—a fierce battle was fougLt . It was fought upon a long summer ' s day , when the waving grass was green . Many a wild flower formed by the Almighty hand to ba a . perfumed goblet for the den-, f-lt its enamelled cup £ 11 high with blood that daj , and shrinking dropped . Many an insect deriving its delicate colour from harmless Jeeves and herbs was stained anew that day by dying men , and marked ite frightened way with an unnatural track . The painted

      butterfly took blood into the air upon the edges of its wings . The stream ran red . The trodden ground became a quagmire , whence , from sutlen proofs collected in the prints of human feet and horse ' s hoofs , the one prevailing hue still lowered and glimmered at the sun . Heaven keep u- from a knowledge of the sights the moon beheld upon that field ivhtn coming up above the black line of distant rising groun * , softened and flurried at the edge by trees , she rose into the sky and looked upon tbe plain , strewn with upturned faces that had ouce at mothers' breasts sought mothers' eyes , or slumben d happily ! Heaven keep us from a knowledge of tbe secrets whispered afterwards upon the fainted wind that blew across the scene of tbat day ' s work , and that night ' s death and suffering . Many a lonely moon wan bright upon the battle-ground , and many a star kept iruich upon it , and many a wind from every quarter of the earth flew over it before the traces of the fight were worn away . "

      ' They lurked and lingered for a long time , but survived iu little things , for nature , far above the evil passions of men . soon recovered her serenity and smiled upon the guilty battle ground as she had done before when it was innocent . The larks sang high above it , the swallows skimmed and dipped and flitted to and fro , the shadows of the dying clouds pursued each other swiftly , over grass and corn and turnip-field and wood , and over roof and church spire , in the nestling town among the trees , away into the bright distance on tbe borders of the skv and earth , where the red sunsets

      faded . Crops were sown and grew up , aed wers gathered in ; the stream that had been crimsoned , turned a watermiil ; men whistled at the plough , gleaners and hajmaktrs were seen in quiet groups at work ; cheep and oxen pastured ; boys whooped and called in fields to scare away tbe birds ; smoke rose from cottage chimneys ; tabuath bells rang peacefully ; old people lived and died ; the timid creatures of the field , and simple flowers of tbe bush and garden , grew and withered in their destined times ; and all upon the fierce and bloody battle ground , n-here thousands upon thousands had been killed in the great fieht . "

      Though we should stand alone , we must pronounce this book a thorough failure . It ista led "' the Battle of Life , a Love Story , " but it tells of neither battle nor love worthy of the name . Heaven save us from such mawkish lovers as we have in this book ; aud as to battles where is tiie great principle combatted for , or the great difficulty surmounted ? Mr . Dickens has before nnw described the " battles ot Hfe , " ar . d Untruth of his descriptions has achieved forhis works , a popularity on tbe strength of which , he is now read , no matter what he writes .

      I Despite the exaggerated carricatuves which mar all his productions , in most of them the realities of life are brought home to the hearts of his readers , and this gives his works their charm ; but in the book before us there is no reality , and although the clever acting of Mm . Keeley , may excite roa « -B of laughter and applause at the eccentricities of Clemency Newcome , those who read the book and judge for themselves , will , we are persuaded , not a few ol them , agree with us in this conclusion , It is not yet too late to sing with heart and voice HURRAH FOR OLD CHRISTMAS .

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      Hurrah ! for old ChristmtB , again fill tbe chalice , Be first and be foremost to raise the glad shout , When hope lights the cottage , and mirth fills the palace , The song and the carol shall never ring out , For sorrow and care are twin sisters of pleasure , They reit in her bosom , they walk in her train , And permitted to taste , they will empty the measure The brightest to-morrow shall ne ' er fill again ; Then pluck from tbe mistletoe , pluck from the holly , And red with the white in a chaplet appear , Let us drive away care , which to cherish is folly , And drink to old Christmas , the king of the year . Press of matter compels us to withdraw several choice pieces , with some remarks of our own , which we will try to make room for next week . Ere we close we must drink

      THE YEAR'S LAST CUP . [ By Frances Bbowh , ] With the festal song , with the glad hearth ' s blaze , With the wine of its own bright vintage days , Siill rich in the light of rosy even It caught through the vineyard ' * parted leaves , — While Night , iu tbe might of silence , lies On snow-clad hills and starry skies , And the knell of its numbered hours draws near , We fill the cap of the parting year ! But say , to what pledge , of memory ' s hoard , U the wealth of that mystic wine-cup poured ?—Is it Time ? To his ever onward track , And his tireleos step that hath ne'er turned back , — To his glass , with whose dim saud's ceaseless flow Beauty and strength and glory go , — And his scythe which the nation ' s might hart mown , Let us drink to these;—but not these alone !

      Pledge we the dark veiled Future thus , And the wealth of hope it bad once for us , — The stores which its billows still iu , tyhide , — And the barks sent forth on its boundless tide : Or , the Fast , with its springs in memory shrined , The snows which its winters left behind , — And the harvests fair which its toil hath sown , We pledge ;—but we pledge not these alone ! Say then , bath the year ' s last cup been crowned For the loved and the loving hearts around Th ^ nam « s in our soul's sealed book enrolled , The heads of gr . yand tbe locks of . gold ? May the time-tried friendship fear no thrall Of frost ' s that cold on life ' s twilight fall ; And the young , may we never find them gi own Leis true : —but we pledge not these alone !

      Arethtrenot loved ones yet more dear That mingle not in ourfestal cheer , —¦ The names by the hearth long heard and wept , And still in the hush of memory kept Drink to the absent ! Change and tears Have come on these late and severing years , — But the faith of uur love no change hath known , And we pledge them now j—but not them alone ! Drink to the changed ! they have left their place In our hearts , like a broken altar ' s base , Still graved with the sculptured names of yore , But a wreck and a ruin evermore . Drink to the dead ! there are hearts that hold Their memory yet with a love untold ; For time and Death hare no shadows thrown On its truth . Shall we drink to these alone I

      Hold ! for the cup hath bright drops left , That we may not waste on the rent and reft , — One purer pledge , as the year departs , ' To tbe holy land of our homes and hearts ; For the faith to her ancient glory given , And the love that for better hopes hath striven ; Ob , bright be her stars , however oar own May set ;—jet we pledge not these alone ! Drink to the world ! there is promise yet In the bright To Come , which no eye hath met , ' In the march of her nations , beckoned on By the light of their far-seen Sabbath uawn . But hark ! ' tis the mighty midnight ' s chime , Like a voice from the passing waves of time ; And our cup is drained , with its latest tone , — Let us fill to the bright New Tear aloue !

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      THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL . Partii . London J . Benuett , 69 , Fleet-street . A continuation of the papers on " Household Education" bj Harriet ftlartineau ; a " Memoir o ' Frederick Douglas" the black champion of Abolitionisip , now in England , by Mary Howitt ; " Thoughts upon Democracy , " by Joseph Mazzini ; and the ' Condition of the Poor in LoKilon , " by William ilowitt . are tbe principal articles in this part of the 1 ' eopk ' s Journal . We have no room for comment .

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      REPnBLicAN Estimate op " Lavs op Freedom . — The Hutchinsons , on Wednesday ni » ht , gave their h ' rst concert since their return from Europe , at the Tabernacle , and to a larger audience than we have ever seen within the building . It is very generally known that in England their concerts were numerously attended , and they were , personally , as well as professionally , welcomed by the English public in a very flattering manner . They were in the habit thi-re " of singing pieces reflecting severely upon slavery in the United States ; and this , of course , grtatly increased the warmth of their reception , especially with the class of persons who were most devoted to them . It is not strange that they hiva been greatly flattered by this ; but we are sorry that

      they should have been blinded-by it into the gross improprieties which marred their concert on Wednesday evening . Instead of the simple and pleasing melodies which their old friends and admit era expected to hear , the Hutchinsons gave a series of abolition songs ; some of which were so repulsive to the taste and good sense of the audience , that very many , both ladies and gentlemen , left the room . The abolitionists present , of course , applauded vociferously , and this excited corresponding disapprobation from other quarters . For a great part of the evening the concert was made a scene of utter and disgraceful confusion . Suppose the HutcbiHSons were to sing Whig songs , or Locofoeo songs , at their concerts , who would justify them for a moment ? And why should they expect their abolition melodies

      will meet with more favour ? We sincerely hope that the caresses and flatteries they received from the English haters of every thing American , have not at once extiuguished their patriotism , and destroyed their sense of good taste and propriety . Of their performances , in a critical point of view , we must speak in terms of unqualified disapprobation . The music which they sing is miserably poor ; and their singing of it almost equally wretched , without method , expression or effect . — New York Courier and Enquirer , Nov . 20 , 1846 . [ The most despotic tyrants do far less mischief to the cause - of Republicanism than is done by tbe American scoundrels who unite slavery wich democracy . The miscreant who penned the above is a precious sample of these worst enemies to liberty . —E » . N . S . ]

      The Late Thomas Hood . —We are sorry to learn that the children of the late Thomas Hood are , in consequence of the death of their last remaining parent , left entirely dependent upon the small fund , amounting we believe , to about £ 800 , collected by public subscription at the period of Mr . Hood ' s death . The pension of £ 100 granted by Sir Robert Peel ceases with the decease of Mrs . Hood , who lived but a twelvemonth to enjoy it . We believe that Lord John Russell has already been applied to by the friends of the family to continue the pension to the children ; but his lordship , has intimated his inability to comply with the request , since the pension becomes , by the death of Mrs . Hood , the property of the public . We feel confident that the wishes and intentions of the public will be best answered by a new grant of the same trifling amount to the orphans , to whose departed andjhighly gifted parent the public owes so large a debt of gratitude .

      Fire at St . Jambs ' s Chatei ,, Punioxville . —On Sunday afternoon , about half-past four o'clock , considerable alarm was caused in the neighbourhood of I ' entonvillo , by the outbreak of a fire in the beautiful chapel dedicated to St . James . Smoke was seen issuing from the windows of the building by someone who was passing at the time , and upon an entrance being effected , it was discovered that the joists and ilooring immediately beneath the communion table Visrc on fire . By the prompt arrival of assistance tlic flames were subdued before much damage wa done to the sacred edifice . The fire is discovered t have originated from the overheating of a kot-ai furnace . To ritKVEST Night-Marb . —Sit up all ni'Ut , and ( jo to bed in the day-time . By this plan it is a moral impossibility to be troubled with the night ' mare .

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      A Dutchman ' s Horse . — An old Dutchman ) in America , having lost his horse , published the following ' advertisement . Whether he ever found his horse is a matter of mystery to this day ; probably the old horse is still running : Ranaway , or stolen , or straid , mine pig black horse , about fourteen or fifteen hands and six inches high , He has got four black legs , two peliint , and two pefore , and is plack all over his body except his face , and that is plack too . He trods , and ganters , and baces , and vawks , and ven he vawks his feet and legs all go alter one another . He has two ears upon his head , both alike , but von is plocker than todder . He has two eyea , von is put out , and todder is pon de side of his head , and ven you go pon todder side be vont see you . Ven

      he eats much he has a pig belly , and he has a long dale vot hangs down behint , but I cut it short todder day and now it not so leng as it was pefore . He is shod all round , but his behint shoes corned off , and now lie has only got shoes pefore . lie holds up his head and looks gaily , and ven he seairs he jumps about like everything in the world . He will ride rait a saddie , or chaze or cart , or will go py himself mitout nobody put a bag on his pack mit a poy on it . He is not very old , ar . d ven he vawks or runs , his head comes up pefore and his dale stays behint , only ven he durns round and gits mad , and den his dale comes first . Whoever will pring him pack shall pay five dollars rewarfc , and if he pring pack de tief dat stole him , he shall pay twenty dollars and ax no questions . Wait a Little Longer . — -Marriageable ladies are now called " waiting maids . "

      A DiPJEnENCB . —Coach versus Rail . —The best distinction we ever heard between railway and coach accidents was that of an old whip . " If , " said he , " you gets comfortably capsized into the ditch by the road side , there you are ; but if you gets blown up by an engine , run into a cutting , or off an embankment , where are you f "

      A DEMOCRATIC BANK . Vault . —Mother earth . ExcnAsoB . i—The tranaplantings of the nursery and garden . Deposits . —The seed sown by the farmer . Discounts . —Happiness , sobriety , and manly independence . Assets . —Smiling fields waving with a golden harvest . Liabilities . —Indebted to God alone who sends tho sunshine and the rain . Dividends . —IIea ( th , wealth , and honest patriotic hearts . —Young American .

      THE HYPOCRITE . " He was the matt Who stole the Uv ' ry of the court of heaven To serve the Devil in . In holy phrase transacted villanies That common sinners durst not meddle with . At sacred feasts , he sat among the saints And with his guilty hands touched holiest things , With one hand he put a penny in the urn of poverty , And with the other took a shilling out . " —Pollock ' s " Course of Time . " Chinese Dinner—An officer of the United Statjw squadron in the Chinese seas gives the following bi'l

      of fare at a large Chinese dinner , to which he , with numerous other foreigners , had been invited : — 1 . Bird ' s nest soup . 2 . Pork fat , fried with potatoes . 3 . IIors' hoofs . 4 . Mushrooms , stewed . 5 . Bird's nest salad . 6 , Giblet Boup . 1 . Kitten hash . 8 . Fried Irish potatoes . 9 . Rat hash . 10 . Tea . 11 . Sharks ' fins . 12 . Fried ducks . 13 . Dor stew . 14 . Stewed chickens . 15 . Ham stew . 16 . Pork stew . 17 . Fried cucumbers IS . Pate of rats . 19 . Feline of ragout . 20 . Ham stewed with pork . 21 . Sucking pig . 22 . Sriail pate . 23 . Snail soup . I tasted the first dish , and became so disgusted that I could not proceed . They were brought on , one dish at a time , in exquisitely beautiful China bowls , FARMER'S LIFE . The Farmer ' s life is the life for me"We love its quiet scenerj ; We love its shades , its hills and dales ; We lore ite cheerful Oreside tales : We love to tend its flocks and herds , We love to hear the singing birds ; We love the sweet salubrious air ; We love the prospect wide and fair ; We love to plow , we lovt tft sow ; We love to gather , love to mow ; We love the new mown Rrass to smell ; We love to hear the tinkling bell ; We love to tread the grassy lawn , Along the brook—among the COl'n J We love the whole ; but can ' t rehearse , His pleasures allin prose or verse .

      , lo Tbiumphe !—Not Washington , and the gallani men under him , when they rushed on , and snappec up " them Hessians . " N ot whan French sail crowded upon the c ast , and the struggling stars shot irresistibly into the zinth—not then did the warnerved patriots ol the past age feel happier , prouder , than we feel , as the advocates of a IVec home to live upon , turn , one by one , into the ranks . —Anti-Renter . The PREAcnKR Coubected . —A young urchin being severely reprimanded by his mother for * ayinc " fcell , " remembered the chastisement , and on the following Sabbath , when the minister , in preaching , used the word , leaped up and exclaimed , "By Jinns . if you had my mother to deal with , j < m wowdn t , swear that way without being licked , 1 know . ' since

      - &r A n-wlv-nixnied couple , some years , took up their ab . de in Poplar-street . At breakfast the next morning , after their entrance , the gentleman » aid to Ilia lady , " fcy dear , thisis Poplar-street and by putting in w ( you ) it becomes » oputo »\ And by putting us in it , '" promptly replied the lady , ' it will become jjopulous . " . Tub Regulator . —A traveller in a steam-boat , not particularly celebrated for its celerity , inquired of a gentlemiin ' tfko stood next to him what the boat was called ; upon which the latter replied , " 1 think , sir , it is called the Regulator , for 1 perceive all other steam-boats go by it . " A Merry Andruw . —Sir Andrew Agnew being asked what was a " moral engine ? " replied "A railway engine that docs not run on the Sunday . — Ptmeh .

      A Vibw of a Ghhat Man . —A writer in one of our leading journaU , thus introduces a " groat man " for the veneration of the Christian community : — " View him at t lie sanguinary battle of the Horseshoe , when no quarter was asked and none given , and where nine-tenths of twelve hundred infuriated Indians were .--ent to skep with their fathers !"View him there ! we will do no such thing . We bad rather pay ; i . sixpence more and see the devil himself . — Surritt ' s Citizen .

      PLEA FOR PRIZE CATTLE . To Mistek Puscu , Please Sir , i am a Cook in A gentilman ' s famaly where yure Paper is took in by us servance and Cause great a Musement . i can Asliure you , down stares in the Kitching . lias for my Self , I am sure i often laifsover it till i amost bustes . But there ' s won sutijick on witch i hone i feels a little bit Tender , and you will very niuuh obleege me If you will Crack no more Joax upon It . Wot i mean is , your Skitts upon the Fat cattal . witch i must say they often Hurt my Feelins . The jintes of Beat ' about crismas i Look upon as quite picters and i don ' t like

      them to be inuid Fun of ; no more would you if you wos in my Place , witch , as Coulr , the Fat is my perkisit . The Fatt being the best part of the Meat , it is very pretty pickins , and i Git for it at the rate of Fourpetice a pound for Meltin . If you brought down the Fat it would be a great Loss of Substans to Us pore Servance , witch of coarse we should expeck to be considdered in the wagis . So you won't woudcr al my Feelin sore about the Fat . I know this , that if i lost my Fatt it would be Half as Much gone out of My poekett as my Place is Wuth . \' our umbil Servant , Hann Lard eh . A COUNTRY CAROL .

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      "Thk Bbokkn Toots that Tyrants cast away . " —The French government is reducing the number of newspapers it maintain * , on account of the enormous cost . Potatoes . —In Poland the potato disease is wholly unknown with respect to crops of native grown sets ; but an instance has bsen just recorded of the disease having manifested itself in a crop of " Ash-leaved Kidneys , " grown from English seeds , obtained from England two years ago . By this it is inferred that the disease ia in the potato itself—tbe result is over cultivation ; and that it does not arise fro . n any pecuiarities either in the atmosphere or in the state of the land . Mr . CnAiu . ES Dickens has taken a house in the Ruede Courcelles , near the Champs Elyrees , for tho winter . The other evening he was at tho Opera with his family , and in the same box was the charming Mrs . Norton . There are already three . ( French ) translations in hand of Dickens ' s present woi-k .

      Tub Convict Establishments . —In consequence of . the recent determination of the Government relative to the system of transporting felons to the penal colonies , some extensive alterations : iic being made in the convict establishment at Wnnlwiuh . Orders have been received to increase the- number of prisoners in the Dockyard and the Royal Arsenal . Forty five men were set to work last week in the proof department , where they fi perform the menii ! task of cleaning ahot and shells . There is a report ; that the present system of hulking prisoners is to he abolished , and that suitable buildings for their reception are to be erected both in the Dockyard and Roval Arsennl . Inferior Courts . —It is provided that the Legislature may establish inferior courts in the United States . We defy it , says the Yankee Doodle , to establish inferior courts to the many we have .

      Thk Members for the City of London . —The Liberal candidates at the next general election will be Lord John Russell , Mr . Patteson , Sir G . Larpent . and Mr . Rothschild . Telegraphs in Italy . —A line of telegraphs is about to be established alftnf ! the coast of the Adriatic , between Venice and Trieste . The distance u 26 German miles , or about 119 English , and there will be 22 stations , the expense of which is estimated at 28 , 000 florins ( 42 , 800 ) . At the time of tbe French domination in Italy , a line of telegraphs existed from Ancona to Brindisi and Naples , which , though on an inferior scale , was of great service to

      the French , in signalising the movements of the English fleet . .. Sufferings op Travellers by the Snow Stokm . The pRBSengers , who were in the trains stopped bj the 3 now on the York and Newcastle railway , suffered very severely by the exposure to cold and the want of food . Several were compelled to pass two nights in the carriages . The passengers in the Magnut coach from Berwick were ajso subjected to extraordinary privations , as were , indeed , all wha had the misfortune to be travelling either north or south ot this town during the week . — Newcastle Guardian .

      High Time . —We are informed on the best aulhority thaii government have appointed an experienced engineer , thorougly veried in the system of mining peculiar to South Staffordshire , who will immediately visit this district with a view to the adoption oi means for preventing the lamentable ^ loss oflift which annually takes place in working the h ^ n and coal mines in our neighbourhood . —Birmingham Journal . Novell System of Electioneering ¦ Bhihert ih New York . —The grand jury of Kew York have made a presentment , confirming the Report that

      some thirty or forty prisoners were released trom the Penitentiary , by keepers , on the 2 nd of i \ ov ., on condition of voting the loeo-foco ticket , at the lato election . On the evening before the election the prisoners' clothes were exchanged for citiswns * dresses , and in these habiliments they were conveyed across the river in boats , by the keepers , and placed in comfortable quarters for the night , with copious supplies of liquor , &c . They , howevor broke lose from their guardians , betrayed the secret , and were nearly all arr sted the next morning . : The grand jury further declared that a similar system of corruption had been adopted on former occasions

      An American ' * Punch . "—A periodical , forming a sort of counterpart to Punch , and entitled the Yankee Doodle , has been published in New York . T he illustrations are by our clever English artist , Mr . Martin ( son of Belshazzar Martin ) , and are very excellent . Another artist employed is Mr . Clark , a ne , » hew of Lady Morgan . Disturbs is Maryledose . —On Friday last the overseers were engaged until ten o'clock at night in distributing relief to the out-door poor . The average monthly distribution of bread amounts to 8 , 000 loaves .

      Whsiminstbb Bridge—On Saturday the eastern foootpath across this bridge was re-opened to the public , and an intimation given that on or before the 24 th inst . the thoroughfare for carriages would be thrown open as formerly . The West-end Rkfugb for the Houseless Poor . —In consequence of the severity ot the weather , this institution , situate in Market-street , Edgewnru-Road . has been throw open for the n ' mhily reception of 200 poor persons . Each is furiii . "hed with a supper of bread and half a pint of beef soup , a comfortable bed . and breakfast in the morning .

      Tub notorious Dr . Laddjieb . —The following announcement appeared among the marriages in the papers last week : — " On the 2 nd of August Inst . at the British Embassy , Paris , by the late Bishop Luscombe , Dr . Lardner , to Mary , only daughter of Colonel Spicer , Late of the 12 th Lancers ; the marrmgehnving been previously solemnised in the United States . " Quick Work . —The wife of an inhabitant of Armelingcr ( Basle-Campagne ) says a letter from Basle , has had five children in the course of the present year . In the enrly part of March she had twins , and a few days ago she was delivered of three children . The twins are still living , but the last three children , who eaino into the world rather before tlioiV ' tiniP , have died .

      One of TnB Rivkr Piers Broken by the Ice . —So closely and thickly did the ice collect around the piers near Temple Bar , thatit broke one of them in two , and rendered it impossible tor the steamers to land their passenaers upon it , or for the coal barges to be moored , as they are wont to be alongside it . Novi l and Expensive Fuel . —Tho Tagus steamer , on her last homeward voyage from the Peninsula , left Lisbon without having , from some mischance , shipped her usual full supply of coal . Her fuel consequently failing , some spsirs , &c , were first resorted to , and then , to make up the deficiency , two tons of chesnuts , part of her cago , were sacrificed to the devouring element , before reaching Plymouth . She called at that port , and took in a supply of coals , to enable her to complete her voyage to Southampton .

      Meeting of Parliament . —At the meeting of the Privy Council on Saturday , Parliament was ordered to be further prorogued from Tuesday , the 12 th of January , unto Tuesday , the 19 th of January , and a proclamation was ordered , that Parliament shall , on the said I 9 th of January , be held a . d sit for the despatch of business . A Remnant op the Last Generation . —Died , at Melksham , on the 14 th , at his nephew ' s , Mr . Newman , George Inn , Mr . John Harding , in his 101 st year . The deceased was a native of Bradford , and was born at Barton farm , of which his father was then tho occupier . At the death of George II . he was

      working with his uncle , a hatter , on the Borouahwalls , Bath ; and was , even lately , wont to describe with much animation tho gaieties which took place in that city on the accession of George III . The deceased afterwards carried on business at Marlbwough , as a hatter , and , subsequently , as a tanner , at Chippenham ; and , since his retirement , has lived in Bath , East Tytherly , and Melksham . He was twice married , but has left no descendants . Til ! within a few weeks of his death , he retained all his faculties , and in all weathers took his daily walk . — Berkshire Chronicle . Hops entwine to the left , and beans to the right .

      Important to Housekeepers . —By the police act housekeepers are required to scrape and cleanse the footpath in front of their houses at least once a day , and thiit before nine in the morning :, and that all persons havjng flower pots standing on the window in front of their houses are liable to penalties . An Unexpected Discovery . —About a week or ten days ago an aged female , who during a long widowhood had kept a very small public house nearly opposite the military barracks here , was taken ill and died . She lived rather pcnuriously , hut this was generally believed to be in consequence of her poverty —being apparently at all times somewhat straitened in circumstances . After death her depositaries and coffers were of course inspected by her relations , when , we believe , to the surprise of everyone of them—at all events to her neighbours—her wealth , chiefly in bank notes , but partly in silver , was found ts amount to no less a sum than £ QlO . ~* Ptrth Constitutional .

      Cheapness of Poultry and Game in the Metropolis . — Notwithstanding the high price ofrprovisions generally , yet poultry and game is now selling in London at unusually low prices . Pheasants are being sold at 4 s . a brace ; hares at Is . Od . each ; geese at 3 s . each ; and fowls at 3 s . a couple . HoKKiBLK Massacre . — TIig Constitutionalanys •—" The British Government has lately received information , from its agents on the western coast of Africa , of a frightful occurrence , which , however , is not novel in the annals of slavery . A negro chief liming 2 , 000 slaves upon his hands , and being unable to dispose of them , had them all killed buforo his own eyes . The French Government has nko been made acquainted with this horrible massacre . We ^ ar u assured that the Cabinets of London and Paris have resolved to join in punishing with severity the cruel chief . "

      Okhun of thk tkiim " Sending to Coventry . "The day after 'King Charles I . left Birmingham , on liis march from Shrewsbury , in 115 : 12 , the Pariiamentiii-y party seized his eriTingcs , containing the royal plate and furniture , which they convoyed for security to Warwick Castle . Tiioy apprehended al .

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      hicssenget ' s aud suspected pcisona : frequently . <» t * tacked smd ieduced small pirlics of the Koyiuiste ,. whom they sent prisoners lo Coventry . Hence the proverbial expression respecting a rufrnorory person , "Send him to Coventry . "—Hiuton ' a llistvfj <•/ Birmingham . Prolific Pio . —Mr . Anderarm , laiullora of lh « Elephant and Castle Inn , in WesS . skin , Wakefield , has row in his possession a sow . •¦ vhinh . hi nine litters , hna produced 149 nigs : : ~ > ~ > of whiuh w . ti * littered this year , viz . 17 on ilio -SlIi J .-innary , IS on the 2 Gth June , and 20 on the 'Jih ¦ : •! ' the present month . This prolific sow was l » red » y George Ridsdale , E > q .. ofOldIlalL

      A CuninuK instance of toleration took p ? ni ;( j m-Dantzic on the 5 'Ji . Dr . Gwliovski , Jhu Lutheran pastor , at Urn baptism of hisfW , ohn « esix sodfr-taora . from the different religious sort's ( if ihat capita ) , V'X . f one Lutheran , one free ProksUiH . 'U ?« HonwnOa * - tholie , one Gorman Catholic , ouu Ca . ' vJnisi , nwl one Jew . Gtold mav bo beaten int . o kavus & ' . i ) nn , 280 , 000 ' would be only an inch think . Tnn earth i * 7 , 016 mile :-, in dkwniur-r , and 21 . 880 mil s round . M . Frederick List , t lse riisUr . spu-l . o . ; Germanpublicist , and t-iitor of the Ft ¦ - . . ilk < n ^ Zolkerriu . « lied on the 30 ih <> t N-vcmber , a ' ,. Kaktej-j t «> vl-. Jchplace he h : id retreated for thn biw . Ht i . ! ii- nenkli . Thk Kino of Holland enk-ic-i ! his iiity-iifiii yrar on the 6 th inst . ¦

      ... A Skjmble Moxxncn . —Tiic I- 'hig li ' r ' - . e >'« tl ; erlaml « haviue asked the Janaiios !? KlK ^ VW t » : i _ ii !) vr trading privileges f > nil foreign iiwii / ns , thai r . i » mtary refuses , osi t . he ground of the kvi ! Ci > : s > equcnBes of sivh a policy in the ras » : of the Chinese-. Railway N / vies . —There . m- •;(> low ^ i ' inr ; , 552 workmen now in tull employ on liio KiuKir ^ Ii Ana Northern Railway . Thk IiiiiE Storm . —I 7 p » v . 'ir <] 3 of Yuri ? vesselswere wrecked in the B ! ac ! c S ' . ; v ilui !»>• . ; the iate storm . Darino Robbbribs . —Robbone * ni' . vtfii-l . c- ' - - , l > y an . organized sang of villains , have of' Into !> cconio SOfrequt-iif . in Glasgow , that a eon temporary : nlvises all ' who lnve not yet been robbed U » ' uwtc their watcheuntlmmG .

      Man Found Dead i . v a Mcwh . —Sokv few days age , tiie Stirling papers comnitirci : i tmiic : ; of si waawho had bren amissin » , balon ^ iim t * i riiornhill . The man has since been fnr . m ) A' : ; : >\ uv-n Uiesur * - face of the moas which He < tai » Te , -, Kippen ( tbelast piacc hrt w . ts seen ) and Ti : i > c ) iiiill . with his hatand b'lois off , nnd a napkin ticdrnumi his head . It is now Sitiii that , finding him ?» . ! f eniiinu ' ed in the moss , his < : r ' u : s for assistance had been ht : ; mt , !> ut their meaning ( mistaken , avi > i tiu > , in slrugdint ; through the wi't moss , his boots had bren ilravrn off ,, and his bat fallen from his hea-. l . AW-. i t ! i « f . lie had bound the napkin round it to jmilwL him ! Vtii (\ thecold .

      Shakkspf . ark ' s House . —Aii Amoriicir , jrfintlenian is said t » ha vis offered the late owner ' ¦! ' SiiAiiPsix ' . 'ire ' house , at Stratford « on-Avon , fclio sum of .-100 for one of the oak hoards of thn Rum to convert ; into snuff-boxKs ; but the offer was rejected , tlmuch is was hinted that the plank could * be replacu ' . ! by another without detection . Tub Reason Wht . —Why were thrrc no postage lahels in Henry the Eighth's time ? lici'aunj a Queen ' s head wasn't worth ; i penny during nis reign . A SiiABirr Civil War .--Th ? AV > cv s ; its , they couWl get up . at a tew nights' ti <> : ir <} at Asl ' ey ' s , a more respectable civil war thtm ! li : ii wiiii-h lias the credit of' ra » ing somewhere between i ^ isbati ; tud Oporto .

      Distress in Inlanders . —Th < - rlemish j . anprs announce ereat distress in the nei-hb . si ' . rh ^ i'uoftrlicnfc , The high price ot tho raw matma' h ;> *•) . , ' obii-red many of the lend ins manufacturci- * tn close " iheir establishments , a large number of | it'i ' . soi : s wort : thrwwn out of employment , who < u flowlUions has b . en rendered more than usually ileplora-de « > y tho inclemeiicy of the weather and tho ff-a'citv <;! ' jmivisiring . Amkmcav Laziness . —There w * a « M \ a *>; My * an American print , living down west . s » excessively indolent , thnt once , when he was pushed slown a hill ,, he ran on for threw days and nights , being too bizy tostop himself , Thr Aumy . —The T . mes announces that ihe period of military enlistments is to Ik i-pJijcoiS U ; iau years , [ fas the failure in recruiting Jed to this detcrmina * tii . n ?

      Barnstaplr . —Mr . William A very , etiiior of the North Devon Journal , and a Wi " - !< . ' y ; i' . i i'K ; U preacher ,, has been unanimously eleutetl mayor i > t' iviniSi ; i ;> le .. Dkaklt Boi ; ght . —Four stiifi'lo . n !' - ; , o-s ^ tcrv . 'l I ' miki- ' the Sikhs , araumong the tiMphius brought huno by the 31 st Regiment " . Extraordinary . —One of the volunteers of the Mexican war whs hoard to renmri ; , si : *; other day , that he was afraid of nothing but . ' J . nn-ii . r . Wilson' tub Okmtholoom . —A suiwGi'i <> t ; . in has h ° en opened at Psiisley , the bisih-j-iaoe uf Wilson , the poet . v . id ornithologist , for the purpose of uructing a monument to him . Slavkrv . — Attempts are b- 'inir nmh to abolish slavery in tho French colony of CViyernip , whore it is stated to have produced the most liuiic'l \ i ! effects upon , the cultiv : itinn nf tlm soil .

      PuoFEit . — The present allows , res oi fuel to the army , having been considered instil ' iVi-jut , the waroffice has ordered that the quantity sii : iil bi : increased one-third . Maucu of mfi Mor / sTAcriK . —Tho Uw : ach Citron * ielc says , that in the cnsuiu £ your , tii- wstira British , army , infantry as well as cavalry ami nrtiilory , will assume the moustache . Ladies Pets —It is a frequent cnsfr . m with the New Zealand females to pel y-iin ^ - ; . i ; s , in the same manner aa Euro {> i-nn iaclius fomi-c ri ; n . < 3 and kitte n * . Success op the New Firm — The nov , - work by Dickens , "Dombey and Son , " has bi-fn very successful in England , 150 , 000 conies Ivwht ! U ? un . published . A bushel of wheat weighing 62 pounds contain 550 000 kernels .

      Equai , Right , — Eighty-five thoiisa'st ! , frnr hundred and six electors of the state of New York , recorded their votes at the recent election ; in favour of admitting black-skinned Americans to sin . ' rights of citizenship . The " etehty-flve iIioiimimP m about two sevenths nf the entire vote of tho Tnuta . Greek Custom . —In Greece it was Hie custom at meals fur the two sexes to eat separately . Roman DixsKr . 8 . —The Romans lay on couches at their dining tables on their Jeft arms :, eating withtheir right . Volunteers . —Rolls are now open at L . 'favette

      Hall for the enlistment of Volunteers for tlie Colonel Wni . W . Tompkins ' s regiment ot' infiint-ry . The officers have been selected , an i are imdeivoin ; : daily drills with s > pirir , and the men will also he put under instruction forthwith , and held in ivadifi ; - ; . * for cer * vice at the seat of war , where there is iikuiy soon to ¦ be a demand f .. r them , to stop hulluls , « i ! l " uenciies , dull sabres , &o . A bayonet push in Uh ; intestines maj very likely be had for four or fivo shillings ; a urape-shot in the ancle for n mere hauatuil . ?; a niiig . ket ball throuuh tlie head for nothing to * umk ofcheap as dirt , the whole of them . Why lUu ' t everybody run to enlist ?—New-York Tribn .. v ..

      1 ortugal and HEit Stbket . —Iiisolvpnpv has long been associated with the name of Povtugal , from the Ci > urt of the former being situated in Hie > trect of the latter . Now that the Portuguese ur «; in a state of bankruptcy , tlio location of th « Insolvent Court in Portugal-street appears singuWly ttppronriate . — Punch . Da . viel Doxe Over . —The . accounts fVmu Rome mentioned among other reforms set mi (' not by the new Pope , that his Holiness has , by a dscreo prohibited ' - Mendicity and Vagabondism . " " Olhello ' s occupation ' s gone . " Alas ! poor Dan ! Thk Qimkeks . —It is stated in tho ifrdical Times , that Quakers seldom become depressed or melancholic on any points connected with religion . Curious . —Dr . Williams states , in the Medical Times , that butlers have recently committed suicide in London more than any other class . '

      JSews . —In a letter to the Tub ' et , Mr . Charles Waterton , of Walton Hall , describes Don Miguel as "abraveand uncompromising soldier , " and "the nation ' s darling . " Rkmemukr this . —A clean Bkin is as necessary to health as food . Useful . —Vinegar boiled in myrrh , or camphor sprinkled in a room , corrects putridity . The Ducal Idea . —We understand ' that no less than twenty watchers are nightly employed watching fame on the Duke of Marlborotigh ' s preserves around Blenheim . Importation of Human Skulls . —The Mimer , a Swedish vessel , which arrived at Hull last week , had as part of her cargo a case of skulls , and they were passed by the Customs' authorities as " One case containing human s-kulls , being specimens illustrative of natural history , value £ 10 . " As ' specimens ' they are free of duty .

      Railway News . —It u asserted that on and after the 1 st of January next , no coon ' s trains aro to run on the line of the London and North-Western Railway during the day , arrangements bein . sr in progress for conducting most , if not the whole of the traffic during the night * As Usual . —Fever is greatly on the increase in Glasgow . Tkmpkkanci-: MnVKMKXT . —The National Temperance Society is raising a large sum of money , for the promotion of the temperance cause . A mong the special contributions we observe tho lmufi of J . D . Iiassett , Esq ., of ' Lei ghton , for £ 100 .

      No News . — Considerable apprehension exists among the relatives of the seamen ungagod iu the expedition of the Erebus and Terror , vv ! il «; h sailed ,-from tlie river in June last year , under the eoiumajnd \ of Sir John Franklin and Captain Grozier , and many ;• anxiiuis applications have lately been made to . , the ; Admiralty on . the subject . No tidings have . bean , received sinco last December . ^ ' Penny Parcel -1 ' osr . —The Parcel Post Company ,,. are about to adopt the penny system , and to convoy to any part of London a package not o . vceedimj - ' 18 ounce's in weight , for a penny . f £ j . ; ,, v > V ; .

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      [ G . Jasssxs Basks . } Hurrah ! for old Christinas , the beauty and jeUjr , Ilurrah ! for old Christmas , the friend of us all , Who laughs at lhe frowni of grim . faced melancholy , And comes with a transport to great and to small . Up . up ! let us drink to the jocnud old fellow . Thoug h wrinkled bis brow , and hig locks silver grey , Yet hisfuOtsttp i » light , and his heart , it is mellow As any that joins in our banquet to-day . Then pluck from the mistletoe , pluck from the holly , The red with the white in a chaplet appear , While we bauisb dull care , which to cherish is folly , And drink to old Christmas , the king of the year . The sage has declared , with a solemn convintion , The moment that ' s present can only be ours , — The poet has painted , in beautiful fiction ,

      He light ' s up the smiles of the young and the gay , Delighiinp in pleasure's deep fountain to mingle , Tlie kittdiitsi feelings that suffer decav . ilis stay may he short , but his reign shall be meny , Fur win-never ke conies ' lisa token of cheer , Tiien drink to liis be'iltl ' , and the red hoUj berry , The xriend af old Christmas , the king of the year .

      The land ofthe future all teeming with lowers , — The paiuter has dreamed ofthe past , and its glorj JD . -picted in colours that never can die , But the future and past is an old ballad Etorj , There ' s naught like th « present good cheer to supply . Then fill up the goblet , for where is the spirit , Whose eje , whether sparkling or ditnm'd by a tear , Would ootif it ' s honest , most eagerly merit This bumper to Christmas—the king of the year . Hurrah ! for old Christmas , good feeling and gladness , Are his by a right which is truly diviue ; He robs the proud heart of its cankering 6 adness , And deeii . s there ' s no virtue but springs from the vine Ho iiiedjies past times round the cottager ' s ingle ,

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      ( From Funelt . ) I ' m a true English farmer—no , thut's not the word ; We dont' mention it now , ' tis a name never heard ; No such people as farmers in these times there be—Agriculturists now . mun , is what they calls we . Folks are growing Far too knowing , Much too faht for a fellow like mo . Our calling itself is no longer the same , I ; has got a new nature us well as now name ; Wu must all study science , we husbandmen , now , And one need be a scollard to follow the plough . Sent to college , Cm mmud with knowledge , Tnught tlie wherefore , the why , and the how . . Time was ' when the farmer had no rule but ono , Just to do what his fathers afore him had done ; Tlie new fangled inventions we now take in hand , I , for one , must confess th « t I don't understand , Weeds restraining , Ditching , draining , Subsoil ploughing , all over the land . I remember the time when the itable would yield Whatsoever wan needful to fatten a field ; But chymistry now into tillage we lugs , And we drenches tlie Ciirth with a parcel of drugs ; Makes each fallow Physio swallow—All we poisons , I hope , is the slugs . Lor ! when I was u youngster , who thought , to be sure Of guano , or gYpsum , to us « for manure > Of acids and salts from the blue-bottle shops—Where wo soon shall iie going lor tiuctures and drops , Draughts and potions , Washes , lotions , Pills and powders , to doctor the eropB . Well there , to niystlt" I says often , says I , Things will com . ; i ouml » gain . I ' ve no doubt by . and-bye , And your wiseacres tin I , artcr all ' s said and done , That the old plau ot farming , my buck * , is the one ; Vnip rcliiwce On their sci * nee , KOnly finisliiim wlium tliev b « erun .

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      THE FAMILY HERALD . Part 43 . THE MUSICAL HERALD . Paki 1 . We have oaly room to say that both these publications continue to deserve the extraordinary amount of public patronage they long since so worthily acquired . The contents of each of these parts will prove our assertion .

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      " IIowitt ' s Journal of Literature and Popular Progress . " William and Mary Howitt have withdrawn irom the " People's Journal , " and will , on the 2 nd of January , commence a new publication under the above title . The reasons for this charge are set forth in a " prospectus" now before us , from which we learn tbat Mr-. Ilowitt will be sole proprietor of the new journal ; and the " editorship will be jointly conducted by and in tbe name of William and Mary Ilowitt . "

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      THE DOMESTIC MONITOR . Nos . 1 and 2 . London : E . Mackenzie , 111 , Fleet-street . The second title of this publication— " Literary , Scientific , Legal , aud Medical Adviser , " sufficiently explains the purpose of its projectors . We notice * in the second number the commencement of what promises to be an excellent series of articles on " White Slavery . "

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      1 ) 1 ^^ 26 , 1846 . THR NORTHERN STAR . , 3

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 26, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1398/page/3/