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      05 THZ ILLNESS OF PRINCE MEITKUSICH . Old nun ! repeat ! rtortii thy that Upon thneartb to way ; Since de * plj thoa art « Ulned with crima , Hiaves wash that it « ia away : for thou ka » t been the ready tool . Of Atutrian Kaiser ' s iron role ; Sworn foe to liberty : Quotint the scripture for thy deed , A fcypocriU In prayer and cr « td .

      What formt flit round thy couch at night , Breaking thy slumbers rude ! "Why itarteit thou up ia affright , Inthydarkiolitudt ! Why ttandt the cold swut on tby brow ! "Why in thy bed upiUrtett thou 1 What Tisloncd form doit tee . That thou shouldit tota and hid * thy head Beneath the corerin ji of thy bed I One yonny , pal » fact , grown pal * with thanfht Repretchful looks on thee ; All his high hopel are tank to naught , And none the cause but thce ;—The son of him whole eagle swayed O ' er stricken Austria , tore dismtj'd , To whom thy matter bowed , Until thou to his reicue cane , With deeds of guilt , *> nd blood , and sham * .

      His meek , mild form , here might not stay , X prisoned e « g l * he ; Hillongines gotr'd beyond thU clay , Until death set him free ; In crowds alone , with inward grie ? , To which thy pomps gave c » relief ; Hit father , he was gone ; And Riechstadt to rejoin him went ; "Was this an Austrian accident !" Speak , Metternich t sure thon canst tell , Se « it thou Cokom ' s strand t And sees * how by thj treachery fell , The brave Bandiera ' a band ! Holy the death that patriot ! die . Their blood sinks not—' twill fructify-Fair Freedom's blessed tree ; Despite of all tby plans and schemes , They ' re idla , as a sick man's dreams .

      Ay ' . ware thy arms convnliivaly . Legions of spirits rise From Tarnow ' s home of misery And blood , before thine eyes . Torn limb from limb , they have no tomb , Even babes ripped from their mother's womb . And thou , the master-fiend , Fit chief of the unholy crew Who , brUi « dby tb « e , thy victims sl « w . Farewell ! I know thee but by nams And by thy « til deeds , Aye ready any crima to frame , When Auitria'c Kaiier need * . Thou , alltk * time hast been in earth , Halt warr'd with freedom , virtu * , worth . And fought ' gainst liberty ; As well attempt to chain the wind Or with thy words theoceaa bind ! I wish no nearer fellowship .

      I pray thon mavost yet repent . Ere death is set upon thy lip , And thou art to thy judgraantsent ; That thou majst quick Mid surely know How like a Tery worm art thou , And so repent in time , And make atonement whiUt thou may , Before tby body turns to clay . Aimn Feunsiz ..

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      THE LABOURER , A M 0 NTI 1 LT MAGAZINE OF POLITICS , LITERATURE , POETRY , &c . Edited by Feakgcs O'Coxkor , Esq ., and Eesssc Jokes , Esq . London : Northern £ far office . The large and increasing sale of this infant magaz ine proves that the public are of our way of thinking as regards its merits . The March number will not disappoint those who have read the two preceding cambers . One or two of the papers are briefer than wec « uld have wished , but this , we suppose , was

      unavoidable , to make room fur " The Poor Man ' s Lt > g * l Manual , " a most valuable feature , which »• hope to see continued . The subject discoursed of in the "Manual" for this month is the New Act for the Recovery of Small Debts , and thote of oar readers who may have any occasion to be interested regarding that Act , whether as debtors or creditors , will do well to expend sixpence in the purchase of this month ' s " Labourer , " wherein they will find the entire provisions of the said Act tendered a * plain asA . B . C .

      Mr . O'Connor ' s letter on "TheLand audits Capabilities , " in reply to the "Shopkeeper of Plynwutli , " which appeared ia this Journal of January 30 th , and which excited so mucii interest , is reprinted in this number of the " Labourer . " This ittter explains in brief and simple terms the capability of ocsupants on . the Chartist Farms to live well , sate money , and with that money become proprietors of their farm-holdings in the course of a few yearsseven at the farthest . The statements and calculations contained in this letter a child may understand , and understanding may therewith demolish the fallacies of " Whistlers" and all other humbugs . "The Phase of Political Parties" introduces the reader to a timely letter to the Prime Minister , the best praise of which will be the quotation of the following extract : —

      10 THK SIGHT EOS . LOBS JOBS BCSSIIX . My Lord , you hare cot yet seen the beginning of the end—rely upon it that yea hare not ; and , before we slightly touch the probable future , and the best meant of meeting it , let us implore of yom to believe that mtn with braias not to be stultified by conventional itnpresziens , however frequent and familiar fashion may have made them , will yet laugli at your whole policy when the Famine Tragedy has been plajed out . Qav » you thought seriously of the frightful lesson you are now teaching the Irish people ; and should famine desolate the land , have joj ever thought of tke consequences to this country and to Europe ? True , the moment of icant is not the exact moment of reflection ; but what will the reader of yur Biography say to this picture * " The noble Lord John Russell was the leader of the Whig party in power when the fiightful famine commenced in 1845 , but does not appear to have bad ni-rve to meet the calamity . All thought of Ireland was lost in the interests of his City

      supporters , whose delegate be was . He tried three verv oictrtain measures for dealing with a national calamity . Firstly , a prayer composed by the Archbishop of Canterbury , asking Almighty God to avert what a bad system had created . Secondly , an appeal by the Queen to the people , in the form of a royal letter , retorted to on such occasions in those dajs . And la-tlj , a M . Soyer , COOK TO A CLUB HOUSE , was transported to ' reland to aid in producing ECONOMICAL SOUP f .. r the people to Uv « uj-on ; a feature of political economy that appears ludicrous , when , by tbe returns of the three previoas years , wp find that Ireland had exported to England several million quarters of all kinds of grain , as well as live stock and other eatables and valuables of all descriptions oi produce ; indeed , to an extent which in tbvse dajs nufcts the question of famine in such a country appear more like a riddle than a reality . " Now , my lord , rely xtyou it that such will be the opinion of tbe historian who stall write the history ot the present times , when the stackles of party shall be taken off the PEN .

      My lord , jou have done nUelj in stinting war-horses some little of their food , and jour next move must ba to la ? racehorses , hunters , hounds , and allpUasure-homi Tinder a like restriction , and then jua will have to stop all distillation from grains of nil sorts , as it is useless , nay , absurd , to propound tchemes for raising fundi unless , at the same time , you insure the most economical we of the one thing needed and to be

      purchased—FOOD . Kext , yon will be obliged , sooner or later , to take Stick of ever ; man ' s store , and then you must take the census of tbe whole country , according to some given stale ; and , in spite of the rigid rules of political economy , jou must become the retailer of loud , at a given price . HyUtrd , there is mora than EKOCGH OF FOODFOIt ALL , EVES YET , and jou will be justly chargeable if an evil use is made of it ; and surely giving it to doga a « a useless horses , and distilling poison from it , wkile human beiugs are starring , are idle , very idle usts . "Sufficient unto the daj is the evil thereof" has always been a favourite Whi g imxim ; and now jou may torn it , ior once , to good , practical account . Tour first oljectshould be to save life ; we have shewn you the essy means of securing food enough , ample ; and now we will point out the means of procuring money enough .

      In the years 1859 aud CO three millions per annum fall in , in long and terminable annuities , that is as you are aware ; but we write for ijuoraut j . eople £ 3 001 ooo stiriiu-r , now paid in taxes each year , wUl cease and ' tx-P ' : re . Wemayestimatetheralueof that stock atTUIRTT MILLIONS to the holder ; , and by making it perpetual it would realise NISETT MILLIONS , thus leaving you a urplns of SIXTY MILL 105 S , after purchasing up th « * J . OW . 000 per annum . Sow , my lord , you could so spread that over four or firo Jew * ! raising fifteen millions or twelve millions , or inore or Kss , as circumstances demanded , and observe " * present gvntration will lose nothing , at all tvei . u till the year lSCO , « hil « tbsy would gaiu the advantage of

      o « beuig taxeu to meet the presect frightful d « umnd for ^ oney . In plain language , you may raise £ GO , GQO , OuQ W money without lerying a penny additional tax on the P «> I > le . Do these things , my lord : and ia God ' s namt , wuce the time has come that tol . ierg , courtiers , peers , and fine gentlemen , condescend to talk cf DUNG aud AOKK , ana DRAINING and waste lands , attach a mister of Agriculture to yoar Cabinet , and let us no "ngtr be a laughing-stock t 0 agricultural nation * , and oar own farmers andl&bonrers , by such ladicrousappointnentt Ml > alf . p » yomeer « . and dratting-room gtutlemen , w oucoarge duties which belong to practical gricul-» !?*** ' * On would langb at the c 0116 "' ' *» o'd farmer « MtrUMn $ ih . command of a Iin 8-of . battle . ihip , and

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      jet it would not be one whit more ridiculous than the em . ployment of military men fa agricultural service . It would be a waste of time to mix up a particle of politic * in the consideration of a purely social question while all political advice must be lost upon ONE who Ha <* vnv FERRED THE SUPPORT OF A FACTION TO THP SALTATION OF A NATION . ° wZgi tt ^ ssstts - ^ rfJ ^ in . tt ot ^ e ^ ^ JgJ » a sad on « j and painful * exhibits the suffering , of the people , the crimes of the priests and the withering influences of superstition . From " The Romance ZSgeZT" *** ****™ KS > etitWOuMnnth « nni . « li ; nnni- « rMi » .. i . ployment of military men fa awicultumi .. m :. _ , !

      THE DBAD DRIVJ 2 H . th , t » * ?* ° " iBter had f 0 lded Ui Clond * « Onna the towers of Sandorair , when the Palatine , a . was hi . w , mt , proposed to issue forth on one of those secret misfiuni he had t 3 long successfully fulfilled . There was but one who accompanied him on these occasionsan old and long-tried rassal , who claimed kindred to l ueresa , and was , therefore , cheriihed . To none othsr was known whither he went , nor how he returned . Though his absence had ef late been frequent and prolouged , Us object had never been discovered , nor had he been noticed by the emissaries of government ; but o ( late a party of men had been teen lurking in the neighbourhood of the castle—an unusual circumstance , for the country around had become a desert , under the blight of Coust&ntine's misrule . A large black hound had likewise been observed circling round the walls , and scenting the track of whoever crossed their precinct ' .

      It was intensely dark , and a cold mist lay upon th » earth , through which at times feil , slow and lastly , struggling flakes of snow . A sledge was brought round to a postern of the castle by the old and faithful servant , the door was re closed , tbe Palatine and his companion mounted , and the bell-less horses started forth on th « snow in silence . But at the tame moment a dark mass , that had been reposing beneath the wall , started upward , like a demon out of tha earth ; a yell » s of fitrce delight rang on the spot , and the black shape glided behind tl )» fleeting car . The Palatine and his companion were startltd at the umanhly apparition . Whether thsy qutckeued tbeir speed , or relaxed it , still that strange form was close behind upon their track . " What can it be 1 " exclaimed the c » unt . " It is not like anything human , norceold mm follow so fast . Firs ! aad we shall discover what it is . "

      His attendaat obeyed , and by the light of th « rad flash , they beheld the black hound that had lurked around the castle . It bay « d deeply , with a muttering sound , like imprecation . " Good heavsn ! we are discovered and pursued ! On 1 Ottl " " Shall 1 fire again !" " No . It might bring oar enemies down upon us a once . Harkl How that cursed hound bays , as though it were a * ignal ! On ! on !" With frenzied speed on flew the horses : no tread amnounced their progress , nor hoof nor sleigh gave a sound , as they whirled on over the soft » bow , that now came down thick and fast . A sharp blast arose , bringing the cold with it from the north , whilst the frosty mists sailed by in almost palpable forms , like a spectral rout .

      On ! on ! awaj ! away ! Silent and swift rushed that Strange flight , amid storm and darkness , so that thsfan . Ustic outlines of the vapours , and the weird shape ef the tracking hound , alone- were disctrnible , and that but at intervals , through the universal gloom . The cold grew keener and keenar , and the deep baying of the pursuer rang clear upon the night air . From time to time the Palatine addressed words of encouragement to his companion , who save no reply ; but whenever he spoke appeared to urge the panting hursts to greater speed , for they more fleiv than ran over the vatt Bnow plains , along which , at far iutervals , straggling lights of scattered villages dived up and diiapptared , left far behind almost as goon as pasted . At length the having of the hound ceased altogether , and it ran steadily by the side of the sledge , its fiery eyes turned to those it bore , with a look of fierce hunger .

      "See . roy friend ! " exclaimed the count , "it scarce looks earthly . Haste ! We must soon arrive at our place of meetins . Wliat strange shapes the night mist assumes ! Methougbt , even now , there were horsemen pricking on btforo our sludge . But haste ! Tke frost will kill us . How the cold gains strength !" His companion replied not ; bnt still they rushed on with unski'kened ipeed ; the silence wat again unbroken , save by the ringing storm—and the time flew by , till the Palatine , surprised at the ususual length of th « journey , again addressed his attendant , — " Ansclaj ! You mutt hnve mistaken the way . VTc never were thus long before . " There came no reply . "Anselm ! awake ! Surely h » sleeps . Tbe track is lost , and we shall miss our friends . Answer me Antclm !"

      Still the serf rtplied not . The count strove to rise , but in vain—it seemed a ? though impalpable fetters bound him , his limbs were powerless with the intensity of t * ie cold . " Anselm i" he cried ; but again there came no answer , and a dread thought smote him . With difficulty he stretched his arm towards his companion the latter was stiff aad motionless ; it was but too true , the frost had done its work , the reins were held by a corse , the dead had been his driver ! Yes the sledge flew on , and turned and veered as though the spirit of Anselm still guided tht horses ; while powerless , scarcely able to speak , sat the doomed conspirator . He strained his gaze with frenzied eagerneRs t » see if he could discern a human form , but an indUtiuct and sUiftin ; shade wrapped every object . At length the storm parted above , and gr » y light fell down from heaven . It revealed a body of grim horsemen following the sledge , while two had ridden on before , and seized the reins .

      • Wiioareye ! Whither go ye I' . ' gasped the Palatine . " To the Belvidere " was the reply ; and on whirled the nee ; steed succeeded steed , as they flagged and « ied ; rivers and hills glided past ; tow « rs and domes flittud by ; morning and night sunk over them , and the dungeon gates closed on the abducted patriot . Thegovernment , having discovered the tracsi of accnspiracr in which tbe Palatine was implicated , had posted S party of Cossacks near his castle , charged to follow him secretly to the meeting-place of the rebels , and thus at once to secure all implicated . Assisted by th ? sleuth-hound , lest they should lose the track in the darkness , they bad followed close behind the sledge . It was then tfiat the death of Anselm had saved that vastconspiracy , for had he lived to guide Ms master to the spot of their destination , all had been discovered and lost . When the Cossacks found , by the exclamations cf their prisoner , that Anstltn was d « ad and the track mistaken , pursuant to their farther order , the ) seized the rtins , and hurried the Palatine on to the Belvidere .

      This chapter concludes with a truly poetical—we might say sublime picture of the destruction of the castle of the Palatine and its brave defenders , and the heroic aelf-imruolation of the maniac lady , the wife of the noble Pole . The " Confestions of aKtnff ; " two poems— " Tha Life of a Flower , " and " The Good Old Days ;" " Reviews , " &c , make up the remaining contents ot this number . We observe an announcement tiiat a considerable portion of the April number will be devoted to a consideration and explanation of the Bank in its relation to the-National Laud Company .

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      IIOWITT'S JOURNAL . Edited by Wiuiah and Mart Uowiit . Part II . . London : 171 , ( corwr of Surrey-street , ) Strand . This part contains a rich variety of matter from the pens of several able and eminent writers . Mr . ilowitt has performed good service by directing public attention to that frightful nuiaanco and overgrown abomination , SUilUFIKLD MARKET . In the middle of the densest and most thronged city in the world , exists the most horrible market inth * world . Through the streets of this great and busy city , already far too much crowded with people and carriages of all sorts—wagons , carts , omnibuses , coaches , flys , cabs , aud drays—are every week driven immenie droves of

      bullocks and sheep , to tbe great danger of the passengers , to the great disconcertment ef business , and to the great suffering of the frightened and beaten goitnali . Arriving at the ccntre ^ of this great and crammedtogether population , are these wretched animals—often made furious by the noise , tbe shouting , the running and cudgelling through which they have to pass , and ready to toss or run over any one that comes in their wayintroduced into an airy aad spacious market , tit for tbe purpu < es of business in this great London , the city of business ? No , they are cooped , on an average , Si , 000 sheep , and 6 , 000 cattle , within the space of four acres and alialfl There is nothing like it in the most barbarous and unbutiness-Uke spot lu Europe ; nay , in the norlu besides .

      In ths mort humane country in the world , the most inhuman , the most brutal practice is maintained . Wliut is ths Society for Preventing Cruelty to Animals ubout i What is tbe Society for tba Diffusion of Christian Knowledge about ! Why does it not send some of its tracts to the lord mayor and the worshipful aldermen ! What is the Peace Society about , that it does not endeavour to put down the weekly and yearly wur betwteu the bulls of Bashan and her Majeity ' a nnoffending but very much offended subjects I And what is the Association for the Improvement of the Health ol Towns about ? For there is no subject which so much

      demands its attention as Smitbneld ; tha old field of cruelly ; this modem Golgotha , with all its horrors , its Ravage barbarisms , its butcherly exhibitions bcfoiethe public , its choking of cattle , its tearing off of sheep ' * ears bv dogs , its broken legs of Iambs , and its knocking off of bullock ' s horns ; with Its trodden-down-to-death victims ; with all its dismal dens for brute captives in its viciuity , its bloody slaughter-houseB , and horrid hoUs deep with yards of accumulated filth and gore , ready , like the churchyard earth of Minchiuhampton , on bting stirred , to send fever and pestilence through the whole city .

      While these horrid scenes may be witnessed weekly and daily , there has been for tbe past eleven years a mort admirably fitted up cattle market in the neighbourhood of Islington unused , and , coumfutnily , falling to decs }' . This market was projected

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      —¦—^—some years ago by Mr . Perkins , a country gentleman , who succeeded , alter the fiercest opposition o& the part of the London corporation , in obtaining nn act of parliament lo authorise the building of his market , which is thus described : — THE NEW CATTLl MARKET XT ISLINGTON . Tho ground admitted of perfect draining , aud is now as sound as an acorn . Sheds were completed capable of housing in full comfort of 2 , 000 cattle . There were two wells sunk , which supplied each a tank . The tanks were kept supplied with water by a kind of wind engine , which raised the water at tbe rate of two hundred gal-Ions per minute , without apparently lowering it in the wells , filled the tanks , and the tanks overflowed into pipes which conveyed the water to the troughs in every stall , and to every part of the area . This great area was fitted up with pens and stalls . Tho stalls for cattle were paved with irranite . and fenced with stout oaken frame-^^^^ Bome J «»» ago ky Mr . Perkins , a country gentle-

      « ork-. The pens , for sheep , far more roomy than those at Smithfield , were all paved with bricks , and fenced with cast-iron railing . la the centre of the market were built four banking houses , where the money transactions of the market could be made . The sheep . pens were calculated to hold 40 . 000 sheep , and there was sufficient space for vho accommodation of 20 , 000 cattle . All was ready . Everything was in appearance favourable for business , but this busine 3 sdid not tome . Because the London corporation , the butchers , the SmithGeld publicans , and other " sinners , " were unhappily too strong for the projector of the new market . We don't wish the

      members of the London corporation iiny harm , but if , some fine morning , the Lord Mayor , or two or three jnlly old Aldermen , should be tossed and gored and pitched " to the devil somewhat ere their time , " although , no doubt , such a catastrophe would sorely affect us , still we should havo this consolation to mitiqate our erief , that the sad event would greatly accelerate the abolition of "the Smithfield nuisance . " 1 uttinR a lord in the pillory was the shortest way to bring that barbarism to an end , and a mad bull gormg and tossing a purple-faced , pot-bellied Alderman would give the quietus to a national diegrace winch has outlived the pillory too man v .

      years tlow dare the tovernment allow the continuance of this nuisance for one day longer f Mr . Perkins ' market should beboughtbythegovernment , and made national property , and this Smithfield abomination put down by " tho stromcarra of tho law . " Why is not this done ? Or rather , why do the English people submit to be ruled by the aristocratic imbeciles and money-mongering scoundrels , who fatten and profit by such enormous evils as this horrible Smithfield market ?

      Mr . Ilowitt contributes several other papers , to wit , a pleasant and ttitonable article on the month-February ; a continuation of his charming description of" The Odenwald . " in which we are introduced to tho famous town of Wcinsberg , and the poet Justinus Iverner ; but the most important of Mr . Howitt ' s contributions is , his appeal to the English people in behalf of tho people of Ireland , which wa copied into this journal of February 20 th . That appeal stamps Mr . Ilowitt a true philanthropist and veritable patriot , and does him infinite honour .

      One of the most wonderful stories we ever readif true as it professes to be , then certainly the most wonderful—is tho history of " The Philanthropic Assassin , " one Raool Croc alias Gottlieb Einhalter , contained in this Part of Howitt ' s Journal . This miscreant , though a German , was a disciple of " the great English Malthus , " andj believing , like his teacher , that the world was overcrowded , he set about rectifying that misfortune by murdering as many people as he could ! "He confessed to having killed twenty-seven individuals ; to have occasioned

      the execution of five others , who were accused and found guilty of the murders ; and to have wounded fourteen others . " jThis prince of political economists should have his bust erected in every union workhouse and free-trade factory-hell . Why does not John Bright propose a Parliamentary grant for a national monument to Raoul Cnoc ? ' Let every hater of the political economists buy this Part of // omits Journal , or if they cannot afford to buy the Part , then buy Nos . Sand 9 and read this story for themselves . It is tho most tremendous " counterblast" Malthusianism has ever encountered

      Papers on "Physiolosy for the People , " "Universal Language , " and other subjects , are well worthy of notice , bnt want of room forbids . We must , however , make way for a delightful little poem , m which Mary Ilowitt ha 3 soiie share —

      THE LOVER . FROM THE OERMAN OF HEINKICH VOSS , The maiden with brown eyes and hair Cutno o'er the dewy meadows ; The nightingales were singinc clear , Among the eveniug shadows . 1 saw and heard her stepping free ; She pasiod HkG sunshine o' < r the lea ; 1 saw she was the girl for me ! Iler skirts were lifted from the dew ; Her boddice fitted tightly : Her plaited hair , her apron blue , The night-brceze wafted lightly ; Her stockings white , as white could be ; Said T , that maiden fair to sco Is just tho very girl for me ! The brindle cow her call obeyed ,

      Came nil the meadows thorough ; And as she milked , said 1 , " Sweet maid , Cod shield thee from all sorrow I " She looked with eyes so bright and free ; Said I , she is the girl for me ; She shall my heart ' s beloved be < Her eyes they seemed to answer "Tes ;" My heart with love was gushing ; And I contrived ruy lips to press Upon her warm check , blushing , That blushing cheek , so fresh to see ! Said I , this maiden , fair aud free , She is the very girl for me !

      I helped her over hedge and Etile , With frothy milk . pail laden ; And sang to scare the goblins vile That might affright tho maiden ; For now 'twas dark by bush and tree ; And said I , " maiden dear to » e . Wilt thou my heart ' s belovsd be V — " Wherefore go late « . " her mother cried , In wrath h » r daughter viewing , " Soft , gentle mother ! " I replied , Thy daughter I ' ve been wooin » : Giva tby consent—then bless'd are w «! Sweet mother , givs consent , for she Is willing my beloved to be !"

      The illustration accompanying this poem is a gem of a picture : that ontitled " A Ptep into tho Odenwald" is perfectly enchanting ; nature and art have combined to make tbe scene almost a peep into Paradise .

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      MARYLEBONE THEATRE . We paid a visit to this comfortable little suburban theatre on Tuesday evening last , and were by no means disappointed at the bill of fare presented for public approval . The performances commenced with the wellknown and deservedly popular play of " William Tell ;" followed by the laughable piece of "Robert le Grange , " and concluding with "Black-Eyed Susan . " Of the plot of these pieces we apprehend but few of our readers can be unacquainted . The continued repetition of their representation at our various places of public amue * . ment has not lessened the love for true liberty , so beautifully aud forcibly depicted in the character of Tell , nor

      created less admiration of the manl y courage of the British tar , whose true nobility is made manifest in so conspicuous a manner throughout the entire latter drama . Jlr . Rayaer , as Tell , was very effective throughout ; nor must we omit to notice the Albert of Mist Robberds , who is a paint-taking young actress , and was well deserving of the applause so frequently bestowed uion her . That versatile and really clever actor , Mr . Cowle , and the ever-juvenescent Miss Martin , kept the house in convulsions in th « talented little brochure , "Robert le Grange , " and the sentiments uttered by Robert were duly appreciated and warmly applauded by many of the right stamp , who richly enjoyed sentiment and humour combined with a vast amount of nationality .

      Comic songs by Mr . J . Robbins were freatly applauded , aad they were , indeed , exceedingly laughable . The enterprising lessee , too ( Mr . John Douglass ) , earned and received a fair shnra of applause ; for , to add to the general mvod of approbation the fart that Mr . Douglass ii now one of the best—if not the very best—representatives of tha Uritish sailor , is only giving honour to whom honour is duo . So much for the merits of the evening ' s entertainment , selected « s a benefit in aid of the fund for building a working man ' s reading and lecture-room at Marvlebone . We regret that the audience was not so numerous as we could have wished ; nevertheless , we hope some " benefit" will result from the performances of th « evening .

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      . a \ , the lea 8 t interesting . part of this niW tpleaiine and intstractive lecture was the introduction of some beautifull y illuminated diagrams of various nebula , „ seen , by tho aid of the gigantic telescope of Lord Rosse ana contrasted by the same nebulmas seen and figured by bir \ VIUiam Ucnchel , in the description of vhich ampla justico waa done to this most astounding , , et sublime , subject of tli « learned lecturer . By way of concluston , wo cannot too strongly recommend all our renders who are anxious to acqu i re an idea of the wondars of the henvens , to visit the Polytechnic Institution some Monday , Wednesday , or Friday , during the continuance of the cturse . ^ SSSSgS STT g!?————time . NotthBiM . fint » , w ; n . n . vf « f . 1 ,:.-..,. 7 ^

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      ii ^ i THE PRUSSIAN CONSTITUTION . { From our German Correepotvknt . ) At last this long-expected piece of workmanship his made its appearance ! At last—if we believe the Times , [ Olobe , somo French and some German paperBPrussia has parsed over to tho ranks of constitutional countries . The Northern Star , however , has nlready aufticjeutly proved that this so-called Constitution i » nothing but a trap offered to the Prussian people to cheat them of the rights promised by the late Ring , at the time he wanted popular support . That tins is the fatt , that Frederick William tries by this Bo-called Constitution to obtain money without being obliged to make concessions to public opinion , is cert ambndall (! oubt - ™ ^ mocr atii -s of all

      _ . ^ , , papc countties-in France , particularly the National and Seforme , nay , tbo ministerial Journal dt » Debut , — agree in tin * opinion . The fettered German press lUcltstamruers words whwh allow noothor conclusion , but that the raovemeni party in Prussia is quite aware oi the sly intentions of their " open-heaitccl generous" king . The question then is this : will the king succeed in his plans ? Will the Central Assembly of Estates be either stupid or cowardly enough to guarantee a new loan , without securing to the people extended liberties , and thus give the king the means to continue the present system for an indefinite length of time ? We answer : No ; they will not , thev cannot .

      llie hitherto followed plan of ' government in Prussia was tho consequence of the relative position of the nobility and the middle classes in Prussia . Tho nobility had lost too much ofitsformerstrength . wealthandiiiflucnce . todominate the king as formerly it had done . The middle classes were not yet strong enough to overcome the dead weight of the nobility , which cramped their commercial and industrial progress . Thus the king , representing the central puwer of the state , and supported

      by the numerous class of government officers , civil aud military , besides having the army at his disposal , was enabled to keep clown the middle classes by the nobility , and the nubility by the middle classes , by flattering now the interests of the one . and then those of the other ; and balancing , as much as passible , the influence of both . This stage of absolute monarchy has been Kcne through by almost all the civilized countriesof Europe , and in those most advanced it has now given place to the government « £ the middle classes .

      Prussia , the most advanced of German countries , had hitherto wanted a middle class , wealthy , strong , united . and Energetic enough to shake off the domination of absolutism , and to crush the remains of feudal nobility . Tlie two c ntentling elements , nobility and middle classes , arc , however , pjacccin such circumstances , that by the natural progress of industry and civilization , the one ( the middle classes ) mutt increase in wealth and influence , while tho other ( the nubility ) must decrease , impoverish and lusemore and more its ascendancy . While , therefore the Prussian nobility and large landed proprietors , found themselves every year in a worse position , first , by the ruinous wars with France in the beginning of this century ; tken by the Eng ish Corn J-awu , which shut them out from the market of that country ; then by the competition of Australia , in one of their

      chief productions , wool , ami by many other circum-6 tancts—the middle clashes of Prussia increased enormously in wealth , productive powers , and influence in general . The wars wish Fiance , the shutting out of English manufactured toods from tha Contlueutalmarkets , created manufacturing industrj in Pruhbia ; and when peace was re-established , the upstart manufacturers were powerful enough to force government to grunt them protective duties ( 1818 ) . Soon afterwards , the Zollvcrein was founded , a union which almost exclusively advanced the interests of tho middle classes . And , above all , thu violent competitive struggle arising between the different trading ai ! dinanutacturiDgtiationsdurini > these ! nst 30 ycarsui peace , forced the somewhat indolent Prussiau middle classes , either t » allow themselves U > be entirely ruined by foreign competition , or to set to work ie goud earnest , as well as tiicir neighbours .

      _ The progress oi' the miiidlu classes was very little visible up to the year 1810 , when the ascension to the throne of . i new king appeared to them the proper moment to show that , since 1815 , things were rather changed in Prussia . 1 need not recapitulate how the middle casa movement has progressed since that time ; how all parts of the kingdom acceded to it , until ut last all the middle classes , a great part of the peasantry , and not a lew of the nobliily , joined in it . A representative constitution , liberty of the press , open courts of law , immoveability of t ! ie judges , trial by jury—such were the demands of the middle classes . The peasautry or sinuil landed proprietors saw very well—in tho more enlightened parts ol the kingdom , at least—that such measures were lor their interests

      too , being tiieonly ones by which they could hope to free themselves t ' rum the remnants ol feudality , and to have that iniiuui . ee upon the making of laws which it was desirable for them to possess . The poorer part of the nobility thought that the constitutional system might , ( pei-hays , give them such & position in the legislature as their interests demanded ; and that , at all events , this system eould not be more ruinous to them than that under which they lived . It was principally the nobility of Prussia Proper and Posen , who , being severely oppressed by want oi' markets lor their produce , acceded to the Liberal movement irora such considerations .

      The middle classes themselves got more and more into an uneoiufbrtable position They had increased thcii- manufacturing and mining concerns , as well as their shipping , to a considerable extent ; they were the chief furnishers for the whole market cf the ZolWerein ; ibeir wealth and numbers had increased very much , iiut dm ing the last tea or fifteen years the enormous progress ot' English manufactures and mining operations have threatened them with a deadly competition . Every glut in the English market threw large quantities of English goods into the Zollverein , where they were gold at prices more ruinous to the Germans than to the English , because these latter made , during the limes of flourishing trade , large profit * in the American and other

      markets , while the Prussians could never sell their produce anynhere but within the circle of their own line of cusums . Their tJiippiiig were almost excluded truin the ports of foreign nations , while ships ot all flags entered the Prussiau ports on § quul conditions with the IViusians . Thus , although there is comparatively little capital it \ Prussia , there commenced a difficulty of investing this capital profitably . Trade appeared to bo labouring under a cuntiuual pressure ; factories , machinery , stock in trade , were slowly , but continually , depreciated ; and this general uneasiuess was fora moment only interrupted by the railway speculations which , within the last eight years , were started in Prussia . These speculations , by raising the value of ready money , increased the

      depreciation of stock in trade , and were themselves , on an average , not very profitable , on account of the comparatively thin population and trade of the greater part of the country . They ottered , however , a stili better chance ol profit than other industrial investments ; and thus every one who could dispose of some capital engaged iu them . Very soon these speculations assumed , as usual , a feverish character , and ended in iv crisis which now fur about a twelve * month has oppressed the Prussian money markets . Thus the middle classes found themselves in a very uncomfortable position in the beginning of the present year : the money markets utider the pressure of an extraordinary want ot coin ; the manufacturing districts requiring more than ever those protective

      duties which the government refused to grant ; the coast towns requiring navigation laws as the only means to relieve them ; and , over and above all , a rise in the corn markets , wliich brought the country to a state approaching famine . All these causes of discontent operated at the same time , and more strongly so upon the people : the Silesian liuenweaver » in the greatest distress ; the cotton factories stopped ; in the large manufacturing district of the Rhine almost alt hands out of work , the potato crop mostly ruined , and bread at famine prices . The moment was evidently come for the middle classes to take the government out of the hands of an imbecile king , weak nubility , and self-conceited bureaucraery , and to secure it to themselves .

      It is a curious tact , but which is repeated at every revolutionary epoch , that at the very moment when the leading class of a movement is most favourably placed for the accomplishment of that movement , tho old worn-out government is reduced to beg the assistance of this same leading class . Tuns in 1789 , in France , when famine , bad trade , and divisions among the nobility pushed , so to say , the middle classes to a revolution—at that very moment tho government found its money resources exhausted , and was reduced to begin the revolution by the convocation of the States-General . Thus in 1817 in Prussia . At the very moment when the more indolent Prussian middle classes are almost forced by circumstances to change tho governmental system , at that moment the king , by want of money , is forced to commence thatchange of svstem , and toconvocate in his turn the Prussian States-General , it is indubitable that the States would offer him much less

      resistance than they will now , if the money market was easy , the factories at full work ( which would be caused by a flourishing trade und ready snle , and con . sequent high prices tor manufactured goods in England ) and corn at a reasonably low price . But so it is : . in times of approaching revolution , tho progressive classes of society have always all chances on their Bide .

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      I have , during the course of 1845 and 1816 , more than once shown to the readers of the Star , that the . ff . of Prussia was in a very embarrassed financial situation ; I have at the same time called their attention to tho several clever plans by which his minis ters sought to ext-icate him ; and predicted ihrqff wl l ? leaff ; lirmililt end bv a convocation of exnnn o , es-G <; Ileral - The event , tk&n , wai neither untha f »« »? ° r a *! ' now i 8 represented , caused by " utshein n ° - hi 8 s 1 U !»« lering majesty ; nothing Smto , ul ? ^ ' ° ? and di 8 tress M mS SUiaS \ now ? t i » if A herO . iSnOt r ^ ^ this :-Willthe Prumhn mM i ?" ? * " *** ¥ * : tllC "' a nc loan i £ W £ S $ L * Xi * «»* hihs

      go : no na * done h thertn ami * T > a- — ? , anothe- seven years Uwi / S&SlS SS ? wiu ! We have nlready answered this » S n . ? £ cannot dp this . We have proved it I '™ ,, ? A K 7 t ion of the ^ peetive classed , Z we Iffl nt p ove I ; from the fliimpoution of the Stutes-GeneS Km

      Members of high and low nobility ... 311 Do . for towns and poasantry ... " 305 As the king has declared his intention to increase the members of the high nobility ( 80 ia all ) by new creations of peers , ire may add to the nobility about 30 more ; 341 members of nobility , or govcrnmeiit pirty . Deduct from 'his number the liberal fractions of the lower nobility namely , all the nobility of Prussia Proper , two-t ' iirds of that of Poscn , and some memueisof the Rhenish , Silesian , Brandenbura and Westphalian nobility , say 70 liberal nwmbers , voting with the towns and peasantry , and the position of parties is as fol ' ow : — Nobility , or government party 271 Towns and peasantry , or liberal opposition 376 lhus , even allowing that thirty or forty towiis or peasantry members from the remote districts should vote for the government , there will always be a liberal majority of from twenty-fivi to fiftv vntts re .

      uiuning , and with a little energy on the part of the Liberals , it will be easy to meet evwy demand for money with another demand for liberM institutions llieroiabesultB . nodoubt ; , that , under present ciretiraatances , tuo people will support Hie middle classes , and by their pressure from without , which indeed is very much wanted , strengthen » Ke courage and enliven the energies of those within . Thus , the Prussian constitution , insignificant in itself , is , for all that , the be ^ innim ; of a nr-v epoch for that country , and for nil Germany . It marks the downlall ot absolutism and nobility , ard tlie ascendancy of the middle clas&eB ; it marks the begiuning of a movement wliich will very soon lead to a representative constitution for the middle classes , a free press , independent judges and trial by jury , and which will end God knows where . It marks tH repetition of 1789 ia Prussia . And it the revolt

      uouary movement which now begins , will directly interest the middle classes only , it is yet i . ot at all indifferent to tbe interests of the people . From tlie moment the power of the middle classes is constituted , from that moment begins the separate and distinct democratic movement . In the struggle against despotism and ariutocracy , the people , the democratic party , cannot but play a secondary part ; the first place belongs to tbo middle classes . From the moment , however , the middle classes establish thoir own government , identify themselves with a new despotism and aristociacy against tho people , from that moment democracy takes its stand as tho only , the exclusive movement party ; from that moment the struggle is simplified , reduced to two parties , and changes , by that circumstance into a " war to the knife . " Tlie history of the Freucii utid English democratic parties fully proveB this .

      There is another circumstance to be remarked . The conquest of public power by the middle classes of Prussia will chnove the political position of nil European countries , The alliance of the North will be dissolved . Austria und Russia , the chief spoliators of Poland , will be entirely isolated fiom the rest of Europe , for Prussia carries along with her the smaller states of Germany , who all have constitutional governments . Thus tke balance of power in Europe will bo entirely changed by the consequences of this insignificant constitution ; the desertion of three-fours us of Germany from the camp of stationary Eastern Europe into that of progressive Western Europe . In February , 18 iG , broko out tho last Polish insurrection , in February , 1847 , Frederick William convocates his Slates-General . The vengeance of 1 ' oland ii drawing nigh > E ,

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      Tns Kino of Bavaria ' s favourite Ladt . — Munich , February 20 . —Mademoiselle . Lola Montes , who has left so many souvenirs at Berlin , Dresden , and faris , aud who enjojs here an exalted protection which creates some scandal , has just given rise to a disturbance which has required the iuterference of the police . Yesterday , at about noon , the handsome SpauKrd was walking in the St . Louis-street , followed by an enormous bull-dog ; the animal barked at the horses of a brewer ' s cart , which was standing before a public-house . The hovaes were frightened ' , and made some movements which excited the dog ' s rug .- ; he rushed at oue of the horses , aud Bcvurely bit him . This amused Mdlle . Lola , but did nut stm tho carman , who desired her to take her dog away

      rather angrily , observing that nobody ought to ba permiUeu to walk in the Bavarian capital with so ferocious a companion . Mdlle . Lola , either not understanding the carman ' s words , or rather uudtrbtanding them too well ( for she is said to speak German easily enough ) , struck the carman with her umbrella iu such style as to cut his face , and make the blood flow copiously hum it . A large number of bystanders sided with the carman , abused Mdlle . L-. i'a , and gradually grew so exasperated , that deeming her positiou a perilous one , hhe threw herselt into a chemist ' s shop , aud shut the door so very violently that a number of panes of glass were shattered . The crowd gathered in front of the druggist ' s , and lornUy demanded that she should be delivered up ; as the summons was not obeyed , the remaining pan us weie promptly demolished . Aldlie . Lola was enabled to return home at uight ; but this morning , as early as

      dawn , another large crowd gatheied under her windows , and began demolishing them as promptly as ttie apothecary ' s had been . The police Buceeeded in dispersing the mob , but as other gatherings were continually taking place , it has been deemed necessary tostavion a v J of gendarmes near her residence , and a sentinel at her door . It isexpected that Mdtie . Lola Montes will shortly have to answer before tho Tribunal of Correction for the use she has thus made of her umbrella . A letter from Munich , of the 22 d , say *— " The exasperation bf the populace of our city against Mdlle . Lola-Montes has become ho great , that the authorities , in order to prevent disturbances have required the young lady to quit the town This she did last uight , goiug to the village of Staremberg , situated at about live leagues from Munich . Her carriage was escorted by a strong detachment of dragoous from the garrison . "

      At thm London- Fevkr Hospital on Monday afternoon , between tho hours of two and three , much alarm was created in the vicinity of Battle-bridge , in consequence of tlie outbreak ol a firo in the Fever Hospital , King ' s-crosa . The flames first shewed themselves by shootiDg through the roof of the nurso ward , at tho northern end of the building . From the strong hold the lire had then obtained , it became quite clear that the inmates would be unable to subdue it , and the first thing sought to be accomplished was the removal of the patients from the burning building . Owing to the precautions taken , not one of tho patients was hurt in being romoved , and it is to be hoped that they will not ultimately

      receive any injury . As soon as information was received at the tire-stations , Mr . Braid wood started to the scene with six 01 ' ¦ '• even brigade engines , followed ipeedily bj otheis . Tho firemen carried the hose to tlio top ' ot the building , aud were enabled to prevent the conflagration from travelling farther ; but they wert unable to get the flames entirely extinguished until the roof of the nurses' ward ( between twenty and thirty feet square ) was burned off , the ceilings below damaged by water , end the beds and otlier furniture severely injured , by hasty removal , < $ so . The origin of the disaster has been traced to tliu overheating of a stove . The damago is very considerable , but is covered by insurances in the West oi England Oih ' ce .

      Dkkadful Accident asd Dzatii . —Last week a poor woman namod Jean Campbell , who was totally destitute , called at tho shop of an old master , at the foot of Loanwells-street , Paisley , for shelter during the tiiglit . Lie gave her a little supper , and allowed her to sleep before the fire . About six in tho morning a man who lived near the house heard a strange and fearful cry . Ho instantly rose and went down stairs , but by the time he got in , her clothes , which had caught fire , were consumed , aud the skin was burnt off , and hanging from somo parts of her body . One of her eyes was burnt black , aud the other much injured . She lived till nine in the morning , and expired . She had also fallen and eut hoi' head during tho awful struggle .

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      Tiles , Fistula , and Ueamngs-down . — A wonderful Cure of " Alcraethy ' s Tile Ointment . "— Ut . Whetherall , of C'lauhtuu Common , Surrey , had been Bviveval yeavs atllicted with piles and fistula . ' , besides a general hearing-down of Uie most painful nature , fie had tried u'i internal medicines for that complaint without deririug the least benefit . He was advised by u friend to purcliase a pot ut' " Abentethy ' s Pile Ointment , " and on the first application found great relief , arid by using three 4 s . Cd . pots was completely cured , and has not had a return , which is now eighteen mouths since he usid the oiut-UlCllt . IJlaih's Gout and Rheumatic Pills effectually cure every description uf Gout , ltheumatic Gout , Uheumutisin , Luui . h Tic Dolorcux

      ago , , l'aius in the Head or Face , dec . They avu recommended to the afflicted with a confidence , arising from experience , as one of the valuable results of the improved state of Medical Science , and the only efficient remedy 1 vtv discovered for these disorders . The continued authenticated proofs of decided approbation sent , unsolicited , to the proprietor , from nil parts of the kiugdom aim frOlll all classes Of society , with a rapidly increasing sale , and demand for them at home and abroad uuparalleled , fully warrants the assurance that no person subject to such complaints will , after ti trial , ever b « without them . Sold by all medicine vender * . Price 2 s . 9 d . uei- box . Observe the name of " Tlioraa * Trout , 229 , Strand , London , " ou the government stamp ;

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      -- ' - »——^ - — . fr ,. lW |<>_ . J . J i—iiniMw i | 11 ¦ ^ , Iluon Gasomktik . — The Corporntion ofHw chester are preparing to sreci » noth « r huge rasomecrto hold 200 , 000 cubic feet , and if mid / onX ? ilescopo plan , it will contain 400 , 000 cubic feet of pas . I * was only a short time ago ( 1846 ) that a similar addition to the present enormous establish , nient was made . What the entire of the works will be in a few years hence , ho would bo a bold man to guess . ( Juss Comss . —A patent has b « cn taken out for making coffins of glass by a mould , orof thick- plates of china , joined together by a durable cement , or of wooden cases lin « d with plntes of glass . Prussian Amxhstt .-The Cologne Gazette najs it it assured that , 0 / 1 tho dny fixed for the first li ' seoting of the United Diet at Berlin , the King of Pir . asia willnnnounce a general amnesty for political off «; ioes . War . —The French papers state that ereat warlike

      preparations are making in Germany . UuoimiuM AoAiN . —It is roported that Lord Hnm « . ham is about , to publish a translation of Dante , which he wrote during his youth . Flax . —Many of tho Norfolk farmers have lately turned thw attention to fl ix-growing . ,. " . Navt . --The Admiralty lms issued an ovrier prohibiting the entry of any more boys for i-he thl " ! * . ?* IIr Get Ii * - 1 » P * wonal properijr of iKird-stiect , has been valued at . £ 120 , 000 . th-it « i ? rr * T ? T * ! ' --: *««* telegraph , r-o Bnv 5 nfinT * ? i ritam 1 S now seeuro !» fion"ru S to afiW Sri ° , W hOTlD K ' * sn K 0 l'l ™ as to afioi d an effectual breakwater . SSekhoKi ' ^ - , unTcntila , tt ( 1 dencall ..: ] . he n '" ' , f" ^ nvick > 1 S afc length to bo , ' , , ne Kurt U * t 2 ° ' 9 P' ' esentl » e « ts fro * , the

      fi , f ^ i Mav . l uiB of Headfonl . says tlie Galway Vindicator , is using every exertion " for the purpose ot having the women and girls in N-. vau employed m spinning and knitting : Dosit Foa . _ Mr F . Ricketts . formerly chairman of the Bristol and Lxeter Hallway , has become bai . kii . Wi ! t ! n OUfihU M fortunato rallway "Peculations ; his liabilities are said to amount to nearly half a milli-n . What would Obsian Sat ? -The O « ianic Sooiotf hnS » f rW * - Presented wilh ^ ie Gaelic lj book of a ship during a voya ? e betwei n Glasgow and the West Indies . Jt is supposed that U » G&elw language Imd never before been used lor such a Examplr Better than PaEcm .-Lord Northan . pton , whose epistolary , performances have so frequently surprised the public , is fo be tho President of the Preceptors' Association . Is this to show rvhat is wanted ?

      Tub Carnival at Malta—Letters from Malta nention thaUhis year the native population ban bam allowed to enjoy its ancient privilege of keepiti" carnival ( in Sunday , which our readers will recoil ^ * -as Inst year prohibited by an unlawful edict of bir 1 at rick Stuart , the Governor ; or rather bv a mere notice of tbe head of the police , which act was brought ur . der tlie notice of Parliament . I he Benefit for the distressed Inch and Scotch , at her Majesty ' s Theatre , on Thursday , produced upwards ot £ 1300 . Novel Import from the Unitkd Statks . —W ' b understand that a quantity of fresh pork was received Irom - New York by the Oxford packet-ship , and is now on sale by Mr . Charles Taylor , of Oldham-strwst . —Manchester Guardian .

      Inn Dksckndant of the Last of tub Baroxa . — Ihe heralds , ' officers , within the Jai-t month , have found the head of all the Nevilles-tlii ! lineal cUsu'ii-( lant ot the proud End of Warwick who madekine * ut pleasure—a journeyman bout-closer aiXorthami . tmi . —Leicester Mercury , Curious Discovkry . —Last week , in one of the snath tif the tunnel nt Craigcnd . the workmen wme upon a considerable block of rock salt . ,, ?«• Cbosin Bailld at Judge ' s Chambers . —On rndayDr . Denis Cronin was liberated on bail—the doctor hmiself in the sum of £ 80 , and his fri-mis . Dr . V enables and Mr . Harding , in the sum of £ iO each .

      Kkmahkablk Ebcapk . —At the Edinbugh theatre , on luesday , a man named Macdonald , a prints , who appears to have been top-heavy , fell over She front 0 Hie nppergallery into thepit , a height of about thirty feet . Ilis fall was broken by aliuliiing between two gentlemen , who were butsliglitlyinjurfd , and the man himself was taken to the Royal Infirmary , where it was found that he had sustained no very aenous hurt . Drainage in Caithness . —Drainage-is working : woa » diirs in this district . Bogs and lochs , of all sorts and sizes , are rapidly disappearing , and giving cheering promise of beingspeedily converted into fruitful fislds . Amongst other singular circumstances connected with this subject is the following : —In the se > n 171-2

      , a horse sank alive in a bog at . Clyth . On 4 th 1 'Yt , ., 1847 , or about half a century afterw .-mlo , thebon ? g oi the horse were discovered by the drainers , tt ' ao are ontirely ' sweeping away the last vestijjeof thf b ; " 'g . St . David ' s Dat . —Monday being St . David ' s Day , the Ancient and Honourable Society of Ancient Britons celebrated their 133 d anniversary . The members of the Society and the children of the schools attended divine service in tho afternoon at St . James ' s Church , Piccadilly ; the prayers were read in tho ancient British language by the R' -v . Mr . Edwards , the chaplain to the Institution , »» da sermon was preached in English by theBish . (> of n orctster . In the evening tke Society dined at . \ he Freemasons Tavern .

      Priibjian National Guard . —According to » German p : | per the King of Prussia has authorinci 'ii « formation of a sort of national or civic guard , fur the purposes of police , iw caso of disturbances . Dhtrkssin GALLicu .-The owners of estaws in several districts have been ordered by the authoritisi to send CMtain quantities of corn to market , ami ! o sell a £ a given price Graat misery still prevails in Gallicia , principally on account of larg « tracts of land not having been cultivated lust year . A Dead Neoko in a Treacle Cask I—A HMop » keeper at Kirriemuir , linding it more and moru dit'iw cult to net his treacle to run out of the cask , resolved

      on breaking off the upper end , to ascertain the cause ; when 10 his horror he found a | dead piccaninny , or younc negro , in an advanced stagi ; of decomposition . The disgusting story flew through curt own , like wildfire , and theeffeet thereof produced on th < -ae who had partaken of the contents of that particular barrel may be imagined . The remainder was tin nod out of the jars into the dunghills , treacle ale vmred into the kennels , while extra doses of purgative medicines were swallowed by all concerned , and Irora , henceforth never will molasses sell in U 113 quartet until it be ascertained whether or not it may covxin a negro corpse .

      Legal Qukry—A correspondent writes to ii'uy . iLo whether the keeper of a beer-shop , licensed no 1- ; bo drank on the premises , is liable to a fine shoulo ho or his wife be drunk there ? Food Riots took place on the 28 th ult ., ii' the Prussian town of Salzwcdel , and ten wagons ifiiien with potatoes , which had just arrived from Ilamver , were plundered ly the mob ; but order was rtj ' . ored without blood being » hcd . Thk Poor Law . — The Yorl-diremon accuses the York Board of Guardians of " slowly munkviiis " the workiiouse poor . The surgeon reports a sl . orKjng want ot cleanliness and ventilation in the sick w ; -. nis . Tin ' s is a serious charge . Bread i . v Paris . —The price of bread is nowL ^ . ker in Paris than it has been for the last fiftv years .

      State op Ceylo . v . —A writer in the Ceylon Thus represents that colony as the moat tractable v . i ' wb . Britain possesses , there having been no disturl-jvnce in it for twenty-six years , and yet the coloui . su are made to pay 25 per cent , of revenue tor military purposes . Mus . Butler . —This tragedian hr . s entered into an engagement to perform at the Princess ' s ' l'h ^ tire . LiTBtuTURF .. —No fewer than 289 monthly publications , of all kinds , appear at present in Lomliui . A Lion Tamer , named Isaac Nicholls , beloni >!!< to Batty ' atraveUivi" menagerie , died last week at I mis from wounds inflicted upon him by a lion or . the V 2 tti of December last . The Far North . —A news-room , says the Juhto ' Gtoat Journal , lius been established in Ln- 'tck ( Shetland ) . —What would Magnus Troil hava said to thai ?

      Dibdis . —A monument is proposed tobe en-rt . ' ! in St . James' Church , Camdeu Town , to the nymury of Charles Dibdin , Thk Fall of CnACOw . —A paper on this iuipci-taat and deeply exciting topio was read on Tuesday evening at the usual meeting of the Ethical fcocivty , at the Fulcon , Fetter-lane , by 14 . Mulier , a native of Wirtemberg . The address of M . Mulier . which . embraced all the points of recent PeliBh history , und of the treaty entered into for the preservation of the last poor remnant of nationislitv , was listeiid to with profound attention . Blkbdiso .. — " What , " asked Mr . Meaglior , tit " the Galway electors , " has converted you from the csuse , in the defence of which , in ' 43 you would have passionately bled ?"— Would have passionately '' l ed ! They \ v < re bled , and freely too ; perhaps that- < - -onvcrted them . —Douglas Jerrold .

      Funeual of PALArojf . —The funer al obsi-qmes ot Palafox , Dake of Saragojea . have l »> en eelebr .-Ued with much military pomp . Fwm SO to 90 carnages attended the cortege . It was remarked that nut ono royal carriace was amongst them , lmtwithsi xi . dmgthe display made at tho apotheosis of Montos d Oca , who was shot for rebellion in Vittorm in Wl . Detachments of troops of all arms preceded and to . owcd the beano . The honours pwd him were thug * corresponding to his rank as 1 ' ield-Marshal . lie was buried in the church of Atoclis ; and , ou the coffin being lowered into the }! Va . vc , t ' waeval ovations were pronounced by several friends of tbo deceased ; amongst the rest by Galiano , and General Narvaes . The l atter called on tlie generals who surrounded him to imitate the defender of Saragossa , in his love for his country and his country ' s independence ,

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      POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . The lecturer on natural philosophy of this establishmant , Dr . Buchhoffner , has been engaged in delivering lecture * on astronomy . ThU gentleman stated , 011 Monday last , that the lecture which he was about to dd ' iTer was intended as an outline of the various eubjeets that would be dwelt upon more at large in ths subsequent lectures . He endeavoured to iinpnss uuon his audience the importance and pleasure derived even from a slight acquaintance with this sublime science . The lecturer ,

      alter describing the erroneous views of Ptolemy , and the dogmas of Arietotle , which had enthralled tha world for more than 1 , 400 years , be also the abortive attempts of Tycho Brahe , thea directed the attention of his auditors to the only true * y 8 tcm , originally taught by Pythagoras , and revived by Copernicus , und finally fixed on more solid foundation by the labours of Galilao , Kepler , Newton , La Plaie . and others—that , although the destroying hand of Time muit and will level to tho diwt the most gorgeous fibric of man ' s genius , yet thii would undoubtedly flourish ai the onl y true ivitem « ntil the tnd of

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      ' ^ ¦ MtaCH 61841 THE NORTHERN STAR . ---- _— g SSSSSg * 1 1 1

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 6, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1408/page/3/