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"Wreath I . ^ We Bring * spmtofttdnesstavdiatjtmderhappier circumstances , would hare been the pleasing task of preparing tmrnraal Ckrittmeu Garland . How can we consistently offer to our reader * ' the compliments of the season , ' when we feel that snch compliments would but mock their misery ? ' A Merry Christmas ' . ' Ay , merry enough for the well-fed , weU-dafl , -well-housed idlers of society ; but not to merry for those who , hungry and faintshiver
, through the streets of our cities seeking employ , ment ; but seeking in vain . Merry , ' Christmas may be to those who hold revelry in mansion and castle ; but not so merry to those who , cowering over anreless hearth , feel their usual pinchings and pinings aggravated by the knowledge that the sons and daughters of privilege are iEdulging in more than ordinary luxury , profusion , and waste . Christ , mas may briag festivity to 4 he hall of Bites , but brings no mirth to the hut of Lazarus .
And to some — not t few — of our readers this Christmas will be a time of terrible and more than ordinary Buffering , and to ill our readers a time of sorrow . Is it demanded why so ? We answer , behold the victims of Whiggery in the dungeons oi this metropolis , and in those of York and Lancashire . And when in your mind ' s eye * you have seen Ernest Jones and his fellow sufferers in Tothill-fields prison—Shaw and his fellow sufferer in Newgate—Cuffay aad his feEs ? r rictims in Milhar . k Penitentiary—M'Doualland his felion-suiferers 33 K rl-idSJfi Celis . "" V . hen VOVI h » x * r » fler > tnd / in - ' n * 3 a h . rndale cells— when v-o ; i h ? reflected the
, . ye on aiserj of liios * men , 'heir -wearinefs of heart , t heir PTOSlMtion &f blind , tbtir spinets oi body , the pains they fioffer , and the Jtaxietits on account of their families , which mast beset them nigbt and day—then turn to the honied oi ihasc families and see the wife mourning for her husband , the children pming for their father — see want and woe where should be plenty and joy , —see hunger where there should be feasting , and tears where there should be smiles—and then cay whether it would not be a mockery of the sorrows of the-netting of "Whiggery—the victims in and out of prison—to wish them a * Merry Christmas ; ' or bid them look forward to a' Happv New Year . '
Since the above sentences were written , information has reached us of the * conviction' of those pure-hearted and talented patriots , John West , James Leach , George White , and several others not so yell known to fame , but we believe equally deserving the sympathy of their order . Think of their families , ibrethren , and do more than think ; act , to save them from destitution . It is long since we saw anything worth quoting in the pages of Pouch—now a miserable carricatnre of its former self ; we were , therefore , rather surprised to find the following lines , suggested by the late West Riding election , in that publication of Saturday last .
A TBIFLB FBOlt BRIGHTON . I took the train to Brighton—I walked beilda the tea , Ana thirty thousand Londoners were there along with at . We crowded every loSgfcg , and we Inmbtred eadi hoU \ Sniff'dins briny for an appetite , and dined extremely well . The Cliff tt shows like Be gent Street oome down for the tea sir ; Kotin H yde Park ' s self de ladies more becoming bon . nets wear ; In enchant ed' upper circles * one seems to more about , TTken the sunshine brings the flies aad private equipages oat .
ToBrighton the Pavilion lends alatbond-pkster grace-Fit shrins for fittest God of this pleasant watering jUce ; And » gaiost the show and shallowness , the vanity ani glee , 'With his hollow , hushleu marasr , csmes up the lolema Sea . I « at there in the Bedford , and in the Taut I read Oitbe West Biding Canvass , and a thenght came in mj head :
How England ' s oae Great Brighton—we all so rich and ev , while at our feet and in otrfaee g sea eomes up alway . Oar weslth is vast , onr gaini grow fait , ws are dealers fair ana free ; Our goods tempt every asrket , oar ships phugh every seaj ; Oar lords are great , oar traders true , oar priests good men ncd graTe ; Oar women ( sir , onr tailors etsuncb , our BoldSen blant and biave .
We hare s brilliant lot for some , a battling lot for all ; Oar hold on life seeni Kanfal , oar fear of evil small ; Bat underneath this turfsoa , with all its strength and shine The hosTse asd heaving sea of . toll doth chafe , and moan , and mine , For I eaw how in that Canvass , were it Whig or were it Tory That talked to tha Electors , It was always the same st- > ry : Wbatb ' er the hustings said in praise , or
leltcoagratulatloo , Produced a comment from ( he crowd of aught but approbation . It was Capital a-preaching , oat of plamp and prosperous men , And Labsur ' s hundred hungry throats refusing their Amen f "Whsn Biches mentioned' Industry / Bigs answered with 'Dsspalr . ' And Fauiaa tapp'd a curse out , when B ( Q » dclQlh tilfctd of prayer . I dropped the Tins to look upon the CL'flc with all its
life , And thstitera sea , that now ' gen curl its white waveB as f ' . r strife—Aad I felt to « etfe for appetite from the tr ! ny , ' twas in Tain , And 10 icok Dj place far Xioodon by th « eixliest fast train . How long will the ocean waves of Democracy be content to ' chafe * and ' moan ? ' When will the almighty waten pass over and cleanse the pestiferous soil of the land of Privilege ? There is one consolation—the sea of human misery mines while it moans ! Think of that , ye ' S ; nt ! etaenof Eagland Who live at home at ease !'
Ye may say' after us the deluge , ' but unless you are 'u tterly indifferent to the happiness of your children , you will put from yon any such selfish reflection , ' and will forthwith set about taking the necessary means to prevent that deluge . Do you say' our soldiers , onr policemen , our spies , our lawyers , our judges and our jurors , are the means we depend on to protect us from the inundation ot revolutions . ' —Then be assured , you or yours , perhaps both , will suffer the just penalties of your wilful blindness . In the language of Volney " terrible catastrophes ¦ w ill remind you that the laws of nature and the precepts of wisdom and truth , cannot be trampled upon in vain . '
The inmates of our workhouses , as well as the sufferers in our prisons , claim a word of sympathy . That sympathy we shall best give expression to by reprintingthe following admirable protest against the oppression of those whose poverty is their
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THE POOR HOUSE . Bt BiBH COlBWAtt . Cloie at the ef ge of a bosy town , A huge qaadran ; a ! ar mansion statds ; Its rooms are fi . led with parish poor ; Irs walls are bnilt by pauper hands ; And the panper old ani the pauper young Peer oat , tbrongh the gates , is » nllea btnds . Behind , is a patch of earth , by thorns Fecdd in from the moot ' s wide tnatshy plains By xte eio " e , is a gloomy lane , that steals To a qoarrv now filled with years of rains : Bat within , within I There Poverty scowls , Karsing in wrath her brood of pains . Enter and look ! In the high-walled yards fierce mtn are pacing the barren ground : Enter the long b&ra chambers;—girls
And women are sewing , without a sound ; Sewing from dawn till the dismal era . And sot a laogh or a song goes rcuad . No common ! : n—no kind thought D sells in the pauper ' s breeat of cire ; Xoibing but pain in the grievous pact ; Nothing to come but the black despair—Of bread in prUoa , bereft ef Meads , Or hanger , tat in the epea air ! Where is thebright-haired girl , that ence With her peasant sire was used to play ? Where is the boy whom his mother bfened , WfiO ! 6 ey « s wsre a light on her weary way ! Ap = rt—barred ont ( so the law ordsInE ) ; Bariei oat from es . cn chtr bj night and by da ; Is'ters they teach in their infant lebeols ;
Bat where ur » the lesions of great 6 ) d taught 1 Leisoas that child to the pveat bindfl&bits of datj —! ovc cnbought ! Alei ! small good will be learned in ichools Where Nature Is trampled snd tarned to nought . Seventeen summers , and where the girl Who never grew op at her father ' s knee ! Treaty aatamcal storms have nnrsed The pauper ' s bojbood . and where is he ! He earneth btr bread in the midnight lanes : He toUeih io . chains by the Soathetn Ses ,
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0 Power ! 0 Pradno *! Law!—look dowa From joor heights oa tha pining poor belotr ! 0 sever not harts which God hath joined Togathtr oa earth , for weal and woo i 0 § so * t « r » grave , truth * may be , Which yeharenot learned , or delgnei to know 0 Wealth , oome forth with an open hand ! 0 Charity , speak with a safier loand ! Yield pity t » Age—to tender Youth—To Lave , whtrever its home be foand ! But I cease—for Iheir , ia tha night to come , The cannon ' s blut tad fbs rebel dram , ghiklng the firia . eet Eogllsh ground ' . We quit the painful subject of human misery , and turn to the more grateful labour of transferring from our scrap-book a few items , descriptive of old customs and pastimes at this season . ' OPontr ! OPraano «\ l * wJ-looVdowa
THB HAST OF TOIB , Aceerdtng to Precopios , Chriitmts was originally no other than the Gothio feast of Fu ! e er Jul , celebrated profesiedl j In honour of Thor , the son of Odin , answering tA the Dleiplter or JnptUr of the Roiuum , hat really in honour of the sun at tha winter solstice . Among the northern nations , this festival was the great season of saerifioe and the Danes seem to have imnolsted human victims on the altars of their deities . The Goths atedto sacrifice a boar ; for this animal , like the hone among the P < jrilani , was according to their mjthobgjr , ssered to the son . The bear was the Tjphon of th * Egjptlani , the implacable en « my of OslrU , the » un , who , under Us Sjritn appellation of Thammoe . was a « - naally Main by thU beast .
Boar ' s head was the grand dish on the tables of our forefathers on Christmas Day . Aubrey , who Trrots ! n 1686 , speaks , be it observed , of the general customs as extinct before his time ; ' Before the hit civs ! ware , in ger . tietnen ' s houses st Chmtmas , the nr-t iiiih that was brouglji " ! c the table , vas a boar ' s iu ; il rith a leaon in its muutb . ' Hosin ? i .. t roaxo !«« . It is co ; ; ombry- « moag the pe 4 saa !« iu tUft nwthwn ifUU ot the Cifcfiaeat to mutt ; tretd torng CbrijSwaa in the form of a boar pig , which they place upon the ttble with other dishes ; eipoaiagit , as a good omen , the whole of tha faait . They call this bread MagcJJt , and sometimes Stttnu ^ attr , because it was dedlosted to the son . According to northern mythology the boar was the- favorite dish of their imaortallisd heroes .
Among the Gathio ussges of Jal or Yale , it may be mentioned that it was alsa customary , especially ia Sweden , for dlfisrent families to aiiemble hi one village , and to bring with them mtat and drink for the celebration of the feast ; the same was observed whea thae was a general concourse to the plsce where one of their temples ¦ tood ; and this waa probably the origin of tai custom still maintained among nn , of relations and frhnds fesiting at each othei ' s houm at this time . Here is an account of an
AKCIEST ECOTTHH cniTOH . In some parts of Sootland , be who first opens the door oa Yale D * y , expects to prosper mora than an ; other member of the family , daring the future year , bacanie , as theTolgar express it , He lets ia Yale . ' On openiog the door , it is customary with some , to place in ( he door-way a table or chair covered with a clean cloth ; ana , according to their own language , to ' Set on it bread and cheese to Tale , ' Early in the morning , ai soon as any one of the family gets ont of bed , a new be .
Mm if set behind the outer door , the design btiag to let in Yule . * Tueio superstitious , in wbloU Yulfis aot only personified , bat treated as a deity , are evidently of Heathen oiigln . It is also common to have a table csvered ia the house , from moraing uatil evening , with bread and drink upon it , that every ene who calls msy take a portion , and it is considered particularly in&unpldons If any ene comes into a house and leaves it without participation . Whatever number of persens call on toil day , all must partake ot the good cheer .
We believe we miy safely assert that no vestige of this custom exists in Scotland now—Calvanism has banished Christmas . It is true our canny friends raake some amends for their neglect of tbis festival , by their festive observance of Hogmanay and New Year s Day . From the North to the South . Here is a notijeof .
CH 1 I 6 TH 1 B ESISTIKO AT VIKICE , Amongst tha customs observed on Christmas Eve , the Venetians eat a kind of pottage , which they call torta de lasagne , composed of oil , oniani , v&ste , pwrity , pvao nuti , raisins , enrranti , and candied ornnge . peel . A writer of the sixteenth century , gives the following description of .
THE MDHMESi . First of all , the wild heads of tha pariBh , flocking to . gelfeer , choose them a grand Captain of Mischief , whom tbey innoble with the title of Lord Misrule : and then they crown him with great solemnity , and adopt him for their king . This klBg anointed , choossth forth twenty , forty , threescore , or en hundred lusty bullies like him . tell , to wale apoa bis lord ' s majesty , and to guard his noble pmon . Then , eteij one of these aen he invetteth with his liveries of green , jell * w , or some other light colour , and as though they were not gaudy enough , they can bedeck themselves with scuff * , rlbboas , and laces ,
buag all over with gold rings , prtcleus stones , and other jewels . This done , they tie about either leg twenty or forty bcUs , have rich haadkerchUfs ia thtir hands , and tome laid across over thtir ntefct and shoulders . Tkus all things set in order , then have tbey their hobby horses , drsgoas , aad other antiques . And for the farther innobling of this honourable Lord of Misrule and bis accomplices , some of the ptople give bread , mm ; ale , some new cheese , some old cheese , some cuitods , tome cracknels , some cakes , some fliana , eemo tarts , some cream , some meat , come one thing , and sose another .
Mummers still play their antics in some parts of the country , principally we believe in the West of England , but their ancient glory' has vanished with the long ago . ' The custom of singing ChriBtmas Carols still lingers even in this most unpoetical iuettopo . lis ( Formerly even Royalty patronised
CHBUT 1 US CUOU . Hsnry VII ., in the third year of his reign ^ kept his Christmas at Greenwich , on which occasion several carols used to be sang by gentlemen oi the king ' s chapel . Tho earliest collection of Christmas carols snpposed to have been published , is only known from the Iaat leaf of a to . lame printed by Wjafcen oe WorSe in 1521 . Dr Rawlln . Eon , iawhcu possession it was for masy years , bequeathed it to the Bodlelam Library . The custom of singing carols at Christmas prevails in Ireland to the present time . In Scotland , tvhere no church feasts have
been kept since the days of John Enoz , the custom isun kaowa . Ia Wales , it is still preserved to a greater extent , perhaps , than in Eagland : at a former period , the Welsh had carols adapted to most of the eedealastlc&l festivals , and the four seasons of the year ; bat In oar times they ere limited to that of Christmas . After the turn ef Midnight at Christmas . eva , service is performed in tha churches , followed by the staging of carols to the harp . Whilst the Christmas holidays continue , they are song in like manner in the bouses ; and there ara carols especially adapted ta be sang at the doors of the houses by visitors before they enter .
In a former Garland , we gave an account of the wassail lowl . We now add the following note : — WlSSAIl , The salutatloE wees 1 ml . or ' bealth to you , 'is the origin of Ibis word . In fse progress of time it came to be the name given to a bawl of spicei ale . < The walssalls , ' say * Strutt , ' are now quite obsolete : it leems , however , that fifty years back cosae veBtiges of them were reaisiaing in Cornwall ; bat tho time of their performance was chaBged to Twelfth Vij . ' Thseve of this day in Yotkihire , in tho last century , was oalled ' Waseaii Eve ' frem the uso of the wassail bowl , a preparation of spiced ale . We shall best follow upttris glance at old customs , and old times , by finding a place for the following melody , from the pen of an eminent writer well known in the north of England .
1 WHEN THIS OLD CAP WAS HE T . ' When this old cap was new , ( Ok ! well I Bind that' when' ) Old Engl and , now < o sad , Was'MerryEoglani ' then . Her foes were in the mire ; Her men were leal and tine ; And blithe were English tongs When this eld cap was new . When tbis old cap wag new , We reaped the golden grain , And brought it home with jjy . Along the yellow plain , And gaily foim'tf the a ! : — For what should make as rae ? Ne ' malt-tax' barr'd the bonl , When tMs old cap was now !
When tbis old cap was new , The old tat in the Ban : And blithe wcro Btill their looks , Became their work was dona ; The grandilre ' s snow-white locks Had then all honour due ; For' children' then' were p ; srlg / When tbis old cap was new . When this old cap was new , . No'faotcries' could melavc ; No mothers then wept » ' « r Their children ' s living grate . - The loam was plied at home ; And as the noof it grew , The greater wax'd the jsj , Whtn this o ' . d cap was netr . New caps mast follow old :
Ttt bU&s oar country ' s name Aad may we live to oara Her present woa and sfcame ; Oar ancient r !« hts restore , Oar hellish foes subdue , And make them what they were , Worn this old cap was new .
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Ofcouraeour readers will look fort Christmas story . The one we are about to give tells neither of ghosts nor of goblins , but of the stern realities of life . We leave to others to narrate the doings of the great and the revelries of the fortunate—we select a leaf from « the Bhort and simple annals of the poor . '
DATES AND VIOLETS The winter of 183 S was very severe—the poor still shiver at its remembrance ; prolonged far beyond its ordinary limits , there was little save tha Inorfas / ing lengthottheAaysto give token of the progress of the KHoni . The mow lay on tha grouad In April , and the pleasing breath of spiing * gave way to the cold blest of the bitter north-east wind . It was in this ungenial season that a Moorish vender of dates , aad a little ceuntry girl who offered violets for sale , took np their station at the foot of the bridge whloh leads from the Place LoulB . Qilnsj . to tha Chamber of Deputies . The sweet flowers had put forth their tender blowoms despite the snow and wind , but where they gvsw I cannot gaesB . Bat flowers , fruits , and vegetables , can b * procow * at all seasons ; how this is managed is a mystery , and I verily boll tve more pine-applei are grown in Parii than ia Martm ' qae .
The Moor was an eld man ; he was a native of Mascara , in the territory of Algiers , where he had been established as a tanner , and manufactured that kind of red and broosscoloured leather used by sword-cutlers for the sheaths and soahbardi of daggers and MQret . This oommBdlty h highly valued In the East ; and its preparation requiring considerable skill and addreai , those who exeelin it ars held In much eateem ; » ur date-merchant had been distinguished for the superiority of bis goods . His reputation was established , and his fortune was nu 8 e , Trhen ths French dismantle * Mascara ; and burot it . The tRnaor wf . » ratae 4 ; thej tot fire to his T * ork-» mOP « , asd nsR'ie e&ddles of b ! r fincct lttiher j LIa » 'f . « Ml by their bajote ' . s , ana his < kugb . t « r {> erUhc ( 5 ia tho risom thfit consumed hh balldiog ; . ~ . bU nife w . iO was wiled ' The Moon ; ' hie daughter , ' Ti , e Litd * Hup . berry , — a beautiful n&Bie in AraV . o . Vfceuzb K ' , ounds strange \ r \ a translation .
xhepsor tamer had much to endure . As an lndemniflcation , h 8 was invested with the rank of a French oSBxen , and enrolled in a bind of National Guard and with th » ruins ofhisboase ttuy batlt a cafe , where . after the fashion of Pari » , they drank beer , and played at dominoes . He went to Al giers , to lay hli complaint before the governor , who protested that 11 was net In his power to prevent the vanquished from starving ; and jet we talk of bubarlans , and call ourselves elvillied . The tanner ofMaicsra was graciousl y permitted to repair to France—that generous Prance who opens her arms to all who are detirons of perishing with hunger , ia the walks of commercB , the artT , or literature ¦ -. but especially in llteratare .
In tbis hospitable country , the poor native of the East suffered terribly from cold , which penetrated his light garments ; the unhappy man had chosen Paris for bis abode . H « * p 3 kr , bat so one understood him ; ho wept , aad they comprehended him still less . He passed whole days at the corner of the Bourse , wbioh he , In bis simplicity , took for a Catholic mosque . He cenoluded , therefore , that thoie who repaired thither could aot fail to be eharltable , for charity , isyB Mahomet , Is a holy dew—itUes , » Ujuatteie \ abroad , and produces a rich
harvest . The oaly dew thai descended on the Oriental was that of the Parisian sky — no stook-broker dropped even a sons into bis palm . ' The oamels endure haBger longer than I have , ' sail the tanner , ' let me draw mj girilo doier . ' He ti ghtened bis belt , and thought on his wife whom thej calleii 'The Moon , ' and of his daughter , Tho Little Raspberry . ' But the time came at last when na alternative was left , but to eat , to die or to rsb . Sitting on his heeli , after the Eastern fashion ' , the Moor suffered a melancholy smile to pass over his conntrnaooe . I must die , ' he said ; ¦ God keeps the
account of onr actions . ' - We shall aoon learn tho fate ol the poor tanner . Nantcrre Is a v « y pretty , delightful little village betweea Paris and St Qermain-en-Lsye ; it is there that the more fortunate inhabitants of the olty repair to refresh thenmlvcs with the pure air of spriag , after the fatigues and the excesses of tha long winter evenings . Here ths Uttu seller ot violets ot whom we bare spokeB , was born ; her father worked ia a vineyard , and her mother ( whea the oanld find a purchaser ) sold cakes at the entraneB of the Park ef St Cloud . These two oecapstlons pat together scarcely suffioed to pay the rent of their cottsge , and purchase their daily bread .
. Wheathe Uttl * g \ ribegan to get bigger—that Is to say , when she was almost three feet high—they put a bonnet on her bead , sabots on her feet , and six bunohei of violets In her bands , and said , * Ton must walk three leegues every moralng , and Bell tbeie violets in the s . traets of Paris . ' H < r parents were getti ng old , their sight was failing :, and their limbs were feeble . She mast see and walk for them , and she was contented to do It . Poor little girl ! beautiful as summer fair as the patron saint ef Nantcrre , who led her ah » ept 9 the water-brooks , salanlDg as she weat !—she toiled painfully every daj lix long league , to bring home six sous . Bat her father wan now ill in bed , and her mother sat ill in her chair ; she must , nevertheless , go to Paris , through terrible roads , ocuans of mad , aad showers of saow .
Thote she was at her pest , at the foot of the bridge of the Chamber of Deputies , where so many chariots with emblazoned panels—so man ; rich men , drawn by four sleek , well-fed nojse » , swept slang . She held six bunches of violets in hsr hand—meet child ! She offered them , after shaking off the snow , to all who passod ; bat no one would parcbMe them—no , sot one . Ske had been there from bIx in the mommy , and It was now near mid-day . Tha tanner of Mascara was not dead ; he had met , by sn extraordinaty chance with a remarkably generous man who had made him t present of a bsEket , a cord to string it wltb , and thrse pounds of dates , With tbis stock he essayed hU fortune . ' DateB , dates , real Tafi'at dates <* he cried . The first dsy he sold eight dates , the Bicond three ; tho third i&j , that on which he cried his datts at the foot of the bridge of the Chamber of Deputies , he bad not sold one , and they were now wetted bj the r&ln , and soiled with mad .
The little violet merchant , who had « old no more tbaa the vender of dates , grew blue , and shivered with cold . The Moor took off hU tutb&a , and Bntouea it , and said—or raiher he laid nothing . The poor child wrnppad the moilio round her shoulders . 'Dates ! dates ! real Tafilat dates !' ' Violet * , ladies !—pray , buy my violets . ' Still no purchaser , Three o ' clock struck , and the cold descended to ( he eighteenth degree ; and neither one nor the ( other had eaten anything that day . Some eharltable persons laughed as they went by at seeing a Turk without a turban .
At four o ' clock the little girl ' s heart failed her ; she 1 aneaupon the parapet of the bridge . The Moor then went towards her and said , ' How do you sell your violets , mademoiselle V ' Six ions the six bundles , ' gbe replied ; 1 T » ke and eat these ten dates—half of what I hive left—and give mo two bundles of violets in excbaoga . ' By this means the child of nature breakfasted . The Oriental ate nothing ; he had not yet fasted more than two days . Thus it was that misfortune united the mliery of the W ( Bt with the misery ef the East—the flowers and the dates . At sunset the eel ) was so iatente as to sink the thermometer twentj . Que d « gteea below the frctifag print . Showing his white teeth , the tann r smiled bb he looked op to htaven . The child bad fallen asleep at tbe foot of ths bridge .
' She sleeps , ' thought he , ' and she is as beautiful as my ' LUtie Rsspbeiry . ' L 3 t her sleep on . Sites 1 dates ! real T&filat dates I ' Paris waa lighted up . It was splendid ; it glittered beneath the dark sky , as if under the arched roof of a mine . People went to balls , to tbe opera , the cafes , and the restaurants , where they ate apricois at forty francs the plate . In his turn the Moor felt the influence of sleep ; he yielded to it the more readily as now there was little chance of selling asy of hla datei . It was seven o ' clock and tho thcrmeaeter had sunk twenty . one degrees . It was a good thought before he slept to draw nesr to the child , that he might warm her with the sort of bnrnoose which the glorious conqaest of the French had spared him .
He kept one part , and threw the other over the pretty Iit > Ie violet-merchant . They are still asleep ! We imagine the above tragical story—which , once read , will not soon be forgotten—to be a translation from the French . We have no knowledge of the name of tho author . The story of the poor , sweet violet-seller , reminds us of the following lines on a like subject , by the honourable member far .
PontefraflU—TBE VIOLET GIRL . B 7 . B . UOHCKTOH HILWE 8 , EEQ , H . P . When fancy will conttaually rshearse Some painful tcene once pleasant to tbe eye , 'Tis well to mould It Into gentle verse , That ie may lighter c n the spirit lie . Home jestcra eve I wearily returned , Though bright my morning mood and short my way , . Bat sad experience in one moment earned , Can crash the heap'd enjoyments of the day . Passing th « corner of a populous street , I marked a girl whose wost it was to stand , Wi th pallid check , torn gown , and naked feet . And bunches of fresh tlolQts in each baud ., There her email commerce in the wiatry weather , &hep \ U-d with tcctnta miserably mild ; It was a fihhtful thought to settoge h < r
Those blooming bloEEom 3 and tbat fading child ThoBe laiaiiea and largess of the eartb , Beaaty and pleasure to the eenso ef man , And this poor sorry weei c&tt loosel y forth On IAfb '« wild waste to struggle bi it can I To me that odorous purple ministers Hope-bearing memories and inspiring gles , Wntle m .-sntetioiBgcB alone are hers , Tbe sordid wants cf base humanity ,
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Think after all this lipa . of hungry houm , In the dlifarntoh'd chamber of dim eold , Howahemurtleatne the very imllingfloners That on the squalid table He unsold ! Reit on your woodland banks and wither there , Bwjetpreladers of iprlng ! far battir so , ' Than live misused to fill the grasp of care , And Berve the piteous purpose of woe . Ye are no longer Nature ' s gracious gift , Toorselves so muoh and harbingers of more , Bat a most bitter Irony to lift , fh * vnU that bldee onr vilest mortal sora . The members of the Land Company will find the following song suitable for their festivals :-
THE FREE ENGLISH WORKING MAN . BY ED * 1 H CHI , ( Air , ' The Old Engltih QenUtman . ' ) I'll sing you a jovial son ; that was made at a reoenl ¦ ate , ° ' " ate " " Ba 8 l ! llh M " | Wh ° bDnffht hl 8 0 TO ei > That onoo belonged to a spendthrift lord , who wealthy was and great , But who became a ruined prodigal , and merited hlB
Lik « many of theariatoeucyofthe present lime . NOW more attll < m he " aved hu p < moe » w 4 8 (> * » n y ADd ° pS ' 9 e ' tateffM Par 0 ha ' bythe ' aTlDS « of Allotment l ' B parcels lmallj of Mr 68 ) not mOrO lh 8 n A C 0 tKoo ^ " Whl 0 h * ° aitle iB ' wh 6 n onc 8 ta inut ? 0 ' time " 1071 * Ea 8 U 8 h woriEtaSm 8 nl' » theprssent Now this artlasn Hslof * tho town for healthy air and And easily he Mils the ground , and well th t spada he wltUt , Ana bounteous aMure for his tolls he * bluetac freely jlcHs ; And Industry and 1 ' rovidones ' gainst uSarerv nrs the shields
For all free-born English working mon la tbe present time , A » early morn his children rise with healthy , rosy cheek , And lightly o ' er the dewy grass , their father aaxiens seek ; Whilst In his ears taelnnosents their artless tales do speak . Go ask , if in the town again a ilave he'd ho a week ! Not he , the free-born Englishman , one of the present time .
When the sun has sank behiatl the hills , and darkness shrouds the earth , He to hla cheerful cottage goes where all is joy and mirth ; A happy wife then welcomes him . and pleaty on the hearth , Beipiaki aloud his happiness , and tells of land the worth To a free-born English working nun , one of tha pre .
sent time . The base and hireling Preii-gang orew may try to hurt the plan ; And worthless idlers envious look upon tha working man , In vala , for oh I with gratitodo until life ' s latest « pnn , HU blessings and his prayers will be for the founder of the plan , That made him a free bold Eagllshman , one of tbe present time .
Sow « Uf oly this Is betUr far than all the rain parade , Of gaols and biBtUes , Sagging Bills , and all that oaa be said In praise of Emigration ;—then take up the new trade , And make each Briton once aore free , with his With . right and the spad » , ' As industrious working men ehould be in evary age and clime , Old England then for evermore might banish war ' s alarms , Her national defence would be In each sturdy Britoa ' s arms ; For beaaty , home , and fatherland , each manly boBom warms ; While plenty , peace , and happiness , all discontent disarms From the minds of trna . born Englishmen in the com . ing tlms .
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memoirs of ciTBBN '' lSu ssi ; DreRis 7 ix-Prefect of Police and Representative of the People . London : R . Bentley , New Burlington Street . '• 6 [ Third and concluding notice . ] We concluded our extracts in last Saturday ' s Star with an account of the invasion of the Assembly on the 15 th of May . Commenting on that affair , Citizen Caussidiere observes : — « There are the prisoners of Vincennes to explain their acts and their intentions . ' He significantly adds : — ' Perhaps , as one of them has said , some personages who are not at Vincennes , will play an unforeseen part in the trial !'
Of one of the prominent prisoners of Vincennes , we are told , that' Those who are not acquainted with Sobrier , regard him as a bloodthirsty and a dangerons man , He is nothing of the kind . Sobrier is a man of mild and impressible character —impassioned in his opinions , and , perhaps , too easily swayed by the impulse of the moment . He is a true friend of the unfortunate ; his heart and his purse were always open to their necessities . ' We quote the following from Citizen Caussidiere ' s comments on TOE TATAL DAXB OF JOKE . What invincible courage was there not displayed in those three days ? And yet the- Insurgents acted upon no organised plan , bad no leaders to guide them . The people , deceived snd beholding unabated misery at their firesides , threw themselves into this insnrieotton of despair .
Whilst they were accused ef pillage and Inoendlarism , their fliga bore for tbeir Inscription , ' RoBpect person * aad property ; death to thieves ! ' and they fought only ( or the realisation of a Democratic and Soolal Republic . Wherever they gained Ibo upper hand they carried themselves with prudsnoe and moderation . Their baaner waa not soiled b ; any aot of dishonesty , They defended their rights even without the aid ot the oounwls of their elders In insurrection , whom they bad not even made acquainted with their projicts . They had intrenchod themselves strongly , and they fought valiantly ; but what proves the absence of any organised systtm , Is the faot ,
that many workmen hesitated how toprooiel , and did not join the revolt . Again , so line of communication had been establl-hed between tbe different quarliers . Thero was no ensemble . The insurgents barriered themselves , each in their own districts , instead of esta . blishiag their head . qusrters at some central point of the cUy , so as to enable themtobranohoutin all directions . The chief point , when an insurrection is midUated , should be to gain ground , tnd to penetrate into the very heart of the enemy . As long as it remains within Us primitive limits it is ears to be annihilated ; its obief means of success Us In the extension of its operations
It thould always intercept tt . 0 Boulevards ana the quays , to prevent the advance of tbe military , aad keep outposta to scour tbe outward Boulevards that surround Paris . I shall abstain from speaking of practical masauras , lest it thould be said I am giving advice to be acted upon on a future eoGaslon . This civil warfare astounded the AsEembly , and especially the members of the Mountain . It waa in tbe ball of tte Assembly that I waafirtt informed , that tha temper of thepublio mind , which bad agitated Paris for some days past , had t&k-n the shape of an outbreak , for I no loDger lived in the centre of the oity , but had withdrawn to the heuse of a friend near tho Barrlere de l'Ktoilj , to accelerate my convalescence , and te devote myBelf to tha study of certain questions whic * I had purposed bringing forward .
I was aot , therefore , aucotirantofwbat was going on , Nevertheless , I wob greatly surprised at not haviag receive * any 1 . formation on the subject , I questioned tuohofmy friends as I thought likely to be well la formed , bat like myself they knew nothing , find were lost ia conjecture . The day and evening of Friday were passed in the most painful aailety . Versions mast unfavourable to the insurgents were circulated in the Assembly , and ca . lumniei which originate ! outelde viete csaggeratod & huniired . fold within . I offered to go to the Insurgents , with tome friend of the people , to hear their complaints , and , If possible , to quiet them . I . however , dessaadei a ; writteu warrant to that { ff : ct . Suon a step was otherwlss Impossible . My effer was rejeoted . On the Saturday momi . g tho ditorder had Increased ; tho Assembly was scarcely guarded by the troopa of the line , who were dtj # c ! ed and worn oat by fatigue . . i
It was reported that tbe Ineurrootion was gaining ground , that the Faubourg St Aatolno wia In possession of many pUcea of artillery , sad that lh » insurgents kopi their ground on tbe left back of the Siine . Fax was If glbljr written on tho white oountsBBcces of many . It was even proposed to remove the sittings « f the Asitmbly outside of Paris ! M . PacoU Dmyrat r quired that the clt $ should be declared In a str . te of sletJc ! We energetically protested agalaat such a step , and for a moment 1 feared a conniot weald ensue within the walls of the Assembly betwewi the ' Mountain and the reactionists . The sitting was suspended . I was tben informed that tbe insurgeata had solec ' . ed me for their leader , and that my name was tbeir raUjlng nerd .
I replied , that If I had commanded and organised the insurrection , I should at that moment bavo baen in the midst of the insurgents , and not in the midst of tbeir CMtnlos . And forsooth , besides the cowardloe of each bb aot towards tbe people , would it not have been mad-
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— w — ^^ rrr ~ ' ii mm to have / thai plaoed myself la the powir of those whom I . hould have caused to be attacked ? If I had Been in e * Bmualeatlon with the insurgent * , should I Mtmtho Saturday have per » nsd « d them to make an " Mack on the Assembl y , andtosetonpon the members ef the government ani tbe representatives of reaotlon ? idonotmeauthii as a justification ; the injastioeof my enemies prevents mp from attempting any inoh thing . As regards the peopla , as I have said before , if I had acted inconoert with them , they would have beheld ISLT 5 . b " f » andl should have died there sooner tbaa cede an inch of ground , •• • The results of the victory of reaotlon In ihoie fatal days were , ths Btato of siege , martial law , and the law ol transportation , the commission of Inquiry , the dl . armlng of workmsn , the dosing of the dubs , the . uppreaslon ol the popular-Journals ; la a word , the violation tf all liberties , and tbe sfceir despotism of tho strong baud
. It showed many la their true light , and caused as many to throw off their masks , so that they also were Been in their right colours . Who dfreetedthe attack on the Place de la Bastille against tho Faubenrg 8 t Antolne!—M . Raeurt , the phy . aiciaa of tht Faubourg , with the attistanoo of General Perrot , the same whe , on the 21 th February , commanded Paris against us In tho name of King Louis Philippe ! Who demanded the state of siege and adlotatorsbp ? ~ M . Duprat , formorly the editor of Democratic journals ! Who supported tho necessity for the vote of transpor . ih Ian?—Many Republicans , alas ! whoce names we bare not tho ooursgo to mention !
Who baa to boast of the idea of transporting the vanqulthsa In this poclal warfare beyond the seas ? M . Stnard , who 'found the measure in his own heart ; ' and who , whilst they were picking up the dead bodies In the Faubourg St Antolne , regularly riddled and cut up by ball and grape , exclaimed wltb a theatrical air : — jRttnsMU ' a * Dff ti , MttiUwt ! Oh > queje futs ! Euissien , hattex U palait pour raumV . « r let represtntans . ' Merei a Vltit ! ' ( Render ihasks to God , gentlemen ! Oh I how hsppy I am ! Ushr ts , scour the palace to call the repre . » ontatlvcB together ! TheJLordbe pralsod !) We now come to the night of tbe 25 th—26 th of Augu 3 t , when , indicted by Odillon Barrot ' s Inquisition , Ledni llollin , Louis Blanc , nnd Caussidiere were put upon their defence in the Assembly . Passing over the eloquent self-vindication of Led . ru MJin . and the logical defence of ? . tfuis Blanc , we extract the following notice of CAtJBBlDUWS ASD Hla ACCOIIIRV
It was past ten at night when my turn to eponk csme . I bad requested an adjournment to the next Juy , but tha government had taken Us measures , aad wished to have It over at osoe . M . ilarrast , tbe President of the ABsemUy , insisted npon tbe business being terminated that night . Bis motion was put to the vote and carded by a majority . My right plan would have been simply to place my explanations nnd justificatory documents upon tbe bureau of tbt President , an 4 to demand tbeir iniertisu ia the Momteub , with an energetic protest against , the right of jurisdiction imposed by the royalists on the republicans , whose greatest fanlt in their eyes was , that they had always stood up for the interests of the people , as the first point to be considered .
The continued state of excitement In which I had been living for th « last week , with twelve hours of a fatiguing debate , had superinduced a complete moral prostration within me . Anger and akgtut succeeded each other rapidly in my mind . I had often mentally gone throngh all the accusations brought sgalnit me , and yet when I was ia the tribune my memory failed me ; an Invincible drowsiness came over me , and I felt the utmost indifference to everything around . A prey to a kind of temporary halloclsatloD , I thought I beheld in that Assembly a tribunal of tha Inquisition . The Bemi obscurity which pervaded the ball , a heavy atmosphere , and faces pale from fatigue , increaBtd tbo deception . I meeh&ni ottlly commenoed reading the enormous bundle ef papers I had in my hand , wbioh certainly deserved a betttr reader . I could scarcely see the writing , and I endtavoured to Bhaka off the sort of stupor that was stealing
over me , At this moment , when my memory ia dear , I romtmber that on this occasion I was drawling through , my narrative as a priest would his breviary , I kept apostrophising myeelf all the time , aa follows : — . 'Thy family and tby friends are la a state of anxiety ; throw away thoso papers , and speck out like a man—a bold , ueprjmeditated speech will have a better effect than this draw'ing narrative , ' In faot , once or twioe I stopped reading , and by a fow energetic words gained for & moment the uttention of the Assembly ; bat I eoon foil back Into the torpor that enthralled me ; aad resumed tbe interminable manusorlpt . I suffered terribly tint night . When I think of the sucoms some of my speeches haveobtained under certain clreumstancea , I ask myself how it happened , that with . so much to say , I did not , according to my own estimation , act up to the exigencies of the cato , Opium and fatigue had paralysed my powors .
What followed , our readers know . Tke majority , while shrinking from proceeding against Ledru Rollin , passed resolutions of accusation and attest against Louis Blanc and Caussidiere . Acting upon the advice of their friends , the accused patriots withdrew from the Assembly , and took refuge ia thi country . Citizen Caussidiere concludes his Memoirs with the following sentences : — The events of February having oalled me from ths obscurity of private life , the remainder of my existence ia doe to that popular revolution . The quostioa is still to be decided , whether the nations in future arc to combat with the weapons of reason .
How fondly after February did I cberhb tbo belief , that we had entered upon the path oi fraternal harmony . I urged onwards to it with all the energies of my nature ; and , indeed , selfishness seemed to have disappeared from France . I placed coa 6 dence in the nobla instincts and qualities sf the human race . Aa a magistrate , it was oae of my droami—and the best—that I should bshold our noble city of P * ria more splendid than ever ; it had raited the first patriotic about for the enfranchisement of the workmen ; Us miision was to drive misery away from ita doori : Tho stranger who visited it wonld admire the neatness and elcgasce of the dwellings , even of the moat humble , aad its palaces would be devoted solely to the presorva . ( Ion of the master pleceB of art . Tub , I had goldeu dreams I and today I behold only blood and misery !
Let ua hope that this painful experience will serve ns a guide to the next generation , and that it will ba Us pride and happiness to proolaitn , aa something to last for ever , social fraternity I It Is not too late even for ourselves to behold tbe triumph of our principles 1 Let u * be united and active in propagatlog them , that oar 1 kg may be organised as the rallying point fur all the virtues whioh srd the dean et tu ' amen , tbo grace and the security of ovory good citizen . Bo auoh our ambition . Let us endeavour to imptovo ourselves daily . Let us wage war upon our evil passions , and wo shall soon be invited to ait ; nd the birth of a new system of society , which will be the glorious roallsatlou of the democratic and social Republic 1 Gacbsidihib .
We cordially recommend this work to our friends , and earnestly hopa that its sale will be as extensive as is the democratic reputation of its honest , patriotic , and popular author .
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General Bem—General Bern is the son of a German , but was bom in Polanrl . —His reputation as an artillerist stands high . Some five-and-twenty years since , he had a quarrel with another Polish artillery officer , whom he challenged to fight with p istols . They met . On the ground they tossed for the first shot , and Bem lost . His adversary took aim , fired . Bern fell . The officer , believing him dead , prepared to quit the field ; but Bem , who had received the ball in the ri ght hip , turned over on his left side , raised himself on his elbow , and said , 'Stop , comrade ; it is my turn now . Take your place . ' The officer did so , and in a moment fell , shot through tbe heart . Bem lingered long under
the wound . The ball could not be extracted . During twenty years he suffered excruciating torments from it 3 presence , and a' last resolved on proceeding to London to consult the faculty there . He was told that the operation , to be successful , must be a very panful one . He at once said that he would submit to it . He was accordingly thrown by ether into a state of stupor , and the operation commenced . The circular saw had indented the bone round the bullet when the intense agony roused the palient . The operator became alariuod ; but Bern reassured him , called for his pipe , lighted it , and commenced smoking while the operation was resumed , and was crowned with complete
success . The ball was extracted , and Bem perfectly recovered . A New Material for Batteries and Coffins . —A two-gun battery is in course of construction , at the Butt , in the Reyal Arsenal , Woolwich , to test the qualities of a composition submitted by Mr Kerrage , which is said to possess greater advantages for the service than any yet tried , as , in the event of shot striking it , it will not separate into pieces , which are so liable to injure the men working the guns , when employed on tbe latteries , formed of the materials at present in use . Platforms constructed of Mr Kerrage ' s composition are not
expected to he injured by the recoil of the gmis when fired , and the longer the material stands the more combined and endurable it will become . The battery will be ready for the select committee about the end of the first week in January next . The inventor has also applied his composition to other purposes , having enclosed a child or ! his ] own , who died in June , 1842 , and another , who died about twelve months ago , in his patent coffins . Both the bodies are still iu his possession , and the former he has kept in the bed room for upwards of three years , and they have been witnessed ' . by all the professional men in Norwich .
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An auxiliary workhouse is to te erected at LI towel . The President of France will have 8 salary of £ 24 , 000 , a little more than is paid to the Viceroy in Ireland . Smoking in New Tobk . —An American paper estimates the value of cigars daily smoked in New T « rk at 10 , 000 dollars . .. TJ 18 work made by ihepaopers in Ennis vrorkhoaW the last half-year realised £ 614 . Thb Slain at Ouuodbn . —A subscription ia being raised in Sootland for the purpose of erecting a me « mO ™ er the ernvea of tbft 9 l 6 i ° »* Culloden . IheBallinaaloeBoatdof Guardians have rejeoted the . prepsnal of making new unions there
. America Screw Stbaubb . —The Qubbkc Mebcurv states that next spring a screw steamer , of 839 tonB burthen , and 300 horse' power , will bdgia plying between Montreal anil Liverpool . «•«•/• 'Want WABHiNa . ' -An American paper has the following advertisement :-. 'Two sisters want wa « h . 'Pfr . ? . aw very many Bisters on this Bide of thai Atlantic in the eame predicament . A New York paper says , that the land cleared of buildings by the reoeutfireat Brooklyn , ia now selling at higher prices than it could have fetched with , thft houses that formerly covered it . Mr Maorbadt akd Mr FoRRE 8 T .-In Philadelphia * the friends of Mr Forrest . American actor , inauKed Mr Maoready while on the stage , by throwing penny pieces and rotten eeea at him .
Thx Marinbiis' COMPA 8 B—The Chinese " ascribf the invention of tbe mariners' compass ; to their Em . S « Wf Hong-Ti , who , ther say , was a grandson o £ Noah . The honour ef its European diicovery is ce . ? o « 5 y eiTea * ° FIftTi 0 de Gio J » a Neapolitan , ia 1302 , m Prhk Tradb . —Seven thousand five hnndred and sixty eight quarters of foreign corn and 512 barrel * of flour were imported isto Limerick a fortniaht ago . Christmas Geksb . —A poulterer at RpaWing , fa Lincolnshire , is preparing to supply the Linden raarket with Christmas fare , by fattening upward * of tarte thonaand geese , whioh daily eat twenty-oxw Backs of oata . t AGoodLUcl . —Twfi b . ift ^ bclornrinetoBuckia . and m the employ : nenfc of Mr Macdonald , fish crxm them * avo reported to have Ik ^ ly brought ashore at « ig haul « even thousand haddock * .
Standiko AKMiB 3 .--Nsnt ! K und Smmr .-ir , - ;* :, wha reignfd 2017 joars befora Chri » l had jirmis * amount . ing to nearly 2 , 000 , C 00 ot' filing men . Tbe firaS guards and regular tronpg , as a stancHa ; : a > nr- . were formed by Saul , 1093 B . C . So saya Easebias ' Lovb ANn Friendship . —Love ia the Bbadow of the morning , which decreases as the day advancea . Friendship is the shadow of the evening , wbiok strengthen with the setting son of life . Yellow Fbver at Barbadobs . —Yellow fever is said to be very prevalent at tho garrison in BarbadoeB Oneotat , Lieiiteii » otHotaeii , and several men of the C 7 ch regiment had died from its effects . Small pox hnd appeared at Martinique . Thb / Dailt Nsws . ' -ItiB stated that the Daiw Nbwb is to be Bhortly issued as a permanent double sheet , and that the price is to be raised to 5 d . The c ?? f xParimen * * " Baid to have entailed a loss
- > - Of £ 100 000 . This Black A or . —The Bending anonymous letter * demanding money , under threat of exposure , . fee . /^" ™ ? , ^ I *!!? fe ! oi ! y ^ tbe 9 th of Geor ? e I . ( 1722 , ) oalled the Black Act , and several persona have been executed in England for tho offence . A Cubiohs Sbizhbb . —At Corkj the other day , a Mra Bridget Mnrphy , finding one of her tenanted « mu for tent , and nothing letter to distrain upon , aolually eeized a young girl , and held possession ef her for three dayi , until the magistrates interfered . Troom for lM > iA .-The Direotors of the Hon . East Indi& Company have issued orders for 3 , 500 rank and ble to hold themselveH ready to embark for Oaloutta and Bombay , between the 3 rd andlOih of January next .
A BiPHOPRio Going a Bugging . —Aecording to the Dcblin Evbnino Post , the Bbhoprio of Down , Connor , and Dromore is ROicg a begging , the dioceie being J 620 . 000 inldebt , which the new bishop will have to pay before he touches a penny 0 ? nig rerennes . A ChDAB op Lebanon . —AX Liltlo GrimBby Hall , near Loutb , Lincolnshire , there is now growing a cedar of Lebanon , which measures thirteen feat in girth at a height of six feet from the ground . The height of this superb tree is seventy feet , and the spread of tbe branohes covers a Bpace of 160 feet in ciroumference .
Thb East Lakcabhtke RAiLWAY . —Tho works oa the East Lancashire Railway , are fast drawing to a olose , and it was expected that it would be opened for traffic between Crlne and Burnley on the 1 st of January next ; but in oonscquence of the earth giving way at Barden Cleagh , near tho latter place , it will be delayed for & Bhort time after that period . A Storm . —Ayrshire was visited by a Beverahail and thunder-storm a few days asjo . A flock of orowa ntting on a hedge on the farm of Mr John Duncaa , Shalloon , pariah of Coylton , were struck by tie electric fluid , and sixty-two of them were killed . Cisvbr Thibvbs . —A jeweller ' s window at Bristol , was robbed of fifty watches and about 380 weddinjrring g , by some thieves , who cut a hole in the shutter with a oiroular Baw , having plastered the wood with treaole , so as to mako the least possible noise .
The sum of JE 150 has been subacribed in Sheffield , for Mr W . Jackson , formerly of that iowB , one of the survivors from the Ocean Monaroh , who lost the whole of bia property , together with his wife and three children . Good Conscience . —A good conscience is more to ba desired than all tbe riohes of the E « t . How sweet are the slumbers of him who can lie him dowa on his pillow and review the transaction ? of every day without condemning himself ? A good con * ocience ia the finest opiate . Mysterious Cibcumstakce . — An old gentleman , at Fi » hg \ iar 6 ' , who is upwards of eighty years old , was on the point of marriage with a young lady pf nineteen . On Monday night week , as the ancient swain was returning from a visit to bis fair one , he was seizid . thrown into a cart , aad has not been since heard of . ¦
Ethbh and CvrcomM . — Ether and ctoroform have now been wed with favourable effeot in per * naps two thousand cases of midwifery , and so far as the Committee on obstetrics of the American Me . dioal Association have been able to learn , without a single fatal , and very few , if any , untoward results . Chinese Sh o men —Mes ? rs T . Labray , Soholes , and Co ., tea dealers , Newall ' a Bnildings , Manchester ,, have had some time two Chinese young men em « ployed as counter-men , in which occupation both ara exceedingly attentive and active , and of placid and quiet manners . Modest . —A gentleman advertise in a New York paper , for baard in a quiet genteel family , whe . » a there are two or three beautiful and accomplished young ladies , and where hie eooiety' will bo doomed a sufficiency for board , lodging , washing , " and othee et ctteras . '
Marriage . —It was one of tho Jaws of Lycurgus , that no portions should be given with young women in marriage . When this great lawgiver was oalled npon to justify this enactment , he obaorved : — ' That in tbe choice of a wife merit only should be considered ; and that the law was made to prevent young women being choeen for their riches or neglected for tflsir poverty . A Substitute for Soap . —In California there grows a plant which is used for washing every description of clothing in cold runnir . s water . In asing it as soap , the women cnt the roots . from the bulbs , and rub them on the dotheB , wben a strong lather is formed . To propagato tho plant the bulbs are aet in a rioh moist soil , and grow moat luxuriantly in tte soft bottoms of valleys , or on the borders of running streams .
Amone tbe retnarkaMe things noticed by Evelyn , in his' Journal of his Tour in the Netherlands , ' -- is the case of a woman who had been married five and twenty times . ' and waa then prohibited from marrying again ; ' yet it could not be proved that Bho had ever made any of her husbands away , though the suspicion had brought ber divers times to trouble . ' Good for Nothkq . —A young apprentice ta the shoemakicg business asked his master what snswor h 9 should give to the often repeated question : — ' D 06 B your waster warrant bb shoes » ' Anawer , Thomas , ' said the master , 'that I warrant them to provo good , and if they don't , I'll make them good for nothing . '
A SUBSTITOTK TOR POTATOE ? . —M . MasSOD . tha head gardener at the Luxembourg , Pane , has lately grown a now root , called ullneo , whieh can very welL it is thought , toplaoo the potato . It originally comes from Peru , and grows perfectly well ia the open air 1 the flavour is very nearly the same as that of tho potato . In addition , the part above ground furnished a very agreeablo vfgatable , something like tho baaa in Ihvow . Three crops of tho green part ban be obtaiaed in the a ; me season . Thb . Floods . —Lately in the counties of Westmoreland heavy rains , Bieet , and snow have fallen almost inoessantly , and the lakes , rivers , and streams were
gwatly swollen , having oveiflowed fheir ba « k 6 and covered the adjacent low grounds to a considerable txteni and depth . An Immbksb Monvmest . — Tho secretary to the Board for management of Washington Monument guee , in the Nbw Yobr IIiirau ) , the following des « criptim of the intended work . The work , when fi . imbed , will uurpasa every other rsouwaent in tbe world . The foundation 81 feet square , will bo narrowed to GO feet , at an elevation of 27 feet , all of solid masonry at this ' elevation , The great obelink ( 500 feet high ) will start . The walls are to W . 15 feet thick at tbe bsso , with an opening in tbe centre of 25 feet to tbe top . ; .
Incrhasb op Pauperism —On Sunday week there were in tho Cork Union Workhouse no fewer than 4 993 paupers , and tboae in a union the wnrkbouseo : which was originally built to contain 2 . 000 ! There are now , besides tbe workhouse , two ether large and convenient auxiliary houses provided fox tbe $ Wjp $ H
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 23, 1848, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1502/page/3/
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