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      THE ACRES AND THE HAXDS . BY ITCGA 5 XK . " The carthis the Lord ' s , and tlie fulness thereof Says God ' a most holy word : The water Lath fish , and the land hath flesh , And the air hatli many a bird ; And the soil is teeming o ' er the earth , And the earth hath numberless hands ; let millions of hands -want acres , While millions of acres want hands . Sunlight and breeze , and gladsome flowers , Are o ' er the earth spread wide ; And the good God gave these gifts to men—To men who on earth ahidc ; Tet thousands are toiling in poisonous gloom , And shackled with iron bands , ¦ While millions © f hands want acres , And millions of acres want hands .

      Sever a rood hath a poor man here , To plant with a gram of corn , And never a plot where Ids child may cull Fresh flowers in dewy morn ; The soil lies fallow , the weeds grow rank , Yet idle the poor man stands ! Ah ! millions of hands want acres , And millions of acres want hands . ¦ Mark lane Express .

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      KINGS AXD THRONES AltE FALLING . BT THS REV . i . C . LORD , D . D . { From an American Agrarian Reform Journal , entitled The Xationul Reformer and Pittsburgh ( Pennsylvania ) Saturday ikreura . ) Kings and Thrones are falling , The sound comes o ' er the sea , " Deep onto deep is calling , " To the conflict of the free , At the voices of the nations , like the roaring of a flood , Tlio " sun is changed to darkness , the moon is changed to blood . "

      The word of power is spoken In accents loud and long , The iron chain is broken From the ancles of the strong . The blind and beaten giantis staggering up at length , And the pillars of his prison house begin to feel his strength . To exile goes the King , The Throne is in the street , The royal floors are echoing The sounds of plebeian feet . O ' er gilded rooms and halls of state the common people throng , Half fearful of the spectre yet , that haunted them SO Ion ? .

      The purple robe is riven , Ay , crushed beneath the tread Of masses hunger driven , Demanding work and bread . And death is riding grimly forth and terror by his side , With blood-stained war and pestilence and famine hollow-eyed . The Towers of Earth are shaken From the Danube to the Rhine , Old Germany is waking , like a Cyclop from his wine . And dark his brow with hatred , and red his eye ? with wrath , While he scatters his tormentors , like pigmies , from Jus path .

      The famished Celt is crying , " Arm , brethren , one and all ;" The Saxon Lord is flying , To castle , keep and wall . Unhappy Ireland grasps again the old detested bands , And Mb towards the indignant heavens her bruised and bleeding hands . The Seine is running red Through the capital of France , Over ramparts of the dead The cry is still advance ! With pike and gun and paving stone and red flag flying high , The sons of Labour take their stand to conquer or to die I

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      THE AUTOBlOaKAPHY OF FRANCOIS-REXE , VISCOUNT DE CHATEAUBRIAND . London : Simms and M'Intyre , Paternoster-row . Tiie publishers of the " Parlour Library " encouraged by the success of that popular series , have teen induced to commence a new venture , which they entitle " The Parlour Library of Instruction . " The first volume has just appeared , and contains the whole of the first , an d t he commencement of the second "book" of the Autobiograph y of Ciuteauvjoxsd .

      The High-Priest of Legitimacy— Cilvteaubiuaxb ' s name is known even where his works are unknown , or at least unread . Thousands , therefore , to whom his name is familiar , must naturally he desirous of knowing something of his history—a history strangely chequered by prosperity and misfortune , renown and suffering . Of the order of the aristocracy , and belonging to one of the most ancient families of Brittany , CiiATEAUimiAM ) , the Last of ten child ren , was bora at St . Malo , on the 4 th of September , 1708 . An affectionate nurse dedicated him to " Lad y of ^ Nazareth , " made a VOW * that he should wear in her ( the said "Lady ' s" ) honour blue and white , u n til h e was seven years of asje . Chateaubiuaxd ' s

      father—who was eaten up bv one passion , the pride of ancestry—is represented by his son in a most uuamiablc light . His mother—with many " admirable qualities "—appears to have been very like a fool in the management of her household affiurs , co nnect in g therewith a strong infusion of the scold ; humbled by her morose husband , she appears to . havc made her infer iors pay for her humiliation , Chateaukuiaxd says : "My father was the terror of the servants—my mother their scourge . " The son of " the high and mighty Lord , Kexe pe Chateauubuxd , Chevalier , Count of Combourg , Lord of Gaugres , Plessis L'E pine , Boulet , Malestroit in Dol , and other places , " was brough t up in this way :

      I grew up in the midst of my family without study of any kind . We no longer inhabited the house where Iwas born . My mother occupied an hotel in ihc Place St . "Vincent , almost opposite the gate of the town which communicates with the Sillon . The blackguards of the town became my most intimate friends : I thronged the court-yard " and the stairs of Our house with them- I resembled them in every respect I spoke their language ; I had their appearance and manners ; I was ciad like them—with to the breeze shirts

      coat unbuttoned and hare . My were falling into rags ; I never had a pah 1 of stockings which were not full of holes ; I dragged after me tattered slippers , down in the heels , and which dropped from my feet at every step . I frequently lost my hat . and " sometimes my coat . My face was daubed , scratched , and bruised , and my liands were black with soot . My appearance altogether was so odd , that my mother , in the midst of her anger , could not refrain from laughing and exclaiinunj , "llowmrlvheis : "

      ^ Notwithstanding this picture of wretchedness , the history of Chateatjihiiand ' s boyhood is very interesting . Here is a precious specimen of the family pride and arrogance of the Chateaubriands : — One morning I was eagerly pursuing a came of prison-bars in the great court-yard of the college , when a message was brought me that some one wished to see me ; I followed the domestic to the outer gate . There Ifound a stout man , with a red face , a brusque and impatient manner , a stern voice , carrying a stick in his liand , and wearing a black peruke badly curled , atom cassock tnckedlip throns ; h his pockets , dirty shoes , and stockings with holes m the heels .

      "You little scamp , said he , " are you not the Chevalier dc Chateaubriand of Combourg ?" " Yes , sir , " replied I , rather stunned by his addross . "And L" replied he , almost foaming , " amthe last of the eldest branch of your family . I am the Abbe de Chateaubriand , of La Guerande . Look at > ae well . " ' The proud abbe put his hand in the pocket of an old pair of plush breeches , took out a mouldy crown of six francs , wrapped in a piece of filthy paper , threw it

      in njy foce , and proceeded on his way on loot , muttering his matins with a furious air . I learned •^ ubsojuejitly that the Prince de Conde had caused sn offer to he made to this clownish vicar of the office of preceptor to the Duke de Bourbon . The arr gant priest replied that the prince , the possessor ' ¦ ' [ t he barony of Chateaubriand , ought to know that « jc heirs of the barony might have preceptors ^ tmselves , but were notthe preceptors of others . T'iosc baugMy aristocrats then little thought low soou the conceit was to he taken out of

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      them . A few years afterwards , that on -which they had prided themselves , they -were a * -...- * , to conceal . Their aristocratic disdain \ v . ?« ¦; . poor defence against the unloosed wrath ' .- ' '•' . ¦¦ multitude . Originally intended for the navy , theii (' .. ;• the church , Chateaubriand would be nr \ i ! i .., sailor nor pr iest , and at last—somewhat i' -iutantly—entered the army , in which he die ? «; . see service . "When the old government v i - broken np , his soldiership—never moretl : n .-, fiort of boy ' s play—came to au end . At I ' .- < . * , where , n o twithstandin g hi s y o uth , he lej ivlife of a solitary , he was regarded as a src \ nVton by his dashing elder brother . At % ' msaillesho was presented to the King , anc . ; V . r the first time , saw the Queen .

      LQCIB XVI , ASD MAHIE ANTOIXETTE . when it was announced that the king had rvo . those who were not presented withdrew . I felt - •*¦¦ emotion of vanity ; not that I was proud of rezr-CiLj mg , but I should have been humiliated to he olt ^ oii to retire . The door of the sleeping apartment . >¦' the king waa thrown open , and I saw the king . . •<• - cording to the usual custom , complete his toil ' : ~ that is to say , tako his hat from the hand c" iV first nobleman in waiting . The king advancer . .- •• his way to mass ; I bowed ; tke Marquis de JD'u-.-, ; mentioned my name : —

      " Sire , the Chevalier de Chateaubriand . " The king looked at me , returned my salute , U - > i tated , and seemed about to stop and speak to lac I should have replied with confidence ; my tiffii-. Hu had vanished . To address the general of the arm ; the head of the State , appeared to me a very siaji'l * matter , without my being able to account for trii .-feeling . The king , more embarrassed than I ; i ut finding nothing to say , passed on . Oh , vanily oi human destinies ! This sovereign , whom I sa- ~ i'y the first time—this monarch so great and powerful —was Louis XTT . within six years of his scaffold

      And this new courtier whom he scarcely glanceo at , was commissioned to search for , and separat-. i « i : remains from amidst the surrounding bones : u ; . u after having been , on- proofs of nobility , preseni . < . •' to the descendant of St . Louis in his earthly gr ^ . ine ^ s . was destined , upon proof of fidelity , one 'J-i to be presented to his dust . Double tribute of »• -.-specttothc twofold royalty of the sceptre and iS ^ palm . Louis XVI . might have replied to his judge ; m the words of scripture— " I have dono many gc » 'd works among vou , for which of these do you st < •¦* .. ' me ?"

      We now hastened to the gallery , to be in ihe queen ' s way when she returned from chapel . Shesoon appeared , surrounded by a numerous and gli ' tering retinue . She made us a most queonly re- < - rence ; she seemed as if enchanted with life ; £ ' : <' those fair hands , which then supported with so mu" !/ grace the sceptre of so many kings , were fated , before being bound by the executioner , to hav . - " patch the rags of her widow ' s weeds as a prisoner " ' * .-the Coneiergerie . Here is a striking picture

      of—FXEXCH SOCIEIT AT THE BEGINNING OF THI REVOLUTION ' . At this period everything which related to rshiJ op morals was deranged—the inevitable sympion ofnn approaching revolution . . Magistrates bluBheif to have to wear the robe , and turned into ridicule the gravity of their fathers . The Lamoignons , iiw Molee , the Seguiers , the D'Aguesseaus , wished t-j combat and refused to judge . The president j ' wives , ceasing to play the part of venerable mother ) f families , glided from their gloomy hotels to seelfor brilliant adventures . The priest from the pulph

      avoided using the name of Jesus Christ , and spwo only of the legislator of Christians ; one ministry fell after another ; power slipped from every han-1 The lushest bon ton was to op American in to-ru . English at court , Prussian in the army—to he everything , except French . Everything that -ffas said , everything that was done , was only one seii-js of inconsistencies . People affected ts retain ih * . existence of secular abbfes , and yet renounced religion ; no one could be an officer unless he wai-f . noble , and yet nobility was scouted ; equality vsas introduced into the drawing-room , and blows of tV cane into the camp .

      I cannot better paint the society of lTSa and i , v ( j than by comparing it to the architecture of the tii «» . i of Louis XII . and of Francis I ., when the Greclr ,, orders began to blend with the Gothic style ; or , rather , by assimilating it to a collection of tne n »; e ' of all nations , heaped up pell-mell , after the llci . L-ii of TeiTor , in the cloisters of the convent of ilir little Augustina . Only the remains of which I sp " -:- . \ were living and ever-changing . In every corner < vi Paris there were literary re-unions , political sor ) - ? . ties , and theatres . The future celebrities wandered through the crowd without being known , like aouh on the borders of Lethe before having enjoyed '& : light . I saw the son of Marshal Gouvion-St . 0 ?; . perform a character on the theatre of the Mai-da .

      in "The Culpable Mother" of Beaumarchi . fc . People rushed from the club of the Feuillants to the club of the Jacobins , from balls and gamin £ - houses to the groups of the Palais Royal , from the tribunes of the National Assembly to the tribunes held in the open air . Deputations of tlso people , cavalry piquets , and patrols of infantry , passed and repassed in the streets . Beside a mra dressed as a Frenchman , with powdered hair , sword at his side , hat held under his arm , punvpo and silk stockings , walked a man with _ short-eni hair , without powder , wearing the English frockcoat , and the American cravat . At the theatre , tf-e

      actors published the news , and the pit thundercout patriotic couplets . Pieces adapted to the times attracted crowds . An abbe , would appear-on the stage ; the people would shout " coxcomb ! " s : ? g the abbe would reply , " Gentlemen , long live tht . nation ! " People hastened to hear Mandini tm his wife , Tiganoni and Kovedino , sing at the Opn-.: Unfa , after having heard Ca ira shouted vrltb stehtor lunes ; and went to adinire Madame Dugazon , Madame St . . Aubin , Carline , the little Oliver , Mademoiselle Gontat , Mole , Floury , and Talma , who was then making his debut , after having szoi ) Favras hunjr .

      The promenades of the Boulevard du Teinj . li-. and of that of the -Italians , surnamed of Coblemand the alleys of the garden of the Tuileries , we : crowded with gaily-dressed women . Three yopii daughters of Gretry's were particularly conspi-nous—white and red as " their dresses , -ill tlr .-.-tdied soon after . " She fell asleep fov ever , " v . M Gretry , when speaking of his eldest daught-i , " seated on my knees , as lovely as during h-. v life . " A crowd of carriages swept along tin . thoroughfares or splashed the sans culottes , and ililovely Ma Jame de Buffon might be seen seated alopj in a * phaeton of the Duke of Orleans , which ~ : = drawn up opposite the door of some club . The taste and elegance of the aristocratic pori > i of society were to be met with at the hotel oil . ¦ Ilochcfoueault , at the evening parties of Mesdan ^ de Poix , d'Henin , dc Simiane , dc Vaudreuil , in . se veral drawing-rooms of the higher magistr . ^

      which had remained open . At the houses of x- . » isieur Seeker , M . lc Comte de Montmorin , i . u <\ those of the several ministers , were to he p-. n ( along with Madame de Stael ) the Duei *^ - ' d'Aiguillon , Mesdames de Beaumont and de £ < =-rillv ; all the new celebrities of France , anc all the " liberty of the new manners . A shoemaker , ' vthe uniform of an officer of the National Gu :.--. i . took the measure of your foot on his knees ; ihc mouk , who , on Friday , was clad in his white or black robe , wore on Sunday a round hat and tV habit of a citizen ; the capuchin , shaved , read t !> - newspapers in the taverns ; and in a circle of i ^ . « icap women appeared a nun gravely seated . " : it was some aunt or sister who had been driven i ..-ju , her monastery . The crowd visited the eonvf-i i , which were open to the world , as travellers wa ' .- 'i- through the abandoned halls of the Alhambr : :. < Grenada , or pause beneath the columns of Co : temple of the Sibyl at Tibur . " /

      For the rest , p lenty of duels and amw--. prison acquaintances ,, and political frat-j :- ; : i ties ; mysterious rendezvous amidst the rvx-y beneath " a cloudless sky , in the midsi < . i the calm and the poetry of nature ; sohti .-i . silent , and secluded walks , mingled with opti .-of eternal friendship and undying tenderness plec < <<' . amid the low deep murmur of a flying world , to ' be distant sound of the crumbling fabric of soc ; : iy . which threatened in its fall these happy ties tiros placed at the mercy of events . When any one ow appeared for twenty-four hours , their fn ? i- " - were not certain whether , they sIjohW ever see thwi more . Some plunged into the path of rcvolut ^ -a others meditated civil war : others sot out for c ; .-Ohio , to which they had despatched before tnom plans of princely chateaux , which they mean- w build amongst the savages ; and others again pv ceeded to Join the princes . And all this was & . < : )¦ in joyous mood , often without the adventurers ir . v ing a sou in their pockets ; the royalists afiii ^ ' ---that the affair would end , one of those fine mornnr ,-. by a decree of parliament ; the patriots , quit * ' -. buoyant in their hopes , announcing a reign of p- ? w and of happiness along with liberty . They . sue * " The holy candle of Arras , And flambeau of Provence , Thou- li ght , though boasting small <•< # - ' Are kindling round us France . And sjice their flame we dare not tou ^" . Wll snuff it yet , or hope as much . " And this was the way they judged of Robespierre . ' .=. - Mirabeau '

      Tfe shall return to this volume in next St .- ' ¦' - ' day's Star . In the m eantime we carns-i W advise all who have a shilling to spare to nu themselves acquainted with this portion <;* Chateaubriand ' s Autobiography . All who ?? : ' thefii'st Tolunio wifllie anxious for the spfc' -y appearance of . its ^ u ecessors .

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      CIIAJJTIST TltAC'TS Jb'Olt THE TLMES . Ko . 1 . Why are we Poor f What do the Chartists want ? l } y the Kirkdale Chartist J- ' rigoucrs . London : J . 'Watson , 3 , Queen ' s llead- ]> assago , Pateriiostei ' -row . Manchester : A . lleywood . Lvcth : Josispli Jj arJcw , W ' ortley . Nottingham : Swoot } and all Booksellers . W « recently iu&nncd our rejxders that i ^ tssrs . Wkst . "White , : uwl Leach ( the

      talontwl and incorruptible Chartist leaders , v . t present sutl ' uiiug in Kivkdalu prison for the - ' crime * ' of advocating the rights of the pe o p lei . wen * about to commence the publication of a series of "Tracts tor the Times . " Our announcement is fulfilled . X <> . I . of tho projected scries is before us , awl a cartful perusal thoroot enables us to declare it worthy of tin- talents and reputation of its author . * , wfco thus intimate their intentions ;—

      ¦ I : i tho scrios of traeU which wo iutond to publish , ¦ ' -ve shall endeavour to lay hanvthu various causes ; rht . t hav « lod tw the social inetjuality which indicts so much niisory on tliojauss of niaukind . Tin j sunhors uf these tracU , liavinjr U > ciiiliirc the ««•»' ; privntionij as their brethren , mid being at present ; fhi iiiiiir . u ' s ufa gaol , for the prominent position i thty ( iccupicd among their fellow sufferers , have rcj ¦¦ i olvcd to devote the leisure whicli this circuiiistaticc j affu'ds them , to vindicate their principles , and _ de-• lend thi'inscivo .- ; from the caluuinu'S which the hire-• . Hn > r juess of the Whig mid ' Tory faction have so iiii-• scrupulously lu-.-iiK .-d ujton thoin * as well as to give j- ' tii exposition of the feelings , want * , and wishes vf . 'hst miuivroiis body *> f inteliigvut arti * ans twined ! { . ' jtvimsTs , as an answer to the oft-repcated queries ' of tho wealthier classes—What > do the Chartists j ^ raiit * and of the 'operative—U'liy sire we 1 ' oor ' .

      Our friends truly observe that'tint fruitless insurrections of , and revolutions effected by , the working crlasseg , too LinuiiitabK * prove "tlio igboi-ancu of tlu : people in the science of Government , " seeing that after poiiriug out their blood , aud winning victory through tearful pnjns and perils , they have contented thomsel * « -s ivith '" gtjtting rid of oiio set of evil goveiiiors to make way ior-otliers cijuallv vicious , leaving tho same causes in operation which thf . y had previously hazarded their liver * to uproot . " To assist in dispelling this futjil igliorartce , is the object of thu jvirkdale prisoners . "Wv add a few additiouul extracts ;—

      -A I'KOI'I . K CAWOT IIKUKI-. lliu tlemortwy of Kuiopi ' , liotwJDlistaniling the abuse heaped on thuin , aix > not avcountublu for ( lie bloodshed atid deplorable , swnes-of violuucu wliicli have lately occuvred , to tin- disgrace of those who promoted it . Tin * jit-ople of those countries have l > etn termed rebellious , but a people eaiiuoc rubel . H i « j ihose Josp «^ vvjw sot u {> their owa will uguuwt the wants and wishes of a nation that truly merit ( tie term rebel , ami should be treated as such .

      THE MtDM . K-m 8 S UKFOBME 1 W . These fiicts ou ^ lit to arouse tho people to eoncentraiit High * eimtgtes for : i flioYOUftn l-efol-inntioii of ihe . Hystem ; not the p ^ Ui'y and all but iiseless t . inijieriiigs of lluntc , Cobden , and Co .: not the elippin # * and cheesjL ' -piirinjgs . of Five Ti-aile , Financial Kefovm , ami the remission of a ' few tuxes % the sub . stitution of others : —hut a inighty iintional effort for the total annihilation of aristocratie and inoiiied predoniinnnee , root and branch . This alone is ytoi thy the intelligence of si great and enli g htened jiatii'ii ; all the attempted j ); iteh-work of our parliamentary reformers being merely a tub to the ' vhi le .

      • JIIK rAHMAMKXT . Cm' p : ll-li : Hiielit , which should represent the wisiJOPiofthu nation , and should bi > oeeupied in derising the best means of applying the national Tre .- 'lth To the welfare of all , is uierofy : i committee Khieh sit * to concoct arbitrary rules fov the supposed aggrandisement of their oyder , and , we have rcaKuii tVsupposi' , have neither inclinntinn nor intcll'irenee to discharge their proper functions . It ii ? u . M'le . ss ro e . \| M'i .-t any amelioration •">» hmg iis it is oonijMwoil <> fsu < .- ) iHiatfj-i ; ils , ji / i « 1 it is therefore « eccsmry that such a » alteratimi sluiH tak « pl . iee in iis •• iiinposition as shall make it the index of the national will and tlnr expnneJit of its'wants and Irishes , instead of being , us at present , the most l ' oi'Jiiidable obstacle of ail improvement .

      "We wish , " Bay our friends , "it to be p lainl y understood , that our cliier * object is to direct the attention of the Avorking classes to the subject of social reform , so that on the internment of political power , they may know b . Qy , 'to use it tor their advancement in tlio scale , of progression . " . And we-wish them success . Let the local Chartist Coinmitt « . es order—and pay for when ordered—a quantity of this tract , and emurc the sale thereof . 'J'bero ought to bt ; iiO diniculty in organising ( remember , Carnot " organised victory " ) , a sale of twenty thousand cojiies within " tlie next totirtcen days . Wu have reason to believe that the succeeding traits will well repay the encouragement which i . he working men will , we h o pe , g ive the authors , bv their patronage of Xo . 1 .

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      Tht Speech of Daniel Whittle Harvey , Esq ., ¦ w hen M . P . for Colchester , on moving f or a Select Committee , to inquire into the Crown hands , delivered in the House of Commons , March With , VXA (\ . London : llidgway , Ficcadilly ; and E . Wilson , lloyal Exchange . Jcr / 'fiiXG by the newly- written "Introduction , " we tioncludu that bis ' speech lias been printed for the twofold purpose of , first , reminding ) he public that Mr . Daxxkl Wuiitlk Haavky is still open to an engagement on the popular s id e , provided the terms are liberal ; ; : nd , second , adding to the stock of information

      on ihe subject of the management , or , rather , mffrinous mismanagement , of the Crown Lands . As regards Financial lit-form , Mr . Hahvky mig ht do the state some service were lie in Parliament at this moment , but we should not anticipa te g r e a t thing s fr o m him when more important questions come before ihe Legislature , as come they must . Mere tax-reducing lietbnners will , ere long , find iheir level , an d th e n ce rt a in character s , who are at present more popular than ever Mr . Hauvkv was , will be seen in all tlieir littleness . We fancy , ho w e v er , that the ex-Member for Colchester has small chance of jjcttmjj into

      Parliament after his extraordinary treatment of rhe lladieals of Marylebone . At any rate , be uiuf-t no more try his hand in that borough . As regards the "Speech" before us , we can very cordially recommend it to our readers , v . m \ the friends of Financial Reform generally ; throwing , as it does , light upon a mass of KUUsus which , "to be hated need but to be = cen . " -Mr . Haiivky , on making bis motion , 'vat defeated , but in the minority there voted with him , Lord Althorpe ( afterwards Earl . Spencer , ( since deceased ) , Lord G . 13 eutinck < de < eased ) , -Sir F . Jjunlett ( deceased ) , two ot

      ihe Dundases , Lord Ebrington , ( now Lari i '' ortes < "ue ) . Sir James Graham (!) , Lord 1 lowi . « k : ( now Earl Grey ) , Cam llobhouso ( : ) , Lord llorpcth ! ( now * Karl of Carlisle ) , C . AVkmI (!) , and Lord John Hussell (' . ' . '¦) . The Whi ^ 8 were then out of p lace , when they acuuiml pow « -r they took up the investigation which . bad been demanded by Mr . IIakvkv . The Whig inquiry resulted in- -nothing ; ; md from that time to the present the abuses laid bare in the speech under notice , have gone mi multiplying , until now the subject is ag ain r . >; b « Ted to ' fl . Committee , to be burked as bet ' ere . unless the public dutennino otherwise .

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      H Unsophisticated Genealogy of Her Majesty Queen Victoria , vith singular and remarkable Anecdotes of her Ancestors , lurk : Ji . Boberts , 31 , High Peter-gate . LuinUm : 3 . Y . Collins , 3 « , Holywcll-strect , strand . . fHM fonrpeimywo rth of really usefulAnow-| . dee is a vast impr ovement on the dobbeimg : S vomited by the -regular" chmncler , tod compilers of royal histon ^ . The " aorerrf « , people" will do well to consult the pages .. fthiipainpblet . We recommend it not the 1 ^ 8 hcartilv to all those wh o take delight ! u tracing the stream ot regal virtue to it . -ource ' , - .

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      « v v . pt « : timps . — The aininierewl community is Sc I -. S Wiitinulng the almost universal Uiutioncl v » nnstanipeH receipts :, as that tlcpractice of gj f . lv . , « IbumI of tie ^ , ,, u nmcc ! s ¥ whuli arc likely to enforce the Sl ^ p Syy- chcy . c thalfth . r ^ t ,

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      proceoilwl to the scene to protect it from the ravages of the wreckers . A report ] in < l lieen received by the Preventive Swviw , tluit fifty bmlios had been found along the L'onst towunLs Soutlu'inl , Imi we have bad no means of ; i > ci'rtaiiiin * r its convctness . IIauwjcii , M » x )' . iv . —lHC () . i&int have been the in-• 1 'iini's hero as to whether any more of the unfortuli . itc crcaturi's had lieeu juvserved ; with the exccption , however , of the four poor fellows taken tVuiu tin ? ri&uiu !! by tla- l ' otrel revenue cutter , every luiinau bfffijj on board peviBhed , numbering in all 171 suiil . ? . The depositions of the surviving semen of tho Floriiliaii have been taken by the authorities of the 1 ' crc , aiid from chi'iu » o "atlu-t an authentic detail ot th < ' circuiiistauci's uttcuiliui ; the ship ' s loss . It ' nay here ho stated that their names are Henry Hill , l-plii-aim Stuckbriik'o , a man of colour , and William llsirv .

      » he crcir , with Captain Whitmore , ( who had his wife on hoard , i amounted to fourteen , the names of whom mm Wm . Viloy , i-lm . f officer , ofNew London ; u-M . ^ ltlc ' " iimi > llot known , Hecond ofiteer ; James willmiiwiin , scvu-ani ; Kichard Ferdinand , oook ; thai- es IJam-tt , John Tillman , Peter Davis , John iJutch , l-. dw . ud Woody , Charles Thomas Balwith : iinl the above mciitioued survivors "; : After thu ship stiuek , the terrified enugraats rushed < m deck , and a scene of heart-rendinl character ensued . The poor creatures ran aboutin almost iVantie eonfiision . Tlie ship continued striking the shoal , and Captain Whitmore nndhyr by sounding the pumps , that she had bilged , s ^ nalled a baiiiuc ( , which afterwards proved to t » the Bvle ) about three miles oft for

      assistance . The captain hitUmg , by the broken fraifinenta that wereoominK up each snip , that the vessel was' breaking up directed the boats to be launched . His intention was 0 take the passengm to the barque . Two , named Charles llairett and John Tillman , got into the first boat lowered , to bale out the water she had dhipped . 1 he passengers , however , -ot hold of her , and were liauluiir the boat alongside to jump in ; but Barrett apprehensive of her being stove in , out aw&y the IMwnter , and tlie Wat tliif teU aatem . The life-boat capable of containing about twenty pewtona , ¦* «* then launched , Captain Whitmore directing the men to stand by , so as to prevent too many getting into her . lie was the first to enter , with the intention of assisting his wife into the boat . The emignitiw , however , eoneeiving that it was bis intention to abandon them and tlie vessel , rushed headlong

      over the titiarter-deek into the boat . It was instantly tilled , and the next moment she was capsiaed , and all were drowned—the captain and the chief mate , who hail gone to assist the p ; is * engerB into the boat disappearing with the rest . Mrs . "Whitmore , who had been unable from the pleasure to get in , was on tho OjUarter-deck , and witnessed'the fete of her husband . To the remainder of the ship ' s company it was evident that most of those on board , about 1-W , would perish , as they felt and saw the vessel fast breaking u « . The sea was lashing the ship on all sides , the water had burst up her hatches , and jier cargo of boxes , cases , &c , Were WMhlng about her decks in all directions , breaking maw of the passengers' legs , who as they fell . were by the next

      sea washed overboard and lost . As a , lait recourse it was resolved to cut away the main and mizen mast . She had heeled over on one side , and \ % waj ) hoped it would bo the weans of ' soring her , but no axes could be found . The rigging was separated with an idea that the masts , not having the necessary stay , would '' o over , hut they held on for halfnn-hour afterwards , when tho ship went in two , and the main and mizen mast , yielding by the board , fell with a loud crash . Many of the emigrants were crushed to death by their fall ,. and others were knocked ovevbwud . Hill , Ifory , Btookbridge , wjth another seaman , named Dans , and four or five passengers , had taken to the fore-rigging . Previously they had placed several women and children

      under tin ; forecastle and in the cook-house , SO as to prevent their boiuij crushed to death by the heavy floating masses on deck . The -. emigrants huddled together on the poop . Those in the forecastle , cook , and round-house were speedil y drowned by hu sea tawing them away , and sweeping them over-) oanl , For some turns ' Mrs . Whitmore was observed in the centre of the group of unfortunate creatures on the poop . She had her hands crossed on her bosom , and , with her head raised to heaven , appeared to be in deep pmyer . Borne were in a uwelmg position , while others were shouting for help lyoin the barque at a distance . Their fate was speedily sealed . Within : i short time a terrific sea

      rolled on to the wreck , and , at one swoop , oarried the entire poop overboard . At least from eighty to a hundred and twenty unhappy creatures were upon it , arid for a moment or so it floated Uk . 0 a raft . The next sea or so , however , turned it over , and the living mass were struggling in the agonies of death . Some thirty or forty , among whom were several females , could be observed clinging to the floating packages of tho cargo . As they rolled over , bo the 1001 " creatures struggled for a firmer hold . At length , from exhaustion , they sank and were drowned . Before night had set in , the wreck had broken in two , anvl the pnvt wirion remained was the bow and the foremast , to which the survivorB and others dun < r .

      Ihe Ploridian struck on the outside of the Long Sands . The revenue cutters which have since axrivod , report that not a vestige of the wreckremainB the whole having been swallowed up in the sands . As yet none of the bodies have been brought ashore . A groat number have been seen floating , but the fact of most of them being nakud , leads to the presumption that they had been previously pioked up and stripped of their clothing . Many of the passengers were known to have sum * of money about their puvsuiis , some to the extent of £ 300 and £ 400 . A large number of wreckers we . ro seen in the vicinity of the wreck , after the survivors had been taken ott by the Petrel cutter , and , with the exception of some of the cargo that has been landed at

      Itamsgate and Margate , no other portion has been reported to tho customs . The . only emigrant saved , Wilhelm NierO , having partly recovered his senses—tho mind of the poor fellow being deranged , when rescued , by the norvililo suffering he enduml with three otheM in . the rigging of the wreck—was enabled to make the following statement to Mr . Uppeuheim , the interpreter to Lloyd ' s agent of the port , who handed it to the reporter : — " As far as I can recollect I sailed with about lo'O of my countrymen , all emigrants from Antwerp , on the 25 tli of . February , in the Floridan , for New York ; and stood out to sea from Flushing Koads on the 27 th . AVe had very rough weather ! a succession of severe gales , and the

      greater part of tho emigrants were down below , slick . Suddenly « u thu tveniug of the 28 ta , about five o ' clock , we experienced a tremendous shock , and a general cry was heard , ' The ship is on shore —we are all lost ! ' I , and almost every one of the passengers rushed upon deck , when a scene of the greatest terror and confusiou enBued . The Bhip continued to strike on the sand very heavily for a short time , when she broke tip in' three pieces . A terrible and heartrending cry , which I shall never forget , was uttered by all , and the distress and screams of the women and children who were on board nearly overpowered mo , in my . efforts to effeot mr own preservation . I was quite bewildered , and inilced 1 can scarcely remember what then took

      place , for my senses were almost gone . I can recollect that the greater part of the unfortunate Tictims were crowded on the after-deck , ' whence , unhappily , I had the misfortune to see them washed away . ' They all met with a watery grave . The ea that broke over us was terrible . I was left with eight others on the forepart of the ship" with a piece ot mast standing . We jrot up in the rigging , where 1 kept us well an I could . Aiy sufferings were very severe from the intense cold , and a sail which was continually blowing about' iny head MTlOUSly bruised me . 1 managed to get higher in the rigging , and I saw four of my fellow-creatures fall on the " followiuir morning . I supposed that they had died from tlie cold . There were now only four of us left , and we contiuued'in the rigging . All

      Thursday night and Friday we had given-up our lives as lost , when about five o ' clock on . Friday evening we saw a boat making towards u # . It had put off vom the l'etrel revenue cutter , and by the humane and praiseworthy efforts of the crew we were miracu lously preserved . We were taken on board the l ' etvel , which landed us in Harwich harbour . I have since been lodged and fed by the kind interference of Mr . Uillingsley , Lloyds" agent and the Prussian Consul ; but 1 am still suffering much from the exposure to cold , and from-not having tasted any food nor had any rest fur-three days and three nights . " . .: The poor fellow continues under ihe protection of the Vice-Consul , and has receifed every medical and other necessary attention .

      Hut one opinion appears to be entertained ag to the error which led to the lamentable events that it is alone to be attributed to . a false reckoning of the ship ' s course . Strange to say , the . same remarks are applicable ' to the loss " of . the large Dutch veMel , the Dvle , wrecked on the same sands two hours after the Floiidian had gone oni > Bh ' e left-Mmhmg in eoninan ? with the t'loridiatf : for ihe Bownft , and was the vessel which Captain Whitmoi'e saw at a distance when his ill-fated vessel struck , and supposed that their perilous situation . waa Been , tod that she had hove to'for their- assistance . Bnoh , however , was not the caav Mr . LawV the captain

      of the IJvle , was unconscious of everything but his own danger . His vessel BtrueJt on the' sands about five o'clock , and he , with his crew , femained in the tope of the rigging nearly -tuettlntoitae as the poor fellows on the foremast of tbe . Floridian , thre « days and niffhts ; but , altliougli . theirBuffejnh ' gaiTjKPB-con siderable , they managed-16 . PWicuWf-proviiioni , whereas the others never tasted food ' or water the whole time . The storm , it Wil ? b * re « ttU « j | ied ' i blew from the south-west , dh-eetl j'i ' ofr ^ - « oa » t , 'jmd consequently would tend to ke ^ VeifiSfr fra » the sand tlian otherwise . A very ' s ' troij ^ o ^ imBlfe however , sot in on tlu * Hands , hiidiitwutf ei ^ luMSiie Horidiau was carried by tUcvtoren ¥ o ? # WMpTt

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      m < A' ! 'E " KS » GKAXT SHU *» KF THE SkiS Wmiv two J 1 UN 1 )|! KJ ) Harwich , g Ui « l « v , Three p . m .-We have to record one of the most fri ghtful catastrophes that probably ever occurred on this j . ai-t of the Kngli .-h coast , viz ,, tlie total loss of a lai'ge emi-H-ant sli p on the Long Sainls , with nearly m souls on hoard , during the tempestuous and fearful weather on \\ ediiesday h . sf . The gale commenced iu the earlv part ot Wednesday mominjf , the wind blowing from the south-west , and as tlw day advanced th > violenoe of the storm uicrcascil , ami continued till between six and seven o ' clock in tlio I'veniii" A . heavy snow stwm followed ; md lasted till midni-ht . During Il . ur . sday news reached this harbour of several vessels having been wrecked on the l . onir

      iNimis . lhehrst cidHijrs communicated the lo * s of a Dutch IudiauKin , named the Dyle , Can tain J , -nv * hound from Antwerp to Jlavnniinli , the crew of which ( with the exception of one poor fellowi , were lacked up by her Majcty ' s revenue cutter !> L 0 Ut , and landed h .-. v . A lai-- ¦^• h ( iyiier . shared a similar ate on the same sands , with the lo > .- of cverv soul of her cr ew . . Seven or eiirhfc total losses were also reported as having happened on the adjacent slioal * , and it was hoped that these formed the extent ot th < - disristerx . ijite on Friday nii ; ht , howevei-, Jiw . Majesty ' s revenue cutter Petrel brought the melanchol y iutelliirenee of the apiKilliiK' lo . 4 » . f an cmi . irr . tut shi . » n the ., auie samls , and that nwirly ^' HO beings had perished with her . Only four ot the many on board survived , whom the Petrel had rescued .

      Owing to the exhausted condition of tlie poor fellows , who had been exposed to the storm in thu i-igjriiig for forty-ei ght hop * , it was not till yesterday that the correct details could be elicited from them b y Mr . Hilliii < . ' * l ey , tlie agent to Lloyds at this port , and tlie assistant-iiium , Mr . Oppehlieiin , ' to whom the reporter is indebted for the subjoined details : — J The ill-fated vowel was the bark Floridian , Mil ( mi * ( tunleu , Mr . E . 1 > . Whhmovi" , master , from Antwerp . . She was tho property of Mr . E . 1 ) , Ifulliwt , of New York , and had been chartered

      by a licnnaii comnany for the conveyance of emigrants to the I . ' nitcd States . She was auuouuced to sail from Antwerp last Thur « Iay week , but for some reason she was delayed till the following Sunday , wJien she left that port and proceeded down the river . . She , however , did not finally take her departure from the coast until Tuesday last . The number of emigrants that had taken a passage by her at Antwerp , anil had » one on hoard before she weighed anchor , is stated to have been from 17 < i to 2 < R " They comprised young , respectable ilerman agricultural labourers , with their wives and families and manv mechanics . Amongst the number on

      board were from hfty to sixty women and between twenty and thirty children . The ship was worked by a crew of nearly twenty , part of whom were iwiglishmen , commanded by a Captain Whitmore , a surgeon heing on board to attend the emigrants . It \ V . 'W late on Tuesday evening when the I'loridian putout to sea . The weather was exceedingly fine , and the wind being tail-all bade well for a pleasant run through the ' Channel . Tlie course taken after clearing the Flemish banks ( so say the surviving SeallU'll ) , WlliJ Westward foi thu Straits of Dovei " . Tho weather continued favourable up to twelve o ' clock , when the wind shifted round to the southwest , blowing very hard , with a fall of hail and snow , which was so heavy that it became impossible to

      seo tlie length of tlie vessel . They tacked ship and hole to the north-westward , until four o ' clock on Wednesday morning , and then altered their course . Captain Whitmore had ehai'jW of the watch up to four oVlork , when he went below , tho chief mate succeeding him in charge of the next watch . Daybreak brought fearful weather : the wind had sprung up terrifically , with n great fall of snow , and a heavy rolling sea . Tho ship kept on her course , the intention being to make fov the South Foreland light , running under reefed foresail , foretopmast staysail , and the main spencer . . Although the storm iiiereasod in fuvy almost every hour , no alarm lrns mnnifc . iml for the snfbrr of the ship until vhuut three o ' clock , when ( according to the

      statement ot one ot the -seamen saved ) the chid mate expressed some niisgivings as to the course they wove then mii'suing , and , calling to the second otticcv , requested \\\\\\ to take ulwvge of the watch while lie went below to " look into his coast pilot directory . " . Scarcely had he ( quitted his post before the ship struck with terrific force ; so great , indeed , that her planks and false Jceel" immediately rushed up alongside . A scene of horror instantly presented itself oil " deck ; the emigrants hastened on the deck in frantic dismay . Within . a t ' vw moments of the vessel striking the sea broke into her hull , blowing np the hatchways , and sweeping many of the poor creatures overboard , while others were drowned in their berths , being unable to rise from the effects of

      sea sickness . Captain Whitmore , perceiving the inevitable destruction of his ship , gave orders to his men to launch the boats . The first boat broke adrift the moment it was lauuclial , aiwl , it v > saul , capsized directly with two men who were in it . The moment the second boat was lowered the captain jumped into it with Mrs . Whitmore ( his wife ) . This led to a desperate rush towards tlie eratt . Some twenty or thirty poor creatures , men and women , leaped from the quarter-deck of the foundering ship into the boat : the result was , that it also instantly capsized , and the whole party were precipitated overboard and lost . The crew took to the rigging , to which they lashed themselves , and upwards of I'M ) of the emigrants comrrcffatod on the iiuartcr-deck .

      Here they had not been more than an hour before the ship broke iu two , amidships . The mainmast fell over the side with a fearful crash , and a tremendous sea carried away the whole of the quarterdeck with the mass of human beings on it . A frightful shriek filled tho air , and the next moment tlie unfortunate creatures were struggling in the deep . Jty great efforts eight or ten were rescued by the men who had secured themselves in the rigging . The moment the ship broke in two , her cargo , mostly merchandise , floated out and intermingled with the drowning sufferers . For some time men , women , and children were to be seen floating about on the packages . Ere night had set in , however , all had disappeared . Tlie then survivors , about

      twelve in number , continued in the rigging of the foremast , which , with the fore part oTthe vessel , was all that remained of the wreck , the whole of the night enduring the greatest suttcring . The sea kept ¦ breaking over them , and the cold being most intense vendeved their condition mostpainful . When Thursday morning broke it was discovered that six luul dittd ' iu the course of the uiglvt ; they lv . ulbm \ frozen to death , and their bodies were dangling in the rigging- All that day the same fearful weather existed , and not the least aid could be rendered those who still existed in the rigging . They could see vessels passing at a distance , l > ut they were too far off for the crews to observe their situation . Thursday night and the greater portion of Friday passed awav , vet no help came . Only four now

      remained , three sailors ami one passenger ; the other two were frozen to death in the course of the preceding day and night . About seven o ' clock great was their joy at [ lurceiviug tho approach of a vessel , which proved to be her " Majesty ' s revenue-cutter Petrel . The crew belonging to her , by direction of tlie commanding officer , lowered their boat and pushed off to the spot , the heavy surf beating round the wreck m such a manner as to render the running of the cutter alongside the wreck exceedingly dangerous . Alter considerable difficulty tho poor fellows were got off and taken onboard the revenuecutter , where everything was done for their comfort . They were in . 1 deplorable state of exhaustion and partlv bereft of their senses . Their hands

      and feet were severely frostbitten , and how they escaped with their lives appears most remarkable . The Petrel made for this port with all sail , and arrived about eleven o ' clock at night . Mr , Hillingsley , Lloyd's agent and Vice-Consul for the ] k'lgi . in sroverniuent , afforded the poor fellows every attention that was possible by placing them in comfortable quarters . The uames of the seamen saved arc Henry Hill , William Harry , and a Swede , name unknown . The fourth is one of the emigrants , apparently a mechanic , He has been deranged ever since he has been landed . From accounts received from Uvightlingsea , a small fishing village near Wivenhoe , we hear that a Colchester vessel lost five hands in an attempt to

      rescue some of the sufferers . The noble fellows saw the quarter deck carried away with the emigrants on it . They immediately pushed off in their boat with . 1 view of saving some of them , but had scarcely got a few strokes when a heavy sea caught their craft , upset it , and the whole of them met with a watery grave . The Long Sands form a very extensive shoal some distance outside the well-known channel known as the Swin . In length they are between nine and ten lulled and their ljreadth' averages from half a mile to a mile and a half . They are' about twenty miles from this port , and their other extremity about the same distance from the North Foreland . It in a

      matter of some surprise that the ill-fated vessel should have made such a course as to touch these sands . It is affirmed that she must have been a number of points out of her track in maKiiig for the Channel , for , even boisterous as the windwa * , it was not in a direction likely to hasten the striking of the ship on these shoals . The opinion here given by competent parties is that the melancholy catastrophe is entirely attributable to ; i want of judgment on the part of the commander . At tin * port he was well known , and was generally considered an experienced mariner . It is worthy of vemavk , however , that American commanders in coming from foreign northern _ ports generally steer a course nearer the English coast than tho more proper and safe channel .

      Upwards of 200 vessels started on Saturday inorninir for the spot where the wreck lies , with a view of " picking up what portion of her cargo might be floating about . Several revenue cutters also

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      A FitEXCllMAX AT ms English Studies . —Frenchman : Ha , my good friend , I have met with one difficulty—one very strange word . How vou call h-o-U-g-h ? Tutor : IIutV . Fr .: Tres Wo ,, huff ; and snuft you spell 8-n-o-u-g-h , ha ' .-Tutor : 0 110 «» u / iss-n-u double f . The fact is , words endinsr in ovijh arc a little irregular . —Fr .: Ah , vcrv eood ' tis beautiful language . H-o-u-g-h is huff , l \ vttl remember ; and c-o-u-g-h cuff . I have one bad cntf ha!—Tutor : No , that is wrong . We say kw ; ff , not cuff . —Fr .: Kauff , eh lien . Huff and kavff , and pardonne .: mot , how you call d-o-u-g-h ? buff , ha Tutor ; No , not dujf . —Tr . ; Not duff ; ah I oui ; I understand—is dauf , hey ?—Tutor : No d-o-u-g-h spells doe . —Fr .: Doc ! It is very fine ; wonderful Y «_ m n .. iitMn v £ * r * sf *\ 4 > * f \ n /¦ r _ S \^ T 1 _ rf _~ ll 1 Q ^«^* T AAlffmnA - "

      ICkllpL UtlllS' ) * U » J nw »»»** w v *• ^ " n' ' j , ' ment . My beefsteak was very toe . —Tutor ; 0 , no , no ; you should say tuff . — ¥ r .: Tuff ? And the thing farmer uses ; how ' you call him p-l-o-u-g-h , pluff ? ha ! you smile ; I see lam wrong , it plaitf ? No ? ah , then , it izploc , like doe : it is a beautiful language , ver' finc—ploc ?—Tutor : You are still wrong , my friend . It is plow . —Fr .: Plow ! Wonderful language . I shall understand vcr' soon . Plow , doe , kauf : and one more—r-o-u-g-h , what you call General Taylor ; ntuf and ready ?—Tutor : No ; rough spells ruff . —Fr .: Ruff , ha ! Let me not forget , ll-o-u-g-h is ruff , and b-o-u-g-h is huff , h . i ! Tutor : No , how . —Fr . : Ah ! rery simple , wonderful language ; but I have had what you call e-n-o-u-g-h ; ha ! what you call him ?—N . Y . Horn Journal .

      What is tub Femisixe of Boaii ?—In a little Bchool not a hundred miles from 15 rixton , the question Was put " What is the feminine of boar V * It ¦ went all reund tho cLisb till it came to the turn of the youngest . "Now , my dear . " said the schoolmistress most confidently , " I am sure you can toll me what is the feminino of boar . " 41 Oh , ye ? , ma'am , I know . " " What is it , darling ? " " Why please , ma ' am , the feminine of boar is a muff . " CAMFOnNU . —Tho Literary Gazette gives ( from . Hamlet ) a capital motto for emigrants to California : — " A pick-axe , and a spade ; Ay , and a winding-sheet . "

      A Sikh s Diwicui . Tr in- Compbehexdixo Cirmstianitt . —The Mooh-aj has written a letter to General Whiah , referring to ^ tho treatment which his brother-in-law received in Edwardes ' s camp , and asks , " What is the religion that first seized , outraged , and wounded La-la Longa , Mull—then cured him of his wound * , for the purpose of hanging him ?" More Fools They . —The poverty-stricken people of the dioceso of Meath have through Kishop Cantwell ' s exertions , subscribed £ 1 , 000 in aid of the Irish fund for the support of his Holiness Pope Pius tho Ninth , —Times .

      Ancient Musical Ijtstbumknt . —The Eyyptian flute was only a cow's horn , with three or four holes in it ; and their harp or lyre had only three strings . The Jewish trumpets that made the walls of Jericho fall down , were only rams' horns ; the psaltery was & Small triangular harp or lyro , with wire strings , and Btruck with an iron neodle or stick ; their sacbut reBembled the zagp used at Malta in the present day , a species of bagpipe ; the timbrel -was a tambowine , and the dulcimor a horizontal harp with wire strings , and struck with a stick like the psaltery—such as are . seen about the streets of London in the present day . Imagine the discord produced by 200 , 000 of such instruments , while playing at the dedication of Solomon ' s temple . A Reaso . vablk Request . —" Jfow put that right back whore you took it from ! " as tho girl said when her lovor snatched a kiss . '

      "William the Coxqukiior . —The human heads on which he trod wero in his eyes a ground not sufficiently firm and secure ; he tormented himself about his own futuro years and the fate of his children , and put questions concerning his presentiments to wise men , in an ago when divination was a part of wisdom . A Norman poet , almost cotcniporary , represents him seated in the midst of his English and Norman priests , and soliciting of them , with puerile importunity , a decisive exposition of tho fate of his posterity . At every word that fell from their lips , this great conqueror trembled before them , as an Anglo-Saxon serf or citizen would have trembled in his presence , —Edinburgh Review .

      JUSTICE INDISPENSABLE . " The government ' s ungirt when Justice dies , And constitutions are non-entities . "—Defoe . The Measure of Right and Wroxo . — " It is the greatest happiness ofthegrcatcstjaumber , that is the measure of right and wrong . "—Bentham . Beiyex mom TiiKin Country . —One million of Irishmen , within twenty-two years , have been naturalised as citizens of the United States . Cheap Beer . —Mr . William Ray Smee proves that if all the taxes on beer were l'cmoved , and an equitable Bystem of brewing and selling beer established ,

      the same ale that is now usually sold for sixpence per quart would be twopence halfpenny . A Fair Demand . —Tho Constilutionel tells a story of an American young lady who has just been mar * ried' to a captain in the navy . The bridegroom having been ordered to join his ship , the bride wrote to the secretary of the navy , and referred him to the 5 th verse of the 24 th chapter of Deuteronomy , ¦ which says ; "When a man hath taken a new wife , he shall not go out to war , neither shall he be charged with any business ; but he shall be free one year , and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken . "

      Humility . —The violet grows low , and covers itself with its own leaves ; and yet of all flowers it yields the most delicious and fragrant smell . Such is humility . Very True . —Somebody says that females go to meeting to look at each other ' s bonnets . That ' s downright scandal ! They go to show their own . Man ' s Inconsistencies . —If a man would register all his opinions upor ,. lovo , politics , religion , learning , &c , beginning from his youth , and so go on to old age , what a bundle of inconsistencies would appear at last ! A Good Housewife . —What a beautiful comment the following is upon a good housewife;— " To hear her converse , you would suppose she did nothing but read ; to have looked through tho department of her household , you would have supposed slie never read . "

      Hasty Bidding . —At tho Lite sale at Stowc , two supposed antique candlesticks wore put up at five guineas , but Sir Anthony Rothschild outbid all competitors , and tho hammer fell to his bidding ac £ 4816 s . 6 d ,, whereupon a quiet-looking personage , under the auctioneer ' s rostrum observed , " I mado and sold them for less than half the money . " Families of Literary Mbx . —With the exception of the noble Surrey , we cannot point out a representative in the malo line of any English poet . The blood of beings of that order can bo seldom traced far down , even in the female line . There is no English poet prior to the middle of the eighteenth

      century—and , we believe , no great author , except Clarendon and Shaftesbury—of whose blood we have any inheritance among us . Chaucer's only son died childless ; Shakspeare's line expired in his daughter ' s daughter . Jfone of the other dramatists of that age left any progeny ; noithor did Raleigh , nor Bacon , nov Covrley . nov Butler . Tho granddaughter of Milton was the last of his blood . Newton , Locke , Pope , Swift , Arbutbnot , Hume , Gibbon , Cowper , Gray , Walpole , Cavendish ( and we might easily extend the list ) , never married . Neither Bolingbroke , nor Addison , nor Warburton , nor Johnson , nor Burke trasmitted their blood .

      The Use op Bread . — " What is the chief use of bread ? " asked an examiner at a recent school examination . "" The chief use of bread , " answered the urchin , apparently astonished at the simplicity of the inquiry , "tho chief use of broad is to spread butter and treacle on . " Is there Folk in the Moos ?—On a recent moonlight nicht , a mother had the following observation made to her by her son : — " It maun be a ' nonBense , mither , about there being folk i' the moon ! " " What way , my man 1 " " Ou , because how could they crush themselves thegithcr when it is only holf-moon ? " Mamma ( grinning ) , " May be the folk are like spy-glasses , shut themselves in . " Female Reporters . —There ia a description of trade confined to China , and highly characteristic of ita social condition . A number of elderly ladies , generally widows , make it their business to oollect gossips , on dits , and stories of all sorts , with -which

      they repair to the houses of the rich , announcing by beating a small drum , which they carry for that purpose , and offer their services to amuse the ladies of the family . When it is recollected that shopping , Eublic assemblies , and even morning calls , are ail ut forbidden to the beauty and fashion of China by their country ' s notions of both propriety and feet , some idea may be formed of the welcomo generallygiven to these reporting dames . They are paid according to the time employed , at the rate of about half-a-crown an hour , and are besides in the frequent receipts of presents—their occupation affording many opportunities of making themselves generally useful in matters of courtship , rivalry , and etiquette . On these accounts they generally retire from business in easy circumstances , but are said never to do po unless obliged by actual infirmity ; and the Chinese remark that theirs is the only professioa to which its practitioners are uniforml y attached by inclination .

      . FRAGRANT ODOUR FOR SlCK ROOMS . —A few dl'OpS of oil of sandal wood , -which , though not in general use , may be easily obtained , when dropped on a hot shovel , will diffuse a most agreeablo balsamic perfume throughout the atmosphere bf sick rooins or other confined apartments . . , ^; - ^ Wide Awake . —The Boston , Tiniet jnys : — "On Wednesday wo shall issue a ' secant . edition , but no first edition . " This reminds usvpf an honest Hibernian , who called at our pJSqe-with . vrin advertise- / ment , the price of which , he Was told , would ba ;» even shillings for the first tiine , and five for the second " Faith , then , " ssfld . 'he , .. f'jHl-hicve it ia the second time . " ! f'j ^ - ' r ^ ' " . ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦

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      March 10 , 1849 . _^ THE N 0 RTHERN STAR , , ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 10, 1849, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1513/page/3/