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      .-. or expense , as it sates fifty times its C 0 « t in other means of cure ) . Testimonials from parties of unqueptionable respectability have attested that it supersedes medirine oftmrj description iu tilt effectual and permanent removal of indigestion ( dyspepsia ) , cousti | i > i < i"ii t and diarrhoea , nerroiuneiss , biliousness , liver complaint , fl-uulency , disteiwion , palpitation of the heart , nervous headache , dcafn 69 B , noises in the heart ! iud ears , pains in tiie caret , between the shoulders , and in almost ei-ery part of the body , chroiric iufiiuumatinn and ulteration of the stomoch , angina

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      THE TOICE OP THE EXILE . On a red sword her ill-knit bulk up-propping , The Anarch Force 1 saw ; Across her knee 3 was laid a Knout , Wood-dropping ; Beneath her feet was Law . £ ach with his heel upon a nation ' s forehead , Her armed guards stood lound ; Sationa—that stripp'd of all wherein they gloried , Were lying gagged and bound . There . Italy , still lovely through her anguish , Bled , bat disdained to weep ; Her cheeks were sunk and white , like theirs who languish For jeara in dungeons deep .

      Germany , vnth her kind face , made for loving , 2 fow writhen , sharp , and sour , Lay , ever and anon her large limbs moving , Half conscious of their power . F&saionate Poland her chained hands was clenching While her full Eastern eye 'With fires of Late , pcr « nnial and uafoiefittl \ iBg , Glared upwards to the sky . And like a war-spent soldier , faint and breathless , Hungary , prostrate there , Jj-xj , deeming wounded to the death ; but deathless Was her defiant stare . At first , the seat where Anarch Force was sitting , Seemed set in living etone , And all those mail-clad guards , supporters fitting "For Buch a firm-based throne .

      Bat , lo ! the clamps which chair to base did fasten Were almost eat away ; And the blood dropping from the knout did hasten A change of rock to clay ; And those huge gu&rdB , whoso firm and even tread , ing Seemed proof ' gainst overthrow . On foot-hold wet with gore of their own shedding Slipped , swaying to and fro . Iheu the and they , with jubilant acclamations , Their song of triumph sung—An impious Te Vevm o'er the nations That ' neath their feet were flung . But all at once tbat song did cheok and waver , Then stopped with sudden jar , As a voice came , lov first , but swelling ever—A voice , beard , frem afar ,

      Singing like a caged bird , in spite of chains , And calumny , and wrong-Singing like one who , looking from the plains , Sees morning strike along The mountain-tops , and tells how with the day The sunlight will descend , And eh . ise the mists tbatchoke the valley gray , Muffling it , end to end . Anon , from hope rising into defiance , It spoke with trumpet tone . Galling mankind to holiest alliance 'Gainst Brute Force on her throne . And , though in a strange tongue , with wondrous power That deep voice filled the land , Till Anarch Force upon her throne did cower ; Her sword shook in her hand ;

      And her huge guards were sadden terror-stricken , "With dull brows ashy-white ; TOtile those down-trodden Nations seemed to quicken With new-awakened might , Thrilled by the power that in their half-numbed members Aroused the pulse of men , like the seer's word that kindled life ' s dead embers In the dry bones again . Tuxitih .

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      A Na ( uralist s Sojourn in Jamaica . By Philip Henby Gosbe . London : Long-I man and Co . The author of this volume is already well \ nown , by his 'Canadian Naturalist' and other -works , and in his own department of literature has achieved the highest eminence . It appears that other pursuits than natural history led him to Jamaica , bat he carried with him the educated eye and inquiring disposition , acquired by Mb previous pursuits . The voyage was fruitful in interesting results , and immediately on his arrival , Jamaica was laid under contribution for materials to his

      ooto and sketch books . In short , had he gone oat on a special mission as a naturalist , he could not have pursued it with greater vigour . Admirably does he describe the new forms of animal and vegetable life in the island , and its scenery in general ; for Mr . Gosse does not confine himself to the objects of a naturalist proper , but takes in all the accessories of the landscape , and conveys to the mind of the reader the same impression of novelty which he felt himself . Here is a charming description of what may be termed the bright side of Jamaica : —

      One cannot look on a little negro hamlet without being Btruok with its extreme picturesqueness . The peasants who commonly labour on the same estate usually have their huts congregated together , are by the Bide of a high road , but retired into tome secluded nook , approachable through a oarrow winding path . You might pass within a stone ' s throw of the village , and hardly be aware « fits existence , except by the hogs which scamper away on the sight of a stranger into the bush , or ike poultry that strut and pick about the vicinity . Ibis love of seclusion is almost invariable , and is CO doubt a habit inherited from * slaverj-time , * wiea it was an object to keep the domestic economy as much out of the wav of Buckra as

      possible ! . If you purposely seek the collection of cabins , you will probably have some difficulty in threading tbe maze of Pingttins into whioh the origiaal fence has spread . This plant ( Bromdia pinguin ) is very commonly cultivated as a fence , being absolutely impenetrable ; when not in Sower cr fruit it can hardly be distinguished from tbepine-apple , but is more vigorous and formidable , the recurved spines with * hich the edges of the long leaves are set being exceedingly sharp , and inflicting terrible scratches . IVlien flowering in Marob it is a beautiful object ; lira central leaveB being of tha most brilliant glossy Termiiion , and the thick BpiJce of blossom of a delicate pink-white . This is rep laced by a dense head of hard woody capsules , not united into a compound

      Eaecnlent fruit as in the pine-apple , hnt separate , though closely packed . They contain an acid 3 uice , which is pleasant to moisten the lips or tongue , but is found to be acrid and caustic if used in any quantity . The picturesque beauty of wtHCh I haVe Sf Oien as characterising the peasant ' s hamlets does not depend en the habitations themselves ; these are small huts , generally made of Wattle or hurdle-work , and tUatched with the fronds of gome of the palms . But it is in the Variety and grandeur of the various trees in which they are embowered . It so happens that the tropical trees most valued for their fruit are also eminently conspicuous for beauty . The Pnpaw , ¦ "hose large fruit has the singular property of

      renoering tender tbe toughest meat with a few drops 01 its juice , and the Cocoa-nut which supplies meat , and drink , are fine examples of tall and slender Pace . The gfossj evergreens of all the Citron tribe , from the great Shaddock to the little Lime , — Iot beautifully it throws out into relief the noble foJien fruit , or serves as a ground for the delicately Vii ' . te blossoms , studding the dark trees like stars to a winter night ' s sky , as fragrant too as lovely Tije Star-apple ^ with ita party-coloured leaves skfu-% green on one surface , and on the other a , bright £ oltien bay , hug an indescribable effect , as its mass * f foliage , all quivering and dancing in the breeze , changes momentarily in a thousand points from the « me hue to tbo other . But there are two other

      tees -which help more than all the rest to produce tfes admired result . Both are of stately form and Jioble dimensions . The one is the Mango , which , ifcough introduced at no very distant period , now £ rows almost everywhere , at least around every fcomestead , gentle or simple . It forms a towering , impact , conical head of foliage peculiarly dense al dark , through which no rav of the sun penetrates . He who has once seen the Mango growing * a Us own ample dimensions , will never mistake it * 3 r another tree , nor ever forget the impression produced by its magnificent form and massive pro * vaixiona . The other is tbe Bread-fruit ; lifce the ti SO » a foreigner made to feelhimsell at home . V « e negroes cultivate it more than tbe higher ^ sses : I was myself disappointed in the frnit : it

      ** s a sort of woollinessBot agreeable ; but I bear filling testimony to the fine appearance presented * T u when hanging by scores from the thick manTtnted twigs , The enormous leaves , eighteen < thes In length and breadth , elegantly cut into Ssers , and of a beautiful green , well set off the ¦* : e depending-fruit , and seem to suit its colossal pensions These .-vre the grander features of tbe vae , which , mingled with other trees , form groves ; ¦' Many tintedI foliage , and much varietv of Jigbt I * shadow . The uuder growth , however , is no ; mcaanur . TLe Izrdy tender grten of the p ] aa . j - * and Bananas planted in regular , avenues , the -UPaccry of tbe lam ' , the Cio-cho 3 , the Melons ( ; Gourds , tncnuwerous sorts of Peas , and otier . O > crj , flmo ^ wiiJcJ , several species of Passion-J throw their elegant foliage , magnificent Wos-

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      Boms , and grateful acid fruits over the branches of the tree ? , —tho delicate form 9 of the Castor-oil tree aud the Cassavas ; the noble flower of the esculent Hibiscus or Okra—these are the ordinary , almost I might say universal , features of a Jamaican negrogarden-, and v » hen I add to these fine Convolvuli and Ipomsea of rainbow hues , the pride of our conservatories , and large white and yellow speciea of Eehite 3 , that , altogether unsought , trail in wild luxuriance about the fences , —I shall be justified in pronouncing the scene one of more than common loveliness ; even in the grandeur and beauty of a tropical land-Boms , and grateful acid fruits over the branches of

      There is , however , ajjer contra , which M . Gosse honestly states , in order to enable tbe reader todrav abalancesheetfor himself . Indry weather , troops of ants walkiuto the traveller's bed-room , to quench their thirst in his water-jug and hand-basin . Bats domicile in the "wails of his house . « Lizards , lizards , ' says Mr . Gosse , are every where : —in tbe forests , the roads , the lanes , the outbuildings . Even when the stranger walks into the dwelling-house , the lizard still meets his eye . They are quite harmless , and very interesting : —still , not choice companions , especially in bed . Mus « quitoes , too , must be regarded as very disagreeable companions , —not easy to be avoided

      These troublesome insects seems nearly equally annoying throughout the 3 » ew World . I do not think them at all worse in Jamaica than in Canada or Newfoundland , perhaps not so bad . In marshy places , even in England , the punctures of these minute tormentors ( for musquitoes are merely gnats ) are as painful , and perhaps as numerous , as in many parts of Jamaica . Some situations , are , of course , more subject to their presence than others . Bluefields , situated on a rising ground , open and exposed to the invigorating sea breeze , enjoys a remarkable immunity from them . Tbe humid forest harbours them , especially ia tbo mountains ; and in many cases the roads are almost quite free from them , where , if you step

      into the wood on either side , though but a few paces , you would presently be surrounded by their shrill trumpets , and covered with their bites . There is a good deal of difference ia the character of the wounds inflicted by different specieB : those from the lowlands { Culex pungens , for example ) are of larger size , sing with a graver sound , and insert the proboscis often without any present pain , but a hard white tumour presently rises on the spot as large as a silver threepence , which itches intolerably , and remains attended with dull pain and tension for many hours . The mountain musquitoes are generally very much smaller , Cfasdatw , for instance , a minute species ; they are more pertinacious , associate in more numerous swarms , emit a sharp shrill hum , and produce a sudden twinge as

      they pierce the flesh , as if a spark of fire had fallen on it . A violent itching is the immediate result , but it soon goes off , leaves scarcely any perceptible tumour , and is soon forgotten . These , however , are more intolerable than the former , the recurrence of the spark-like prick at every moment , or rather all over the exposed parts of the person at the Bame moment , 'is too maddening to be endured and it is almost impossible to face a phalanx of these tiny adversaries , where they are numerous , without some device for keeping them off . A fragment of tiie earthy nest of the . Duck-ants ( Termites answers well for this purpose ; being ignited , itcontinues to smoulder a considerable time , sending forth a large volume of smoke ; tbis carried in the hand , and waved to and fro , is the most effective weapon against these winged warriors .

      The work is well got Up , and contains sketches of scenery , as well as drawings of beaBts , fishes , and reptiles of a novel kind .

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      The Ansayrii , or Assassins ; with Travels in the further East in 1850-51 . Including a Visit to Nineveh . By Lieut , the Hon . F . WALTOLE . 3 vols . London ; Bentley . Up in the Southern spurs of Lebanon , there dwells a people whose tenets resemble those of tbe singular people described by Marco Polo , under the name of Assassins . This sect was at one time spread over half the Mabomme * dan world . The sheikh established a branch of his power in the mountains of Lebanon ; and for more than a century and a half the repose of the greatest princes in Europe and

      in Asia was disturbed b y incessant fears of poison and the dagger . But the time of retribution came . The Mongol conquerors rooted the sect out of Persia ' . —fourteen years later , they were subdued Jn Syria by the Mameluke Sultan of Egypt . A remnant , as is generally supposed , survived this terrible chastisement , —taking refuge in the wild ranges and recesses of the mountains , where they have continued to reside apart from all tbe other sects and populations of Syria , hating all and hated by all , Jew , Greek , Catholic , and Mohammedan , down to our own

      time . Of this people—and of the tract of country which they occupy—little is known in Europe . Our beat maps are there left blank , —our most adventurous travellers tell as little of that region . The Turks themselves , sovereigns of the country , seldom or never venture into it . In ancient times , the inhabitants called themselves the children of Isbmael ; and the old announcement that the hand of the son of that chief should bo against every man , and every man ' s hand against him , has been literally fulfilled in regard to the Ansayrii . Mr . Walpole has consequently a novel and curious theme on which to employ his narrative powers . His first night atau Ansayrii village was

      not very encouragmg : — Pulled up at an Ansayrii village ; the women were unveiled , the men fair-complexioned , but with eyes , brows , hair , &c , as black as coal . The head-man pressed me much to stop with aim . at the village . My guards seemed rather afraid : in fact , had some hours before made au endeavour to atop at a set of tents ; but I wished to push on to Tartousa . We now forced our way through a low wood , putting up woodcocks at every step . I counted , duriug tbe hour we were going through it , two hundred and seven . Passed a ruined lorgt , and then , taking the lower road , arrived at ten o ' clock at night at Tartousa . It bad poured with

      rain for the last three honrs . We had to make the circuit of the town to arrive at the gate , and then all our bawling produced no effect . At last we pushed tbe boy Ibraham inside , who is one of those clever boys nature has made , to balance their happier fortunes , supernaturally ugly : be opened thegatoi auu then tan on snouking " fire , " so we entered a cafe , leaving a dreadful tumult and confusion outside . It was useless at that hour waiting for a house , so a part of the cafe was cleared for me , and 3 sat in silent grandeur eating my supper , enveloped in smoke and dust . We had an awful fight of steeds ; then all relapsed into silence . There were besides myself , about fifty in the khan

      muleteers , Arabs , and Ansayrii . I did not undress , for m y bed was soaked with wet from crossing tbo river , but lay on my carpet , leaning against a large snddle-bag . After all had been quiet for a couple of hours or so , I felt a hand introduced deep into the saddle-bag at my back . I waited till the fellow wa 3 hard at work , when , seizing his beard with one hand , I administered my kourbash most stingingly with tbe other . Ho waa a heavy powerful / eJlotr , bat the part I had seized on was most painfully sensitive . lie , however , at last broke away , and by that time all were roused and swearing ; my antagonist loudly calling on the Mahometans to avenge the insults to taeir

      faith . Knowing tbe people , however , I called for a nargilleh , which Ibrahim brought : he seems to take a fiendish delight in strong excitements . They now cursed and Bwore frightlullly : —their faifcb , their name , mothers ' , fathers ' , sisters' , honoursall were involved in disgrace if the insult were not avenged . At la ? t they approached me where I sat , the three servants standing before me , and were going to begin ; but this I spared them , by saying tbat if the thief was not at once given in charge , and the Jloutselim sent for , I Bhould do wonders ; that such a deadly insult had never , &a . &c . The soldiers bad Blunt oS , but ultimately , in consequence of my servants' bluster , who represented me as a sort of judge of kings—who did not rule because it was low , or for some private reason of my own —( their bright arms and my numerous their effect

      weapons no doubt also had )—my slumber remained undisturbed till dayligut ; when a man in uigb authority returned with the servant I had sent with my bourydees and firmans , and , apologising for thelodgings I occupied , and for the Montselini ' s not having kuown of my arrival , and , receiving me wit ' tt due honoui' 3 , asked me if I ¦ arched to see the man tried . Answering in the nffirroative , a short court was held , and about one hundred sound cats administered , when I begged . 1 im off Tbe foremost in abuse were then seized " . " thrown down , when I begged for _ them also . Thev all mumbled kisses ( probably curses ) ov Cr my Land , hoped « I should live long , and -ro ^ fat . " At Ltitakea , which ho made his head quarters for some time , he began to make ac quaintances among the puoplvand to get "liiTjses of their doctrines , though wluit is -. veu as the result of bis inquiries is by no

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      means very precise or informing . He appears , however , to have been respectfully treated , partly on account of his being an Englishman —which is , it seems , a recommendation of itself to the people—and partly , as he states , to his own steadiness and their strange determination to believe him one of their own sect . Everywhere he met with the rude hospitality of the desert and the hill-side , and , frequently , with the warmest courtesy and good nature . The hospitality was in one case pushed very far , as the following will show : — maana « &v » ^™ ' , MOTinfi , « m , v « t . t ^ ^^^» .. « n

      On returning to the village , the people nati pr& . pared a feast ample for twenty , and pressed me to eat . On ray complimenting my host on the extreme beauty of his daughters , he said— " In your country would they fetch two thousand piastres ? " " But have the mountain youth no taste ; will they not give two thousand for such angels ?"— " Yes , Ya Beg , they would , but then they cannot ; they have it not . They pay ten now , and twenty then : perhaps the whole is not paid before ten years ; then he gives a sheep to-day , and a felt to-morrow , but I want two thousand down . Come marry , Ya Beg ; why waste your youth in wandering over old mountains , looking afc ruined stones ? Marry , and live lor . ? , Kishmet , Kishmet !"

      The sheik of course considered Mr . Walpole a true Ansayrii , or he would not have made such an ofler . The young females of this race are often spoken of as extremely beautiful ; hut their lot in life is far from heing an enviable one . They are bought in the first instance like slaves—received into the husband's house like wild boasts—and ever afterwards treated like domestic animals . As in the East generally , the plan of making presents was universal , but , unlike Jew or Greek in this reapect , the Ansayrii felt a strange reluctance to receive more valuable gifts in return for his own .

      It ia necessary to mention the good offices of the Ausayriv towards me , nor did others fail to reap an abundant harvest , I am sorry to say ; for less scrupulous than I , they availed themselves of it te the fullest extent : greatly to my annoyance presents flowed in daily ; butter , grease , eggs , vegetables , lambs , goats , gazelles , partridges , frankolin , sour milk , coals , tobacco , felts , cotton—in fact , all that they possessed ; invariably a present of thrice the value was offered in return , but not accepted . However , I provided every day burgoul ( millet ) cooked with grease , coffee , nargillehs , and arraok , for all who came , and seldom fewer than one hundred or upwards fed in my corridor ; money they would not receive : in fact , it sometimes went

      bo far that tho present was dashed on the ground , becauBemy servants steadily maintained I would receive none unless they received one in return . One morning ^ the hadjee catne to me in a state of freat excitement , and said " Wallah billah ya beg : ere is the devil ' s third wife below ; may I beat her ?"— " God forbid J" I replied : " What is it V —Hesaid , " There is Abdallnb , with his tongue like honey , can make nothing of her . She vows by your beard she cannot receive anything , and says you are Ali ; God preserve you from her words . There she stands naked ( unveiled ) , till my old eyes are aaliamed . "—I said , •» Pray send her up : " he uttered some invocation to protect me , and she ascended to my little snuggery , ho discreetly waiting

      below , bbe was a young girl of about fifteen , wife of my groat fnend , a Sheik Hassan , Shouting Allah , the usual salutation of an Ansayrii woman , she knelt down in a corner , and said , " There are tho . Christians and the Turks eat us up , and love our gifts ; you , one of my man ' sown holy chiefs , TfiU not take my offering . "—I said , " I shall bo proud to do so if you will take mine . "— "Ah , " she ¦ aid , " great aB you are , you oanaot feel for your slaves ; my lord will beat me if I go back with money—how shall I creep to him ? take it , take it , for his bead . "—Perhaps it was not his head that chasged my opinion , but I took it . The sheiks even ate with me , a thing they would have lost their lives 6 ooner than have done with a Turk , even though it were tha dreaded Pasha himself .

      Mr . Walpole gives a very good description of this strange people , from which we select a few passages : — They are a fine , large race , with more bone and muscle than is generally found among Oriental *; browner than tho Csmanlee , but lighter , fairer , than the Arab ; brown hair ia not by any means uncommon , the women , when young , are handsome , often fair , with light hair , and jet black cjes ; 01 * tha rarer beauty of fair eyes and coai-liiacfe . haw . M eye-brows ; but exposure to the sun > -and " - the labours they perform , soon , ¦ wear them out . * The traveller will see these poor girls staggering along under a load of wood a horse could hardly carry , and the child being suckled until two or even four years of age , naturally weakens the mother , who

      haa thus , perhaps , on very insufficient diet , to support three from her breast . * * The nation , for such it is , being capable of mustering forty thou sand warriors able to bear arms , is divided into two classes , sheiks and people ; the sheiks again into two , the Sheiks or Chiefs of Religion , Sheik el Maalem , and tbe temporal sheiks , or the Sheiks of Government ; these being generally called Sheik el Zollum , or Sheiks of Oppression . These latter , though some of tiietn arc of good families , are not so generally ; having gained favour with the government , they have received tho appointment : others there are , however , whose families have held it for many generations , such as Sbemseen Sultan , Sheik Succor , &c . Tho sheiks of

      religion are held as alrnoatinfallible , and tho rest pay them the greatest respect . With regard to the succession , there seems no fixed rule ; the elder brother has , however , rule over the rest , but then I have seen the son the head of the family while the father was living . The sheik of religion enjoys great privileges ; a 3 a boy ho is taught to read and writo ; hois marited from his fellows from his very earliest childhood by a white handkerchief round tiia hoad . Early as bis sense will admit , be is initiated into the principles of bis faith ; in this he is schooled anil perfected . Early he is taught that death , martyrdom , is a glorious reward , and tbat sooner

      than divulge one word , he is to suffer the case in which Ills soul is enshrined to be mangled or tortured in any way . Frequent instances have been known where they have defied the Turks , who have threatened them with death if they would not divulge , saying , " Try me , cut my heart out , and see if anything is within there . " * * The lower classes are initiated into the principles of their religion , but not its more mystical or higher parts : they are taught to obey their chief without qucstion , without hesitation , and to give to him abundantly at feasts and religious ceremonies : and above all , to die a thousand deaths sooner than reveal the same faith he inherits from his race .

      This higotted attachment to their own creed is associated with an amount of ignorance about common things , surprising in a people living witbin sight of the Mediterranean : — A story was related of Count La Borde . While among the Arabs , be saw a rery fine mare which he wished to purchase ; while tho bargain waa going on ( another vsas bargaining , he nob speaking Arabic )—hearing a talk , tho Arabs thronged round and jostled him rather rudely , He drew his sword as quick . is bis ready ateel flashed , came forward

      tho rumuiah and cobba of tlie Arab ; he waB borne back by numbers ; burning with rage he plucked bis head-dress ( oh , shade of the unduteous son , his wig and ail came too ) , and lie cist it amidst the crowd . They fell back in terror from this man of wonderous make . " Ya wallah , the Kaffir has pulled his head off— God help us , God par / Ion us . " This gare time to appease all anger ; tbe Count replaced his wig , which had proved to him a bettor defence than tbe triple shield of Ajax or t » o petrifying head of Medusa : Backsliish , backellisb , and all was forgoiten .

      Who was the most sensible party in the subjoined story we leave to the decision of our readers : — A Christian peasant , being anxious to witness the worship of the Druses , laid himself in a window hole , whence he could BOt be seon . Presently the Druses assembled , and Bitting down , recited several prayers ; then they produced a figure . One said , " You are God , who made the world ; who made eo and so , who did so and SO . You let tlifl Druses be beaten , and gave them up totlic Turks . Sow , save yourself . " And the figuru was hanaed over to others , who soundly flogged it . Another was produced . " Fouare the Saviour , tko Son of God . You tan-re brought moro trouble , wars fights on the earth than aught else . Save yourself . And

      this idol was handed over , and treated like the first . Another was produced . " You avo Mahomet , and wh .- » t bare you done ? Wo owo you wars , fightings—our tyrants , our persecutors . Hand him over . " And lie was whipped . Another now was produced . " You are Pro ridenco . Kow , see what you can do . Saro yourself . " Tho Christian coult : stand it no iongor . * Ho dashed a loose stone down among them , and they all tied . He made a retreat as soon as ha COUld , but treading on n loose rock , it capsized over him , and he remained imprisoned . The next day his bro . 'her , working in the field , heard his cries , and forthwith relumed him , sapvz , " Thank FrovWcnc-j for your release . " — "Ah , " siiil tho other , "P « K'k ! eneo must thank rosalso ; had I not thrown tae stone he would h » v « caught it nicelv . "

      ' Their "belief , ] kr . Walpole says , " Is a most confused medley—a unity , a trinity , a deity , ' These arc fire ; \ hn < i five ' » V 9 tlii'ce

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      fcali Z ™ ^ Oj toeae two , tbeso three , these tint , nf iff ° ne m ,. They believe in the transmigra-&l ? w ' . ^ ow ^ o in ttalifo do wo ll , are hospitable and follow their faith , become stars ; r ;!? of others return to the earth , and become fouKf 1 T ' } purified T- th 6 > ' ^ iorcafc - ThS W . v-1 "l en beC 0 lne Jews ' Christians , and becoraipts !» the 8 ° Ul 9 Of th 030 wh ° ^ enot , Poor human nature' how it has been rajaerea insane b y its varied auperstitions ! *» wo ,, . _ . ~~\ ' . ~ ~ "

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      M . JULLIEN ' S CONCERTS . rpjr . » fr , ! , l f . hese hi 8 ' y popular entertainments remains unabated ; the house is nightly crowded , and the progtamme * give general satisfaction , m ! Juilien knows how to vary his bills to meet every Imn ., 1 ^ T ho . flffect "« l «« w « l music" can amuse themselves w tbe reading-room while the q « a < ltvlle 9 , waltees , and polkas are going on ( pro-Jlding always that the difficulty of passing to and » £ -i doe 8 " 1 / ender locomotian impracticable ) , wnue the other hand , the exclusive amateurs of aance music may disembarrass themselves oi Beethoven and Mendelssohn by a ' ruah " in the directaon

      same . The performance of Tuesday nigh ' , tneeigutu of the present season , was in all respects attractive . M , ss Dolby ' s engagement having terminated , she has been succeeded by Mrs . Alexander Newton , a very clever vocalist , who originally made her reputation at the London We-inesday Concern , under the direction of Mr . Stammers . Mrs . Newton sang " Qui ] a voce , " from BtUini ' s / Puritani , with a good deal of vigour and brilliancy , but produced a more legitimate effect in a charming ballad by Macfarren , " I am alone , " which was deservedly complimented by an encore . The engagement of M . Alexandre Billet , a pianist who has acquired a wellearned reputation as a performer of the highest class « P t ? f te mu 8 'c » waa a Judicious step on the part

      . « ofM . Jullien , but , it must be confessed , the talent of this excellent professor is entirely thrown away upon such threadbare trumpery as Thalberg's fantasia on airs from Norm ,. M . Billet i 8 a classical" pianist in the strict meaning of tbe term , whom the public has been accustomed to applaud in music of another and a far higher order . Among the novelties in the dance music may be mentioned a set of quadrilles , called " The Bloomer Quadrilles , " in which some of the most popular American tunes are happily introduced , and a new waltz , entitled "Ia Prima Donna , " one of the most elegant and sparkling of M . Jullien ' s

      compositions , not only remarkably for a felicitous vein of melody , but for a iaree amount of ingenuity , more especml / y in the coa * , where the four principal themes ate brought together in a clever and effective manner , showing a more familiar acquaintance with the art of counterpart than many would be inclined to accord to M . Jullien . Both these compositions were well received , especially the last , which is evidently destined for a more lasting popularity than nine-tenths of tbe effusions Of its class . The " Great EshiUtion Quadrille " retains the favour of the public , and the coda , with the National Anthem , created tlie accustomed furore .

      nAYMARKET THEATRE . That lively and versatile actress Mrs . Stirling made her first appearance at this theatre on Tuesday night . The English adaptation of the popular French piece , Les Saltaiks des Dames , recently played with bucIi pleasant effect at the Olympic , was the vehicle selected for nor debut . It will easily be imagined that she played with no relaxation , of her former spirit , and that her personation of the quick-witted countess was replete with dexterous fineness and piquancy . , The engagement of this lady promises to be of aecvice to the niiinagement . She was received -with the greatest enthusiasm , and her acting brought forth , from time to time , the loudest plaudits . Mr . Leigh Murray , who joined the Haymarket at the close of last season , also resumed his original part , though not ono oi bis happiest , in the ladies' Battle . An aotor

      of considerable intelligence , of polished manners , and of graceful , prepossessing exterior , this gentleman may likewise be welcomed as a valuable acquisition to the establishment . In tho serious drama of the modern school Mr . Leigh Murray has alwaysdistinguished himself , and we have no doubt that his talents will be usefully developed during his present career under the rule of Mr . Webster . Tho comedy in other respects was efficiently embodied ; and tbe dresses and decorations were all that could bo required to ensure tasteful illusion . In Mr . Oxenford s clase and scholastic version of the Tartujfe , which followed , Mr . Webster made his introductory bow . The skilful and enterprising manager was received with becoming honour when ho appeared as Mollere ' s arch hypocrite—a character which , we need now hardly remark , henlk with oxquisite tact and ability . Such personations as these arc indeed rare upon our stage .

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      An heih ( air ) Loom . —A spider ' s web . An Irish IVakb , —The coming prosperity of Ireland . People ' s toes aro like oaks when they bear ache-corns . Figuratively Sfeakixg . —The aetioos of a dumb pergen < CoNs .-What is the most difficult thing in tho world ?—To find out the most difficult . What constellation most resembles an empty nop lace ? -Some one says the Grace Sear . \\ hv is a . man ' s coat larger when he pulls it out ° f a carpet-bag ^ -Because be finds it in-creases .-

      , A . NovuLiy . -Among the novelties advertised m the papers are ' singleand married bedsteads . " A Hbro .-A fellow who had worked out a lang confinement m the treadmill , claimed the honour due to a Revolutionary Hero . Mbaning Wax—There is only one objection to people who " mean well , " and tbat is , they never had time to carry out their meaning . ' A 1 H 0 U 0 HT FOB TUB TtfMPERAKCS LEAGUElotal abstinence may improve tho Customs of the country , but mil ruin the Excise .-iVncft , ol tLn ; - EDIT r ° T ~ : f ' ^ editor , in speaking miaivh ? T . Ire ) and ' * W > "Aland ' s cup of To ^ iowMlJ- ' " ^ overiWing . and itsoems Cask fobCoiwseL ' S OprsiON .-Would an author S . L , Wa Of fal 8 e iraP » sonraent against his Soi misapprehending him ? -P «» cL rochet

      A MISER .--A complete miser is said to be a happy £ Pr' Jo ^ Son remarks that a man who h » ti » u 8 aYe 81 s ^ happiest man , because he nas t » oth enjoyments . B 5 ntL ^ - ' ? ENr T ConEM r-George Tyrrell , a penh « . w -a ? r * ' ia his ntoely-seveotb year , has mamed , at Limerick , a wojuan of seventv ! me Happy couple have buried three partners apiece . SHAViNG .-It is said that a pair of pvetty eyes are the best . mirror for a man to shwa by . — 'Zackly so , and it > s unquestionabl y the case that many a man has been shaved by them . This Kaffir WAR .-It is said that the troops lately despatched from England for tho Cape of ( xood Hope were supplied with double-barrelled rifles , throwing a ball similar in composition to a shell .

      "Not very Bad . " -A lady being about to marry a man . who was very low in stature was told that he was a very bad fellow . " Well , " says she , if he is bad . there ' s one comfort-thore is very little of him . " ' Railway Luggage Charges . —In the seventeenth century it cost £ 7 to convey a ton of heavy goods from London to Birmingham , and £ 12 to convey the same from London to Exeter , now the the charge is not quite so many shillings . Lovb at all Ages . —At three years of age , we love our mothers ; at six , our fathers ; at ten holidays ; at sixteen , dress ,- at twenty ouv sweethearts j at twenty-five , our wives ; atfony , our children : ot sixty , ourselves . Stbangk if True . —The "State Journal" announces that Betsy Overstoke , wife of Abram Overstoke , of Highland County , Ohio , aeveaiy-one yeava old , gave birth to a son a few weeks Bince . SI 19 had not had one for thirty-one years .

      BtooMEBisM and PexxicoATg , &o . —Owing lo the unpleasant difficulties that have arisen on the controverted points in female dress , it has been proposed , to end all disputes , that for the future they be cut short . Begging the Question . — Lately , at a whist party , a gentleman asked a lady opposite him , " I

      say , Miss ¦' , are you my partner ?"—• «• YeB , for life , if you like ! " softly responded the lady . The gentleman looked sheepish . A Defunct Sect . —There was formerly a sect in Kentucky known as the " Live For EverB , " the principal feature of whose creed was , that its faithful disctpies would never , die . As there are none of them left , it is to be presumed that they all departed from the faith ! Totai . Abstinence . —A moderate drinker refused to sign the pledge , presented by a lady , observing at the same time " that half who sign it break it the next day . "—! That may be , " replied the lady 1 "but we want you to sign ; we are getting u new aet now . "

      uibernicism . —A merchant of a certain city , who died suddenly , left in his desk a letter written to one of his correspondents . His sagacious clerk , a son of Erin , seeing ic necessary to send the letter , wrote at the bottom , "Since writing the above I have died . " Ah American LawyeRi- * " Gentleman of the Jury , " said a western lawyer , " I don ' t mean to insinuate that this man is a covetous person , hut I will bet five to one that if you should bait a steel trap with a new shilling , and place it within six inches of his mouth , you would catch his soul . " Austrian Spies . —It is stated by Mr . Pridham that at Vienna there ia not a cafe of any note without its spy ; not an hotel without its waiter , who will carefully inspect your luggage ; not a railway train without its keen observer ; nor a railway station without its hanger-on . Nor is there any foreign embassy without it traitor .

      Solomon hot a Scotchman , — There was some sense in the remark of a Scotsman , who , on readiug the saying of Solomon , "Snow is beautiful in its season , " exclaimed . " Ay , nae doofc it was beautiful lo you , sitting with the vines and lasses 0 ' Jerusalem aside you ; but had you been a puir stonemason , vo'd hae said nae suck thing . " A " Coloukablb" Answer , — A connoisseur happening to be in a celebrated artist ' s studio , an animated discussion arose as to the colour of immaterial objects . " Thus , " said the one , " how would you colour a tempest , supposing there were no clouds !"—'' Why , " replied the artist promptly , "I should say—the storm rose , and tlie wind bh < e . "

      M asanieljlo is universally recognised as the name of the celebrated Neapolitan insurrectionist , who at one time nearly overturned the government 01 that kingdom . How few who use the word are awaro that '' Mas-Aniello" is but a corruption of Thomaso Aniello , so pronounced by his vulgar companions , and now raised to the dignity of an historical name . Vkhy Liberal . —The fine moral tone and exquisite sense of justice of "An Unfortunate Debtor , " is worthy of all acceptation . He was in the kindly-benevolent stage of inebrity and full of universal philanthropy and exuberant liberality . After pouring forth his warmest desire to make all men happy ! he wound up thus : "And if I owe any man anything , I freely forgive him the debt 1 "

      As knorant Dutchman , passing a number of railroad tracks in the course of a day ' s journey , and never having seon any before , was non-phlssed to account for tt . eir use . At length , after examining oue of them for about twenty-five minutes , and scratching his head quite bald , he ejaculated— " Tey musht pe iron clamps , to keep der ertquakes from preaking up der road . " A Scesjs in ITungbbfoed MabkeT . —Customer : I wish , to purchase some very good eggs , to be used in making sponge cake . —Skopiecyer : Yes , I liaVB some eggs thai can ' t be beaten . —C , ; Can ' t be beaten ?—S .: No , ma ' am ; I defy any one in the market to beat them . —0 .: They won't answer my purpose at all , then . How can eggs be made into sponge cake without being beaten ?

      A Grumbler Silenced . —A married gentleman , every time he met the father of his wife , complained to him , of the ugly temper and disposition of his d&ughtev . At laBt , upon one occasion , the old gentleman , becoming weary of the grumblings of his son-in-law , exclaimed , " You are right , ulie is an impertinent jaJe , and if I hear any more complaints of her I will disinherit her . " The husband made no more complaints . The Word " Fast . "—This word is as great r contradiction as we have in the English dictionary . The Delaware was fast because the ice Wfts immovable , and the ics disappeared fast for the contrary reason , it was loose . A clock is called fast when it goes quicker than time , but a man is told to stand fast when he is desired to remain Stationary . 1 ' ennle fast when &ey have nothing to eat , and eat fast , consequently , when opportunity offers to eat .

      A Grandmother . —As two urchins were trotting along together , one of them fell and broko a pitcher which Vie was carrying . He then COtni » encfcd crying , when the other boy asked him " why he took on so ?"—'" Cause , " says he , " when I get homo , mother ' 11 lick me for breaking themug . "— " What , " said the other , ' * ba ' mt you got no grandmother living at your house ?"— " No , " was the reply . — " Wel \ I have , and I might break two mugs and they daren't lick me , " Sisouuk Death . —Caution . —A young woman

      died lately m a somewhat curious wanner . She discovered blood oozing out of one of her legs , hut as the aperture was not larger than the puncture of an ordinary pin , very little notice was taken of the circumstance . Afterwards becoming faint , however , her friends removed her to the Bath United Hospital vihen it was discovered tb . it she had ruptured a blood-vessel by tying her garter too tight , as \ t was supposed ; and , notwithstanding the skill which was applied to her case , the poor ereatwffe died from exhaustion 60 on after her removal to tho hospital . — Bath Chronicle .

      Distance of the Sun . —Imagine a railway from here to -he suu , Iiw nmuy 1 \ ouvb is the sun JVora us ? Why , if we were lo send a baby iii an express train , going incessantly at a hundred miles au hour , without , making any stoppages , the baby would grow to be « buy—tlw boy wouUl gvtw to be a man—the man would grow old and die—without reachinjjihe sun , f ^ r it is distant more than a hundred years from us . But what is this compared with NGptun& ' s J ! shuice ? I-lad Adam and Evo started , by our railway at the creation , to go from Neptune to U \ e Sun , at a rate of fifty miles an hour , they would not have got there yet ; for Nepluna is more than six thousand years from the centre of our system . —// ous ? - hvkl iVvrdSk

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      The Exu , ks op ' 4 S . —A private letter lias been received by a fa ml , from Mr . Lacey , dated from Uuuceetoii , Vn . i Diemcns' Un . l , in which it 18 4 .- > -ted that Mis . rWCy ; , ) iri family arrived safe , and that ho ( Liiccv ) is doinjr well in ' business . To tha host . of his bt-li . f , the other exiles avo doins well ni Hohnrt Town b

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      LvTERNATION'Ali Coptuigut . —A treaty for the suppression of literary piracy has been actually signed between Great Britain and France . So details reepeoting this important convention aro given ; but I learn that it was signed on the 3 rd of this month at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in this city , by tho Marquis of Kormanby on the part of England , and the Count Turgot on tho part of France ; and I learn also that the principal points of it are—1 , ftii nbsoluto prohibition of literary piracy in the t ^ o countries ; 2 , the prohibition in both countries of tho importation of piracies of the works of oither from other countries ; 3 , the same protection to musical compositions , designs , paintings ,

      sculpture , and other artistic productions , as to books ; i , protection to translations of 0 risin . 1 works , published in either country , when made by or for the author—also translations of works published in other countries ; 5 , the assimilation Of dramatic productions to books , and the protection to them accordingly . This ia the first time England and France have entered into a treaty of this kiud . A ' . thougti it is to be regretted that it has been delayed so long , tho beat thanks for the public are due to tho governments of both nations for having , in spito of many obstacles , concluded it . It is to be hoped , aud indeed expected , tbat the United States and Belgium will now bo uhamed into tho adoption of similar conventions—the

      former with England , the latter with France . They are at pvesent tU © only two countries in which piracy is carried on on an extensive scale , and when the ; shall have abolished it , it can bo suppressed e < ery where else by ; i few scratches of tho pen . The new treaty will be adrantageous to English authors and publishers by securing them the foreign as well as the homo market for their boolca ; and it will be indirectly advantageous to the public also—for the larger the certain salo of any work the cheaper each copy can bo made ; bufc the patties who will be principally affected will be dramatists and translators—henceforth they must pay a toll to tho authors ;« bose works they take . En revanche their translations will be protected .

      To be sure , dramatic translators and managers will grumble at the payment of the toll , seeing that tbe protection will scarcely be worth a straw to them , .-is tho same piece is seldom produced at two theatres ; but really ic is but simple justice that they should give the Frenchmen whose pieces they borrow a portion of their gains . As to translations of books , tho new treaty cannot fail to be satisfactory to translators , publishers , and th « public—to the two former by preserving them , in return for the payment of a certain sum , from competition aud underselling ; to the latter , by causing works of real sterling merit , which have heretofore , from want of protection , been totally neglected , to be translated . —ifttraiy Gazette .

      Grave Proceethsos or American Judgrs , —It ifl reporiod that a , difficulty occurred on Saturday evening in Jackson , the country seat of Calavera . between Judge Smith , of the County Court , and Captain Lewis A . Collier , the clerk , which resulted in the death of the latter . Judge Smith , who had been detained fop some time by sicknc-S 3 in Sacramento , returned to Jackson on Saturday afternoon , and as tho rotes for county clerks had not been counted , inasmuch as Collier was a

      candidate , and therefore incapacitated , and as Saturday was tho last day allowed by kw on which they could be counted , he repaired immediately to tbe Ii-jusu where the billots were deposited . Finding the door locked , be forced an entrance , and proceeded to make the c < mnt , Soon afterwards Collier hoiu'd of it , and went to the house- much excited , lligh words followed , pistols were drawn , and in tho affray Collier was shot twice through the body , swd ohcc through the arm . Ho died on the spot , 3 os ; ivs thei'cpor ' i ; .-- ^ a ; ii «« rtc ( Vep ii erMW 1

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      November 22 , 1851 . . . . - THE NORTHERN STAR , tliaoa j—¦¦¦ tomim ¦—¦ ¦ ¦¦ . —

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      QUEEN ' S THEATRE . The Marble King still continues its attractions . The second piece is « . drama , in two acts , by Dibdin Pit , entitled The Welsh Wolf , or the Lily of Snowdon . Sir David Glendower , a Welsh chieftain , in early life seduced the sister of Gorman-ap-Tudor , who , in a fit of insanity , destroyed herself . Her brother devotes himself to avenge his sister , and for this purpose leagues himself witbin a band of freebooters , and under the name of the Welsh Wolf spreads terror far and wide . During one of his excursions he is seized by his enemy , Sir Dnvid , and having escaped from his hands , his life

      is preserved by Llewelly- » p-Itis , and his betrothed , Mabel-ap-Sheiikin , the Lily of Stiowdoti . Tbo brigand , in gratitude , watches over their interests ; and Glendower having inveigled Mabel into his power , and cast her lovor into prison , they are rescued by tho Welsh Wolf , who is killed in tho combat , having previously sitiated hia revenge in the life blood of Sir David Glendower . The piece is well got up . Tho entertainments conclude with an historical drama , called Yarotnter the Yager , or the Hungarian William Tell . This piece from its historical interest 18 well adapted to tho present tin . o , and nightly receives unequivocal applause .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 22, 1851, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1653/page/3/