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      «• THE TIME SHALL COME . " ( AiR— Canadian Boat Seng . ) The time shall e nme when Wrong hall en « f "When Peanut to Peer n <» more sl . aU Lend ; When the lordly Few shall Use their sway , An-I the Many no more their frown obey : T « il , brother * , toil , —li lthe work is done , — Till bondage w o ' er , and Freedom ' s « ou t The tim e shall eome when the artisan Shall homase no more the titled man ; When the moiline men who ielve t' -e mine , Bj M ammon ' sdicreeno morealwll pine : Toil , brothers , toil , —till ihe work i * done , — Till bondage is o ' er , and Freedom ' s won .

      The time shall come when the weaver ' s hand Shall banger no more in ( heir fatherland ; flhpa the factory child can * l « -ep till < liy . And smile white it dreams of sport an i piny : Toil , brothers , toil , —till the work is d « n «\—Till bondage is o ' er , and Free loin ' s wou 1 Tbe time shall come when Man shall hold . His brother more dear than sordid HOW ; Wheii the Xegro ' * stain his freetiorn mind Shall sever no more from humankind : Toil , brothers , toil—till th- w « r d is free ; Till Justice and Love hold jub lee ! The titre shall romp when kindly crown And mitre tor toys of » he Past , are shown ; Wnpn the Fierce and False , alike , shall fall , An > l Mercy and Truth encircle all : Toil , hrothers , toil , —f > l « ih « world is free , — Tid Mercy and Troth hold jubilee !

      The time shall come when earth shall be A earden of joy from sea to sea : Wlien the stauehterou * sword is drawn no more . And Goodness exults from shore to shore : Toil , brothers , toil , —till the world is free , — Till Goodness shall hold high juMlee ! Tbou&s Cooper

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      The Tagiis and the Tiber ; or , Votes of Travel in Portugal , Srain , and Italy , in 1850 . By W . E . Baxter . 2 Yols . Locduu : Bentley . Ir the present state of the Continent , everything calculated to throw light upon the actual state of the people , and of public feeling-, is peculiarly interesting ; and when , in addition , it is remembered that s rcuu-OU 3 and persevering efforts are made in this country to restore Papal supremacy , a book , which describes { he existing condition of three purely Roman Catholic countries , will naturally be read with deep interest . Mr . Baxter possesses the advantage of having

      travelled in many parts of Europe , and of being familiar with the older portions of the United States . He thus brings to the examination of the social status of a new field of observation , a standard of comparison , and a test derived from the o ' isorvatioii and study of other social , economical , and political circumstances , than those immediately ui der his notice . This description of fcuowledge enables a man to see more of the real life , as well as the peculiarities of the people , among whom he sojourns for the time oeing ; and to brin e < mt these facts forcibl y before the mind of the reader . The eve of the traveller must

      be educated to see well ; and unless it be so , he may 1 travel from Dan to Beersheba and see nothing' at all events , nothing that is -worth , narrating to another . Although Mr . Baxter is a Protestant with very decided opinions on many political and economical questions , there does not appear to be any reason to suppose his predilect ons have induced him undul y to shade the picture he presents of these Roman Catholic countries . The statements he mates of their condition are most melancholy . Everywhere , trader the rule of the Austrian , the Bourbon , and the Pope , he found poverty and discontent . But what can be expected of countries where , as in Portugal , there are absolutel y no Toads ? The mere fact carries us back to the dark ageB , and demonstrates that the

      material rule of the Priesthood is as injurious as their political and religious supremacy . Within the last thirty or forty years Portugal niast have rt » frograded ; for , surely , when the Duke of Wellington was at Torres Yedras he must have had better roads for the transport of men and munitions than this : — At this village we left the cultivated district , to crosB hara gloomy hill * , on a paved track so ragged and full of dangerous holes that our postillions frequently diverged from it to seek a smoother way over the fieWs . No words can convey to civilized ears any adequate idea of ihe execrable path , over which four hard ? horses dragged our vehicle at the rate of tand three

      « o quarter miles sin hour to Torres Tednw . Sometimes we descended an inclined t lane , more lifee a timber slide than an > thine else ; sometimes the horses scrambled like cats up a nreci pice ; sometime the wheels etileido * n into deep holes , out « f which v olent efforts were required to drag them , and at others we were jjlted Over huge baulders and shelves of mck , until every bone in Our bodies ached . Many nmle- [ . athn in S * iir rlmd are ¦ w ell made in comparison with this high road between Idsiion and Oporto . I would rather rirte Jorty miles on the mountains of Scotland than ten on the leading thoroughfare of Portugal , flow Antonio managed to hold on , no man can tell . At tbe termination of the j jurney he complained of innumerable bruises .

      The portion of tue work which relatos to Ital y fully bears out the statement of M . Mazzini at the conversazione of the Frienda of Italy , reported in last week ' s * Star . ' Everywhere , and in every circle of socie'y , Mr . Baxter found a general detestation of the Ausu-iaus , the French , the King of Naples , and of the Pope , though the last is looked upon as the tool of others . Mr . Baxter is of opinion that this leeliHu is a&cting religions belief , and that when the

      Italians find an opportunity to throw off the foreign y"ke , they will at the same time sweep away the Papacy . The superstitions practices and the gross immorality of the priests , have rendered great numbers of the people infidel . The Church which claimed from them a belief in its infallibility , having been discovered to be ahuge imposture , they have lost faith , n everything else . An Italian gentleman win whom Mr . Baxter travelled , forcibly expressed the way ia which religious men are affected -

      '" ? nckli y * effect which political grievances had B ^ m an Catholic . ' he raid ; "but wheniaeethe Pope » wiin ? the vanguard of despotism , indebted for his sa f ety to the bayonets of France , intriguing to garrison R-. nie with Ausimns , sbeddin ? the blo » d i . f bis people , and encour ^ ms ; that treacherous Sero the King of Saples—» hen ^ rOn . ! r aud fi Proliant countries enterpri-ing . « PPy , and free , while Papal wiun ' ri ™ are deserts like op'in , and trampled on like my poor Italy—canyon wonder » 'r , that I begin to doubt the Divine origin otthe faith of my fatUerai " In Milan , and indeed throughout Lombarb y , there is no disguise in tbe feeling of tbe people towards tbe Austrians . This is tbe state of fassive resistance Mr . Baxter found there .

      In the year 1844 , the Corso , or Boulevard which Burnnnds the City of Milan , presented on fine Mimuier evenings an animated spectacle of carriages and equestrians rich liveries , and gaily-dressed fashionables : it was pleasant then to sit under the elms , and look on the one land towards the Alpine summits tinged by the setting « nn , on tbe other at the glittering pageant which these plrasure-seekers displayed . Now all is changed . On the evening of a festival , I sauntered along this spacious drive , a « d foun . l h forsaken , desolate , lonel * . Here and there a

      I" ?• Austrian soldier guarded a cannon , or a tradesman and his wife paged along inn rickety gig ; i . nt the nobles , mnpTr " *^ the P Mtlcin ? weeds , had all diBappeaiedhaiwii ,,, T > to Rllis » tandoH—to any place where the rSnE ""^ P ^ urg are not seen . Those who when linn i obsenre wait the pood time coming , wSrSiT ?^* " * theloud ***» and Aust »» Ih" ? ' ehold * beP ° Meal emancipation of Iudy . « . _ ... "Werred , durinp inv nrpvirm . ! vmit tn T-nmWdr

      master , l by al 1 claS 9 es towards their German V « om i > j ° CTen then could s P Mld a few days i . i » Tn \ E . A > ¥ L specially Tenice . without observing ConofvL ^ ! , ShleWa 3 love in comparison with the un « ' Si fc d * the an i ° -e" < able det station , expressed € 'JWe , oh ;» aa ^ WOUla 11 ' atld cll 51 l > . « speaking of an J , "S We . - vel ! ed always ra the public convey-* "lk ' of lir f f WUh , a « reat »« T People in every ?^« m \ L * A ° 7 met «*™« (« h ! hewa 9 a 0 a fe of E « ^? d'd n » l » Penly avo ^ himself an advo-W Le Ehorn ¦ ^ - " * In B l 0 gna "' F ' ' orence , in Eome , ^ rSifestS Tn m 08 t 0 / 1 11 in Mila " « did thjs Of broads n fh ? S . «/ ^ ° theSe citIe 8 ' nor on an ' ofS o * 1 r ?^ d ' T « " ? le German w *» wSf W 8 P ^ ng to an Italian . 1 & m , iitary Sew 0 Sn n B e t ; i r i ere BlDt »«> Coventry ; and wheJ £ en t 8 C * ho , ! ake - P'ace acr « 3 the Alp-, they will be 1 loofflf w el 8 e Wllh ver * ' » tl- ceremoiv . ' and the SitlT t ° V - erconrfe b (< t " « n »»« people fe 5 n T , ' ICOmeS ° f the ca Pilal of ^™ bar . y ; dlSerent siLnf 1 7 ? re l" ° P » cipa » Cafes , oceuny . i . e ** •»* S f 1 S | f Pl ! 1 K 0 del I > - mo . The Cafe Mmzm % * X L » hile tbe Milanese UatiJ ^ iZTZ ^ I

      " **** . in * , ine Cafo ftn - " *"'"" s " ™ i en ana ladies ' f Utle there t « rc PP 0 S - and if a Ger «' " " « re . l to hr ^ '^> y {^ iD 8 tanlly «> s ° » nd departe . 1 . lure the reTen J know . a . ewmniflitmonopol y ; toinlbeir d etested rulers , tbe Lombards

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      Imve given up using it ; hoi . a nmn was to be seen smoking in the streets ; a » d scircel y had I entered that , as well as other citie- , when I was warned not to put a cigar into my mouth ana thereb y break the rules of the " Invisible Government . " "If you smoke , sir , you will be knocked down , was repeateUy remarked to me . Contrast the desolation , estrangement , poverty , and discontent which pervade the renlms uuder the fatal domination of the Papacy and despotism vrith the state of affairs in Piedmont , where the priests are not entirel y in the ascendant , and where there is yefc a jeonBt'tutinniil government , and some freedom of opinion and action ;—!' : iTfciven u " U 8 h" ? ll ' ' " » '""» was to be seen smoking

      Once Piedmont was the persocutor of the Waldenses , the incarnation of bigoted cruelty ; now she lias established liherty of worship , and a Prniesiant chapel is being erected at Turin : formerly her ministers approved of that , prohibitory fi-cal system from whiuh commerce has suffered so much in the Me- 'iierranean ; | "t during the past year they havo concluded a Free Tra-ie treaty with Eng ' and , and prosperiiy ha « returned to 6 no : i to an extent even beyond the expectations of the most sanguine mind . What a change has this liberal policy produced within the last few yenrs J

      N' » tlong afro , the city of the IVirias seemed rapidly hastening , like Venice , to a premature decay ; but ot late that retrogaHe mO ' -enmnt . has bi'en stopped ; in 1849 I observed manifest symntomR of improvement , ; md in 1851 the aiipearanre of the P- > rt <> Franco , or quarter of bonded warehouses , quite snrpris "'! me . One could scarcely move for the crowd of merchants , clerks , warehousemen , and port er !' , l « u « ily eneat'ed amoro hale-cooils and produce ; the quays reseni ' -led those of Liverpool or New York , more than the deserted wharves of a declining land ; and the business there transacted h ^ a ho outgrown the capabilities of the har' > our , that it is suid government , have detrrmi-ied to abandon the arsenal and dockyards to comm » mial purposes and remove their establishment to La Suezz ' a .

      It is really heart-nheering now to stand on the p ier of Genoa and contemplate the forest of masts within the mole , to mix « ith thn rommercial men on the Bourse or at the Porto Franco , and to rpo the rast . amount of traffic on the road toward the lighthouse . I had heard of the rapid strides heinsr made by Piedmont ., but the reality surprised me . From Pi < ura Same to K'ce . from Spizeia to Genoa , nvirks of industry , energy , and progress on every side appear : admirable ro-uis , well-enltivited fields , silk-works , canvass-nianufactorips , ship-huMing , railways , new villas , all bear witness to a rising people—a people who must inf

      allihli lead the civilisation of Italy . They have no ruins amongst , which to me-litate , unless they be the venerable walls of G-noese p-daces ; hut the mintle of England has fallen ups » n them ; and when a period of freedom has brnucht forth it « proper fruit , we may expect to see all fiat is good an-l great in the Peninsula rallying round the throne of Turin . II-iw mysterious are the ways of that Gnd who ha-soorlered it that a country once the highplace of i < rnornnce ha * become the verystrong-hold and refuse of Italian patriotism ! Watch well , ye enemies of tvranny . over the indep ¦ tidence of Sardinia , and the liberties of th" Peninsula are safe .

      We hive confined our extracts to those poitions of Mr . Baxter ' s volumes which treat of the political and social aspects of thpse nations ; hut it would be doinsj him an injusticp , if we left our readers to infer that other and lighter matter is not to be found in his p ^ ges . Lest such an impression should have been producpd , we will conclude with a thrilling story of a * hair-breadth escape while travelling on the Simplon , between Sion and the summit of that Alpine-road . Atone o ' clock in the morning , I wag awgkened by a cra « h and a tremulous motion . Thinking that we had run asainst a waggon , I kept my Beat , but in a minute or two the driver turned towards the lamp a countenance on which terror was so legibly written , that I instantly opened tbe

      door and sprung nnt . " For Go-i ' s sake , sir , tako care , " shouted the conductor , wUo , seated nn tbe box boside the coachman , with one hind hell the wheel-horses on their h-iunchfiR . while with the other lie firmly pressed the handle of the drag . It was a pitchy dark night , the sides of the road heinir invisible excepting where the lamps shone . Hes < de me the dri « er , his te- > h chittering witk fright , could say nothing hut «• Oh , mo » D en . " I heard somewhere or othpr the roaring of a torrent , and on a tree near me a snrepch-owl added its shrill cry to the voices of the night . Sevpril minutes elapsed before I could realise the awful nature of the ppril which , thanks to the extraordinary presence of min < i displayed h y the conductor , we had almost miraculouoly escaped . Tlad he not left hi 3 usual place to sit on the box , humanly spe . kii . g , not one would have

      survived the hour to narrate the terrible catastrophe . A wooden suspension-bridge , seventy feet in height , and spanniRg a rapid river had open STept away by a rise of waters , consequent on a thundpr-s'orm in the mountains . On the brink of the pre « ipice thus caused we stood , our leading horse having fallen over it had been instantaneously killed . Had his harness bepn o stout lpather , no mortal power could have saved u < ; hut providentiall y he had been attached to the vehicle only hy two rope traces and a slight back strap . The tremulous motion I had felt was the struggle between the wheel-borses pulled back b y the heroic conductor ( for the driver was powerless from terror , ) and this unfortunate animal , as it hune suspended in middle air over the roaring tot rent . The crash was the recoil of the vehicle , when the traces hrok" and the victim fell headlong into the

      abyss IipIow . Cautiousl y approaching the brink of the chasm we found the remain !) of the harness , and discovered the exact nature of our situation . I have travelled not a 1 mtie both hy land anil sea , in all manner of conveyances ; and on every kind of road , but such a scene as that I never expect to witness again , though I should spend the remainder of my years in wandering to and fro over the e-irth . The dread hour of niMnight , the solitude of the Alns , the rushing of the river , the cries of the screech-owl , the chattel ing teeth of the poor driver , the sighing of the wind , the col i air from the srlaeiers . the terrible nature of the danger , the miraculous manner of escape , combined to fill my mind w . th an awe , which returns to produce a tremour even while I write . It w . is one of those awful scenes which solemnise the feelings of the most callous , and remain engraven on the memory while life itselfendures . * * Had thn conductor been inside , had the harness been of leather , had we attempted to cross when the bridge was

      sinking instead of after it had sunk , had the horses been at a gallop , our bodies might even now have been buried in some of those rocky cal < irons from which the Rhone Strug , glestogetfree . * * The supports of the bridge were still standing , but the roadway had fillen in ; so cross the vehicle could not . The stream was nnt only deep , but wide and rapid , besides having preci pitous banks ; so fording was ont of the question . But fortunately for us , the conductor had prove- * himself a man eqnal to an emergency . As soon as we h'd recovered from the shock , the driver was sent with a lamp to scramble along the side rails of the ruined bridge and alarm a village about half a mile beyond . Wearily . tid the minutes pass away before , amid the darknets , we heard the cheering cry from the opposite bank , " At secours , au iecour . i . " In a very short time , the active peasants had laid planks along the ruins , on which , one by one , led by our intrepid conductor , we crossed the stream . Our trunks and Uses succeeded , while the horses dragged back the diligence to the place from which they had started .

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      Life and Letters of Joseph Story , Associate Justice of the Supreme Covrt of the Un-ted States , and Dane Profesxor of Law at Hatvird University . Edited by his Son , William Sxoik . 2 Vols . London : Chapman . Judge Stoey achieved European as well as American celebrity , in consequence of the rare combination of faculties , which enabled him at once to master the driest branches of the law , and to present the results of his investigation in an attractive and copious , yet clear and logical , style .

      The leading epochs of Joseph Story ' s life may be briefly told—He was born in 1779 . at Marblehead , Massachusetts , where his father was a physician in good practice . After some education at an indifferent school , he was sent to Harvard College , in 1795 ; having given token of his future industry by making up in a few months f . » r the bad system of his teachers . In 1798 he quitted college , and , somewhat against his will , began to study law as a profession . When he embarked in business , in 1801 . his prospects wera not very promising . He was a Republican in politics ; the people of Massachusetts in general , and oF his part of the country in particular , were Federalists and

      ; party differences were quite as violent in Am . nca as in England at the same period . He was oftheUmtar-an persuasion , and the stanch descendants of the Pil grim Fathers looked upon such a person ashttle better than an Atheist . His purity of life his steadiness in stud y , his attention to business , and his great abilities , soon brought him into note . So dear , indeed , was his success to the experienced , that when his course was discussed one day at a dinner-party . Judge Sewall , staunch Federalist , said to a brother judge , 'It is in vain to attempt to put down young Sony . He will rise , and I defy the whole bar and bench to prevent it . ' Iu i 805 ne was eiected a member of the Legislature of Massachusetts , and in his

      1808 to Congress , presence at which first raised his doubts of Republican virtue , and gave him a distaste for the trade of politics . In 1811 he was appointpd Associate Justice of tVe Supreme Court , and in 1839 Mr . Dane founded the Dane Professorship of Law , on condition that Story undertook the office . In both of these cases he sacrificed money to a sense of duty and a l «» ve of work . When he was appointed to the bench , his income was betw een 5 , 000 and G . 00 O dollars a year , with the prospect of increase ; the salnry of an associate judge was 3 , 500 dollars , raised in 1819 to 4 , 500—about £ 1 , 000 a year . The salary of the professorship , after deductions , was only GOO dollars , although be soon increased the number of students from 1 to 100 . He cannot be said to have died early , for death found him in his sixty-sixth year ;

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      yet he really died of over-work in the general and the particular , The labours Story underwent were enormous . In addition to his duties as a Circuit Jud ge and a Judire ot the Supreme Court of the United States-whieh were enough to have fairl y occupied a man—he car ried on a very extensive correspondence , gave his attention to public affairs was at the call of his friends for lectures , public addresses , and so forth and fulfilled the duties of Law Professor at Harvard College . On the other hand , his publications seem alone sufficient to have employed the life of an ordi nary man , when the research they required is Consi dered , and that this research could not even be attempted without much preliminary training His son thus sums up his legal and literary labours . yOt he really died of over-work {» »^ ¦ -

      The judgments delivered b y him on his circuits comnre . heml thirteen volumes ; the Reports of the SuDreme Court durtng bis judicial life occupy thirty-five volumes of which he wrote ; i full share ; his various treatises on leM subjects cover thirteen volumes , bssiiles a volume of Dleafl ings ; ha edited and annotated three different treatises with " copious notes , and published a volume of poems he ' AM vered and publinh-d rig' . t discourses on literary and scienti fie subjects Men different societies ; he wrote biogrSLa sketches of ten of hi * i oontempor » rie «; six elaboratf ffw forthe ' North American ; ' three long and learned memo " rials to Congress ; he del . vere-l many elaborate speeches in the Legislature of Massachusetts and the Congress of the United States ; he contributed a large number of valuable articles * the " Encyclopedia Americana , » id H

      " American jurist . " ne also drew up many other Diners of importance , among which are the argument before ihvvirA College , on the subject of the Fellows of the Universitvthe Reports on Codification , and on the salaries of the JudY ciary ; s- veral very important acts of Congress , such as the Crimes Act , the Judiciary Act , the Bankrupt Act besides many other smaller matters . ' If it be objected that a considerable drawback should be made from the Reports , since they are the records of spoken judgments , it must be remarked in reference to the question of labour , that he often wrote his judgments , and that his method of preparing them in particular cases was conscientiously minute . '

      Mr . Greenleaf thus relates it ag having been communicated by my father to him but a short time previous to his death :- " It was his habit , after hearing an argument iu any case of importance , to defer the investigation of the matter until . his mind had cooled after the excitement of the hearing and freed itself of all bias produced by the h'sh colourings of the advocate and the eloquence of his appeals -leaving m his memory only tbe impressions made by the principal facts and the legal reasonings , of which also he tooe full notes : after this , he carefull y examined all the cases oited and others bearing on the subject , reviewing and fixing firmly in his mind nil the principles of lawlhich might govern the case . By theaidof these princip l es he proceeded to examine the question on its merits , and to decide accordingly ; always first establishing the kw in hi . S shonld

      SusioT p case lead him t 0 afl ille ea * This labour was undergone by a man not originally of robust heath , and with a digestion so far impaired by early study as to impose dietetic caution through life , from a natural aptitude for work , a steady continuity when-at work , and a careful husbandry of time . So strong bad this aptitude become through long habit , that even when age was creeping on him , Judge Story could not bear to be idle or to contemplate a life of leisure . It is not uninteresting , in tracing the career " of man who afterwards become eminent , to note the home influences by which they were surrounded in boyhood . Story ' s father seems to have been a man of resolute character and sterling good sense . He was one of the band of revolutionists who , in 1773 , boarded the ships in Boston harbour , and threw overboard the tea ; an act which fired the revolutionary

      train-the result ot which was the emancipation of the United Provinces from the sway of Great Britain . Here is a domestic anecdote , however , which shows the sturdy politician in a very pleasant light , and contains also a moral worth remembering bv parents : — 5 * One evening ( it was one of many ) , after the family had retired , tho elder boys rose , dressed themselves , and crept softly down into the kitchen . Having built a roaring fire in the great chimney , a privateering expedition investigated the larder , captured its vianda , and they soon began preparations fora good supper and a jolly night . In the midst of these arrangements they were startled by a loud rap at the door . In a moment all was confusion . Extineuishine

      tneir lamps , hiding as well as they could the materials ana implements of oookery , and clapping a wooden oover before the oven , they fled for concealment . The steps of the Dootor were heard on the stairs , and in a moment he entered , lne savoury smell could not fail to attract his attention , and glancing round the room he saw , peeping from under the table , the legs of one of the boys , who had not calculated on the development made by the lamp . But apparently blind and deaf ha wont straightway to the door , and admitted the visitor , who came to consult him professionally . As the two sat talking before the fire , a scrambling noise was heard under the table , which the visitor noticed and observed upon . " Ah , " says the Doctor , " you see we keep a dog . Upon the departure of the patient , he went directly up Btairs , and recounted the whole affair to his wife , whom be recommended to take better care of the provisions for the future . *

      The Judge ' s son gives a glowing account of his father's character , which , however pervaded by filial affection and partiality , appears to have beeu deserved by the admirable qualities of the man . As a teacher bis powers were peculiarly rare and felicitous . He loved his vocation . He knew no sweeter employment than to developo and expound to his pupils those lofty principles ofmorala and justice for whioh he had so pure an enthusiasm . In their sanguine hopes and thirst for knowledge he behold his own youth reflected , and in pouring forth to them from the full fountain of his earning : he breathed a second spring . " His extraordinary fluency , his warm and sympathetic nature , and his great acquirements , all conspired to fit him for a teacher . Know .

      ledge radiated from him into the minds of all around . The spirit in which he taught was beautiful . His side was tbac of ] ustioe , truth , right . Ho strove to rouse in his pupils an ambition for pure and noble aims . At the threshold of manhood he made them swear fealty to morals and war to falsehood upon the altar of the law . He taught by his character as well as by his words . He was fond of contrasting tl \ e mean huckster and trickster in the law with the shining examples of the di stinguished men who had been his contemporaries , and of urging upon his pupils that no victory was worth winning unless it could be won honourably . His lecture-room was nevei ; dull . Whatever might be the subject , it was treated with such fire and earnestness , such warmth and geniality , that no one could listen without interest . His room was always crowded . There was in his manner tboutmost affability . No su'j « ct was so t-ite and stale that it did not bloom afresh at hia touch . Hour after hour , year after year , passed away , but hisenthusiimm

      was Iperenmal . In the full stream of his knowledge , hiB heart kept throbbing like a tide . * The winged words on which these teachings were borne , have fled away , but the seeds they planted in tbe hearts of those who heard them are growing yet , and bearing good fruit to this country and the world . Justice Story died on the 10 th of September , 1845 . His mortal remains repose in the Cemetery of Mount Auburn , not far from the university where many fellow labourers in the work of human improvement still lament his loss , and within a few feet of the grave of his friend , the earnest and eloquent Channing .

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      Voices for Progress , and other Poems . By Tijomas Fobster Ker . London : Houlston and Btoneman . The Gardeners' Record . No . II . London : Groombridee Christian Socialism and its Opponents . B y J . -M . LuDloV London : IWer .

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      Capture op a Fraudulent Bankrupt in Amrrica — rw-IP ^ J usfc re !| ched Gloucester of the capture of William nenry Barrett , late of that city , who is charged with forgery and fraud , and who absconded in June last year with a large sum of money . The accused was a miller and corn dealer in an extensive way of business at Gloucester , and m the previous year had filled the high and responsible office of sheriff of Gloucester . His disappearance caused great excitement at the time , and large rewards were offered for his capture , but it was not until January last that any certain tidings of his retreat waa obtained . In that month a Gloucester emigrant to

      Cincinnati , Ohio , recognised him and his wife at a boardine-house in that place , and having sent intelligence to England Mr . Power , of the firm of Lucy and Co ., corn . fiictorn , of Gloucester , was despatched with the necessary authorities for hia capture . On arriving at Cincinnati Mr . Power found the fugitive had left , but he traced him to Richmond Indiana , where he effected his capture , and where he was living under tbe assume' ! name of Baxter . With great coolness the prisoner denied his identity , but Mr . Power being certain that he bad the right man , caused him to be detained by the authorities , and he will shortly arrive in this country .

      " We hear that the Lectures of Niebuhr on Ancient History , translated from the German , with additions and corrections by Dr . L . Schmitz , once a pupil of the historian , will shortly be published . The work consists of three volumes , comprising the history of all the nations of Antiquity , with the exception of that of Rome . In bis account of the Asiatic Empires and of E gypt , Niebuhr is reported to have foretold more than twenty years ago the splendid discoveries which have been made in our Own ' days by M . Layard and others . By far the greater portion of the work is devoted to the history of the Greeks and Macedonians . "—Literary Gazette .

      By a return just issued by order of tneHouRe of Lords it appears that last year £ 135 , 482 was paid for Bhootingcertificutes in the United Kingdom .

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      ADELPHI THEATRE Mr . Tomkins Tipthorp picks up a rmokek h « At , i n . corner of Chancerylane m ^ IiS'&iS which he spends in millinenea Innumerable , for the Sift ' cation of his sweetheart , Miss . F ^ nnv Smart . But like th « hero of the " Two Bonycasttes , ' - his conscience smites £ sore l y , tho move so whtn he finds that the gentleman in brown who ho believes 13 the owner of the cash ia tho uncle of the aforesaid Fanny , and with whom he prePentlv comes in conmct . The agony of Tomkins coustiiutps the substance of the farce in which all this takes ulace and Wright rovols in it . " Who Stole the Pockot Book " ' in a word , is an extravaganza not long but broad ; nnd loud were the roars of laughter whioh it occasioned en Monday night , when it w ; w produced for the first time . Mr Paul Bedford , Mr . G . Honey , and Miss Ellen Chaplin were the associates of Wright , whose gaggeries they aided with their accustomed geniality and humour .

      QUEEN'S THEATRE . " The Cor 3 tcan Brothers , " -a . hi i . ly popular and interesting drama has been produced at this theatre in a manner which reflects credit on Mr . James , the lessee and Mr . E . Green , the stage manager . The plot , though simple and easily explained , is of rather novel construction aiid as a previous knowledge of it would tend to allay the interest excited by its representation , we leave our readers to judge for themselves , at the same time assuring them that they will be hi ghly gratified . The ' Twin Brothers are ably impei-Fonated by Mr . T . Evans the part of the Row is sustained by Mr . E . Green wkh his usual ability , and all the other characters are well sun ' ported by the entire company . ' -Jack Rann" and " Blackbeard , tho 1 irate , " concluded the enter tainments

      Dramatic Reading . —A Dramatic Reading of ' Kin < T John" was given by Mr . Frank Fowler , on Friday , March 26 th , at the Assembly Rooms , Vauxhall Road , to a hig hly respeotable audience . Mr . Fowler , before comm enoin / , announced himself as an amateur labouring under indisposition ; nevertheless , as he proceeded in his arduous task ho was frequently greeted with the unanimous cheers of the audience , and several passages were loudly and deservedly encored . Mr . Fowler possesses a considerable amount o ' t confidence , « n excellent taste , and a flexible voice ; qualifications essentially necessary in the personation of various characters . The Heading eave general satisfaction .

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      THE CRYSTAL PALACE . On Saturday last nearly 50 , 000 people visited tbe condemned building , and about four o ' clock there mustbave been 20 , 000 persons assembled at onetime The display of carriages outside reminded one of tbe Exhibition , and within , the appearance of the company exceeded in respectability and nearly equalled in numbers many of the shilling days . The experiment of the contractors in throwing the place open to the public has , so far , been a complete success . Thousands of signatures have been attached to the petitions laid out on tables in the tran .-ept , and , had the facilities for signing been greater , this method of manifesting popular feeling might nave been extended much further . But a mere sentimental wish will nor save the building now , and , if it is to be preserved , vigorous steps must be taken by all who are interested in the suliject . Sostronely is this felt , and sopreBBingis the emergency , thatthree distinct movements have simultaneously originated on the subject . In one of these Sir Moses Mnn .

      tehore has taken the initiative , and has announced a meet ing to be held at the Mansion House on the 7 ih of April , over which the Lord Mayor has promised to preside . In another Mr . Oliveira has been the prime mover , and has got together a large amount of itifiuenvial support . The ihird movement , and probably that which has at . present assumed the most practical and effective form , includes tbe name of Sir Joseph Paxton , who is determined to confute , by deeds the inferences which the recent commission have drawn from his evidence . The report of that commission certainly placed him in a very awkward position , and , though his letter shows clearly enough the unfair use whioh has been made of an accidental and imperfectly expressed statement , which he had no opportunity of correcting , the fact re mains , that the chief blow struck at the building waa struck through him . Probably all who are disposed toexert themselves for the preservation of the P . ilace will unite their efforts , and adopt the self-supporting principle , on which the Great Exhibition was s = o succossfully carried out .

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      UNITED PATRIOTS' NATIONAL BENEFIT SOCIETY AND BRITISH EMPIRE FREEHOLD LAND AND BUILDING SOCIETY . A public meeting was held on Monday , at tbe Literary Institution , John-street , Tottenbam-court-road , to hear an explanation of the princi ples and benefits of tbe above Society . Mr . Mkaden , of Blandford , was called to the chair , and briefly explained the objects for which the meeting was called . °

      Mr . D . W , Rtjbfy , the Secretary to the'Society , addressed the meeting , and ehowed that tbe principles of uniiy and cooperation were the prime agents of all the great improvements and undertakings of the day . The working classes alone seemed backward to take advantage of this great source of power and prosperity . Provident societies were a link in this great chain ; each had their spparate advantages ; but few combined those of the United Patriots' Societies , which bad been established nine years , and had proved productive of great benefit throughout the length and breadth of the land . It had branches in all parts of the kingdom , and in this respect was far superior to a local society , for experience bad shown them that several of their branches would have been defunct had they not been sus >

      tained by the general union . The Society was enrolled , and defalcations strictly guarded against . It was formed into six divisions , wiih henefits according to the payments ; the highest receiving 18 s . per week in sickness , £ 20 on a member ' s deftth , £ 10 on the death of the wife , a superannuation fund , widow and orphan fund , medicine and medical attendancfi when « ick , benefit in case of loss by fire , and expenses of management , for an average payment of lls . 61 . per quarter . The lowest , or sixth division , Tecriving 7 s . per week , in sickness , and JG 2 10 a . on a member ' s death , with all the other benefits in proportion , at an average expense of 4 s . 6 d . per quarter , thus linking the various classes in society together . They had also a Gift Fund to provide against a member beinar turned out of the Sncietv

      through poverty . For these various benefits the Society had disbursed tbe sum of £ 12 , 600 , and bad now in the Bank and invested in the Building Society the large sum of £ 3 , 673 7 a . 9 d . Formerly the S xiety invested the who ' e of its funds in the Bank , but they had seen the wisdom of investing a portion of their funds in a Building Society , formed by themselves , and thereby greatly increased the rate of interest upon their capital . Mr . Ruffy then dwelt upon the . great advantage this feature of the Society nave it over many of its competitors , and showed lhat tbe stnek th » y had in hand was a eure guarantee for the members receiving the benefits assured to them . He also illustrated , by many anecdotes , the manner in which the Society promot » d the interests of those connected with it , and oat down amid loud cheers .

      Mr . W . C WnRLEY , of Addlestone , next addressed the audience , and dwelt upon the advantage of members connecting themsplvps with a society which had a Block in bsnd . Until the members had created a capital it was impossible for them to disburse any benefits . The speaker , at some length , showed the advantages of Provident Societies in general , and of the United Patriots in particular , ami expresiied much . pleasure at a statement made by Mr . Rtiffy— " That the Freehold , Land , and Building Society was about forming a branch , which should come within the means of the agricultural labourer . " He concluded by showing the advantages ot Freehold Land end Building Societies in a political , social , and mdral point of view , and , during bis address , was much applauded . Some questions were asked , which were duly answered by the Secretary . A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , and the meeting dissolved .

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      Chariwbie Bbquksw . —The late Mrs . Anna Maria O ^ le , of Eaton-place , IMarave-square , having by her will hequeated a sum of £ 7 . 000 , to Admiral Sir Charles Ogle , Bart ., and Henry Denton , Esq ., of Lincoln ' a-inn , to he ap plied to such charitable purposes as they , in their discretion , should think fit , Sir Charles and Mr . Denton huve nppropriated the fund so placed at tlieir disposal to thefol-S ? ct arit ies : ~ Tbe Roy ' Naval Benevolent Society . ± 500 ; the Portsmouth Seamen and Marines Orob' » n School , £ 500 ; the Verral Spinal Charitable Societv . £ 500 ; the Royal Westminster O phthalmic Hospital , 470 ; the small-pox and Vaccination llospit « l . £ 470 : the MetropoitanConvaIeB .-ent Hospital , £ 470 ; King ' s College HospitalBuilding Fund , £ 500 ; the Adult Ornhan Institution .

      wLL » n J " « tef n / wpital , £ 470 ; the Society for JJ Xl 2 T ? « fP ? or Clergy in the Dioo-se of &m ?! n ; «'" k ' 8 Charity , Crosthwaite , Cumberland , P „ ' ^ n ^ 'l ^ D 10 "'^ Trus 8 Sll 0 iefcy for the Ruptured Poor 4500 -the British Orphan Asylum , £ 350 ; the Lon-Son ? '"" I / ir °° he W »™«»<» Orphan Asjlurn , £ 200 ; the Indent Blind Society , £ 200 ; the Demand of w ? Hfclety ; m ; the , T As 3 O"iation for the benefit Of Widow ., nd Children of Profrsaional Men . £ 100 ; the So ; , nlrt hL ll ^ ed S 0 , h 001 ' £ 1 QO i the L-icester-8 quare aoiip-kitcnen , £ 33 . Making a total of £ 7 283 Frl'XT ? ° « « 8 - —The reports of the Registrars of Pr-ttnW . "" ^ "ri and Ireland ( printed to £ t £ n } if JU 8 t been printed - In Scotland it is ihufe ahouTS m * n - rGi ; i 8 tered 8 Ocietie 9 dis " iy ™ l r ? £ 20 , 000 annually in sicknM 9 :. nH th » c nhmit . ot

      ou uuu the population are enrolled as members . The regf " ' oP' »> on . that many of the socfeX are notpi £ » tun . f fiLThirf h ° L , lreland it a PP ears that the SSSa ^ Jtaws ggKaKyA-ss-sssaa-ft its being stated that a sum of £ 72 was paid in respect of Si of aLkTs * ' " " eiy > ™ iCh d ° GS DOt F 0 VidS Mlief "

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      FinE . —A prisoner who smiles at us through the bars . — Wallbrid ' g * Lu » n . Matrimony . —How many an enamoured pair have courted in poetry and lived in pros'e ! Monk—A man who commits himself to prison for being religious . — Wallbriiiqc Limn . "Tired" Soldikrs .-Nearly £ 19 , 000 was received ia 1851 tn . m soldieis who purchased tlieir discharge . Hurry and Cunning are always running after Despatch and Wisdom , but have never yet beeu able to overtake them . An anti-teetotaler accounts for his perpetual thirst from , tne tact that |! e was waned in Lent , on fait fish ! nf 11 — V llocs a blacksmith seem the . nrnst dissatisfied w » m . » Clianics ? -Because ho is continually striking for

      S . 3 S ? 1 7 Wh ! U are the chief ends of man ? " asked a bunday school teacher of onu of his pupils . " - " Head and teet w » s ihe prompt reply . nf , h « p - HuTWEi " '" T | le Commons . " in the prospect ol the 1 remier proposing Pr-. ti-cilon .-Wa ^ ow Cititea . pw ^ p !* } - ASD Shktimknt . - May no foreigner ever be bef ore us in eviction , or behind u * in battle . Dm on Raii . wats . -1 u 1851 , , he ,, et prndu-e to tho S " S-S " s ;!^ ^ ' 331 iis - 3 id - Who is wise ? lie mat learns from every one . Who is powerful ? He that gnverns his oirn passions . Who is rich ? He that is content . — Colton . A Christian Empbuor of China . — The "Ben « al Hurkaru" Rta'ea that Tieu Teh , die new Emperor * of China , is a Christian , having been baptised by the lute Dr . tfuizlnfr '

      Amkricas Toast— " The ladies the only endurable unstowa . y , wlio rule without law-, judge without jury , decide without appeal , snd are never 111 the wrong . " Tun laruest Temperance Hall in the kingdom is about to pe erected at Leiwsier , in ttio principal thoroughfare , leading from the railway s ' atinn to the centre ( if the town . A Difficulty .- " What on tarth shall I do f" said Biddy ; " Father Dominic orders tor my Easter penance ih « I must say three . Paternosters every morning , and I neve r learnt but one !" Tne Colney Hatch lunatic asylum is stated lo have i ' on L 0 BSt * < 0 . < h'U ! ih the original estimate was only * 8 i » , « 00 . Cells are to be reserved for the building committee .

      A New Dwelling . —A genuine down-caster has invemeaa new kind oldw . lling . They are nitule of india niooer , and are so portable that you can cany a row of tlireH -story houses in your hat . ' Very Good . " - " Daddy , I want to ask you a question , " Waluile boytohit drunken father . "Wfll , my son . " "by w a gin-palace like a bud drilling ? " " 1 enn ' t tell , * ° d % VB Ci 1 llse J ' oucan ' ipaw it , " said the boy . A Kotal Rejoindku . — " That man . said a right reverend tashnp 10 George the Third , should be silenced , your Majesty . " " True , my L .-id , mie , " rejoined the K •' we 11 make a bishop of him , and he'll never preach again . Doctrine of IsTEnvBKTION . —It is not generous of a nation having ihe enjoyment and the consciousness of liberty itself , 10 wtrir until the hour of victory bus ounded tor auother nation , Vef ^ rp she stretches out a uster ' b hand towards her .- Joscih ititzhn .

      A Light Daschi .. —There ia a Spanish dam me coming overin April , for the » tew ssiisoi-, so light and nhereal lhat she dare not travel when ihe March wind Mows , for fear ot being whiffed away like a feaiher . She once danced a hornpipe on a sonp-bubb'e . The One Idea . —a wealthy farmer , and a great advocate of proteciion , after listening lo the details of the inundation at Holmfinh , having only one idea , that of thevxient of land submer . ed , very feelingly exciaimed , "D ' ye think it II mak corn rise ?"

      Mrs . Partingion . — " Where is Mr . F . ? " inquired Mrs . Partinaton . — " On , he ' s travelling ih . om-h Austria , I believe , " was tho reply . — " Well , deary me , " exclaim- d the bleB < ed old woman , " I ' m so glad he ' s in Austria , for this time I dare say he'll bring me h me an ostrich frather . " The beginning ot all business everywhere , as all praetical persons testify , is decidedly this : that every man shut his moil ll , and do not open it again till his thinking and contriving faculty have elaborated something worth articulating . — ( . ' arlyle , Thu Right to L've . —Is it just , that when all have brought with them into life an equal right to live , the power of realising that right should be . concentrated in the hands of a few ., so that humanity linde irstlf' divided into two clsweB of beings , of which the one tells the life the other is reduced to buy ?—Louis Blanc . k Capital " Butt . "— ' My dear f .-llow , " said a waggish young uentleman 10 a conceited friend , " you have been cerlainlv put to the wmne business . "— ' I do not understand . "

      — "You should have been a cooper . "— "A cooper ! " ejaculated the coxcomb in horror . — " Yes , " said the wag drily , with some severity upmi his countenance , * ' a cot per , because you make such a capital butt . " Tne Skins of Uaisins . —Dr . Dewees , of Boston , U . S ., says the skins of raisins are utterly indigestible . A . child recently died in Boston from convulsions , produced by eating raisins . Dr . Dewees mentions the death of three chil'iren from the same cause , and remarks that " there is n » stnmach unless it be that of an ostrich , that can master the skin of the raisin . " The Parish Clkrk and the Pkdagooue . —A parishclerk overheard a schoolmaster giving lessons in grammar . "You cannot place a , the singular article , " said the preceptor , " before plural nouns . No one can say a pigs , « women , a " "Nonnense ! " cried the clerk ; "the prayer bookknow 3 better than you , Ishou'd think ; and doesn ' t it teach me to say , every Sunday , a-nien ?"

      A . Clkver Rogob . —A young fellow who was lately apprehended at Perth , for a theft in a neighbouring town , when taken to the Fisral ' s cilice for precondition , had the acweness to observe that the key of the door wag in the outside of the lock . After the investigation ha'i proceeded a short time , the cu ' prit suddenly dashed past the officers , and gaining thed «> or , passed out , lucking ; all the officials in ! The window not looking into the street , the raso ; il j-ot clear nff , b < lore the astunibhed party inside could effect their liberation . MATf . aiAi . 8 for a floMEYMooN . —Married , lately , Mr , James Bee to Martha Ann Flower . WeUjhalh this little busy "Bee " Improved Life ' s shi » ing hour ; lie s ^ athtrs honey n . w all day , From one sweet chosen '' Flower ;" And from this hive , if Heaven please , He 11 raisu a swatm of little " Bees . "

      WAR . Man's evil nature , that apology Which kin-iS who role ., and cowards who crouch , set up For their unnumbered crimes , sheds not the blood Which desolates the discord-was'ed land . From kings , and priests , and statesmen , war arose , WUose tafety is maw ' s deep unheUer « d vsoe , Whose grandeu - is debasement . Let ihe axe Strike at tbe root , the poison-tree wi 1 fall ; And where its vennraed exhalations spread Ruin , and death , and woe where millions lay Quenching the serpent ' s f < iminn , and their bones Bleaching unburied in the putrid blast , A garden shall arise , in loveliness Surpassing fabled Eden .

      Sheixet . A Good Book . —As good almost kill a man as kill a good book . Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature—God's image ; but he wh » destroys a good book kills reason itself —kills the image of God , as it were , in the eye . Many a man lives a burden to the earth ; but a good bo » k is the precious life-blood of a master spirit , embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life . 'Tis true no age c » n restore a life , whereof , perhaps , there is no great losi : thH revolutions of ages do not of'en recover the loss of a rtj"cted trn'h , for the want of which whole nations fare the worse . —jM&on . . EXTRACTS PROM " PUNCIT . " How to Maks Bread Risk . —Support a Protectionist MiniHtry-Dblicatk . '— 'Bus Conductor : — "Would any lady be so kind us 10 rifle outside to oblige agextleman ?"

      Protkctionist Topography . — The Protectionists are trving all thty can to get Bread-street removed from Cheapside . The Ministerial Tkam . —The " Derby Dilly " may , to a ce 'ain exteot , be well horsed j but one of the Derby cattle is a Naas . Nickname for tre Phese-. t Ministry . —The present Minia ry i- an fu'l ot Lords and noble I ' roiectionists , that it has been christened the " High Brc ( a ) d Ministry . " A QUKR . Y FORTHE FIRST COMMISSIONER OF WOODS AND FOllUSXS . If Laws and Learning , Trade and Commerce , die , Where then would be our old Nobility ? Tnu Childish Teetotal Movement . —Young Hopeful Teetotaller : — " Go away , nurse ! I don ' t want to go down to dessert , and have any nasty wine ' . I want to stop up stairs , and play wiih ray new pump I '

      Protectionists . — " Tiimmua . I zay . Jim , be you a Purlecoonist ?"—Jim : " E ' aa , I be . " Tummus : " Wall , I z « y , Jim , what be Purtectiun ?"—Jim : " Lo ' or ! Tummus , dimn ' t Ve knawr"' Tumrauj : — " Naw , I doan ' t . " —Jim : " Wall , I doau ' t knaw as I can tell ' ee , Tummus ; vvr L doan t ezakerly knaw mysel ! " Exit . PaQRRSS OF ELKCTR .. I-IUOLOQV . — HUNGERFOKD UU . 1 , Do . vNiNG , sTRBKT .-T . ie Earl of Derby will-H adequately supported by the Starvation party in the country-commence a series of wondrrtal and amming experiments oa peraons in a pprfeoily wakeful stnte . . Which was Which ? -Wh en th *^* ™ l jl& £ Foreign Office , the other day , it « as found veiV difficult tn separate the rubbish from ihe paper . Ijing ; or 1 the table . We do not wonder at the d . flicalty i for between oftcial documents an-l rubbi h there way be often a dutinetton without much d ffurence . __ _ _

      Nn PnP . Knv at OxFORD .- The formation of a Rifle Club a Krd it wXrt , im » been prohibited by the University witho Si 0 ib- gwund of a statute , "Da Bombard * It , A %£ S * ~ cadis '' K ^ yet these College D ^ pretend to teach the young llea how to Bhoot . " y \ The Church in Danger .. —A p ^ ramrnph in the po ^ rsj informs us tiwt several of the swell mob were present at jurt-i cent co nfirmation nel " ttt tne church in Newgate sfcreet £ fiyj the Bishop of London . We really en see no excuse for We ] cond-icf . of tlie » c fellows , who c uld not have gone for pe purpose of being contirnitd , as the fact of iheir duhoirtjfe occupation shows them to have been already cunfirttW scoundrels . T . >

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 3, 1852, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1672/page/3/