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      NURSERY RHYMES . " Hey my kitten , my kitten , Hey Biy kitten , my dewy : Sscb s sweet pet as this , Was neTEi Been far or neary . ' » Quoth Mrs . Picker to Nurse Lh . lt , While gMing on . the Royal filiy" >' o-sr , is she not a lovely creators ! How finely formed in limbs and feature I While in her eot the dear doth lie ; In splendid pi $ -mj ma-je- «/ y

      The hesYenly smiles her lips that light Can , like the day-beams , banish night ! Sonnni , -whil 9 thus her sense * steepicg In—to be plain "while she is sleeping . Bat that I am forbid to greet Her -with a kiss—I'd kiss the sveet ' Well , I never r—look , look ! she h » th Pe * d , and Oh lank ! ahe wants the bath ! Squall ! squait <—How lustily she scream * . ' Jost wakened tip from golden dreams ! Xill , narer mind her precious din , Bat plunge the loTely darling in . " " Well , now again yonr clean and dry , Dear little honey , busb-a-by ! Well , no—but since yon will not nap , My pretty Princess , take vonr pap . '"

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      MORXIXG WALK . ' Come "with me , love—the morn ' s most mild and cheering—And let us -wander forth , -while sinks the tempest , Among the leafless -woods , and list Their deep and solemn rear . gee , o ' er the hedge row sprinkled , bright and countless Props , such as Nature -when in sadness -sreepeth , All trembling in the final gust , Display their mingling hues . And , on tie gi « en * nd distant -western upland , Ihe bow , best token of rich fn'ura mercies , Plants , in a spot of sunshine sweet , Its gsy and noiseless foot ! Eow would the emaciated , pale mechanic , pooled in close factory to labour consvant , Enjoy the sonl-entrancing scene ! But this is not allowed .

      And what a treat these health-infusing breezes Would be to him , from wife , «* ld , separated Xow , for the crivie of beittj poor , In yonder Whig-bur .: Lell . ' Life ' s dreariest track , o ' er which sweet freedom horers Hath frequent greens , and spots of » unshine pleasant : But all i * sterile—all is dark , Where liberty not reigns . W . J . Ldc ^ sier .

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      ENIGMA . I ' m sometime * short , and sometimes tall ; I ' m sometimes stoat , and s « : iietiaie 3 small ; Though Txried by each mater's hand ; As upright as a posi I stand ; > "ine brothers h ^ ve I , curious creatures , 2 s one like the res » in form or features ; Te * . true it is , you'd be delighted , To t * e how -well w& ' re all united : Bnt most essential fir am IWithout me &U the rest wculfl die . At church I am the first of ad ; At horse-race , marktt , roat , or ball ; I won the Le ^ er last September , And sweepstakes , to 3 , as all remember ; In short , co-equals I hare nose , I aai tae great , tie onlr one . ¦ R . A

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      SONNET TO LOYETT AND COLLINS , On perusal of their ' & 4 j prc-dueHon io ! k » wrkiny Tnen Lovettand Collins are enough to sbovr Hcaven scatters mental gifts with liberal hand ; ?? er leaves the labourers an -unthinking band ; But -with impartial smiles deisns to ber . cw On the uncultured mind a Vri ^ iter ; 1 ot Than often fires the £ ¦¦> & « of a lara , Ei 3 e gold iiiiea : ha-re p ^ rmisii-jn to cocainand , ' And power -Wo- ^ iJ . sincti' . ii = --rv hi . ; iis : law . Reason speaks out , a :: ' ! , in the v Ic- of " Wait 3 ,- " Proclfcias the nandard of a man's the mind , And not tLe animal—caged by ingots . Or yet the titled ini . v-, by r . srj : o Wini , yo . so ; this soTer-ign r ^ -i-rus ii . hurzih :- cois , Withpa-ffers surpassing Then with truth er . t . riced J . YEK . > " 0 * . South Molton , Not . SOth , 15 * 0 .

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      WHIG- MAUGNTTY . —A Simile . BT " Arars Once ia my pilgrimage f-. rlorn , A flower of lyreiies : boe , R-ar'd proud its h = ad "mid briar and thor nr And crfccpiE ^ ncttic too . I E 3 W it yie : d ;*• ststeiy crest , To greet the morning raj , —1 Looking of all * . Le others—blest , The favourite of iLid-dnv .

      But night CLtr . e on . sn » tn its tan , The sahle demons frw , — They tc-uchrd thr It ares , and ne ' er agian The g-rsj ^ u * 5 j-wvr grew . Too soon alii ; , the colour fled , That stately formrsc ' . in '^; Tile uHC £ crfewt and ij 7-- ; T hs&d , How toss ' -J -with cT . rv -wind . ^ lettoucht I h . rird tlic soft fiTcTeH ! In every brcez ^ " - > - » : sij-. ed . : Ann , as 1 lot-ked , tbe dower fell , Then kissed the earth acd died !

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      We h » re already exceeded onr limits , bat we must find room for one extract more , which , for beauty of thought , and richness of sentiment , deserves to be engraved « n every memory , and enshrined in every heart : — LOTE ETERNAL . If love b « holy , if that mystery Of co-united hearts be sacrament ; If the anbomnded Goodness have infns'd A sacred ardonr of a mntual love Into our species ; if tbtse amorous joys , Those sweets of life , those comferts even in death , Spring from a cause above our reason ' s reach ; If that clear flame deduce its heat from Heaven , Tis , like its cause , eternal ; always one , As is tb' instiller of divinest love , Tnchang'd by time , immortal , maugre death . Marston .

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      Br A . B . GUS . Third Alphabet—( continued . ) Jaundiced minds are ever prone to search , discover , and malign the motives of others ; measuring the principles of others by their own standardself ; they are invariably found to attack every measure for the general good , solely because they conceive these measures will confer no particular , bo persoRal benefit on themselves ; and datermined to prostrate the noblest aims , where they reap no exclusive benefit , they commence their inquisitorial system of annihilation I Finding the measure pure and perfect , they then attack it in detail , or profess

      not to comprehend its present practicability and ultimate tendency , at length , defeated m their intention of blasting a principle , they attack its advocates ; in their moral , intellectual , private and pnblic characters , and where they find one loophole , they tear the whole to shreds ! Thus , by their mode of attack alone , a powerful and lasting good ia annihilated ; the noblest human structure ib perhaps for ever destroyed , which they never had power to conceive , nor ever pos 3 * s « ed capability to rear . Alas 1 for our country , for humanity , how prolific aiidhownumberiessarethesehypocritical " growths " in our land , what a loathsome hos j of disciples there are in this school !

      King-craft and priest-era // are both children of the same parents ; they are the combined effects of imbecility and wickedness . The moment a community becomes weak enough to adopt favouritism as a characteristic principle , then follows the exaltation of the favourite , who is afterwards distinguished amongst hU equals and superiors by the title of " Kirg . " For a very short time he may advise his " subjects" with sincerity , and represent their interests honestly ; but soon he tastes the sweets of "office "—becomes corrupt , and knowing that his power can only be sustained by the Will of the people ( at this stage of his ruling existence ) , he distributes his emissaries amongst his subjectssows dissenbons where the people attempt to iuquire

      his character , his procedure , —circulates pecuniary bribes amongst the dishonest , — procures a number of worthless wretches , whom he designates "nobles " and ' guards , "—gathers his creatures , men of tho most despicable character , to assist him in distributing what he terms "jn ? tice , "—iives a lite of debauchery , teeming with no trait of humanity , save tyranny and wickedness , —assumes the man in nothing but hie vices , —dies a " saint !"—hands down his character ! his virtues ! and his "crowu , " to his heirs ; to be by them duly appreciated , so long as the ignorance of his " subjects" prevail , or their mental blindness will permit . The same community , bv the example of their "king" and his "court , " launching out into all the irregularities that unrestrained

      appentes are capable of , grasp with avidity the promises held out by a number of morally regardless vagabonds , who hold out the prospect of plenty to the starving , and peace to the wicked ; aud contrive , by dint of a little monkish legerdemain , to impose their fal < e doctrines on the weak , ana their impure designs on thy wicked , —holding out reward to the one and pardon to the other , they thus lull their poor dupes into security , aud find them ever ready and willing instruments in the promotion of their own bj .-e . immoral , and unchristian de ^ ns . Republicans , Cuartists , Christians , thoso are "kings , " and i ' htiie are " priests ']"—which do you choose ? L : bcr !_ v ! universal Liberty ! is the heavenly vicoeereiit that is Tvor « liipped by every animated obiect exietifig ia nature . To curb the freedom of the mind would be fancying an absurdity ; to trample on the natural laws oi frt- ' ww in the body , guiltless of cr . me . is rebellion a < rain « t Gnu ! To bind ciow-n tho

      wiii . by other than moral lnw .: , is the preface to a con- \( jnent aberration from our duty to the Creator . Wiien the mind and the body are restrained , except in tile necessary legisla'fve enactments , that oblige the unwor ; by to perform certain duties to society , we may calculate on di = ea ? e iu the one and despair in : hn oiiier ; from whence arise poverty , crime , misrul ? , _ and civil commotion . What a responsible pOMi-. jn is that man placed in who is supposed to represent hie feliows , a : i rc « " laws' that are anticipated to meet th « const-m and obedience of all How tuarlul are The cun-equeuc ' -s drpenuing on his

      capability and his honeMy ! And yet how glaringly apparent is the waiit of both in many who are so posuioiud , even at the time our pen i-- engaged in leiribiy impressing our wiil . Alas ! pre-juc ' ice may biiir : men from perceiving the truth , bm this truth is piacca beyond doubt-tb- ia-.-t is self-evidsi . t . Help and a-f = ist them , 0 God ! to hear the voice of reason , that they may avoid , : n future , the duom that is ready to ingulf them for their past misdeeds ! Mystery is in variably adapted by knarioh schemers to to : > t some counterfeit object on our acceptance ; vhercin ambiguity exi-ts stv that you are watchful , and -sviir-re there is darkness bo on your gaard .

      Ne ; ociations , whatever be the matter of treaty , ought io be characterised by the most clear , decided , aud rno > t iquhable terms to all parties ; yet how rarely do vre witness tuch an aojus ' -ment in modern tT-aiie ? ? Two parties mcc ! . . wM ! ih-j prc-deiermmed liiteuiion oi' grap ; . Jijj ^ ' wuh and seizing any aavaniaiie that may occu ; - to oiiner , without indulging , even a momentary thought , on the Deueiit that would accrue from their labours , if butii were intent on obtaining and graotin ^ equal justice to all . How many ¦^ omsnds of our countrymen Lave been sacrific .-d to satisfy th- piovu-o of a modern treaty ? and how many s : liy negotiations—how many thimble-rig finalities have we \ vitne .- > t'd , ' blundeniii ; away "playmt ; th « . ir part , to gratify nurcer ; ary purposes , iu a uip ' omaii ; m ^ sion ! O ; or tii e voice of Stentor , ibe pr-vt-r of Dekio .-vhenc-s , aud the elegance of Cicero , that our ivii ! m \ i ; : i : : ia : iin > ufnc . H'iit influence to stem these royal legiiiative j ' ii-tc-, these partypvirpos' 3 treaiie ? , a : iu wliigliiig m'ir 10 ations !

      Order throughout ail the var : i .. u- ramifications of soci-.-tj is bvst iustanifcd by tl . u uuu and mipariial administration o ; j ; -: ict- ; wrong crtaifs di ^^ ausfacti-T " , tui bnlt-nce , und rebcUum : soc'cty iu general tr . ffrs bv the conflict , awl all aro h . . 7 . * rdiug their ctac-, Cv . mf . jrt , an « i pro-p ^ rit ) m ihe injury done to t » e i-yinuion-weai by civil s ' . rife . Why no * , ; hcn , eniiiavjDr to modify , or rather : o eraOioaio , &ui : e aou .-es ere they resell this standing in importance i Meiiit-a ) proiessicn ^ lists iiud it easier to preveu : uis' -as ! - i . hdu to . tfect its cart ; ; may not k-gisiatorri find ii their iutere .-t (' . re know it is ' tiio-ir duty ) likewise to iipply tho balm in time 1

      Per ? e > : it on is ihe first , the most effective , and th' ; only mvamble stimulant that can ba apilied to a new tn .-. , a new tcience , or a nt . w principle , to insure :. s u . cin : a e triumph ; aud iti « dcsv . ruocion oi u .-ji- or [ u- u o ; us ad vacates-is p ; fficient of rselt' 10 i-prt'aa aui ; ; : curUi the novehy : Jjay , more , the bare tact of one martyr beini ; sa-crifitvu {' or any cause is sufficit-m to stamp it 3 exisit-nce with permanency , and tend ? , if the cause is t , ood , to establish it uuivei ' - sa 3 y . Go of ; , lvhjgs ! go on , most wise , learned , and immaculate legislators !—1 : 0 on !

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      FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE BIRMINGHAM AND DERBY RAILWAY . TSKDICT OP KANSL 1 UGHTBB . Birmingham , Saturday Evening . The Coroner's Inquest on the body of the unfortunate man , Richard Black , who met his death on the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway , on Wednesday evening Jast , commenced yesterday , and terminated this morning , as -will be Been by tie following abridged report , in the committal of two men f « r manslaughter .

      But subsequently Mr . Marson , one of the under-contractors for the repairs of the line , was also committed by a magistrate , to take his trial for negligence , in allowing an obstruction on the line , contrary to the provisions of Lord Seymour's Act The proceedings were opened at the Swan Inn , Nether Whitacre , near Coleshill , -where the body of Black now lies . Mr . ' G . C . Green way , of Warwick in the absence of Mr . Whateley , presided as coroner . The Earl of Aylesfoxd , who resides in ths neighbourhood , waa present , and took great interest in the proceedings .

      Tbe first witness called was William Poulton , guard on the line , who deposed that he was with the downtrain which left Birmingham at half-past five o ' clock on Wednesday evening . They arrived at Coleshill station at twelve minutes past eight o ' clock , being" five minutes behind time , and on reaching Orgiel ' s-end Bridge , near Whitacre , they came in cont * ct , as he subsequently ascertained , with a small track on the rails . The concussion detached the engine and tender , which went off tho line of the railway , and two of the first carriages , which were pf the third class , were turned over upon their sides . The remainder of the

      tram consisted of second class carriages , and one of the first class . These kept on the line and ran on about thirty yards . The deceased , who was riding in one of the third class carriages , was pulled from under tho engine quite dead . The stoker , who . se name was Atkins , had one of his logs broken , but the engineer was net hurt Amother man , named Naylor , was much bruised , and was lying at » farinitouse in the neighbourhood . It was moonlight . There was nothing in the way that they could see . There were no luggage waggons attached to the train . Tbu truck was used by the plate-layers for the purpose of carrying materials along the line .

      By the Coroner—The truck wa 3 certainly not in its proper place -when the train came up , for the train was due and behind time . If the men bad been any way quick , they might have turned the truck over , and got it out of th « way before the arrival of the train . It w » s usual to keep trucks on the rails for the purpose of rep » ir , and whan the train arrived to throw them off . But he did not see that there wna any necessity for having a truck ou the line at all at the time the accident occurred . The mon were not required to work on

      on the railway longer than daylkht . He never saw any men at work on the line after dark before that night . Men were stationed along the line at every p . irt which was considered in any way to be dangerous . Whenever there was anything wrong , a man was placed with a signal iump . Thore were ulso inspectors , whose duty it was to take caro of certain lengths of the Hue . He could not tell whether there were any inspectors between Coleshill and Whitacve the night the accident occurred , but he knew there was one stationed at Coleshill .

      Georgo Sonierville , being aworn , skated that lie was engine-driver to the three-quarter past 11 a . m . train from Derby and the half-past five o ' clock train from Birmingham . They arrived at Whitacre at the time stated by the last witness . He never reeoilecteti seeing a truck on the line after dark before that night . He did not see anybody with the truck , and indeed he never saw anything until he M-as in the ditch , where he met one man ( whom he did not know ) , who confessed h « was with the truck , but he ( witness ) bad not time to question him further , as he had to look after his m » te , tbe stoker , and he did not s « e the man afterwards . The engine and carriage wore in excellent working order , and when the accident occurred all was going on as well as they could go .

      By Mr . Carter— Sir . John Stevenson was the contractor for the maintenance of the permanent way from Hampton to Tarn worth , and Mr . Marson was employed under him to see tb « work kept in order . For that purpose i . e had gangs of men along the line , under the orders of a superintendent . If ho ( witness ) had seen a truck on the line during the day , it would have been his business to report it to Air . Hartley , the superintendent of locomotive power , and he should Lave reported it t < Mr . JJurkiaoiJinr , the engineer . He ( witness ) liad been employed ou the Newcastle and Carlis ' io and unon the London and Birmingham lines ,

      and ha' ! been recommended by tho manager of the last line to Mr . Burkinahaw , under whom he had been einj . loytd the last twelve months . He certainly considered the Derby line the safest he ba « l ever been on . In the first place , there were not many cuttings and embankments ; ami in thd next place , they had a good set of engines . As respected the witching and guarding , it was conducted like other lines . The present was the first accident which had occurred on the Derby line . He had lvsui fouiteen years" experience in working stationary engines in North Shields , and two years us a fireman before he was employed on railways , making sixteen years' experience altogether .

      By the Coron -v—At the time tho accident occurred the traiu - was goiu # at the rate of from twenty-eight to thirty miles in the hour . Tha greatest speed at which he had ever gone might be from forty-two to forty-four miles in the hoar . He did not think he had « v « btaten that Mr . John Burkin ; ihaw was then called , and deposed that he was resident ei ' . irinuer and manager of the Birmingham a » tl Derby llailway , and stated that the men were o » ly required to work on the Una during daylight , except in cases of real necessity , whan proper signals woulii be placed at equal distances along the fine , one at each siiie where the party was at work . The truck which caused the accident had no right to be on the line , nor was there any necessity for it . The hours of the men were from six in the morning until six nt night in summer , and during ; daylight in winter , but they were often required to work during the ni ^ ht when

      there was any appearance of danger , arising from a slip or other i-ause , on the lino . The men were employed by a contractor , and were under his controul . He believed the number employed oil the line for the purposes of protection wir iu proportion to those employed on the L" 7 iiton and Birmingham line . He only knew from rrport tbe purpose for which the truck was placed upon the line on the sight in question , but he could say that there was nothing in the state of the line , which was in perfect order , to requiro it to be there at the time . The witness , after answering some questions put by Lord Aylesford , produced a printed list of regulations to be observed by the Company's servants on the line , and which , in conclusion , stated that the placing the truck upon the line was a clear breach of those instructions . No person had a light to use a truck on the linu except f * f the Company ' s work , and it ought not fur any purpose to have been on tile line at the time ths acci-lent occurred .

      Mr . Stevenson , the contractor , was examined at great lenuth , with a view to corroborate the statements made by Mr . Burkiufihaw , and exonorate tlie company from all blame . It appeared that on Wednesday uiorniug Jlr . Stt-venson directed Air . Marson , who was in liis employ , to send a letter for him to Tarn worth , and that for thu purpose of doing the journey quickly , Mr . Mavson , -without any order from Mr . Stevenson , sent two men in . 1 truck with the letter in qiK'Stioii . Lord Aylesford—I wish to ask Mr . Sfevi-nson whether he knew there was to be a truck taken up last Wednesday night from here to Tarn worth ? Witness—I did , my Lord . Loid Aylesford—Who went with it ?

      Witness—Mr . Marson , my Lord , will explain that letter than I can . I wished to have a message sent to iiiy clerk at Tain worth on Wtdnes' . livy morning , an . l entrusted it to Mr . Mni-Kon to have it f « rwarde ; i viih ail despatch in the hope of catering the train , and a note vv ; is forwarded by one of the trucks . I did not know the man who took it , but Mr . Marson does . Jn answer to questions from Mr . Carter , witness s uV that if tracks were used for any purposes than the work of the company it would be < t breach of the regulations , aud that the note he aunt was not connected with the work of the company . Coroner—Did you direct how tho note should be sent ? Witness—I did not- I -was not aware that it -w ^ uld be sent in this way . The note was sent at twelve at noon , and I understood they did the distance in about half an hour .

      A great deal of evidence wus then given , from which it appeared that Mr . Marsjn ordered the two men named Barber aud King , to take the truck to Taiuworth , and that he accompanied them six inilus on the Toad , when , after giving them the latter to carry forward , he left them directions , to be very careful as to the trains . They remained at Tamworth a considerable time , and ou their rttnro tUey were warned by a policeman at Kingsbury , at two and a half miles from where the accident occurred , its to the probable arrival of the trains , 'when they replied to the effect that all was right , and were fully prepared to remove the truck upon th » approach of danger . It so happened , however , according to their own statement , that when in the act of attempting to remove the truck , the train came in upon them , and the accident occurred , by which Black lest his life . The iuquesi atijourned at half past seven o ' clock .

      On Saturday morning , tho Jury met at eleven , and the Coroner proceeded to hear the evidence . He observed that after hearing a great quantity of evidence , no blame appe * red to attach t » the company , but rested entirely upon thu contractors' department and the two men in charge of the truck . As it regarded Mr . Marson , the evidence lie thought was not sufficiently strong to justify a verdict of manslaughter , but hf had little doutyt if acquitted by them , the case , as it afibcted him , would be met in another way . The Jury then , after some consideration , retnrned a verdict of manslaughter against Barber and Kinir , the two men with the iruck , and the Coroner cominitttd them to tak « their trial for that offence at tbe nexi assizes for the county of Warwick .

      Mr . Outer , addressing Lord Aylesford , then said , that he was instructed on the part of the railway directors to sta '; e that they were determined to progecute Air . Marson . under Lord Seymour ' s Act for negligently piscing an obstruction on the trams of the railway . Lord Aylesford said , that , as a county magistrate , he was prepared to hear tbe Charge .

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      The evidence , as it affected Mr . Marson , and already Bmtumarily stated , was then gvud into , aud at its conclusion , Lord Aylesford said -he fel £ bound to commit the prisoner to take his trial at Warwick . He accordingly committed him , but Mr . Marson subsequently procured bail to answer the indictment to be preferred against him , and be was discharged out of custody .

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      Madam , —In presenting to you , as the chief magis trate of this kingdom , the series of letters of which this is the first , I beg moat respectfully to state , that I am actuated by no motive of personal ambition , and by no wish to promote party or class interests , as contradistinguished from the general imterests of the whole people . I am moved , I trust , solely by an

      earnest desire to promote the general happiness and prosperity of my country , and , as far as any influence I may possess extends , of mankind at large , I am sensible that the subject I am about to discuss is one which is closely and intimately connected with the welfar * and prosperity of all classes of your Majesty ' s subjects ; and one , therefore , which has high claims upon the attention of her who has been , in tho order of Divine Providence , called to the exercise of a marked and extensive Influence over the destinies of millions .

      Ib those letters it will be mj task to bring before the notice of your Majesty facts of an appalling character , as to the state of demoralisation and crime in which large masses of the people of this country are unhappily involved . I shall have to show that that state of demoralisation and crime is , to a frightful extent , attributable to the laws and institutions of the land ; and I shall have to demonstrate that vast changes in these laws and institutions must be effected ere you can reasonably hope to sway your sceptre over a happy , prosperous , sober , and religious people . But though this may be a picture of an uncourtly character , it is one on

      which it is most necessary that you accustom yourself to look with a steady and discriminating gaze ,- and although bora in a circle of society , and surrounded , by circumstances and influences the most unfavourable for taking a just and enlightened view of the important matters to which I am about to invite your attention , yet believing that you have been endowed by the Divine author of life , with an understanding to comprehend the lessons of truth , and a heart to feel for your people when their true condition is fuirly placed before yon , I will hope that you will not refuse to listen to a

      " plain unvarnished tale , " told , it may be , with great simplicity , but , let me assure your Majesty , with the utmost sincerity , and with devoted attachment to what is really good and excellent in the constitution of my country . In the remarks which I am anxious to bring under your royal notice , I trust no word will escape my pen which can be justly deemed offensive . I shall , I hope , ever bear la mind the respect dua to your station , and especially to your sex . I appeal to your Majesty as the Executive power of the State , and every line of that appeal shall breathe the true loyalty of a Briton , and the genuine courtsey of a man .

      At a time like the present , when adverse interests are at work , and when an age of trausitiou from one state of society to another has evidently commenced , it becomes matter of serious and important inquiry whether the changes which must inevitably take place , shall tend to the establishment of human happiness , or the perpetuation , perhaps for ages , of habits and modes of thinking , and of acting , which must be productive of a large amount of misery and crime .

      One thing in the conflicting mass of opinions which are deluging the world seems to be conceded by a !!; that is , that the present institutions of society are now incapable of answering the end for which they were originally designed , and that a remodificjuion or reorganisation of tho social fabric must be obtained . This I say is admitted by all ; l > ut beyond this we seem to have no common ground . Tiie sentiments put forth by different writers , and the remedies they prescribe for the disorders of the body , social and politic , are as witle asunder as the poles , and as divers as the points of the ctmpass . One man would go to past ages , to

      rake up the rubbish of timea gone by , in order to mend , patch up , and give stability to that which the wear aud tear of time has rendered utterly unfit for further service , while his neighbour , in this pretended work of renovation , would reject every tiling that is ancient ; nothing but new stones from the quarry , and green timber from the wood , will do for him . It does not require much wisdom to discover that with such workmen , and tuch materials , no practical good can be effected . Tho one will attempt to repair , and

      sustain rubbish , with its like , till the whole mass comes tumbling about his oars , and buries him in ir . a ruins , while the other , with his unhewn stones and unseasoned timber , tries in vain to rear an erlirke -which will Btand firm in the midst of the blast and the tempest , offering a secure depository for ths most invaluable rights and liberties , which he so highly prizes , and which he tells us he is desirous of transmitting , with all thoir unnumbered blessings , to his children , aud his children ' s children .

      Amid all tho balderdash and confusion , the sound , an ' " noise , and hubbub which pervades the land , it is not surprising th . "t things of the utmost moment are overlooked , and that sometimes incalculable mischief is done to public interests , public morality , or public liberty , by unprincipled parties in high places , while taking advantage of the state of conflict and confusion into whiok , it inr . y be , their ewn machinations have contrived to throw the public mind . As an instance or two of this , I may mention the way in which the Hnssian autocrat wa 3 permitted to exterminate the rights of Poland , while the people of England were busily engaged iu aiding the middle classes to get that

      franchise which has enabled thorn to trampie , almost uncontrolled , upon th « rights of labour , and to perpetuate acts from which the Tories would have shruGk with shame , and the virtuous portion of them with horror and abhorrence . I may also mention tho passing of the Poor Lnw Amendment Act , ( ou the nature and effects of which your Majesty ' s faithful people will enlighten your royal mind oua of these dai' 3 , 1 while the people of Engiand were engaged in the consideration of some subject , or in the agitation of some question of no more practical utility to them than tlie discussion of the problem how to square tbe circle . A thousand such instances mi . yii ; be ailiuced , but these are sufficient for the purpose of illustration .

      To obviate , as much as possible , the obstacles thus continually thrown in the way of practical improvement , or unavoidably arising from the weakness and imperfection of human nature , is clearly the duty of evrry good and honest citizen ; ami this , in my opinion , can be best accomplished by bringing , in a calm , dispassionate , and deliberate manner , tiie various anomalies which exist in , and the numerous evils which affect society , under the notice and consideration of the Sov « rei £ n an < l tbe people . This , in a country where the press is , to a considerable , extent , unatmckltid , can

      be < iono most effectually through that medium ; iwd hence I conceive that no apolo . ; y will be necessary for the honest patriotism which addresses these letters to your Majesty , in which I propose to discuss a subject which , while it stands intimately connocted with your important state duties , as Queen of this greatempire , cannot fail to interest your feelingsaud sympathies , both as a woman and a motUur . Sutler me then to introduce to your most serious attention the important , perhaps , politically and strictly ppeakin !* , I shall not err if I say the all-important , subject of prison discipline and criminal j urisprudenca .

      This subject , which involves in its consequences and results of a magnitude and importance , second to no other , is one of these which have been to a very considerable extent overlooked , neglected , or misunderstood , &nd yet to & reflecting mind , a mind which is in the habit of looking beyond the mere surface of things , which is accustomed to taace effects to causes , and to contemplate remote consequences in connection with immediate results , it is a subject fraught with the most Stirling interest , and demanding at once the most starching inquiry , united with sound judgment , penetrating intelligence , and calm deliberation .

      Tho important investigation upen which we are about fr > outer , has reference to some inquiries which , at first light , may not appear to belong to it . The prosecution of crime , and the punishment of the offender , are matters connected with man as he exists in society , and as fia exists In society only . If each individual was isolated and independent , society could not exist , and consequently crime against society would be impossible , and its punishment a nonentity . It follows , then , that in considering tho state of crime , and of its preventtca ami . paniatunent , we must consider nun M

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      congregated Jn society ; and the end for which society was established , becomes , of course , one of the first questions of inquiry . We mast ever bear in mind , as a point of immense moment , the fact that the aggregation of men in society Is widely different , from the aggregation of parts in a complicated machine . To make the latter perform its designed purpose In obedience to the impelling powor , nothing more is necessary than to keep the -whole in a state of proper adjustment , and to remove any dirt or other impediment which might derange its structure and prevent the dus performance of their respective

      functions by its several parts . But in tke social machine things attain a very different state Like every other machine , it is a whole made up o individual parts ; but , unlike any other , its parts are active while theirs are entirely possiva That is to say , every part of society , every individual comprising the social family , has a will of his own ; he baa personal designs to subserve , and personal wishes to gratify The fact is ,, men in society are constantly actuated by two opposite and opposing tendencies : the one leading them to seek and to secure those advantages which soeiety affords ? and , as a means , to submit to the

      restraints which they must yield to in order to gain their end ; aad the other urging them to seek that apparently natural , but , in truth , spurious independence , which results from unbridled and universal license ; and it is just in proportion as the one or the other of their tendencies prevail , that a mnn is a good or & bud member of soeiety . Hence it is plain that the character of the individuals composing it make , in reality , the character of the social state as a whole . If the people be individually moral , sober , just , virtuous , kind ,-and religious , scch will tbe nation be . If , on the contrary , the people individually be immoral , intemperate , unjust

      in their dealings with e » ch other , vicious , cruel , and irreligious , this will be the character of the nation generally ; and in proportion as either class prevail will be the happiness or misery which will be enjoyed by , or pervade the community . On these tendencies of the mass of mankind the political institutions of a country have a marked and decided influence , and amongst all these institutions none is more powerful in its outbtarings upon the state of crime than the penal enactments which may be in force at any given period . If these enactments are distinguished by harshness and undue severity ; if they treat tho criminal not

      as a moral agent , capable of reformation and amendment , the medium of corrective nifcastm-s applicable to hist moral sense , but reduce him below the level of a brute , sending him to herd with the most abandoned of his species , and dismissing him from his prison house , only the more qualified and fitted for a career of reckless iniquity , equally unaffected by the lessons of human punishment as by the prospects of a further judgment , or , if , on the other hand , the criminal is acted upon only by correction , sliut out from all the

      charities of life , and eul jected to indignities , and to privations which no feeling mind could bring itself to contemplate without horror , or to inflict even upon the most degraded and sunken grades of humanity ; if such , I say , be the conduct prescribed and followed out by the criminal jurisprudence of the country , thea W 8 nuy rest assured , that without the alteration of such a sysWm , no really beneficial change in the state of tbe criminal population can be effected , or indeed can be rationally expected .

      From what 1 have said ; I hope that it -will appear evident that we mufit , if we intend to eotue to right conclusions from admitted premises , preface our investigation into the state of crime , its causes , and tbe most efficient remedy , by a short examination into the physical and moral structure of man in his individual character , and then- e proceed to consider him in his social relations with his feHow-nifn . We shall by this means be able to ascertain , with tolerable accuracy , the bearing which the one lias upon the other , and shall thus hrtve laid a firm and solid basis oa which to rear a superstructure which shall tend to the prevention of crime to a considerable extent , destroying

      or removing its cause , and afford solid ground of hope that many Who are now the pest and the curse of our beloved country may be restored to the paths of duty and virtue , and thus become a blessing and an ornament to the land of their birth . To obtain this great and desirable object , no paltry feelings , or party intrigues , or jealousies , ' should be permitted for one moment to oppose an obstacle' nor should cupidity or avarice be allowed to put in the wedge of selfishness to stop the progress of improvement . It has been well observed in the report of the inspectors of prisons , that in every reclaimed criminal , not only is the ranks of the criminal population reduoed by one , but the state has also gaiiioci a good and worthy subject .

      Not doubting . but that this high and momentous subject must excite in the bosom of your Majesty those feeiings of sympathy and interest which its vast importance is so well calculated to inspire , 1 will venture to hope that you will give the whote wnighfc of your influence to those well-digested and judicious plans which may be framed for the improvement of this most important branch of our national jurisprudence . I have- the honour to be , Madam , Your Majesty ' s truly faithful subject , NUMA . London , Dec . 7 th , 1840 .

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      The Rotal infant ia said " 10 pas 3 the greater portion of the twenty-four hours iu sleep . This proof , if no other could bo adduced , would demonstrate the purity of its Royal descent ! ALBERT . How sweet to hear de rapture of de people , Dus ringing out from eb ' ry parish steeple .

      VICTORIA . Sweet as the cash that , a-la Filch or Lonkir ., We're always wringing out of Joan Ball ' s pocket . Hobhouse , who , in his Radical days , declared that Royalty iu Europe wouici be extinct 111 a quarter of a century , is quite orwjuyed at the birch or a _ Princv 33 Royal—declaring iliac the dear little thing is a child after his own hears , from the fact oi its cries being incessant for the little .

      The following lines from Cotvper were found in the Royal cot , it is said , on its reaching Buckingham Palace : — I pity kin ^ s whom worship , waits upon , Obsequious from the craxhe to ihe throne ; B .: foiv vrhose infant eyes the flatterer bom * , And b . uds a wreath about their baby broWd : Whom education stiffens into sta . t . 3 , Aud di ' jath . a-vakeiirf fro in tba * dr ^ am too late !

      To such people a « ar « curious to seo the Rival infant , wo d < HMi it but an act of kindness to apprise them that "her Royal Highness " re > en ; bios , in the general oui . line , 'omer children—it had two eyes , one nose , a mouth , arms legs , tingnrs , toes , aud -ait other things , have the ears , formed after tha ordinary uio ^ lel or humanity . The only thius ? iu which it differs with' tiie rest of the iuforitino woria is as regards itUei / ept , aud there it stands ou a proud pre-eminf uce ! Dr . Locock is said to have received one thousand pounds fir the services rendered by him at the accouchement of th « Queau . Half that sum , it is also und « mo < xi , was paid respectively to Dr . Ferguson aud Mr . Blas ; deii . This will be a cud far Jonathan : o cSiew , vrho venerates Royally on the score of it » btittx so cheap a luxury !

      Church News . —The Bishop of Carlisle has had an astack of iumbag * . , which so severely affected him . tha 1 :- for two miceesdive days he-was obiigtsd to bo carried io his seat at the dinner table . The bish ^ iJ of . M eath has died worth aointthiug Hhort of ha . lt" a million of money ! Cri lid Mel , -when nude was shown the Royal "fruit , " " Jieholu the Princess in her birth day suit !" " De vet NuasE ! " de vet nurse 1 " shouted Field Marshal his Royal Highness Prince Albert . "What ' s the matter ? " coolly asked nurae Lilly . " " Dis let eel von has drink so much dat it ran all over , Madame Lilly , " replied the Field Marshal , " and vet me . " The dry aurse waa instantly summoned .

      For sometihe the Royal nurses were at a loss to account i « r the "little stranger" keeping up such a repetition of squalls ; aurse Lilly , however , wiser than the rest , discovered that the interesting TO'n'kin of Royalty had the wind on h « r stomach . It has been suggested , in order to make a dUtinction between the Royal babe and ordinary children , in the mode of taking food , that the wet nurse should wear a gold breatl-plate . The pap , of cours * . will be dished ap .

      HURSBST BHTME 8 . List ! list ! quoth Mel bourne , list to that load shooi—What is ' t ? The Princess squalling for a clout 1 "Dis child crywg , Madame Lffly , " ¦ ajWABwrt . on his first essay at nursing . " No , no , youjcAljjBf > ^ tiighness , " replied the Lilly of the JBMqffhnywL * * + fji / u u the darling ia as quiet as a lamb . V ^ YnMum to ™ Madame Lilly , " exclaimed the Prntf ^ &jrai B ^ j tears on mein lap . " The ladj of faWTMm * IW * my& instantly ummoired , i ^\ HsmZf % r * S \ u 3 % 1

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      THE LOTE GIFT F- / R 1841 . London : George Bi . LL , lo -, Fleet-street . This litile candidate i ' or public favour if , in truth , in ev-ry respect , worthy u : vtis ^ wiiat its name imports , " A Love Gii ' i , " an-: shou . a l-v presented by $ verv enauoured swain to hi- c :-o = en ia ; r one , aa a token of aii- ; c : ;' -. n to usher in tuc neiv y > .-ar . It i ? a ? e ; tJtiju oi Dciutii ' ui pieces , in rtii-rence to that u . a $ ' . er pa ^ ion , in which is e : nboii . « u everything eooci uiic tr ^ ai ia humanity . * i he icivct'on is , we

      belit-Te , ths iirst attempt at eduursnip of a young man , a . ti in-do amid ins hurry a : id cunfu&iou of a Lollop-jiiiiu b'J ^ inesa . Thi > alone wo . iJ-a have preveiitea u = iivm exeroxing any very crr . icai jnu ^ ment , even fiiQ the i ?;" -: iup < - \ -rd ta-. k been much more dtS . ' . en : 111 i : s > ie"jutit > u iiiuji we iiud it to be . All the piece ? are rot ^ iike txcelleL-t , but all breathe a - -v .:. i o : iii .-.-.-. 1 p . ir ' . "y , aiia scv- ^ Taihave iheudcir . ioij ' dl nu'rit 0 ; " bs-iu ^ iirsi-rate p .-ttica ! composiv . ou ? . Hen is a aeui oi exquisite beauty , iruni Ljie pen oi A . A . Wail--:

      —MEET ME AT Sl' . VSET . Meet me at snn « et , tbe tour -we love be .-t . Ere day ' s las : crimson biuskes have diea in the west , Whtn the sLaUowlesa eth ^ r is blue as thine eye , Aad the bre-. ze is as " rulniy and soft as thy sigh ; When giant-like forms lengtn-n fast o ' er the ground Frcn : the motionless mill and the linden trees round ; ' - ' . h' n iLu iii . lnuas bclosy , Lie jmiu radiance iitove , S . f ; ly iink on the h ^ irt , an i auu . ; * k to i ^ Tt .

      Meet , me at sunset—oh ! meet me oucy p : < ire , ' . Xea ' . ii tbe -wivle-kprc-aii ' tng thorn -where you met me of yore , WT . en our hearts were as calm as the hroad summer sea Tfca : lay gLa ;; iing before us , bright , bjucdless and free ; And with cami clisp'd iu hand , we sat trance-bound ; and " deenVd That life -would be ever the thing it then seem'd . The Ires «« then planted , gretn record ! lires on , Eat the hupts that grew with it are laded and gc-ne .

      Wtet me at sunst-t , beloved ! as of old—When the boagks of the chestnut are waving in gold ; When the pure starry clematis bends with ils bloom , And the jasmine exhales & more witching perfume . That sweet hour shall atone for the anguish of year * . And thoiuth fortune still frown , bid us smiie tLr ^ u ^ b our jeara ; Through the storms of the future Bhall soothe and sustain ; Then meet me at sunset—oh ! meet me again . ' And here is a street and touching appeal of pure , confiding love : —

      LOTE THOUGHTS . 0 let not wordi , the callous shell of thought , Intrude between thy silent soul and mine ! Try not the choicest ever poet wrought ; They all are discord in onr life divine . Smile not thine unbelief ; bat hear and say All that thou -will ' st , and then upon my breast TLj gracious h 6 &d in silent passion laj , One little hour ; and tell ma which is best Non let us live our love-, in after hoars "Words shall fit handmaids to sweet memory be j But let them not disturb thos 9 hoikr bowers , ¦ Ths voiceless depths of perfect sympathy . H > M » Miurie

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      THE BRITISH TEMPERANCE ADVOCATE AND JOUR . NAL , November , 18 iU . Livzsrr Isle or" - >; ss . This number of . the Advocate is f-SA of va ] n 3 bl « zna : ier , 3-i oi piLL-iLg i ^ u-iluencs a .= _ to the progress 01 the Terrperanc-c evj . se . The first article , " " Out Encouragement .-, " ^ Weil written , and huV . y ta : u " -i" .= c to cuiiirm s . 11 vrno are engaged in ar : v uWirrzieui of ll >~ work , " -o press on ia their GJ :-i ' 'ie aforts to rs .: ; e i-a ! u-. sa wie fxiiea children of r . un .. L-: y . Wearfgjid i-j Sna that , in almost every p : a :- - -, there is a unT ^ e-i bearing \ n the public mind tow-r-i- the reception aua s-neiai diffusion 0 : abbiiiit .- ' . e principles . The article heajed '" Drtmkei . L ^ = Eot ihe -vice uf ihe vulgar only , " is also prortLv of lie s = rion ~ a ^ t-cL .: iun o : ' -ji ihe respecisbie portion of society . We £ Lo gladly direct the EOtici of our readers ; o ' Tns - . vine question , " and ths Tccoerancc P ^ u ^ e . "

      T-UT'S MAGAZINE FuK DECEMBER , 1840 . " ¦ Willum Tait , Eiiubuij . h . "We us * . glauced at this . ; ii : n " j £ T of owr old friend la-l werk . Since irv .: i ire i : ive looktd over his p ^ e < vriiii a iitue iai ' - -e ci-., s . aJ r . e are giad to fba him equally in ti ; -- / :- ' -o : uy raoD'h p ;<; a . -: D ; , and iii = rrnci :-5 "e as he Tras iii ths more Viliih-s and palmy davs 01 rummer ' s tcnt ' le rdt : a . We h--. ve a rich auo

      able a iie-. eo : » : ie "nn-:. e . cy o : t ; : e scotch system of Poo- * Lavs , is "> ^ :. n i : s v . " . r in-. fL . encyis proved bv fin uf a £ : ar : ; : " r :- ai-2 z ^ p tiling character . T .: e heretics and npp-r da > i ^ mwhat is calleo rahgio-zs Scotland , appear fivm ihe statements of the able wrirer to b = ' drVf ' . c- * J wc-rih ; -p , rs of Mammon , ana Eerioc-ly disposed to s-.: every n ^ rciiul precept of Cbr ^ r / anny a : compute dtfiince . We _ shall probab ' v have more co say in reference to this valuable artici- and its predecessor i . u the last number . of

      » s j ^ J _ , jf e ai-d Tinier Moa : ro = e" is an article which ' wiil be appieeb ' . eo . dine .-ently according to"Vh 5 :- ¦ = 1 ' and preailf c : ious of tfc . 2 reader . It cannot fsu ' io J . 1 LT- ; to the ii . q-Ting _ m : nd _ many points for -r ^ iou .- nfi - cuon . "No iiou ^ e'" is a well writer ., p : q . azi : = ke : eh of ihe way in which the na : £ -u "~ b ^ ase-s is m ^ sr ^ iha ^ c-d at the National Tfcea : re % Str ' S ' . ephens ; ii tel . i us , however , coining new ; ire havi Ior . 3 been awure tha : ihe interests of the Br . n . -h pe :-ple ^ -re matters of do cocsc-qsenee to thos ; who are suffered to hold the strings of the people ' s purse . lhere " are several other arii ; les -well worthy of » t : eni ! vii . We hud in this nu . m ' oer some good poetry . The lii . e- en tLe rc-hearsai of the bones of Napoleon , contain so much sterling sold that we have great pleasure in tra-nsrerring them to our coiumii 3 : —

      STANZAS ADDRESSED TO THE FRENCH NATION . * " What -went ye forth to see *"—Scripture . " Io irliai bass nses vre may return . "—HamM What do ye -with this skeleton , This lieap 0 ! bones all marrowitss ? Is this th ? > jrt 3 t If apoleos Yeanrsrei , Even so— noleis !" This rotten and unsightly thing—Faugh I mock me not I it cannot be Ths . ' i t £ is -was onoe a cro-waed kiss , The arbiter of destiny ; In tiie -world ' s eye a demi-god , Before -whom nation ' * bowed and kissed the rod . Anri what are all thaae shouts I hear . '

      "VVby do tiia isxaners flout high heaven 3 Why peal the csnnon far and near ? Is it because ta yon are given Thaw rotten bone * , this pntrid clay ? Ye answer me , " It is , i : ia I " Then . OBtnponj-e , gnml > ecay ,

      Hov could ye tonch & tiling like ttU So Bacred : feard ' st thoo not that he Would lise against a * d conqnar even iftei ?

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      Amid the vidona of the night , 1 g&sed npon a bom ing mount , That poured forth Btreams of lara bright , And flames , u twere a flerj fount , In ghastly heaps lay , all around , The forms of dead and dying men ; While blackened ruins strewed the ground . Lo . ' suddenly * tw&s quenched , and , then , . What thini ye did the sufferers ? Why , straight became this mountain ' s worshippers And yet no saTages were these , Ko dwellers in the southern isles ; No roamers under banian trees ,

      Where Pagan ntes the scene denies : They worship senseless stocks and stones . To nobler objects Christians bow ; Snch deem they blood-sained conquerors' bone *—Idiots -with crowns upon their brow—And knaves that are to Mammon sold , With nothing sterling , save it be their gold Yes , bear him to the Place Fendome ! Beside that brazen piliar tall ; And when the strangers wondering come To see ye kneeling , one and all Unto to their questioning reply" A quenched volcan * lyeth here ; An eagle that no more sh »! l fly To fill the world -with wo and fear ; And unto these -we homage pay , Because 'tis gloriout to dey&state and slay !"

      Then boast of kingdoms oTerturned , Of J-na , and of Austerlitz ; Of cities in the red flames burned ; And say , be sure , it wall befits An humble follower of Him For us upon the Cro ? s ¦ who died , Through seas of human blood to swim , With mad Ambition for a guide ; That thoughts of justice , mercy , love , Should ne-ver interfere such purposes to more . Whea -will that light , which , long ago , First shone on this benighted earth , So peuetrate mch spot below That men shall know a second birth : Beholding things th » -y see not now ,

      For dim and filmed is their vision ; When , - when will all the millions bow To that which truly is Elysian—Pare , fcaiy , and above decay ! Grant , Lord , the coding of that glorious day

      H . G . A . * Besides ths French nation , the subscribers to the "Wellington Monument , and all such things , ha ? 6 an interest in the subject of these verses .

      Original Republican Aphorisms.

      ORIGINAL REPUBLICAN APHORISMS .

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      It is with the deepest pain that we mention a rumour , ljw gr-jwn into absolute certainly , of tbe loss of her Mij ^ tv ' s ship Fairy , 10 tjans . She left Harn'k'h on ihe i 3 : h , for the purjvjss of purveying tome neighbouring sands , which ivi re rapidly filling up , and ii .-u .-t of course have euroiiiii ^ rcu ilia late tr- ' -tnenviouo storm , it . was atccriained before she left Harwich that she had no de ^ i ^ n wha : e ^ er of proceeding beyond a few hours' fail , having only on board at- ins ticse two days' provisions . All hopa of hir safety hao been re-i ^ ned for S ' .-me days , as , had the borM driven out to sea ., and put into any French port for refuge , we must i : ave heard of her before liiis . She has been einpioyed for some time past as a surveying .-kip along wie coast , and had on board , a-s midshipman , the son of Sir Charies Adam . — United Service Gazette .

      The Definite Ahticle . —The mere substitution of tbe definite lor the indefinite article i 3 capable of charging entirely the meaning of a sentence . That is a ticket " is the assertion of a certain fact ; but " That 13 the ticket ! " means something which is quite different . — The Comic English Grammar Cxklow Election . —Colonel Bruen is returned for this county . The following is the state of the poll for the three days it was opeu , yit ., Tuesday , Wednesday , aud Thursday : — TUESDAY . Bruen , ( Tory ) ... 280 Ponsonby , ( Whig ) 201 Majority fer Bruen , ... 7 S wednesdat . Bruen , 218 Ponsonby , ... ... ... 1 S 9 Majority for Brven , ... 19 TSURSDiT . Brnen , ... ... ... 183 Ponsonby ... ... ... 137 Majarity for Bruen , ... 45 Total majority for Bfoen on the t days , 14 S

      To Her Most Gracious Majfistf The Queen.

      TO HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJfiSTF THE QUEEN .

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      LEE'S PENNY FORGET-ME-NOT ; a Book for all Seasons , and a Holiday Offering for Youth of both Sexes . Cleate , London . 1 U 41 . Tiiis is one of the cheapest and best presents for youth which we have yet seen , and we cordially hope that the reading public will evince their conviction of the necessity of providing for the combined amusement aad instruction of the young , by affording to the proprietor the Eupport which his exertions to secure this desirable object entitles him

      to expect . Ine pieces selected are extremely diversified in tneir tone and cnaracter . Some are grave , and some are gay . One story is calculated to instruct , and another to amuse . The work is indeed calculated for all times , and likely to be a favourite at every s * ison . It is equally fitted to be the companion of a country ranble , or 10 add to the diversified pleasures of a social party round a winter ' s evening fire . We give , as a specimen of the contents , a sweet rural poem , entitled "The Village "Wedding / 7 which , we think , will secure ihe approbation of our readers : —

      THE TILLAGE "WEDDING . See ! the venerable white robed Priest , With hallow'd rites hath bound the happy pair In sacrrtl union ! See the blushing bride Advancing , now her fingers new acquest , The matron honunr of the ring surveys ;" Now on the delegated youth reflects The glace * oblique , not ill-returned : for he , With e » £ er eye dr-vouring all Ler eharms .

      Rsj . t oa fund iancy ' o -wings , with sweet foretaste Asticipatts t-acli fn-uiv joy . Jots pura "Without ailuy ; not purchased at the price Of - . nnocenct ; nur -w ; U > the poisonous sting Of dire reiueis a : tenCed . Hard in ban i , Home to tfceir little c -t , th ^ t d-jce nt smiles , The conj'le biitii ? pToce-d ; the vjilAge train Of nymphs an . i svains , a numerous throw ? attend For illy givzrj there tl ; e vacant ox , TLe wsfc : l-Lo \; ii reiij , uor suuiidi the lusty flail .

      The work is embellished wkh several pretty engravings , and is neatly done up for a Christmas present . We cordially wish it sncceS 3 .

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      LATCUS UNMASKED , A POEM ; beir <> a reply to the gross misrepresentation * and unfounded aiie . ^ iuons of Laicus , the gre » t centenarian , in -which is explained ihe principles and pracrk- j of Total and Enure Aostinence , by David llos * . Heywood , Manchester . This little work is evidently the production of a mind deeply impre ^ ed with the sa-i eift-cssof habits of intemperance , and with : he beauty and excellence of total abstinence . The scntimen's are good ; but

      the author evidently writad in haste , and withont that regard to style which is indispensable to every one who wishes to write well . On rc-writiug his poem for a second edition , he will , we hope , see the necessity oi remodeiliig some of the expressions so as to give to his ideas a more easy and natural flow . By x liule care aad attention to this matter , his latours w-Il be rendered more acceptable to the public , and , consequently , more u-c ! ui Vj the causa he ha ? at near ; . We subjoin the following beautiful apostrophe to water as a specimen : —

      "Ail hail , bright water , spring of the sea , Daughter oi o&ean , boundless , ever free ' . Vi'ijje rapid rivers , rushing to the main In siiver streamlets , fructify the plain . Tcuu , as a beVeraee , our regard shouldst claim , Who ne ' er the chetk of innocence did shame ; Eich lovely fl-ywerthat rears iu beauteous head , By thee , in p ^ irly drops , is ever fed . bi tii = e bereit , no charms could they import , Tit-id tu ^ ' nt of fragrance , or deligh : the heurt , Xor sputicss Iiiy clothe tue lulls "with pride , y < ji gulden daisy crovrn iiie mountain side ; T ^ e grassy gi&le , the oak , majestic tree , " Wouid . jaerisa all , biest water , but for thee . "

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      THE NORTHERN STAR , - 3

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 12, 1840, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct359/page/3/