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nothing / or a minute or two , and then observed , that I had read and beard much upon the snbject ^ she ijAdbeendisengsing but that I did not ka © V how she and Lord Byron first became acquainted . She looked at me a moment , as if wondering at my "• i ^ Jw *? , ^ , said , with a good humoured smile , " Well , I will tell you . I was one d » V '_ but tore the drawing room door opened , and some Frenchman with a foreign order was announced . Thelady repeated her Bai an bai" sotto voice , but , unfortunately , that "Bai an bai" never arrived , ihe foreigner , unluckily , knew the countess ; he , therefore , planted himself in a chair behind her , and neld her ever and anon in a commonplace kind of noth ^ ior a two , and thtn observed , that ™** s * xyi&tt £ :-si ?
conversation during the remainder of the evening . Umnt . d Orsay set me down in Craven-street . " What was all that Madame Guiccioli was saying to you just now V he inquired . " She waa telling me her apartments are in the Rue de Rivoli , and that if I visited the French capital , she hoped I would not forget her address . " " What ! it took her all that tune to say that i Ah , Smeeth , you old humbug i that Won t do . —Memoirs of the late J . Smith . Clkeical Ig . vobance . —Foreign writers have been amused with the information , that many of the Scottish clergy affirmed , about the Denod of th «
retormabon , that Martin Luther had lately composed a book caUed the 'New Testament ; but that they , tor their part , would adhere to the Old Testament . Ignorant , however , as were the Scottish clergy , they were not more illiterate than many on the Continent . A loreign monk declaiming one day in the pulpit ' against Lutherans and Zuinglians , said to his an- i dience , A new language was invented some time I ago , called Greek , which has been the mother of all i tnese heresies , a book is printed in this ] an » uage called the New Testament , which contains many ' dangerous thinp . Another language is now form- i ing , the Hebrew ; whoever learns it immediately i becomes a Jew . " No wonder , after this , that the I commissioners of the Senate of Lucerne should have confiscated the works of Aristotle , Plato , and some ° J . ! j ? . T P 0648 ' whicn tQ ey found in the library fv ¦ i f § ims 5 concluding that every book printed in tharlangnage must he infected with Lutaeranism . — M'Ortes Life of John Knar .
* v * ¦^ - - N Adair- —It was to an entertainment of ! this description ( i . e . a convivial meeting ) that we ! are indebted for the beautiful air of Robin Adair . ^ o gentleman ever thought of paying his debts- and i the extensive house of Aldridge , Adair , and Butler , ' wine-merchants , in Dublin , sent a clerk to Con- ' > naught to collect money due to the firm ; the clerk returned , protesting he was half dead with feasting , ana m ; ght have feasted there as long as he pleased ; but as for money , he could get none . The members of the house were very angry at him , and Robin Admr , who was one of them , went down fully deter- mined not to be put off . He arrived at the house of i his principal debtor just in time for dinner , and found a large party assembled . In the course of the evening the following song was composed and 5 ucg : — '
" Welcome to Foxhall , sweet Robin Adair , How does Tom Butler do , And John Aldridge too ; V \ 'h y did they not come with you , Sweet Robiu Adair I " It is almost needless to add , that he , too , returned without the debts . —Fulton ' s Sketches . The Thhee Maidens . —In the city of Tours for - mem lived a Jew , rich and well esteemed ; be had a very beautiful daughter , whose wit equalled her charms , and when she haa g rown to woman's estate , her father proposed to unite her to a young man of their tribe , who had no other possession but youth and his iove ; but these were not sufficient for the fair maid of Israel , who disdained him altogether .
Her father remonstrated with her in vain , and represented the -vrorthlessuess of all the children of Adam , and the superioi ivy of vouug Tobias OYer the great and pompous of the earth . " But if you will not trust my experience , seek , my child , " continued the sage Jew , M and judge for * yourself . I will guide your researches , and I desire ' to see , before the end of six months , three lovers , a prince , an abbe , and a knight at your feet , and overwhelmed with your contempt . " Nothing could better suit the humour of the young coquette than this proposition , and ft required no consideration to accept it at once . Accordingly she collected together a numerous suite of pages and attendants , surrounded herself with ladies , and being provided with rich clothesgold
, , and jewels , set out on her road to Bretague . A duke . , king , or prince , then reigned in Armorica , whose name it is not necessary to mention , suffice it that he was young , rich , handsome and powerful . Tie fidr Jewess appeared suddenly at his court , where-her beanty and magnificence created the greatest possible Bensation , but the mystery attached to her added new charms to all ; in conse quence of being bound by & vow , she was unable to declare her name , and could only be known as " the damsel concealed . " The susceptible prince became very soon the slave of her eyes , nor did she appear to receive his professions with coldness , but her delicate reserve required him to defer his pretensions for six months , when the fair incognita
appointed him a . rendezvous at . ihe ^ tOKn of Teura . This congest readily accomplished , she now began to look about for a priest on whom to try the force of her charms , and was not long before she contrived so to fascinate the heart of a young and handsome monk , that , forgetting his vows and all considerations but the hope of obtaining her favour , he listened too readily to her proposal to meet her in sis months at Tours to hear his fate decided . It was not likely that so much genius and beauty should seek in vain for a gallant knight who would fall before her arts , and the most distinguished paladin of the country was ho who accepted her proposal of repairing on Good Friday to Tours , at the end of six months , nothing doubting that the hand of his
lair enchantress would reward his devotion . So far all went well , and each adorer was content : the Good Friday , the day appointed for all separately , arrived , and the three lovers repaired to the fair city , full of expectation and impatience . But a difficulty arose , the "Beautiful Concealed" had named no particular place of meeting , and , as her sane was unknown , how was she to be found \ The prince , the monk , and the knight , were all in an equal state of embarrassment ! The prince sent emissaries to every quarter of the city , enquiring news of a young , rich , and fair personage , called The Unknown Damsel , but elicited nothing , and reproached himself too late with his reqjpness in not having been more particular in his appointment .
The monk went begging from door to door in every street ; but , as he of course avoided the Jew's quarter , he sped no better in hi 3 researches . As for the knight , whose valour surpassed his wit , he resorted to the expedient of issuing a challenge to all Touraine , proclaiming the trauscendance of his unknown mistress , whose claims were not disputed by any appeal . While they were in this irritated suspense , p na morning & billet was delivered to each , appointing them to seek a certain street , and there to enquire from house to house , asking what questions they thought requisite , till they should happily come to one where the answer to their demands would be , " I am yonrs ! " As soon as they got this intimation , each of the swains set out on his voyage
of discovery . The Jew , in disguise , failed not to watch their movements , and had no little satisfaction in observing them knock at the different doors one after the othftr , asking and importnning Ihe inhabitants , who , at each question of a new comer , began to grow more impatient , till , at length , the whole city was in an uproar , and the " unknown damsel" consigned to perdition by all their gods . The monk , who had had the start of the others , arrived > t last at ' fire house where the preconcerted answer invited him in , and with great delight he entered a dark passage , and threaded the mazes of a gloomy corridor , till he found himself in a large chamber , where , however , no light greeted him . He had not been there long when the prince
arrived , and being led into the same room , where he caught , as the door opened , the sight of drapery , he hurried forwards , and caught in his arms the form of the astonished monk , who began to roar out lustily j not being certain that the author of ill himself had not embraced him . At the sound of such a voice , and the buffets which ensued , the prince drew back , when a third came to the attack in the shape of the knight , who finding so different a reception to that he iiad anticipated , began to lay about him stoutly , and the house soon rang with clamour , and the echo of the blows given and received . All night the three unfortunate lovers were confined in this retreat , and when morning dawned , they exhibited such-unpleasant marks of their nocturnal contention , that they were glad to observe an outlet , which permitted them to escape into the street , and repair to their several abodes . Breathing vengeance against the deceitful authoress of their mishap , they
all recommenced their attempts to discover her , but were suddenly stopped in their career by receiving ' another billet , ( the lady appears to have had much j learning for her time ) informing them of the real name and condition of their lady-love , and adding that she was now the wife , of Tobias , the young Jew , whom she preferred to them alL with whom she had left Tours , and desiring no further com-: munication with either of her adorers , whose Christian virtues she not very tenderly adverted to . Neither of the gentlemen felt particularly prond of the adventure , and considering it as wise to say i no more about it , quietly left Tours , and returned '< whither their avocations called them ; the prince to Mb kingdom , the monk to his convent , where , as he , had supplied himself with charitable contributions , I no questions were asked , and the knight probably to ! make a figure in a holy war . From this period , the street where the ^ adventure occurred has been called Des Troia Pucelles . —Miss CasUUo .
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" WHO STOI ^ THE BretS .-CFrom the Sun , J « £ jBaBnfKt 9 ifaqj firm in Market Harbarough has ^ y ^ Kflaaitted to ' selaire Tor the Church rates . The -jj-took place amidst trentewiona uproar , the Churchgpfea -who bad * s $ « a , and a brother of the constable fcpag the purchasers of the tiro hearth-rugs that had fcjga taken . ' Who stole the rags T was the popular ay , and it is not likely soon to be forgotten . The - ^ gR may p reach at Market Harborough , and the jjgfc inay sing ; ' bnt who stole the rags ? ' ¦ wQl nullify jjj the good of psalm or sermon . 2 s otlung mare can be aid , tfteztte 1 nestion is popped—• Who stole the - ^ —Mormng Chronicle . —^^ i ^ s ^ - ^ r—^
« Whe stole the rags ? " No need to search The culprit's kno | m^—tvravMother Church Twas she that sji £ e them , mush , the fact is , Just to keep hjr hand iu practice . Crafty Dame , « ae * s growing quite The soul of jtvariee , Age , and spite , Filching he * e , and bullying there , And mischjef-makiag everywhere . B aeied by' persecuting laws , And sharp Appropriation-daws , >" onght cares the how , day by day ,
People curse her grinding sway , Bat fixed her reckless course to ran jjooks alone to Number One . ' If a man withhold his pence , She steals his rug for recompense ; If he strive to keep what's his ' n , * glie ^ ip" the stubborn dog in prison II he doubt liei Tirta * . quiet She consigns him to Old Kick , Iben cries -vrith meek , uplifted eye , " What a specimen am I Of sterling Christianity !"
Pursue , old Dame , thy mad career , But an hour is draTring near , Wi-enj thy reign of -mischief pasi , Right shall conquer Might at last j Uethinis I hear the people roar , " Mother Church , thy day u o " er !" Then rudely pounce upon thee , and Despite thy loek of high command , And cry of "Murder , " "Rape , " and " Thieves ! Strip off thy mitre and Lawn-sleeves , And leave thee—picture of distress . ' — Shivering in ctter nakedness . Just so , o ' er meadows , ¦ woods , in « - ) tks , Hounds chass a canningoW . W ^ - . ^ x , And each , "with resolution cnui . Heirs to tear him lim >> irv \ ix limb :
* " The rhym ? oDliges me to this , sometimes Kncs are - ^ : ii . ura imperative than rhymes . " Box Jcas
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( From we Beauiies of the Press . J Celestial maid , in snowy vest , With tearful eye , and throbbing breast , O friend of man , indulgent power , Conduct me to thy sacred bovver—Where the pure loves thy influence share Ambrosial streets perfume tbe air . Afid mtltuig siiraina of luasic -srild . Through the deep stillness gliding mild , On the ear enraptor'd steal , And nameless ecstades reveal ; Waking the harmonies of mind , Whieh nan to man so svreetly "bind ; Those fine accords , mysterious ties , The feeling heart ' s blest
sympathies—Tell me the place , enchanters tell , Tfiae chief thou taJrtrt delight to dwell In vaia I saareli the dark retreat , Wtere superstition rears her seat ; Sunk in the Convent ' s dismal cell , Where ascetics sluggish dwell—Amid Trhese damp and cheerless glooms , Its Toctim'S ruthless pride entombs , With breaking heart and streaming eyes Where each-sad night some vestal sighs , Tom from the youth her soul held dear , Can . Satuxe'a God condemn the tear . In vain I search the lonely shade , . "Where anchorite his cave hath made ; And solitede , in cypress vest ,
Goasmnea the hours in selfish rest . Tbott ^ O ! social Nymph , I ween , Iii bnsy life are of tfiiest seen ; And y « t io Tiin on Uiee I call , In giddy pleasure ' s festive . hallilore vainly still I hail thy name , Through the crowded courts of fame ; Where Ambition ' s fiery eye 2 f e ' er drops a tear on misery ; But tyranny , in blood-stained vest , White fiercer torments ract his breast , Than those his wretched victims feel , Stretched on the torturing bed of steel , Proclaims aloud the horrid -war . See how the monster anuffs afar
The f """; Mood of slaughtered heaps Aod * » tiie frantic ¦ widow weep * . With savage joy he drinks her tears—Her cries are music in his ears . Where war Ms bloody standard rears , In vain thy gentle ferm appears . Then from the palace let me hie , And rwift with thee , sweet virgin , fly , To some lone cot , "where poverty Despairing sits -with hopeless eye . 01 Goddttfe , histo to Erin ' s land , There deign . to take thy hallowed stand . O ! let thy soothing spirit heal The mis ' ries vbieh her people feel . L «! from Ms helpless children torn , Their sole support , their father borne
far , far from his sstive land ; Farced by oppression ' s iron hand , To wander on the wiuLry wave , His crime ? He would not be a slave . Hold , O ! hold that ruffian hand < See , it prepare ! the horrid brand ! fctajt ; th * flttTnfts already spread , And , 0 ! consume the humble shed—Where misery alone could find A shelter from the piercing wind -, And he , * wboae labour -fed that pride , \ t h »>>< now his suffeRfigs m * d&xidfi ; Forlorn , and destitute must roam , Without a friend , without a home—His all destroyed ! what ! Tin gin g save 0 ! no ! He conM not be a slave .
Ha : whence comes that dying -moan ; 01 "whence that « gw p « fpg groan ' . Tis Nature ' s parting pang—he dies—A mangled , lifeless corse he lies—An aged parent ' s foGfring hope , An aged parent' s only prop . Naked , defenceless , tie was slain By armed soldiers ! 0 ! foul stain ! Oppression mark'd him for the grave ^—His crime ? He could not be & slave . O : Goddess , haste to Erin ' s land , There deign to take thy hallowd stand . O ! let thy soothing spirit heal The mis ' ries - which her people feeL Z .
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Bteos . —I dined yesterday at House , where ae Coontes 3 Guiccioli is on a visit : she is nraeh * poved in her English . Whan we rejoined the * oeB in the drawing-room , coffee was introduced , » d several little tottering daddy-long-legs tables Jra set out , whereon to deposit our cups . I and Midxme G . had a table between us . I then ventoed to touch upon Lord Byron . The subject evijjaitl y interested her . I repeated several passages nwa his " Chllde Harold , " with which she seemed qsiie fwwfliar . She then asked me to £ ive her some f By imitations of him from " The Rejected
Adtosses . " These she did not seem quite so well to WBprehemL I told her all I knew of him before « Trent abroad , to -which , like Desdemona , " she « seriously incline . " Bysshe Shelley she denomi-** tes a good man- Leigh Hunt ' s name Bhe pro-* weed Leg Honie . With tears in her eyes , she *¦» descanted upon the merits and failings of the * $ Kted . When any sudden pause took place in ** conversation at the other tables , she evidently , W * wishing to be overheard , said "Bai an bai" ( by ** a bye ) , and when the general buzz recommeneedj * e resumed the thread of hex narration- " Shelley os ied his Don Juan , '" said I . " and beared him
"We it off , calling it a Grub-street peem . " " A Z ** j—what do you mean by Grub-street V I then ¦ Sj * aed to her the locality of that venerable haunt *« e mnses , in the days of Pope and Swif t , by a quo-*«» from myself : — "A spot near Cripplegate extends , Grab-street tis called , the modern Pindus , ** here ( but that bards are never friends ) -Bsnls mignt shake bands from adverse ¦ windows . " b ^ " ™ he dined with me , " the eountes 3 continued , *» ** e no meat . Still haunted by a 4 r « ad of | j **^ fai , to very much injured his own health ; f ^ atthfure , notwithstanding , grew larger . Oh i v . ** Terr handaame I "Reaiitifni avas a . nH avo
** trr t ~ \ ti * nCfl ^ P ^ ftti ** expression of counte-7 «« e . I had occasion to go to Ravenna upon some Z ^ urtaianeas . We ^ cttled that he Bhonld not ac-^ w ^ , ? - At . that time several people were [? £ " *« tan to go to Greece , * Ah , ' he said , in his 25 " ^ manner , ' Let fourteen captains come and ^* e to go . and go I wilL" Well , four teen capj" e » w > w him , * ad . said , " Here to are , wfll you W , fv . He was ashamed to Bay he had only gsjoang ( you tn 0 W now fon ( i he yf ^ of spying ,, Tg * ui that light , joUng sort of a way , ) so ft tTSS * !» his undertakiDg to go . He said to me , uT »* yon are at R * Tenn » , I will go to Greece , W-kL ^ me * & > & wiwa we ^^ Teiaia- n w S * 1 ? 1 ^ disposG of i * otherwise . He was not Cj ^ m set out . In Greece they wanted to 32 ** ; be would not be bled ; so he die . " The : ? " *¦ Pwsed , eridenfly mnch effected , I said
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Aktwehp , Aug . 22 . —This city is at present the scese of a most magnificent fete , in honour of Rubens . It will last several days . Tkepxsxisg Fbke Negroes . — In the Court ofl Vice-Admiralty , Barbadoes , a man . named John Taylor was sentenced to fourteen years transporta- j tion , being found guilty of taking free blacks from > that colony to Texas , and selling them for slaves .
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The John Bidl newspaper is trjingio writer down e railways . Thk Bishop of Chichestkr is dead . The most extraordinary activity is visible in ir dock yards , and shipwrights in particular have « n brought from all parts of the United Kingdom Woolwich , Chatham , Portsmouth , Plymouth , and Jlford , to expedite the vessels of war now in a state forwardness in these ports , preparatory to others sing laid down . The Mcrdeb of Mr . Tempi , em in . —It has been jcided upon within the last day or two that the £ 280 sward which was offered by Cfovernmenf for the iscoyery of the murderer of the late Mr . Templean is to be distributed in the following manner : — ergeant Otway , of the A division , is to have £ 100 ; ospeetor Millar , of the N division , £ 50 ; and the "mainder to be divided amongst other witnesses , ) ven or eight in number . . _; ... . .
At the St . Ives' Pettt Sessions , on Monday , r . S . Ulph , one of the Committee of the British hools , summoned a little girl for being insolent to m in the school yard , and for plucking a flower the ground . The magistrates fined the child one nny , for her naughty behaviour , and four shillings sts . The Ttpperary Constitution has the following Tagraph touching one of our law-givers . An Irish ldge dancing amongst Tipperary men ' s wives is » t often to be met with : — " During the Assize eek in Cork a great ball came off at the Nunnery , ruoh . lasted from Saturday to Monday ! Judge all was the life and soul of the Iadie 3 on the ocision . "
There is some talk of starting Mr . Roebuck for Lanchester . — Globe . [ We have never heard even whisper of this in Manchester , and do not believe . Sure we are that Mr . Roebuck would not have le least chance of success . —Ed . of Manchester uaraian . j The Gazette des Trilunaux gives the trial of a taid servant for poisoning her mistress ; after three iffereat attempts Bhe . succeeded in depriving her ictim of life . The jury found her guilty , but to ive her from capital punishment , added " under xtenuating circumstances . " She was sentenced to ard labour for life .
The Ratifications by the Emperors of Austria and Russia , and the King of Prussia , of the convention for the maintenance of the integrity and independence of the Ottoman empire , have been received in London : the ratification by the Sultan is expected to arrive in about ten days , and upon its arrival the exchange of ratifications will take place . — Observer , The Phme des Pyrenees , of the 18 th instant , announces , under date St . Sebastian the 16 th , that the remainder of the English troops had embarked and set sail for England m the forenoon of that day , leaving behind only ten men and a captain of the artillery of the Roval navv .
At Seville , a paper called the Conservative was pubucly burned by the populace . There would have been no ^ reat harm in this had not the destructives followed the matter up by destroying the type and presses . Ax Instance of Good Nature . —Prince Leopold , King of the Belgians , who was raised to the rank of iield Marshal when he married Princess Charlotte , above twenty years ago , receives £ 50 , 000 out of the taxes , besides a palace at Claremont . £ 35 , 000 of this he pays back , out of good nature , pocketing only £ 15 , 000 . —Statesman .
Boulogne , August 21 . —Yesterday morning , at two o ' clock , through the vigilance and activity of the Commissaire Bergerei , another of the accomplices of Prince Louie Bonaparte , was arrested just as he was going to embark on board of the London steamer . He had a passport under a false name . The two individuals who obtained the said passport have been also arrested , and conducted to prison . We have received information , that General Count Orloff has been appointed by the Emperor Nicholas to the post of Commander-in-Chief of the armies now collected iu the southern provinces of the Russian empire and on the shores of the Black Sea . Count Orloff was the negotiator of the treaty of Unkiar 'Skelessi . —Times .
Sound Sleeper . —A most extraordinary instance of somnambulism occurred a few days ago to Mr . Stephen Stone , of Newent . He was sleeping with his father , and in the course of the night got out of bed and fell from his bedroom window , a distance of sixteen feet . He afterwards ( as he supposes ) took a ladder and placed it against the window , by which means hegot into bed again , and did not discover till the morning , that in his fall he had dislocated his shoulder . —Gloucester Journal . A Correspondent of the Morning Post , at W * ltham
Abbey , says that the Government , after allowing the powder mills at that place ( the only Government powder mills ) to remain for several years in a very dilapidated state , have recently sfent orders thai they should be restored to full eficiency in the Bhortest possible time . In consequence of this order new machinery is in course of being fitted up . The writer adds that on Monday last an order was received for the manufacture of a large quantity of cannon powder with the utmost despatch . He also says that the small arm department at Enield Lock is in full employment .
Another Fatal and Frightful Accident on the Eastern Corarres Bail-way . —On Wednesday morning , at an early hour , a little fellow who had only been employed at a late hour on Tuesday evening to watch the points , it is snpposed foil asleep and the engine and mud-carriages passed over him near tne Nag ' s Head-bridge , Brentwood , by which his lesjs were severed fmm his body . No time was lost in conveying the . sufferer to the London Hospital , but he expired just before he reached it . A Han Living without Food for Years . —An
extraordinary fact is stated by the Rev . Mr . Hughes , and testified by the signature of several witnesses , regardiDg a man named Bernard Cavanagh , a resident in the neighbourhood of Claremorris . county Mayo , who , according to report , has subsisted for three years and ten months in perfect health , without the aid of food of an y kind . This has been tested by a public experiment , which lasted for six days and six nights , during which he abstained from all nourishment . The particulars are certified by a great number of witnesses , including some magis trates
. Nfw Engine of War . —M . Billot has invented a machine which discharges 2 , 000 balls , of half a pound each every minute , or 120 , 000 per hour without cessation . Its action may be continued , or arrested , at the will of the party in charge of it . The discharge takes place at four different points , ' and may be directed at as many objects , or united against one . The machine weighs about 85 Ibs ., and it 3 range is about 3 , 290 feet ; but if one were oonstructed of about 1 ^ cwt ., its range would be quadrupled . The use of the machine does not depend upon gunpowder , air , or spring , as a motive power .
At the Westminster Sessions , yesterday , Cornelius Heseldme was indictod for assaulting Rupert Richbell , a policeman , No . 82 , A division , in the pit entrance of the Haymarket Theatre . The evidence is unfit for publication . Several persons gave the prisoner amost excellent character , and Mr . Adolphus observed that the prosecutor , instead of checking crime , had , according to hie own admission , rather encouraged it ; in fact , Mb conduct was a disgrace to human nature . The Jury , without quitting the box , returned a verdipt of Not Guilty . Short Weight " for the English . " —A few days since a baker at Boulogne was cited before tne authorities to answer the charge of having sold bread of deficient The
weight . baker did not deny the charge ; but pleaded in extenuation that he made a point of conscience never to Bell a loaf of light weight to the French ; he disdained , he Baid , torobany of his countrymen ; no , the loaves that 11 were weighed and found wanting , " were manufactured only for the English—oui , seulement pour les Anglais . Emigration of Indians . —A very extraordinary " sign of the times , " in the emigration department , has recently occurred . A body of 5 , 000 Indians have crossed from the United States territories , and sought refuge and rest in Upper Canada . Many of these are said to have sufficient means for settling down comfortably . —Evening paper .
Prince Louis Napoleon . — " Yesterday morning , " says the Temps , " in the quarters of the Palais Royal , the Tuileries . the quays , the Palais de Justice , and also in the faubourgs , crowds were running in all directions to read a large manuscript bill which was profusely posted on the walls . These bills , which were in the form of a proclamation , contained an appeal to arms for the liberation of Prince Louis Napoleon . The walls were eo covered with them , thai the police agants had abundant occupation in removing them . " Expecting too much . —A clever Ministerial print , the Lxmerick Reporter , prefers the following bill of indictment against the Saxon Parliament : —^ The internal improvement of the country , the progress of public works , the introduction of railways , the extension of canals , the encouragement of tradethe
, establishment of manufactures , the protection of fisheries , the revival of the linen and woollen trad * , which flourished here before the Union , the destruction of banking monopoly , the reclamation of waste lands , the making rivers navigable , ike advance ment of the arts , agricultural and ( Commercial enterprise , the shipping interests of the country , were all unheeded , disregarded ; and a furious * effort to strangle the infant liberties of Ireland made-by hei most uncompromising enemies ' . " " Blessed are they who expect little , for , like ourselves , they shall not be disappointed . " But our Limerick Reporter is quite unreasonable , and resembies the tailor who having but one journeyman , fent cut as much wwk for him before breakfast as would Lave employed him for a week .- ^ HV W ( Dublin paper ) .
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L >' * * . " -A' J H ~ * W / " .- - * BCB ! ir ATTEMPT OF PfllNCE LOUIS WA 5 OLBON . —M . Adam , the Mayor of Boulogne , has Wft promoted * o toe rank of Officer of the Legion or Hoaour for bis glinted conduct in . the affair , of rnfice Louis , and the Deputy-Mayors liave been , made Chevaliers . M . Ragon , Sub-Lieutenant ; or the ua . regiment , has been promoted to a Lieutenancy , and . madevajCheyAlier of the Legion . —Four ^ Sergeants of the 43 d , as . well as the Lieutenant of Gendarmenyandjhe Inspectors of the Customs , ' have also received the decoration of the Legion . I ' "' " ' ^^ aS ^ SS
Conviction op the Gunner of the British yneen , for SMpGGLiNG .-On Saturday evening , at the inanaes Police Court , Joseph Lancaster , gunner ol ttte British Queen steam-ship , was brought up , charged with being concerned in the late extensive smuggling of tobacco and cigars on board that vessel at UlackwalL The defendant was convicted in the Penalty of £ 100 , and in default of payment sent to Uerkenwell prison . On Saturday 1501 b . more of to-, ? f > S » rs , taken out of she British Queen wore lodged in the Queen ' s warehouse . The whole quantity seized is about l , 300 ib . The ship is still uuder 'detention .
Finsburt Election . —Mr . Duncombe , M . P ., has addressed a letter to the Committee of the Society 'orthe Diffusion of Useful Knowledge , complaining of Mr . William Tooke having exercised his influence as treasurer of that Society to induce certain tradesmen to pledge themselves in writing to give him then ^ votes at the next election for the borough of JJinsbury . In consequence of the solemn denial of m m u of x' buncombe ' s charges on the part of Bar . Tooke , the Chairman ( Lord Brougham ) has appointed the following gentlemen to compose a subcommittee to investigate the matter , viz ., the Hon . J . Wrottesley , G . C . Lewis , Esq ., and S . Duckworth , Esq ., late M . P . for Leinster . The result of this investigation is looked forward to with considerable interest by the constituency of Finsbury ,
The Schoolmaster again—A specimen of the SET- —A poor fellow of the name of Ellis , an inhabitant of Haaleton , Norfolk , a Chartist , was reduced , by ill health and scanty wapes , to the necessity of applying for relief to the Board of Guard «> ns ; and , perhaps , for the first time since the establishment of 4 he Union , they were delighted to see an applicant . "Just the man we have been looking for , " was the exclamation of some of these worthies . They longed for an opportunity of serving out" one , who had had the audacity to proclaim to his fellow workmen that the Charter was the way to national prosperity and happiness ; and who had carried his opposition to the " powers
that be" to such an extent , as even to become a subagent for the Northern Star . Of course , an invitation to accept of bastile fare , in the shape of an order of admittance to the " house , " was the result of his application ; weich , after some consideration , was accepted ; and Ellis went to the overseer of his parish to request him to convey him and his family to partake of the hospitalities offered . No sooner was the request made than he seemed as if he , too , had bean looking for Ellis , for he immediately let loose a stream of Billingsgate , and , amongst other things , said to E ., "You ' re ten times worse than that young M . ( alluding to a young man who had
introduced that dreaded monster , Chartism , into the district ) . . " Weren ' t you editor for one of the newspapers ? " M No , " replied the poor fellow , " I did not know I had talent enough for that" " Why , you sold the paper , didn ' t youV " Yes ; but I have yet to learn that selling a newspaper makes me an editor , " was the answer . Now this overseer is a fair specimen of the brick and mortar-qualified independent electors of East Norfolk ; and , of course , the above conversation must so impress that rebel Ellis with his presumption , in claiming equal rights with such learned , intelligent men aa these , as to make him for ever renounce the absurdity called Ghait \ sm . ~* Correspondent .
Mr . Green was very nearly , as they say , being done brown" at his last balloon ascent , or rather descent , on Monday , from the grounds of Cremornehouse . He was dashed along with a companion aeronaut ; at the rate of three miles a minute , after reaching the earth , through fences , ditcher " and palisades , and only stopped at last , through the gas having all escaped . It waa , judging from the account published , a sort of balloon steeple-chase . Nevertheless , so 'far from being discouraged by this untoward mishap , Mr * Green announces his intention , in due time to make his promised voyage' from the old world to the new , as 6 oon as a proper balloon is constructed . And" certainly he stands a better chance of making a trip to " another worid" than any body we know of . . - -
The Govbrsor of a union workhouse in Suffolk has been detected purloining the stores sent in for tire inmates , with , the help of which he managed "to keep a lady" in town , besides launching into other extsaaaganoes . The mer ^ e fact of keeping a female might have been overlooked by the "Union , " but the plunder of the eatables intended for the paupers was aeld to be an unpardonable sin , inasmuch as tne rate-payers would be / compelled to make good the riefict < noy *) f mtwtu flgfrfew *^ « aoh a thing , indeed " , -as . * making gaw ^ wliiua probably wretchedly bad . Xlie Fare of this particular Union must surely bo different to that of most others , for it will not be pretended that the staple article of pauper diet is worth " grabbing" by the moat greedy . of workhouse bashaws .
A Lesson of Wisdom for Royalty-HuntErs . — We extract the following from the Herald of Monday , under the head of ^ Windsor . " It is enough for the public to read it , to be satisfied of the contempt in which they are held by those who are indebted to them for a palace , and the pomps and vanities of state—to them whose breath cau scatter as whose breath has made " : — " At four o ' olock the New Terrace was thronged with visitors . There could not have been Ies 3 than between four and five thousand persons anxiously awaiting the arrival of her Majesty . Many of the ladies , whose carriages were in waiting at the entrance , were most elegantly attired . At half-past four o ' clock the rain , without any apparent warning , descended ' in torrents , drenching every one to the skin . The Queen and Prince
Albert , who were at the window , facing the gardens , appeared highly amused at witnessing the hurryscurry which prevailed amongst the people to escape ; but not one was permitted by the sentinels on duty , and the various domestics who were coolly looking on , to ensconce himself in those places for protection which readily offered themselves . Even the orangery , which upon former occasions of a like nature has been open to the public , waa closed , and no one permitted to avail himself of the convenience it offered to preserve him from the pelting of the storm . Had common courtesy been manifested towards those who were thus unfortunately situated , upwards of one thousand would have been saved a complete drenching to the skin in this extensive building . " '
The Inquest on the bodies of two of the unfortunate sufferers by the late melancholy accident on the Eastern Counties Railway took place at Brentwood , on Friday , before Mr . C . C . Lewis , the Coroner for Essex . Several persons were examined ; but the most important particular of the evidence was that detailed by William Hayes , policeman , in the employ of the Railway Company , who said : — " I perceived that the train was going at a much faster pace than usual , so fast that the wind occasioned by it made me hold my hat on my head , instead of saluting it as usual . " The warping of the rails and Seneralinjury done , was minutely described by Mr ohn Braithwalte , engineer to the Company , who '
gave it as his opinion , that the " speed must have been so frightful that the additional weight was increasedat least fifty or sixty tons . " After the examination of this gentleman , the Coroner adjourned the inqneBt—on account of the incapaoliity of several of the gentlemen who were injured bV'tlhe occurrence to attend—to Wednesday . Just al the inquiry had : terj ^ injMwlj ^ information reached the Coroner that Austen , another sufferer by the unfortunate accident , had expired ,: The news cast additional gloom on the proceedings . Mubdeb in Derbyshire . —Mr . John Mather a fanner and lime-burner of Ashover , it is believed was last week robbed on the highway , and afterwardB murdered . He left home on horseback accompanied by his daughter on a Welsh pony , with a £ 10 note , half-a-sovereign , and some silver on his tie ien
person , ms aaugnter at ( jalow , and on his arrival at the Crown public-house , Chesterfield , he called for threepenny-worth of gin and water , part of which the landlord drank at the request of the deceased . He had thepony with him upon which his daughter had ridden . He was about to proceed on his way home , when two persons came up , with whom , from the recognition that took place between them , deceased appeared to have been in company at the feast . He treated these parties with a friendly glass , and then took his purse from his fob or breeches-pocket , with a view of paying , but one of the parties said he had better keep hwpurae ^ hja pocket , a ? he was rather the worse for liquor , and then , turnlhir toTVIr . Hill : Riirf «• Tf » Wn »^ r ^* 3 fiH
of money upMfJum' Deceased replaced the purse in hia pocket , and , after stating that he would pay when he again came to . Chesterfield , proceeded on his waj home , the pony following in a very docile manner .- This was about nine at night , and very soon afterwards deceased was found by Mr . T Wood spirit-merchant , lying aoross the road , ' in a state of insensibility , close by the Derby turnpike , the horse having strolled gently in the direotion of home * and the pony towards Cheaterfield . Assistance was procured , and he was
mrnveyed in a cart , to Mr . Glover ' s , and medical aid procured . After fingeringm a state of insensibility until Monday night he expired , leaving a wife and nine children . On searching his clothes , neither purse , money , nor pocket-handkerchief were found and this fact , together with ai wound being found at the hack of the neck , as if made by a bludgeon , and another on the back of the left hand , caused a strong suspicion that deceased had been violently assaulted , and then robbed . An inquest haa been held on the body , and a rerdiet returned , " That the deceased tied from the wound at the back of the head , bnt how or by what means given does not appear . "
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Rkpsal of the Union—Ths agitation for repeal is already so forward that men , who , two months smoe , considered it wild and impracticable , are now buoyant with hope of its speedy suocess , and the accomplishment of Ireland ' s dearest wishes . The demonstration , in Connaught , in favour of native legislation , was most imposing and powerful . Never before was there such a meeting iu Connaught , for any purpose , as that held in Tuam . The rank and wealth of the province were congregated , —the magistracy , clergy , and people , together with noble lords and honourable baronets , combined as one man to raise Ireland from her fallou state to a place amongst the nations . Munster is preparing to follow the example which has been given by Connaught ; and Leinster , too , will soon have its provincial meeting . —Drogheda Argus . . asss ^ a
Religious Fanaticism . —A person who styles himseU * . a "New Light , " and has for some Ume located hiiaself in the village of Dymock , has been giving out that he has received a heavenly mission , and has been deputed to tell his followers that they must immediately sell their possessions , and journey with him to a city which is prepared for them , viz ., Ihe New Jerusalem . " In consequence of this declaration , and by his persuasions , he has induced several respeotable people in the neighbourhood to sell their houses and lands and prepare for their journey . Men and women are to start at the Same time , but the men are to proceed by longer journeys to make preparations for the female pilgrims . — Gloucester Chronicle .
^ Court Secrets . —The London journals deserve the greatest credit for the diligence which they di 8-pky in catering for their fashionable readers . The following interesting piece of intelligence , which we take trom the New Court Gazette , must have created a powerful sensation among all the Dolly-Dusters and lady's-maids of the metropolis . The subject , if it were a little enlarged , might furnish an appropriate chapter in the next edition of Bunn ' s " Before and behind the curtain ";— " it may not be generally known that her Majesty and Prince Albert invariably repose on the same bed , whether they be in Windsor or in London . " We leave our contemporary to explain why the change of residence should make any difference . — World ( Dublin paper ) .
A Father Maiming his Son through Drunkenness . —Benjamin Curtis was indicted for cutting and maiming John Curtis , his son , at Warminster , with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm . The Jury leniently found the prisoner guilty of the common assault only . Mr . Justice Coleridge , in passing sentence , observed , the jury had considered his case with a natural disposition to make their verdict fall as lightly as possible upon him , and they had therefore acquitted him of a more serious part of the charge , which would have subjected him to transportation . He exhorted him to consider of how serious an offence he had been guilty , and what it was owing to . He had in the first place allowed himself to become intoxicated , and in that
intoxication he had become a perfect beast—deprived of all reason—unable to distinguish between right and wrong ; and when his son advised him to go home , he turned upon him like a wild beast . Supposing he had struck his son in the temple , or in some other tender place , and had brought his days at once to ^ ari . end , ( which might just as well have happened , if , God had pleased , as the injury he had occasioned ) , what would have been his feelings for the rest of his days ? If he had been the means of destroying his wife or his son—his days might have been few , but what must his reflection have been , supposing he had ended those days on the gallows as the murderer of his wife or sou ? The prisoner was then sentenced to be imprisoned for one year , and to be kept to hard labour .
The Gat no Match for Swaixows . —One evening during last week , while the wind was from the south , and blowing with sudden gusts , a swallow ' s nest in the corner of a window in Maybole was blown down , and the scarcely fledged young , six in number , were thrown to the ground . Two of them were secured by the humane gentleman , the corner of whose window the " old uns" had tenanted for many a year ; three others were afterwards found m the street , and : the five were lodged in a wooden cup or dish in a . garret room , where , the window beinft left open , the old birds entered , and converted the dish int 6 a nest . The siith , however , was still missing , nor was it discovered for an hour afterwards , when it was seen on the green sward behind
the house , in , a dangerous predicament . A cat had marttfjfru for her prey , and would have devoured L 1 , W v Wit that all the' swallows about Maybole ; had come to its rescue , and screeching their bitter war-cry were swooping at her in dozens , and whisking the hair out of her head at such a rate that poor Grimalkin ran a great chance of being picked to death . Fairly routed , puss beat a speedy retreat , when , unprecedented though the incident may appear , the young swallow was raised by about half-a-dozen of its brave defenders , carried up , not without d ^ culty , to the garret window , and w-9 W . ' ^ tt P 1 ** Jtaongs *« a ** est 6 T tae ^ &f ; all of whioh are now fully feathered , and will be Boon On the Wing . —Ayr Advertiser .
Progress of Temperance . —On Saturday last , the great apostle of temperanpe arrived in NaaB . where ; he preached a sermon for the purpose of raising funds for finishing the Catholic church of that town , and ^ for improving the school-rooms at the Convent of the Sisters of Mercy , lately established there . On the termination of hia discourse , Father Mathew proceeded to the lawn adjacent to the Rev . Mr . Doyle ' s house , where he administered the pledge to upwards of 20 , 000 postulants . After administering the pledge iu ^ aas up to twelve o clock oniMonday , h . e returned to Cork ; on Sunday next he will visit Atby : on Sundav . th « smh hi
will administer the pledge at Sandyford , in ' this c o ° . un * y ; a ° d j vl ? Sunday , the 27 th September , he will be in Dublin , to preach in the Church of the Conception , and afterwards administer the pledge . ISv ^ t ***^ w * d the 27 th SepUSr , Father Mathew will visit many parts of thel « o-3 T « irS 2 ! rt : ?* 4 < w * flsWfar end _ of October , the . great missionary will proceed to England , and visft Liverpool , Manchester , S , and other great towns , andthen London . and aaminister the pledge in those places . Finally , he will return by Bath an ? Bristol to Ireland , where he purposes arriving early in December .- Dtttfteda Armts .
It is confidently reported that Mr . O'MaUe ? ( who w » s sent to Newgate for bribery for Mr . Fitzroy ¦ Kelly in the famous Ipswich case ) has been appointed by Mr . Baron Alderson , revising barrister tor the Norfolk circuit . Can tiere be any fou £ dation for this report ! We know nothing of Mr . O Malley or his qualifications in other respects , bnt it strikes us that he is the yery last man who ought to ° » je been selected for a revising barrister . If Mr . Baron Alderson have so far forgotten what is due to propriety , we trust some Member of Parliament , when the House meets , will enlighten him on the subject . We could have wished to be spared the necessity of recurring tothe case of Mr . O'Malley ; indeed , no one would have thought of revivinir the memory of the proceedings which led to the punishment of that gentleman , but for the ill-judged choice of Mr . Baron Alderson . -C&ronic / e .
Execution for Murder . —Declaration of Innocence . —On Wednesday , John Moore , who was convicted at the last assizes for the murder of Edward Ca 8 heen , at Lismore , underwent the last penalty of the law in front of the county gaol . The prisoner was supported by the Rev . Mr . Larkin . C . C ., and tb £ Re ^ Acha ?! F | t 2 « f » W , TJ » ., of Ballybricken , who , with Mr . P . J . Murphy , of Mount Sion , paid nun every attention since sentenoe was passed . Immediately on his appearance in front of the drop , the moat awful silence prevailed , and the wretched man , who appeared perfectly calm and resigned , then addressed the crowd in aloud and firm tone of voice fiJlS' ? **^ '&& * de ring
Say . ^ Edward Gasheen ; bift , aa he was about to appear in the . presence of the great God , he had never hand , act , or part in that murder—he had never touched a hair of his head ; or had he never received , or made away with , one farthing of that man ' s money . Four persons had sworn falsely on his trial ; but God enabled him t © forgive them , and he hoped it would not be visited pn their heads Richard Kelly and his wife both swore falsely in paying they they saw sovereigns , notes , and a purse with him that night . As he stood before his God , and was going in a few moments to be judged by him , he had no sovereign , bank note guinea , or purse , that night , or many nights . before after
or . Biddy Power also swore falsely ; but Margaret Daly was worst of all ; she swore she saw me struggling with Edward Casheennow , as I am about to stand in a few minutes before ' my God , and to be judged by him , I was not at the place that night where she stated , nor did I see her or speak to her then , or I do not know how long before—all she swore was false ; but I forgive them all , and I am sure I am going to be happy , and I entreat all your prayers . " He further added , that he was neither guilty . of this nor any other murder , and again requested the prayers of his hearers . ( The people immediately prayed . ) The Rey . Mr . Larkin then stood forward in front of the drop , and declared hisbelief in the truth of what the wretched victim had just Baid , and expressed himself mnrallv
certain of his complete" innocence of the crime for which he was then about to suffer . The executioner then performed his oflice , the drep fell , the conVict convulsively struggled lor a few moments , when death ended his mortaT snfFenhgs . The * body , after Hanging some time , was eat down , and conveyed within the precincts of the gaol for interment . ¦ We understand that , an autograph letter was yesterday morning received by the Rey . Richard Hobson , who took an interest in Moorfe , fwm th « j Lord Lieutenant , stating that h « and the Learned Judge ( Perrin ) before whom the case was tried went over the Judge ' s notes , gave the case the mtpt minute and anxious consideration , and that thereame to the conclusion that no doubt Whatever existed to warrant nw £ x" ^ Thursi * ** 1118 * w * pXt ^ -FPfltel / ° « ' Chrvntob
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A short time ago several military officers entered Batty'a Circus at Portsmouth , and repeatedly inter ' rupted the performances . At length one of tb » clowns in the ring quaintly remonstrated agaiast the conduct of the " gentlemen , " by observing tSftfc "it was a great hardship upon him and bia brrtker clowns , because they were engaged by the proprieiw to play the artificial fool , whilst the military individuals in the boxes seemed determined to play ifeenatural fool , and , moreover ^ do the character far nothing . " Thia remark completely prevented ftwther interruption .
Patronage . —He who never extended'to yon ifcshand of friendship until others had extolle ' d y « tr merits , and who endeavours to withdraw it wfce » your sun appears to be darkened , is a wretch > whom you would do well to beware . Such a mast would have shouted " Hosannah ! " when Chrisi entered Jerusalem , in triumph , and would have hooted " crucify him 1 " when he went up the mountain to die . CITIZEN KING . At Boulogne on Louis , exposed to the galer 'Twas thought that bis destiny frowned / — But ' gainst him old Neptune can never ptayait—The scamp was not born to be drowned
-Hot and Cold . —An Irishman discovered tMt of the wood work of a chimney-piece on fire , thfct endangered the whole house . He rushed npstjaiw to his master , and announced the alarming inteBigence . Down he rushed with him . A large kettle of boiling water was on the fire . " Well , why doaY you put out the fire 1 "— "I can't , surr . " * Wliy , yon fool ! pour the water upon it . —•* Sure it ' sJ » ft " water , surr , "—Fact ! The Duke and the Hackney Coachmaw . —Tie Duke of Saxe Weimar , when in New York , weafc one evening in a hackney coach to a party , and the next day was called upon by the driver for his fafe who asked the duke whether he was the man he bai driven the night before ; and , on being answered i » the affirmative , informed him that "he was the ^ gentleman what drove him , " and that he had come for his half-dollar .
Dr . Lardner , we hear , regards the award tS ^ £ 8 , 000 , for poaching on another man ' s manor , & 8 tie most extravagant compensation imaginable . Hi * only consolation is , th % t the said manor" is now bis property , or at least that he will have a clear "right of way" when the damages are discharged . Whesthat will be , however , the Dactor saith ; not . It is throwing too much in the teeth ' iff John Baft ' to say that the future Prince of Wim" is always on his tongue . John is as indifferent to the birth , « f a Prince as he would be to the adoption of anotfcas : stripling from Germany . It hay happen that Louis Napoleon may losebb head , but it is agreed on all hands , that it will be impossible for him to lose hia brains '
The Court scribe says , speaking of the perfor mances of the band of the Rifle Brigade before the Queen at Windsor , that the " Regatta galop , by Lanner , arranged b y G . H . Schalbtb , was encansS by her Majesty "—less on the score of its being * production of any excellence , than as being the work of a foreigner—a countryman , we believe , of tit Coburgs . - How a Rich Man may Dress . —Nobody blames a rich man for going with his elbows out , becao ^ r every one , knows that he has got money enough te get him a new coat ; but it is unpardonable in & poor man , ? ° ragged , becauso every one knows that it W out of his power to do otherwise . Shades op Mamhbs !
"The Emperor of Morocco , it is said , has »' regiment of 500 men all his own sons . " —Public paper Say , is it not enough to shock , O ! Miss Martineau , whose hopes are marred : That the orown'd sinner of Morocco Has raised up such a body-guard ? , .. . ¦ Qinzojt . jU » Freneb ^ Ajnba 8 sa < jEor ^ Mi « uredoae « T the Maids of JBonour , -the Hon . Miss Eitt- 4 « iygreatly on her being pointed out to him onliitf&te visit to the Castle . He observed , however , that ake reminded
nun strongly of a couple of French toww , viz , Toulon ( too long ) , and Toulouse ( too loose )! Avarice . —Valerius Maximus tells us , that irfw Hannibal had besieged Cassilimum , and reduced ti » garrison for want of food , to the last extremity , * soldier happened to catch a mouse , andbiscoveV ousnesa exceeding his hunger , he sold it to one of bk » comrades for more than eleven pounds sterling -but it proved a very fatal bargain to him , for he tea bought the mouse saved his life by his purchase , ad he that seld it—died of famine . " - «> ,- ¦»
# The Light of the Sun and Moon . —The direct light of the sun has been estimated to be eon *! ** that of 5 , 562 wax candles , of moderate size , placed at a distance of one foot . The light of the mooak about aqual to that of one wax candle at the distance of twelve feet . . . ~ . The baby Queen of Spain is said to takeatntk delight in fishing ; the papers inform ; us that she caught two fishes and Bent them to the Palace at Barcelona . . Queenly foll y is reaching 6 uoh a height that the next brace of minnows caHght by tho sane fair hand we may hear of as being raised to theraifc of grandees of Spain , or perhaps appointed to COB * mands in the Army , or made physicians extraor * dinany to the Royal Household . "
Want of Forethought . —A black snake wUefr had discovered the nest of a woodpecker , olimbfeg up the tree , and putting his head into the hole swallowed the woodpecker . Alas i when he wo « W have withdrawn he found his throat so much di » - tended by his supper , that he could not get back and so hei died with his length « posed danglinc trom the woodpecker ' s hole , au admonitioq to all whfr passed by , not to get into a scrape until they had contrived how they could get out of it . The Papers say that Lord Brougham has taken Charing , in Kent , for four months . No wonderI Going to Charing is the last resource of an tUd woman , which his Lordship has been voted some time since .
Instead of there being any restrictions impose on the free use of soap among the domestics oi' the Palace , there should rather be an increased allowance to clean after the shirtless foreigners , princi pally Germans , who swarm in all directions in and about the Palace at the present time , tainting every room by their presence , their tobacco smoke , tW garlicky saliva cast from their mouths , their stinking never-washed Skins , and begreased head ! Joha Bull , John Bull , what a fool art thou !
Losing Timb . —A Welsh rector being on a visit to a neighbouring-squire , when a very small glass was set before him after dinner , he pulled the servant to the skirts , and thus expostulated with him ; "What is this glass for ! Does your master wiah to ke » D me here all night ?"—The rector was'as famowfor eating as for drmking . « This preaching thirty'Sr * minutes" said he , at dinner , on Sunday , & b » curate , " willneyer do ; here ' s a fine goose roasted t ©> a rag , and not a drop of gravy in it . ' '—Nimrod .
Seditions . —Whenever popular discontents arapreyalent it may be Bafely amrmedahd sapporteW that there has always , been something amissia tfe * constitution or in the conduct of Goveniment , T ^ people have no interest in disorder-theit inteie » L mdeed . hes the other way . When ' th » 46 " ihouZitm from mistake—it is their error . ' not ' ti&eir crimelbiu . with the governing part it ia far Qtherwise- ^ thei usually act ill by design . This is easily prowl "
"Has Philpotts much weight with his pftrtyl * asked Guizot , one evening in the bords , after listening to a " heavy" oration from that Bpfendifr "brass ornament" of the Church . " Why , he-iscertainly the organ of the High Church bium , ibd ^ they are pretty nnmerons , " wa- the peply *• The * "' rejoined the Frenchman , "he is an organ aiablenwnt m want of vat you call de stop , ha 5 ha !" 1 hose who have listened much to PbiJpotis will be very likely to agree with the Gallic ambassador .
1 £ » Tubkish plempo had the honour of dining witt the Royal party at the Castle , on We 4 ue 3 Uar evening and , as far as can be ' fenued , ^ ducte ^ himseir with great propriety st any rlte . heprW served a discreet . silence on ' the ^ bjec ^ of W "seraglio , " while tho ladies were iii the room . Her rnfflSf ' w- ¥ v - Dyle t " litl ° M »« awioQucect ^ & * ' JFu ndl ) j ' u- ?; & * & * WHjurae , a * ked > whether s&ch were his Christian tfam ' e ; to which tbit ^ rrenuer , in a low tone , responded that " he rathor ^ imagiaed not , aa he had always heard that t : hristJMK
names were uncommonly scarce in Turkey . " $ n . KRo ; -of the Belgians ; Prince Albert * the ^ Pnnoe of Hohenlohe , and several other fortfju ** , had some glonotos sport at rabbit Bhooiing . tiufifat day , mth « . neighbourhoodof . Vuxinia W * $ . : The slaughter is described , as tre ^ endoW } the " " Woanimals were hunted put oftheirh ^ es aud buHjhexwk by dozens at a time ! What tntelteetu * lcr ^ t « 2 » - theM Germans are ! The two Fwld alarshakwte w ^ P ^^ mett to the field , if thefwfgSblockheaaselsowere . ¦» »•»» -
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 29, 1840, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2699/page/3/
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