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Febrpart 7, 1846. The Northern Star. $
Febrpart 7 , 1846 . THE NORTHERN STAR . $
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BEAUTIES OF BYRON . HO . XXV 1 H . " the siege of cobisih . " tie 5 The great critic Jeffhet has pronounced ibis poem ie **» be "« magnificent toinpotitiou . For ourselves , saure cannot rata it very highly , althoug h it contains : h teach beautiful poetry , aaihe i ' olbiwiuj extracts will ifjeatify : —• COBISTH . Mi Many a raaishtt year aud age , Ai And tempest ' s breath , and battle ' * rage , HJ Have swept o ' er Corin th ; yet she stands , A A fortress funnVl to Freedom ' s hands . T The whirlwind ' s wrath , the earthquake ' s shock , H Have left mitouch'd her hoary rock , T The keystone of a land , which still , * S Though fat ' n , looks proudly on that hill ,
1 The landmark to the double tMs * That purpling rolls on either sid * , j- As if their waters chafed to meet , " Yet pause aud crouch beneath her feet . Bat could the blood before her shed Since first Timoleon ' s brother bled , Or baffled Persia ' s despot fled , Arise from out the earth which drank The stream of slaughter aa it sa . uk , That sanguine ocean would o ' rdow Her isthmus idly spread below : Or could the bancs of all the daia , Who perish'd there , be piled again , That rival pyramid would risa Hore mountain-like , through those clear skies . Than y oh toivcr-caupM Acropolis , "Which seems ths verr clouds to kiss .
A CREEK SIGHT SCE !* E . 'T is midnight : on ihe mountains brown The cold , round moon shines deeply down ; Slue roll the waters , blue the sky Spreads like an ocean hung on high . Bespangled with tlwse Wua of light , So wild ; v , spiritually bright ; Whoever gazed upon them shining Andturn'd to earth without repining , Nor wish'd for wings to dee away , And mix with their eternal ray ? The waves on either shore lay there Calm , clear , and azure as the air ; And scarce their foam the pebbles shook , Hut murmured nieeklv as the brook .
The winds wsrepulon'd on the waves ; Th * banners droop'd along their stares . And , as they fell around them furling , Abota them shone the crescent curling ; And tlut deep silence was unbroke , Save where the watch bis signal spoke , Save where the steed neigh'd oft and shrill , And echo answer'd from the hill , Aa-i the wild hum of that Mild host RtuUedlikelt'aves from coast to coast , As rose the Muezzin ' s voice in air In midnight call to wonted prayer ; It rose , that chanted mournful strain , Like some lone spirit ' s o'er the plain :
* I was musical , bat sadljr sweet , Such as whell wiuds and Jj-nrp-strinjsiaeet , And take a long unmeasured tone , To mortal minstrelsy unknown . It seeai'd to those within the waU A cry prophetic of their sail : It struck even the besieger ' s ear ¦ With something ominous and drear . An undefined and sudden shrill , Which make * the heart a moment still . Then beat with quicker pulse , ashamed Of that straujre sense its silrnce framed ; Such as a sudden passing-bell Wakes , though but for a stranger ' s kneU .
CCEECE ASD HE * iSOEST HE 80 ES . "Behind the camp—before him lay , Ia many a winding creek and bay , Lepauto sgulf ; and , on the bro « r Of Delphi ' s hill , unshaken snow , High aud eternal , such as shone Through thousand summers brightly gont , Along the gulf , the meuut , the clime ; It will not melt , like man , to time : Tyrant and slave are swept away , Less forai'd to wear before the ray ; But that white veil , the lightest , frailest , Which on thc mighty mount thou hailest , While tower and tree are torn and rent ,
Shines o ' er its craggy battlement ; Iu form 3 . peak , ia height a cloud , In texture like a hovering shroud , Thus hig h by parting Freadoni spread , As from her fond abode she fUd , And linjer'd on the spot , where Ion j Her prophet spirit spake in song . Oh ! still her step at moments faUers O ' er wither'd fields , aud ruin'd altars , And fain would wake , in souls too broken , By pointing to each glorious token : Bat vain her voice , till bsttsr days Dawn in those yet rememberM rays . Which shone upon the Persian flying , And s * . \ v the Spartan smile in dying .
The cliiexs whose dost around him slumbar'd 1 Their phalanx marshall'd on the phis , Whose bulwarks wera not then in vain . They fell devoted , but undying ; The very gales their names sean'd sighing ; The waters iourmar * d of their name ; The woods were peopled with their fame ; The silent pillar , lone aud grey , ClminrM kindred with their sacred clay ; Their spirits wrapp'd the dn & y mountain ,
Their memory spavhltdoer the fountain ; The meanest rill , the mightiest river , Boll'd inuigled with their fame for ever . Despite ot ' erery y « ke she bears , That lan-t is glory ' s suit and their * s ! 'lis still a watch-word to the earth : When man would do a deed of worth H » points to Greece , and turas to tread , So sanctiou'd , on the tyrant ' s head : He looks to her , and niihas on Where life is lost , or freedom won .
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SONGS FOR TUB PEOPLE . SO . IV . TUB LIGHT OF TUB SORTHEPvS STAR . " By the last Bird of Brtjfni . If the Prince of Wales but an eye-tooth cut , If the Princess Royal sp—s . Twill be known o'er the land ere the sun goes down , ~ Tlixo'eacUEiwUe cringing 1 W . V 3 . How condolm-r they tell jfa dufce DUt SHeezfi , Or a beggar his lady scare ; Wh'de the poor , by thousands , aught starve untold , Were it not for tin * Sorthem Star . ' While Whigs aud Tories with factious views By sraftiu turn prevail , Neglecting , or but at best , confuse The Qovm-sliding public weal : To the dubious future in vain we look , * Iili shiuiu ? , like light from afar , Comes the evrr-unerring prophetic truth In the light of the SorUent Star !
The collier , who far from the light of day , Gropes on in the gloomy mine ; The wearer , who toils thro' this long Ions night , Lost hungry children pine ; The pale-faceaTslaves who pant for air Wntre wheels aud engines jar , Find tot one friend to speak their woes Save the roles of the Ser & srn Star i While landed peers and merchant kings O ' er their hoarded millions brawl , Th « ir shtviug serfs ( wbosi-toa sail ai 31 . Product thrirmiuions all ); Tho * , year by year , of their earnings rsbVd , To tell th « ir wrongs none dare Si . ru that unuinching friend to truth . Thc refulgent Sonhem Star 1
Br ght Sta r of hope , whose enlighfning rays dame the poor roan ' s mind , Till he now perceives the craft profound That long did his sensus blind ; Kna ves preaching patience to wretches crcsh'd 'Neath powsr * s gory car Will be laughed to scorn by men jr-swn wise In tte light of the Sortiurn Star ! Long , long may the light of that Stas expose The schemes of tyrants grim , Anlshiuethro'theiniitof the poor man s woet , A fiery pillar to hia ! La & ding ' to uocrtj ' s promised land , Now faintly seen afar ; While tyrants crouch , like owls struck blind , In the light of the Xonhtra Star !
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Parliament having re-asaembled , and the questions already mooted therein being of the utmost importance , and invohrimj the necessity of our reporting the debates at great length , we are compelled , for the present , to curtail our Reviews . " ] TA 1 T 5 EDINBURGH MAGAZINE—Fbbbcabt . fcdinbnrgb .: W- Tait . Priuco ' s-itrect ; London , Simukin and Marshall . Tait o ; -ens this month's number with a well-timed ad well-reasonedarticleon the war question , entitled ** War with America * . Are we nut Brethren ? " We
shall try to find room for this article , or the most of it , next week . A good review of * ' Campbell ' s Lives of English Chancellors" foiiows . " Our Hearth and Homestead" is the review of an excellent work bearing that title , 1-v Jous Mills , author of " The Old EnslisbGentleman , " " The Stage Coach , "« fce . A portion of the story appeared in thisraasazuie something more than twelve months ago—rather a long thae to elapse between the commencement and the «>? ehig * on . Sir Thomas Dick Lacdhj concludes in tats numbn ; h * » Highland , tale , " Love , Jealousy , and > wgean < s » Taoius Du ( imscst contributes an
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article on The Anti gone , * of Sophocles" CoiOMi Si « Th , 1 % * * «« to our liking is that on The Lyric Poetry of Germany . " The writer eonsidew ktomocK to have been much over-iated . His Messiah , isyironouaced to be a failure , or at least as not giving hint any claim to rank with Viboil and Miltos . Guix gets a good word as " a very fair German Anacreon , ' a T ? ery patriotic Prussian grenadier , a very kind-hearted man . and a very devoted servant of the Muses . " A knot of hopeful youiis * poets atGottingen , associated under ihe title oi the * bottvujen liwul , " and largely influenced by iuorsTocK , find honourable mention , particularly liiUTr . litmoKit is described a * " one of the most perfect m > . stere of the vivid ballad stvle tbat any language possesses . " Tne writer then gives a short analysis of the poetical characters of Goethe and Scihli . br . Wo extract a portion of his remarks on
GOETHE . Uothimj , in onr opinion , has hurt the reputation of Goetha more in this country than his bavins been brought forward principally in two characters , where , whatever be bis rnwirs , he » vas certainly far from iirstra * . e . Goethe is nehh ^ r a first-rate dramatist , nor a ar * t-ratc novelist ; and yet any unstudied 3 . hn Bull , who knows the great Olympian of the German lNrnassus by name , kuows also that he is the author of •* Faust , " anil of" Werther , " and of "Wilhelm ile ' stet ; " and knows , psrhaps , nothing more . But " Faust , " with all its high postic excellencies , is , as a drama , only a second-rate
production . It is pieced together with too obvious coolness in soma places , and wants a perpetual current of action , aud a continuity of interest . " Wilhelm MeUter , " the Britith reader thinks , —and he is no bad judge in such matter * , —is flimsy and trifling ; , and wants a glowing and vigorous reality . So far , therefore , a » his currant translated works go , Goethe eaimot lie highly estimated by the general English reader ; and the fact of the matter really is , that , like Ovid , Horace , llobert Burns , Beranger , aud all gruat lyrists , Goethe ( for he is a truly great lyrist ) can be read and relished perfectly » nly in his own admirable tongue .
The writer goes on to say , that " it is in the capacity of a luxuriant lyrist , and in this capacity only * tbat Goethe is entitled to kike his stand among the great poets of all ages and nations . " The writer concludes his analysis by saying *—" Goethe was as great a lyric poet as pure polytheism and the philosophy of Epicurus would allow a naturally great wind to be ; what he wanted to make him perfect was , a few chapters of Seneca , and a slight tincture of Christianity" (!!) . Schiu . br was a man of a different stamp , and seemingly a greater favourite with the writer in Tait— " a poet of deep aioral feelings , and with Christian and evangelic sympathies decidedly strong . " The writer thinks that , as in the case of Goeiiie , so the character by which
BCJU 1 LKB Is most generally known in this country , is not that in which he has achieved the highest aud most unquestioned excellence . Schiller ' s Wallenstein is piled up with too much architectural weight iu many places , to be a good specimen of the drama ; many of its most attractive beauties are more lyrical and oratorical than dramatic ; and , generally speaking , we are ineliued to suspect that Schiiler was both too UlUCh of a systematic deliberate German , and too much tile victim of exclusive inward intense emotion , to be capable of reaching the highest point of dramatic excellence . As a lyrist , however , after the impetuosity of his first apparition becomes a little more suVject to control , we have no fault to find with him ; and roost justly does he merit that extensive popularity which he has achieved in competition with the master genius of Goethe .
The ' * nationar poets of the years of the rising of NiPOLZos—Kokxeh and Schexkexoobf—are next glauecd at . Uhlasd , the representative of thc " romantic school , " follows ; and then the writer comes to the poets of the " Xew Age , " IIekwegh , Fbeilionvru , F 4 lleu 9 lv . be 5 , I ' kctz , and others . The writer give *; an account of the infamous frauds and perjuries of the German despots , particularly the late ii . iu ; j of Prussia , in the matter of the promised " constitutions , " & c ., with which our readers must be familiar . The consequence , as regards poetry , has been " that the poets of the day have become the great prophets of the political opposition , and what St . Paul and the Apostles were formerly , ' the ringleaders of sedition among the people . '" In proof of this , an effusion by Pbctz is given , entitled , " The Story that ' s not true "—very good , but too lensthy for us to extract . The writer concludes with the following prophetic words on
THE COXING QESMAV BEVOLGTIOX . The Czar Nicholas looks like a czar , and speaks like a czar , aud uses the knout like a czar , and no man mistakes him ; so also Austria , "honest old Austria , " aits spread out with a quiet breadth ' of contented Conservatism on her green gossiping prater at Vienna , and her likewise uoiununiistakrs ; but Prussia , prating magnificently about bar Protestantism , her intelligence , her high pressure education , her Zultouions , her 6 erma « ism , and Liberalism of all kinds , is , when you anatomise her elos . ) j , a hideous compound of pedant , preacher , and comedian , of coward , slave , and lus . What is to be the end of these things no wan knows , Por ourselves , we shall nut be surprised if the German Lyric Muse , having now at length , in her youngest incarnation , become decidealy political and practical , should quickly learn to iiioite in a fluid of a more potent virtue , and more perilous concoction than ink . Tterc were songs , alio , and tare ones sung at Paris , iu the year of grace one Hhotmnl seem hundred and niaety-two .
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PUNCH—PariLV . London : Punch ] Offi .-e , 85 , Fleet-itrec * . This" part commences the tenth volume of our facetious friend Punch , and aftjrJs sufficieEt indications that the volume now commencing will , to tay the least , be not one w { h ) it iuTerior to its predecessors . We have already given numerous extracts from the numbers making up this part , including that excellent and eloquent protest a-piiust Ugal murdsr , "Thc ' . Moral Lesson' of the Gallows , " which ap peared in this paper of January 24 th . As a further specimen of the literary merits oftuis part , we give in our "Tit Bits" column a capital imitation of tho famed table of the ** (" ameleoti , " which every schoolboy Juts read and admired , and which adults ciiunot forget . The " illu » trati-.-as" to Punch ' s witticism * are as racy as ever . Wemust particularly single out ltDssEiiappLuigforatdaeeiutiiccbanictcrof a pa * e ,
and the Queen answering— " I ' m afraid you are not strong- enough for the place , John . " Also " The Ministerial Crisis , " a capital caric-iture ; i ' uii « . ' i is represented as the owner of a penny peep-show , with master John Bull as a little boy having a sit-in . "Shotrm-ui : "Onyour right you will perccire a Prime Minister a JJolwhiugof hssself ; andoveryour leltisanoiher Prime Minister . -i ijolishing of the Corn Laws . Jfaster John Pull : ' lint which is the Prime Minister V Showman : Whichever you please , my little dear . You pays your money , and you take * your choice . '" Perhaps still better is the '' Artful . Dodger . * ' Peel , as the " Artful BoJg-jr , " and Itcssell , as ^ tae unfortunate " Oliver Twist "—the f < . > r « ier addressing the latter says , " Ob , how jolly green you must be to think you could form a Ministry ! " The figure of Peel in this caricature is above all praise . The other illustrations are all rich aud racy , butjuusi be seen to tw understood .
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THE -ALMANACK OF THE MONTH . Edited bt G . A . a'Bkokeit . Loudon : Punch Oih ' eo 85 , Fleet-street . The first number of this admirable " review of everything and everybody" "kepttheword of promise to the ear , " and now , the second number , unlike the weird sistors , iulBls " it to the hope . " All that the first number led us to hope for is realised in the contents of its successor . The "Almanack of the Month" is now a faite oKComplie . After " Some account of February" ( a queer acwuintitis ' h welvvve" The Great r " . vent of the Month . " which is , of course , the opening of Parliament . The narrator of this great event says , very truly , that the Royal procession is " inferior as a show to the Lord Mayor ' s , which has the extra advantage effacing a sort ofthing that every one is allowed , and expected to turn into ridicule . " Still , the opening of Parliament , including tne " Royal Speech , " is , after all , equal to
most < l ; ne pantomimes ! We c-iu only give the names of a & W of the principal of the contents , such as Ti . e Debut of the -Month" ( th- * Dug Emife at Astley ' s ); " The Play rf the Month" ( the two Misses Cushmau , as A ' owco and Juliet ); " The Exhibition of the iloiith" ( the Art Union Cartoons ); "The Great . Nuisance of the Month ; " " London by N- ' g ht " ( . « seen at the Colosseum I ); " Memorable Days of the Month ; " " The Book of the Month ; " and " The abuse of the Mouth . " Most of the articles are of a comic character hut this last uautsd is a serious and appropriate article on the great abuse ol the past month , —tho legal murders at the Old Bailey and Ilorseinongir-lane . We had marked a somewhat lengthy portion o f this article for extract , but wc find we have not room for it . We have , however , cxtratttd several tit-bits , which will be found in their appropriate place . We must not omit the following striking portrait of
" THE JUN WHO WAS VJ-ET SEAB IT . " Ititrikes U 4 that Lord John Kus . ell is amazingly like the " Carrier"' in ilr . Dickeus' Cnci-tt . He has been all his life " very near it . " He was nearly losing his ministry several times during the long , " rYhig , sticking-plaster administration . He was nearly losing his election in the City , only winning it b y a miserable majority of two or *?«¦<**• lie was very nearly writing a goodtrigedy , and wasas near a war with France as he could be . He was very nearly uianing the Chinese war , only the Tories came in and reaped all the benefit of it . In tke same
way . he was v « y nearly proposing the repeal of the Corn Laws ; but lVvlhas rince quite cut the corn from under his feet . The same with thc timber—the sugar duties : —LordJohn wasnearfhiin ail ; but lVel , it is confessed ; in all fiiMiieJai reforms , was always much nearer . Again —he was very nearly coming into the ministry on the ! a = t occasion , and we have no doubt will be very nearly coming in again , but if he do--s come in , it will be the merest accident that he does not very nearly luseit . We are only afraid posterity will say of Lord John , " He was not a grjtat man , but he was very near it , "
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WADE'S LONDON REVIEW—FnuBViaT . Iandon : C . B . Christian , " Whitefriars-street , Fhetatreet . In this number wo hive a continuation of the editor ' s romance , " The Phases of Love . " The chapters before us are mainly occupied with the heart-stirring narrative of an unfortunate gypsywoman , who has been rescued from death , and sulwequentlyfrom insult by the heroine of the story , Beatrice , a Spanish lady . Thus far the story is well told , it it lias a fault it i 8 not in the quality , but the quantity doled out month bv month ; but we supp-se this must be submitted to , otktwise the reader could not be famished with that " varictv" which , we believe , magazine-readers look for . This st « rv is made
the vehicle tor expressing many bold and beautiful thoughts , such only as a writer possessing noble sympathies and a cultivated mind could give expression to . There is no complete portion of the story sufficiently brief for us to afford room for as an extract . JtumouraversthatColonel TiioMsoxisoneoftbe writers m this magazine ; if so there can be no dilh ' - culty in assigning the pithy article " On the Dutv of a . Ministry" to his pon : —its tone and aim our readers will not need to be informed of . •« Hopeand Memory , an allegorical poem , by J . G . Gn . »» i , is really a very pretty production , and very superiorto the generalitv of magazine poetry . A pleasing feature in this Review is the re-production of old aud curious works
, which from their scarcity , or from the fact of their being locked up iu languages known only to the few , renders them ( the said works ) unknown to the many . One of such works is reproduced—at least m its outline and essence , if not in full detailin the number before us . This curious old work is the " Daphnis and Chine" of Lo . vcus , an old Greek romancist of the calamitous times that succeeded the death of Theodoshjs . We had marked an extract illustrative of the translator ' s happy and eloquent style , which unfortunately we are compelled to omit through want of room . Our readers will do well to procure the " London Review , " and read tho story themselves . This number also contains theconclusion of the
' Life oi Liszt , tho celebrated pianist and composer , aud the commencement of a sufficiently startling story , entitled " The Mysterious Visitor , " written with the avowed purpose of exhibiting to English parents the danger aud folly of sending their children to Franco and other continental countries to be educated . Notices of new works and theatrical entertainments conclude this number .
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THE CONNOISSEUR-FKBituAW . London : E . Mackenzie , 111 , Fleet-street . This number of the * ' Connoisseur" contains several excellent essays , critiques , notices , < fcc , on subjects connected with the Fine Arts , Music , and the Urania . The opening artiele , or essay on " Form iu Composition" ii somewhat too profound for the general reader , but doubtless will be read with much interest by the class to whom it is addressed . " The Study of Music" i * aa article all may understand , and many may profit by , particularly those of the uninitiated who are disposed to throw away their money in learjiimj to perform Oil tllC Spavish guitar or other instruments , and accomplishing the art «> i singing musically in " six lessons ! " We have
before spoken of the excellence of the dramatic critiques , or , rather , criticisms on actors , in this publication . In thc present number there is an admirable article on the performances of thc Misses CisHMJLY at tho Ilaymarket Theatre , where , our readers may know , the eldest ia performing thc part of llomeo , and the youngest Juliit , to crowded , and , we believe , admiring- audiences . We should like to transfer to our columns the greater part of this critique , but the necessity of paying attention to , and criticising the performances at St . Stephen ' s , leaves us no room to do jisctiee to suljiccts which we
must confess are much more to our taste An article on the * ' Art Union Cartoons , " with several others , we have not room lo particularise , are contained in this number . Last , not least , we must notice the magniticent engraving of R-vphabl , from a portrait by himself . Nature , the painter , and the lithographer have here combined to present a face which must haunt the though's of ladies by day , and their dreams by night . Had we Arsolu ' s choice , rather the face of IIapiukl than Achilles should be ours . But it is useless for us to prate ; let the reader turn to the " Connoisseur" if he would drink the draught of beauty .
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NO VOTE ! NO MUSKET !! siAFyonnsniBE pottebies . A numerously attended public meeting of the inhabitants of Hanley and Shulton was held on Tuesday evening week , in the Christian Brethren ' s Meeting Room , for the purpose of recording their protestation against the threatenei embodiment of the militia force . Mr . Henry Mawdesly was unanimously called to the chair . Mr . Edward Humphreys moved the first resolution in an argumentative and manly speech ; seconded by Mr . Charles Heath , and ably and eloquently supported by our venerable old friend Daddy Richards . Mr . John Moss tlien moved the petition , which was ably seconded by Mr . J . Yates , and carried unanimously , " tbat the petition be sicned by tho chairman , and sent to T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., for presentation . " The feeling seemed to be unanimous to suffer imprisonment rather than disgrace themselves by wearing a military uniform .
MBSnOKE . At the weekly meeting of the Forbore Chartists , held on Tuesday evening week , it was unanimously resolved to get up a petition to Parliament against the embodiment of the militia , several member * declaring that if drawn , they would at once declare themselves Chartists , and , of course , dangerous persons ; and would , if necessary , suffer imprisonment rather than fight against their fellow men . A vote of unbounded confidence in that tried and faithful friend of the working classes , Fcargus O Connor , Esq ., was carried by acclamation .
LEEOS . A public meeting respecting the embodiment of the militia , was held on Tuesday evening week , in the 1 ' ar . Aav , Mr . Councillor Brook in the chair , when resolutions were moved and seconded by . Messrs . Harris , Hewitt , Shaw , Child , Firth , and Brownridge , protesting against the enrolment , and a petition a « reed to oc sent to T . S . Buncombe , E * q , M . P ., for presentation to the House of Commous .
BRISTOL . } . great public meeting was recently held in Bristol in the lar « e room , llroadmeatl , for the purpose of agreeing to some proceedings in opposition t >) the contemplated government measure for the enrolment of the militia i ' orec of the kiumlom . Notwithstaml ing the exceedingly unfavourable state of the weather the immense building was , by the appointed hour , crowded in © very part ; indeed , it is not often that we see so large and enthusiastic a meeting . The chair was taken oy R . Charlton , Esq ., who delivered a
Ions and eloquent speech , depicting the injustice and horrors of war , the frauds aud debaucheries of the enlistmentsystem , and the horrible tyranny practised in the army . Speaking of the anticipated embodiment of the militia , the chairman said : —Depend upon it , if the militia was once called out , militant men would adhere to it as a means of recruiting tlie army ever after . Military men knew how to work that out—they bad done it before ( hear ) . Thc plan wa * to make the militia discipline unduly irksome by the severity of the drills , the use of the lash , & e . While the lift ; of the ' militia soldier was thus made a
painful one , prospects were held out to him to induce him to enlist in the line , euch as higher pay and greater indulgence . Thus by driving on the one baud , and drawing on the other , he was led to enlist into the line . To so great an extent was this the case , during the last enrolment , that from asin-, 'le militia regiment , in the course of eleven years , IS , 000 Mien volunteered into the line—volunteered it wii « bt be called , but it very much reminded him of a picture which they sometimes sawiu thc print-shop windows , into which , a man held up a cudgel over the head ot another , and addressed him thus— " There isno compulsion , only you must" ( laughter and cheers . ) They mi ht depend upon it that , with all its abominations , the ( present ' recruiting was preferable to the militia
system . He hoped that by the expression of popular opinion the minister might be led to abandon it . But should he not , and should it , in the face of all remonstrance , become the law of the land , it would then become a serious question to consider what course it behoved them to take . A poor but honest working-man had told him that if he should be drawn he would go to prison ; and from wha t he knew of his character , he believed that he would do so ( loud cheers ) . Sure he was that they would h * nd imprisonment in the jjaol incomparably Jess irksome than imprisonment in a barracks ( cheers ) . Any man of Christian teeling would be incomparatively more happy in serving six months on the New-cut or at Lawford ' s gate , than in being enclosed in the barracks at Hoi field , with the red lash banging over him and
learning to degrade himself and butcher his fellotvmen ( cheers ) . Aud if any of those present shouW resolve , neither by themselves nor a substitute , to learn to slaughter their fellow-creatures , but to go peacefully to prison and sutler the penalties of the law , they would carry with tlicm tiie sympathies and the prayers of all sincere Christians ( cheers ) . Ami . in carrying out thatgreat Christian precept , rather to suffer wrong than to do it , they could cheer eacii other by the language of encouragement which one o f the Christian martyr * nddressed to his brother martyr at the stake , " Be of good cheer , brother Ridley , for this day there is lighted up a candle in Eng land which , with God ' s grace , never shall be extinguished . " Tim chairman resumed his seat amid prolonged cheering .
Resolutions were moved , seconded , . *> n < l supported by the Rev . John Ilurder , the Rev . J . J . Wait , R . yorrh Esq .. II . C . Howell , Esq ., the Rev . W . Lucy , Frederick Wills , Esq ., the Rev . T . E . Thoresby , and Mr . N . l ' earce . All the speeches were excellent and eloquent , and elicited the most enthusiastic app lause . We give tiic following ex-. racts from the « p . ech of 11 . Norris , Esq .: —Man possessed itialienable rights , of which no government had a right to
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"a ^ yehim ., , The right to worship his Creator ^ according to the dictates of his conscience , was one of them . The right to say whether he would or would not , at the will of an officer , put a fellow creature to death , was another . ( Lind cheers . ) lie could see no reason why he should not have as great a hatred f >] putting a Frenchman to deatli as of putting an Ln ^/ shh tan to death . ( Heir , hear . ) Ik held no differences of nations . Gcd had made of one flesh every country of thc world ; he ( Mr . N . ) recognised in every man a brother , and wished to exercise towarda al ) a brother ' s lore . Many persons in England held the feeling—and he was glad to see that they were increasing in numbers and importance—that war was incompatible with tho precepts of the New
Testament . He should like to ask the government what right it bad to make him do that which lie , in his conscience , believed to be sinful , and to do which he knew would brim : upon him thu anger of his Maker ? ( Cheeis . ) Should ha obey mail or God ? The principle to which he had adverted was recognised by some nations—by one it certainly was . If a man in America declared that he conscientiously objected to war , he was free from all compulsory service , and from all penalties in consequence of his re . fusal . Why should they not have the same privileges in England ? No man ought to be compelled by any government to take up arms against his conscience . ( Cheers . ) There were many sorts of governments ; some were republican and avowedly were influenced
, by the will of the people ; others were mixed , having representatives of the people , whose measures wore regulated by the lords and the crown ; others , again , were despotic , and only governed by their own will . Tim government which embodied the will of the whole , or nearly the whole of the malo population of the land , might righteously do that which a government of one or of a few would have no right to do . If any one said to him that they ought not to resist that which the government of the country had enacted , his answer would be that the government represented virtually a very small numb r ol ' persons . There were about a million of electors , and seven millions of male adult ? , so upon this showing it at onec appeared that the one-sevflnth made the laws which
were to govern the other six-sevenths . One man made the laws for seven men , the six having no voice in the matter . With these facts before them , and bearing in mind too that tho greater part of the boroughs were under the influence of the aristacracy —so called—he would ask what kind of legislation could they expect for the people ? ( Hear . ) Would it not ever be the case , as has as the nature of man remained unchanged—that the interests of the mil lions would be neglected , and those of the few advanced ? ( Great applause . ) From these and other facts , he believed that the people would continually be troubled with invasions of their rights , until some organic , reform took place in the representation ( cheers ); and apart from everything like violenceapart from all appeals of physical force , he would say —Let the principles of the People ' s Charter be
considered by all the friends to the liberty of their country . ( Applause , and slight disapprobation . ) He was glad to know tlMfc the pe uicinlea of peaea were being generally adopted , and that associations had been formed in this city and elsewhere , not to provide substitutes , but to sustain those who go to prison , and endure the utmost extremity which tho lawcould enforce . That was the course he recommended every lover of peace to pursue . ( Cheers . ) lb Unew not what was thc punishment of the law , neither did he care ; that principle he had resolved to act upon , and , with submission , he desired to be drawn . ( Continued applause . ) Nathaniel Pcarce , formerly a soldier In the 53 rd regiment , who , in a Jong and clever speech , of which our space will not permit of our attempting a report , detailed some of tho vicissitudes of a soldier ' s lit * * .
lie stated the military life to be m peace one ol extreme labour , - and in war one of privation , danger ,, and suffering , lie described the horrors of a buttle , and the devastating uifiiieueo of war upon the commercial prosperity of a country . The working men of this country were now labouring three days in every week to pay the interest on the war debt . Since in 1815 we had spent live hundred millions in war , and had slaughtered countless thousand * . The lash was stiil in Use in the army , and there had recently been some appalling cases of its use . He was glad that a new feeling was growing up in the country ; meetings bad been held . it Birmingham , Liverpool , and elsewhere , and the people had determined not to fight . He hoped all . present had made up their minds to keep a conscience void of itfeuce , sheathe the sword , and spare mankind , ( Cheers . )
AhTA . A public meeting of the inhabitants of Alva was held in the People ' s Hall , on Tuesdny evening , Jan . 27 th , for the purpose of considering -the best means to be adopted it © prevent the raising of the militia , \ fr . Andrew Mc'Kenzie was called to the chair . Accounts of meetings relative to the subject of the militia-raising were read from the Northern Star , as also an article from the iVbueon / onnist . ; after which n resolution was passed , on which a remonstrance is to
be founded , to be sent to Sir Robert Peel , urging him not to raise the militia force ; and a petithm to Parliament , praying them to abolish altogether the Militia Law . The meeting wa $ one in which the greatest interest wtss felt . The hall was crowded , and the discussions on the various topics that came under their consideration were carried on in the best . spirit . At twelve o ' clock the meeting broke up , when all dispersed , thoroughly convinced , not only o ) thc injustice of the Militia Law , but also of tho inhuman and unchristian practice of war .
LEICESTER . One of the largest and most , spirited meetings held in this town was convened in the Town-hall , on Mon * day evening , ! o consider the ' propriety of portioning against the calling out of the militia , and for the adoption of treaties with foreign nations for the settlement by arbitration of all quarrels which may arise . Mr . Alderman EIIm ( deputy-chairman of the Midland Railway Company ) was unanimously called ti » preside . Mr . ' iV . E . Hutchinson ( town councillor ) moved the first resolution , condemning ail warns inconsistent with Christianity and productive of great moral injury , and asserting that nations i / i ) giit to settle their disputes by other means than ' force of anus . The Rev . J . Stevenson seconded the resolution , which was agreed to unanimously .
Mr . Joseph Suvrgc , of Birmingham , amidst much cheering , moved a resolution , stating a number of objections to the war-like , movements of the government . He drew attention to the micotistitutioHnlucss of a standing army iu time of peace , and to the wise Jealousy Of our ancestors ve * pi : cting it , and in a speech of some length advocated passive resistance to military service ; and subscriptions for the families of" tiiose who suffered for such resistance , in v-t '* - ' - fcren . ee to payments toclubsfbrsubstitiitos . He concluded amidst much cheering . Mr . J . t ' egg , an operative , seconded theresolution ; and slated that he bad resolved neither to serve nor to subscribe ; which dieted general applause . The chairman stated that he had been three times drawn for the militia , and on refusing to serve , was each time distrained for the amount , sheep having been taken from him .
Aiter the adoption of some other resolutions , and a petition founded on them , the meeting broke up .
SQWKUUY i * . Kn SO \ IASD , At a public meeting of the inhabitants of Sowerhy and Soyland , held in the A .-soeiiition Room , Loin ; Royd , on Sunday , the 1 st licbvuavy , the following resolution was adopted : — " That in thc opinion ot this meeting the contemplated embodiment ot the militia foiee is an act of tyranny towards the unrepresented classes of the community , violating the first principles of justice ; and that it-would stamp thc working classes with eternal infamy if they allowed it to be earned into effect without protesting iigain « t it by the strongest effort , tho law and
constitution allows . And that this meeting further believes that the alleged cause for this tyrannic act , vit , the prospect of war with America relative to the Oregon territory , is one in which their best interests are perilled , which can only tend to throw into confusion the dearest interests of the empire : and that they will not allow their family ties to be torn asunder , their domestic comforts to be invaded , ami their liberty sacrificed , in order that their brethren in America may be slaughtered , and a fresh impulse given to despotism and misrule . " At the conclusion a vote of thanks was given to tho chairman , and the meeting separated .
ilMJCHESTER . A large and influential meeting of tho inhabitants of Manchester was held this evening ( Monday ) , at the Corn Exchange , with a view to pass resolutions condemnatory of the proposed enrolment of the militia . The Rev . Wm . M'Kerrow took the chair . II « said , one ground of his objection was , that the militia , system was calculated to excite and foster a war spirit , snd to throw back the spirit of civilisation . The military spirit was a bad spirit . They had endeavoured in their Sunday schools to teach this , —to show that the soldier was not the hero he had been generally represented to be . lie could easily imagine the child , p laying with its lather ' s accoutrements , and listening to his stories of'drills and field days , induced to forget the lesson of goad thus instilled in tho moment of excitement , and he did not wish that their work should be thus put aside . The
inducement to our government , he had heard it stated , for wishing to raise this force , was to spare troops for the colonies . This colonial system , he feared , was the excuse for every aggression upi-n our rights —( ftcnr , hear)—for taxation , for commercial restrictions , and for oppression . ( Cheers . ) Colonies I What had we to do with colonies , if they were to be a perpetual burthen ? Give us irce-trad-i and free intercourse with e » vry country as well as with our colonies , and give to the colonists the same right , and then there w ., uld be no nceiJ Sir expensive military establishments , but , nil would flourish alike , « i * tl ai ) be interested in each other ' s pn'Spcrity . lint hitherto , our colonial system had been only * system of taiation . h had been nude only ihe means of providing for * yown ; , ' uristocraev , ac our expense , who had not tbeiuartl" Uess to earn their own bread hv their own labe . ur . " With respect to tho reasons why g < tteraiia : a . ti . w . ero about calling out the militia , it
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occurred to him that they had a difficulty in gettint > soldiers . The peop le were getting too sober and too thoughtful to enlist . ( Hear . ) Let people be compelled to go out , however ; let them go to drill , and their present habits mig ht b-j made to , undergo a change . It was this he feared , and this he did not wish to expose them to . ( Cheers . ) lie objected to war on tho broad ground that it was opposed to the whole spirit of Christianity . ( Hear , hear . ) They might be told that they were not patriots , that they had not love of country ; but he replied that their country was the world 1 ( Applause . ) Their patriotism was the pure spirit ol ' philanthropy , embracing all j" ™* whatever their cotlutrv , or cried , or condition . ( Cheers . )
R . Chariton , Esq ., of Bristol , moved the first resolution After dwelling on the hardship suffered by recruits , ho said-lu some districts of Gloucestershire the recruiting serjeant might whistle from morning till night , and scarcely get a recruit . This was one reason why government might wish to havo thc militia out ; and another was , the extraordinary mortality in the army in India ami China . It was calculated that the 70 th Highlander . ' . , in India , would be thinned to such a degree that , in Decemlwr next , not more than 201 ) out of the 000 men would be left . ( Hear , hear . ) It was a most shocking thing that these recruiting Serjeants , acting in , and making the most lavish use of thc Queen ' s name , should be allowed to go forth , first debauching the youth of thc country , and then entrapping and sending them in * : o lasting slavery . ( Applause . ) One of the worst evils of this system was tho tax it was upon the workinq class . It was said in favour of it , that it dwelt with all classes of men alike ; but was it dentins with all
alike to make the poorest labourer pay thc same for his substitute as the richset merchant ? . ( Hear , hear . ) Having got men into the militia , it was said that they might please themselves about going into the regular force . But this was a pretext that must not ho allowed . Let men once get into the militia , and a system would be brought to bear , which would soon cause numbers to enlist into the regulars . One means was , the better pay which would be offered . It was calculated that , one way or other , 18 , 000 men in the last war were induced to " volunteer , " as it was called , into the army . It was said to be their own voluntary act ; but it was , in truth , as much a voluntary act as was that which a man did becausx he could not help himself . The system reminded him of that put in practice by the policeman , who said , "There ' s no compulsion , but you must . " ( Laughter and applause ) He concluded by moving —" That this moetin ; , ' regards the proposed measure to enrol the militia of Great Britain for imniediaU
service , as bun" not only opposed to the dictates and ¦ spirit of Christianity , but as calculated to awaken the jealousy , and to increase the military armaments < rf other nations ; to produce irreligioii , intemperance , and immorality in the community ; to augment the already excessive military burdens of the kingdom ; to press with peculiar hardship upon the poorer classes ; to aflect thc prosperity oftliccuUtUVV , and to foster u military spirit , baneful in its prillciple . inconsistent with native British liberty , and unsuitcd to the spirit of the times . " ( Cheers . )
Mr . John Jefferson , Secretary of the London Peace Society , seconded the resolution . The Militia Act save the Que-iii power to enrol and embody such a ioree . at a fortnit'ht ' a notice . The government had already made provision for calling out tho miliiia ; they had given notice to the lord lieutenants for the staffs to bo ready , and the lists were out to he filled up of all person * liable , to serve . What could this mean but that the militia was to be enrolled ? According to the Queen ' s speech , there was no likelihood of war , nor was there , according to Sir It . Peel's speech , any prospect ot sedition or disturbance at home . There was no knowing , then , what was the object of government in calling out the militia . It had been said that the militia were not to be cntud
out tor the usual term of twenty-one days , but , for three years at a time , and those " who thought proper were to have the privilege of volunteering into t ! e line . Then , attain , orders were given to have 42 . 000 suits of military accoutrements ready by 'he spring . These ctatiw * were wanted for somebody—( hear , hear , and a laugh)—and the number str kiligly corresponded with the number that would have to be called out of the militia for the first three year . *! , lie advised them not to join militia club ' , because they were held at public-houses . But there whs another msde of going to woik . Let them ope . ate upon the legislature , which was the only way io stop the evil . _ Mr . Buncombe and Mr . Bright had n * -ked if the miluia were t » he called out this v-ar , but
could not get a direct nnswir . Sir James Graham was proposing to bring in a bill to embody the existing Militia Acts , butthis act might propose the time years ' permanent service , and the people of Manchester might be called together in a few wtek- - , again io oppose such a bill . If they were , let ihem tint stop short , but have all thu Militia Acts abolished , and no new one enacted . ( Cheers . ) At present all the power given by the Militia Acts was tocaJiout the niili ' a for twenty one days , lie called-attention to the militia oath , lie hoped there were many pnscnt who objected to any form of oath . ( Hear , hear . ) This oath was another form of that emp ' oytd in tho line , by which a man swore to do as his superiors should order him ; in fact , it was taking an oath to submit themselves to the roosl abject slaveryslavery both ofsottl and body . It was not theii-ouestioii ,
once having taken this oath , whether that which they were ordered to do was right or wn-ui . The Duke of Wellington said the army knew better than to entertain , 1 : 1 opinion upon a political qwsfchii-. ( " Hear , " and a laugh . ) A body of men were oncv inarched to the boundary i fan unhealthy dk-rict and mutinied ^ rather than enter . Tbryli- 'd promised . ' « obey their auperiors , ;» d six of the rim .- ! e ; tders kn-eling on their own coffins , wore deliberately shot . ( " Shame , shame ! " ) Would the meeting consent to be forced into such slavery as this ? ( l . mul cries of " No . " ) Now , what did they « can by not serving ? Did they naan they would not " serve in the militia personally— ( "No , we won t "or did thev mean thev would each find a
substitute ? ("' No , no ; we'll do neither . But the Act provided forcoinpulgory measures bents * .- >' ' opted un ! e . « s a substitute were found , and this mliu . i system therefore was worse than thu ( 'lili .-tiiiL' system . ( Hear , hear , ) What waces were they to have ? A shilling a day , or rather , I ' etliieting W . for linen . &«' ., they had 3 d . a day : could ihey nut make more of themselves than that ? ( Laughter . ) How mmh would thor send out of tnis to their wives ami families ? ( Applause and laughter , ) Why , accordin' , ' to the New 1 ' O'ir Law , if their wives a ml families
beniuiit ! chargeable during t ! --eir servile they were liab ' c to be made to repay th . amount . ( Shame .. 1 And if they had not the money thc gunrdiaiis hfd t .-ttss' « U \ Ivaw . it deducted from their wages . ( Shame , and u . eat sensation . ) Ho concluded by calling utott the pe pie to nerve themselves to this service and tell the government they would have no more war ; and il the _ British government gave up ihe ay .-iem of standing armies and of war . thpend upon it all other , would follow the example . ( Loud cheers . ) Thc resolution was carried by acclamation .
Mr . Benson then read a petition , founded upon the resolution , to the House of Commons . Mr . Prentice moved the petition , lie said it hud been stated by Mr . Jefferson , that the people called Quakers were exempted from taking oaths , ml from serving in thc militia . Now lie should like them to inquire how it was they had this exemption . ( Hear , hear . ) And it would be instructive to them to take homo thu reason . It was simply because they exercised what was called passive rcsUituM-v . ( Cheeis . ) Why ¦• • • as it they would not bear anus ? Because thoy conceived it to be wrong ; and , bcl-evin ,. ' SO , they did not bear- arms , but suffered themselves : o l ) C sent to prison instead . ( Applause . ) 'J hey uvi-e willed noon to consider the ballot . What hallot ;
( Applause . ) They were told they could not have the power to vote at elections by hallot , because it was sneaking and un-English ; but was it not far nioie sneaking and un-English like to enlist men . and ei-nipel them to become soldiers by ballot ? ( Cheers . ) Why did they not adopt tho more manly course in this system of choosing men publicly ? If they had the men in every street drawn up in line , ami chose li'mii them , they , would have no cripples or inefficient men " , why not adopt it . then ? Because thoie mitlit iic a . thr-iel : from some b y in the crowd , '" " 5 on are talc ' tii my father ! " and the men of Manchester , having the sympathies of nicii , mig ht not allow a lather b > Iv laiicn from his child . ( Loud cheers . ) Now , if the
people were prepared to do as the Quakers did , these was a suggestion he had to make to guvenvrnvnt—it was to whisper in their ears that they nii . eht pc together the militia , but that , when they had gut them together , " would they act ? " ( Loud cheers . ) If they had militiamen , they would have nnti-corn-law men , anti-union men , and anti-stiitc-thuivh im-tt . and universal suffragists ; but if tht-y were called upon to go iigain-jt any of these movements , could it be expected they would act ? ( 1 > ' >«* I <* ries «( " No , " and a voice " iVn vote , no iMiwki't I" and cheers ) Yes , that should be the answer . If they were called upon to fight , Jet them say , " Yon would not trust me to vote , and 1 will not- fyht your battles . " ( Cheers . )
The Key . Dr . Beard seconded the nu > t on . and it was supported in an eloquent speech by the Rev . K . I * . Hood , and agreed to unanimously . The Rev . Dr . Massie then proposed an address to thc Ameriu'vns , as brethren deprecating war , and it was seconded and carried by acclaim' tiou . The meeting separated at ii late hour . " No Vorit , so Mvjaiitn ' . "—[/ 'Vow « Comyoni . lmi . ] - ~ h \ a shop window in St . John-street , Vi & t . -niith'ield , is exhibited thc following protest : — " This is to certify , ( hat I wiii neithav be a manslayer , nor learn the i \ rt and mystery of the profession at tho bidding of any man , or any ciaii ' -Hnnttuii * of men called governments , and ( as in consistency bound ) am . equally resolved not to find , a substitut ' o net the criminal fur me . Further , thai in my humble opinion , any man who voltttitaruy p * . - rut it his bones and muscles to be used bv his f .-ilmv met
as » mere machine for any purpose iheir nistlmu w folly may sucgest , can only Uc regarded with p ity o . contempt . —( Signed ] V . Hook . "
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TUB POLITICAL OAMJJLSUN , Oft has ii huaii niy lot to si > o A < great n fool as fool could he , At \ . Muling mertiitg « , with n shunt , Thai ' tirouJd he hotter Veil were out ; WhJl * others noisily maintain Ine / TO /* ' * .. *) "hat ho is in a « ai : i . On * would at once refuse submission , And one would bow to his dtcifion . Two uoUtiuuins ' , each inuV . n ' il , To he of quite ii ditf « v «»« nve . u " , Began to have a quiet choi On sometimes this , iu 1 dsometitne 3 th . 1 t > DwcoursM awhile , with earnest wal , About that bold Cnmekon , Feel ,
And very energetic grew Upon the suhject of his hue . * ' A stranger animal , " cries one , " Sure never busk'd in fortune ' s sun : A Tory ' s hody , slow andlon ^ , A landlord ' s heiid—free-tradw ' i » tongue ; Its he . rt to quick rrpwil inclined But for its length of tail h-hind , Which checks Hs pace ; and then its buo , Did anythitur e ' sr look so Wue 1 " " Hold , therii ! " the other quids replies , " He ' s green : I s : tw it with these eyes , As late upon the ground he lay , Thrown over in the oddest way ; Resigned—without a eau * o I moan—Could iiiiythiii ! - Im half so sreeii V " I ' ve seen him , sir , » s well 43 you : I till you thai h looVd quite hlus ,
When he awhile was in the shtule , Aud I , John Russell , progress made . " " 'Twas green , sir ; green , sir , I assure yo . " " Blue ! " cries the other , in n fury . So high at last the contest rose , They very nearly canto to blows ! When luckily they spied a third : To him the mutter they vet ' evt'd , And hesijM he ' d tell them if he knew Whether the I ' eel was gr « eii or blue . " Sirs , " cried the umpire , " cease your pother ; He ' s reisliy neither one nor t ' other . 2 saw the stm ' tinti one night . Viewed hy the House of Commons light ; I marked him well—I can ' t forger , Per then ho seemed . is black as jet . You shire , my friends I" " Indeed wo do . " "' Tis ? rcB , ) . » — ' < 'Tis Muck !"— " Nonsense . ' ' tis blue . "
" Stijiji > se , as we are all in doubt . " Cries one , " at mice w .: turn him out . " Before they'd time to do it qiii : i > , The Peel appeared—ami lo ! ' twas whits ! All atsred—and all looked wondrous wise , " My friend . - , " the sli-efc Cutm-leou cries , " You all ore rUht r . nd : < U aru wrong , I'm ail hy turns , and nothing long . 'Tis just according to the view , Thai 1 am black , orgivc .-i , or Iduo . I hut reflect t . vh passing ray That seems th-: brightest for the day ; Ami friends , llndd it no disgrace To suil my colour to tnv place , " —Punch . EquKSTiti . ix Fkats . —The French are always shooting AW-el-Knder ' s horse . This is done with the ¦ Mod-natureil view of enabling - tho Emir to get of all the eusier . —Ibid .
l ' 'Mimox ron Bvol-ojum . —On the night of the Address , Uroii . ham n , adci spccih in the Lords , soentirely fuolish ami uiimisumib . - -- , that it is said hois to he made a Duke . —1 . * <" , Earl Maiisiiai , ok E . viju . nd—the aetter-np of all state processions , who his ihe ¦ . rmipin'y i--f alJ the stale supemiineniries , « iid is , in tact , a sort of sinqenuiu : it * ur t'i tin : Royal Lluus > 'lu > ' tj . The Karl Marshal is the head of the lierald '> -id } ii * t *; but as very little heiui is used iu that . ••{ lieu , ibe situation is a . sinecure . _ The post is hcr ^' . itnry in this fiimi . y of the iJuke of Norfolk , whose illustrious name will live as h . ii' 4 as peppers , and that sort of thing , have the power of preservi'i » k . —Void .
Ai . utkiutios Anm-Li-v Aitukp . — Adored And Angeiii : Amelia , —Accept »\\ Ardent and Artless Amorist ' s Affections ; A levin to An Aihtuishtd Admirer s Al'inns , Ami Answer An Amorous Applicant ' s Avowed Ardour . Ah ! Amelia , All Appears An Awful AsK-et : Ambiti . n , Avarice , Atid " Arr « - sfivuec , Ala * I Are Astractive Allurements , Ami Ahtue Ait Ardent Attat-liment . App-vise An Aching - And AifcciioiuV . e Adorer ' s Alarms , And Anon Ackimwledge Aliiauccd Albert ' s Alliance As Agreeable And Acceptable . Anxiously Aw » ivin » An Affectionate And Alliniiative Answer , Accept An Ardent Admirer ' s Achiut ! Adieu!—Aui .-. UT—A ' ibrtvtv , Anmvst .
Komamic Siouv . —A yi uiu miikwomau . of the e : < - viruns oi ' L : i I ' iiumctte , newly mavried , was carrying the produce of her dairy in the market of Aimers , when she found on het way ; t black w fastened 10 a tree , and at a safe distune . ' lay under another tree a lar >; e bundle . Her euriu .-ity was iiiv . t attracted , to the latter , which she found to contain a beautimi liabyuirl , wrapped iu sine linoii and warm flannels . On further examination she ( 1 . sniveled a [> uv !< v , c mlat ::-iug twenty-live Napok'nhS . and an . 'tm-nyuiiitis letter , intimatim : that the moHn . r of tho child was driven
hy powerful coii'ideraiimis t-i part with it f <> :- several years ; that the 500 f . » i-re fur ihe person who would humanely supplv in r place , and the black cow was to ali ' ui'U the ch Id Hiilii ; suMing , that every ye . > r the foster-mother should receive an ample sum for the maintenance and edueati' -n of the child , until circumstances jit nnitti d its natural parent to rc > ume 'he charge . The young miikwmuan accepted the trust thus reposed in her . tintf , instead of proceeding * to the tiiaikiM , ha .-teiied home wish the fuvndiing , the Cow , the purse , and die letter . — Dv .-. c / i nova :
TIT HITS rilOM TIIS ALMANACK OF T ! 1 K MOST !! . Posiiii . Moi . -s Ilusotuis . —Mr l'avul \ Vil ! iiu * s / ia ' e . 't * is piaeud in a tiii'ne beside his s a tin * . When L- > rd Brougham ' s elligy is erected it- is ei'iiti'iKplatrd , on the sauKs principle , to give increased intciest to the sculpture by the niliitinn nl ' iiis iunishi p " - tunaiu . hti'itomiKxr or tiik Moxru . —It , h . " . s been at length determined t * i put t ' ie . ' ' .-untai- < at Trafaltar-. -quiirc to sonic um *! ' uI juirpo .-u , fsr ih-j attempt to render them , orunimutnl i- * i : « w abanih ' -neu on : ill sides . The area is 10 he converted into a wiisun *; o .-dabli .-hnicjii fur the pm-r . who will be allowed fc > resort to inn . * oi ' the l « i * ia ? as a tub for c ' . ea' . iSiU ' . ' , aWl 10 the Other lor riu-iug . Ti . * .- s * . « -am engine will 10 Uvev hot Water into the inrincr , and siipidy tho luttei *
with cold , as iii-iuil Sof soap -vr . IS b . supplied by the-policeman on duty , who-c civility has loti £ Iiecrt the admiration of thu win .-le ih-i ghii ' . 'iii i ; o id . A iisie will he brought from the coil id rope at the top of the column , aud made fast to the hi . i ' e >•( George the Fourth ' s hoisc . for ihe purf-o-c or'drying tho clothe- ; ami ihe n .-iiinal himself will !«• 1 . 1 out as : « cl-jdieshorso , lor : » niig the finer sort ot " ihings . It is a ! s ? in contemplation to permit the use « f the basins . ; v & an early hour in ihe morning - , as public baths . The terms will he a lialljh-niiy ; i piuiigcl ' . irgrowupcrstms , : md three a-penny for rhilircii . A shower-bath under tho Fountain "ill lie charged according to time . I ' er .-ons reuuiring the water warm , will uie the right-hand 1 ms 11 ; those who are disposed to tuke it cool , way y > to the left .
Mkmouaui . k Days of Tin ; Month . —There are seveial days in the month •• ¦! ' February that will always be memocable in history . Thc first event ot ' at > y importance happened > m the 2 nd , when tea made its dibOi iu F . nul . nid in the year Jfil ' ti . It is sail "hemu .-t have heeu a hruve m .-m who tii ^ t jitc an oy < ier , " ami there ran be ' <» d ' . uihl that >! w was a courageous old lady who first uie 1 : 1 fiii |> of Tw .-mkay . The 5 : h of l-Vhruaiy will always he celebrated us the day mi which Sir H . i ' c * 1 was b on in 17 SS , and it is a curious fact , ' thai , ahout the " s «»; o Hum in the year IS-ItJ lie will be declared not to t . bom .. ! t . y the
Agricultural I'fiUectiouists . The 12 th will always he vunowitud us the day on which the »» * . ii > n » ' i debt wa » // est jnc ' tured so far hack as the year IShO . iJy a strange coincidence , the pla-jtii * hri . kc out i : i the same year in London . It would take up too much of our space to say what she tiatioiiai dci t was , at the tir-t infi'iuce , giving to . Ivnue thii k fjifit u origUvded in our juiviiy borrow-da juvci-oign from the House uf LaneasHr . Look , to your Oukac Tka . —'" If you please , Mrs . Smith , mother says will yon serdiM' a f-. * iv ie . i leaves if" " Yes , my dear , but you inu-t 1 t me have them back aeain , as 1 always :-ciis them . "
. lou . es . is Stm « v : s . —Over an inmuios ^ er ' sshop in the Minimi may he seen a ! ' uii-lc : ieth .-trtttie of Justice huliiiuo a pair of scales , inii ui > t <* rti >» : itely une scaie is ever . «) much lower than U . uut ' uvv . It only requires the two scales bcine . hi ' n-llei ! " rich" Mini " pout , " aud the j'ati'i * on ti e | result aj ; e is perfect . K . vnuutuu . vAKV Uu . vMMKu . —Several ostriches have heeii . seat , as presents liy the F . mj-viur w M- rtt . e . ' » t : > Lmiis Philippe . _ The p owers of (; i ;; c . > itio . i of these extraordinary nnjn , u ! s , since , ibcir ; ir-iv ; i ' , have Uxti very severely Volin , for , on uyiiic ihem with an oliieiai account uf Maishai liui-muii ' .- , \ iet-. rie- * . they actually swailoweil it . V ' or the i ' truio the Aiuerian dispatches are in . supersede t e n-t . 'it ; . > s' i ..-,:... Us ot tvupeuny nails ae . d doev-kii , ikir > Kmiw TuYSM . r . — li- ' s ail very \ ui . to -ay ' KiiOSY thyselt ; " but siipt-iisiuo yon Lever hi : d yourself at homo , hoiv are yon * i » jrd an imroeiicii-i ! ?
mkbmas * I ' oi . itkni ss . — " i lie . I >• -i :, V / i // -j Journal ilivcs the h'lowiu : ; anecdote . —'• Al . ui . i a v . vh a . o tiiu Ilukeo ! Na .-saii , wiiiie waihlnji en ti . e l .-si ! ii ! s of flit ) Rhine , ; ie , ' . 'r ilayeiee , a-h .-d a t » : t : mai ! v . S-cthet " the river eoav . nr . ctl in rise' ? ' Yon , ' i e , ii .: d the mar ., a .-sinu' a term equivalent to I'ari-tu ti e i / ' . tUc a . - - ' i-. p'd n >!> , ' have been walking . 'n ho , r ! < iv , aid a * k me • • hot ' icr the w .-ifcr rhh ; . " ' th- '/¦ ¦ Ice un-mi •• ' " »/ hiujiuu ; . ' . * lh . i you know wium yt . u ti «» -e hem ' aikimMo ? ' a .-hed a sccoiel JK-aimaii '¦ " t ' ; y ' : f * No ! Who was he :- ' ' Wh y it v . ; , * : i ; e Pohe o ! ^« S-¦~; ui ! ' ' Wcl , 1 am el .-nl ] ' w ; i .- » . ' . " i ;• ' ) - ' '¦ ' " ¦ siMt'i . B soLi'riu . y or tiik iolwu . ' . vci-M- - "' } 5 - ' - " ' iisiii . A . Mi am' aW- ' -i n- ' - ** All olistaele-. » .. » d divj }• »""• ¦
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 7, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_07021846/page/3/
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