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ESGLISU SUBSCRIPTIONS AND IRISH LANDLORDS . ( From the Examiner . ) «• The lives of the people are of paramount interest . " —Archbishop U'Eale's speech * i'Ed :: ; left to the chances of individual "benevolence . " —Letter of the Earl of ShnwAury to Father SutyJft . The sum total of Lord Londonderry ' s subscription at jfurtcnards , county Down , was £ 20 . The Marchioness aided £ 10 to her Lord ' s princely donation . The agent gen produced a set of resolution ! :, which had scarcely teen read , when the gentlemen composing the meeting siose , as if with one impulse , and left the place . "—Irish tefcr .
I'd been reading M'Hale and Lord Shrewsbury , With a puzzled and anxious mind ; And I thought the Ministry much to blame , And the English very uukind ; Till I dropt asleep , and wandering dreams ri :: jed tricks with my tired brain ; Auei 1 thought I stood at a " lie Dansant , " In Ho ' . rkrnesse house , Park-lane . I rrally felt exceedingly proud When I saw the company there ; The gentlemen nil , so straight and tall , Ani the ladies uncommonly fair . What with jewels , and satins , and chandeliers , ( As my home is both poor and plain , ) I n as thoroughly dazzled with all I saw , A ' . Holdinu-sse hous ? , Park-lane '
The conntcsses , counts , and duchesses , Might be reckoned tip by scores ; Ami t ' ae royal dukes . —and the common dukes , — Aui the -iu ' srs from foreign shores ; An ! the jewelled Marchioness herself , Ami all of Uie name of Vane , DiJ the honours well , of the Tligdattsant " In iloldernesse house , Park-lane . Folln , and val « e , and soft quadrille , Succeeded turn by turn—Th : re « as scarcely room for the nice new 6 teps Tucy took so much pains to learn . Anil ibe dancers fanned their rose-flushed ch < : eks , And the dandies drank champagne . ( Tea wasn ' t much sipped at the" The dantant , ") At Iloldcriicsse house , Park-lane .
Till , all at once ( as Lord Byron says ) , " A change came o ' er my dream , " And I thought that I was in Ireland , j > . tbe L-nvy ' s turbid stream ; And over the Shav-non , and far away , Among scenes of want and pain ( A . contrast dread to the " The dansant , " In llo ' . dercesse boose , Park lane ¦) Old tn < n lay starred , and gasping out Their remnant of wretched life , — Strer . g bands cnboncht provisions seized , VTit !« fierce and lanless stri ' e , — Aad forms with a jonng child ' s height , whose eyes AY ere full of oid age and p . iin , Cam ? roun-1 m «> , —instead of the forms I saw At iloldcrnesse house , Park-lane !
3 Iot ! ers vnth infants at the breast Stinted the babe fiat wailed , To : ;< v ! jish awhile an elder child Wlsose cheek had grown wan , and paled ; * TTith a piteous hope , half-starred themselves , Gaunt famine to restrain , — Aj ii s'rodi over the soil so far removed F . -o-ji HoMertesse house , Park-lane . Iloa-li'ss anil helpless' and fever-struck , Pr-wini : frcai day to day , De . vh swer-t them like leave * from ths autumn treca Wl . icU rot in the year ' * < J « cay : LU : « tUs plap'ie , i-j the time of great De To ? , Resistless in mi-ilst and mala : — ( Wliii-h I riad of one day in a gilt-edged book , I : i IIolO jrnesse house , Paik lane . ) Bet I flsil , in my dream , from Ltinster ' s gloom ,
And frotri Muster ' s murderous hands ; An >! f'om Conn ? . « ght ' s ragged , mournful crowds , Wrh tlicir sr ' iastljr outstretched hands , Tie Northern Ulster ' s better hop ? , An ! its less amount of j > aia . — Wher- on ? of fie Lords was the lord I knew At Ilo'di-mcsse house . Park lane . ile-jatains of Morne . how fair ye rose As ray grievsO soal floated pjst ! How sUvsrv calm laj Stran ; ford Lough , Ar . ii the " Wae lough of Belfast ! Hot the scattered town of Xewtownarils Shone out in the sun in rain : Wi : ire they net to bear the subscriptions read Tr ^ ni the Kuldirnesss house , Park laue . The Mtrqnis allotted them twenty pounds
And th « Murciiioness ? ave ten mure ; I tho's . ' ht of tbe scenr-s I had travelled through , A ::-: i the sight I aad seen before : I t ! i ., ; : ght of the skelitoas , fevcr-sick , AViiii their hollow fyes of p in , — An
I Ihorzht how tiie ? said in the newspapers Tliht t ! ie Irish svtr * drini ; of want , An-1 t ' nt it was -h useful to set any bounds To : he . « nm m" O \ e Government prant ; J . v . i' i'o-. v a Qusen ' s letter was going fortb , Vi" ; .-i cojiiuivnts most clear and plaiu , Jit : iuz subscriptions—like that of thj Lord C » IIoHernesse house , Park-line . I t l ; . v .: ; i ! ithojv many had so subscribed , Wh ; i ware nut the soss of the soil , How many , no frasaent ef luxury , Bui an alms from their daiiy toil . Tin 2 nJ ?' = —and printers—and baiilrers ' clerks An' ! tra festsun—whose names ( in vr . inl ) Had ? : :: n esac : pi- * , in newspaper lists , Ty H-jlicrns'se house , Park-lane .
An ! Itb"u ; ht it « a ? very preposterous , That Ireland should fret and sc&ld , As-311 Hu ' e complain of the Government , Aad Lord Surew&ury pive our gol . l , When an Iiishl-. ndlnrd thinks it fair To subscribe , with toe heiress of Vane , A tithe of t ! ie co-t of a " Thed-jutsant , " In H-jiil-.-incssc house , Park-lan * :.
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CHRONICLES OF THE BASTILE .-Parts 1 2 3 , second tiries . Lw . don : T . C . Kewby , 72 , Mortime . - Sine :, Cavi ndhh Squire . ( Cor : ' . ! 3 !! e ( 3 frrm the Northern Star of Feb . 13 th . ) , \* ? f-W * ' - the presejii certain comments we Su&al ! :: d Qiir . i ] to wake on ttc views expreai- hy ;| , a author f-f this work coricerniHf the priE £ :, .:-. l characters cf ilia French Revolution . For tfce pr : - « r . wa sha ' . l confine ourselves to estraetins one ( v ! . ' . - . . | ia-s .-, -cs which are both interest ' in" and nnobjvttiona » = Ic-. "
^ IIS EVE OF THE © BEAT REVOLCTIOS . i Cam e . i : ne into the market in such small quantities , that it : taclsed aa ur , pr « ced » utod price , lor only the rich COuW v-srcl-afeit ; and even th » y tesat . to complain of the et-roitunt rate at which this necessary article of consul : v ' . iou was retailed . The people , meanwhile , ¦ we re d ; -i .. j by hundreds ; famished groups beseuhe inartet-i-1 . c ;* , and attacked the provision carts as they came in ; day afttr Cay the baker ** shops were pillaged , in spite of the pxe :-euce of t 5 : e soiaiery , nho , themstlveE , ssarcciy better fid , i ff red but feeble resistance to the maliit' .: 4 e ; fir ? t , because they were sick at heart of the dreadful caiu ;^ that was csrtaiu to ensue , and , seconnly , btcause their « wn cravings inspir . d them with
con : m : ? t : auon f . r the sufferiegs of their Mlow-men . Thecurnmaii ; et itftJf was guarded day and night t > v an ovtr-pDweriii " mi itary force , and buyers were , in like rnanm-r , e ^ ccrtci ! theace , to tlieir houses or their shops ; DQt co-.-. i . hst ! . ! ii . inst : es = precanti < . ns , and tbe s ^ cresy Obstrv . i h y corn Kicaopolists , in the tnuisponiaz of their ir ., rchau- ! : f . oru various ^ rte of the country , ( whcresi . cyhaditingjrntt ) to the capital , thtir waegons w T * frequently way-laM , aiid pluad ^ r . d , tnd the cenwc :-: rsmurd-Ted . In va . u the Gavfrnment rsta-Dlis .: c < l a committee of 5 ubsist ; nce at the Ilotel-de-VUle With brunch cou ! R ; i ; tees in every qanrtcr of Paris for flu parpjm of fiistr ^ utirg bread , tnd potatoes , « nd othir load , MMKt the people , the quantity proved altogether annOi-i-nt : th ^ cry « asst 11— "Bread ! Bre ^ d !" Vhst aJd . d to the diS ; r , ss prevalent in ' the capital . ™ ' \ i * " T ™^™ ° S ^ d by the constant JJ 111 ' * * — f *^ " * ft 4 ^ W ^« ¦¦¦¦^ flocked turner iu
thelorton hope of procurin- the food that was nnattainaH ; in their own exhausted districts-^ sya r ^ 'd-a ; . dwi ! b some chow of reason—that the Jieat having be .-n bought up tosuppj j the , eat of the J-cu riMdOo- tnimeu ^ thev ih OUld , COuhenUBntly , find fiere . evrr variieie of aliment in abundanst ' : tbe roads Trerrc ,, n : ; , ; ttelyblotka ! edby these poor creatures , who sax . j ! S - . aliop ? , that once in Paris they should fall into « - » -l »< f plenty , and their miseries would termiaate aarcuwa thi iKii . uier . eies of that bitter season , » s « ave . k ,-5 , with t ! ie Oasis in view , biave the t .-rtuns of crou ^ ht in the r . rid desert . Hundreds died of cold aud exhauitioub . tr the way-side ; mothers were left childless ; cnilLrea , riosht-jlcss : the strong man , who quitted his cumj l- aome , ! : unc 3 t , wiisnot proof against the teuipta-« ons tU » . , d ,, Tiag , | js pa , , marc ]| i and be > came ^ vi . bV ; er fioai necessity : Lunger uned him to take oj furoe Kj , at h ,- could cot procure f ., r the labour of his Sana ? , or furf :: e . « c : ; t . ! v nittat . ee with which that labour
was K-iiiuBerat- . d ; whilst those v . lis evan possessed small ^ )* 1-oon «;'' ia « : edtbc ! r resources , and joimd their equa .: y ( I . . stitatt and daptr-te fellow-men in bold ven-« res it stalch tf fo £ ) d for , heip crj . j . cngg . re » uu was , fr £ qutnt tkirm ' shes with the mUittry . orwith « i *!! era ttciastlrci , who 8 cnght to protect their ysrarircm piila-,. : bloodshed no longer appalled : mm ^ ere powa recklcjsofHff j and cared not Uon they
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quitted it : nor did thing * improve as they , approached the capital ; on the contrary : and as their hopes vanislied , theje unfortunate ! became more desperate and threw thsuHelm , headlong , into the faction tha ' t ac corded best with their tfews ; hence , Paris tctraed with discontents of ever / station , ready to conn . it excesse » of any kind soever ; men restrained by no ties of family or kindred for these they had foresworn ; men uncurbed by fear of thelatM , for these were arbitrary , and their new instructors taught them to believe , iniquitous . men , who no longer venerated the institutions of the country , for these « ere contemned b , the very peonages who ought to have upheld them : in a word , men who were survifg ; and « hom that one cause alone rendered impatient , and calou , , and ardent for any change that promised to introduce a healthier and more equitable system of governmtnt . l : thing * Impro as they , approached
The political excitement , too . was terrible . Sedition stalked through the streets , at broad noon : treason showed a bold front at court , and * m ote royalty on the check : th * Jacobius had their rittmgs in the public market-place : the Girondhts . the Montagnards , and the Briiiotins—so named from the head of this party , one Jrau Pitrre Brissot : all Republicans , but differing in the violence of their creed , frequented the most popular Cafes , parading their opinions , without the shadow of a scruple : whilst a yet more democratic faction , whose real leader remained unknown , although suspected , constituted tuc Palais-Royal is head-quarters , and at the Cafe Foy , heW , under the auspices of Camille Desmou-Hns , public lectures upon ihe social system , as propounded by Jean-Jacques Rousseau . The next extract we select for its admirable
description ot the Bustilc , whnh occurs in a chapter narratinii how one " Philip of Lutetia" ( the hero of the work ) paid a visit to the Bastile for his own pleasure ; and remained there for the pleasure of the governor . Philip seeks admission to the B as tile to see a prisoner , which admission is granted tor the purpose tit' euirapphiij him , be being a marked victim . THE BASTILE . When he reached tbe entrance-gate of the grim fortress tiiat overlooked this part of Paris—like a grey , stone giaut , ready , at any time , to devour the terrified inhabitants—he became aware of a moiethan ordinary bustle and commotion ; large covered carte , heavily laden , were going in , auti their counter parts , minus the lo » d , coming
out ; groups of soldiers were under arms outside , and other grnup 3 were under arms in the court yard ; with some difficulty , and not without a shudder , he passed the sentry : to enquire after a prisoner , at last sufficed , und he entered . Here other objects met his view : stacks of muskets piled np all round the court , heaps of paving stones lying about in every direction , cannon balU of various sizes arranged in small cones , field pieces tilted up in the corners against thewal g , and disposed of in any way to mr-ke room ; billets of wood shot out of carts , and piles of tow , just emptied out of sacks ; rammers and mops , aud little bags , very tightly sewn up , and very closely crammed with what appeared to be marbles ; and a little further on , puarJed by a couple of sentinels , a multitude of obloiig cases partially covered with straw
and some 09 or more small barrels . the la-ad of outs whercot having , by so : ne ai-cidcut been forced out , a portion of its contents were strewn about , leaving a long trail of tiny black grains , which , trodden into the snow , shelved like a dingy snske , its tail beginning at the outer gate , and its head marked by a broad splash where the barr . l was cast down . Iu anothercorner a number of trusses of hay and straw serve-d as a couch for a score of soldiers , who were loungiug luxuriously upon fntm ; some playing at dice for straws , others drinking ; more dohig nothing at ail but looking listlessly about ; all this our hero noted (> u his nay through the first court—that of the Elin , or Eutry-court—and as he stood at the foot of the first drawbridge Striving t > pass the sentinel , for buyond this boundary strangers were not allowed .
The < flicer en eiuty at this out-post having ascertained Philip ' s errand , and received his res ;; ectlul nussuge to the G jvi-rnur , despatched his orderly into the interior of the fortress , the Governor being at that moment in the Council-chamber . : In the course of » quarter of an hour the man returned , and greatly to the officer's astouisliuient , handed him a wri ten permission to admit the applicant , with further instructions to ncconl him the honour of a guard of four men to the Council-chamber . Philip botml , and p : sstu through liie puard-uouse , imtneuintely after , having the disagreeable satisfaction of seeing the drawbridge secured ; however , as he had heard of ; ke- special precautions cbicrred in similar cases , he regarded tiiis as an or . iiaary occurrence , and diil not P ' . rmit it to diitnrb his tquaniraitv .
After crossing the first drawbridge , over f . ie smaller moat , and pas-iiig by tiie two sentry bo \ rs at the loot of it . each containing a particularly vigilant-lucking sentinel , he eaiic into the ss / con-i court , called the GovirnorVci » urt , from the G . iveri : ur * s house being situated at the end cf it ; this th < y traversed , and turning sharp round ; o the l . ft , rcsciicU a standing bridge juttiug out into the great moat that encompass-, d tke fortress , and up in which fell the great drawiridgc communicating nii ' u the principal gate , aud the maiu hoij of the edifice .
It was a grim place to go in at , bt-twesa those two mapsiva towers , briiiling with catnon , and rising on each side of the bridge like twin giants , stationed there to prevent anybody from going in , or when once in , from coniing out . The large- tl . or , studded with heavy clouted nails , f ccmed . ifUieted with iron pimples , und ' swung back upon its rusty hinges , with a heavy grating ch . tchle , that brought a chiil orer Piiilip , making l :: rn feel as though his warm W"od were suddenly bsint ; pumped out of his ve-ia ? , » nd in its place icy water pumped into them , through ths soW-s of his t ' est . The corporal of the gusru under whose escort be was , row exchanged the pass-word with the sentinel on duty here , behind uu iron wicket , aad the party was fairly ir . si . ie the Uasiile .
The great door closed upon thaui , as creakily as it hnd opened ; aud they now traversed the entrancc-guardhouse , ( corps-clc-gardc «' enfre «) with its complement of sis sentinels and a subaltern , till their further progress vms impeded by a second iron wicket , in the spaca between . which and a second stro : ig door within two more sentinels paced backwards and fonvarJs , like tiro human pendulums . Both the-so barriers op ^ ucJ to them , upon tin : delivery of the pass-word by the corporal affording them admission into a short , narroiv stons passage , whence the light of day was wholly excluded , and whera th « darknt's » of the night was but barelj reliertii by a dismal oil-latnp , which threw out a
putigeat , oilVnsive smoke , in it 3 sputtering attempts to make a fluuie out of the rank f . » t that served it forar . rr . ent . At the end of this pa :-age , another thick door , iron -haired , ausVanother wicket , opened into the sscoud entrance guard house , likewise maimed by six sentinels anil a subaltern ; this was crossed in turn , and a fourth barrjar , similar in all respects to the for .-nvr , liassedalso , brought them into a very n = rrow spac ::, ilivldcil from tiie great Inner Court by a fifth wicket , which , though closed , coifisnnuJed the entire court aforesaid , so that tha s : ; it : nel on duty hero could see all that occurred . The corpurai ' s open sesame" duly pronounced , I'hilip was n-cwrted through the wicket , d «/ wn five stips aud into the great Court of the Interior . '
Heh . nl passed twu towers , on entering , namely , that ofihti Co / site , and de la Baz ' miei-e ; he now passed those of th .: T . ctor , and de la Uertaudiire , which , with the to . ver of the Chapel , and that of Liberty , torsaed the bouiiuury of the Great Court , its northern limit being a new 1 'Ui ( iitig rrcctcil bj Monsieurdu Sutinys , Licuteuant of Poi : c 2 duriuj the iatter jiortivn of the r « ign cf Louis 5 V .: and towards which they wire now advancing . B = irig arrivt . 1 before a ponderous , square door , painted a saga green , they weie challenged by a s ' . n : i (> el , and then ushered into an entrance guard-house , previously to tin ir admittance , through uii'ithcr door , to a flight oi twenty-five stairs , wh'ch brought them into a large room , about thirty feet long by twenty in width , aud fiftceu in Iteigth : tb's was the new cou&cil-chaiubsr .
PKilipthougthe had never in his life beheld an apartment so inirer . it le in every respect ; it wes dark and cold , ar . d altogether devoid t > f furniture ; with the sole exception of one chair for the Governor ' s accomodation , and an oaken ta '* K The wnlls we're un-whitewashed , the windows unpainted , aud the laUtr stionjily barred ; tbe atmosphere was redolsnt of dust and mildew , a kind of earthy Bmell predominating , pi cul ar to grave-yar . ig , or to vaults beneath a church : long cobwebs depended from tlu- ceiling , flopping to and fro in the draught , whtn the door was set open ; wi . iht , in a remote corner , the ilin shrir . lled legs and head of a spider , dangled from a beam , ns though the poor wretch had hung itself in a lit of dtfpiir .
The Covirnor , Jvurdain i ! ar < juis De Lannay who drtrr his first I rcath in thisMtieoiu den—was alone when Philip entered , lie was a man of about fifty years of age , with sura , liarsk features , aud a shutter expression of countenance ; his eyes wire dark , cunning , and rcst-Itss ; but when they became fixed upon a prisoner , it scettiuil as though they would never blink again , so stead , fast was their gazs . He was rstlicr tall of stature , and of au erect , military caninge , with a frame eUrtmcly nell-kBit , combining st . tnijtli without n : as » ivenets ; his cosiuaia was that of tbji Mov ^ uetairs Nous , of which regiment he was Colonel ; this . corps being specially devoted to the service of the Bastile . " So , young man , " sa :. he , p . fier returning Philip ' s salutation , a la militaife ; " you have done well to sava us the trouble of hunting you uu !"
Pnilip starte . d ; as well ha night ; aad wag rather puzzWd v . hetlu-r to understand this « s an exceedingly ba as sujn mli « htencd . " Tou appear suryrisc-tj 1 " resumed Monsieur De Lannsy : ' -an : you not awara that a Uttre-de cachet was lodged against you last n ght 5 " "Good God ! " ejacuUttd the young man : "then 1 ara a prison r !" "Exactly so , " replied tl . e Governor ; with extreme urbanity , ' the Bastile is a famous place to cool hot blood . "
NoU-t ! ist : iiid ! ng his unfortunate position , he could not hc-lp remarking the solidity of the UrribL- fortress whose y ery name urwfe such terror into the hearts of the P « is . Kin *; as he a . U so , his heart sank within him for escape Htmedl ^ kss-, ana when the pnr . d rous doer of the Tower of the Coraer c o . ei upon him . he felt that he wjs inaeoilcut off from the world , and from all he loved dtar ^ t in it , aud that defpair and he were now to dwell together .
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THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL .-Pari xm . Lon . don : J . Bennett , 69 , Fleet Street . This is the first part of the third volume of the People ' s Journal , which , according to the announcement of the editor , has now a sale of twenty thousand copies weekly . Same excellent articles by Joseph Mazzini , Julia Kavanagh , Harriet Martineau , L . Mariotti , and several other able writers are continued in this Part . The eloquent article on " Cracow , " by Joseph Mazzini , we transferred to our columns some weeks a » o . The same writer ' s article top ¦ pp / ipt-co tattom . t ^ t .-
on " The European Question" we do not like so well . From the preceding article we had been led to expect that Mr . Mazzini would haveshown the means by which the friends of liberty iu countries comparatively free , like England , might best serve the catuo of progress , and aid the Poles and other oppressed nations in their efforts to redeem themselves ; but this expectation is not realized in the article headed "The European Question , " which is a mass of generalities without practical ends , that we can discover . Thei Mowing extract contains the germ of Mr . Mazzini ' ssecond article : —
I am not aware if many Englishmen in the present day occupy themselves with the coudition of the people o Europe , and theirprobable future ; and what ! see of tuo opinions on foreign affairs uttered by tha press , inclines me to thiiik the contrary . But one thing I know , and all s « ii « usmen on tfce Ctntinent know it with me ; it is that Europe rapidl y approaches a tremendous criais ; a supreme contest between peoples « nd their despots , which no human power can henceforth hinder , but which the active concurrence of all tho brave and good would rmder shorter ami less severe , and whose fiual mult will be a new map of Euro-e .
There is a literary curiosity contained in this part entitled "A . Polish I ' oet ' s Impressions ot Russia , " being a translated fragment from the "Dziady , " or , Feast of the Dead , " of Adam Mickiewicz . One of tho most interesting articles in this Fart is that on " 1 he Literature of the French Working Classes , " by Julia Kavanagh , from which we extract thefollowiugnotices of t-ie people ' s poets : —
BERANOEB . The most eminent of the modern French writers are sprung from the people , to whom their humble origin , as well as their genius , has contributed to endear them . Eeranger , the songster , stands at the head of French popular literature . No man of the people has ever written more exclusively for the people : his sympathies are all for them ; and whilst the grace ^ aiid purity of his stylo would have allowed him to aspire , if not to a higher , at least to a more refined fame , he has never sought any applause beyond that of the hardy and Industrious race from which he has arisen . Ber : inger is , nevertheless , one of the first poets of France ; and , though apart by his peculiarities from them all , he ranks fully as high aa Chateaubriand , Hugo , and Lmnartinc .
The origin and life of Stranger are 9 uch as to explain tbe popular tendency of his writings and the admiration bestowed upon them by almost every class in France . He is the son of a tailor , aud began life as clerk in a banking house . Some songs which he sent to Napoleon ' s brother , t-ucien Bonaparte , first brought him into notice . Lucieu , delighted with the poet ' s efforts , gave him much encouragement . On leaving France , after his quarrel with Na . poh'on , he did not forget his protego , but . with as much de-lic . icy as kindness , he transferred to him tis right to the jenrly pension of £ 60 , to which , as a member of the Academy , he wa * entitled ; thus placing him above want , without compromisin g his independence . In the preface to one of tho last editions , of his works , Beranger has himself recorded this fact with fculiugs of deep but dignifled gratitude towards his benefactor .
It was after the fail of Napoleon that Beranger rose lo the ht ii » lit of his fame and pupularity . The forced return of tha Bourbons , the humiliated and degraded condition of France after a career of unexampled glory and splendour , brooded on his mind , until he pave his feelings free v « nt i . i mnny a bitt-. r and satirical effusion . Forgetting the faults and oppression of Napoleon in his misfortunes , he saw but the fame he had bestowed upon France , and the lonel y rock on which he was ( loomed to die . The political tendency of his songs caused many of them to be
prohibited , and himself to be fined and imprisoned on different oce-asions . Such a course prothueil the results it mu > t ever have- ; the forbidden strains were sung in defiance of every authority , and Beranger was hailed as : i martyr to the popular cause . Notwithstanding the nature of his popularity , no man ij , bowev . r , of a more unassuming aiid retiring disposition , or rr . ore independent , even of those on whom it depend ? , than Bi-ranger . With , out hem ;; extravagant he has remained poor , and in u country where almost ali the literary nion arc rich ; this sp-. aks strongl y for his honourable Uisinurejtediiiss .
HEB 0 UL , THE BAKER OF XISME 3 . The genius of Keboul is of a wholly t ' . ifforsrnt stamp from that » f Beraagi-r . It is mild , pleasing aud sometimes exquisitely poetical . * * * The tithi of " bnkcr" is a true one . Eeboul has relinquished neither his tniie nor his siiop . lie is still the most poetical baker of France . Alexandra Dumas once related thatXvhen passing throughNismcs he calle .-l upon him at rather an t arly hour ef tha day , and found him in his shop covered with'flour . « Reboul received him politely and betraved noembMrassmcnt . "In the morrin ; :, " said he with a smile , " I trust attend to the trade , but if you will be so kind as to call agtiin in the afternoon I shall be free to receive you . " Alexandre Dumas did so , and found him true to hi ? word , waiting for him in an elt-gatit little study over his sin p . In this study was a handsome library filled with the * popular works of the day . A more preciousc-. llei-tinii ckiM seldom havebee-n found " j it consisted uf copies given to Il ^ i oul with autographs and expressions of admiration from tiie authors
Sime the epoch wh ' . nhe first appeared bi-fore the public , Ke-boul ' -i career has been one of happiness nnd prosperity . His poetry , though beautiful and harmonious , off .-rs , however , little variety . Ilis writings are certainly elegant and refined , but they do not display : i snfncicntlv di ep and natural fee-ling to ever render his name widely known to the people , although their purity of stjle and poetical tn ^ rit certainly fully justify the success they have obtained . JASMIX , ME BUiBEA OF PROVENCE . Though he liiiTers considerably both from Reboul and Berange-r , Jasmin has m-ru of the iatter than of the first As his poems afe mostly compositl in th « Provencal dialect—for he is a native' of . thc south of France — they are not very popular . Sumo of them , written in excellent Frt-mUi , iira better kiv . wn . Jasmin is a barber . Jasmin though simple as a child in ordinary lif-, displujs in his writings , with some pathos and satire of the- ancient
Provencal troubadouri , no small p'lrtinn of the shrewdness and wit attributedby tradition to those ofhis calling . For a long time the barber ' s jieniu ? remained unstispi-ctoti , though the ladies whose hair ho dressed occasionally complained that their curl papers wore always covtrcii with writing , and , as it afterwards turnc . l cut , with verses . One of those poetical fragineuts , which Cell by accide > nt into the hands of th « celebrated Charles Nodier , brought Jasmin into notice several years back . He wss then somewhat advanced in life , ami having , as a barber , earned a comfortable independence , he resolved to devote himself entirely to literature ; , showing his lock of nn . l . ition by writing in the dialect which tho peasants ol his native province couU n ! otie unctcrstnud , sooner than in the elegant French of the napital . It is , doubtless , owing to this patriotic feeling that Jasmin—who ha . ibeen named master of the poetical academy of the fWal games of Toulouse—enjoys ) in bis native province a popularity , which for being circumscribed is not the less deep or
real . Yt e wish the writer of tho article from which we have culled She nb > ve extracts , would favmr the readers of the People ' s Journal with translations of some of the best of Beransger ' s coni ^ oai lions , and other popular French melodies .
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MACKENZIE'S MONTHLY RAILWAY TABLES ; ADVERTISER AND STRANGER'S LONDON GUIDE . This immens ! Penny Sheet continues its useful and we trust we may ad » l successful career . Tho number for February contains in addition to the Time-tables of all the Railways , a mass of valuaJil- ; information of the first importance to stra < . ger 3 visiting London , and travellers generally . " A fool and his money is aoon parted " may be truly said of every b . oby w ! io . will give six-V-cncefor informatien ho mnyobt-iin for ono penny by purchasing Mr . Mackenzie ' s sheet . A word to the wiso suflketh !
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— __„ IRELAND ! THE IMPERATIVE NE 0 E 381 TY OF A UNIVERSAL AND ENERGETIC POPULAR AGITATION IN ITS BEHALF . ( From , Howitt ' s Journal . ) - We had hoped that the time was come when the frightful mass of Irish misery before our eyes would rouse England , not only to acts of present benevolence , but ot tuture and permanent justice . We did hope that now all party feeling would perish in the gult of national destitution opened at our feet ; that all temporizing would cease ; that all good men , of all ranks and opinions , would unite to prevent the recurronca of such a spectacle as this winter
hasunfolded , of a portion ef tbe richest , tho wisest , the most benevolent nation in the world , presenting a scene of horrors such as no other nation in the world can parallel . But our hopes were vain ; the measures proposed by ministers in Parliament show us too plainly that neither Parliament nor ministers are prepared to go to the bottom of the Irish evils , and to apply to them a real and sufficient remedy . The evils that exist will , therefore , continue to exist ; tho calamities , the famine , the perishing of whole families ot starvation , and in utter nakedness , on tlieir own hearths , will ba but postponed , to revive in tuturo winters with aggravated horrors . The sore that goes down to tho very bone oi" Ireland is only to be plastered over ; it h not to be probed , and thorougly cleansed , and healed . Wo arc to have
palliatives , not remedies ; we arc lo have quackery , and not cure . We call upon the people ofl £ n « laiid to awake , arise , and prevent this mischief . We call upon them , as they value the name of Englishmenas they ! wsh to bs teal men and Christians—to stand forth as one man and one mind , and declare that tins s ) stem of fatal procrastination shall end . It is you , people of England , that must answer to God and man for the future fate of Ireland . It is you that must now say whether the evils that bear down that wretched country , and that rob the poor niau of this , tu heip—and vainly heip , under present circumstances—to keep it on the mere surface of existence , shall be put an end to , or slmll be left to anindeBnite period and an augmented malignity . From both God auu nature ) ou have now had warning ; and woetu you , and to us allif jou do not take it !
, \\ hat arc the remedies proposed by Lord John Russell ? To yraut money to tuo Irish landlords , to improve tlieir estates ; and to give some undescribed mouiik-ation of the present absurd Irish Poor Law . A more wretched farce was never attempted to be piayed , instead of a great , a wise , and successful politica deed done . What and who are these Irish landlords ? Are they meu who have ever shown , as abudy , any dtspo ition to improve their estates ? There are some few brilliant exceptions ; and these exceptions don't want help—don't want your money . Their improvements havss enriched thorn , and rendered eleemosynary aid needless . Such are Lords Lansdowne and ruzwilliam , _ Wallseourt , Lord Georgo Hill , of
Gwctdor , etc . But the body ot the Irish landlords aro , without question , the most reckless , the most proud , the most hardened and thriftless race of men iu existence . We rejoice to see that now nearly the whole Press of England has come to this necessary discovery , aud avowal of it . These landlords have : lived amongst tlieir starving neighbours , and on their starved estates , for ages , without an attempt to improve them , and to employ the people . From the very invasion of Strongbow , the Irish landlords have do : ; e nothing , or next to nothing , towards enclosing their wastes , draining their bogs , and cultivating their estates . They have neglected the very fisheries , and instead of busy fishing-towus , have vast extents of .-olitary coasts . Tiny have done nothing ; but lie liku bi g doys , in the manger , icllo themselves , and preventing otlicr * from doing anything . Ilenc , nearly half of Ireland is a bog , or a desert . There are four and a half million acres of waatc . From
time to time they have had large gmnts irom tins country to aid them in their dillieultics ; but when did they ever repay a penny of it ? From time to timewchavo been called on to send government help to the poor IrMi ; and where has the cash gone to ? To Paris , or Vienna , or Rome , or Naples , the very next summer . To snell that beggarly state which Irish landlords mtintain in rivalry to each other , while their neighbours are living in cabins worse than do < i-konnel !< , and on offal that they would not give to their own hounds . If these Irish , landlords had ever spent the money they have repeatedly had from us on their estatesif they had not paid a shilling of it back—we h « ul lon ! j ago been gainers by it , and Ireland had been now a gai den , and uot a bog—a paradise , and not a Golgutha . And to these very men Lord John Russell wyuM now scnthnure money , to ease the distresses ol the Irish pconle !
Countrymen ! we do not want a landlords measure ; we want a people ' s measure . We do not want more money flinging into that gulf where it yet never did any good , and nut of which it never rose againtiie maw of an Irish landlord ; wo want money bestowiiiijoa the people of Ireland ; wo want hind beslowin- ; on the people of Ireland ; and that money must , come out of the pockets of Vlie Irish landlords ; and that land is lying all over Ireland ready for occupation , but still unoccupied ; ready for culture , but uncultured ; ready for draining , but uudraincd ; ready to make a busy and a happy people , but lying a dreary desert in tho midst of a famishing nation . L' -rd L ' . instlo-. vnc tells you that one acre of potato » r . 'mnd in Iiv ' and costs £ 10 rental , and yet that Tour
mil linns ar . d a naif of such land lies waste ! Countrynicii ! you must take that land—it is yours and God ' s—and yivc it to its true owners—the Irish people . Let the cry of O'Connoll be realized—let " Ireland hi for the Irish . " These Irish landlords tell you that these lauds are theirc . It is false : they aro God ' s and Irishmen's . Where are their titles ? They ara certain musty parchments—it' they have even these . But the title of the Irish people is the right to live ! Life , and not yellow crumbling sheepskins , are the srar . d title to the land , nuil that title must ho as-erted—ay , asserted by the people of England . We must tell the Irish landlords and the world , that , whatever titles their fathers had in the latv . l that has never been cultivated , is now become
void , ' 1 hey have lost tho whole by neglect of occupation . They have neglected to fulfil the conditions : in whHi they received it—that they should occupy and cultivate it , and make it of benefit to the cominonwcal . We have invaded many nations in many regions of the earth , and seized on them , and driven oiife tlia aborigines ; and justified ourselves by the declaration that the only true title to land is occupation—not merely wandering over it . We musi put that doctrine in force at homo ; and every acre of land , not merely such as is not worth 2 s . Gd . per acre , ns Lord John Russell says , but ail that has not jet » een occuoied . must now be oeeumetl by and for the
Pfti ; le . In Prussia , the case was beginning , in the last generation , to be like the case of Ireland . The aristocracy lived on large rslates . and tho people starved on nothing . The king put the matter into tLe haiid * of Count Ilanlenberg , and Ilanlenbcrg at once ordered tho aviatoei'iiey to givo up ihe greater portion of their estates to the people ; and these estates were quietly given up , and divided amongst ! ho peasantry . What was tho effect ? It was speedy and universal prosperity ! To a dronish and useless race of great landlords succeeded a race of small proprietors , who worked with glad alacrity on the soil winch was their own ; aud tlio country now is a ¦ gardon . populous , tliriviuti , and powerful .
• That is ' what must bo done in Ireland . That is the first and greatest measure . The second is . You must give to Ireland a wise and eflieient Poor Law . You havo given it , instead of that , " a mockery , a ( iclusinn , and a snare . " You havo given it a law which makes it optional who shall receive relief ; which refuses it to . all but the old and decrepit , as if tLe starving and utterly destitute were worthy of no resource . The law , therefore , is an abortion and an insult . It saya to the starving , "You must perish because you are young ; or because you arc able-bodied ; or because you are not a hundred years of aye . Don ' t tell us that there is not a potato in the country , or a rag in the village , to cover any one of you—you ought to die , and are to die , because you are young , or have a good constitution , or a lar-ie family ,, All theso things arc crimes of the dcepe 3 t dye in tho eyof of the English government !"
These are the atrocious declarations which the Irish Poor Law makes on your behalf . Countrymen ! you must alter this . You must plant the English Poor Law , so far as it give * a full claim on the land in Ireland ; you must make it " a great fact" there , that every man that can work must have work , or must to led . When that is done , th . cn the ere . it change will come . Then all the drones of Irish landlords will be up at ence , each buzzing lustily . They will buzz in anger , but they will aUo b ; zz in selfdefence . I hey must , according to the old adage , " work , or ba worried . " They must set the people to work on their lands , in order to find the means of maintaining them ; and these lands , once cultivated , will maintain all . Thewaste reclaimed , tho enclosed cultivated , there will be plenty instead of famine , and dances on the green instead of dead bodies on the lisar-lh .
Hut will Lord John Russell do this ? No ; he neither will nor can without your propulsion . , W'tj 1 y ° " . then , Englishmen , it rests , whether Ireland shall now be dealt with effectually or not . If you are not up and determined , you will leave ages of misery to your children , and pauperism to Ireland . \ ou nuiBt turn out , and call public meetings in every town , and pour petitions , and those strong ones , into Parliament by thousands , that Ireland-may have an effective Poor Law—that Irishmen may havo the wasto lands , Mid that England may ceaso to ba at onee a great foolish pelican , feeding her Irish children out of her own life's blood . Now is the day and thehour for doing what must be done , if we do not desire again and again to witness the existence of far more misery than wo now affeot bo deeply to deplore . William Howiit .
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Chub Machine . —A Frenchman ha * invented a i ttlo - " laol » no for manufacturing cigars from coram ?» k £ tobacco . Into a tube of wood is inserted a rtnSi . JK 15 er ' ? hich is tlle » ^ tened at the top by ! ffiffi n & ferule s in this a cup is inserteu to lam odunti ° f v , » l . hic . P rcs 3 ed d ° ™ wltI » » cXS aw . h fi l ' atKl fom 8 a cheroot ' niriS sincTt I ! , traore and Paper says that a few if « i , ; , i ; ,, i , ~ t u ... £ » cKie . 1 he mouse made for
[ gssssss Lunak Halo . -A splendid lunar halo , of a vellnw or straw colour , and accompanied by f aintindca ttons of a paraselenon or mockmoon , was observed ^ TfiSS ? cvenins of the 28 tu ul " S Mbxican Privateers . —It is understood that three Mexican privateers have been fitted out and dispatched . They sailed under , Spanish names . The object is said to be to stop outward bound American shipping which may have specie on board . The report , or , the fact , is already creating a dilficultv in insurances
. Thk Army . —The government have determined to reduce the force serving in North America to the extent of two regiments , and the 52 nd Light Infantry and 81 st Foot will accordingly come home next spring . TnEGovEnsoR-GKSRttALOp India . —We can confidently repeat tho assertion which jwe lately made in our Gazette , relative to the return to this country of Viscount llardinge , the present governor-general of lnuia . nla lordshi p will arrive in England the beginmn » of next year . —United Service Gazette . . " ST ? Pi-eet . —At the foundry of Maria Zell , '" atyria , many Paixharn mortars are being cast for the Austrian government , which wishes to place its fleet more upon a footing with the navies of other countries .
Lono Yarns . —King James the First was wont to deliver to his Parliament as long and as pro 3 y speeches as the messages of a Pol k or Tyler . Going Ahead . — A train on the Great Western Railway was , a few days ago , urged at the astonishing speed ofseventy-two miles an hour . The Chartists' Lasb . — Mr . Feargus O'Connor was the purchaser of the Hathon estntc in Worcestershire and Herefordshire , sold a few days sinco . The price was £ 20 , 000 . —Leeds Mercury . American Dialogue . —A gentleman addressed the lady next him , " Ma ' am , are you going to Bosting ( Boston ) ri ght off ? " She answered , "No , Mr , I reckon I'll make considerable of a circumlocution first . "
Stopped Payment . —Th 9 ; firm of Bo and Co ., silkmanufacturers at Leghorn , have stopped pavsaent . 1 heir liabilities in London and Manchester are " stated to amount to between £ 40 , 000 and £ 50 000 Extreme Aois .-On Sunday last , Jane Clifford , ot Yeovil Marsh , aged 107 years was buried at Mudil ford , at her own request , and in the same grave which received her first husband ' s remairs in 1785 A Street Flowing with Bker . —On Friday morning earJy one of the waggons loaded with beer be-Inngins to the Sectch brewery , broke down on the Ili £ h Bridge , Lynn , . when several barrels burst , and als'i a cask of rum , when the whole , or greater part ot tho liquor in them flowed down the channel of the street . Lonof . vity . — On Wednesday , the 10 th insfc ., dica in St . riinnias ' s . Hospital , Dbneaster , Fanny Mye-s in her 106 th vcar . '
Connubial Complication . —In the parish sf Cruwys Morchard there is . a . remarkable lady , who is now in her 70 th [ year , anil is { the mother of ten children who have ali given thoir hands in wedlock , and who lias upwards of forty t ; ranilchiidren . The venerable dame hath now for tho third time been led to the altar by a young farmer of the parish aforesaid , who is aboui the a o of her ninth child by a former busband , in order that she may enjoy the solace of a marriage iife in the sweet society of a yot : n <* and tender consort . Tho oid lady ' s ' niece has ° beo-i married to her sislor ' s husband ' s father , and consequently has become grandmother to an older sister ' s children .
Moxabchy is America . —Tho "National Intelligencer , ' ^ a Washington paper , contains an article , tracing , in Mr . Poik ' s war policy , slow but sure steps to a monarchy . Jbw 3 . —The total number of Jows in tha woi-M is computed to ba about 0 , 000 , 000 , half of whom redde in Europe . Mn . Eliiiu Bur . RiTT . —This rentloman is now in Manchester . On Monday la < t ho delivered a lecture in that town— " On the organic sinfulnuss of all war . " Michael Anoklo . —An original painting , by Michael Angeio , has been beqieatb .-d to tho Oxford liniversity by Mr . Fairholmo , of Berwickshire . Ihcn Life . —Tha "Limerick Chronicle" states that a deeil of separation has b-en drawn up between a Nob ' . o Earl , the colonel of a llu ^ ar regiment and his Countess . The latter is to receive £ 2 , 500 a year .
" Without Money and Without Price . "—The following notice is posted on the door of Chri * t . Church , Cheltenham : — " Applications for pews and sittings to be made ; o Mr . Davis , at the Montpelier Library , every day , Sundajs executed . Day tickets may be obtained at the same place , admitting tu all the services of the day , at Is . 0 . 1 . Tickets for single services , U . each . " Mr . Murray , t ! ie chemist , deprecate tho use of chalk with coals for fuel as highly dangerous , and likely , if adopted , to occasion many ( Uaths , by evolving large quantities of carbonic acid gas . Wonderful . —An actor , who is touilv blind , has made a successful debul at the Victoria Theatre ; throughout ihe piece , called " Algernon , or tbe Blind Guide ; " the stage was paced with an accuracy truly surprising .
Kkchipt Fun C ' mikixo Potatoes . —Boil or steam as usual tlm quantity you wish to use , and mash tiiem with a little buuer or dripping ; hrivo ground rice ( reauy civcd in milk ) sufficient to make au eq- 'al bulk with the mashed potato , mix them well together , ami brown before the lire—this dish , even it the potatoes aiv not of the best kind , looks and cats well . A Cottager ' s Pig Assurance Society has ju 3 t been establishes ! at Hereford , fur the purpose of protecting the industrious cottager from Joss by disease or accident happening to his pjjr . Flogoixo . —A petition against flogging in gaols has been extensively signed in Preston . Chess . —The Liverpool chess club is admitted to be the laraest chess club in the world .
Appalling instance of Credo , tv . —A person in humble circumstances residing in tho nei [! hb . > iirh-, od of Bradford , has a daughter grown up , who is terribly afflicted with epilepsy , the fits of which have srrtevously affected her both mentally and bodily . Thu father went to one ot those bait' qu : ic ! is , half wise men , " as they nretermal , which to the disgrace ot the ago still infest this neighbourhood , l . r advice , respectinir tho young woman ; the quack seriously advised him to get the skull of a ) oun « woman , not decajed . and to pound it small , mix it with treacle , and give it in small doses to the young woman assorting i bat it would be a sure remedy for the disorder . At ' er some trouble the father obuincd the imuseous compound , all of which was scrupulously administered , of course without effect , the younjj woman rema i ning in tho same deplorable state .
iiuiiss . —Am » ng tho statues of celebrated men , Uinijs , warriors , statesmen , poets , and philosophers , designed for erection iu tho Palace of Westminster , is a statue of Robert Burns . The Artful Dodge Donk !—If . is said that , after all , Loi-is Philippe has been cruelly taken in , in tho nfflir of the Mont ^ onsior marriage , the dowry of the bride being only 30 , 000 , 000 Spanish reals , iustoad of as many frauc 3—in other words , £ 30 , 000 , instead of £ 1 , 250 , 000 . Batteu-ka Park . —On Saturday the surveyors were busily cntuioed taking tho levels for tbe brjdzeto n-oss the Thames to the new park about to bo formed in Battevsea-uelds , from near tho ' Chelsea waterworks , having direct approaches on the Middlesex side from Sloane-street and the Commercial-road .
The Tea Trade , Feb . 15 . —Tho deliveries of tea last week were o 62 , 82 ilb ,, being ngain a large quan . tity . Within tho last fortnight the deliveries have been larger than at any period since October , 1843 . Tna Houses of Parliament . —On Monday , tho whole of the scaffolding that has hitherto concealed the architectural proportions of the New Palace of Westminster was removed from that part fronting the Thames and Wcstminster-briilgo , the galvanized iron roof having been completed . Juvenile Offenders . —Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of State for the Home Department , twenty-five juvenile criminals were on Monday admitted into the Philanthropic Institution , St . Georgo ' s-roatl , Southward , upon the conditions of the expenses of their board and clothing being defrayed . The criminals transmitted to the society vrto Irom Parkhurst prison .
The Sjiithfield ISuisance . —On Monday afternoon , as two oxen were driven from Smithneld towards Bayswatci-road , one of them being struck , turned and attacked tho drover . The teond ox turned and gored ihe flanks of the first , wliic ' a cavo the drover a chance to extricate himself , leaving the animals to continue their combat . Before they could be parted , a cab was ovcituvned and several persons j were injured . j Destructive Fire at Wandsworth . —On Sfttarelay evening , between seven and eight o ' clock , the prci raises belonging to Mr . Bell , lueifo- match manufacturer , in Garrett ' s-lane , Wandsworth , were discovered to be on fire . Tho flames commenced in the steam engine boiler house , and very speedily they penetrated the roof , and rose a considerable Wight . Ihe tiro was extinguished before ten o ' clock , but not until considerable damage had been done to the premises . Qubbn Yioiqru rises at seven o ' clock ; enters tho
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nursery at eight , to indulge in a romp with her chr dren , at nine tho household assembles for prayers I and after ten o ' clock prohibits breakfast being served to any one in the palace . The Bbar-Ski . v Caps , hitherto worn by Fusilier Regiments , are to bo discontinued , so soon as tha caps now in possession of those corps are worn out . Provisions from the UNimn States . —The Q . E . D . from New York , Shenandoah from Philadelphia , and Harmony and Rowland from New Orleans , which were reported at Liverpool on the 13 th inst ., brine 0 , 873 barrels flour , 12 , 000 bushels wheat , 3 , 349 sacks Indian corn , 1 , 000 barrels Indian corn meal , and 400 barrels bread . Arre-st fob Dbdt ( Ireland ) . —The Bill just laid before Parliament "To limit arrest for debt in Ireland , " provides , that arrest in a ! l actions for debt , not exceeding £ 20 and costs , shall be abolished .
The Condk de Montemolik —The Conde again visited the House of Commons on Monday night , and listened with marked attention to the debate on the Irish question . Rise is Rents ijt Edinburgh . —The rents of houses , shops , &c , within tho city for tho current year are much hicher as compared with the formsr . But the landlords have mnde a most serious and uncracioua advance on the rents of next year . In some- cases G 3 per cent , over the rents of the present year hns been added to that of next . WiTcncRAFT—At Farmouth Police Court last week a Mrs . Leggett applied for protection against her sister , who had assaulted and threatened her , because tho defendant suspected that tho complainant had bewitched her husband , who wa ? never well , though no ono cnuld tell what ailed him . Tho mafjistrates endeavoured in vain to convince the defendant thai her siater -vms not a witch .
GAOLPEnQoisiTES . —Iteameout in the course of proceedings at Lambeth Police Court yesterday , that the Governor of Ilorscmonger-lane Gaol makes a perquisite b y giving copiesofthecnmmitmfints of tho ^ prisoners to their friends , for which half-a-crown each is charged . Petticoats . —Th& ladies , now-a-days , so we are told , wear petticoats hooped with magnetic wire . This , we suppose , accounts for their unusually attractive qualities . The Rule of the Majority . —An Irishman , being abost to join a company in Lawrencchurfr , Indiana , forming to go south , was questioned by one of the officers " :- " Well . * ir , when you get into battle , will you flaht or run ? " " An' faith , " replied the Hibernian , "I'll be after doin ' as a majority uv ye does . " - American SnipriNO . —No less than 49 , 801 tons of shipping have been added to the tonnage of Lake Erie during the last six years .
t An Art Uniox is about to be established in Cincinnati , ( on tho model of those of New York and London . Smoke . —The amount of money annually expended for cigars in the United States , ' is near 10 , 000 , 000 dollars . A Shootiso Gallery —Tho " Bradford Observer " mentions that in a neighbouring village the bellman was sent around to announce that a ' . leershopkeoperhnd opened a shooting gallery —\ p his cellar . F » r Lovr knock ' s ' em down . —The Lindon pugili'ts bv a serifis of sparing exhibitions , have raised nearly £ 200 for tho relief of Irish distress . Decline of CoAcnjNo The last vostit'o of the once enonnmis cnachine business attached to the old White Lion hotel in Clumber-street , has pt length sueeumhed to the spirit , of the times , and div .-in < r the present _ week tho old bookins-oHice , a qnpor little ( ino- storied building has entirely disappeared . —A ottinnham Review .
A great many no roosts were plundered last week in and tirtmnd Liverpool . The Duke of L ? . f . ds lias recovered £ 25 . 000 neair . sfc his father ' s execitors fiv damages dnne to the family estate by his father , who pulled dor / n Kincrton Hall , and converted tbe park into a farm . The North Polk . —Captain Sir John Ross , R . N ., hasiuibmittcda plan t : > tiie Admiralty . fm rea : hin ( j tho Nonh Pole by sledges drawn by Swedish horses , starting from Snitzborcen early in April . He is quite sanguine of success . Episcopacy flourishes in the United State ? , without any assistance from .. in establishment . There arc afnresfiit 1373 clergymen of the cpiscop . il order iii the State , ami ono hundred and eighty-eight candiilatoa for holv ordi'is .
Negro Cox-piracv . —A k > t 4 er from Memphis , in Ihe "New Orleans JeftWsonia , " states that a plot ; hail lic : n discovered . imcnc : the negroes 7 ntbntnci ? hbnurhood . The signal for tha breaking out of the insurrection » aa t , i have born given by setting firo to a house at night . Seve'ral neiiross h-ivn heen nrresrprl , and it is said that some of them had matlo confessions . Oiial Smoks . —Tho county of Durhim lias a ' mist wholly escaped tho potato b'ight , ami according to th ? " Sundc-Tiand Ueraiil " some of the farmeiM attribute thecxfrnpti-in to Iho abundance of coal smoke ami vaponw fr m tho nlkntt work * . Floods at Windsor . —Tncnnseqtiencp of tho rapid thaw ncenmp-niip'l by rain , the river Thnmrs , both above and below Windsor Brides , haa ovoi fliiwotl its banks in all directions , thousand * of acres being entirely under water .
Ox SjinovR Tcksdat nearly 500 fmirlK loaves , of tlm best wheaten bre . id , wore given at t ! io church doors to as many poor people residing in the parish of Wamlsw-nrth . Dkatii from Sitfocationix E . vTixo . —On Monday afternoon nv , inquest was held before Mr . W . Walton , at the . Canfwn , in the Tower , on tho body of John Hayes , aged forty years , a tide-waiter in Her Majesty ' s Customs . The ileeo . ised was on dutv on board the Rnie . rald , a foreign vessel , lyimr off the Tower . On Friday afternoon U \ $ i lso was citing some beef at his dinner , on hoard the ve . ' s »> I . when a piece of the meat ! ods : ed in bis throat , and before assistance couU ! he procured ho was siiff » cated . Verdict , " Accidental De . itn . "
Election of a Representative Peek ron Scotl . \ vd . —The Gazette contains a proclamation command ing all the peers of Scotland to meet at Holyrood Il'iuse , on Wednc-dny , the 17 th of March next , to choose another peer <> f Scotland to sit in tl . e House of Peers , in the room of John Lord Rolle , deceased . Obstruction of tiik Tiieytre of Pesth nv Fire . —The magnificent German Theatre vt Pesth . in Hunsnry . has fallen a prey to the flames . The fire broke out between the hours of three find four o ' clock on the morning of the 2 ml instan . S '> intense were tho flames , that the buildin < r was mlr . ced to a nifiss of ruins in an incredibly short space of timt > . No lives were lost . Tho theatre was not insured . Social Lifr in the States . —Wo lfiarn throush a
eenttemun iu « t fromTexn . that Dr . J . G . Chalmers ( bi'titherof the senator , frmn Mississippi . ) was killed in Austin , this capitnl of Te > xa 3 , about ten days sinoo by . a Mr . Ilolden . The diffitmlly jivaw out of !\ dispute in relation to some property , when tho Doctor drew his pistol : Mr . lloldon , with his knife , inflietcd a wound which resulted in the instant death of Dr . Chalmers . —New Orleans Jctfersonwn , January 14 . The New House ok Lords . —Mr . ' Barry has intimafed to tho Marquess of Lansdowne tli at the lloiuo of Lords will bo completed for the-recepMoii of their lordships -after tho Easter recess , with the exception p ( the fresco paintincs nnd tbe statuc 3 in the niches . The new House of Commons 13 not expected to bo ready for some timo .
Livkupool — The Sanatory Reoulatioks . —Mr . Williams has succeeded in applying his plan of consuming smoke fo the prevention of smoke in bakerks . Nothing can bo more satisfactory than the experiments which have been made in the presence of Mr . Fresh , inspector of nuisances , and Mr . Williams ia so satisfied with hi * plan that he guarantees to apply it to any oven . Mr . L&nfnne , who was present during the experiments , stated thst in bis establishment , where his furnaces had b .-en fitted up with Mr . Willia . ms ' s apparatus , not . only was smoke prevented , but a very considerable sanng in tho consumption of coal effected .
Cdrious CincuJisT . vxcE —A . curious circumstance ) in connection with the habits of cattle occurred a , few days aco at Priors Lcb Hall , near Sliiffnal , the estate of John Ilorton , E « q % , where , on killing . 1 young fat heifer , in a cavity of thosf ^ mach , fortytour large pebbles were found , varying between tho size of a walnut and a small hen ' n t'sjr , and weighed altogether- sis pounds :-how they got into the stomach i < n snystrry . Origin cf the Namr of " Mkrtmtr Tynyn ,. "—lfc is not ' . ' ( 'ix'ra'ly known that this nourishing town owes \ U jinsno toaladv . A youns girl , Tyillil , was burnt there , and Tydfil , who would not renounce her religimu opinions , became Tydlil the martyr . Mcrthyr Tydvil 13 a corruption of tlw poar girl ' s namo and late .
Koitks Royalties . —The remains of tho Km press Matilda , lately found in the Abbey of Bee , in Normandy , aw to bo transported to the Cathedral of llouen . The Government intends to take this as an occasion for raising a monument to King Richard in Hie Cathpi ' rn , to which that valorous Prince be queathed his linn heart . Tiik Flouks Expedition . —The Mare de Bai / o » n '> contains the to | l' < - » in » : " For some days past several men have beeii i-bsorved wandering ab > ut our streets in tattered uiiifc . rm . H of a yellow colour , and pn-scnting a most wretched appearance . We understand tliat they am French subjects who had been enrolled for tho expedition of General Flows , nut which has been ahaiiunnrd There were about 100 Frenchmen enrolle . l . ami 1 , 300 Spaniards , all of whom aro how lii-peis-. ( 1
. NKW liliBAKWATM AT THE ISLAND OP ALD ] C ? LXF . Y . — On Frid . iv l «* -i tbefoundmion stono of a breakwater , or liarbtiur t , i" refuse , wuslaitl in the Bay «> f Crawhy , Tiik litisu Pabtv and tiik Press . —The Irish party liax ^ e detern intd to exclude the representatives of the press liom tlieir mcctint ; s , and have diicctcd their iwi'rctar . v to furnish to ono particular reporter { an out line of li . t-ir procccilinga , -who , on application , will Kivc to tlio other reporters an account of what transpires .
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The O'Cokxeix Rest at a Dkcoust . —The rent fir the week amounted to £ 17 . 4 s . 2 d t , of which £ 11 « aa remitted from Liyeip ^ ol ,
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THE MINERS ADVOCATE , Kdited and published by Willtam Damijlls , 27 , Athol Street , Douglas , Isle of Man . This publication which lr . s been suspended since May last , is ajain resumed ; and bi'inj ; published in the Isle of man has now all the advanta < : c 3 ofa newspaper : k regard . s tho post-i > ffiee . The Advocate may Iw had post free by subHTibers , from tiie oiiieo in the Isle of Alan , and may be reported ( free ) anywhere in the United Kingdom . This montli ' d number contains several interesting articles , and much valuab ' e information . Weenrnesily recommend the Advocate to the miners , hoping tliey will yive it more th-m their former support . We shall " be glad to know that its circulation is equal to its merits .
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• Extinction of Pavptrism" bv Prince Loui 3 Napoleon Buonnpaite , Cleave Slice Lane . We wil try to notice this little work in our next .
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AiiMY Emimatks . —Tho estimates ot effective and non-itfeolive army services from 1 st April , ISiT , to 31 st of March , 1848 , have been printed and issued by order of the House of Commons , it appears therefrom , that the total number of men to be required lor that year will be 182 , 039 , being 1 S 3 . 924 in tho current year . The charges , however , required are estimated at . £ 0 . 852 , 804 ; t ! . i < year bo ing 46 , 110 , 011 . or , £ 242 , 253 less . Tho approprianonsin aid , 181047 were , 427 , 710 , while for 1847-48 they will be £ 77 . 900 . or . £ 50 , 0 S 0 more than in the current financial year ; thus , the actual increase of j ^ jar ^ iaiMr " '' aib 0 Wit 8
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Cjiristmas Presbht . —A lady in Scbuylkill county , Penn .. presented her husband . on Cbrh ( m « s day Triii four daughters at one birtn .,
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Febbuabt 201847 . ^ THE NORTHERN STAR ' 3 1 qo ed it » w « 4 Te —L .- ~
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 20, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1406/page/3/
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