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      » Ballad Of Sir John Prassl1n * Jw R" , ...

      » BALLAD OF SIR JOHN PRASSL 1 N * r" , jj qeobqe H . BOSEB . ' «• de ice was here , taei ice was there , tteiee wasaflaroond . " 0 ^ iri ^ # . ^ u Aerssdlyon , Sr John Franklin ? ^ Sla whaler ln Baffin ' s Bay ; - rm know if betweea the land and the Pole , 1 may find abroad sea-way . 7 / . hareeyonback , Sir Joha Franklin , 1 As vou would live and thrive , land and thefcozen Pole

      i ? Tnr between the ' ' *¦ Jo man may sail alive . Rntlonuly tagged the stout Sir John , And spoke unto his men;— . Tjvtf England is wrong , if he is right ; Bear off to westward then .... . nh whither sail yon , brave Englishman ? Cried the little Esquimaux . . Between your land and the polar star . jfy goodly vessels go . f ! ome down , if yoa would journey there . The little Indian said ; »„ a change your cloth for for clothing ,

      Your vessel for a sled . Ratli'Mry laughed the stout Sir John , And the crew laughed with him too ; . gjiior to change from ship to sled , I ween , were something new ! All throug h the long , long pohr day , The vessels westward sped ;; . And wherever the sail of Sir John was blown , The ice gave way , and fledfiave wav with many a hollow groan , And ' with many a surly roar ; But it murmured and threatened on every ade And closed where he sailed before .

      Ho ! see je not , my merry men , The broad and open sea ? ¦ Bethmfcjewhatthe . whalersaid Bethink ye of the little Indian's sled ! The crew laughed out in glee . * * * . Sir John , Sir John , 'tis bitter cold , The send drives on the breeze , The ice conies looming from the 2 f orth , The very sunbeams freeze . Bright Summer goes , dark Winter comes—We cannot rule the year ; But long ere Summer's sun goes down , On yonder sea we'll steer . The dripping icebergs dipped and rose , And floundered down the gale ; The ships were staid , the yards were maimed , Aaa furled the useless sail .

      The Summer ' s gone , the winters come , We sail not on yonder sea ; Why sail we not , Sir John Franklin ? A silent man was he . * - - *• - . - ¦ * The Winter goes , the Summer comes , We cannot rule the year ; Iween , we cannot rule the ways ,: Sir John , wherein we'd steer . The cruel ice came , floating on , And closed beneath the lee , Till the thickening waters dashed no more 'Twas ice around , behind , before—My God ! there is no sea . What think you of the whaler no w ? What of the Esquimaux ? _ A sled were better than a ship , -

      To cruise through ice and snow . Down sank the baleful crimson sun ; The northern-light came out , And glared upon the ice-bound ships , And shook its spears about . - - . Sir John , the night is black and long , The hissing wind is bleak ; The hard-bound ice is strong as death ;—-Iprjthee , Captain , speak .- , , The night is neither bright nor short , The singing breeze is cold , The ice is not so strong as hope , The heart of man is bold !

      What hope can scale this icy wall , Bigh over the main flag-staff ? Above the ridges the wolf and bear Look down with a patient ; settled starelook down on us and laugh . The summer went , the Winter came—We could not rule the year ; But Summer will melt the ice again , And open a path to the sunny main , Whereon our ships shall steer . * * * The Winter went , the Summer went , The Winter came around ; Bat the hard-bound ice was as strong as death , And the voice of hope sank to a breath , Tet caught at every sound . Hark ! heard you not the sound of guns ? And there , and there again ? ' lis some uneasy iceberg's roar ,

      As he turns in the frozen main . ¦ Sir John , where are the English fields , And where the English trees ? And where are the little English flowers , That open in the breeze ? Be still , be still , my brave sailors ! Yon shall see the fields again , And smell the scent of the opening flowers The grass , and the waving grain . Oh . ' when shall I see my orphan child ? My Mary waits for me ; Oh 2 when shall I see my old mother , And pray at her trembling knee ? Be still , be still , my brave sailors ! Think not such thoughts again !

      But a tear froze slowly on his cheek-He thought of Lady Jane . Ah ! bitter , bitter grows the cold , The ice grows more and more ; More settled stare the wolf and bear , More patient than before . . Oh ! think yon , good Sir John Franklin , We'll ever see the land ? 'Twas cruel to send us here to starve , Without a helping hand . . 'Twas cruel , ' Sir John , to send us here , So far from help or home ; To starve and freeze on this lonely sea ; I ween , . the Lords of the Admiralty Had rather send than come .

      Oh ! whether we starve to death alone , Or sail to . our own country , We have done what man has never done—The open ocean danced in the sun—We passed the Sorthem Sea ! Sartain ' s ( American ) Ihgarfnc

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      The National Instrtjctoe. No. Tl W. Eide...

      THE NATIONAL INSTRTJCTOE . No . TL W . Eider : 16 , Great Windmill-street . The second number of this new candidate for public favour does ample justice to its title . Its contents are judiciously Tarfed ; while , in aD , the same predominating principle of social and political reform is . distinctly Marked . " The Secret "— a tale commenced

      ffl the first number—improves . as it progresses , and exhibits , in a very graphic banner the workings of the present classification of society = upon the mental . and Jaoral character of those subjected to its infla-^• ee . Fiction—when made the vehicle of sound information as to the causes which perrert the intellect , and debase the moral being s & e of the " Haves and Have-nots" of

      societ y—assumes a utilitarian aspect , which even V ® most rigorous disciple of Jeremy Bentham * ffl not be slow to recognise , and has this advantage , that , while the masses might be deferred by didactic and logical expositions of & st principles , they cannot help beingat-« acted by them when thrown into a dramatic Sftm . « The Life and Adventures of Feargus " Connor" by himself —> vrill , : however , no ^ tibty with the mass of the reading public , ^ m the great attraction of the National

      jun ctor . Apart , from the excitement , proceed by an exceedingly lively style of narra | ° a , the light which the portion of the auto-^ aphy ia the present nuraber ; throws „ on * ° Menage of the authors : father , on the kind Sj edu cation he received , and the prevalent J ** of school ^^ discipline , when . Mr . O'Connor 2 ? ' J ecfc of &* P ° teut bir ch—cannot fail ^ exceedingly interesting ? o . all students of CjP ^ fVM well as to those who take aa in-5 ^ hi the circumstances by . which the cha-^ T ^ s of men are formed who afterwards ex-« se powerful and wide-snread influence : over

      ™ fellow-men . Mr . O'Connor graphically aSf ^ " loT 0-makin & " ^ d furnishes lh = j lustration of the oft-quoted words of

      " « course of true love ' never did run smooth . " ... . sub sequent portions of the narrative , we l & aH ^ P ' * ° have much interesting and vae ^ orraatibn ,. respecting , some , of- " the

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      most moroehtous'passages of modem history , i . "Excelsior " . ia „ a . well-written sketch , showing the . manner in ^ which .. thei most g ^^ i J jhlghsouled , and patriotic ^) f our race , are thwarted in tiieir aspirations and endeavours to benefit their fellow- creatures , and how * , often an nn > timelygrave closer over the fondly _ cherished hope , which , even in death , sheds , its halo over-their last hours . "We may-note , also , that the second number is decidedly more po litical and practical than the first ; while there is no lack of light and agreeable matter , the Utile is blended with the dtdce . The opening article , on Home Colonisation , contrasted with Foreign Enugratiqn , as a cure for .

      national evils , is a brief but . forcible statement of the merits of the two different systems . This paper—which , is from"the pen of the editor—after pithily- stating the creed of the emigration-mongers , proceeds to show , on incontrovertible authority , that this country possesses the power of supporting four times its present population ; and then proceeds to answer the question , why that power has not been developed , in the following manner : — But it may be asked , if we possess these capabilities , why have they not been taken advantage of ? Fully to reply to that question , would require some time and space . We can only indicate wnaf appear to us the leading causes . The first is to be found

      in the individual appropriation of the soil , and the consequent existence of laws of primogeniture and entail , which lock up the land—God ' s gift , to allin the possession of a few families . These impropriators " of the common store only allow thesoil to be used as it suits their convenience , interest or caprice . In all cases their interests are considered , and not the interests of the whole community to whom the land really belongs . Its cultivation therefore , instead of forming a primary object with society , and being conducted in the most comprehensive and scientific manner , has been carried on in accordance with individual enlightenment , individual views of self-interest , and the amount of individual capital , enterprise and labour , which might be applied to it . The wretched results of this system are " apparent all over England . In order to maintain political influence over their tenantry , andperpetuate that

      predominance in the government on which our ; arisr tocracy pride themselves , . the greater ; part of the land is held on tenancies-at-wuL The result is , that farming is , in such cases , generally carried on from year to year , instead of . being conducted on an extended and practical plan , involving considerable immediate outlay , bufcyieldingenormouslyincreased returns at a future period . Wherever the landlords have had . the intelligence to make the granting of leases the foundation of . their agricultural system , the invariable effect has been an immense augmentation of the gross produce . The proceedings of the late Lord Leicester at Holkham , and the influence he exerted over the whole system of farming , in JTorfolk , is an eminent instance of the truth of this statement ; and , generally speaking , the state of agriculture in the lowlands of Scotland , is a still more striking illustration . . ; '

      In addition to the obstructive and impoverishing effect of entails in the lahdlordclass , and the want of leases among the farmer , class , the game laws , and the sporting propensities of our gentry , may be mentioned as prominent causes of the comparatively uncultivated state of the land of this country . Very large portions are occupied by game preserves , plantations , and pleasure grounds , for the delectation of the wealthy classes , which , if . cultivated for the support of man , would yield rich and luxuriant crops . The farms in the immediate neighbourhood of these preserves , are plundered to an enormous extent by the depredations , of the game , and , of course , this helps to diminish the total amount of food produced for . thesubsistence of the people .-

      Besides these inherent defects in the holding and cultivation of the soil , so far as the landlords and farmers are concerned , there has , within the last half century , been another powerful agency at work , to prevent the real value of agriculture to a country being properly appreciated . . The introduction of the manufacturing system ) with its large and rapid returns to the owners of capital and machinery , has naturally turned the main current of the genius , the industry , and the enterprise of the country in that direction . While the most extraordinary progress has been made in the production oif . textile fabrics , and in the discovery and application of the most delicate , complicated , and powerful machinery

      for that purpose , the art of agriculture has not advanced in anything like the same proportion , in consequence of the abstraction of the national energies to manufacturing pursuits . The combined effect of these causes has been , to produce an artificial sterilityjn thesoilof our native land , and to lead partially informed persons to the conclusion that Britain is over-populated . But while it can be demonstrated , that there are the means of producing food for one hundred or one hundred and twenty millions of human beings , while , at the same time , we have not more , than a quarter of that number to support , it is evident that this is a gross fallacy and delusion .

      The writer forcibly contrasts the merits of the two different plans as aremedy for national grievances : — Instead of sending away any of that labour , which is the true wealth of the country , to reclaim wildernesses , cut down forests ; and cultivate prairies elsewhere , they should be kept at home and employed in fertilizing our own soil . Every : thousand acres which may by skill labour , and capital , be won from either artificial or natural unproductiveness , would , in fact , be an increase to . the surface of the

      kingdom , as much so , as . if a , slice of a thousand acres had been cut fromthe shores of some of those distant lands to which it is proposed to , transport the " surplus labourers , " and added to our own . : Until the unemployed and uncultivated land of this country , is brought into full play , we have no " surplus labour . " Our first duty is to subdue and cultivate to its full extent , " . the land we live , in . " When that is done , it will be time enough to think about emigrating , the mode in which that emigration should be conducted , and who should be the parties to emigrate . . ¦ > lan of

      On the mere score of economy , the p Home Colonization is preferable to that of Foreign . Colonization . In order to produce the slightesteffect on the labour market by means of ^ mi gration , we may assume fairly , that one million families should be taken out of it at once . Calculating the outfit , passage-money , and . maintenance : of that one million , until they got in their first crops , at the low araountof £ 20 a head , it would require £ 100 , 000 , 000 to locate them . If the plan of systematic Foreign Colonization is to be considered at all applicable to the evils of society , this process of sending off people and treasure , would have to . be repeated very frequently . One of . the most undoubted facts in history is , that population , very speedily replaces itself under favourable circumstances ; the vacuum caused by the abstraction of one million persons from the labour market , would soon be filled up , and

      then the depletory process would have to be repeated . ¦ ..-, > Instead of this most wasteful and inefficient plan , by which , not only the existing capital of the country , but its power to produce more , would be most imprudently squandered , we say ,- that" iwektx mixiioks sterling : judiciously applied to the reclamation and colonization , of our waste and crown lands , wonld be both an immediate and a . permancnt benefit to all parties ; the country , would add to its already large capital , the people would have a larger cultivated ' area on which to depend for subsistence , and the labourers ' who had been instrumental in producing this addition to the cultivated territory , the real . wealth , and the permanent prosperity of the country , would , under a just system , share largely in that prosperity , without having un dergone any of the sufferings , dangers , or diseases which ever track the steps of the foreign emigrant .

      "National Education a meansof promoting Universal Happiness , " is anew and important view of this most essential question , of which we can only give an idea by . the subjoined extracts : — - , Since the pursuit of happiness is the prime . business of life ; since there is an eternal craving for it in every human bosom—is it not highly desirable that all arrangements which appear likely to produce it , should be called into immediate ; operation . 1 .., In . this light , National Education assumes a new and important aspect , as a medium through . which , the sum of general happiness might be increased .

      1 The uneducated man , in general , is incapable of experiencing the pleasures which spring from the possession of knowledge . The sciences may unlock tbeh stores , and . pour their inestimable ,-inexhaust : able treasures at his feet , but he has no taste for their beauties , no mind to appreciate their value . The landscape may be clothed in all the will luxuriance of nature , but he lacks the inner sense' Which imparts , life to 'its beauties , meaning to its varied manifestations . "A primrose by the river ' s brim A yellow primrose is to him , » And it is nothing more . *

      But the case is reversed with the educated . The most elevating pleasures that humanity can feel , spring from the proper exercise of a cultivated . understanding , and of an imagination duly disciplined and subdued . An acquaintance with literature , even if it be but partial , is a source of pure delight . The philosophic student digs up . happiness from the entrails of the earth , and derives both amusement and instruction from the pebbles on its ' suiface . Nature is to him an interminable source of gratibeatiqn . Chemistry unfolds to him its wonders , and . exhibits the - eonsuiueuS elements , of organic and inorganic

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      bodies . " iQeoldgy enables him . to'trace the . various , physical revolutions which have occurred on the surface orin the bowels of the earth , and informs him ; that other races of beings were its 'denizens before man was called into existence . Mathematics expand his power of thinking , and open ; up the pathway which leads to aa acquaintance with the sublime science of astronomy , . which of itself unlocks fresh fountains of feDcity . When the ' snn has set in glory j and his last . rays have fallen upon . hill and valley ; streamlet and woodland , when the gorgeous tints on the clouds are vanishing ,, and

      7 TVihghr , clad in sober grey , comes on ;" when . ; "The lowing herd winds slowly o ' er . the lea , " and all nature is sinking to repose—then how cheering it must be to the educated man to wander from home—or , alone , on the . watch-towers raised for science , to banquet on the beauties of the scene ! The moon , rising in the eastern sky , flings her silvery mantle over the landscape—the stars do homage to her superior brightness ; white earth and its waters roll on , illumined by her lustre and reflecting her image . What high and ennobling feelings arise in the . philosopher ' s mind as he scans the Heavens , and roams in thought over the immensity of the

      Universe . Overwhelming thoughts of sublimity and fastness , lofty conceptions of the beautiful mingled with tender reminiscences of bygone years , agitate his breast .- The appearance of the revolving orbs above , calls up feelings with . which the names . of a Copernicus , a Galileo ,-a Newton , and a Herschel , are associated . The history of the heavens lies spread out before him , and he is enabled , in some measure , to behold its future condition . in perspective . ' Who will have the temerity to affirm that the astronomer , in such circumstances , does not experience the purest and the most elevating delight ? And where is the individual , possessed of the least spark of philanthropy , who would not wish to make such pleasures in some measure accessible to all ?

      A wise , well-adjusted , and liberal scheme of National Education , if carried into effect , would place these refined gratifications within the reach of the majority of men . The people , if rightly trained from infancy to manhood , would have placed in their hands the key with which they might unlock all the stores of knowledge . A taste for . the sciences , and for liter rature in general , would thus be generated , and a fine and high-toned morality would be made to per- ? vade all the ramifications of society . Crime would be repressed if not abolished ; vice would become dishonourable and abhorred , and the full tide of popular opinion would be brought to bear . on those dispositions and actions which are prejudicial to the interests of the Commonwealth .

      One of the veteran Beranger ' s f people's songs , " expository of the body-and-soul-destroying character of our boasted modern civilisation , as respects large portions of the population Ybf this and all other " civilised countries , " will not fail to awaken a sympathetic chord in thousands of hearts which . have themselves felt " The stings and arrows of outrageous fortune . " If the National Instructor continues to blend sound abstract social and political information with fiction and poetry , directly bearing on the interests of the masses ,- it will worthily vindicate its title , and deserve a circulation at least equal to any of its cheap contemporaries .

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      Princess's Theatre. The Announcement Of ...

      PRINCESS'S THEATRE . The announcement of a highly attractive bill of fare , for the benefit of Messrs . Macfarren and Loder , two of our most distinguished musicians , whose operatic , works have been eminently serviceable in maintaining the reputation and prosperity of this establishment , brought together an audience on Monday night which filled the theatre to the roof . The entertainments consisted of the first act of Charles II , the second act of the Night Dancers , the farce of The First Night , and a concert , in which several eminent vocalists and instrumentalists appeared , including Miss Catherine "Hayes , Madame Macfarren , Mr . Sims Reeves , Herr Ernst , M . Vivier , Mr . Benedict , Mr . Osborne , Mr . H . B . Richards , Mr . W . C . Macfarren , & c . The whole passed off with the greatest eclat , and entirely . to the satisfaction of the audience . Mr . toder conducted in the orchestra .

      Standard. This Popular Little Theatre Wa...

      STANDARD . This popular little theatre was taken on Wednesday night for the benefit of the wife and family of John J . Fussell , one of the whig victims of 1848 , who is still suffering imprisonment in Tothill-fields House of Correction , and from the numerous attendance , there is no doubt hut that the object . was achieved .. The romantic spectacle of Peter Wilkins , or The Flying Indians was presented on this occasion , and from the manner in which Mr . Douglas has placed it on the stage , aided by the talents of Messrs . Gaston , Gates , H .. Lewis , and Mrs . Honnor , promises to have a successful run .. The interlude of Matrimony followed , in which Messrs .

      Lewis Herbert , Basil Potter , and Miss E . Terry convulsed the house with laughter . The performance concluded with a powerful drama , entitled Th & Haunted Orange , or T ) te Heart and the Key This piece abounds with striking effects , and thrilling incidents , and affords ample scope for the talents of Messrs . Lyons , R . Hcnnor , Gaston , Mrs . Honnor , and others of the corps drarjiatiouc . The sbenery is splendid , and the performers appeared to vie with each other in emulation . The audience retired well " pleassd with the night ' s enjoyment , which was further heightened by . the satisfaction that they had served their friend and brother John J . Fussell .

      Astley's. The Afghanistan War (The Reviv...

      ASTLEY'S . The Afghanistan War ( the revival of which we noticed last week ) continues to attract crowded and delighted audiences . The scenes in . the circle are of a superior character , and enlivened by the drolleries of . the rival clowns , Barry and Wheal . Mdlle Gardoni received well-merited applause for her elegant exercises on the tight rope . The laughable farce of the lottery Ticket concluded the entertainments oa Tuesday evening .

      Royal Polytechnic Institution. A Series ...

      ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . A series of lectures on the chemistry of hydrogen , with especial reference , to its application for conveying by balloons pyrotechnic and other signals to Sir John ' Franklin , has pist been commenced by Mr . Pepper , chemical professor at this , establishment . The materials and construction of the balloons were first noticed ; as they might be made of oiled silk , gold-beaters' skin , or prepared paper : the latter was preferred , because , with ordinary care , it lasted very well , and . had the great additional advantage of cheapness . A five-feet goldbeaters ' , skin balloon cost * 10 , whilst a dozen paper ones could be made . for . £ 3 16 s . ; thus the number ofballoonstobe sent might be increased , and the

      chances multiplied of . some of the signals finding their way to the missing expedition . The chemical nature of hydrogen was then demonstrated by various . experiments—its extraordinary lightness shown by comparison with coal gas . The buoy signals , to be used incase of distress by the searching party ; the pyrotechnic signals by , parachutes ; the rocket signals , and Darby ' s arrangements for firing , are all clearly explained . The construction of the' fusee or quick match . employed , and its admirable " principle , ( the argand ) , was likewise , demonstrated ; and it was shown that . it would burn just as well ' for afewr minutes as for several consecutive hours . The discourse ; was " illustrated by numerous brilliant and appropriate experiments .

      The Seves-Mtxe Tunsel Through : Tub Alps...

      The Seves-mtxe Tunsel through : tub Alps . — The following details are gathered from Dr . Granville ' s paper , as promised .. To give at once some idea ofthe boldness of Cbev . Mons' undertaking , we may , in the first place , state that , in its progress , the tunnel must pass under some of the most elevated crests of Mount Cents—one , In particular , where . there will be 4 , 850 feet of , mountain , . capped witheternalglaciers , over head , at the middle of the tunnel , so that not only will the workmen and machinery in construction , and the passengers and trains in transit , be buried to that depth in the mountain , but all . idea of shafts ,, either to facilitate excavation , or to promoFe ventilation , must be out ofthe question . The breath of lifeitself must

      borespired , from cither extremity , with artificial aid , in shape of . currents of fresh air transmitted , and of foul withdrawn , by mechanical apparatus ever at work , at least during excavation , which is also itself to be effected by machinery of a new and simple nature , worked by water power of mountain streams , whereby the trains are also to be run through the tunnel which ; ascends , from tho northern or Savoy side , at Modane , all the way to its exit at Bardonneche , with a gradient equal to 19 in 1 , 000 . The machine , - once presented to . the rock , projects into it simultaneously four horizontal series of sixteen scalpels , working ' backwards and forwards by . means of springs , cased in , and put in motion by the same water ; power . , While these are

      at work , one vertical series on each side works simultaneously up and down , so that , together , they cut out four blocks , or rather insulate four blocks on all sides , except on the rock behind , from which they are afterwards detached by hand . It has been already ascertained that eaqb of the two machines , at the opposite ends ofthe tunnel , will excavate to tlie extent of 22 feet a day , audit is estimated that the whole excavation will he completed in four years . The gallery to be perforated by the maehincscwill be 13 feet widebyTfoet high , and this once cut through ; - the bore will be enlarged by ordinary means to 25 feet in width and 19 feet in height , and a double line . of rails laid . The estimated cost of this great tunnel is only 13 , 804 , 942 f . { £ o 52 , ] 97 ) . It is to bo immediately commenced at the north entranee . —I / ic Builder .

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      V'CoMBiD . . 'Asn ; the , Jkw . —Theotherda ' ylwaB what ybu . would call flowed' by a Jew . ' rHe . paase ' d me severaltimes ' crying for oldclothes , in the most nasal and extraordinary tone ! ever heard ; At last I was so provoked , that I said to him—' YPrayv , why . can't you say « old clothes 'in aplaiu . way , as . I . do now ?" The Jew stopped , and lookinggravely at me , said . ih a clear andeven fine accent , " Sir ,: Lean say ' old clothes * as wellasyou can ; but if you had to say se ten times a minute , for an hour togettierj you would say / . Og' / t . CTo ' as Ido now ;" ^ and sojiemarched off .. I was ' SQCnufoundediwith . the iustice of the retort , ' that ! followed and gave him a shilling , the only one I hvA . -Coleridge's . Table Talhi ; . ' ' /;' . ' Patience is very goddrbut perseverance . is * , much better ; while the , former ; stands as . a stoic under difficulties , the latter whips them out of the ring .

      . A PaETir PjcKtE . —A good lady , who had two children sick of the ' measles ; wehtto afriend iorthe best remedy . Her friend had just received a note from another lady , inquiring the way toihake certain pickles . In the contusion ; the lady who . ¦ Inquired about the picklesreceived the remedy for the measles , while the anxious mother of the sick childrenread with horror the following : — ' . ! Scald them three . or four times iu .. very . hot vinegar , sprinkle them well withsalt , andin a few days they will be cured . " - Soon afteb the Coperuican-system of astronomy

      began to be generally understood , an old farmer went to his parson with the following inquiry : — " Dr . T ., do you believe , in the hew . ' story they tell about , the earth moving round the sun ? " . " Yea , certainly . " . "Do you think it isaccording to the Scriptures ? If it's true , how could Joshua command the ' sun '• ¦ to stand still ?" . ' . ' TJmph ! , " quoth the parson , " Joshua commanded the suit to stand still , did he ? ' ! - "Yes . " " Well , it stood . still , did it not ?" - "Yes . " - ¦¦; ' ? : Very well . , ' Did ' you ever hear that he sel . it ' a going again V > ^

      A Gentlkman being asked what article of trade was most adulterated , replied , " religion . " ' ¦" , , ¦ You can never overtake Time . . It is best , therefore , to he always a few minutes before him . . New Digging Machine . —An implement has beeri invented by Mr . » J . Hiifchihsohrof Market ; Hill , for digging ; the land by horse power . The machine' consists of a hollow ; cylinder , of iron , . with spades attached to its surface at right angles to each other , and about one foot square apart . During our . visit the machine was in use planting potatoes '; ' fit went along the ' 'furrow , with two women following , who dropped as ' etiheachofthe holes made by the implement , which oheinan easily covered with a broad wooden hoe . It was ; computed that as much work can be'doneby three hands With this machine , as by ten hands without 'it—Armagh Qasette . '

      If a man be gracious and civil , to a ^ stranger , it shows he is a citizen of the world , and that his heart is ' no island cut from other lands , but a continent that joinsthem . ' ¦ ' ¦ '•' ¦ At an excellent hotel , not , a hundred miles from Liverpool , they were one . day short of a : waiter , when a newly-arrived Hibernian was hastily made to sup . ply the place of a more expert hand . " Now , Barney , "' said mine' host ; " mind you serve every man with soup , anyhow . ''—Bedadl'll do that same , '' said the alert Barney ; Soup came , oh the start , andBarr ney , after helping all but , one , guest , came ' upon the last one . '• ¦ Soup , sir , " said Barney . — " No soup for me , " said the gent . — " But you must have it , " , said Barney , " it is the rules ' , of the house . "—r" D— -h

      the house , exclaimed the guest , highly exasperated ; " when I don't want soup I won ' t eat . it—get along with you . "— "Well , '' said Barney , with solemnity , ; " all I can say is jest this ; it ' s the regulations of the house , and the divil a drop , else ye'll get till ye finish the spupj" , The traveller then gave in , and the soup was gobbled . _ " j , ,.. . i ; ¦ Ohe person abusing another in the presence of Churchill , the poet , saidhe was so extremely stupid that if you said a good word he could not understand it . " Pray , sir , did you ever try him ? " said the poet . ¦ . , ' i ¦ ' ¦ At a publjc . garden in the suburbs of London , a waiter , observing one of ; his master ' s customers bolting before his bill was paid , roared out to a brother , attendant : " Run , run , Bob , there ' s two teas and , a glass of brandy and water escaped over the fencecatch ' em . " ' . '¦ . ' ..-.

      . A . Glasgow youth walking with his sweetheart along Queen-street of that city , stopped at the door of a pastry-cook's shop , and addressing his lady-love , said , "Now , my dear , yhat will you take ? . " . She , ; expecting to be treated to some of the good things . of , the shop , modestly replied , "I will take anything ; you like . " "Then , " says he , " we will take aj walk , " and marched past the shop . ' i The Poet LAoBEATEwasformerlycalledthelung ' si versifier , and maybe traced as far back as 1251 , at which period his stipend was one hundred shillings j per annum ; it is now £ 100 a year . In the " History ; of English Poetry , " Mr . Warton says , "In the reign of Edward IV . the first mention is made of the more

      dignified , appellation of Laureate , which was originally bestowed on John Kay . " Mr . Wharton is also of opinion that the title arose from the degrees taken at < the University of .. Oxford , on which occasion a wreath of laurel was presented to the new graduate who was styled Poeta Laureatus . ' * Jim , did you ever " double the Cape of Good Hope ?"— " I expect I have . "— " When ?" - " Last night , when ! put my arm . round the cape that belongs to the dress of the young lady that I have good hopes of making Mrs . Dusenberry .

      Recently , a gentjemah was accosted by . a female vagrant , when he replied that he never gave ! to beggars in the street . , " If I knew where your honour lived , " quietly responded the woman , " I'd be calling at your house , and then 1 shouldn 1 interfere with your arrangements ! " . ' - It is understood that the gentleman called to the bar under the name of Mr . Sims Reeves is not the eminent tenor of that name , however singular the coincidence . The voice of the legal Reeves is a fczrytone .. ¦ - ¦ ' ¦ , '

      A Gentleman one day observed to Henry Erskine , who was a great punster , that punning wan the lowest of wit . " It is so , " answered Erskine , " and therefore the foundation of all wit . " . '' ,., . . " . Thet debate strange questions down east . The last was— "What is the difference between the Bridge of Sighs , and the size of a bridge ? " The next is to be— " The difference between a fac simile and a sick family . " Choosing A Husband .: —An American sea captain had as a passenger a young lady of great personal attractions , and five young gentlemen , also passengers , and who , in the course of a short voyage , all fell desperately in love with the young lady . The young lady liking all the five young gentlemen equally

      well , felt herself placed , ma position of some difficulty , and applied for some advice to the captain , who , being of an original turn of mind , proposed to the young lady that she should jump overboard , he having a well-manned boat alongside , to prevent the possibility of accident , and that she should marry tho man who jumped in after her . She was very much , struck by it , and it being summer time and fine , weather , and naturally fond of bathing , decided to accept the proposition . Accordingly , oh a . ceN tain morning , when hev five admirers were ' all oh deck ,, she went over , the side headforemost . F . bur of the five immediately plunged in after her , and said the young , lady to the captain , when ' they ' were all on deck again , '' What am I to do iib w ? see how

      wet they are .--Said the captain to theyoung lady ; " Take the dry one , "' which she did . '•' ' What part of a ship , is like a farmer ?—Tho tiller . Depths op the Eobopean Seas . —In .-the neighbourhood of the Oohtinejitthe seas are of ten shallow and their bottom , se . ems . ' tQ belOhlyCthe continuation by gentle ' slbpesi ! 6 f the relief of the continents : which border them . ^ Thus the ; BalticiSea , hasa'depth of only 120 feet , " § etween , the coasts , of Germany and those of Sweden- —scarcely a twentieth part of that of Lagb-Maggiore near , the Italian Alps { farther north it becomes deeper . The Adriatic , between Venice , and Trieste , has a depth of only 100 feet . In these two cases we see . that , the bed is only ' the continuation of the gentle inclination of the plains of Northern'Germany arid of Friuli . It is the same

      with the Northern Sea , and with those which wash Ihe British Islands . Hero is found a submarine i plateau , which serves . as a common basis for the coasts of France ' and the British ' Islands ; nowhere does it sink lowertJinn 600 feet , ' arid frequently it rises much higher . Between France and England : tho greatest depth does not exceed 300 feet ; but at the edge of the plateau , ( south-west of Ireland , for . example , ) the depth suddenly , sinks to more than 2 , 000 feet ; we may say that here the basin b'f the ^ Atlantic really begins ; : The seas ih'the „ south ' of Eurppe are . distinguished from the preceding by their much greater depths . The basin of the Mediterranean may he called a basin broken through anil fallen in , resembling " on a small ' scale what . the Pacific Ocean is on a large one . AD . the short and abrupt slopes of the lands surrounding it fall rapidly towards tho

      interior .. The western basin ,, iu . particular , seems to be very deep ; it is isolated from . the Atlantic by asubmarine ridge or neck , -which , in the narrowest . part of . the . Strait of Gibraltar , is not more than 1 , 000 feet below the surface . But a little farther towards the east the depth falls suddenlyto 3 , 000 feet ; and at the , south ' of the ' eoast ' of Spain and of the . Sierra Nevada , a depth , of 0 , 000 has been ascertained by Captain . Smith . . Captain Boi'are in ^ dicates still greater depths on the coast of Algeria . If wo may believe Marsigli , arid il ho has not made some ; mistake in tho stiitenierit , there has been found in . the prolongation ofthe Pyrenees tho enormous depth . of 9 , 000 feet . Not far from Cape Asihara , on the north-west of Sardinia , the plummet has been sunk , without touching bottom , at a depth of nearly 5 , 000 feet . —Ctuyoi s Earth < md Jfon ,

      Military Savings ; Basks . —According to a return raado to parliament and printed on Tuesday , the number of depositors to military savings . banks on the 31 st of March , 1849 , was 0 , 747 , of which 3 , 756 belong to the cavalry and infantry , ' and 091 in th 6 : ordnanco ; corps . The total amount of tho fund lor mditary savings , banks , up tO the 14 th March last waa £ 00 , 000 0 s . 4 ' ] d .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 1, 1850, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_01061850/page/3/