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WORKING TAILORS* ASSOCIATION, 83, WESTMINSTER BRIDGE KOAD, LAMBETH.
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Colonial authorities to wd in the work , and we may expect to hear of more seizures of fishermen who have gone into these waters without anv idea of being taken in this manner . This course of proccedine » **>** on the Convention of 1818 . in which the United States expressly renounces the right " to take , dry , or cure fish on or within tn ^ e marine miles of any of the coast * , bays , creeks , or barbours " ? birBritannic Majesty ' s dominions , n America ^ exce pt where there was no settlement on the coast . There tvoald seem to be no doubt as to the sense of this stipulation That it was » n oversight on the part of the American that the
minister who made it . and that he did not know best fishing grounds were within the bays , and not merely within three miles of the general line of the coast , may be facts , but they do not change the right under the Convention . As I understand the matter , the Colonics are legally justifiable in their present movement . It is one which thev have before desired to execute , hot until now the home " government has not given its assent . —They have claimed that our fisberaien were encroaching , and that the Convention ought to be enforced against them , and now at last they are authorised to enforce it .
Mr . Clay ' s will was presented in Court on Monday of last week , " and admitted to record . It is drawn by his own hand , and bears date July 10 , 1351 . It relates almost entirely to the dispo-ition of bis estate among the members of bis family , the onlv exception being that which relates to his slave * , providing that children of his slaves born after the first of January , ' 1 S 50 , be liberated and sent to Liberia , the males at the age of twenty-eight , and the females at twenty-five , three years earnings prior to their emancipation to be reserved for their benefit , for the purpose of fitting them out ; and prior to removal they are to be taucbt to read , write , and cypher . Slaves in beine before 18-50 are bequeathed to his family . Ash'and is left to Mrs . Clav . for her sole use and benefit during fl ? r "' ? . « " « after lie / death to be sold , and the proceeds to be divided amane his children
. . , It will no doubt be in ' eresting to your readers to mark the sudden progress made in any enterprise begun in ^ this country . Compared with vour slow coaches of the "F atherland , " our cities spring into existence like Aladm s fairy palace , in the " Arabian Night ' s Entertainments ' But ev < n our go a bead Yankcydo . m is out Yankeyed by the fast men of California . The following account , lor example , of the growth of Sonera , a Californian city , will give you som 3 'dsa of what " progress" is made in the modern El Dorado . I cony this description from the " Sonora Herald of May 26 :-Our mountain city has been for the last year stea-Vily on the in crease . Additions to our population have liecn all ( lie time _ paur ing in—generally of tbo mure industri' -us class—while , in the meantime we have been purrins ourselves of the reckless and worthless characters who formn- ' y cursed the town with their
presence , and gave it a bad reputation elsonlirre . air . ee we came to reside in Sonora , which was within the last nine months , we have noticed with much stratification the gradual anfl healthy change which has been taking place in this respect . The clays when the desperadoes of the kuifeand the pistol ruled in the streets of Sonora , are past for ever ; and a more orderly or well gowned community is not to be found in the State . In other respects , too , vrehave advanced with Californian strides . But ajearagn . and there was but sorry accommodation here , in any respect , fur the wajfareror the stranger . Now , in puWc accommodations , we will compare favourably—considering that wc are far up it , the mountains—with the larger ci'ies of the Sf ite . Our town was originally Spanish , started by Mexican miners and traders—who forme ! the bulk of the population . It was . like all Spanish »« - campmfiits in this country , a temporary c-ncern , thrown up for present wants ; and as dissimilar asvosvible from what a new American town would be . American lifcour and enterprise , and
the iroflagffing energy of the American mind were not yet hereto develop anJ pre shape to the plentiful materials awaiting the hands of the patient toiler . The great tide of American emhrration was diverted north ; and bnt a small remnant fo'md i's way hithenvard , until within thi last year , when it became r . oi = ed thronshoutthe State that Tuolumne was a * rich in deposits of the precious ore as any other distrit ? . and that she possessed but a sparse population , though unequalled in the exten = ivene * s of her placere ? . Since this has become ! cu » wn through the columns of the Herald' an ! otherwise , a s'eatlv stream of theri ^ ht sort of emigrants has been coming this nay ; and one of the results of the success of their operations is the steady grow th of Sonora in suburban directions , and tfie improvement ? going on every day in the older p « rtions of the city . The mining intert-st is the rreat cornerstone on which , rests for support alt hrrnches of hnsiness in o * ir county . And it is no flmsy or prccirious support which it affords , int one which wi : l last beyond our time , and secure what is n : o t to be desired—a lasting prosperity .
Inclosed you will find a few words relative to a few nf our friends who are bent npon working out the problem of the Organisation of Labour . I will be sincerely happy to hear of their complete success . I will endeavour to obtain information respecting their operations and progress , for the benefit of those of roar readers who are interested in the Co-operative movement . Hie Free Soil party have at last hcf : un to mov . » , !* c » un to show a determination that the Whigs and pro-s ' avery " Democrats" ate not to hare it all their own way . If they are only active now , and take advantase of the stronrr feeling that has been raised by the eloquent speeches of Townshend and Giddings , I believe they may be able to seat their candidate in the Presidential chair . Their committee have issued the following notice :
JiinosAi . Cosvestios . —Xotice is hereby given , that a National Convention , consisting of delegates of the free democracy , will assemble at the city of Pittsburg , on Wednesday , the 11 th day of August next , at noo- > , for the parpise of selecting candidatesfor the offices of President and rice-l * res-d ? nt of the United States . Friends of the principles declared at Buffalo , at the memorable Convention of August , ISIS , are requested , within their rcprctive States and Congressional districts , to meet and elect delegates , wherever the same has not already heon done—cacti Ssnto beius ; entitled to three times the number of its delegation in the Congress of the United States . By order of the General Free Soil Committee . Samcei , Lewis , Chairman . The names of John P . Hale , for President , and Cassius W . Clay for "Vice-President , have already been put forward by the Free Snilers . The fr'Howins remarks occur in a spsech recently delivered bv S . T . Phillip ? , on taking the chair at the Free Soil State Convention : —
The only i ? sue then is this : The two great parties of the oonn'ry have undertaken before the people , and in the face of the wor ' . d , to declare that there is one question ttpDn which , hereafter , no American shall dare to speak , think , or act ( Ironical cheers . ) And that is a question involving , simply , ah , the important rights of more than 3 . 090 , 000 of our fellow citizens . If their pledge means anything , our clergymen and ourselves , in church and at the family altar , are required henceforth , not fo venture to recnmir . cm ? the cause of the poor down-trodden flave to the favour of heaven , lest it may agitate the sympathies of cmv o- * n hearts . Our young men and boys , at our schools , have heretofore been a customed , at least m their public declamations , to recite those passage- ! of our classical writers , which describe the wrongs of slavery ; feut henceforth onrschoal booksmu ? t be e * parra : ed : there * c-tnnrt be a book with
school any allnnon in it that will have the effect of agitatin-the question of slavery ! What a condition is this to be placed in ! V » e nave heard much of late of the Russian and Austrian drspntism . and we have read of the cutting sarcasm , referred tooyHr . Giddinss , of tin Russian nobleman , that it did not become Americans to say anything of the barbarity and inhumanity of Russian laws , sc . long as the Fugitive Slave Law remained upon aestatatebookofoar country , as the most striking MiccinW of tarbarons legislation that the annals of our country has exhibited . i ™ ¥ i , . ?' ? - Tct we are toW - ! in < 1 Wiigs and Democrats alike pledge themselves to the declaration , that this Fugitive S ' ave Xawismw permanentl y established . * # * * The cause of freedom is not to he vindicated in this conntrv alone . At the p-csent moment , there U in everv nation ; . » Enron * nr » .
^ i ^ X ^^} f hlchUh ! re P sei to the enforcement of the Fngmve Slave Law . There is the same partv in AusiZLZv ??^*? ? partJ ' mR »? 5 ia-and there is ' the same SIS . « na a struggle may be seen even-where going on thron-hont the world , between two great organisations , one of ravaSr ^ Se r ^ th , maint ™™« of «— rights and the Sn , T „ » nr tbe 'Ta , o »*» M < w ; -vhiie the other is seen hSE ? £ . ° " ? orcement of those ordinances which interfere wi : h ootftof those objects . And let me state to von . now , mv convicnontnat the organisaticn whichwe form here to-day , is ' one that must address uself to the cause of human freedom , whenever it is m aauger , and co-operate with the friends of human freedom wherever they are engaged in their holy cause . ( Cheers . )
1 Te re £ « ved Mexican and Californian journals . From the latter I learn that Sacramento has b > en the scene of Woodshed and excitement . Mr . M'Kune , a prominent i " rm er ° ^ ^ a * c'ty' nas Deen roortally wounded , and a Mr . M'Donald so seriousl y injured thathoisnot expected to recover . Tho particulars of this deplorable tragedy are thus related in a slip issued from the cSce of the " Sacramento Union " : — . A most nnf . irtnnate affair happ = ned at the Court House this morning at abont eleven o'clock . The Court of Sessions had adjourned , and as Judge Wilson , one of the Justices of that Court , was leaving the Court flsase , he was met and assaulted with a cane * jS . j ° h n IL il'Kune , Esq ., a memher of the bar of ibis c ty . Judge Wilson imnipdiately drew his sword-cane and stabbed the ' assailant under the left nipplp , penetrating the left Ir-ue of the lungs . Mr . Henry Caulfield . a friend of Mr . M'Kune , thereupon drew a pistol and fired at Judge Wilson , missing him and hitting Mr . M"Donald , * oe Keeper of the prison brig , who was at the time supporting Mr . JITCnne , who was falling . Mr . M'Donald was shot throuah the side , and is dangerously , perhaps mortally , wounded . The iw . me « ate cause leading to this unfortunate occurrence we are not ac quainted with .
A number of other murders make up the Californian news . Mexican affairs remain in statu quo . Rumours of an irn-Tiendinsr coup d ' etat still continued to circulate , and it was generally believed that all the members of the Cabinet were in favour of such a step as the only means of enabling the country to be governed . The President , however , was supposed to hesitate from timidity and from a disinclination to eopardise his annual allowance of 30 . 000 dols . A terrible accident has occurred in Canada The "Toronto Colonist , " of the ICth , has the followine despatch : — ^ ra ! Si Jnl * r Eigbt J > ersnns wers Mini and three houses destroyed , on Tuesday , at Cape Diamond , bv a slide < -f rocks at four o ' clock p . m . Testerduy another slide took place at * e ™ n a m kiUingoneman and crushing some houses . There ^ to ™ issssJt ^ sr- ^^ loss of m • ^^
¦ d xi . ., 1 R IV ° F THE ATLAXTIC . By the Atlantic ^ hich arrived at Liverpool on Tuesdav zisszs g * dajs , ater tbaa thId ^ <>( ™^ ^ tb f ^ x Cr ° l th P rot " ction of our cod fisheries , or as seme , of the Hew York papers dosing it , the nshinc or lt lS , ^? ' - ? wt attention in the States , and it was * id that a sloop of war-. he \ Ibanv-Jjs ordered to prepare to sail to the Bay of Fund ; without la ^ S rt ^ V ^ ' ^^ - ' that Emotive gales Ss Sed ^ r f f St ^ wrence . An English barque SSruS ^ Jnf i , ?* by Wh ! eh ei ^ hteen P erson s los t SE ^ ftlE & W ? ^ t the arme ^ schooner Fifteen schoone , ; had tS . ? " ^ Wilh ^ ° " boMd ' drowned . been los * ' and twenty-two pilots Alban 7 in S S - fir cc ^^ the 18 th ult . at C ' slEffiTj" * ^ st M'G ' ureand suddenl y and wUhsneh ^ r ^ which burst forth so James M'Clure * rti ? J dlt V two P ersons - named Bamber ^ X ' d fn fh k ' » the es ^ li 8 hm ,. D t ,:. ndWn ,. fri ghtfull y bn ^ prf L" th 8 Attomey-General ' s office , were Oae of W'SXJS" ? thev . ? < l «» ake their escape . *'« httohave diey rt Th :, t l - ! VIdua , 3 w : is "P ° rted last * ne building wa entirely destroyed .
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A dreadful conflagration has occurred at Sonora , laying that town in ashes . From Tahiti we have intelligence that Queen Pomarehad returno j to power under the protestiou of the FreiicU vessels of war .
WEST INDIES AND PACIFIC . Arrival of the Orinoco-Earthquake in Jamaica-Ravages of Smallpox—Increase of Vagrancy and Crime—Revolution ™ Tahiti-Fli ght of Queen Pomare . _ , TO x . ,. „ flie mail steam ship Onnoco , bri « gifi & ( he West Indian and Pacific Mails , arrived at Southampton on Mortday . JAMAICA .-WO have received out ¦ «» «/ ^ JW ^ Jamaica—p - apefe to j ajj S . A ver * atarmirtg ehdek of earth quake wa » felt 0 n the fth flit . I » dufattbn bwbeen estimated at as much a three inihutes by so » e ; ftBdlhe verr least duration one minuto and a half . The tinduations were distinctly perceptible , and were from north tcsouth Pools and tanks of water wereasitated , as it would be in vessels held and shaken to and fro in the hand , t urniture . merchandise sjtrns and houses were seen in motion ; —and almost univemlfy the inhabitants were made qualmish by the sensations produced . Every pendulum clock in town w stopped by the shock 1 No further damage wa 3 done—unless wo ™ nsi „ Vr as such the cracking of a wal . in
premises adjoining the bakery of Messrs Terley and Robinson , an-t in one or two other places , and the falling of thereof of an old shed . . „ , t , . It is stated that S : r Ciarles Grey will shortly be superseded in his government , and by the next mail bis successor will be named . . . , . . . The smallpox is "reatlv on the increase in Manchester , and a vast number of peop ' le are suffering from the measles . The smallpox his ma e its appearance at Black River . The increase of vagrancv , prostitution , and juvenile crime in Kingston , is keeping pace with the progress of " " 'iscry in the whole island . The streets are paraded by gangs of depraved creatures of both sexes and all ages , at all hours - and it is scarcely possible for a respectable individual to appear in them , without being disgusted by their horrible expressions ; while , at night , shops , stores , and houses , are closely watched , tried , and in some cases entered and robbed by them
... BAItBADOES . —From Barbadoes our dates aro to the 12 th July The Legislature was in ssssion , and the new Tariff Bill abolishing tho Imperial Customs , and assimilating the Imperial and Colonial duties on imports had passt-d tho second reading , an amendment vesting the appointment of the new staff of officers in the local government , instead of in the Board of Customs as at first im tended , bavins been carried and embodied in the Bill . SOCIETY ISLANDS- —Advices have been received from the Society Islands , stating that Riatea- has been the scene of a conflict between the Republicans and the Royalists . The half-breed native who was elected by the for er as President pro . tern ., was overpowed and forced tofleo with his troops before the sudden assaults of the Royalists . Tho Republicans , however , rallied , received strong reinforcements and marched against Queen Pomare ' s troops , repulsing them with considerable loss of life on both sides ,
and reinstating th"ir President . Queen Pomara , hearing of the defeat of her troops , hastened in person to Riatea , to turn the tide of war . She was availed with great fury and barely escaped with her life , by taking refuse on board a French frigate . This vessel arrived at Lihaina , Maui , one of the group of Sandwich Islands , on the loth ult ., the day on which his vessel sailed from that port—having on board the Queen of tho Society Islands , who has thus been forced to abdicate her throne .
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Belmcosr LAwTEits .-ttr . N . P . Willis has written to Mr . John Van Buren , one of the counsel in the Forest divorce case , invitit ' S him either to apolog ise or to fight . Fkualb Militia . —A petition has been presented to the Massachusetts legislature , praying that women may be allowed to do militia duty . A Strakge Stout . —The Bavarian journals state that as three roun" peasant 2 irls were three days ago walking in the Valley of Ritisho ' nne , they were struck by lightning ; and that one of t . l'cm was driven perpendicularly into the earth , to such a depth , that it took some time to dig her ont , and even to reach her head ; she was quite dead . One of the other sirls , it is added , was seriously wounded in the breast , and the third became insensible for a short time .
An explosion of fire-damp took place last week in the coal pits of K ^ rkraede { Liroburg ) , by which four men were killed and two others much burned . The accident was caused by the imprudence of a workman in not taking proper precautions . —Galignani . Gustavcs Adolphus at IIklioousd . —Of all our colonial settlements or dependencies beyond the seas , the little Isle of Heligoland in the North German waters is the least costly or troublesome . Its utility as an advanced sentry-box to ourselves , and its invaluable worth as the site of a great northern beacon to all maimers , need no commentary . It is seldom that any transaction occurring in t . is -inpretending spot is chronicled in newspapers . The remote insular territory of Queen Pomare is much more frequently
heard of , with it doings in the distant Pacific ; nay the Island of Ichaboe , " looming" far off on the coast of Africa , occupies a far greater space at least in the agricultural eye . The news from this holy islet would have kindled additional fervour in the bosom of Captain Dalgetty , where he alive to learn the tidings of a statue being at last erected in tho British possessions to the great Lion o the North and Bulwark of the Protestant religion . How that desideratum among the trophiea which should adorn Her Majesty ' s dominions , and the tributary memorials which monuments ! art should have long since erected to that gallant champion of the faith came to be accomplished without a drawback or disfigurement , the interference of a committee , or the perpetration of a job , we hasten to explain . A Hamburgh paper has the following intelligence : —
" A very large statue in bronze of Gustavus Adolnhus , King of Sweden , designed by M . Vogelbjerg at Romej and cast in the Royal foundry at Munich , fell last year into tho sea near neligoland , as it was bein * conveyed to Gothenburg , in Sweden . It was got up by the inhabitants of tho island , but they demanded such an exorbitant sum for salvage that the municipality of Gothenburgb refused to pay it , and left the statue to them . A week ago it was put up for sale by public auction by the islanders , and about 1 , 200 persons assembled . The upset price was 1 , 800 marcs , and oniy one offer was made , that of 2 , 000 marcs [ 7 , 270 f . After a delay of three hours , the auctioneer declared tho statue sold for that sum , and it turned out that the purchasers were tho municipality of Heligoland . The amount given is not equal to one-fourth of the value of the metal alone , and as a work of art it possesses great merit . "
We congratulate the islanders on the process by which they have got such an appropriate as well as ornamental addition to the simply utilitarian glories of their lighthouse . Legendary tales ot sainted effigies miraculously floated from Palestine to Spanish or Italian seaboards are rife in the . Mediterranean : but these images are mostly of olive timber [ except one in mahogany , ] and no specimen occurs of migratory bronze . It is some comfort to hear of the great Gustavus emerging into light on British ground right opposite the coast of that Germany he struggled to liberate , at the moment when his last lineal descendant is ahout to contract a matrimonial alliance with one who embodies a very different principle just now in Europe .
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"Wittv Repartee . — " My dear sir , ' said an election acquaintance , accosting a sturdy wag on the day of election , "I ' m very glad to see you . " " Toil needn't be , —I ' ve voted . Isdiax Eioqcexce . —At a Conference held nf , Vincennes , in the "United States , in 1811 . between General Harrison and some Indian chiefs , after a long talk , Tecumseh , a celebrated Indian warrior , looked round for a seat , but finding no accommodation provided for him , his eyes flashed fire . General Harrison saw the cause , and instantly ordered a chair . One of the council offered the warrior his chair , and bowing respectfully said to him , "Warrior , your father , General Harrison , offers you a seat . "— "My father ! " exclaimed Tecumseh , extending his hand towards the heavens , "the sun is my father , and the earth is my mother ; she gives me nourishment , and I repose on her bosom . " He then threw himself upon the ground .
A snw settler in Missouri says the people there " die so fast , that every man has his third wife , and every woman is a widow . As for the people of Missouri , they are great Christians , they fulfil the Ssriptures to the letter , where it is said , ' Let God be true , but every man a liar '" Remarkable Exf-emmes t . — A living man , ' lying on a bench , ex < ended as a corpse , can be lifted with ease by the forefingers of two persons standing on each side , provided the lifters and Iittee inhale at the same moment tho effort is hem ? made . If the liftee do not inhale , he cannot be moved off the bench at all ; but the inhalation of the lifters , although not essential , seems to give additional power .-iVofw and Queries .
Sissiso iauxm " the Prophet . " -1 carried with me some vinegar in case of a return of fever , and , mixing a little of it with the dirty water , to make it less unpalatable , asked the Arab if he would like to taste if , . He looked at me very archly , and said , " You should not ask me , it is against the Prophet and yet I can ' t refuse , but I never touch those things . " I replied , "Nonsense , this is vinegar , not wine ; it is no boating liquor , but produces quite a contrary effect . With much difficulty he overcame his scruples and drank it ; butsostrong was the conviction on
his mind of its being an intoxicating liquor , bavin « never heard of vinegar , that he stroked himself down complacently , and said , "How good ! " Next day I offered Tim some more ; he winked his eyes , and said . " It ' s very wrong , but it is your fault , you know I can ' t refuse ; you taught me . lie objected this time to my putting any water to it , and tossed off so much that it gave a twist to his inside , and yet stroking himself down , he cried , " How good , how good ! and for the next two or three hours was under the firm impression of baine intoxicated . —4 Ride Through the Aiibian Desert , b y 2 apt Peel . R . N .
The Pohccpine and the Goose . — Cobbett was then the editor of a newspaper , denominated the Country Porcupine ; and > n mentioning himself , ho assumed the ' name of Peter Porcupine . Tho person in whose company I happened to be , related that , a few daysonlv before that time a dandy walked into his shop , and asked to be served with a quarter of a hundred of quilts . On receiving them he exclaimed : " Ob , Mr . Cobbett , I think you have made a mistaue . " " How so ? " replied Cobbett , sternly . •' These are porcupine ' s quills , are they not ? " tittering . Cobbett . looking grave and contemptuous , coldlv observed , « No , sir they were-but »» now goose quiila . " - Adventura and Recollections of Colonel Landmann
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THE THEATRES * A new Comedy , from the pen of Mr . ' MoretoU , entitled ' Sink or Swim , ' was produced at litis lioure on Tuesday night . It is a frBStod easy adaptation in plot-and character of ihany familiar stage traditions , worked up together into a pleasant , rattling , rapid and livery little piecr . A youri » fjerd Yawnly { Mr . HosUUvs ) is dying of o « W frorh tbe repletion of happiness , and lie gapes through two bfrtBreescanes , culling to mind , with unin tentional ingenuity , the clevsriKM of Ohnrfe ? Mathews iii 'Used up . ' At the third or fourth scene he hits upon ah idea , ahd determines upon drowning biih-elf ; He rushes to a river banlt , and by a strange coincidence , just as he is about to take the fatal leap , he tumbles across a contemporary contingent suitide in the person of Adam Sterling ( Mr . Furren ) . The rencontre leans fo a conversation crowded with jocose reflection , odd in gentlemen who have determined on temporary insanity ; and the ' situation' excites jtreatappb-use . Adam Sterling is a merchant—sny at Bristol ; and he is bent on
self-destruction , with the ordinary pertinacity of stage J ' ntish merchants , in consequence of his partner , as stage mercantile partners some , limes do , having fraudulently run off with the whole funds of the firm . The conversation leads to a proposal that both suicides shall adjourn the re ? p ' eciive felo de se until the peer has handed to the merchant all the money required to render the latter solvent again : and so the scene closes * by both individuals walking away arm-inarm . The merchant has of course one daughter , and of course the peer falls in love with her : the beautiful passion producing the routine effect , and converting apathj into overwhelming activity , bustle , and energy . The new qualities of the young nobleman are speedily called into play . As he and the old merclian t are enjoying an odd combination of double Gloucester and sparkling Moselle and tallting over their arrangements for dentil , news rushes into the panour from the bsdrooms that the daughter has been carried oft by some midnight ruffians in tbe back scenes . LordYawnly sudd-jnly remembers that lie had heard of this abluction being :
contemplated , the hero of it being a blackleg whose society he had endured , in his indolence , and whose rascalities had amused him in his ennui . Of course he rushes off , recaptures the damsel , receives the father ' s bb ssitig , and is formally betrothed . The suicides are indefinitely postponed . Meanwhile , nt his oivn house , a rchcroe has been hatching against him . A good-natured uncle , ignorant of the changed cbaractn" of ihe nephew , has resolved to read him a lesson upon the value of his advantages in life , in the hope of rous ing him to exertion . The plot is to lead the peer to believe that he ia wrongfully possessed of the title and the fortune : that bis fosterbrother , a gardener ( Mr . Compton ) is the real lord ; and that the transposition originated in the stock tvvclt of tiiis nurse , who bad promoted her own child to the advantage of the high born infnnt entrusted to her by others . Upon this occurs some amusing acting by Compton , and soms high flown sentiments by Mr . Hoskins ; and in the end , when the uncle reveals the temporary fraud , there is great rejo ' cing , the usual junction of hands , and the full of the curtain amid immense calls for the company and tho author .
The acting was exceedingly good- Mr . Farren was , in the one necessary scene , the perfect comedian , representing with vividness and force , by a few touches , the rained and broken-hearted old mail . In all the other scenes he acted far .-e , and condescended to the grimace required by . the piece . Mr . Compron gave his broad burlesque with nis usual heartiness . Mr . G . Cooke , always a careful and keen actor , made much of the cha-acter of the uncle , and Mrs . Walter Lacy , a = the pretty daughter , looked and did very gracef'il the business of the part .
ASTLBY'S . We paid a visit to this popular place of amusement on Tuesday evening last , and were never better entertained . The performance commenced with ' Peter the Great , or the Storming of Marienbourgh . ' An admired and historieil spectacle in three acts , from the pen of Mr . Fitzball . It illustrates the incidents connected with tho passion of the Czar for Catherine , In the first act Catherine is the cause of saving tlie life of Peter , who was left wounded on the battle field . And for this action she is ordered to bo beheaded , by the governor of Mnrienbourgb , who has driven off tbo Russians . Feter arrives , however , just before the governor ' s orders are put into execution , and extricates Catherine from her perilous situation . In the second act the casualties are of a'different complexion . Peter has resolved to make Catherine Empress ; but the nobility have a great aversion to it , and enter into a conspiracy to take away ttic life of the Emperw . Ones move Catherine rescues tho Autocrat from a violent death . The third and last act , shows how the Princess Eudocia , who is desirous of changine tho dynasty , by placing her son On the throne , having failed in depriving Peter of his life , conspires against Catherine , j The poisoned ihalice , intended for the object of her hatred , is quaffed by her son , whose
ghost appears , seated on a white horse , at the very moment the Princess endeavours to stub t- e Empress . Euifocia ( ties , and Catherine is saved . Ouv space will only allow us to give a mere outlino of the plot . The character of Peter was sustained by Mr . Hyder , who is a useful addition to the company . Tho com ! c parts weio taken by the renowned Barry , and tbe spirited Miss Pearce , who kept the house in a continual state of laughter , during their performance . ' Peter the Great' is by far the most complete and gorgeous productions of modern times , and one which bids fair to eclipse even that putent favourite with the public , 'Mnzeppa , ' Nothing is wanting which taste and liberality can supply in acting , dressing , and scenic eftvets . Nothing , in fact , is >; pared , to make it what it is—a vigorous , instructive , ard admirable vehicle of glittering display . 'Peter tbe Great * should be witnessed by all . The educated will be delighted with the historical truthfulness of the detail , and tho uneducated wM seek to learn more ; whilst from the moral lesson taught , every child in the metropolis should be taken to see ' Peter the Great ; or the Storming of Marienbourgb . ' The evening's amusements concluded wit i some clever feats of horsemanship in the circle , and a laughable fare * , entitled ' Drawing for the Militia . '
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ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . The lectures [ given at this popular theatra of amusement during the past week have been of a pre-eminently instructive and amusing character . J . II . Pepper , Esq ., 'On Testing Gold , and on the Australian Gold Districts , ' and also i On the Alleged Adulteration of the Burton Bitter Ale with Strychnine , ' gave great satisfaction to tbe many deeply interested in these subjects . Dr . Bacbhoffner lectured ' On the Patent Polytechnic Gas Fire , ' and ' Experimental Philosophy ; ' and Mr . Grippe on ' Morrall ' s Patent Needles . ' Perhaps one of the most interesting parts of the programme at this place is Mr . Geo . Buckland ' s lecture ' On Musical Characteristics , ' in which he is so ably assisted by tlie vocal artistes , Madame Bregazzi and Miss Blanche Young , who vender their illustrations of the lecturer ' s happy subjects with great professional correctness and amiability , and will do much to make this Institution the most poj-ular , and the best attended place of public resort in London ,
TAUXIIALL GARDENS . These gardens have been re-opened . The amusements are of a very superior description . The equestrian circus has been converted into a theatre for the performance of a ballet , which is by no means the 'Brummagem ' affair that might bc expected in suburbad districts . Mademoiselle Picon , the premiere danseuse , is really an accomplished artist , and the scenic effects are excel , lently managed after the model of the ' Beverleian ' splendours ot the Lyceum . The ballet is decidedly the grand coup , but the historian should not pass over in silence the very pretty dioramic view of the Arctic regions , which may bc seen without extra charge , nor a curious contrivance for producing halos of white or coloured light , by means of a novel arrangement of n Hectors . To eay that the Vauxball Fireworks fizz bang , sparitle , form inexplicable patterns , and shoot out igneous missiles at nothing , would bc to utter what Immanuel Kant ealis an ' analytical proposition , ' andwlienwe have recorded that the gentleman who sings comic songs in the orchestra first asks his hearers why the President of France is like a Vauxball Cook , and then explains that is ' Because he recollects Ham and how he cut it , ' we think we have fairly demonstrated that wit is not at a discount at this establishment .
CREMOUNE GARDENS . These delightful gardens arc once more opim to the public . Among the amusements are a concert of black serenadors , a balltt , in which thofe faithful votaries of Terpiscbore , the Misses Cushnie , appear as premieres , and in which the crotesquc clement is exceedingly prominent , and the Cirque Oriental . Tlie circus is one of the grand ' amusements' of the gardens . Besides some very clever equestrians , the proprietor is blessed n'ith the lesseeship of a posture master , who evidently has no bones at all , and a couple of brother acrobats , who , suspending themselves at a terrific height from the ground , risked their necks in a style which might have awakened a sensation in Tiberius himsclt . There are to be seen , also , the stout-limbed Kaffir * , and the fireworks—an assemblag e , of attractions amply sufficient to repay a visit .
SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS . The annual / ifes al these gardens new inaugurated on "Wednesday , % vi \ li si Grand Bazaar , in connexion with the Temperance League . The extensive grounds were crowded during the day principally by the working classes , whose respectable and orderly demeanour , and healthy and happy faces , might well have justified them in addressing to the drunkard the scriptural exhortation , « See how their brethren fare , and take their pledge . ' The bnznar was a very large one , : ind the fair stailkeepers seemed to be doing a brisk business . A printing press , which struck off an ode , or poem , or hymn appropriate to the occasion , was one of the chief ' lions' of the day , but it yielded probably to the yet superior attractions of a galvanic apparatus , round which there never lacked a large and wondering crowd . The fine zoological collection found plenty of admirers , and the latest acquisition—namely , an enormous tortoise , abost 200 years of age—attracted a very fair share of attention , During the afternoon the company amused themselves with various rural games , and with listening to the bands of music , whose exertions were unremitted . In the evening there was a regular concert , and the day ' s amusements terminated with a grand display of fireworks .
ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS , REGENT'S PARK . During the present season several additional buildings have been erected , and numerous improvements effected in this fashionable place of amusement . The paddock , hitherto inaccessible to the public , has been laid out , and tbe paths brought into connexion w * tn toe oher walks , thus giving increased extent , and bringing the visitors in closer contiguity with many interes : ing animals , winch hitherto could be viewed only at a distance .
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CAPiunE op a PartwAY Excise . —During tho present week the Great Northern Railway Company have commenced running trains from Nottingham to London , via the Ambergate . Ji / ie , the directors of the two railways having recentl y completed arrangements for that purpose . As the journey by this new route is shorter , speedier , and cheaper than the old one , the Midlands are threatened with considerable loss of traffic and revenue thereb y . This has caused an ill feeling to spring up between the rival companics and their servants , which is from time to time displayed in various ways , perhaps the most extraordinary of which took place on Monday . In the course of the afternoon of that day a Great Northern engine propelled a down
train into i he Nottingham station , used jointly by the Midland and Ambergate companies , and was preparing to depart with an up-tram , when the Midland Co . npativ ' s engineers placed several locomotives both before and behind it , and took the trespasser prisoner . In spite of all remonstrances , the captive was detained , and the passengers had to wait for several hours , until an Amiicrgilte enlne could bo procured . Tho Midland Company assert , that though t . io Amberoate engines are entitled to enter tho Midland station ulTSottinshnm , tho Great Northern engines are not , and that therefore they were entitled to impound this borrowed locomotive as ., trespasser . Considerable litigation is expected to arise out . of the transaction
Origin of Hair P . nvnKs .-Ti . o absurd practice of powdering he hair ori ginated with two dull and mi er . b e mountebank * at a public fair in France , who ha inJ racked their stupid imaginations ia vain to exci Tine ST / , hG , r K « Ping auditors , at last fri « led up thri ! hair m a fantastic manner , and plastered it over wah flour and givnse . The con-e . t pleased , and fashion , over find if absurdity , carried the fooleries of two low butt , Tom 2 the rf' ? . i agre 1 „ T - Th 0 Enslisb , who long oop ed Hlfr & T- ° ? ' , th 0 Fm ' ' S 0 ' "lecorated the outride of S l , „ ir ° 8 amC vWiOT , 0 <» »»• " »«¦; ' ^ d in the year m > when the tax on the use of hair-powder pawed the fo iling calculation was made of the quality < rf flour consu . ned- r rather wasted-hy the arm * only . The military ? wf . ° ( - ea Bl : it : 'i 1 'V , (! lu ' S foot " > horse . ™» it » . fencibles , 050 . in England , Ireland , ana - Soothnd . « ndftlm > ff hen » .
amounts to about 250 . 000 men . each of whom is supposed to waste a pound ot flour per week . 250 , 000 ibs a we-k ' aro no less than 6 . 500 tons wei ght a year-u qunntitv sufficient to make 3 , 0 o 9 , 353 quartern loaves and to supply 50 000 people with bread for twelve months . «•« - / i r
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 7, 1852, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_07081852/page/2/
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