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THE AKFEXiTIOX OP CRACOW . ( From the Jfomfaf AiterHser . ) jlcurc . mourn , the last embers of Poland are dying j Hex crime-bestrown ashes are crimson with gore ; On tho Vistula ' s hanks the warm relics are lying , The fire of her freedom shall Ugatea no more . cbaU Cracow thus perish , and none seek to save her I ^ NonehnntdownthejacaaU . whomang lehercorse ! Sone punish the robbers . » one crush the < enslaver T Cppeasants ! upnoWe .. ' toarms , and tohorsel Have the sons of tbf . ***» . ° ' none who " ^ ' ^ Tw ^^ iHadUnd freothee again t - „ e b . nnt ye the wawong ! Why mock ye our . ogutsh !
We beg , in the dries ef Europe , our bread ; Osr bravest and truest in slavery languish , And some—Ob , too happy . '—now sleep with the dead . i < Tby children , 0 Gaul , and thy sons , Allemania , Wt at do they hut crawl at the will of their kings ! The fierce greed of Mimmon possesses Britannia , Ani blights the last hope where the sad nation clings . " Wsil on , ye loin exiles , no heart recks jotfsJrceping , Tke spirit of justice from Europe has fleaf Aad few bold their revels , the many are sleeping , Oppression is rampant , and Freedom is dead . Yet topes will enkindle ; let Love keep them burning ; Forget not your manhood , as , toiling , ye groan ; Till power to tho people , in grandeur returning , Anake them to win both your rights and tfceir own . 0 . H .
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TOE HAMELKSS . By William Thou , op Isveraey . More than one hundred jean ago the haughty Queen of one of the Georges boastfully said to the Argle , ' We shall make of Scotland a banting park . ' The blasphemous threat was politely spurned in the reply of that gallant nobleman , * Time I were off then to call ont my hounds . ' And' out' they would have come too . Aye , and even in yon dark period , have resisted annihilation . Alas ! that oar enlight ened period is reserved to witness ( as far as a beginning Eoes ) the fulfilment of all implied in the old lady ' s wish .
TJie following lines are meant to represent something like the feelings of an expatriated mountaineer by bo means a new theme , yet seriously revived of late in the shutting up of onr Highland passes . None , now-a days , " spell" the unconquered hills Mankind are now excluded from these vast and interesting freedoms—' tis the wisdom of our times to yield these delights to a priviliged half-dozen . As it God had never meant that grass should seem green to vulgar eyes , and that deer and dukes shoald hold internal and exclusive fellowship , or rather that deer and dukes were created for each other . Fonder well ye casuists . ' What aflovely world , one duke , all else doers , or calves , no curs , " mind ye , yelping in the distance . " * Alas ! the curs , but they mil yelp a little longer , and a little stronger to , and wee to the fool that feels their teeth I
THE HAMELES 3 . Red heather hangs on my native brae ' s , But foot o' mine maunna bend it mair , I kenthehowes where the dark slae grows , Tet daurna peep to pu' them there . 'Twas little and licht the Laird had gi ' en s , That little and licht it wis taen awe , At last he reared ns a' at ance , For Sontbren huntsman he never saw ! But . they haegow'd—and wo faae grief , The Laird ken's well sic odd ' s there be—He's tint the heart o' a Highland chief , Anldwarl'd Clansmen skaith his e ' e . Tbe glen that wanned my laddie dreams , Its guarded noo by a belted loon , The gray anld hame—My anther ' s hame , They has pn'd it doun—Oh ! they pn'd it dona
My kindred wandered across the wave , A Ianeiome waxld was left to me , I laid my auld fonhsin the grave In God ' s time , —011 lang to die ! Yet heather hangs on my native braes , And sorrow hangs on my witherM hroo , I look to Heaven—bnt I danrna pray Wi' a burning heart and its veangeancs fu '
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* See Berkeley ' s notable vindication of the Duke o Leeds addressed to the Editor of the Examiner . ? sg- William Thom , the Poet op Invebubt . —It will be seen by an advertisement in our fourth page , that William Thom has just published a new edition of the " Rhymes and Recollections of a Hand-Loom Weaver . " We shall have something farther to say on this head in our next , in the meantime we may inform the admirers of the poet that ( in addition to tho publishers , ) Julian Harney will be happy to sup ply copies of the new edition , at the price named in the advertisement . Address 16 , Great Windmill Street , Haymarket , London .
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THE LABOURER , A MONTHLY MAGAZINE OF POLITICS , LITERATURE , POETRY . Ac Edited by Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., and Ernest Jones , Esq , ( Barristers-at-Law . ) London : Northern Star office , 16 , Great Windmill Street ; Manchester : Abel Hey wood , Oldham Street ; and all agents for the sale of the Northern Star . This new Chartist and Working Man ' s publication exceeds our most sanguine expectations in all respects save one . Tbe articles iu point of talent and originality are , to say the least , fully equal to the productions of the most popular periodical writers of the present time ; and considering the great and glorious aim of the writers in the Labourer , we must
pronounce their productions to be far superior to those of their competitors—the favoured writers of tbe high-priced magazines . In ono respect only we are disappointed ; the appearance of the Labourer is hardly worthy of its contents . There is matter | enough in these 43 pages to have filled a handsome-looking publication , which this is not . " Cribb'd , * cabin'd , and confined" in the form assumed by the Labourer the editors have done themselves a great injustice . They have produced a good , but not a good-looking , publication . There is no lack . of typographical neatness , tbe printer ' s work is well done , but tbe form is laalty , and by no means a lair representative of the excellent matter within .
No . 1 of the contents is "A Christmas Carol" in verse by Ernest Jones . This poem has the disadvantage of being fragmentary , and the story is somewhat obscure , but the poetry is for the most part genuine , and equal , if not superior , to anything we h & ve before seen from the same pen . The following eitract powerfully pictures
TVBAXTS OLD AKD HEW . The night grew dark—bnt from a height Afar the lordly mansion shone , Shone pillar white—and portal bright , Like trellice-work of fire and stone . Along the roads , from every side , The blazing lamps were seen to race , As fast the guests invited hied To share tbe feast at Leawood-Place . It was a Norman castle high—It was a keep of ages rude - 'When men named murder , chicahy , And robbery was called—a feud . These barons stern once housed in pride , And coined tbe labourer ' s heart to gold ; On field arid fell the labourer died , While they were gay in holt and hold .
What they had lavished , to replenish They o ' er taxed endurance * length , Drunk his labour down in Rhenish , And grew strong upon his strength . Men of haughtiness ! unthinking In their selfishness of caste , 'Twas his life-blood they were drinking ! But ' twould poison them at last . From the dust that they were treading , Some stood up by force or craft , 'Till the ' scutcheoned peer o ' erheading , In his face the trader laughed . Then his triumph once ensuring , This new conqueror fiercely rose , Smote tbe people ' s nsck enduring , After they had crushed bis foes . Aad those mighty tyrant-Masters Settled into slaves again ; Tht-y had only changed their masters ,
And tbat change wis worse than vain Since then , a eterilt-though ' ed man Had lorded it o'er Leawoo d fair , ^ ho as an errand boy began , And end « d as a millionaire . And bis son , by slow degrees . Mounted Hie with golden faet , For the son knew how to please , As the sire knew how to cheat . Before he rose , the people's friend .
He feigned at all their wrongs to burn ; Now , as he b « nt , made others bend , And played the tyrant in his turn . Patroniied each bible-mission ; Gave to charities—his name ; No longer cared for man ' s condition , But carefully preserved—his game . Against the Slave-trade he had voted , "Rights of Man" resounding still ; Now , basely turning , brazen throated , Veiled agjiust tho Ten Hours' Bill .
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"i , tf « w Year ' s Greeting * ' !* weU-ecmeeivid •«* w . l ^ ldall « orj " ThXsam ^ SJ woriJ ing Claw . " h the first chapter of a mett important hutory . intendedtoippearatfuU in the Mafiethemost important history that conld feVritw JSlrftf ^ rtlM f : > d » more pXrftKSE Ihn f / udaU ^ M Of k , nE " ' P'tek / and nobles , in thf . S „^ neTe * " *• Ifc « tril" » « * ° a « SZ £ Knl ^ ^ Hm * «» . ««» t ensure its ha ^' F riS * " m the * of this author , we nnl !! .. ^ L \ f 1 Ten i " , 80 hi « OP '"*™ ofWs E ? « we ^™ formed from the peraal of fte first chapter of this elobuently written history . We will not tantalise our readers with a quotation , but refer them to the magazine . From an able article on " Ireland" we give the folio wing extraet : —
1 KKEDIAL HEAS 01 FS F 0 » IXZLAND . The minister must not for a moment lose sight of the fact , that sympathetic words will be used by both Irish parties , each placing the immediate grievance in the foreground , and each endeavouring to turn tbe calamity to it * own political advantage . To meet the landlords' case we wou'd recommend , not a gift , but a generous loan , to enable ttem to redeem their estates from their present legal nurses , and place them under the guardianship of such a system as would insure the expenditure of the whole of the advanced funds in tbe
Improvement of properties now rendered sterile by the laws of primogeniture , of settlement , and entail ; and that in such cases the funds should be expended under the direction and management of a board of farmers instead of a Board of Ordnance ; th-t the money should be lent at an interest of fire per cent . ; the surplus , above tho amount at nhich the government conld raise it , to be applied to the employment of tbe necessary machinery ; and the interest to be recoverable by "Extent" of tbe Crown , and to take precedence of all other liabilities ; the government taking care that » o legitimate outstanding contract was violated .
The instance of tenants for life paying ten , twelve , and even fifteen percent , for interest and insurance , are numerous ; whereat , by a sound system applied to such cases , the tenant for life would not only be relieved of the uiarious interest , but the capital , raised as we recommend , and judiciously applied , would make htm in . dependsnt of the heir , would give him the advantage of his own industry , and would better enable him to proride for hit family , while tbe condition of the poorer classes would be improved by the expenditure of a large amount of revenue in productive labour , instead of millions being wasted with no other view than to purchase the forbearance of a famishing people .
Let us presnme that it would require a loan of twenty millions to carry oat our project . The government could raise the money at three per cent , upon' the released properties , for which the landlords wonld cheerfully pay five per cent ., thus leaving a surplas of four hundred thousand per annum to defray tbe expenses consequent upon the working of the plan ; an amount which would not be devoid of benefit , as it would be expended upon the spot from whence it was drawn . Our space will not permit ns to enter more largely upon the landlord ' s question , and now we turn to a consideration of these means by which the condition of the farmer it to be improved .
To accomplish this object we see no possible means but perpetuity of tenure , and a corn-rent ; and , as the generally accepted opinion is , that , at regardt Ireland , we must commence denoro , we would urge the absolute necessity of dealing with properties now held under leases for long terms at war prices , a diminished rent being accepted in discharge of the reserved amount , but tbe landlord still holding tbe power of demanding the "full penalty in the bond , " and the tenant discouraged from the expenditure of labour or capital in the improvement of hit holding , In all such cases we would recommend tbe application of the system enforced by the government and extended to corporations , the system of ascertaining the present value of the land by the verdict of a competent and disinterested jury , and upon that value to affix the rent , varied according to the avarage price of corn in each year .
Having so far dealt with the landlords and farmers , we now turn to a consideration of that class by whose labour rents are paid and profits made . It is idle to legislate for Ireland without making the condition of the labouring classes a prominent feature . As regards that class the government will ere long he compelled to choose between perpetual rebellion , a large standing army and fluctuating funds , and an indepen dent small proprietary , constituting a national militia , and establishing , by their own industry , a standard ef wagvt in the hire market . No tain of money , upon which the interest would be cheerfully and punctually paid , would be too large to apply to this necessary undertaking . The employment of such a clas « , relying upon tbe fruits of their own industry , would speedily relieve the Irish peasant from the unjust and ungenerous charge of Indolence , idleness , and dissipation ; and however bleak , forbiding , and discouraging the first experiment may appear , in less than seven years the promoters would receive their reward in the substitution of houses for
hovels , profitable cultivation for wild and sterile heaths , and an educated peasantry for an ignorant race . While , as well for the support of the poor and indigent as for the development and encouragement of the national pride and industry , we would recommend no other poor law than agricultural and labour premiums , secured by a graduated scale of taxation upon all property , varying from four per cent , upon the absentee'to one per cent , upon the occupant , and divided into four classes ; farmers occupying fifty acres of land and upwards In the first class ; farmers occupying from ten to fifty in the second class ; the small proprietary , from the smallest amount to ten acres , in the third class ; and those who labour for others constituting the fourth class .
We fully agree with the writer of the above article that '' If the minister is prepared to do these things ; he will outbid all factions for Irish confidence and support ; but if he wavers and commits the error of prefering political support , even to the attempt at discharging a high and national duty . Me will sink to rise no mere ; while the English people must be prepared to bear the heavy burden consequent upon his imbecility and pride . " An historical tale of the nineteenth century entitled , " The Romance of a peoole , " is apparently intended to illustrate the sufferings and heroism of the unfortunate Polish people ; the opening portion isvery interesting . In our " Trades" page will be found lengthy extracts from an article on * ' Trades '
Unions" well worthy the serious attention of the trades particularly those of the metropoli s . The affecting " Lines by Macolm M'Gregor , upon reading Mr . Cumming ' s letter to the Duke of Wellington *' were given in our last number ; it is needless for us to praise what has already met with universal applause . ' * Phase of Political Parties" is the title of a letter addressed by the editors to Lord John Russel . We hope his Lordship will read the Labourer ' * " letter , " and mark , learn and inwardly digest its contents ; well for him , well for the country , will it be if he will do so . This is the day of warning and counsels ' to-morrow may be—will be if his Lordship will bare it so—the day of popular indignation and retribution .
•* The Charter and the Land" a right good story , partly of the past and present , and partly in anticipation of the future , closes this number ottheZ ? - bower . We give the following extracts : —
BOW WILL WEIGHT 001 INTO TBOCBLB THKOUOH BEWC A HASTISr . William Wright , and Betsy his wife , lived in Stockport ; they had a son and daughter , Tom and Betsy , two little factory children , and they tpent a very fractious and uncomfortable life , since tbat plaguy Charter , as Betsy termed it , came up . Will would attend all Chartist meetings , and was more than once imprisoned for what is termed , " sedition , riots , routs , and tumults , " and which , in understandable phraseology , means a " fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s work , " and cheering those who teach them the method . During this incarceration , his wife had to bear patiently all the insolence , tyranny , and bauments , to which the overseer pleased to subject her , always laying them to the account of her rascally Chartist husband .
Subsequently Will got too fond of attending the public house , and so added ( o his own and his family ' s misery ; in 1845 , however , he turned over a new leaf :-
W 1 LL JOINS THE Lt . VD SOCIETY AND GETS A PBIZE . Will runs into the cellar one evening , where his wife had been recently confined , and just as she was calculating , with an old crone , as to bow soon she ratgl . t leave tbe baby and return to the mill . Will gathered the tenor of the conversation , and , ready to leap fjr joy , be says , " Nay , Betsy , wench , thon sbalt never work for no mais ter no more , thou shalt nurse youngster thyself this time . " As Will had been out all day , and as joy had induced him to take a gliss with a friend , the poor wife , feared lesthehad relapsed into hit old habits a nd replied " Art daft , Will , why , how dost think we mun live !" "Lire , " retorted Will , " why , look here , lass , I have drawn a prize in Land Company ; " adding , " and look here , lass , " showing her five sovereigns ; "Igave the shilling a week , thou thought I used to drink , to pay up share , and I saved this hsre when I got a chance job . " "Oh Will ? "said the overjoyed wife , feebly , and taking
her baby from the crone , " and dost say I shall nurse lass ! " "Aye , lass , " be replied , * , and I'll help thse . " "Well Will , " she asked "why did'nt thon tell we thou had put in ! " " Oh ! "he replied , " thou wast always so bltttr agen Charter , 1 was afeard till prize come up . " " That's not Charter , " she answered , " Charter was always getting thee in trouble , and Land will put thee in bread ! " "Oh , lass , " rejoined Will , " but it ' s Charter all the time , for only for Charter the land would never come up , and I'de never know aught about it ; Charter it the means and land is the end ; as ould general says , Charter is spit , and Land is leg of mutton . " " Well , Will , " obsesved the wife , " if It does nout else , it has made thee a better maa , and a better husband I ' m sure . " Betsy went on as well as could be expected , delighted with her future prospects , and her husband's reformation , and both seemed to grudge themselves every morsel they ate , from a desire to have a good start .
Before the time of removal comes poor Will is annoyed by the gloomy forebodings of his wife , who has got into her head the idea that her husband is" not u < ed to land , " they'll not be able to live , pay rent , Ac . Will combats her foolish notions right manfully . The wife becomes reconciled , and at length on the appointed day
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WOZ . AND BIS FAMILY HAVE IXOCEPOIff TOE THE PROMISED LAND , The weavers left Stockport , with their three children , b y the third class train , on the following morning , and ' arrived at Watford on the evening of the tame day , where , to their great delight , they wore met by kind and fostering friends who looked upon them as their chitdren , and having joined many new comrades upon the tame mitsion to the Holy Land , heretofore strangers to each other , and while tbe sun was yet high , the emancipated slaves started , amid the shouts and cheers of weleomeef a vast assemblage congregated to witness the novel and pleasing spectacle of tbe foundation of a Small Proprietary Class ; and the travellers being all seated in
vans , in readiness for tbe occasion , the band struck upfc See the conquering heroes come , " —the road for the whole distance presented the appearance of a Gala Day , and never was sach a merry Uay-day seen in Hertfordshire , or in England , before . At the entrance to Holy Land the first settlers were met by many old friends and well-wishers , and all were conducted to their respective abodei , all anxiously inspecting their castle and their labour field , and though tired from a long day ' s journey , only terminating their research when the table clouds ol night had spread its mantle over their little domains . Will ' s wife was amongst the most delighted , and the clock struck twelve before the felt inclined for rest .
The next morning Will's wife being fatigued with her journey oversleeps herself , but is suddenly awakened by the sound of the school bell , which she mistakes for the factory bell . Will soon sets her right , exclaiming "d—n the factory bell ! sleep lass ! sleep ! and I'll call thee . " The story concludes with the following picture of
THK HAPPY FAMILY . The wife slept till eight , when Tom and Betsy rushed to her bedside , jumping and laughing , and singing ont in full chorus , " 0 mammy , su : h a nice place , I like school maitter so macb , " tayt Tom . " And I like minus too , " tayt Betty , " the tays the'll give me a simpler to work , and teach me to read pretty good books , and mend and make faither ' s thirts and stockings , and bake bread , and plait straw ; here ' s posies for baby , Tom and me picked in land ; get up , mammy , we ' s so hungry , and fatther has du £ , oh so much , and the tatfes and cabbage and all the things look so nice . Farther says he'll hare baby out with bim in wheelbarrow while he digs . 0 mammy , all tbe little children look so happy—mammy sure you wont let us go back to Stockport and factory any more to be
whipped . " " No lass , " replied the mother , *« not if thou ' rt good . " " 0 , we'll be good , mammy , ' responded the delighted children , running out of the room to communicate the glad tidings to a little playmate of whom they had already made an acquaintance . The mother rose , and for the first time paid proper attention to her helpless babe . The happy family sat down for the first time in their lives to a substantial breakfast , in their own house , with good appetite , cheerful spirit , and a light heart ; the father , when it was over , observing that if they ate like that every day they'de break him . " " Eh , " responded the wife , " but they'll cost tbee nout in doctors . " " Thank God and ould Charter for tbat , lass , " replied Will , kissing hit wife , and telling her not to have dinner for him till three . " Young folk ntay dine when they come from school , but we are going to attend a
vtstry about church rates , and guardians , and overseers , and we all have a vote , " said he , " and isn't that Cbab-Tin and Land , and all got for £ 2 12 s ., and thou can trust me in public house now that I have work of my own to do , and mun turn out if I ' m a waster and can't pay rent ; sc , last , dontthou mind any beer for my dinner . " "Eh ! Will , " exclaimed the delighted wife , "but thou ' rt a gooduo , tbankt be to Sod , and God bless LAND and the CHARTER : * and Will for the first time in bis life went to have hit word about church rates , guardians , and parish officers ; and strangers in broadcloth shook him by the baud as he stood at the church door , and when he was canvassed for his vote he said— " I mun tee how Dick Pilling will go—at he ' s the Father of the Movement , and mun all cp with him for Chaster and the Land . " *
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HOWITT'S JOURNAL . No . I . London : 171 , ( corner of Surrey Street . ) Strand . This new publication , edited by William and Mary ilowitt , has been already announced in the Star . The first number is now before us , and gives promise of a long and brilliant existence for this new venture of its gifted conductors . We give the following extracts from their opening address : — We are bound to no classt , for we believe that in tbe cultivation of the whole , lies the harmony and tbe happiness of the whole . Where there needs tbe greatest tffort , thither our * Sorts shall be most immediately and
zealously directed . Amid the million there lies enormous need of aid , of comfort , of advocacy , and of enlightenment ; and amongst the million , therefore , shall we labour , with hand and heart , with intellect and affeesion . To promote their education , and especially tbeir self-education , a process full of the noblest self-respect and independence—to advocate their just rights , to explain their genuine duties , to support the generous efforts of those many wise , good , and devoted men and women who are now everywhere laboring for their better being and comfort ; these will be the dearest employment cf our lives , the truitst pleasures that we can experience .
To all the onward and sound movements of the timea great and glorious time—our most cordial support shall be lent . Everything whieh can shorten the hours of mere physical labour , and extend those of relaxation , of mental cultivation , and social , domestic enjoymenteverything which tends to give to labour its due reward , and to furnish to every rational creature his due share of God's good gifts—food , raiment , a pleasant fireside , and the pleasures of an enlightened intellect—as it must have the approbation of every good man , so it must have onr best and most unremitting exertions for its establishment .
Amongst the contents of this number we observe an excellent address on the Sanatory question , to the working classes of the United Kingdom , by Dr . Seuthwood Smith . "Life ' s Contrast ; or , New Year's Eve , " is well written and prettily illustrated . Mary Ilowitt contributes the first of a new series of her sweet and simple " Lyrics of Life . " From a charming and seasonable article by William Ilowitt , we give the following extracts : —
JANOABT . It would seem this year as if Winter would show us some of bis old characteristics . We have had already a sharp specimen of what he can and may do ; and if we regard the health of society , and of the vegetation , we shall not complain if frosts and snows come upon us in all that strength and abundance which so many of us can remember . * * * I find myself years ego thus describing January : — " Frost—keen biting frost , is in the ground ; and in the air , a bitter , scythe-edged , perforating wind from the north—or , wbat is worse , from the north-east—sweeps the descending snow along , whirling it from the open fields , and driving it against whatever opposes its ceurte . People who are obliged to be passing to and fro , mbffle up their faces , and hew their head to the blast . There is no loitering , no street-gossiping , no stopping to make recognition of each other ; they shuffle along , the most
wintry objects of the scene , bearing on tbeir fronts the tokens of the storm . Against every house , rock , or bank , the snow-drift accumulates . It curls over the tops of walls and hedges in fantastic wildness , farming often the most perfect curves , resembling the scrolls of Ionic capitals , and showing beneath , romantic cavet and canopies . Hollow lanes , pits , and bogs now become traps fer unwary travellers ; the snow filling them up , and levelling all to one deceitful plain . It it a dismal time for the traversers of wide and open heaths ; and one of toil and danger to the shepherd in mountainous tracts . There the snow falls in amazing quantities in the course of a few hours , and , driven by tbe powerful winds of those lofty regions , soon fill up the dells and glens to a vast depth , burying the flocks and houses too in a brief space . In some winters , the sheep of extensive ranges of country , much cattle , and many of tbe inhabitants , have perished beneath the snow-drifts . "
Such used to be the mows , of late years seldom seen in this country , as many believe from tbe increaseof population , and consequently , increased number of fires , as greater warmth of the whole surface of the land from draining , and from tbe diminution of woods . Be tbat as it may , such winters were once common , and are now rare . The skate-makers , and all sellers of skates , except fishmongers , complain . Then the frost used to continue commonly till March , and tbe proverb was , 'that as the days lengthened , the cold strengthened ; and by a bold figure , it was said , that January froze the pot over tbe fire . Yet , spite of this , people in Ibecountry enjoyed themselves wonderfully . Tbeyweresliding , skating , shooting , and snow-balling . In this country those little sledges represented in our vignette , never seem to have ' prevailed , but abound in all countries from Germany to Lapland ; the beys flew , and still do fly , down hills with them , with the speed of birds and in wonderul delight . Here our country population eagerly pursue the wild
creatures of the fields and forests at this season . : Tbe poacher and tbe gamekeeper are equally on the alert ; the one to track game , the other vermin ; and thousands of polecats , weasels , stoats , rati , otters , badgers , and similar nightly depredators , are traced to their hiding-places in old buildings , banks , and hollew trees , and marked for certain destruction . The poacher , particularly in moonlight nights , makes home with game . Partridges nestled down iu a heap on ( he stubble , are conspicuous objects ; and bares , driven for food to gardens and turnip-fields , are destroyed by hundreds . Woodpigeons are killed in great numbers in cabbage and turnip-fields by day ; in the neighbourhood of great woods where they abound , the farmers' boys set steel traps for them in tho snow , laying a cabbage-leaf on each trap , to which they fly eagerly , and are abundantly captured ; and by moonlight they are shot in the trees where they roosl . Larks are shot or taken in nets on the stubbles , and conveyed to London by thousands .
Future numbers will afford us tbe opportunity of further comment ; in the meantime , we heartily recommend this publication to our friends and readers .
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THE DOMESTIC MONITGR .-Londfli , { E Mao . kensie , 111 , FleeUtreet . ** This publication really posseses some original and interesting feats-res not to be found in any other existing periodioal . Iu the first pUoe we have essays by the editor on the political and popular events of the day , written in an impartial ana f earless manner , and containing much that we must give our assent to . We Question the editor ' s anticipations of the results of Free Trade , and bis idea as to the re-allotment of Poland we entirely dissent from ; still we must applaud the boldness with which he has grappled with a question on which the public mind is as yet but too apathetic . "DonRodrigo , or , the Forbidden Wedding , a translation from the Italian of Manzoni , will be found highly interesting to the loven of
rrmanee . Under tho head of "The People ' s Corner " we notice some val uable articles on " White Slayery , " " Female White Slaves , " " Capital and Labour , " < fec ., proving tbe conductors of the Domestic Monitor to be philanthropists of a very different stamp to those who " compass sea and land" to find objects of sympathy at the antipodes , yet are blind to the wrongsand sufferings of their fellow creatures , born on the same ground and breathing the same air as themselves . We have given in another column an extract from these articles . A considerable portion of the Domestic Monitor is devoted te medical subjects ; and scientific and literary queries addressed to the editor meet with ready and satisfactory answers . We have much pleasure in recommeading the Domestic Monitor .
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THE COMPLETE BISCUIT AND GINGERBREAD BAKER'S ASSISTANT . By Thomas Rbad , Author of the " Practical Baker , " dio ., to . London : Dean and Co ., Threadneedle-street , Cleare , Shoe-lane . This book contains a description of the most approved methods , with practical directions for making all manner of plain and fancy biscuits , buns , cakes , drops , thick gingerbread , spice nuts , Ac , being adapted either for the use of the trade or private families . This is certainly a well written work , and
from enquiries we have put to the " head of the home department" we find that great faith may be placed in Mr . Read ' s " practical directions . " Of course there is nothing left for us to do but to recommend the public to purchase the book and judge for themselves . We may add that some distinguished persons have expressed their approval of Mr . Read's work , he having received an autograph letter of thanks from Sir Robert Peel , and the compliments of Dr . Ryan , Chemical Leeturerat the Royal Polytechnic Institution .
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Lord Thuhlow and Wilks . — " Accordingly the next time the subject ( the Regency question ) was brought forward in the House ot Lords , the Duke of York , having made a very sensible speech , renouncing , in the name of his brother , any claim not derived from the will of the people , and lamenting the dreadful calamity which bad fallen upon the royal family and upon the nation , —the Lord Chancellor left the woolsack seemingly in a state of great emotion , land delivered a most pathetic address to the House . His voice , broken at first , recovered its clearness , but this was from the relief afforded him by a flood of tears . He declared his fixed and unalterable resolution to stand by a Sovereign who , through a reign of twenty-seven years , had proved bis sacred reared to the principles , which seated his
family on the British throne . He at last worked himself up to this celebrated climax : — - 'A noble Viscount ( Stourraom ) has , in an eloquent and energetic manner , expressed his feeling on the present melancholy situation of his Majesty , —feelings rendered more poignant from the noble Viscount ' s having been in the habit of personally receiving marks of indulgence and kindness from his suffering sovereign . My own sorrow , my Lords , is aggravated by the same eause . My debt of gratitude is indeed ample for the many favours which have been graciously conferred upon me by his Majesty— " and when I forget my Sovereign , may my God forget me !' * God forget you !'" muttered Wilks , who happened then to be seated on the steps of the throne , —eyeing him askance with his inhuman squint and demoniac grin— ' God jobokt you ! IIb ' ll see tou d—» Fissr . '"— Campbell's Lives of the Chancellors .
FARMER'S SONG . I digs , I hoet , I plows , I mows , I gets up wood for winter ; I reaps , I sows , I taters grows , I ' m Mebted to the printer . I do suppose All knowledge flows Right from the printing press ; So off I goes , In these ere clo ' s , And settles up—t guess , American Paper
Never sat Die .- —Such appears to be the motto of the old bridge of Westminster . Though his existence has been marked by various closings , we find him once more giving symptoms of vitality . He began receiving company last week , and though he seemed to be a good deal shaken , he exhibited on the whole far more firmness than might have been expected . — Punch .
TIIK TWO BEGGARS . Heard ye Winter ' s iron tread Ring through street , and field , and sky 1 Now ' s tbe time , our sires have said , For old English charity . I have got ( and tis a wonder ) Half-a-crown I do not owe ; Tell me , without any blunder , How this coin I may bestow . As I satin meditation , Beggars two my thoughts suggested—Beggars two , whose supplication Late my notice had arrested . One , as I the corner rounded , Saw me pass with silent shiver ; But the other ' s claims are sounded In tbe public journals ever .
Some few halfpence , in her rounds , Wins the one with no small pother Seventy-seven thousand pounds Patch th' insolvency of th' other . One is foul with scarecrow rags , Superfine the other ' s " * ob'd in ; Now , tbe first is Sukey Craggs , And her rival , Richard Gobden . The relieving officer , When old Sukey calls and cries , Hath no look but looks severe ,
Hath no word bat '* your eyes I " Thou , who hop ' st for borough seat In the Liberal interest , Must profess thy " pleasure great" . In augmenting Cobden ' s list . Feeble Sue , from men and horses Is in danger when abroad ; From his gig the bagman curses , As she crawls across his road . Cobden made a dapper bow , When the House with plaudits rung ; When he heard his praises flow , From Sir Robert ' s oily tongue . Eukey wheezes in her breath ;
Than her frame a lath is fatter ; And , from cold and want , her teeth Ever chatter , chatter , chatter . Mouldy crusts and doubtful bones Are the morsels of her dinner , Gleanings from tbe pavement stones ; Scarce a tinker's cur would join her . ' He , at Paris and Madrid , Spouts , and dines , and spouts the more Hear the rich alms-taker plead Of bis pity for the poor ! Liver of the Strasburgh goose , — Red Lafltte , and golden Xeres , — Dainties to decline or choose , — Cobden , such thy glorious fare is ! Now , ye men of Mincing-Iaoe ,
Strike the balance , strike it true;—Which is needier of the twain , Beggar Dick , or beggar Sue f Make your choice while yet 'tis free ; Fast the precious hours are flying : Dick , perhaps , may " wait a wee , " Sue to-day for want is dying . C . G . P . ! T A Poet ' s Retoht . —Poor Dryden ! what with his wife — consort one cannot call her , and help-meet she was not—and with a tribe of tobacconist brothers on one hand , and proud Howards on the other ; and a host of titled associates , and his bread to dig with his pen , one pities him from one ' s heart . Well might he , when his wife once said it would be much better for her to be abookthau a woman for then she should have more of his company , reply , " 1 wish you were , my dear , an almanack , and then I could change you once a year . "— WilUam Ilovuitt ' s Homes and Baunte of Britith Poett ,
EPITAPH ON A PRIZE PIG . ( From Punch . ) Kete lii'S all tbat was eatable of a priae pig . He was born on February 1 , 1815 : ho was fed on milk , potatoes , and barley meal : he was slaughtered on December 24 , 181 C , weighing 2 ( Nt . 91 b . Stop traveller I and reflect how small a portion of this vast pig was pork , suitable for human food I
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Mb . O'Cohnell is looking feeble , and is said to be fast assuming the characteristics of extreme old age . Dbaxerb in Tobacco . —The licensed dealers in to-? S cSf : , nd 8 , nuffa « . »» England , 170 , 048 , in Ireland , I » j 600 , and in Scotland , 16 . 402 . ha . £ Li ? .. r — engineer in South Wales ionnPTJ ^ - aIocomot "e with eight wheels , all anV ofh « co nsS „ Sn tbat ent ^ baffle engine 8 ° l * s than 730 , 000 dollars . T hfflSf ^ JSk ing the dogs in the United States is « Mt to h * 7 , 000 000 of dollars . It is said thaUTyS'Lts of saw dust are annually consumed in London for stuffing dolls alne .
The Nestor or Missionaries—The Univcrs states that there exists at present in the . foreign mission at Paris , a venerable ecclesiastic 98 years of age . He was born in the canton of St . Pol , and quitted his native place at the age of twelve years . He then repaired to Paris , where he took orders , and some years afterwards proceeded to China as a missionary . He remained in India and China 75 years . Two years since his health compelled him to return to France , and at the age of 96 he undertook a journey of 0 , 000 leagues , which he accomplished in safety .
A New Bibhinoiau . —A correspondent who signs himself " Taffy , " communicates the following : — " Pont-yTridd , Glamorganshire , on the river Tuff , twelve milesnorth-west of Cardiff . In the year 1816 there were only sh booses , and one of them was a public-house ; hat now it contains more than three thousand well-built houses , distinguished for their convenience to suit the working classes . The general opinion of this flourishing place is , that it will soon be * second to Birmingham . The market is held here every Wednesday , and is considered the largest in the county of Glamorgan . "
The Present Parliament can sit legally until October , 1848 , as at the last general election Parliament was " appointed to meet" in October ,
1841 . New Title . —We perceive that the Aylesbury jVeuvhas taken a county title , and is now the Buck Advertiser and Aylesbury News . Dreaofui . Effects of the Lucifer Manufacture . —A case has occurred for the fourteenth time , in Nuremberg , of the removal of the lower jaw-bone , in consequence of disease , from persons working in iucifer-match manufactories . The disease usually attacks girls who , for trifling wages ( 2 s . per week ) , risk the loss of their health . The physicans have
not hitherto been able to find any means of cure for this disease ; when the jaw-bone is once attacked , however slightly , the malady is incurable , and tbe boqe must be removed . In this last case the girl had left the factory above six months , during which time she had been at service in another town , before the jaw showed symptoms of disease . During the operation she suffered the extremest agony . Government ought to take this subject into its earnest consideration . —Itdmbury Correspondenten . Female Printers . —In the Uniled States a conslderble proportion of the printers aro females .
Co-ofbbation . —Some of the artisans and labourers of Lincoln are said to contemplate starting a project for obtaining a proprietary mill , that they may manufacture their own floor . Novel Clock . —A clock which will go for one year , has been constructed by an ingenious mechanic of Chavlestown , S . C ., of the name of Stien . More Taxes . It is stated that the army is to be increased by fifteen regiments , or 12 , 000 men . Theatre Interdict —The mayor of Clonmel has interdicted the performance of Jack Sheppard at the theatre of that town . America ! Coal . —Tho coal mines of Pennsylvania have this year produced 2 , 400 , 000 tons of coals . A Pest . —In removing a stack of corn , last week , near Penrith , a farmer killed 200 young , and 76 old rate , by means of terriers .
Ridiculous . —The town of Orange has erected a monumental fountain to the memory of Raimband III ., Prince of Orange , who fought at the taking of Jerusalem in 1096 . PmACT . —Bulwer ' s "Luoretia" is published at New York for twenty-five cents , one shilling and a half-penny English . For thb Teeth . —To four ounces of water , add one drachm of Peruvian bark , and wash the teeth with this water in the morning and evening , before breakfast and after supper . It will effectually desstroy the tartar on the teeth , and remove any offensive smell arising from those that are decayed . Coffin Sentiment . —The Russian coffins are generally brown , but children have pink , grown-up-married girls sky-blue , while other females are indulged with a violet colour .
A Rkal Rombo . —It is said that Miss Susan Cushman , the celebrated Juliet to her sister ' s Romeo , has found a real Romeo , in the person of a young gentleman of this town , to whom she will be shortly united . —Liverpool Times . Prevention of Foot-rot in Shed-feeding Sheep . —The foot-rot is easily prevented by carting a quantity of earth , in the form of a mound , in the centre of the yard attached to the shed , upon which aro occasionally strewed small quantities of slaked lime , and that simple remedy has prevented the disease . Imports of Forhion Cattle at Hull . —The total imports of cattle into this port during the year 1846 . up to Wednesday , amounted to 9 , 144 oxen , 4 , 782 sheep and pigs , and 291 calves . —Hull Advertiser .
An Electrified Owl —Tho transmission of messages by the New York and Philadelphia electric telegraph was recently suspended for several hours by the following curious incident : — " A large owl was found suspended from the wires , with his talons entangled among them , the copper wire having been twisted round the iron cords . The owl was dead when discovered , and it is supposed that he had lighted upon the iron wire , and while in that position the other was blown against him , and a connection being thus formed , he received a shock of the electric fluid , which deprived him of life . "
Sudden Death . —On Sunday morning , an old man , named Fisher , suddenly fell down in Kensington Church during the performance of early service . He was conveyed to the vestry-room , where it was ascertained immediately that life was extinct . New Mayor of Leeds . —On Friday the Town Council of Leeds elected Alderman George Goodman to fill the office of mayor of the borough for the remainder of the current year , upon the resignation of Alderman Charles Gasooigne Maclea , owing to continued indisposition . Rarities of the Season . —On Saturday , in Covent-garden Market , there was a profusion of now potatoes of the description called ash-leaved kidney , the price being Is . per pound ; asparagus was plentiful ! at 10 s . the bundle ; rhubarb , 5 s . ; and cucumbers from 7 s . to 15 s . each ; all being of English growth .
The Tea Trade , January 4 . —The deliveries of tea last week were smaller , being only about asO . OOO lbs . Ladt Sale has administered to the property in this country of her late husband Colonel Sir Robert II . Sale , G . C . B ., who died intestate . The personalty in England was estimated tor duty at £ 6 , 000 . Lord Campbell . —We learn that the Senatus Academicus of the University of St . Andrew's have unanimously conferred on the noble and learned lord the degree of LL . D .
, , Death in St . Giles's Workhouse . — Saturday , information was forwarded to the Coroner ' s office of the death of Patrick Case , aged forty , late a pauper of St . Giles's workhouse , under the following circumstances : —It appears that the deceased , wbo had been in excellent circumstances , became , from unprofitable speculations , reduced almost to beggary , and being wholly unable to obtain employment , was compelled to seek relief from the parish . lie had only recently been admitted into the workhouse , and appeared to be in good health . On Friday evening he was suddenly seized in a fit , and expired in a lew
moments . Insurance against Theft . —Amongst 4 ; he novelties in the shape of Joint Stock Companies to whieh the present age of speculation has given birth is one for an insurance against theft ; the Company , for a Jiremium of 20 s ., undertaking to guarantee all loss torn peculation to the amount of £ 50 . Fearful Death of a Bride . —On Saturday , as Mr . and Mrs . Jacques of Janow , who had been married only five days , were proceeding along a coal railway , near to Newcastle , they came to an inclined
plane , up which Mr . Jacques proposed they should ride upon tho waggons . His wife assented , and on attempting to get into the waggons she fell , and seven of them passsed over her . She was immediately taken up and conveyed to the Newcastle Infirmary , where she died shortly after . National Fducation . —Doubts having been expressed tbat government will not at present move in this important matter , we are happy to learn , from a source on which we place reliance , that Lord John Russell will bring in a bill for the advancement of national education in the ensuing session .
—Scotsman . Statistics of China . —In China Proper there are 367 , 000 , 000 inhabitants , and in the dependencies of JMnntchounie , Mtngolia , Turkestan , and Thibet , about 4 , 000 , 000 making a total of four hundred million peeple under one government ! The population of the whole earth is estimated at from 800 to 1 , 000 millions . The number of inhabitants to e * ch square mile is about tho same as in England , and less than the number in Ireland . The most dease population is along the banks of the great rivers particularly near the great Zang-tze-Kiang , and tho central districts of the country , where the waters furnish largo supplies of food . The fecundity of the Chinese is visible in every village . The area of China Proper is given at 1 , 297 , 999 square miles , or 830 , 829 , 1000 acres of which 140 , 000 , 0000 acres are in cultivation . Ol the 18 provinces into which the empire is divided , 11 are inland , and the remaining 7 on the sea-coast . The average population to each square mile is 2 S . 1 ;
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the total fixed revenue 35 . 000 , 000 ttels ( a tee ! is 6 $ ) tbt army , 1 , 232 . 00 ft .-m . Montgomtry Mttrth . ' . Price o » Mali Liquors . —Within the lait . few days a general rise in the price of malt liquors tag tefeen iifltae in the metropolis . The prices now are generally porter , in your own jugs , 4 d . ; porter sent out , or in publicans pots , 4 ] d . ; porter drank indoors , 4 } d . ; and ales in proportion . The Moddl Loooino-housb , St . Giles ' s , — -On Saturday this building attained its elevation , heing six stories from the basement . The entire euiln-e is fireproof , and with the exception of the srrourx ) floor and basement , will be converted into dormitories epable of comfortably accomodating five l . m . ttred and ' sixty nightly . Louis Napoleon . —The United Service C ' . ul > hs *
pnid the compliment of electing Prince Loir .: * Napoleon , as one of its members although his iii ^ imess had not presented himself as a candidate . Further Rise in the Price op Bread . —On Saturday most of the bakers in the New Cut , Jjl . ickfriars-road , and the leading thoroughfares .- . n the Surrey side of the river , made an advance in th price of bread of the second quality of one halfpenny so that the 41 b is now Sid . Household bread , va her coarse , and weighed to the purjhaser , has sl'o advanced in price , and sells at 7 id . per 4 B > ; emintry bread , not weighed to the consumer , OJd . to 7 d . per loaf . The best bread hasri « n in propwti'in ,
and cannot be obtained at a less prise than H . u . pec 4 ft . Flour ( the best ) is 10 d „ and seconds KJd ., soma dark in colour 71 d . per quartern . The bakers anticipate that before the end of the week * eonds bread will be as highka lOd . or lid . the 41 b . loaf . j ?""? 7 * ' fir 8 t « ° nstitution of Carolina , prepared by the great philosopher , Jshn Locke , trial by jury was established in all the Courts ; bnt the office of hired or professional pleaders was dL-nltowed as a base and sordid occupation ! and no i ! ian was admitted to plead the canse of another , without previously deposing m oath , that he neither had received nor would accept the slightest renumointioa for his services !
Another Royal Birth . —Letters from Contitantinofle are of the 17 th ult . On the 11 th a salute of 21 guns announced the birth of another son of tbe sultan , who was named MohamedZia-ed-Din . Tyrannical Punisiimknt . —On the Uth of lteormber a Court-martial was held at Malta on a private of her Majesty '« 88 th reeiraent , forhavingtlireatt ; ned while intoxicated , to strike his superior ofneor . Sergeant Gallaghar . He was transported for loin teen years . Recall of Lord Haroinob . —It is con fluently stated in military cire ' es and at the Etst India House—and we believe there is . 'little , if indeed any , doubt of the truth of the report—that Lord HirJinge has been recalled from India , and that he is to be succeeded in the Governor-Generalship of tli . rt country by the Maiquis of Clanricarde . —United S-mriee Gazette .
Risb in the Price of Paphr . —In consequence of the excitement in the Liverpool market lor the raw material , and <> ther causes , the price of paper has been advanced one halfpenny per pound—an addition which will be rather severely felt by the publishers of newspapers and printers generally . Fatal Accident on the Eastern Counts Railway . —On Friday evening , about half-past six o ' clock tho afternoon down express train run down one of the company's signal men at the Chcshunt atutioa on the above line , causing his immediate deaih . Tho man , whose name is George Piggott , appears to have been in the act of crossing " the line with a signal
lamp as the train was passing the station . Impudent Robbery . —On Menday afternoon , a man having the appearance of a porter , succeeded in obtaining a suit of new elothes , and a nivfsary change of linen , from Mrs . Tombs , of Q , ueer . - ^ i -eet , Lincoln ' s-inn-Fields , as well as thirteen sh ' -IHnes , under the false pretence that he had been sent by Mr . Tombs , wbo bad fallen through the ice- , hi the Serpentine , and was very nearly drowned . Mr . Tombs ' soon after came home , and actually ; passed the fellow a few doors from his house with tho bundle under his arm , but although an instant pursuit was made , he eluded it .
St . James ' s Park . —A large board has been p ' aced at the entrance . ' at St . James ' s Park , opposite the Horse Guards , stating that beggars , persouM shabbily dressed , indecent in their appearance oi conduct , or carrying large parcels , are not t « ta admitted within the enclosure . [ Of course Prince Albert will be excluded with the rest of the " beggars . " ] Sudden Death . — The Journal du Cher , states that on the 27 th ult ., some disturbances having taken place at Mareni ) , in conyequence of the dealt h oi provisions , the Deputy Mayor , M . Pasquier , repaired to the theatre of the riot , and had scarcely opened his lips to harangue the multitude , when he dropped dead . Destitution in the Metropolis—During tho past week £ 917 Is . has been forwarded to the Association for the Relief of Destitution in the Metropolis .
The Great Sea Eagle . —One of the most perfect and full-grown specimens of this splendid bird was shot lately at Glengarry . Its dimensions were full three feet in length , and weighing fifteen pounds . The great sine and muscular strengt ' u of its lags and talnns showed at once how easy it could destroy beast , bird , or fish , equal in bulk with itself . The Pope ' s Toe . —The Pope has abolilsed the custom of kissing the cross on Irs slipper , commonly called "kissing the Pope ' s toe , " and instead extends his hand to be kissed . A Noble Lecturer . —At Leicester , Lord Courtenay delivered a lecture in the Literary Institute , on the state of Ireland . The Rev . Mr . Courtenay presided . An Old Shot . —Mr . John Partridge , ofNciihawton , aged 81 , killed in five successive shot * throe hares , a rabbi * , and a woodcock .
Oath-taking . —A letter from Berlin of the 25 th ult . states , that by royal ordonnance , the long formula hitherto in use in courts of law , when \ u oath is taken , is to be replaced by the words , " 1 swear before God to tell the truth , the wholn truth , and nothing but the truth . " The witness i . * to bold up the thumb and the two first fingers pci'i'cudicularly , in sign of the Holy Trinity , the other lingers being bent down . During the taking of the i > : uh all persons in the court are to stand up . Earthquake . —A letter from Utm of the 26 th nit .. states , that on the preceding day , a subterranean rumbling noise was heard at that place , accompanied by a slight shock of earthquake . This was al * o the case at many towns and villages in that pari of Germany .
Nightly Shelter for the Houseless . —A report of tbe West-end Refuge , situate in Market street , Edgware-road , states that , since the opening of the establishment on the 15 th ult ., 3 , 000 poor persons have received shelter , a supper of beef , soup , and bread , before retiring to rest , and a breakfast in the morning , as well as abundance of soap and water to cleanse themselves and apparel . Genkral Flores' Expedition . —The trial of Captain Adderley \ V . Sleigh , K . T . S ., who was to have commanded the naval arm of the expedition destined for South America , on a charge of infringing the Foreign Enlistment Act , is moved by writ oi ^ rtiorari to the Court of Queen ' s Bench .
Withdrawal of Coaches . —On Tuesday we . ; k , in consequence of the opening of the rail , two coaches were withdrawn from the Ipswich road ; ono , the " Old Ipswich , " driven for 37 years by that old favourite coachman , "Tom" Emmerson , ami the other , "The Regulator , " by Robert Sewell . —Bury Herald . " Brother , Brother , we are doth in the Wrong . " —Tho Hon . Captain Berkeley and the Hon . Craven Berkeley have been on a visit to Earl Fitzh . uJinge , at Berkeley Castle , during the last few day * . In Place at Last . —We understand that « ur city member , Mr . Bannerman , has received , or h about to receive , an appointment of a permanew nature from the government of Lord Jobn Russell . Tnis will of course vacate his seat for Aberdeen , whieh he has held since the era of the Referm Bill , —Aberdeen Banner .
Departure of the IIibebnia . —The royal mail steamer Uibernia , Captain Alexander Ryrie , sailed from Liverpool on Tuesday , with upwards of 100 passengers , amongst whom were Lord El ^ in , the lately appointed Governor General of Camia , and suite . A French composer intends setting to music a version of Lord Byron s " Manfred . " Sport for Join ville —For want of a marine enemy , tho Prince de Joinville has been making war upon the boars and wolves in the forests of Crecy and Armanvillicrs .
Curious Calculation . —It has been calculated that a single penny put out at five per cent , compound interest at the birth of our Saviour , would have produced in 1806 , £ 290 , 991 , 000 , 000 . 000 , 000 , 000 , 000 , 000 , 000 , 000 . 000 sterling , which could make a bulk of solid g 6 Id of one hundred and ten million times the magnitude of the whole earth ; whilst at simple interest , the same sum in the same space of time would only have produced seven shillings and sixpence . Bulwer ' s Lucretia is published at New York for twenty , five cents , one shilling and a halfpenny English . Winter in Germany . —The Germanjournals contain accounts of heavy falls of snow in that country .
Starvation . —Several deaths are reported to have occurred from want in Belgium . Tub First Jk > y Returned by tub Citizens o » London as Common Councilman . — Mr . B . S . Philips , of the firm of Faudcl and Philips of Newgate-street , has been returned as a common councilman lor the ward of Famngdon-witiiin . Prince Louis Napoleon Huonapartr intends , it is said , to fix his permanent residence in this country . The Archbishop of York entered on his 90 th year on the 4 th ult . .... . _ .
Stranob Reason . —On Monday , at Stockport , a manufacturer was lined £ 10 for not boxing off a piece ot machinery , by whieh a young man had lost his hand . The magistrates refused to inflict a heavier penalty , " lest they should be offering n premium to men to put in ( and lose ) their hands ! " — Liverpool Standard .
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