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THE HOTHEU-TOXGUE J * Wl casts g ladness round T mer ^ SMS « S » ^ ndeth ' sStjW e and sweet in woe , IS io We and in death also , Ind sweet in recollection . Onr mother ' s voice was the cradle son-That soothed as beyond all other ; rAnd sweetly sonndeth the motber-tongne When the first-born lispeth ' Mother !"
Oar-mother tongue is that in which Our young souls first found expression ; And the lover knows no other speech To pour out bis full heart's passion . * Twas spoken by all those kings of old Round whom our homage gathers , . 4 n « i by those warriors true and bold "Whom we proudly call our fathers . Oar mother-tongue , in tbe people ' s mouth , Vfith words of power it liveth ; lis loved in the Xorth and in the South , And its echo the greea-wood giveth . Oar motber-tongne , like a flowery wreath . Both high and low it enfoideth ; Through it the souls of onr fathers breathe , And the true heart feat it holdeih .
Oar hearts speak only our mother-tongue , They know no foreign translation ; " " lis it alone , whether written or sung . Which from sleep can rouse a nation . Our mother-tongue , by the sea-shore wild , And in deep woods , s-ummer lacen , How sweetly it sounds , from man or child , But sweetest from the lips ot a maiden . Sweet in pleasure and sweet in woe , Swedfc in life and in death also , And street in recollection . fBv Gnaitvig . Translated an ffowitfs "Literature and 1 * Romance of Northern Europe" )
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WaVts and Talks of an American Farmer in England . London : Bogue . If the author of this work is a fair specimen of his Class , it would appear that in literary and general attainments it is far a-head of the same class in this country . Few farmers in England , we venture to say , from a pretty extensive knowledge of them , could have prodnced a book so marked by general and varied intelligence , and by the power of judicious observation and equally judicious reflection . One of the peculiar features of the book is the vividness with which the traveller conveys to the reader the manner in which English ideas , customs , habits , and
scenery , strike the American mind . There is a perpetual recurrence to America , as a kind of standard of comparison , which indirectly helps to a good conception of tbe state of things in the Transatlantic Repnblic ; while the contrast helps to bring out all the more clearly the English part of the picture . The journey would appear to he incomplete in the present volume , which is confined to the Mersey , Liverpool , and its vicinity , a ramble through Cheshire , and an excursion into Wales . The traveller and his conw panions took the only way to see a country—namely ; mainl footand to mix
Jo perform their journeys y on , ¦ freel y with the people ; from whom American inquisifivcness and Republican frankness elicited information not accessible to those who ride in first-class carriages , and put np at first-class hotels . Nothing can ha more graphic than the description of their first view of an English rural landscape . It enables the leader to enter into , and enjoy almost as much as the writer , the peculiar enjoyment and novelty to the stranger of the beauties of our home scenery . The travellers bad stopped at a small station , to begin their pedestrian tour to Chester : —
Inafewminntestheygo off in carriages , and room is left us in tbe little waiting-room to strap on our knapsacks . The rain slackens—ceases , and we mount by stone steps up a bank of roses and closely-shaven turf , to the top of tbe bridge over the catting . There we were in the midst of it . The country—and such a country —green , dripping , glistening , gorgeous We stood dumb-stricken by its loveliness , as , from the bleak April and b » re boughs we had left at home , broke npon ns that English May—sunny , leafy , blooming Mayin an English lane ; with hedges , English hedg-s , hawthorn hedges , all iu blossom ; homely old farm-houses , quaint stables , and haystacks ; the old church spire , over the distant trees ; the mild sun beaming through the watery atmosphere , and all so quiet—the only sounds the
ium of bees and tbe crisp grass-tearing of a silken-skinned , real , noimported Hereford cow , over the hedge ! No longer excited by daring to think we should see it , as we discussed the scheme round the old home-fire ; no longer cheering ourselves with it in the stupid , tedious ship ; no more forgetful of it in the bewilderment of the busy town : but there we were right in the midst of it ! Long time silent , and then speaking softly , as if it were enchantment indeed , ¦ we gaxed upon it , and breathed it—never to be forgotten I At length we walked on , rapidly , but frequently stopping , one side and tbe other , lifee children in a garden : hedges still , with delicious fragrance , on each side of us , and on , as far as we can see , true firm-fencing , hedges ; nothing trim , stiff , nice , and amateur-like , but the verdure broken ,
tufty , low , and natural . They are set on a ridge of earth thrown out from a ditch beside them , which raises and strengthens them as a fence . They are nearly all hawthorn , which is now covered in patches , as if after a slight fall of snow , with clusters of white or pink blossoms over its light green foliage . Here and there a holly-bush , with lunches of scarlet berries , and a few other shrubs , miogle with it . A cart meets ns—a real , heavy , big-wheeled English cart ; and English horses—real , big , shaggyhoofed , sleek , heavy English cart horses ; and a carter—a real apple-faced , smoet-frockeil , red-headed , wool-hatted
carter—breeches , stockings , hob-nailed shoes , and V Geeup Dobbin" English carter . Little birds hop along in the Toad before ns ; and we guess at their names , first of all electing one to be Robin Redbreast . We study the flowers under the hedge , and determine them nothing else than primroses and buttercups . Through the gates we admire the great , fat , clean-licked , contented-faced cows , and large , white , long-wooled sheep . What else was there ? I cannot remember ; bnt there was tbat altogether that made us forget our fatigue , disregard the rain , thoughtless of the way we were going—serioua , happy , and grateful . And this , exritelufcut continued for many days .
Asa contrast to this picture , take the following of town life , as it struck the traveller on landing at Liverpool : — The broid promenade outside the deck-walls was occupied by the police , stevedores , watermen , boarding-house-keepers , and a crowd of women , waiting to help ia the ships , or to receive their crews when the tide should have risen enough to admit them . 1 was surprised at the quietness and decency of these " sailors' wives , " as they called themselves . They were plainly and , generally , neatly dressed , and talked quietly and in kind tones to each other , and I heard no load profanity or ribaldry at all . Whether this was owing to the presence of tbe police . I cannot say , but I am sore tbat it would be impossible to find in America vice , shame , and misery so entirely nnassociated with drunken .
ness or excitement and riot . They were not as young as girls of the same sort in the streets of New York , and in the Strong gas light their faces seemed expressive of a quite different character .. Generally they _ were pensive and sad , but not iil-natured or stupid . It occurred to me that their degradation must have been reached in a different way , andjhad not brought with it that oatcasting from all good which they would suffer with us . As they stood , companioned together with each other , bnt friendless , some with not even bats to protect them from the rain , others with their gowns drawn np over their head , and others , two together , under a scanty shawl , it would have been difficult , I thought , for a woman , who is always found most unforgiving of her sister's sin , not to have been softened towards those abandoned thus to seek support of life tbat night .
"We shall conclude our notice of this interesting volume by two pictures—one of the Park at Birkenhead , belonging to tbepublic , —the other of Eaton Ball , the princel y residence of the Earl of Grosvenor . At Birkenhead the impression was that nsnally made Dpon Americans by our public grounds ;—Walking a short distance up an avenue , we passed j I !" . ' anotuer % ht iron gate , into a thick , luxuriant , and diversified garden . Five minutes of admiration , and a * ew more spent in studying the manner in which art had
« en employed to obtain from nature so much beauty , and I « as ready to admit tbat in Democratic America there was aptbing to be thought of as comparable with this People ' s £ wden . Indeed , gardening had here reached aperfection « at I had never before dreamed of . I cannot undertake to describe the effect of so much taste and skill as had evidently been employed ; I will only tell yon , that we passed uy winding paths , over acres and acres , with a constant wjung surface , where on all sides were growing every va-**«* of shrubs and flowers , with more than natural grace , mos ? V" border 3 of greenest , closest , turf , and all kept with . _ :. ^ "summate neatness . At a distance of » nnartor of
br i-btw ^ gate « we came t 03110 ? 611 field of clean , was nitch ! i 8 IPar ^ » closely mown , on which a large tent Eentlemp - aud a party of boys in one part , and a party of wasa W anotner . were Ptyhig cricket . Beyond this , ^ flock 0 f g < j . niea < l OTf with rich groups of trees , under which stol dren J P i were tePoainl » S * ttl 3 a ™* women with ¦ * eretb « Tf ' r ring- While watching the cricketters , we for shew ,- with a shower , and hastened back to look Poached h A ? We fotm ( im a P £ > a . on an island ap * tfa other * Ch , De 8 e bridge . It was soon filled , as were lfe „ "" oraamentalbni ] diDgs , byacrowd of those who , » « se « e 3 , bad been , overtaken io the grounds by the .
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ram ; and I was glad to observe that the privileges of the garden , were : enjoyed about equally by all classes . There were some who were attended by servants , and sent at once for their carriages ; but a large proportion were of tbe common ranks , and a few women witlfchildren , or suffering from ill health , were evidently the wives of very humble labourers . The manner in which an intelligent Republican regards our aristocracy comes out in this description of Eaton Hall : — We were kindly shown through all its parts , including muc ' i not oidinarily exhibited to strangers ; and I confess that I was not more interested in those parts which were its peculiar features as a feudal stronghold , than in those that displayed the sumptuous taste , luxury , and splendour
of a modern aristocratic mansion . The state apartments were truly palatial , and their garniture of paintings , sculpture , bi jouterie , furniture , and upholstery , magnificent and delightful to the eye beyond any conception I had previously had of « uch things . Let no one say it will be soon reproduced , if it is not already excelled , in the mansions Of our merchant princes in America , Excelled it may be , but no such effect can be reproduced or furnished at once to tbe order of taste and wealth . There was m all never a marvellous thing , or one that demanded especial attention , or that proclaimed in itself great costliness ; and while nothing seemed new , though much was modern , most » f tbe old things were of sueh materials , and so fashioned that age was of no account , and not a word was t
said by them of fleeting time . Tbe tone of all—yes , ne tone—musical to all who entered , was , Be quiet and comfortable ; move slowly , and enjoy what is nearest to you , without straining your eyes or your admiration ; nothing to excite curiosity or astonishment , only quiet rosthetid contemplation and calm satisfaction . I liked it , liked to be'in it , and thought that if Ihad come honestly to the inheritance of it , I could abandon myself to a few months living in the . way of it with a good deal of heart . But in the first breath of this day-dreaming , I was interrupted by the question , " Is it right and best tbat this should be for the few , the very few of us , when for many of the rest of us there must he but bare walls , tile-floors , arid everything besides harshly screaming , scrabble-for life ?"
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On the Study of Words : Five Lectures addressed to the Pupils at the Diocesan 2 raining School , Winchester . By E . C . Tbench , B . D . London : ; Parker and Son . We have rarely met wth a book so overflowing with valuable and varied information as this little volume . The object of the author is to show how much instruction may be elicited from some of the commonest words , even when standing alone . To the discharge of this task . Mr . Trench has brought a cultivated and richly stored mind , and a power of analysis combined with a graceful style , which renders w * hat
would , in the hands of an inferior writer , have been a dry and abstract ~ subjec * , as attractive and interesting as books professedly aiming at amusement rather than instruction . The importance of the study is forcibly shown in this ex ract from the second lecture on the moral lessons to be learned from single words ' "Words being the symbols of ideas and feelings , show what has been going on in the minds of those who used them , and to give a clue to the moral character of the age when they were in fashion . The subsequent changes which have taken place in their meaning indicate corresponding changes in the habits of the people . Mr . Trench says : —
Seemg'then tbat language contains so faithful a record of tbe good and of the evil which in time past have been working in the minds of men , we shall not err if wo regard it as a kind of moral barometer , which indicates and permanently marks tbe rise or fall of a nation ' s life . To study a people ' s language will be to study them , and to study them at best advantage , where they present themselves to us under fewest disguises , most nearly as they are . Too many ' have had a hand in it , and in causing it to arrive at its present shape , it is too entirely the work of tho whole nation , the result of the united contributions of all , to allow any successful tampering with it , any making of it to witness other than the actual facts of the case . The frivolity , the triviality of one nation or of one age will find their expression in the using of earnest words in comparatively trivial
senses ; the nobleness , the high moral sentiment , tbe contempt of au « ht which is base , of another , will as certainly in one way or another stamp themselves on the words which they employ ; and so on with whatever good or evil they may own . Often a people ' s use of some single word will afford us a deeper insight into their moral condition and habits of thought than whole volumes written < xpressly for this end . So too the modifications of meaning which a word has undergone , as it bad been transplanted from one soil to another , the way in which one nation receiving a word from another , ha * yet brought into it some new force which was foreign to it in the tongne from whence it was borrowed , has deepened or extenuated or otherwise altered its meaning—all this may prove profoundly instructive , and may reveal to us , as perhaps nothing e ' se would , the most fundamental diversities existing between them .
In the third lecture Mr . Trench treats of the historical information connected with words , ' and , after contending that a thoughtful student of the English language may , by analysing it into its component parts , learn a great deal about the changes which our nation has gone , he gives the following admirable illustration : — We might almost reconstruct our history , so far as it turned upon the Norman conquest , l » y an analysis of our present language , a mustering . of its words in groups , and a close observation of the nature and character of those which the two races have severally contributed to it . Thus we should confidently conclude that the Norman was the ruling race , from the noticeable fact tbat all the words of dignity ,
state , honour , and pre-eminence , ( with one remarkable exception , to be adduced presently , ) descend to us from them —sovereign , sceptre , throne . realm , royalty , homage , prince , duke , count , (" earl , " indeed , is Scandinavian , though he must borrow his " countess" from the Norman , ) chancellor , treasurer , palace , castle , hall , dome , and a multitude more . At the same time , the one remarkable exception of" king " would make us , even did we know nothing of the actual facts , suspect tbat tbe chieftain of this ruling raco came ih not upon a new title , not as overthrowing a former dynasty , but claiming to be in the rightful line of its succession '; that tbe tme continuity of the nation had not , in faot any more than in word been entirely broken , but survived , in due time to assert itself anew . And yet , while the
statelier superstructure of the language , almost all articles of luxury , all that has to do with the chase , with chivalry , with personal adornment , is Norman throughout ; with , the broad basis of the language , and therefore of the life , it is otherwise . The sreat features of nature , the sun . the moon , the stars , the earth , the water , the fire , all the prime social relations , father , mother , husband , wife , son , daughter , these & rt > Saxon . The palace and the castle may hare come to us from the Xorroan , but to the Saxon we owe far dearer names , the borne , tho hearth , the bouse , the roof . His " board , " and often probably it was no more , has a more hospitable sound than the other's "table . " His sturdy arms turn the soil ; he is the boor , the hind , the churl ; or if his Normau master has a name for him , it is one which on
his lips becomes more and more a title of opprobrium and contempt , tbe villain . The instruments used in cultivating the earth , the flail , plough , sickle , spade , are expressed in his language ; so too the main products of the earth , as wheat , rye , oats , here , i . e . bailey ; and no less tbe names of domestic animals . Concerning these last , it is not a little characteristic to observe , and Walter Scott has put the observation into tbe mouth of the Saxon Swineherd in luanhoe , that the names of almost all , so long as they are alive , are thus Saxon , but when dressed and prepared for food become Jforman—a fact , indeed , which we might have expected beforehand ; for the Saxon bind bad tbe charge and labour of tending and feeding them , but only that they might appear on the table of his Norman lord . Thus ox ,
steer , cow , are saxon , but beef Norman ; calf is Saxon , but veal Norman ; sheep is Saxon , but mutton Norman ; so it is severally with swine and pork , deer and venison , fowl aud pullet . Bacon , the only flesh which may ever have come within his reach , is the single exception . Putting all this together , with much more of the same kind , which might be produced , but has only been indicated here , wc should certainly gather , that while there are manifest tokens as preserved in our language , of the Saxon having been for a season an inferior and even an oppressed race , the stable elements of Saxon life , however overlaid for a while , had still made good their claim to be tbe solid groundwork of the after nation as of the after language ; and to tbe justice of this conclusion all other historic records , and the present social condition of England , consent in bearing testimony .
We close our notice of this interesting and valuable work with an illustration of the felicity with which the author finds sermons in words : ~ Let us a little consider the word "kind . " We speak of a " kind " person , and we speak of man- " kind , " and perhaps , if we think about the matter at all , we seem , to ourselves to be using quite different words , or the same word in senses quite unconnected , and having no bond between them . But they ate connected , and th'it most closely } a " kind" person is a "fanned" person , one of kin ; one who acknowledges and acts upon his kinship with otlier men , confesses that he owes to them , as of one blood with himself , the debt of love . And so mankind is mnnUnned . In the word is contained a declaration of the relationship which exists between all the members of tho human
family ; and seeing that this relationship in a race now scattered so widely and divided so far asunder can only bo through a common head , we do in fact every time we use "the word " mankind , " declare our faith in the one common descent of the whole race of man . And , beautiful before , how . much more beautiful now do do the words " kind" " kindness" appears when we perceive the poor out of which they grow ; that they are the acknowledgment in deeds of love of our kinship with our brethren ; and how profitable to keep in mind that a lively recognition of the bonds of blood , whether of those closer ones which unite us to that whom by best ri ght we term our family , or those wider ones which knit us to the whole human family , that this is the true source out of which all genuine love and affection must spring ; for bo much \ % affirmed in our daily , hourly use of the word ,
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EliEgTION INTELLIGENCES Harwich . —On Saturday Sir Fitzroy "Kelly was elected for Harwich , without opposition . The learned gentleman made a very short speech on tho occasion , and the . proceedings passed over tamely , all excitement or contest being reserved by general consent for the general election . Shrkwsbur * —Three candidates . are in the field for this borough—viz .. Mr . Tomline , Mr , E . TJ . Baldock , and Mr . Heathcote . Mr . Tomline avows himself a Free Trader ) and declares that ho is adverse to any further concession to the Roman Catholic church . On tho other hand , Mr . Baldoek entertains totally different sentiments on the subject of Free Trade . He also pronounces against the continuineeof theMaynooth grant , and in favour of a revision of the income tax . Mr . Heathcote utters similar sentiments . NorrrxonAst . —The following handbill has been extensively circulated through the town and nei ghbourhood : — " TO TUB ELECTORS AND NON-ELECTORS OP NOTTINGHAM
" Gentlemen , —If ever there was a time in your history when it became you to be firm in your resolves prudent and wise in your deliberations , th . it time has now arrived The 'Liberal Party , ' as they call themselves , par excellence . have held several meetings ; but so far from proving liberal in the just sense of that term , they are as illiberal narrowminded , and exclusive as ever . More than one individual proposed to hand you oyer , without any further ceremony to the kind care of Mr . Thomas Gisborne and Mr John Walter ; but , to the credit of the majori ty Of tho persons present they would not agree to be thus compromised ' . Men of Nottingham , are you so infatuated with tho standstill policy of the Whigs , that any of the old hacks of thai body , whom a few individuals may select , will do for your representatives ?—or , will the retrograde movements of the Conservatives be any more in unison with your feelings and interests ? Are you not tired of both factions , and do you not desire a Radical change of the whole system « l ™
aware the old cuckoo cry will be raised of , * Do not divide the Liberal interest : ' - 'It is a battle , of Protection or no Protection . ' I tell you it is in reality nothing of the kind , but a party contest for ascendancy between Wbiir and Tory aristocrats ; both meaning to use the people as tools , to effect their own selfish ends , and prevent , as far as Possible , the people acquiring any political obwer in tbe Mate , Will the Nonconformists , who so nobly struggled with Joseph Sturge , on a former occasion , so far stultify themselves by aiding in the return of two Whigs ? Will tl e 1 , 800 electors who voted for that gentleman betray trie trust reposed in tbem ? I hope not . What , then , becomes the duty of every intelligent progressionist ? Is it nnfc to
bring forward , at least , one candidate , and give the honest portion of the electors an opportunity of recording their votesm his favour . Never mind the result ! You must teach both Whig and Tory that you will no longer submit to be dictated to , or treated with indifference . Popular feeling will be with you ! Justice will be on your side ! The factions , having the fate of St . Albans before them , date not bribe ! Tis not in mortals to command success , but you may do even more , endeavour to deserve it . ' ' " Radicals , Electors , and Non-Electors , do your duty at this important crisis ! Take no false step ; but act up to your principles and professions ! Refuse to be the tools of any party ; and the be * t wishes of all the thinkinn- notion
or the community will be with you ! Whether you fail or not , I have endeavoured . to do my duty : and remain , Gentlemen , yours faithfully , Jambs Sweet . " < . York . —On Monday evening a very numerous meeting was held in the Concert Hall , to hear Mr . Robert Pashley , < J . C „ explain bis political principles with avieyr to his nomination at the ensuing election for this city , There were about 2 , 000 persons present . Mr . Pashley ' s address was more especially directed' to three topics-Free Trade , Parliamentary Reform , and readjustment of taxation . As to extension of the franchise , he should have voted for Mr . Locke King ' s bill , for Mr . Hume's bill , and for Lord John Russell ' s bill , though each ' was defective . The franchise might be safely given to tbe extent of the municipal franchise in all towns , without distinction between the ieof the
occupr wholb and of part of a house . He suggested , also , that depositors of £ 20 in saving hank ' s might well be entrusted with the franchise . He thought that the test of knowledge might also be used , and the franchise be given to members of various classes of literary and scientific societies , professional men , & c , when not erititled to it otherwise . In counties he would give the franchise to 40 s . a-year leaseholds or copyholds , as . well as freeholds , and also to 40 s . a-year in the funds , railway shares , & c . By such extensions the electoral body would be increased from 890 , 000 to Dearly throe times that number . He was opposed to a Militia Bill . Aylesbury . —A numerous and influential meeting of the Liberal voters of Aylesbury have resolved to ask Dr . Layard to come forward as a candidate at the next general election in the room of Mr . Bethell .
Durham ( City ) . — Mr . Atherton , a member of the Northern Circuit , as a candidate for the representation of the city of Durham , on Liberal principles , in conjunction with Mr . Grainger . Burt , Lancashire . —Mr . " Frederick Peel addressed tbe electors on Monday evening , in the Town Hall . A vast multitude of persona were assembled outside . the hall , hooting and groaning , but only such as were provided with tickets were admitted . Mr . Peel ' s speech chiefly referred to Free Trade and the income tax . He said , he would take an addition to the regular army in preference to the force sought to be levied by the new Militia Bill , believing it impossible to draw a force of 80 , 000 men from the industry of the country without great derangement to trade . He was averse to touching the Maynooth grant ; thought education and intelligence , as well as property , should be recognised in the franchise ; but though anxious to see bribery and corruption prevented at elections , doubted if it would be cured by the ballot . A resolution in his favour was carried . " '
HEBEPoRn . —Sir A . Price , in reply to resolutions passed by the Liberal electors in reference to Parliamentary Reform , says , tbat he is favourable to an extension of the suffrage , and not averse to shorten parliaments , though be thinks Triennial Parliaments too short . He is not favourable to the Ballot , but if tho Bill for Preventing Corrupt Practices at Elections , and such like measures for remedying the great evils complained of , should fail , he would yield to the wishes of the electors , and no longer oppose tbe introduction of the Billot , i
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SURREY ADJOURNED QUARTER SESSIONS , j These sessions commenced on- Monday at he Session House , Newington-causeway , before Thomas Putckle , Esqi , and a full bench of magistrates . j Charles Pedgrift , 28 , was indicted for stealing twelve £ 10 Bank of England notes , and 100 sovereigns , the property of William Ingram Rawlinga . The prisoner was found Guilty , and sentenced to twelve months hard labour . j Highway Robbkrv . — Theresa Kensell , 32 , Edward Oonolly , 36 , and Robert Edwards , 43 . were indicted for stealing a silver watch from the person of George Wyattj at Lambeth . Prosecutor stated that he was a solicitor ' s clerk , and about eight o ' clock of the evening of the 3 rd of March , he went down Kennington-lane to meet a friend near the Windmill public-house . While standing there he pulled his watch out of his pocket to ascertain the timeand after he
, had replaced it in his pocket , the female prisoner came up and accosted him . She asked him to cross over to Esherstreet , and having to go that way he did so . He then stopped talking to her , when she suddenly pulled hisgwaistcoat and ran away . Conolly then camenp " to him and asked him the way to Vauxhall , and while he was telling him , Edwards came up and called out he was directing him the wrong wa $ They both went down a bye street , when witness ' s suspicion was aroused , and on putting his hand to his waistcoat pocket he missed his watch . He instantly went to the police-station and gave information of the robbery . He saw the prisoner ' s eight or ten days afterwards in custody , and instantly identified them . The jury found the prisoners Guilty , and the Chairman sentenced Conolly to three months'imprisonment at Wandsworth ; Edwards having been previously transported , to ten years' transportation , aud the female to seven years' transportation . ¦
Jdvbnilk Housebreakers . —Henry Thomson , 18 , arid Henry Holland , 14 , were indicted for entering the dwelling house of William M'Cluer , and stealing therefrom a writingcase , his property . —Amy M'Kelland , daughter of the prosecutor , said on Tuesday night , tbe 6 th inst ., she left the writing-case on the table of the front , parlour , and secured the house when the family retired Wrest . On the following morning at six o ' clock she entered the room , when she was surprised to find that the window had been forced open , and that the writing-desk bad been stolen . Shortly afterwards a neighbour came across to her , and said that she had seen a lad enter the house by the window , steal the writing-case , and hand it to another boy , when they both ran away . Information was given to the police , -with ! a description of the thieves , and on the following day the prisoners were apprehended . —The jury found the prisoners Guilty , and former convictions having been proved against them , the court sentenced each to seven years' transportation . '
Easter Tebxi.—On Wednesday On The Openin...
Easter Tebxi . —On Wednesday on the opening of Iho law offices after the holidays , the arrears for Easter Term , commencing on 'Thursday , were exhibited . The presertfc term will be remarkable , as tho first in which Baron St . Leonards will preside at Westminster-hall as Lord Chancellor , and also in which Mr . Justice Crompton will take his seat in that ancient hall . The arrears of the three common law courts number only 100 . In the Court of . Queen ' s Bench there are fifty-five , consisting of twentythree special cases and demurrers for argument , seventeen enlarged rules , thirteen rules for new trials and one for judgment , and one county court appeal . In the Common Pleas there are only seventeen matters entered—seven demurrers , three enlarged rules , six new trials for argument and one for judgment , whilst in the Exchequer there is one county court appeal , three cases in tho special paper for judgment and six for argument , and eighteen new trial rules for argument . In the equity courts there is a diminution in the number of the arrears .
Hope from Hbao Quarters . —The Earl of Derby lain a fair way of finding unqualified favour in the eyes of that largo and influential section of the Irish gentry , who , merging all differences of creed , political or religious , have united for the purpose of obtaining the easiest possible termsfor the settlement of the long standing account between those parties and the Lords of Her . Majesty ' s Treasury . A ray of hope has been afforded to the debtors by the tone of tho reply of the Prime Minister to a memorial presented to him and the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the subject of the vexed J * Consolidated Annuities , ' signed by seventy Irish members and forwarded by Sir Lucius O Brian , "T 2 Z ,
The Gold Crops In Austhalia . Perhaps Th...
THE GOLD CROPS IN AUSTHALIA . Perhaps the most extraordinary event upon record since the " Expulsion" ia the discovery of the euo vmOTS gold cr in Australia . Differing from all otlier sections of this earth in her Fauna , in her Flora , in her zoology as well as in her aboriginal humanity , Australia ia now shown to differ from them still more in the normal productions of her soil , in no country of the world—not e ^ en excepting California—ig gold , that most precious of minerals , scattered so " broad cast" over the surface ol the land . The quantity sent into Melbourne , for instance , in three successive weeks ( winch it will be borne in mind , was not necessariall y the whole quantity collected—indeed , very likely not more than half that quantity ) within a day's journey of tbat town , amounted in the aggregate to 5 , 542 lbs . troy weight , which ,-at the average rate of £ 3 17 s . per ounce , or £ 46 per pound troy ,
would give a sum not far abort of £ 360 , 000 sterling as the value , tbat is to say , about £ 120 , 000 for each week , taken in the round . These ate the " lowest figures" at which tbe return from the Melbourne diggings have been rated ; but there is clear and distinct proof that the yiel d is not less than £ 140 , 000 per week , and there is sufficient reason to suppose that it . had actually reached £ 30 , 000 . per diem on the average . " Two or three tons" a week was no unusual return to Melbourne at the time the last ships for England left that land of promise ; and by a calculation made on the spot ,. with every accessible element at tbe command of the calculator , it would seem that ten tons of gold , value about three quarters ot a million sterling , have found their way into that town and been there duly registered , within the short space of three raenths—namely , from the 29 th Sep . tembdr to the 20 th December , 1851 ..
The results of this immense addition to tbe mass of gold already in existence are every day more and more difficult of predication . One effect has doubtless : been to sustain the rate of wages , which in this country at least , would have necessarily undergone a reduction , bad it not been for the discovery of this precious metal in California .. What its further discovery in Australia will produce can only be very vaguely guessed ; but it may be looked upon as possible-fnay , probable—that , by leading directly to a reduction in the value of money , as such , it will lead to a reduction of tbe heavy burden now borne by the public , under the form of interest on the national debt . So far it will be an
advantage to this country . In England , notwithstanding the alarms of deprecation , commodities are said to be too cheap . The mercantile and shipping interest , agriculturists , landowners , mvy paUy ptofew . to . be selling at a loss , and all hope of improved prices has apparently been abandoned . Of the Continent it ' s scarcely necessary to speak / Empty treasuries aiid impoverished and discontented people are the one universal rigid rule . Whether there be abundance or scarcity , therefore' is a matter of indifference , for prices ,
where not kept up by monopoly , as in the case of beet-root sugar , are low enough ; and where bread is dear , bad seasons , aud not the abundance of gold , are known to have caused the rise of prices . Nevertheless , the possibilit y of an overwhelmning ' aupply of gold is not to be overlooked ; arid certainly the supposition that gold may become as abundant as tin and iron is somewhat startling , and causes a species of involuntary alarm . Would gold then become as cheap as iron , or as any of the inferior metals—those at present re . garded as inferior , at least ? -. j .
The " process of exhaustion" in logic has been applied to this question , but the answer is scarcely satisfactory . It ia of course not possible to say what quantity of gold must lie obtained to produce the equality , of value involved in this proposition , but it is possible to prove the quantity that will not produce it . For instance , ' £ 62 . 000 , 000 from , California in less than three years . £ 10 , 000 , 000 from Russia , and probably £ 30 , 000 . 000 from other sources , altogether £ 105 . 000 , 000 , or £ 38 , 000 , 000 annually , have not equalised gold , in point of price , with iron , nor even with the next metal in respect of approximate value , silver . Considering , however , the accelerated proportional increase in the population as compared with that of the past century , it is probable that not less than £ 50 , 000 , 000 of gold per annum over and above the present amount produced will be absorbed in . the purchase of increased commodities , the extra production of whitb ' will be no . doubt enormously aggravated by tbe increased demand . So far the negative . }
It is not probable that any rise , will take place in the interest of money ; on the . contrary , it is almost certain that the interest will range lower and still lower . This , however , must have one inevitable consequence , that of reducing fortunes to a more even figure . Fixed incomes will certainly fall in value , whether they be derived from the interest of money upon mortgage or dividends in tbe public funds ; but , on the other hand , the value of labour and of the products of labour will proportionably rise in price . Thus , in all likelihood ,
will be brought about the solution of that « ' vexed question . ^ as between capital and labour , which has been the stumbling block of ethical and social philosophers in modern times . In the meanwhile , pending this solution , it is imperative on the government of the country , to " take such order" as that the golden crop in her Majesty ' s dominions in the South Seas shall be gathered in with the greatest possible advantage to those whom they are supposed to representnamely , the general community known under the designation of her Majesty ' s subjects . —Observer . '
The Easter Banquet At The Mansion- \ Hou...
THE EASTER BANQUET AT THE MANSION- \ HOUSE . { The Lord Mayor and Lad y Mayoress , according to the custom of the season , had a very large party at the Mansionhouse oh Monday night ; and the presence of the new Premier among the company gave more than usual interest to this year ' s Easter banquets Covers were laid in the Egyptian Hall for 350 . The walls were decorated with banners , and the tables glittered with massive and elegant plate . After several toasts had been given , the Lord Mayor proposed , " The Health of the Earl of Derby and her Majesty ' s Ministers , "' and warmly thanked the noble Earl for the honour of his presence on that occasion . ( The toast was drunk amid loud cheers . ) ' . \ The Earl of Dubby , who was received witli much cheering ' , returned thanks , and said it would be inexcusable in him to give , in bis reply , anything in the slightest degree , of a
political character . Having alluded to the change of ministers ' , tbe Premier proceeded to say : —Well it is known that DO Minister can direct the affairs of this country permanently or for any lengthened period unless he enjoy the confidence and'support of his fellow countrymen . ( Hear , hear . ) Whether wo do enjoy that confidence as a government no distant time will clearly and undeniably proye ., ( Hear , bear . ) If we do not possess that confidence , I , for one , can ' say with perfect sincerity tbat 1 shall resign office , and with it the laf hours and anxieties of public life , with far more of readiness and far more of comfort to myself than I have undertaken ihe arduous and painful responsibilities which a sense of duty imposed npon me , ( Hear , ' hear . ) But if we should be honoured , as I confidently trust we may , with the support of the intelligence of the country —( a burst of cheering drowned
some words which the ' noble earl added ) , then I know Imay say confidently for every one of my colleagues , as I say without hesitation for myself , tbat no sacrifice of time , of com- ' fort , of health , of life itself , will be deemed too much to prove ourselves even in tbe slightest degree worthy of the favour of our Sovereign , and of the support of tbe people of this great empire , whose mighty interests are committed tp our charge . ( Great cheering from all parts of the ball . ) I Upon the " Health of the Foreign Mimstm present , ';' being given , his . Excellency the American Minister responded on behalf of tbe other representatives of foreign powers , and said : —We take a deep interest in the prosperity which exists here ; the countries we represent are deeply interested in the prosperity of London . ( Hear , hear . ) The glorious links of
commerce have united us—1 speak now of all foreign countries—in bonds stronger than those that can be made by treatise —( cheers)—and we desire , we hope , and we believe , that if we are agreed upon nothing else , we agree "that it is for our moraland our material interest that peace should b ' e preserved , not only with all the world , but particularly . with Great Britain , and especially with the henrt of Great Britain—the city of London . ( Cheers . ) My Lord Mayor , | I beg on behalf of my colleagues and myself to offer you our thanks for this renewed opportunity of visiting the city ejn this festive day , which has been so long celebrated here . ( Cheers . ) The toasts of " The House of Commons , " " The City . Members , " "The Solicitor . General and the Bar , " " The Magistrates of tbe City , " "The Sheriffs , " and "Prosperity to . the City of London , " followed ; the Lord Mayor and his guests then retired to the drawing-rooms , and the party began to break up , . '
Common Schools In Ohio.—The Number Of To...
Common Schools in Ohio . —The number of townships ill the State of Ohio is 1 , 316 , of which 1 , 121 have reported on the number and condition of their common scho ' Is . They contain 9 , 783 whole and 1 , 529 fractional school district ? , having a total of schools , 12 , 664 ; male teacliers ,. 8 , 35 Q ; female teachers , 5 , 706 ; scholars enrolled , males , 238 j 426 ; average numbers in daily attendance , males , 203 , 407 ; females , 159 , 760 . The amount of wages puid to teach * ra from public funds was , 'tO : males , 308 , 744 , 27 dols . ; to females , 135 , 335 96 dols . ; amount paid from other sources ,
to males , 111 , 759 47 dols .- ; to females , 40 , 25420 dols . ; number of mouths schools have been taught by males , 29 , 041 , 3-4 ; by females , 16 , 064 3-4 ; number of schocl houses built , 300 ; cost of new school houses , 109 , 303 77 dols . ; amount of building fund raised , 102 , 811 41 dols . , am 6 unt of school taxes on county-duplicate , 322 , 020 55 ; total amount of school funds- received by reporting counties ,. 587 , 650 51 dols . The total amount of school and trust funds paid out of the State treasury during the year was 298 , 268 41 dols .-Afef York Sun .
"We learn from an authentic source , " says the " Cincinnati ! Gazette , " " That Governor Kossuth has rented a largo warehouse belonging to Mr , Keck , near . Plaiuville , nine miles from the city , in which it is arranged to furnish employment for numbers of Hungarian refugees , who are now idle , in making saddles and accoutrements for those who shall join in the battle for the independence of Hungary . " Hioblasd ItoM > s asd Bridges .-On Saturday tho 38 th report of the Commissioners on Highland . Roads and Bridges ( presented to parliament ) was" printed , extending to thirty pages . The whole of tho assessments on the counties : of Scotland , for the year 1851 amounted to £ 4 , 048 * 3 . 5 d . only , showing a decrease of £ 655 below those of 1850 , and £ 1 , 746 below those of 1848 ,
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Shootixo GertificaTks . —Last year ; £ 135 , 482 was paid for shooting certificates in the United Kingdom . Cons . —Why are seeds , when sown , like gate posts ?—They are planted in the earth to propagate ( prop a gate ) . What part of Scripture would two young ladies fulfil when kissing each other?—Doing to each other as tliey would that « i «« . should do unto them . Laoies of a certain age may perhaps envy the Emperor of ( Avna 0 ae 0 f j , is iUXmieg : _ his birth-day is ,. celebrated but once in ten years . ewf ^ l DiiESSEs .-Ifc is estimated that no less than p'rivr * yards of printed cotton were manufactured in ureat Britain in 1851
^ v > a l 0 Vs Peculation . —It is found by calculation that heieht iSr *^ has the appearance , of one third bis lfiiJriite ' . 3 ^ ' ^ " --tl ' , and a .. 516 one-fifth . "being Pr :: itlf 0 utlS ; P 0 sSt ( , Iy plead gutlcy to JSfe ' KK : vt f holi ^ , ike a Sanday garments must set the exatoplo — * se £ eas ^ yuUr Gaming at Hamburg . — Wo « 11- . ¦ n ' * Hamburg is kepHiya combat of Rt ! ° w u ming \ ^ *' lust received from l ' asl v 3 . . 8 hMeunla ' « ¦ who have lour per S : i ™ [ astmt s . retu , n 3 .. » . dmiend of forty-The ; " Preserved Meats . "—The Snn . ^ ' . • j from the Mediterranean station , has K \ l ' 3 t arnved demned , upwards of 4 , 000 canisters of . Go S . ^ 0 a ,,, , ^" , " meats" ( about . 34 , 0001 bs . !) . / ' ^ WnetB ' projgrjred A cirnioos mistake lately occurred in a nuflW « . ' .. •« ' ¦• i It wasits first number , yet , in its ' NoUs t K ° : l , Ca 1 ' dents" appeared the following : " The letter 0 f' ACn ^ f" " ReW shall appear in our next . " ' " XGo ™™ Wombn Toting . —Talking about women voting it ,. " Burlington ( U . S . ) Sentinel" . says :- " Cradles are thi ballot-boxes for women , in .. which they should deposit , not votes , but voters . Tbat . makes a Warwick of every mother of ' em . " : .... _ ., » - - ; ; .. ; . ¦ ¦ ¦ ' : ..
Thb Monet Order Office . '—The revenue of the Money-order Office exceeded its expenses , in the year 1851 by more than £ 7 , 000 of , profit . The . same office , before the important improvements of the last few years had baea effected , costthecountry a ' lossof £ 10 , 600 . _ QtiADRupj & e BiRTBl—A . ' young wpman . was lately dfi-Viveredin Cork of four living children , two . boys and tiro girls , who , with the . mother , are reported . " Io be as well as can be expected ; " Quadruple birtha are somewhat rare , but it is still more rare to find that all the four children survive . —Medical Times . '
. „ V . ? ' ' Husb \ xd . — How is your wife today i said a tnend to a French gentleman . — "Oh ' . ' hrnche de sem , said he ; " she is no bettare , and [ am 'fraid ver ' little waas . If she . is gon- to' die ; I wish she would do it soon ; I feel sounhapie—my mind b so mocha-unset-tie . ven she die , I shall not be so moche dissatisfy . " Not Estpir . — " It is a great pity that yon come dangling at my heels , Mr . Nonentity , " said' a Consequential lady to her sentimental adorer ; .. ' . ' you remind me of a barometer that is filled with nothing in the upper story . "— " Most amiable of your sex , " said he , •« for so flattering , a " compliment , let me remind you that you occupy it entirely . " _ An Irishwoman . once called upon an apothecary . with a sick infant , when , the apothecary gave her some powder , of which he ordered as much as would lie on a sixpence to bo given every morning ; the woman replied , " Perhaps your honour will lend me a sixpence the while , as'I havn't got one at all at all . "
A Quaker ' s Pun ;—Not many months ago , a " Friend , " who rejoiced in the . name of Comfort , paid his devoirs to a youns > and attractive Quaker widow , named Rachel H . Either her griefs mere too new , or her lover too old ! or from somel other cause , his offer was declined . Whereupon a Quaker friend remarked that it was the first modern instance he had known , where " Rachel refused to be Comfort-edl" ¦ ¦ .:. . . -.. ; ... Th « Greatest Skwer .-a . clergyman wishing to know whether Ihecbildren of his parishioners understood their Bible , asked a lad . that he found One day . reading the Old Testament who . was the wickedestiman . " Moses , to be sure , " , said ; the Hoy ... ' ! , Moses t" .. exclaimed the parson , ' * Moses I how can that be ?"— " Why , " eatd tbe U \ d , ¦ ' * he broke all the commandments at once . "
t VARiBTr or Shakspe Arte . —I must repeat to you an opinion I , have long he . , tbat no man had ever more . than one conception . Miltoh . empti ^ d his mind in the first p < wt oi Paradise Lost ; all the rest is . transcript of self . The Odyssey is a repetition ¦ ¦ of the Iliad-. When you have seen one Claudei' you have seen all . I can think of no exefiption but Shakspeare ; he'is always varied , . never mannered . — Archdeacon Fishbii . ¦ ...-. A dabbleu . in literature and in fine arts , who prided himself on his knowledge and proper use of the English language , came upon a youngster sitting on the bank of a millpond , angling- for gudgeons , and thus addressed him-. — " Adolescens , art thou ' not endeavouring to entice the finny race to engulf into their denticulated mouths a barbed book , upon whose point is affixed a dainty allurement ?"—« ' No , " siid tbe boy , '' Tmfahin' : '
Foot Hack ? ob , the Champion ' s Belt . —Lately a race between John Levett , of Battersea , against James Frost ( the " Suffolk Stag" ) for the champion ' s belt and £ 50 , came off at Copenhagen grounds . . The pedestrians had to go thirty times round the ground for the ten miles . Levett went iu a winner by at least twenty yards , thus taking the belt fiotn Frost , and winning the stakes . Time taken to do the ten miles , fifty-one minutes fifty-eight seconds , the fastest foot '
race ever ran . Thr lath Colonel Foudycb of the 74 th Hiatt-LANDRRBi ' r-In . the mention made of this gallant officer in the" Friend of the . Sovereignty , " we observe tbe following acts of liberality , which we do not remember having elsewhere noticed : — " On his arrival at tbe colony ( Cape of Good Hope ) , he presented every man of his regiment with two pairs of shoes adapted to the country . In bis last will he bequeathed a pension to the widow of every sold-er who should fall under his command ; a . shilling each per day to all disabled soldiers of his Corps ; and left the means of purchasing commissions for his five most deserving sergeants ; and , it is said , himself met his death in His attempt to rescue the body of a favourite sergeant , lie was indeed lovely in bis life , and in his death should not be forgotten . " American Editors . —The "New York Sun" says . ' — " The following is a specimen of the letters which we receive daily . People seem to have very extended ideas of the duties of Editors , and very enlarged ideas of their knowledce :
'Editor of the N Y , Sun Dear Sir as your very useful paper publishes the Arrivals and Destiny of vessels—and as ; your Subscriber isdesireoua'to hear from J , J , Shearer who i sailed from N , York on Saturday the 24 th of last January , , bori . ' a sail vessel named , the Georgia f » r Shag-ees or San i Juanii I 4 o .. h 6 t . kii ' oiy . which ; you . ' would confer a great I favor if . within ybur . power by informing about that vessel what i ; kind or class vessel she-is , and a brief history of her . voige 3 and how roaviy . paaseogers " on board . aod . tbe No . of days , to a the place of her destiiiatiou and whether the young Man J , , J , Shearer arrived safe ' dic and write me at yoiir earliest it
convenienceandsend me word'the aniount for your trbubiele and it will be sent you with pleasure as I am very anxiousis to hear from him as . be . went to N ,... York , to take the Mail . il Steamer for Califdnia , ' and 1 have . been informed that , hoio could not obtain a ticket on a steamer and . hence took pastssage on the Sail vessel Georgia the 24 th , Jan last—and thatat is the last I have heard from' him—The ymwg man is ,. 1313 vears old of good character and 1 long to hear from him Plymouth THOMAS MOODY Wayne co , •• • - ¦ ¦ - . Michigon "'
Lola Months has published an appeal in theNetfew York journals . She . glances at thehistory of her raarriagagi at thirteen years to an old man whom she did not love . SliSln invokes the justice of heaven upon her Jesuit enemies whtvhi plotted the ruin of her friend the good old King Louis oso Bavaria , as ' " virtuous and kind-hearted a gentleman ai a lives on earth . *' . She is proud of her love for him , which ih i not of a kind to be ashamed of . and will be his fiiend whilhil he lives . Lola asserts , that the Bavarian Prince , Mim ' steste d'Abel and . Metternicb of Austria offered her four millioniom of francs and the title of Princess , if she would aid them in ii their plans to control the King . Being concealed , at he ? hei request , he overheard , the . offer . By . tho Jesuit ancani Austrian power Lola says- she has been depiived of he he property , and she is now but a poor danseuse . seeking 8 g i livelihood . "I have b on in'vain , Jrivolous , ambitiousous proud—but never vicious , never cruel . "
New American Riflb . —Among the remarkable Invenvet : tions lately brought into public notice is a rifle invented b ; d b ;; Mr . Porter , of Nashville , Tennessee . 1 was present yesterster day . when it was examined by a scientific and practical marman i who knows a good deal , about guns , and has made rifleriflei himself , with his own hands . II e was rather favourably irry in i pressed with it , and intends to give it a trial . . It will Hill : submitted to a trial by the War Department . It has bee bee > already patented in the United States , in England , and hd ii France . It is a repeating rille with a vengeance . It . Ioadoau and primes itself , solecism as it seenis . To use the rifle sse ssa revolver , you puV on a cylinder with eight loads , and did di i charge thera in succession . You may put on anotlnotln cylinder . ' No caps are used ; the gun boing primed on Mai Mai hard ' s principle . . As a repeater , this rifle has anothermovmov ? ment . Discarding ' the cylinders , you-may drop over tier til lock whatMr . Porter calls the ' magiizihe , " ; which con taiin tab ii sixty charges of powder and ball . These sixty charges ycesyu may fire as rapidly as a watch ticks . —American Paper . :
, EXTRACTS FROM "PUNCH . " _ f | ' f | ' - •^" Th-i tan OF ALL THE FAPi * RS . "~ Tiie '' Globe . How to Clear thb IIousk for a Di vision .- -ler-iee Reid to ventilate it . T . ^ . CaWnabini . The Protectionists Fm-tem * - S | wf £ id L € 2 would , if it could , put us on low . diet , th ^ consideratirrati .,. prevents us from calling it a . P ^ JS- \ fa are sadly afra afraa The Last Chahoe op £ J * , „ i . fi aV . uinewJewJ i that the last charge of Stanley will be hve sbillmgsHga-H W {^ iSSSiivSS ^ Ot the sovereign peoj peon there are noneS so richly deserve the title as the peo , peop , n iuttwlK and Cal ^ tault of ™ em ^^^ t ^^^^ m ^ M ^ make him sovereign b i !!" ? f " ' - " '
a : ; , ., . -- ; . . . . ,, An " ment Tor inn Ballot .-H is said that the balie bahl wn ^ ift nfford no cure for bribery ; but who would buy a viy a w iiVSi not be sure of it ? Adopt the plan of seed sccc votlns ami though the constituency might Ue , bought , i \\ A , ilii nrobabie tbat the candidate would bs sold . ¦ Who has the best of it ? -The only difference betwi betwiY the French Chamber and our House of Commons is this : this :: the one , Ministers will not allow the members to say a say aa thing ; and iu the other , members cannot get the raiaisminisw to say anything , ' ... , ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 17, 1852, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_17041852/page/3/
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