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    U/Mabch 20,1847. Th£ Northern Star. ^ 3

    U / Mabch 20 , 1847 . TH £ NORTHERN STAR . ^ 3

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    THE PATRIOT PENSIONERS . « T 1 « Think of tha safferings aud feebleness of these valf . » t < at » W veterans in the cause of freedom—Smart , fttstfttston , » nl Old Dadd y ;—be determined tosubscribB * ne p « e penny a month to keep them alive their foil time . " Appeal in their behalf fromthe Veterans ' , Opiums , ' and Victims ' Committee . «« v , « * Well , Arnott , I again repeat I am forced to submit mothtotbe Devil * * law , and the rvguHtious ofthe Peril's KtofTiiofTi ; at least for a time—how long . I know not : but JiJ-mtj-ni'UTow ' s sun wiU see me a prisoner iu a more JJeST . Jegradcd plica tban Stafford Col . "—Letter frem DaMy fRichfiichardt , dated Hanky , March the 8 th , 1847 . A ; Ay ! more than " think , " je woiking men , of these Thu noble trio—noble in their need ;

    And do as well as think , far they , indeed . H Have claims to make the very hearfsblood freeze , For what they ' re tried and done , to soxr the seed 0 Of Freedom ' s sovereign happiness , and seize On the fell foe that has so long decreed 1 Tour " ordcr " to the chain in all its worst dsgrce » . S So l . av * they toiled to serve , sincere = nd stern , — Stern in their troth , as all tra ? men must be ; i And now in age and helplessness , they earn The rignt to share , that shuddering pauper fee The workhouse gives ! Then rouse ye , instantly , " 5 Ye poor men with rich hearts , aud active goodness learn . A SlKTATHIZEK .

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    JUST IXSTINCT AND BRUTE REASON . BT A XkKCBESTEK OPEBATIVE . . ( From " nowitt ' s Journal . " )

    K«N H>Nk. On That Old Elm-Bough Gravely ...

    K « n H > nk . on that old elm-bough gravely sitting , Tearin ? that singing-bird with desperate skill , Gr--at Kature says that what thou dosfis fitting—T nrough instinct , and for hunger , tbd * dost kill . Rend thou the yet warm flesh , 'lis thy vocation ; Mind thou hast none '— nor dost thou torture-mind Kay . thou , no djubt , art gentle in thy station , An 3 , when thou killest , art tno * t promptly kind . On other tribes the lightning of thy pinion Flashing descends—nor always on the weak : In other Hawks , the mates of thy dominion ,

    Thou dost not flesh thy talons and thy beak . O , natural Hawk , our lords of wheels and spindles Gorge as it grows the liver of their kind : . ' m . _ Once in tbeir clutch , both mind and body-dwindles—For Gain to Mercy is both deaf and blind . 0 , instinct there is none—nor show of reason , But outrage gross on God and Natun's plan , With rarest gifts in blashphemy and treason , ThatMin . she seeled , should piecemeal murder Man ,

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    AX EARLY SPRTSG PICTURE . March in his wakening strength ! The west wind , loud Rising in vigorous and sonorous play , At once has hurried from the heavens away Tbeir slumbrous pucs's of shadow and of cloud . The earth smiles greenly , a * if glad and proud To fe » l the sunlight , faintly though it fall . But whit a rich transparency o'er all ! Sky , air , and rushing waters , are endowed With a surpassing brightness , clear and blue . Flushed are the fur woods , and a violet hue Tinges the far horizon . 'Tis a day That breathes its vigour through heart , soul , and frame ; Cares , lite the clouds , and pains are chased away . Oh ! for a life where taca . day was the same ! Williax Howrrr .

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    Simmonds's Colonial Magazine. London: Si...

    SIMMONDS'S COLONIAL MAGAZINE . London : Simmondi and Ward , Barge Yard , Bucklersbury . It ia now some time since we noticed this very u * efnl and well-conducted magazine . The numbers for January , February , and March are before us , and contain an almost inexhaustible mass of information and entertainment of the first importance to all interested in our colonial empire . The following are the titles of some oftbe most interesting articles in these three numbers : — "Life in the Jangle , or Letters fiom a Coffee Planter in Ceylon ; " " Mining Operations in our Colonies ; " " Reminiscences of the Island of Cuba : " " Colonial Reform : " Notes on

    Sciudd ; * - " " The Requirements of the West Indies ;" "Some Account of Kashmir ; " "Australian Sketches ; " "The State of Jamaica ; " "Dr . Leichbardt ' s late discoveries in Australia ; " " Account of Sierra Leone ; " " The Commerce of Singapore ; " " The cultivation ofthe cane , aud the manufacture of its products ; " ' * The Lakes of North America : " ami ( in each number ) " The Editor ' s Note-BiX'k . " It would take much more space than we can afford to state the merits of these various articles , suffice it to say . that the ability exhibited by the writers claim for their productions the patronage of the reading world at lar ^ e ; but pa ; ticularly that

    section interested in colonial affairs . Everyf-ne has heard of " Kashmir shawls , " " The Rose of Kashmir , " "< fcc . & c ., and of a place so famous very person—but especially the ladies—will be ulad to learn something . There can be no doubt that the people of Kashmir -would be a -virtuous and happy Tace but for the vices of their rulers . The natives of Kashmir have been always considered as amongst the ni « t lively and ingenious people of Asia , and deservedly so . The following extract illustrates their industry and cleverness : —

    THB TUUXISO OAtlDB . VS OF KASRUI 8 . Another and an important use made ofthe abundant water surfaces of Ka-buitr , is the formation of floating gardens . Various aquatic plants spring from the bottom ofthe lakes , as water-lillies , conferrs , sedges , reeds , tic . and as the boats which traverse these waters , take generally the shortest lines they can pursue to the place of their destination , the lakes are . iu some parts , cat , » s it were , i * avenues amongst the plants , wLick in shallows , are separated by beds of sedges and reeds In the latter places the neighbouring firmer attempts to establish his encumber and melon floats by cutting off the roots of the aqaatic plants just mentioned , about two fest under the water , se < hat they completely lose all connection with the bottom of the lak » , but retain thtir former situation

    in respect to each other . When tlms detached from the soil , they are pressed into somewhat closer contact , and formed into beds of about two yards in breadth , and of an indefinite length . The heads of the srdges , reeds , and other plants ofthe float are now cut eff and laid upon its surface , aud covered with a thick coat of mud , which , at first intercepted ia its descent , gradually sinks into the mass o matted roots . The bed floats , but is kept in itsplac by a stake of willow driven through it at sach end , which admits * of rising or falling in accommodation to the rise or fall of the water . By means of a long pule -thrust amongst the weeds at the bottom ofthe lake from the tide of a boat , and turned round several times in the same direction , a quantity of conferva and of other plants arc torn off from the bottom and carried in ths

    boat t j the plaiform , where the weeds ate twisted into conical mounds , about two feet in diameter at their base , and of the same height , terminating at fhetcp in a hollow , which is filled with fresh soft mud , drawn from the bottom of the lake , to which sometimes wood ashes are added , though moth more frequently omitted . The farmer has in preparation a large number of cucumber and melon plants , which have been raised under mats , and of the . « e , when they have four leaves , he plsces three vlants in the basin of every cone or mound , of which a double row runs along the e ! ge of every bed , atabonttwofeetdiitaace from each other . No further care is necessary , excej-t that of cnlh-cticg the fruit , and th <> expense of pit-paring ths platforms and crnie * is confined to the value ofthe labour , which altogether

    U trifling , as the work it -very soon done . Perhaps a fflore economical method of raising encumbers cannot be devised , and though the narrow beds are ordinarily almost in contact by tbeir sides , yet , by their flexible nature , tbry are so separable that a small boat may be readily pushed between the lines without injuring their structure , and , for the most part , they will bear a Man ' s weight , tut . generally , the fruit is picked offirom the boat- I traversal a tract of about fifty acres of these floating gardens of encumbers and mslons , and Saw not above ba . 'f-a-doxen unhealthy plants ; nor nave I seen in the cucumber and melon grounds in the vicinity of very populous cities in Europe or in Alia , TO larpc an expanse of plant in a state equaltv healthv , though it must be observed , without rumvng into luxuriance of growth .

    We have been much amused by the series ofletters from a Cuffee Planter in Ceylon to his cousin in London , entitled ¦ " Life in the Jungle . " The writer * he i « a thi . r-ugh-bred cockney , is , however ! neither a coxcomb nor a milksop , but every inch a aan , atid having determined to tike tbii ;« s cooly ooes so despite all the wonders and annovances of his adopted country . In the month of April the heat *& s so treat that tho perspiration ran down his angers and watered the ink ! He was lodging ina test-hnuse . " where , what with the heat , the

    mos-< jmto < s , black servants . « fce ., he got no rwtat all ! ice native dealers , " as impudent , rich and roguish as ourWbilechapel Jews , only they telr ? lie wj & w greater assurance , " contrived to swindle his wife "irs Brown ) , out of some twenty pounds in return » ra wholewagon-load <* f curiosities and nkk-utcka w « ry hu ' e real value and far less use : MrsB . Wpnto learn ihe language , but the teacher knew not a W ( tr , j 0 r English , so poor Brown had to hire Mother native to interpret what the teacher said ! lit f , l , mind , he meat abominable , something « ne old lvatb . ( ai 3 ( j everything else nearly as bar % «« Pt putc-npplts , which thev were not allowed to

    rat because likely to cause sickness ! His superintendent ta look after his " coolies" was % Portuguese , 3 T naracLconarliN FranciscoLudwigTronek , whom j Mre Lroarn would persist in calling " Mr Trunk !" ; . wpasit of friend Brown ' s journey to the jungle rt 1 *?? r , na , y hf - rr'fic . The scenery in some parts £ a w- V > , al ! C sthe shine out of Rickin .-nuhill ¦ no Ynn , is : ! r . fore . i ajjd .. fcjjfc Burford ' s lYnny-» mal to milling : it all ! " He found Kamiy . the ancient ca ^ ui oi Cesica , a 8 uvcki „ s bad place ; the

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    kitchensreminded him of " the dog ' s-meat shops' " Cow-cross , where they bile the peor old dead horse ; only the Singhalee kitchen isdirticrbyagood deal V But this is not the worst ; here is a specimen of

    LIFE IN KANDT . I shall never forget the first night we spent in Kandy , net if I live to the age of old Wbat ' s-hi < i-name . On one side of our miserable hut was a Buddhiut Temple , with about half-a-dozen holy elephants in it ; and what must tlie wretchsd heathens do , but beat g-eat drums , ca led tom . toms . andblow a sort of bagpipe , all the blessed nittbt laugl It was their new year , so I suppose the elephants was a-U'ejiing tbeir Christmai holidays . There ne » er wat such an unearthly t , ois « as they kicked up , except perhaps in the incantation scene in "DerFweshootz . " Sleep was out of the question ; sol had the felicity of walking in the verandah during the night , occasionally goinjr in to quiet the children .

    In the morning that nuisance was succeeded by another as bad ; for on our other side was a nasty little papistical chapel , and it being some great festival of the Romans , thuy had a succession of singing all the day long . iut < -rsper * ed with a second edition of the tom-toms and bagpipes , when the el * phsnts had tbeir dinnfr . Had it been fine , I should have strolled out and sought quiet : hut no—as if to try my temper , it set in a regular soakinp day—none of your April showers , none of your wateringpot sprinklings , but a regular Falls of Niaggarura . It rained shower-baths . Hall the tiles oft * our roof were broken ; so we had a dozen or tivo ot private-water-spouts inside the house , which amused m- during the day in

    placing pots , p * ns , and cocoa-nut shells to catch toe rain in . Fancy my situation ! But you can ' t fancy anj - thing half so fall of despair . Dong ng betwten the loose cattle in Smithfield on a rainy day , with pantaloons and pumps on , would have been comparatively an asrceaMr recreation ! There was the chapela-singing , the drums and bagpipes a-coaxing the six elephants to .. at their broth , the" rxin a-pouring like horse-beans upon the roof , with an occasional gust of wind taking off another tile , my wife erumblinff , the young ones crying and asking for dinner , the bl « ck servants hollowing like mad things , and I , poor " pill garlick , " trying to keep our bed dry by sitting on it with an umbrella over my head .

    His- ** coolies" not a little astonished Mr . Brown , narticularly as regards their household arrangements . Everybody has heard ofthe wonderful doings of the patron-saint of the sister-isle : — " Hurrah for bold St . Patrick's fist , He was a saint so clever ; He gave the snakes and toads a twist , And banish'd them for ever . " His Mint-ship appears to be sad ! y wanted where friend Brown is , to wage war aea n-t the

    CIILONESE VtlKlN . What a country this ii for vermin , insects , and other animals , to be sure ! What with the ants , the musqui . t « es , and the cockroaches , we ' ve been at nn loss for com . pany . A grocer's shop in the very midst of tummtr , with twelve sugar hogsheads just opened , is nothing at all compared to my bungalow on a fine calm day . We ' vi white ants and black ants , and before long , I dare say I shall meet with some sky-blue fnts . We can ' t take a cup of tea or a bit of bread , but we ' re sure to get a mouthful of some everlasting creeping things or othtr . But the white ants are the most outrageous chaps of the lot : nothing comes amiss to them , let it be an oak chest , a pair < -f boots , or ft silk dress , and a neighbour nisurea me on his voracity , that they ' re not overparticular will ) a copptr-ki ttle , or a crow-bar , or a pickaxe , if they bappen to be lather sharp-set ; I mean the ants , not the tools .

    1 think nothing of having a dozen rats scampering over me in the night , or of bei ' . g nibbled abit at tbe ties while aslesp ; and they ' re such whoppers ! I recollect bcfor « we bad seen ant of them about , Mrs . Brown woke me one night and -whispered gently in my ear , " Brown , " said she , " the pigs is nil got loose , and they ' re getting on the bed —look - ! what shall we do ! " Well , I looked , and sure enough there was about a score of sharp p » aked heads a bobbing up and down as though they was all making curtseys ; but after a bit I began to see they was no pigs at all , but only rats—tegular old gran-lfathi-rv Deuce would they budge until I had flung my clothes at them . Asain : —

    There's one confort in being up . here on the hill . w « . re awayfrom thos- confounded bloo-1 yminded musqui toes . But we ' ve the ants and the leeches to make up for themy It would frivhten some people to see the leeches a walking about on thrir nasty little India-rubber tails in swamp , ground where they swarm as thick as lawyers or crows I don ' t like them at all ; they look like so many unhealthy , undersized , blhrk darning needles ! Wearing leech gaiters over my trousers I manage pretty well ; but poor Mrs B . did'nt ( the pay the piper the first time sh « tried the uncleared jungle . ! It ' s true she put on two pair of stockings ; but as I said , you might i very bit as well try to keep off mosquitoes with a cabbage lut I warned her of the consequences ; told her I was Burs tbe leeches , if they dida't bite throusb , wouldn't crawl over stockings , and get upon her legs . " Nonsense , Brown , " said she , " I ' m quite sure the leeches would not do anvthing of the sort , they wouldn ' t behave half so

    rudely . " Very irel ! , " says I , " wait and sec ; " anu tare enough we did see . RoberUpcare , altar he had gnily lined the Emperor of France and his family , didn ' t cut half such a sanguinary figure as my wife on her return horns . It took me about an hour to pick the leeches off her , and another to stop tbe bleeding , and my rice and curry getting cold ail tbe time . Not altogether satisfied with Mr Trunk , friend Brown tried to get an English superintendent ; he succeeded , but was very glad to get rid of him again as fast as possible . This worthy was a dirty , bejewelled , perfumed , raoustached cockney , who had come out as doctor to some ship , and wished tn locate in Ceylon . Eight o ' clock in the morning was too early for him to turn out , he had never left his room till ten o clock , and was not going to turn over a new leaf now ! Poor Brown next tried his hand at " converting ihe heathen , " but

    The chsps can't read ray books , and so they're of no use . I am now trying what some Singhalese tracts will do for them . I gave them two a-pic-ce all round last Saturday night , to read on the next day ; but what was my disappointment , on walking out very early in the morning , to find they had every man jack of " em turned their tracts into kit-s , and were flying them in tbe air . This was certainly a damper to my z : al .

    A Letter From Peter Carroll To John Bull...

    A Letter from Peter Carroll to John Bull , on the Origin * K ' alws and Conduct of the Landlords of Ireland . Liverpool : T . Kenny , Whitechapel . So far as the exposure of Irish Landlordism goes , this pamphlet is calculated to be of good serv-ce in opening the eyes of John Buil to a sense ofthe tinparallekd crimes of the master brigands of the Irish soil . Peter CarroH ' s remedies do not claim equal approbation ; their enforcement roicht palliate , but would not eradicate the wrongs of the Irish people . I ! amlin 2 over the landlords' estates to tiie landlords ' creditors , would certainly relieve the people from one set of b ! ood- > nckers , but the great cur * e of landlordism would still remain . Has Peter Carroll never thought of the possibility of banishing landlords altogether ? Although the general tone of this pamphlet is worthy of approval , we must make exception to Peter ' s charging all the crimes of the English government and aristocracy to the account ofthe

    Engli h people . His argument throughout is based upon the assumption that tbe English government represents the English people , which Peter must know is not the cage . So far from the English people rning fairly charseable for the injuries inflicted upon Ireland , they have given unquestionable proofs of their desire to restore to the Irish people their full natural rights as men and citizens . On the other hand , the Irish people , acting under the baleful influence of villanous political Mokannas , have repaid the fraternal advances of theii- English brethren with hatred and scorn . We speak of this in sorow not in anger , but the truth is the truth . Had the Irish co-operated with the English people in a common struggle for political rights and social justice , they would , cro tiiis , have been in a position to have settled with their infernal landlords at once and forever . Will the Irish even now fling away the national prejudices with which scoundrels have innoculated them , and cooperate with the people of this country for their common good ? We shall see .

    The Miner S Advocate. Edited By Tvijhara...

    The Miner s Advocate . Edited by TViJhara DanieHs , March . Isle of Man ; 27 , Athcll-street , Douglas . This month ' s number cont-iins able articles on tho "Sanatory Improvement ofthe Mining Districts ;" "The Co . il Alines" ( a scientific history ); " Geography— -Russia : '' " Miners' Meetings ; " and a mast of information on other subjects of no small interest to the class to whom the Advocate is particularly addressed .

    Hopes Of Home—Hevclations From Oxford. L...

    Hopes of Home—Hevclations from Oxford . London : W . Strange , Paternoster-row . This tract is seemingly a re-print from a new publication wahave not yet seen—the Oxford Magazine . The writer of the article ably and boldly exposes the Puseyites , at the same time not sparing others , fie niakeaawiul haroc wiihour Protestant kings , priests and aristocrats , whom he proves to have been Protestants , merely because by Protestantism they under stood public plunder and profligacy . Though stoutly opposed to the Church of Rome , he is not shy of exposing the deformities ofthe Church of England .

    The Currmey Question, By Edmund Taunton....

    The Currmey Question , By Edmund Taunton . Happening to see the " last paragraph- of this pamphlet , we have been spared the trouble of a fur : her perusal . Hero is the precious paragraph , printed in the same tvpe as the pamphlet : — " MAY GOD LONG PRESERVE OUR WARMHEARTED , BENEVOLENT , GRACIOUS , GLORIOUS QUEEN !" Tiie man who writes such tremendous fudge as we have here quoted , must be crazy . Of course we are relieved from the task of reading his pamphlet . Plan of the Co-operative League . This tract may be had at the central office of-the society , King ' s Arms-yard , Snow-hill .

    Spjjiso —Spring Is Come! She May, Perhap...

    Spjjiso —Spring is come ! She may , perhaps , bo at first mistaken for Winter . She may not at once have takcu off tcr traYeliing garb and rouga wrap-

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    ping ? , but here she is . As she begins , to throw . ofi one dark and shaggv habiliment after another , wu see not our old-fashioned friend Winter , with his hardy , wrinkled face , and his keen eye , full of cutting jokes , and those horny hands that , in his m ; re play « funess , nipped us mercilessly by the ear , and often by the noae ; but we descry the graceful form of the gentle and gracious Sprins . We feel the thrill ol her pleasure , knowing all the beauty and the love that she brings with her . Sp ring is come ! ItisMiJrch ; rough , yet pleasant , vigorous and piping March . It is the month of Jife . 0 f stre ngth , and hope . We shall soon hear his voice , and * ' the sound of his going jo the top of the t rees . " His gales will come rushing and sounding over forest an d lea , and shake the

    old trees about ou bouses with » mi , | , | , y streneth ; oh ! how diff rent t <» the « olcmn fitfu'ness of Autumn , or the wild wr ath of Winter ; an shall li" in our beds at niid nit'bt-anc ? shall we not?—pray !>»• safety to the thousands of our fellow men at sea » * * S till to the very last , spite of s ° /«> » j care , and des i afinp memories , sprimr a , Vi tlh violets bring tneir poet wkh tnem aU the world over . With what eagerness , as of childre n , do tho Germans set forth , in groups or alone , to hunt tor the first March violet *; thrnuah wond ^ and vineyards , overhanging far-stretchinar scene , do they go , knowing of o'd where tbe purple stranger first anpears ; but the boys have been a * surely before them , and meet them with their little odorous bouquets at all turns and corners . —Willum IIowitt .

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    Princess's Theatre. On Mnndav The Drama ...

    PRINCESS'S THEATRE . On Mnndav the drama of" Angeline" was per formed ( for the first time at this theatre ) . Mrs . Stirling snprorted the character ofthe heroine , and in an affecting and very natural style . The incidents are somewhat sombre ; and the ceneral style of the play sad and heavy . NefPrtheless . tbe acting of Mrs . Stirling was very effective , and made the drama pass off with much success . The oher par is were well filled ; and Mr . S . Cowell , as " Simon Simkins , " imnarted a little liveliness , by a clever personation of that character .

    Adelphi Theatre. Public Opinion Is Unani...

    ADELPHI THEATRE . Public opinion is unanimous in pronouncing Mr . Buckstnne ' s new drama " Th " . Flowers of the Forest , " produced last week at the ibnve theatre . a « beinc not only ont- of the best productions of that talented and successful writer ; but more than equal to competitors in it * " getting up , " and the unusual care bestowed upon scenery and appointments . The niece » very lengthy , —occupying nearly four hours in its enactment , —but the interest was exceedingly well sustained throughout , and at its conclusion received the vociferous plaudits of a cro'idrihousc . The plot , which is far from , intricate , is as follows j—Alfred is on the eve of marriage with the Lady Acnes . At her toilet the lady is . somewhat disturbed by some cipsy forebodings related by her attend .

    anU . Alfred is not quite at ease , and he relates to the lady ' s brother , Captain Lavrock , an Italian adventure of his , when , wounded by b indits , he was preserved by a gipsy gir , who fell in love with him , and whom he had lately seen again . This gipojf , CvnUiia , meets him on his way to church with his bride . He betraysso much emotion , that the brother indiennntly breaks off the match , and summons bim to a duel . At the place of mcetine , a gipsy lad happens to pass , whom Lavmck had horsewhipped f poaching , and who , when the party exchange shot * , lrveh hi . ipicceand kills his chastiser . Alfred , * ho had fired in the air . is arrested for the murder , but the murderer himself becomesconscience-striken , and confesses his crime to Starlight Bess , another

    young gipsy to whom he is betrothed . C ntbia overhears the confession , and drags him to tho justiceroom , where he is found guilty , and sentenced to be hung . For this offence , Cynthia is expelled tho tents , amid the curses of her father and the whole tribe , giving © occasion to one of the most , detestable scenes we were ever obliged to witness . Starlight Bess meets her in her misery , pities her rotwitbslanding her wrongs , and takes her back to the tents , where she finds Alfred , whobas come to seek her . She is promised forgiveness by her father if she will consent to assassinate the intruder , instead of which she plunges tho daeei r into her own bosom . The leading actors

    were seen to very great advantage , —and Madame Celeste , Mrs . Fi'zwiUinm , Mis * Wnolgar , ( ahum wa are happy to meet again , after a severe illness ) and Mr . 0 . Smith , met with repeated and well-deserved applause . There is an under plot , in which Paul Bedford and Wriiht , as usual , excited a good deal of laughter ; but we c > uld not discover any original witticism in what was "setdown" for them , and indeed , had it not been a deviation from rule , we apprehend their parts miiiht have been judiciou-ly omitted . Altogether , however , the drama was decidedly successful , and we have no doubt but that the "Flowers of the Forest" will take lirm real in the favourof the public , and bring forth" golden fruit " to both author and manager .

    Surrey Theatre. " Lilly Dawson ; Or, A P...

    SURREY THEATRE . " Lilly Dawson ; or , A Pcor Girl ' s Story . " has been successfully adapted for this stape by Mr . £ . Stirling . The scene is laid in the novel , somewhere on the coast of Sussex ; in the play it is shittedfirst to Cornwall , and then it sojourns for a time in London For the ability with which Mr Stirling has performed his task-ho is deserving of great praise . The scenes form a series , not a plot ; and both book and drama have an ending , but no progressively produced catastrophe . This is the cardinal fault , which , being treated with indulgence , as it should be in these days of dearth ef dramatic talent , the rest of the play is very superior to most of the melodramas at our minor theatres . The acting was good generally , but we must particularly notice tlio performance of Mrs . Vining , as "Lilly Dawson . " Her acting was almost too good for a melodrama , and went fairly to the heart .

    Olympic Theatre. On Monday Evening Mr. G...

    OLYMPIC THEATRE . On Monday evening Mr . Georijo Wild's benefit took place . it the above theatre . The late sad misfortune which befel this truly clever actor , appears to have created a vast amount of commiseration in the play-going world , and henco it was that on Monday evening the theatre was attended by an exceedingly numerous company . Mr . Wild ' s bill of fare was as attractive as varied , and had evidently been selected with much care from among the most popular i f those pieces which were wont to set the house in s roar , and in which tho bene / ciaire gained much of his now well-established fame and popularity , when the drama was in its more palmy days at this theatre , under his able direction and management . Several actors and actresses , from some of our larger theatres , in a very kind manner , proffered their services , and did all in tbeir power to render the entertainments presented as successful as possible . The performances were " The Artful Dodge , " "The Turned Head , " a ballet entitled "Beauty , or the Cupid and the Satyr , " and a musical extravagar . zn , the " Boyhood of Bacchus . " The amusements were received throughout by the audience with the utmost enthusiasm .

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    BURFORD'S PANORAMA . This indefatigable artist has added a new instructive and intere . sting picture to his numerous works of art already before the public . Mr . Burford has achieved another triumph , in presenting to the eye anovelviewof Grand Cairo , and one which in all likelihood contains more truth than is to be found in the vivid descriptions of * molern travellers . There is , indeed , much to interest in tho present exhibition . The philosopher would see in it a subject for fruitful meditation , and the public will be benefited by the spectacle . To the young , especially , exhibitions of this character are invaluable . The child , when it hears of Cairo , and is told that It is a large city , naturally imagines the place is but nnotherLondon . Words convey no images to the youthful mind , or , if any , such as are erroneous ; but here the object h presented to the eye , and truth , the soul of learntm . ' , is pleasingly enforced . A year spent in ordinary teaching would not communicate that which half an hour devoted to the explanation of this panorama might be made to inculcate . We are pleiised to again congratulate Mr . Burford in having acquitted himself so successfully ] . Works of this character effect a reaJ benefit , imparting knowledge in a vivid and pleasing manner ; and enlightening the minds of many of the multitude , where otherwise would have existed darkness and ignorance . Air Burford is , therefore , something more tban a clever artist—he may be deemed a popular instructor , and a valuable fellow-labourer in the progress and advancement of general education .

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    Thr Lmb Mr . Clowes . —The stock in trade and personal property of this celebrated printer has been valued at £ 90 000 , With the exception of a few bequests , he disposes of the whole of his propertj amongst his eight chihircn in certain proportions , and the residue equally . TK his sons , William and George , he leaves tbe business , sto eft ; and materials , the steam-engines and apparatus , printing machines and presses , type , machinery , and foundry , and the premises both at Charinc-cross and Huke-street .

    Stamford street , the latter , perhaps , the largest of the kind in Europe ; and as a compensation to his son Edward , for not having a share in the business , he leaves him £ 6 , 000 . anil an annuity of £ 400 . His private library of books he leaves to his sons , Win-Chester and Edward , and daughter Ann . The plate to bis four daughters , for each of whom he has made a liberal provision . The deceased was in his G 8 th year , and waa a native of Chichester , in which town he served his apprenticeship . It was most appropriately tenned of him , in the record of his death , tlwt lie had been . " tlic architect of hisown fwtune . j

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    . THESE ARE THE CHAMBERS'S OF 1845 ! [ We have alread y shown to our readers the Chambers o of . 1847 ; we now refer to tbe previous opinions of these changeable economists . Whence this wonderail change ? 1

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    IMPROVEMENT OF WASTE LANDSSPADE HUSBANDRY . ( Fromthe I nformation for tie People , No . 12 . ) [ ContinuedJ ' rom our last . ] TbonEh thus composed of a deposit of dead vege # table matter , which is a basis of fertility to new ve . getatmn , peat-mosses are not in a condition to be actively useful till freed of superabundant moisture , and compounded with siliceous ( sandy ) materials . Where the subsoil , however , is compesed of gravel or sand , it is necessary that the peat and these bodies ihotild bo mixed together , so as to form a soil . The first of these methods was planned by the late Lord Karnes , and performed with distinguished saccess on his estate of Blair-Drummond , in thecounty of Perth . he first

    'I process performed bv Lord Kames was to construct a . Inch through the centre of the moss , through- which a stream from the river Teith was directed . Branch ditches were cut in all directions from the main one , the water from which poured itself into the river Forth . The whole estate was divided into portions , and let to small occupiers of land , who received the most favourable terms from the proprietor , as an inducement to carry out hit views , / he peat earth waa cut into small pieces , and cast into the running waters , by which they were carried into the Forth , and thence to the cea After the mojs was cleared away , the trees of the ancient forest appeared , and presented new difficulties to tho workmen , which were only overcome with ureal labour and expense . The roots of these trees were firmly fixed in the earth , and the tanning process which they had undergone in the moss seemed

    to have added greater strength to their root-branches . They were completely eradicated , however ; and in therear 1782 . no fewer than 338 acres of ground were reclaimed and brought into cultivation . His son , who inherited his father ' s spirit of enterprise , pursued the same plan ; and in ten years more , the population on the estate had increased to 764 persons , who cultivated Hi acres of land . In 1805 , by survey , 577 acres were cleared ; and in 1814 , between 800 and 900 acres were under cultivation . Lately ( 1842 ) , the whole has been cleared . Thus aa extensive tract of country , which at one time Was entirely useless , has been brought by labour and perseverance , to hear rich crops ; and the land is now worth from £ 3 to . € 5 per acre of annual rent . In this case , tho subsoil was good earth , and the operation necessary was the removal of the peat-moss , so that the subsoil might be made the surface soil .

    Where the subsnil is gravel or sand , a * ery different operation must be performed ; and this perhaps is tbe most common species of moss ground . Of whatever nature moss ground be , it is evident that , so long as the stagnant water remains , no useful crop can be cultivated ; and to remove the superabundant moisture , by means of draining , must be the first o peration of the improver . In some cases , where the moss is not too wet , a . road may be run through tho land , which will greatly facilitate the afteroperations . Should such a road be cut , and a deep ditch on each side of it formsd , the next operation is to open drains leading to some main channel , by which the water can be carried away . The moss land should be sounded in different places , to

    ascertain where the fire-ite-st depth lies , and whrn this is found , the main drain should bo drawn as nearly in that tract as possible . Where there are beds of great depth , it docs not appear expedient that the drain should be cut to the bottom at first ; and , indeed , a difference of opinion exists as to whether moss land should be thoroughly drained at first , so as to render it perfectly dry . Mr . Boroughs , the author of a treatise on waste land , is of opinion that the surface water only should be drained off at first ; while Mr . Blackadder of Stirling asserts that there is no danger of over-drying moss by draining . This may depend upon whether or not the moss be in a decomposed state . When mojs is rendered too dry , it becomes a fibrous inert matter ; and , as is the case with

    all other lands , it will be easier to work afterwards when moderately moist . With regard to the size and form of drains , it was formerly the practice to make these wide and deep , and at about fifty yards apart . The literal pressure of the water upon the sides of these drains , however , pressed them so much together , thatin the course of years , they were scarcely : traceable . The depth ofthe main drain will depenij in some measure upon the depth of the moss ; and if the average depth of this be twelve feet , tho drain may be seven or eight feet deep , and about the same width at the top . The sides should be made sloping , so that the bottom of the drain will not be above two or three feet wide ; and this difference between the top and bottom will gradually diminish in con ? eQucnce of the lateral pressure . It may in

    some cases be necessary to perforate the main drain with holes , if any water appear to be coming up from below . The next operation is to form smaller drains leading into the main channel . Experience his shown , that the most effectual way of draining deep moss is to insert drains at small distances from each other , and as deep as the nature of the moss will ailow . They may be either of tile or stone , and gua-ded from choking bv overlaying turf . Moss around drained in this effectual way will be , first , surrounded with the main drain which carries the water entirely away from the field ; second , cut into divisions with open drains , at from forty to sixty yards apart , leading into the main drain ; third , these divisions will be again divided into smaller portions by the covered drains at five yards' distance from each other .

    In this manner , the moss will be effectually relieved from its superabundant moisture , and the next operation is to level the land with the spade . In cases of dry moss , of course the draining is needless , and may ba omittc * . The land being either naturally or rendered artificially dry , should now be ploughed with a peculiar kind of plough made of wood , and covered with sheet-iron , which can be freely used if the ground is free from rushes , heath , & e . If these j . Iants be growing in profusion , however , it is thought better _ to burn them down to tho surf ice before ploughing . After the ground is ploughed , some prefer rolling , and others burning , as the next operation . If a roller i * used , it should be made of iron ? with plates of thin iron six inches deep , five inches from each other , and placed at right angles to the cylinder . Repeated rollings from this will cut the sod fine enough to allow tho mixing of it with sand or . gravel . Instead of rolling , it has been found

    advantageous to burn tho soil turned up , as a more effectual way of decomposing the roots of such plants as the cntton-grajs , mat-grass , marsh trefoil , « $ & c . If the land is burned , it should ba ploughed immediately after , preparatory to being mixed with other substances . The next step in the process is to cart snnd or small gravel to the field , and spread it over the whole to the depth of three inches . Now plough nil down , as the first regular dressing and culture Thus prepared , th * lind is ready for cropping , and it ii generally allowed tlmt the best plan is to sow with grass seeds ; the kinds recommended for this purpose are the timothy grass , cocksfoot-grass , and ribwort , Wheat , however , has been taken from newly reclaimed moss land ; and potatoes , if the moss is in tbe neighbourhood of cultivated ground , will be found a very valuable crop to be disposed of for seed . Italian rye-grass has been high ); recommended for bng land , and also rape , to bo followed by oats or barley .

    One of the most remarkable experiments ever made in reclaiming peat land , was performed some years ago in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh , and is mentioned at length in Jackson ' s Agriculture . It was as follows : — " On the high and bleak grounds which lie on the boundaries of Mid-Lothian and Tweeddale , at tho ^ distance of twelvo or thirteen miles south from Edinburgh , there existed , from lime immemorial , an extensive tract of mo ? s , which was dug for its fuel , and exhibited the appearance of precipices of pent rising from sour poolu of water , the whole broken

    and disorderly , and of little or no value whatever for pasture . A portion of this dismal-looking land , which lies about ei ght hundred feet abeve the level of the sea , being purchased by Mr . John Carstairs , a gentleman in Edinburgh , he commenced operations for reclaiming it . The purchase was made twentyfive years ago , at which time there was neither tree , house , nor road , upon the whole moor ; and amore hopeless attempt than that cf bringing such a tract of utterly waste land into cultivation , cannot well bt conceived .

    The first effort of Mr . Carstairs was to gain access to the ground , by forming a road to it from the great road between Edinburgh and Dumfries . He extended the road at a great expense through the centre of the moss , nnd built a handsome suit of farm offices at the western extremity . The moss was then subdivided into fields ot various sizes , by running stripes of plantation in squares , protected by ditches and turf dykes ; and the fortunate formation of a new line of road between Edinburgh and Peebles , going through a corner of his property , gave energy to- hi * exertions . Well formed metal roads , made at his mm expense , now intersect and cross etch other all over the propert y , affording e »» y accesnto etery part of it .

    The extent of the land to be improved was from 500 to 600 acres ; and this he partitioned into fields , protected by plantations and turf walls , as we have just described . The land was also effectually furrowdrained , and levelled on the surface by manual openitions . The remainder of the process of reclamation consisted in tho application of lime and sandy m aterials , and tillage . Year after year the land gradually assumed a better appearance , and yielded a better crop . At first , the oats which grew upon it wore saanty in the ex ' rente , but now the land is in heart , and yields good crops , and also excellent pastur ;) St' » ( To be continued . )

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    Wiwub 'Mcnnun . —On Friday the abovo -verdict was returned against Charles Newman , foradministcrii ' . S to Sarah Adams a poisonous power , to procure abortion , whereby her death was . caused ,

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    .. T r . R () S ° , of Birkenhead , has cut the first sod of Bnu ' fJPool , Ormskirk , and Preston Railway in a field ft Kenncsse Green , Maghull . < Ji . ? kJ * L culated that every wild rabbit , on a arm , Sv l ! , & rmw r at ea 3 t a halfpennyPW day mfood , to say nothing of mischief . lAst ip' / fc &!' w te P *> «* n on fire one day She wasteM *" an P oint and Lundy Is , and « peared . hater ' s edge and then disap-Mr Clivehas resigned as one ofthe magistrates at Wandsworth and Hammer smith polKST having been appointed b y the Lord Chanri £ judge of the county courtat Southwark . We understand Mr W . F . Beadon will succeed Mr Olive The New Orleans Picayune says a slave has ' been declared free in that city , in consequence of having been taken to France .

    An ourang outang , brought from Sumatra to Rotterdam , ha acquired the habits of a man to such a degree that he will never deep without a nightcap . The Belgian government has lately authorised a company to establish in Liege a large factory for the fabrication of fulminating cotton . Emigration ^ on an extensive scale is going on throughout the county cf Weatmcath ; an additional boat for the accommodation of emigrants has been put on by the directors oftbe Royal Canal . On Wednesday , the 10 th instant , a donkey belonging to Mr James Keith , of Lindale , chanced to enter a bam where some guano bags were lying , and it appears had mastic ited a small portion from one of tho bags , from the effects of which it soon after died . Vale , the comedian , took his vale ! ( farewell ) at the Surrey Theatre , on Wednesday evening last . A pedestal , forty feet high , has been designed by Mr . Barry for the Wellington Statue , to be erected in Hyde Park .

    It being admitted that the evils attendant upon the Eton Montem were irremediable , this ancient custom is henceforth abandoned . Tho American papers mention a machine , invented by one Elias Howe , which sews " beautiful and strong seams in cloth as rapid as nine tailors !" Last week a most disgraceful scene occurred in Barton market-place , namely , a sale of his wife by a man living at Barrow . Jenny Lind has proffered to give Mr Bunn £ 3000 should he return tbe document signed by her , which gives Mr Bunn a claim for her services . The Letter-press Printers of London are getting up another amateur performance at the Strand Theatre for the benefit of their distressed brethren . The late Member for Cirencester , Joseph Cripps , Esq ., banker , Gloucester , has bequeathed to his twelve children specific pecuniary legacies to the amount of upwards of £ 80 , 000 .

    The Commis 3 ioners of Stamps have threatened to proceed against hawkers of dying speeches , & c . Orders to recruit to the extent of 1 , 500 men for the Royal Marines , have been issued by the Admiralty . The inauguration of tbe first part of the Amiens and Boulogne Railway took placo on Monday last . The farmers in the Isle of Wight state that onetwentieth ofthe produce of their farms is destroyed by the game , while their labourers cannot obtain food enough for their families . The hog-crop of the United States last year was three times tho worth of the cotton crop . The " standingarmy" of swine consumes annually two hundred million bushels of earn . The money found in uncalled-for letters in the Post-offices amounts to about forty thousand pounds

    per annum . Within the last few days immense takes of fish , principally ling and cod , have been made by the Dungarvan fishermen . A vote of £ 10 , 000 has been pawed by Parliament for the completion of the scientific branch of the ordnance survey , Ireland . Three hundred female convicts have , within the last few days , been shipped for Hobart Town . Sir Evan Mackenzie has upwards of 180 people employed en his estate of Kiloy , under the Drainago Act . Mr Birry has submitted a plan for extensive alterations , proposed elevation , < fec , at the Horse Guards .

    At the Keyhara Works there have been the bones of a human skeleton , entire , discovered in a hole at the depth of fifteen feet from the surface . By what means , or under w ' jat circumstances , it became deposited in such a singular place , is not likely ever to be known . It is contemplated ) to establish a fund towards the formation of a school in the University College , London , for the education of Indians in the several branches of science , and to prepare them for the different professions in their own country . " AJ good night ' s work" was performed by the Devo . iport fishermen , a few days ago , securing 40 , 000 mackerel at one haul ; besides a large number coping . They were valued at £ 200 . A numerous meeting was held at Canterbury , on Tuesday last , for the abolition of ibgging in the army .

    The speech of Sir R . Peel on the Cracow question , has created a good deal of surprise among our Paris contemporaries . The man Blake , who was so severely injured by the accident at Osborne House Inst week , has tin ce died . The Shaksperians played Othello on Tuesday evening , at Miss Kelly ' s Theatre , for the benefit of the distressed Scotch and Irish . Theentirlainmcnt was prefaced by an address . The house was well attended .

    A soldier being tried for habitual drunkennrss , and asked whether he had anything to plead in excuse , replied . " Nothing , please your honour , but habitual thirst I " , M . A . do Humboldt has submitted to tho Prussian Government a plan for forminij throughout the kingdom a scries of establishments , for collecting uniform meteorological observations . It is proposed to mike use of tbe telegraph and railway stations , which are to be furnished with tho necessary instruments and instructions . We learn from Q alignani that for some time past , Mdlle . Mars , the celebrated actress , his been seriously ill , and her malady has now become so alarmins that her friends have not the slightest hope of being able to save her . The Court of Queen ' s Bench has decided that shareholders in proprietary schools and colleges are liable for the books ordered by the principal .

    The distress among the middle classes in Paris , especially the retail traders , is extreme ; business if almost annihilated , and bankruptcies are of hourly

    occurrence . A young man , about 20 yews of age , was arrested lately in the garden of the Palais Royal , after having seized on a handful of banknotes at a moneychanger ' s . He entered the shop under pretext of inquiring if a counter which be presented was gold or not , and whilst the master of the shop was looking at the piece , he seized on the notes and took to flight . Fortunately fur the money changer , the thief was arrested , and tne money recovered . Ono of the London and Salisbury coaches , which have been withdrawn from the road on account of the opening of the Salisbury and Bishopstoko Railway , had run for no less than fifty years . 1 he " old Bury , " equally as ancient , has been withdrawn within the last few days .

    Count D'Orsay has just executed a statuette of Mr O'Cnnnell , which will be sold , and the proceeds will be appropriated to the funds for the relief of the Irish poor . _ ,. , . j i The American general , Worth , has issued an order that all his officers and soldiers are to appearon parade without whiskers or mustachios , , , . an attempt was lately made to break into the rectory house at Ditton , Cambridgeshire , but a fine parrot belonging to the rector gave tho alarm , and the robbers decamped" . The price ot bread has been again raised in Pans , and is now fixed at 53 centimes the kilogramme , or lOJid . for the 41 b loaf . It is estimated that not fewer than 800 , 000 persons in tlio United States belong to temperance societies , and a great number abstain Irom intoxicating drinks , though they do not belong to any society .

    The Emperor of Russia has issued an ukase for the formation of a council oi trade and manufactures at Warsaw . The inauguration of Prince Albert as Chancellor of Cambridge University , occurs on tbe 25 th inst . Tho lambing season has been very unfavourable ; in Herefordshire and in the neighbouring counties . Great numbers of ewes have died before yeaning » and many lambs have als » perished . The Halifax Guardian says that a duck belonging to a farmer near Uuddersfield * lately laid three- eggs

    within twenty hours . M . Martin ( du Nord ) , keeper of the French seals , and minister of public worshipped a few days ago . from an attack of paralysis , under which he had been for some time suffering . . Acoonnisof alarming disturbances vnsoE & e of t he province * arc said to have been receiv-ed by tho Rusiian government , but the particular have not A judge in Louisiana has decided that a slave who has once left the state , and landed upjm a free soil ,, is no longer a slave if he returns . ^ A likeness of the-pope has been panted by . ' a Jewisi artist named Labrun . The Belgian government has presented to kho chambers a bill to exempt from tonnage dutieaanUl tho 1 st of September all vessels freighted with articles of food .

    The Hanoverian states have sanctioned )^ treaty of commerce and navigation proposed rn ?( . we 4 > n . J 3 ar-. * -, wr and the United States .

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    Dklicious . —A young Irclander w : \ ssayingthafc M . Soyer ' a soup was the greatest luxury he had bail for years . Upon being universally , laughed at for this declaration , he exclaimed , ' * It ' s true nevcriheiosi ! for I can assure you it ' s so delicious , that tbe more I take of it tho more it brings the watering my mouth . "—rmc / ii

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    ^ A Kind Wonn . —If a civil word or two will render % man happy , ho must be a wretch indeed who will notcive them to him . Such a disposition is like lighting another man ' s candle by one ' s own , which loses none of its brilliancy by what others gain . If all mankind powssed this feeling , how much hap « pier would tbe world be than it now is ! Tub Lath Extknsivk Fouqrries—A reward of £ 500 is offered for tbe apprehension and conviction of Frederick , Robert , and William Glover , late of Loed « , woollen manufacturers and merchants , who stand , charged with ( he perpetration of divers forgeries , and with having absconded with tbe property of their creditors ; and incase of the apprehension and conviction of any one of them one-third of the amount will be paid . The amount of the ferneries is variously stated , as exceeding £ 30 , 000 , and even £ 50 000 .

    Tub " Ghbat Bhiwin . " --Mr Brunei has made another report to the directors of the Great Western Steam Ship Company , unon the position of their vessel in Dundrum Bay . She has been made quite safe by Captain Claxton . and has not received any further injury . Mr . Brunei promises to propound his plan for removing her into deep water in a blmrt time . Irish Poon Law . —From a return laid before Parliamei . t , out of the eiiht millions of Irish , about 106 . 000 were inmates "f prior houses in the last week ot 1846 ; the houses bavins been originally destined to contain 94 000 . The average cost of maintenance was 2 * . weekly per bead . Rarb News for P oxcmtrs . —At the recent Reading u v ?* 8 a married woman , Mary Efferton . whd had tnken a hare from a wire in which it had been snared by her husband , and conveyed it home , wag discharged by the magistrates from all penal consequenefs . upon the ground that , as the statute only related to male offenders , tho information against a female could not be sustained .

    KLIS & INOS OF A !« AnUNOANCE of Watbu . —I ( W . E . Hickson , Esq . ) wish to add my testimony to that of every practical man who is acquainted with the poorer class of habii alums , that a greater btasinj could scarcely be conferred by Government upon the working classes of London , or one more essential to health and cnmfort . tban that of a cheap and abundant siipnly of water , and that the present mr-de of supply is about the most expensive and inefficient that car t be devised . The Bust Polict . —A Quaker , passing through a market , stopped at « stall an inquired tho price ot citrons . " I have none , " said tbe honest countryman , " that will suit you ; they are decayed , and their flavour is gone . " " Thank thee friend ; I will go to > the next stand . " " Hast thou good fruit to-day 1 "

    siiid he to the dealer . " Ye . % sir ; here are some of the finest nutmegs of my garden . They are small , but rich of tbeir kind . " " Then thou canst recommend them . " " O , certainly , sh . Very well ; I will take two ' . ? " He carried them homo , and they proved unsound , miserably tasteless . The next morning he aitain repaired to the same place . The man who sold him the fruit the preceding day , nsked him if hn would like some more , ** Nay , friend , thnuhast deceived me once , and now , although thou mayst speak the truth , still , I cannot trust thee ; but thy neighbour chose to deal uprightly with me , and front henceforth I shall be his patron . Thou wouldst do well to remember this , and learn by experience , that a falsehood is a base thing in the beginning and a vcrjr unprofitable ono in tbe end .

    Mn ConoKS at Romb . " Sir Ricardo Cobdcn , " as tbe Italian newspai . ers insist on calling him . was intro uced to Pius IX . by Cardinal Ficschi , and had a prnltmged interview with the Sovereign Pontiff , The most distinguished of the Roman nobility vie with each other in doing honour totbe Engli b cottonspinners . The aggregate amount at present subscribed to the " Cobdcn Fund , " is £ 00 , 133 . Inikb-mural Burials . —Government hive prepared a bill to prohibit the further interment of corpses in the church yards of large towns and populous districts . Tho greatest nnd mo ? t disgusting national nuisance of mcd-Jin times is likely , therefore , to be sooner abated tban was expeoted .

    Woolwich Convicts . —T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., Captain Williams , inspector of prisons , and another gentleman , the commissioners appointed by government to inquire int » thc treatment at tbe convicts on board the htilk . s , li . ivo commenced their inquiries on board the Justitia . Dkath op Col . Gorb Laxotow , M . P . —Colonel Langton . who sat for East Somersetshire died on Sunday la * t , at his house in Grosrcnor-tquare ' . The deceased was in his 33 th year . Col . Lanuton , though a large landr . d proprietor , was an advocate for free trade , and his votes were ai . « o civen for ll-iman Catholic relief , and in favour ofthe Reform Bill . As Artificial Mas . —The MemorialBordelntisays tint , ne-. vr St . Sevier , there lives an obi snbli »; r with a false le-r , a f-ilso arm , a glass eye , a complete set of false teeth , a nose of silver , covered with a substance restmbling flesh , and a silver plate replacing part of his skull . Ho was a soldier under Napoleon , and these are bis trophies .

    Di * trx- < skd 1 « i * ii and Scotch . —The Foundation Feast of CiiusCollege , Cambridge ( 23 th inst I , is to be dispensed with this year , and the cost applied to the relief of the destitution prevniline in Ireland and Scotland , The Under-gradnntes of Queen ' s College have subscribed £ 30 for the same benevolent purpose . Offering of Goon Dp . kds .--Wc celebrate nobler ob . v quu-s t « tho » e w « love , by drying the tears of others , than by shedding our own ; nr . d the fairest funeral wreath we can hang on their tomb , ii not so fair as a fruit-offering of coods . Aristocratic Amusements . —A correspondent ,

    describing the recent Roman carnival , says : —The Enplish have generally distinguished themselves in the war of sugarplums : but none has rivaled Lord W . He stood on a balcony and scattered his comfits broadcast , till they Jay ancle-deep in the street . Disdaining to retreat , when a lemon , thrown by some plebeian , struck his lordship ' s face , he onlyrequested the police to prevent tho use of such " illegal" missiles for the future . Small Debts Bill . — Tho Clerkenwcll County Court of Middlesex , established under the Act 10 th of Victoria , c . 95 , for the recovery of small debts and demands , was duly opened on ' 1 uesday .

    Drath of Captain N . Lockyku , C . B . — On 27 th . tilt ., this gentleman of her Majesty ' s ship Albion , breathed hii lait at Malta , on board tho vessel he had till then commanded , havinf / suffered severely from bronchitis . Onn Fellows . —Much to the honour of ono of the . largest associations in the world , forb ? nevo ' ent purposes . coniDOsed almost entirely of working men , the Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows in England have already raised £ 000 for the relief of the distressed poor in Ireland . The subscription is still going on .

    ! lain SrKAutso . —Mrs Efcuieth Peters ol Boone County , Indiana , thus notica her absconding husband : — " Left my bed and board last fall , therf byrendering my expense lighter , my legal husband , John Peters , without cause or provocation . All the old maids , and young ijrls and widows , of all ages ahd conditions , ar « hereby forewarned acainst harbouring or trusting bim on any account , as I am determined not to be held accountable for bis debts , or more especially for his conduct , because bo is a loafer , a drunkard , a gambler , a liar , a thief . '

    l Mk > s Martimbau . —This eminent lady is at present journeying with a party of English friends , towards Jerusalem . In a letter to the People ' s Journal , she says— " Our journey has been prosperous to a de » ree —almost tno glorious . " She then riv ' a " Survey from the Great Pyramid , " to the lUnfu * of which the party had climbed , by the aid of An * > guides , only a short time before tho paper wa * ITtit en . It is descriptive of the appearance of thai interesting country , and full of reflections upon the great events of Egyptian history .

    Crockfoiid ' s Clsb llouss . —The Chairman of the Licensing Sessions- has refused to grant a license to the new proprietor of this celebrated houic , who intended to keep it open for public halls and concerts , for the amusement of the upper classes . Death op IlnavKT Lkach . —The mortal career of this remarkable individual , who earned for himselt considerable reputation bcth . in this coqutry and abroad , for bis clever pcrsonific itinns of the habits and eccentricities of the monkey race , under the assumed name of Signer Ilcnio Nano , terminated , after a short fflness , on Tuesday evening last , at his residence , Goorge-street , SJvoreditch . A slv ^ rt time ago , deceased was exhibited himself at the Egyptian Hall , disi'iiiwil as an extraordinary animal captured at the Capa of Good Hope , " supposed to be the link between the human race and the ourangoutang . " rx-ul called Whatis it . " The last request ofthe dec-ascd was , that his body should be

    presented to Dr Liston , the-eminent surgei oi , not to ba buried , kit embalmed and kept in a glass case , aa tho doctor had been a particular friend 4 o him . NoTaiso when Yov " rk uskd to It . —Guizoti and Norroanby have nia'd * it up . When it is recollected , they only quarrelled about a Ho , w » think no ono whoi understands the least about diplomacy , can blame them lor not allowing such a triild as that io st » nd between the »> . —Punch . IIkawh of usa MnnwoMs *—Tho number of sfcaths registered in the week ending Saturday , March 13 . was i 02 G , or males SO ;? , females 523 . The births registered in the same period were 1 , 435 . or males 740 . ftm-iles , 005 . Tins temperature during the past week varied between it 5 and 18 f . Dkath o * Sin W . Cursw ,, BAnr .-Tui * baronet , whoso name is familiar to thuse interested in civic history .. expired on Tuculny evening , at kta nwideiico , in I'ovtland-phceaged . 6-i-

    , . , , , Kskcutios :-Oii Wcdmsday tho wretched mm , Welch and MaUhaws . underwent their dreaU ' ul sentence at tlio county pnol , Mcrpoth . Immense crowds Oockcd into thu tow ,, from all parts . \\ hen tho bolt w . is drawn , M-itthews' death speedily tollowed but too great a length of rope being allowed to Welch , some very painful delay occurred ere he Ceased In exist . ¦ , „ , „ ,, Eauly . Cl-m > o Movkmsnt . — Tha filth a « uual inciting oucurroJ on Wednesday ^'" 'Ihe society progresses , several branches having bnea formed in Mancheater . Birmingham , and otlur poputous towns .

• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 20, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_20031847/page/3/