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SIMMONDS' COLONIAL MAGAZINE. Mat. L-wdon...
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UowitPs Journal. JPart IV. London: 171 (...
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TAe People's Journal. Part XVI. London: ...
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The. Itefifoner. Edited by G. .T. TMyoak...
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The Family Herald, Part XLVIII. Loudon: ...
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A SON OF THB STARVING
Bt Ehe8t Jones. "Sow, Bari Ye On The Hig...
BT EHE 8 T JONES . "Sow , bari ye on the highland , Sow , hark ye iu the glen . Throughout our fertile island—The song of starving men : There ' s honour for the waster While money ' s in his span ; "There ' s plenty for the master-Bat there " * no'iiing for the man . There ' s wealth for building _chnrcbes , There ' s food for hound and steed ; "But the country is a desert For the pauper in his need .
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Uow , ha * ye »* _be c _^ B 6—Now . hark ye in the mill—The peop le have the power , If th ; y only had ths will ! Xrt him still hug a fetter , Who brooks to be a slave , And calh the man a 6 e « er He knows to be a knave . Ab Ion ? as ye will truckle _. So long will they oppress : Hopenot , to win from ethers , Bntfrom yourselves —redress
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_STow , hark ye in the palace—Now , bark ye in the ball—Ye men of silent malice ! And ye men of bloody thrall ! Can ye face the judging nation _. Ye that feasted on their pain , And made their desolation The foundation of your gain ? Then down—each tarnished scutcheon ! And down—eachbl ttedfame ! The million paupers dying Cry shame upon yon!—Shame I
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Sow , hark ye on the highland , Now , hark ye in the glen : Bemember _, that ye struggle With measures , not with tacit ! Ye need not crush the mighty , Bat take away his might : "We ask not retribution , "We ask but for our right . Andhe is not my hrother By whom a wrong is done ; Orvifltion another What he would wish to shun .
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Then , hark ye on tbe highland , And hark ye in the glen , Throughout onr blessed island The song of stricken men . The shipwrecked sailor wending To s haven of sure rest ; The wounded Vird descending On its lonely forest nest . They feel no exnlution . On earth , or air , or sea , Like the gladness of a nation That has striven—and is free !
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Simmonds' Colonial Magazine. Mat. L-Wdon...
SIMMONDS' COLONIAL MAGAZINE . Mat . _L-wdon : _Simmondsanrl Ward , Barge-yard , Hacklasbnry . Without approving of the great scheme of emigration advocated by the editor of this magazine , wedn folly agree with him in denouncing the wretched administration of Colonial affairs bj the incapables who , at the Colonial-office , _presumptuously dare to asume the guidance of the rising states founded by Englishmen in so many parts of the globe . Farther , we agree with the editor in hoping to see , ere many _jeara elapse , " representatives from every
part of onr vast Colonial empire assembled in the Imperial Parliament , discussing the great topics of colonial legislation and _colonial reform ; establishing the _bounds and _la'ihmarks of an enlightened commercial srstem ; _obliterate' the name 'dependency . ' and making the colonies a great _confederacy of Britons . ** Some such system is _greatly needed to accomplish the reform of colonial abuses , which , otherwise , will continue to fester and increase , until , for the sate of seIf-pre ? ervation , the patient will be driven to the more violent remedy of revolt . In the number before us is an interesting account of Prince Edward ' s Island , in the coarse of which we find the following illustrations of
THE _CXJBSB OF LA 5 DLOBDIKSI . In 1737 , the whole colony was divided into sixty-« ven townships , each _coitaihing about 20 , 800 acres , with some reservations for town , pasture , or common lots . These townships wer < - granted by tbe government to a few individuals of the _British nobility and persons who pressed their claims upon the bounty of the governstent . The grantees were bound to settle the whole island in ten years , at the rate of one person for every two hundred acres . This condition they were unable to fulfil ; and the prices fixed by them for small lots of wilderness land immediately checked immigration . By the _indulgence of the government still further lime and
privileges were ' allowed : yet the contract has not been -complied with on their part , and the present system of tenure affirds a most fruitful source ef agitation and political strife . Nor have tbe grants themselves proved profitable to the proprietors nor their tenants ; while tbe general improvement of the country has been _retardel . This unwise system of giving awsy territory has a parallel in Kova _Scotia , where the abundant and valuable mineral productions of the earth have , by an improvident grant , the conditions of which were never fulfilled , fallen jato the hands of a powerful monopoly , to the incalculable injury of the country and _dissatisfketion of the inhabitants , who are not permitted to dig a bushel of coals although tbey should be found in their soils .
If the lands , instead of being granted by the Crown to _iadividuals , in _townships of 20 , 000 acres each , had been gold in small lots to actnal settlers , they would long ago have been improved . The chief part of the proprietors iave resided in Britain , and few of them have taken pains to comply with the terms of their leases . The Jesuit has been that many townships remain in a wilder ness state , and almost the whole body of the inhabitants are tenants , arare circumstance in British America . It has been the custom to grant leases of wilderness land for 999 years , at a rent _varying from Is . to 2 s . per acre per annum . For the first , second , and third years , no rent
was required ; then 3 d . per acre was called for , and increased annually to the full sum . The same system prevails to the present period , except that efforts are made to reduce the time to ninety-nine years , against which mere is great complaint among tbe settlers . According to the present system , the rent is increased according to ¦ fie improvements made by the tenant . The effect of this tax span industry is most pernicious ; and the persevering and industrious farmer , bythe constant increase of the rent , is often in a worse condition than the idler , who , having made few improvements , has little to pay .
Is it not monstrous that onr _clas-appointed ralers should have dared to give away an entire country to a few grasping aristocrats , who had neither cultivated nor conquered the land , and could advance no _tfaim to it on the strength of either the plough or the sword ? Is it not monstrous that the _, descendants of _thesearistocratastill continue to plunder the land—a land which , most , if not alL _' of them hare never seen ? Let the "Anti-Renters" and "Agrarian Reformers" of the United States only _Bncceed in their movement , and good bye to landlord-usurpation throughout the American continent . The _sbomin ableabBsesof onr colonial administration tall Ion-fly for reform . A democratic change in this
country wonld ensure tbat reform , at once speedy and effectual . If no such change comes or tarries in the coming , the fate of British rale throughout the colonies may be safely predicted ! Pacers on the '' Progress of Discovery in Australia ;" " "Life in the Ceylon Junglesf "Sierra Leone ; " " The Cultivation and Preparation of Coffee ; " "Steam Communication between Sydney and England ; " and a variety of other matters , will lie found both instructive and entertaining . This number commences a new volume , a favourable opportunity for new subscribers . Every one interested in colonial affairs will do well to purchase , and inform themselves of the merits of this well-conducted and useful periodical .
Uowitps Journal. Jpart Iv. London: 171 (...
_UowitPs Journal . _JPart IV . London : 171 ( corner of Surrey-street ) , Strand . We have already given quotations from the contents of this part , to wit , Freiligrath ' s poem on *' Ireland ; " and William Howitt ' sarticle on "National Education and Government Education . " The -valuable series of papers entitled " Physiology for the Peonle" constitute a _striking feature ef this periodical ; From the "Record of Popular Progress " we eive the following extract : — Tie "Christian Commonwealth" favourably entertained oj tie Pope . —We learn by letters from Borne that Mr J . M . Morgan , the benevolent and indefatigable projector Of the Christian Commonwealth , or _self-snpporfisg village of 300 families , has been honoured by an interview
with his Holiness the Pope , at which he was permitted to explain his plan for ameliorating the condition of the working classes . His Holiness was pleased to express * te great interest which he felt in the design , and his approbation of its charitable purpose . Ho _accented copies of Mr Morgan ' s work , the " Christian Commonwealth , " in French and English , and a lithographic print illustrative of the proposed village : having previ . oraly allowed a transparent painting of tho same to be placed in his apartment , and having devoted to it considerable attention . The most patient consideration has been given to the design by the different retigious bodies of Borne , especially by the Scotch and Irish colleges ; by the latter it was recognised as the most likely means , ¦ under Providence , of averting the evils which afflict the aister island . We learn , _mortaver , that the Pope has
referred Mr Morgan * * proposal to the examination ef the Agricultural Gommlwon , of which the Cardinal Massimo is president ; and that it is expected their report will be followed np by the establishment of a model village in the Campania di Rom * . Sack a movement on the part of the head of the Catholic Church demands the utmost gratitude from Christiana of all _deoenhu . tions ; whom we trust it will excite to _emulation in a work so noble aod excellent , and so highly calculated to _relieve the present and prevent the future sufferings of the industrious poor .
This part contains an en graving of a French medal struck in commemoration of the sanguinary perfidy of the Austrian despotism in 1846 . On the converse is a Snare of Liberty , inscribing with the bayonet on a gallows the fherant act of the massacres of Gallicia . the chief scenes of them _* and the names of the principal assassins , including their director-in-chief , the hated Metternich ; on the reverse _, between the dagger and torch , symbols of violefceand _destrnction . stands _theinscripti-n : — "LaDemocratie _Francsise a fait frapper cette m 6-daille , pourlivrer les anteurs _des massacres de Gallicie a 1 * excecration du _monde et de la postSrite . " I" The Democracy of France has caused this medal to be struck to consign the authors of the massacres of Gallicia to the execration of the world and of posterity . " ] Tbe illustrations to this part are good ; that of " The Rivals" in No . 18 is very beautiful .
Tae People's Journal. Part Xvi. London: ...
_TAe People ' s Journal . Part XVI . London : J . Bennett , 69 , Fleet-street . This part contains a _va-ietv of well-written and interesting articles on " The Treatment of Crime . " byLordNmrent ; "Italy , " by L . Mariotti ; "Democracy in Europe , " by _Joseph _Mazzini ; " Art-Edncation for tho People . " by George Wallis ; "Magic and _Demonology , " by John Duncan ; "Recent American Communities , " by Goodwyn Barmby ; & c .. £ x ., & e . We are sorry to have to express onr dissent from the temper and tone of Mr _Mazzmi ' s article . Some _ofliis argument * are _snffirientlr startling and worthy cf serious thought , bnt he . indulges in a flippant readiness of denunciation which will not serve his purpose . Lord Nngent _' s article promises well for his intended series of papers on "Crime . " He argues that , —
"We arc not justified in pnnishinir , only because the _offanderdeJertejit , unless wacan » l « o show tbat thereby we probably give _protection to society , either by reforming htm . or bj _dt-terrintr others , by tbe _example of Ms punishment , from committing alike offence . "He deserves it , " must therefore not be urged as alone justifying any punishment . Further , we mast assume that we are not _jastified , even for the sake of siring _protect'en to society , in inflictiner a punishment beyond what the nature of the offence morally deserves . A * , for example , we should not be justified in punishing with death the offence of robbing an orchard , _although we might be satisfied that , by fO doing , we might probably prevent the robbing of orchards in fntnre .
Again , even though the offender may morally deserve thepnnishment , andthnnghtheinflictionofitmayprobab 1 y t end toprotect society from thepr _* Y . i ! mceoftheoffence , we are not justified in inflicting it . if it appear that society may be equally well protected against the prevalence of the offence- , at a cheaper rate—that is , by tbe infliction of a les * measure of punishment . And , lastly , to justify the punishment , it must be shown , continually , as education adrancex . and tbe same ends ot protection become attainable at a lefs expense , that tbe necessity of the punishment still remains th ? same . And , in rrspeet of all these , we assume that the duty of justifying the pnnisbmentis fairly cast on theparty counselling tbe continuance , as it wonld on the parry counselling tbe firs' adoption of it _. Several illustrations eraco this nart ; the best is an _engraving of "The ErI Kimr . " from the fresco painting of B . Nehr , in the Grand Duchy Castle at Weimar .
The. Itefifoner. Edited By G. .T. Tmyoak...
The . Itefifoner . Edited by G . . T . _TMyoake . Part * X«—XI . London : " Watson , 3 , Queen ' s Head-passage , Paternoster-row . We are happy to hear _« f tho _increaspd and increasing success of this publication , which in each snecee "ins _number exhibits more and more the talent of its editor , and something more than " ordinary abilities" of lvt 3 _assistant _enntribn'ors . The editor of the " _Rea-wer" does not merelv advosate " free discussion . " he enronraees it on the part of opponents and inquirers . ; the support of such a publication is . therefore , of the first importance , not merely to those who think with Mr Holvoalce . but to all who are earnest in the pursuit of truth .
We cannot afford space for even the hare _enumeration of the many ably written essay ? , & c . contained in these two parts . We mav however , make snecial mention of Mr ITnlyoafce ' s letters "To the Editor of the ' People ' s Jnnrn _* l , '" and the extraordinary " revelations"entitled "Henry the _Eighth ' s Scheme of _Bishopric ?; " to this ' last we may , hereafter , more directly point the attention of on- readers . As we are "nothing if not critica l , " we most administer a passin ? word of reproof to Mr Hnlyoake . In his oaper on " Literary Etiquette ; or . Reflections upon the recentCnntroversy between Messrs Howitt and Saunders , "—Mr II- savs : — "The ill-starred personalities of O'Connor , O'Brien , and Lovett _, did more than the government to put back political reform . Foreachof these gentlemen I have personal
respect , hut . as belligerents , they have covered Complete Su ffrage with confusion . " Now , we beg _« o remind Mr Ilolyoake that there is something worse than rash disputation and denunciation , the sins be _charges to the account of the parties above-named , and that "something worse" is a _"mealv-monthedness"' "which hesitates to call things * hy their right names'throush fear of _offending the prejudiced . Why should MrH . fear to speak of thews * of the "Charter" by its rieht name ? why nauseate us with the dainty substitute . " Complete Suffrage ?" _Cbabttsu is already what the Quaker invention is not , nor ever likely to be , historical . _Chartishiss good word , and expresses what _everybody understands ; learn , then , Mr Holynake , not to te afraid to make nse of it , and leave dainty phrases to the " genteel" counter-skippers .
The Family Herald, Part Xlviii. Loudon: ...
The Family Herald , Part XLVIII . Loudon : G . * Bigg 3 , 421 , Strand . This Part contains the conclusion of _Ensene Sue ' s latest story , " Martin , the Foundling . " We give an extract from tbe concluding chapter , which shadows forth tbe author ' s ideas of the future . The extract is part of the description of a community established by oneof the leading characters of the story , in atonement forthe neglect and violation of the dnties he owed to his fellow-creatures , which , in common with his class , had characterised the first portion of his life . Such atonement is somewhat better than that which _whitewashed the criminals of old . when to leave their plunder , or a share thereof to the _priesthood , secured for the most atrocious brigands a free passport to heaven : — the coHMoinrr .
"A very rich man . " said Clande Gerard , "had lived for a long time in idleness , careless of the miserable fate of the greater number of his 'brothers in humanity ;' suddenly struck to the heart by a _friithtfol calamity , this man transformed , regenerated by this terrible trial , has henceforward sought consolation in the practice of hnman fellowship ; in place of being sterile , bis sorrow has been fruitful . Baring assembled bis tenants , as well as the inhabitants of the _miserable village , he thus addressed them : — ' As I live in tbe midst of yon , I ought to practise the rigid dnties to which those who possess all are bound towards such of their fellow-creatures as possess nothing . I wish to atone for the past , and I hope the future will absolve me ; listen then to what I am going to propose to yon . This territory consists oi nearly six thousand acres , all of which belong to me , except three hundred , which is divided among yon . Let xa form an association , let jour lands and mfne make
In future one common property , which shall belong to us all ; let it be the same with the horses , the flocks , and herds . In this association yon will give your skill and labour ; I will give the land , the buildings , and the capital required for commencing . In thus furnishing to the society the means and the implements for labour , I bring for myself alone as much as yon will bring together _, honestly then I should have a right to deduct for myself the half of tbe profits ; but this right , this inequality , I renounce in the name of that feeling of brotherhood which draws me towards yon , and I ask only a single share equal to each of you , and this share I will earn like you by industry , by applying all the force of ray knowledge to the good management of the whole business . I have llv .-d daring forty yetrs in fatal and unproductive idlness : I have much to be forgiven , and from the day that we are nnited , I promise yen that no one will he more zealous or have more regard for the general interest . "'
" Andtbe promises that this man made , he has religiously kept , " said Claude . " And no doubt the association was formed Immediately , " said Just . "No , " replied Claude ; " although he offered to these poor people unheard-of advantages , he had to vanquish suspicions andjprejudices unfortunately inseparable from the ignorance and the species of slavery in which tbe nnhappy creatures had lived . ' What do you risk !' said he . 'Let us examine . I charge myself with the first establishment ; nay , more , I will ensure your existence daring two years . Ton quit your sorry and unhealthy dwellings for a healthy , cheerful , and commodious abode ; yonr repulsive and unfruitful toil shall be rendered productive and attractive from its variety ; what , then , I ask , do you risk ? The land that yon unite with mine shall be returned , if in two years yonr condition does not appear to yon improved , and yon can then return to yonr houses , which shall be left standing . "
"And they did not long resist the evidence of such advantages , " said Just . " For nearly two months , " replied Claude Gerard , "It is incredible , in the presence of such evident advantages , " exclaimed Begins . J " Aias ! tnadame , " replied Claude , "these unhappy beings had been for so long a time accustomed to be treated with severity or neglected , and they have learned to have so little faith . iu human goodness , that they demanded of each other with a sort of fearful suspicion ,
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why any one should manifest towards them so much disinterestedneisand ' generosity . " "You are right , sir , " said Rejrfoi _, " aud this distrust is a cutting satire oa the past . " "Atlastthe aisociatioBwas formed , " added Claude ; " six months after the commencement of operations the necessary buildings were constructed , aad shortly after tbe ancient village was destroyed with a sort of joyous solemnity . As for the happiness and ease which this population , lately so miserable , now enjoy , if you will accompany me , what yon witness will convince you of the marvellous results of this brotherhood . This Part concludes the fourth volume of tho Family Herald , —* volume which has exceeded the enormous circulation of its predecessors . We hope tbe like success will be deserved and obtained by the forthcoming volume .
Jtht Musical Herald. Part Xii. London: G...
_JTht Musical Herald . Part XII . London : G . Biggs , 421 , Strand . We fear that this publication baa not met with the support'it has throughout so well deserved , otherwise we would not have the announcement of its conclusion . As it is , however , this part renders complete two handsome volumes of musio and musical literature , unrivalled for cheapness , and in taste and judgment not inferior to many highpriced works .
The Trial Of The Mechanics At Liverpool,...
The Trial of the Mechanics at Liverpool , lefore Mr Baron Rolfe and a Special Jury on the 2 nd and 3 rd April , 18 i 7 . / or a Conspiracy . Compiled and edited from the Short-hand Writer ' s Notes , by W . P . Roberts , the Attorney for the Defence . London : Northern star office . Manchester : Abel Heywood , _Oldham-strect . The subject-matter of this " Report" has been so fully agitated in our columns , week after week for Borne montha past , that it is quite unnecessaryto do more than intimate that this is a most admirable history of the " Trial . " Every member of a Trades ' Society should _forthwith procure a copy . We subjoin from the "introductory narrative" an anecdote of the celebrated indictment : —
¦ The True Bill against the defendants measured in length _fifty-seven _jards—it was written on upwards of seventy skins of parchment—it was nearly twice as long as the Monster Indictment in "The Queen ag _.-iinst Daniel O'Connell and Others "—and twenty times as long as that in "The Queen against Feargus O'Connor and fifty-nine Others . " " I could not make out , " said a barrister to Mr Robtrts , " what tbe devil it was that was coming . I fancied , at first , it must be a petition for the release of Frost . Williams , and Jones . "
Misckliankobs.—"The Max Is Thb Moos." No...
_MiscKLiANKOBS . — "The Max is thb Moos . " Nos . 4 and 5 . Edited by Albert Smith and Angus B . Reach ( Clark , Warwick-lane ) . A rare sixpennyworth ot fun . " The Midland Flobist , " May ( Simpkin and Marshall ) , The Calendar of Operations in the Kitchen and Flower Garden will be found exceedingly useful to many besides professed horticulturists ; the other contents are interesting . "Glbnnt ' s Monthly Review op Hokticoltbbe , " No . 1 , May ( W . Hilditch , 420 , Strand ) . This publication is intended to combine the features of a magazine and monthly newspaper , with all that can
instruct and amuse the lovers of a garden . This number contains several valuable articles . " The Miners' Advocate , " May ( W . Daniells , Donglas , Isle of Man ) , contains matter of much interest to the miners . " The _Ukrald of Co-operation , " No . 4 ( Robinson , Douglas , Isle of Man ) . •* _Mackenzie ' s Railway Monihlt Time _akdIFark Tables " ( E . Mackenzie , 111 , Fleefcstreet ) . With the "Supp ' ement , " this sheet is the most astonishing production of the day . __ For twopence the traveller may supply himself with full and accurate information concerning tbe railways , coaches , omnibuses , _Bteamers , the fares , & c , & c , & o .
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The following are the principal exhibitions , places of note , museums , & o ., in the metropolis , open to public inspection , and will prove a guide to country visitors to Loudon during the _Whitsun holidays : — The Tower of London—Open from 10 to 4 . Admission Is ., viz ., to the armories , Cd . ; to the jewel office , 6 d . The objects of curiosity , independent of the ancient buildings , are an immense store of firearms , a collection of cannon , armour , & c . ; the jewel office containing the crown and other insignia of royalty . Near the Tower is the Custom-house , the long room of which will repay the visitor for a
visit . St Paul _' a Cathedral—Open from 10 ( ill dusk . The charges are , to the monuments of _England ' s heroes , 2 d . ; _gallsries , 6 d . ; vaults , Is . ; clock , 2 d . ; libraries , models , dsc , Is . ; to the ball at the dome , ls . _Cd . Westminster Abbey—Open from 9 to dusk . Admission fid . The Monument—Open daily from 9 to dusk . On paying 6 d . a visitor may ascend to the ton . Guildhall , King-street , Cheapside—Free , daily , from 10 to . 3 , contains some fine monuments of marble . The Thames Tunnel ( Wappin _? and Rotherhithe)—Open constantly both night and day , the toll being Id . This is one of tbe most remarkable structures in tbe world , built under the bed of the Thames . It is brilliantly lighted with gas .
Model of Jerusalem—Mr Brnnnetti ' s model of the Holy City will be viewed with peculiar interest at the present season , when the mind naturally reverts to the events which have consecrated it to the observance of Christians of all denominations . It was in Jerusalem that the great mystery' of man ' s redemption was wrought ; " not a spot is visible , " says Disraeli , " that is not heroic ' or sacred , consecrated or memorable . Every rock and valley bears in its name the memories of the old Hebrew patriarchs and prophets —the magnificent kings of Judah , or the terrible
Roman conquerors , the Jewish _pnestsorthe Christian martyrs . The realisation of this grand and solemn city is to be seen in the beautiful model now being exhibited in Piccadilly . It will well repay the trifling charge and trouble of a visit by the definite and correct idea it gives of _aspot the most sacred , moat interesting , and the most celebrated in tbe world . Christ ' s Hospital , or Blue-coat School , Newgatestreet—Open daily ,, free , one of tbe most splendid amongst the charitable foundations of London . Westminster Hall—Free . Its length is 270 feet , breadth 74 . and 90 feet in height .
Duke of York ' s Monument , St James'sPark— Open from 12 to 3 ; admission , Cd . The Royal Mint , on Tower-hill—Open daily from 11 to 3 , free . The mechanical contrivances of this vast manufacture of money are most complete , but the public are not permitted to witness their operations , unless upon special application . British Museum , Great Russell-street , _Bloomsbury —Free . Ea stlndia Company ' s Museum—Open on Saturdag from 11 to 3 , free , containing _easterncuriositieBof a ni » bly interesting character , trophies , paintings ,
manuscripts , ivory carvings , and maay specimens of Indian ingenuity . Missionaries' Museum , _Bloomfield-street , Moorfields—Open en Tuesday , Thursday , and Saturday , from 10 to 4 , free ; a judicious collection of objects ot natural history , ornaments of feathers , idols , & c , from the countries which have been benefited by the heroic exertions of missionaries . Geological Museum , Craig ' s-court , Charing Cross —Open , gratis , daily , from 10 to 4 . Attractive to those who take an interest in the structure of the earth , its strata , minerals , dsc ; all the specimens are Britishexcept the ores .
, Sir John Soane ' s Museum , Lincoln ' s Inn-fields—Open on Thursdays and Fridays , from 10 to 4 , free , consisting of statuary , paintings , models , antique _rdics _qSC Surgeons' Museum , Lincoln ' s Inn-fields — Open , gratuitously , the first four days of the week , from 12 to 4 , containing several thousand curious and valuable anatomical subjects , collected by the celebrated John Hunter . Royal Institution Museum , Albemarle - street , Piccadilly—Open daily , from 10 to 4 , by a member ' s order ; contains specimens of minerals , chiefly British .
United Service Museum , Scotland-yard , Whitehall—Open daily , by member ' s order , from : 11 to 5 ; contains models of ships , statues , images , paintings , & c , collected by British officers . There is a room exclusively devoted to articles from China . National Gallery , Trafalgar-square—Open free the first four days of the week , from 10 to 8 . Royal Academy , Trafalgar-square—Open daily from 8 to 7 . Admission Is . British Institution , 52 , Pall-mall — Open daily from 10 to 5 ; for paintings by British Artists . Admission Is . Suffolk-street Gallery , Pall-mall — Open daily . Admission Is . Oil and water-colour paintings . Society of Painters in Water Colours , 53 , Pallmall— Open daily from 9 to dusk . Admission Is .
St . James ' s Gallery , 58 , Pall-mall — Open daily from » to 6 , admission Is ., with a collection of English , Flemish , Italian and Dutch schools ; including Titian ' s Venus . ¦ - _ . ¦ __ ... ., , Colosseum , Regent ' s Park—Open daily , with panoramic views of London , museum of sculpture , artificial ruins , conservatories , & c . Admission 2 s . Diorama . Regent ' s Park—Open daily from 10 to 5 . Stalls 2 s . saloon Is . Consists of two views : by an ingenious piece of mechanism the room in which the spectator aits is moved to the pictures , the various shades of light , marking day and night , storm and sunshire , are admirable managed . Burford ' s Panorama , Leicester-square — . Open daily , admission Is . An exhibition ot views of firstrate merit-Polytechnic Institution—Open daily , 309 , Regentstreet , admission Is . One of . the mo 3 t interesting exhibitions in the metropolis . *
Society of Arts , John-street , Adelpbi—Open daily , admission by member ' s order . A society to promote useful inventions ; the ' models , machines , the celebrated Barry ' s paintings , will repay a visit . Greenwich Haspital—Upea dai / y , from 9 to dusk ,
The Following Are The Principal Exhibiti...
admittance to the hall 3 d . This is the finest build > ing in Europe devoted to charitable purposes ; the park , observatory , 4 o ., are areat attractions of _tbia delightful spot , ' v - _WoolwichDockyasd—O pen daily , free , for buildia 85 _ships-of-war . the Royal Arsenal , rope-yard , _artillsry barracks ' military repository , dsc Chelsea Hospital ; Chelsea—Open erery day foee . For invalid soldiers ; chapel , hall , library , & c , well worthy of inspection . Dulwich College—Every day in the forenoon _* ex eept Friday , free by a ticket from any respeetable printseller in town , contains a valuable collection of pictures . Zoological Gardens , Regent ' s Park—Open daily from 10 to dusk , by a member ' s order . A large collection of animal life .
Madame _Tussaud a Exhibition of Public Character " , living and dead , modelled in wax with great skill , and dressed in appropriate costume . ' A splendid exhibition , admission Is . Tho following bazaars may be visited free , and are well worthy of attention : — Pantheon , Oxford-street , where there is a choice collection of pictures , anil an aviary . Soho Bazaar , Soho-square , the first established in London , and a place of fashionable resort . Lowther Bazaar and Arcade , in West Strand . Burlington Arcade , Piccadilly . Kinfr-street Bazaar , _Portmsn-square . Pantechnicon , Pimlico ; and Baker-street Bazaar , Baker-street , Oxlord-street .
These Are The Chambers' Of 1*45 [We Have...
THESE ARE THE CHAMBERS' OF 1 * 45 [ We have already shown to onr readers the Chambers' of 1847 ; we now refer to the previous opinions of these changeable economists . Whence this wonderful chanee ? 1 ——
Improvement Of Waste Landsspade Husbandr...
IMPROVEMENT OF WASTE LANDSSPADE HUSBANDRY . ( From the Information for the People , No . T 2 . J _[{"• _onttnutd / rom _oxr tort . l In the farms of 6 acres , we found no plough . horse , or cart ; the only agricultural implement , besides the spade . fork , and wheelbarrow , which we observed , was a light wooden harrow , which might be dragced by the hand . The farmer had no assistance besides thai of his wife and children , excepting sometimes in harvest , when we found he occasionally obtained the assistance ofa neighbour , or hired a labourer at a'franc _ner day . The whole of the land is dug with the _apao * e , and trenched , very deep ; hut 39 tho soil is light , the labour of digging h not ' great .. ' ' The
s _' ockonthe small farms which we examined , consisted ofa couple of cows , a calf or two , one or two pigs sometimes a goat or two , and some poultry . The cows are altogether stall-fed on straw , turnips , clover , rye , vetches , carrots , potatoes , and a kind of soup made by boiling up potatoes , peas , beans , bran , cut hay . & c , into one mess , and which , being given warm , is said to be very wholesome , and to promote the secretion of milk . In some districts the grains of the breweries and distilleries are u = ed for the cattle ; and tho failure of the Belgian distilleries baa been reckoned a calamity on account of the loss of the supply of manure which was produoed by cattle fed in the stalls of these establishments . The success of the Belgian farmer depends mainly
upon the number of cattle which he can maintain by the produce of his land , the general lightness of the soil rendering the constant application of manure absolutely necessary to the production of a crop . The attention of the cultivator is always , therefore , especially directed to obtain a _su * ply of manure . Some small farmers , with this view , agree with a sheepdealer to find stall-room and straw for his sheep , to attend to them , and to furnish fodder at the market price , on condition of _retaining the dung . The small farmer collects in his stable , in a fosse lined with bricks , the dun ? and moisture of his cattle . He buys sufficient lime to mingle with the _scourings of his ditches , and with the decayed leaves , potato-tops , Ac ., which he is careful to collect , in order to enrich his compost , which is dug over tw _>> or three times in
the course of the winter . No portion of the farm is allowed to lie fallow , hut it is divided into six or seven small plots , on each of which a system of rotation is adopted ; and _^ thus , with the aid of manure , the powers of the soil are maintained unexhausted , in a state of constant activity . The order of succession in the crops is various ; but we observed on the six-acre farms , which we visited , plots appropriated to potatoes , wheat , barley , clover , ( which had been _Bown with the preceding year ' s barley , ) flax , carrots , turnips or " parsnips , vetches , and rye , for immediate use as ' green food for cattle . The flax grown is hecfeled and spun by the farmer ' s wife , chiefly during the winter ; and we were told that three weeks' labour at the loom towards the spring enabled them to weave into cloth all the thread thus
prepared . The weavers are generally a distinct class from the small farmers , though the labourers chiefly _suppoited by the loom commonly occupied about an acre of land , sometimes more , their labour upon the land alternating wren their work at tho loom . In some districts , we were informed , every gradation in the extent of occupancy , from a quarter or half on acre to the six acre farm , is to be found ; and in _sueh cases more work is done in the loom by the smaller occupiers . The labour of the field , tho management of the cattle , the preparation of manure , the regulating the rotation of crops , and the necessity of-carrying a certain portion of the produce to market , call for the constant exeroiseof industry , skill , and _foresight ,
among the Belgian peasant-farmers , * and to these qualities they add a rigid economy , habitual Bobriety , and a contented spirit , which finds its chief gratification beneath the domestic roof , from which the father of the family rarely wanders in search of excitement abroad . It was most gratifying to observe the comfort displayed in the whole economy of the households of these small cultivators , and the respectability in which they lived . As far as I could learn , there was no tendency to the subdivision of the small holdings . I heard of none under five acres held by the class of peasant-farmers ; and six , seven , or eight acres , is the most common size . The provident habits of these small farmers enable them to maintain a high standard of comfort , and is necessarily opposed to
such subdivision . Their marriages are not contracted so early as in Ireland , and the consequent struggle for subsistence among their offspring does not exist . The proprietors of the soil retain the free and unrestricted disposal ol their property , whetner divided into smaller or larger holdings . The common rent of land is about 20 s . an acre , and the usual rate of _wagfsfora daylabonrerisafranc ( or 10 d . ) a-day . A small occupier , whose farm we _examined near Ghent , paid 224 francs per annum for about two bonders , or six acres , of land , with a comfortable house , stabling , and other offices attached , all very good of their hind ; this makes the rent ( reckoning the franc at lOd . ) equal to £ 9 7 s . 6 d . sterling per aunum ; and if we' allow JE 3 Vs . 6 d . for the rent of
the house , stabling , and other offices , there will be £ 6 , orf £ l per acre for the land , which accords with the information we obtained at Antwerp , Brussels , and other places , as to the rent of land in that flat country , the soil of which is generally of the same quality throughout . The farmer had a wife and five children , and appeared to Jive in much comfort . He owed little or _nothings he said ; but he had no capital beyond that employed on his farm . We questioned him respecting his resources in case of sickness . He replied , that if he were ill , and if his illness were'severe and of long duration , it would press heavily npon him , because it would interrupt the whole farm-work ; and in order to provide for his family and pay tbe doctor , ho feared be should be
obliged to sell part of his stock . If his- wife and f amily were long ill , and he retained his strength , the doctor would give h m credit , and he should be able to pay him by degrees in tbe course of a year or two . The thought of applying for assistance in any quartered appeared never to have entered his mind . We suggested that the Bureau de Bienfaisance , or charitable individuals , might afford him aid in _^ _such a difficulty ; but , with evident marks of surprise at the suggestion , he replied cheerfully that he must take care of himself . If a sick club or benefit society were established among these people , so as to enable them by mutual assuranee to provide for the casualty of siokness , the chief source of suffering to their families would be obviated , and there would be little left to wish for or amend in their social condition .
COMPABATIVK VALUB OF SPADE HUSBANDRY . It is , we believe , an indisputable fact , that a garden produces heavier crops , space for space , than a field under ordinary culture with the plough . "In regard to difference of produce , an experiment was tried in the neighbourhood of Hamilton , expressly to ascertain that point . A field was taken , which had been cropped with beans the preceding year , and the previous year with oatSiTwo ridges were dug , and two p loughed alternately , and the whole was sown on the same day . A part both of the ploughed and dug was
drilled with the _garden-hoe . The whole was reaped the same day , and being thrashed out , the result was , that the dug land sown broadcast , was to the ploughed sown broadcast , as fifty-five bushels to fortytwo ; while the dug and drilled was as twenty and a quarter bushels to twelve and a quarter upon the ploughed and drilled . The additional grain produced was not the only beneficial result gained by digging ; for in this instance there was also a great deal oi straw , and the land was much more free of weeds , and more easily cultivated next jear , —Sir John Sin eUtir ' sCode of Agriculture .
Some soils , however , are unsuitable for spade husbandry ; as for instance , heavy wet lands liable to inundation ; stony , gravelly , or shallow soils , more especially if incumbent on chalk . Manual labour is also inapplicable where the climate is precarious ; and it is necessary to be expeditious in tilling the land , and in sowing and harrowing for a crop . On these accounts , spade husbandry cannot be universally resorted to with advantage either to the _culturistorthe community . With respect to its economy , whese it is available , there aro two questions . Z ( TobtcmtiW ( _tJ
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THB hKm AND ITS CAPABILITIES . Ma EDiToa ,- _ Hsting with many other of my friendi felt much doubt as . to the accuracy of the statements _iBadefatlu "Noathern Star , " and " People ' s Journal , " relative to _; the advantages derivable from ths Small Farm system , I fait it a duty I owed myself and friends who feel deep interest in tbe success of the land movemeat , to address-a few lines to tho author of the articles that appeared in . tho " People ' s Journal , " and _copisd in the " Star , "andi & r the satisfaction of all , who like myself may have bad ; their doubts , 1 bog to enclose my letter to Mr Sillett with his reply ; it is , sir , at your service , if you think tho publication of the same would be calculated to rcmov » those doubts which prevent many from joining the _liand Company . Yoh will please so to do iu your next valuable number . ' I have the honour to bo , Sir , Your obedient and obliged Servant , _AitstiD BiATcflisr Appleferd _, Berkshire , 11 th May , 1817 .
Appleford, 17th April, 1817. Sib,—Having...
Appleford , 17 th April , 1817 . Sib , —Having _notloed a paragraph in tbe " Northern Star , " of _Hth instant , said to be a true account of yonr last year ' s produce on your farm of two acres , and being myself desirous to obtain two or three shares in the Linu Dompany , I take the liberty of writing to you merely to satisfy myself that what is stated in the " -Star , " which is taksn from the "People's Journal , " is correct . If you will hare the kindness to send me a line by return of post , merely to say whether or not I may depend upon what is stated iu the " Star , " you will much oblige , Tour's very truly , To Mr J . Sillett . Alfred _Biatchiei .
Kelsale, Aprit 28,1847. Dun Sib,—In Repl...
Kelsale , Aprit 28 , 1847 . Dun Sib , —In reply to your letter ot to-day I feel great pleasure in informing you that tho statement i » correct _. _as appeared in the " People's Journal , " and " Star , " and any future statements that may appear re lative to my small farm , may be reliod upon as being correct . l am , yours truly , Mr Alfred Blatchlfty , JousSit . wtj _,
A Pew Words From A Polii10al Slave, To T...
A PEW WORDS FROM A _POLII _10 _AL SLAVE , TO THE FREE AND INDEPENDENT OCCUPANTS OF _O'CONNORVILLE . B & _ETnnsie _, Allow me to congratulate you on tbs fortunate change in your position ; not that I for a moment believe you can as yet bay ? derived any apparent benefitfrom thatchange ; no , on the contrary , tbe extraordinary high price of seeds and plants , combined with the exorbitant price of every description of previsions , must have a tondency to dighearten those amongst you who cannot see beyond the present time ; whilst these circumstances will prompt to greater exertion those who can view the system iu ull its bearings , >
You could not possibly have been located at a more _unfavourable time than the present ; because you must wait for a considerable time before you can _deriva much food from your own land , whereas you must pay an enormous price for everything you consume until your own produce is ready _; yet , notwittistnnding these apparent disadvantages , I envy your position ! I long to be free ! to _possess an independent means of procuring a livelihood ! to be enabled to set _tjrants at . donimcel to be master of my o _» n actions—and to give free expression to my own sentiments J , These are a few of tho invaluable privileges you now enjoy ; you are freemen , with an inexhaustible source from whence to draw a comfortable and independent livelihood ! The land is a ntver . failing _sourca from whence to derive all tbe sustenance that nature requires ; and the more labour you bestow upon it , the richer it becomes , and the more it will yield .
Should any of you be depressed in spirits now , take courage from the following fact : —When you have got in your harvest you will be in possession of a twelve months stock of provisions after you have sold sufficient to de- ' fray your _expanses and supply all your other requirements ; whilst we slaves who are left behind must content ourselves with a meal when the capitalists think proper to give us employment ! You can work when you like , and entirely for your own benefit , whilst we must beg as a favour to obtain employment at wages inadequate to support life , aud submit to the domination of petty tyrants beside . I have not _language at command sufficiently powerful to define tho difference between the position of a m . in who labours for an employer and a freeman who labours entirely for himself . Suffice it to say the caprice ofa tyrant master can reduce theformer to starvation , whilst tbe latter can , without dread , contiue to enjoy the produce of his own industry .
Let me beseech you to deliberate upon these facts , aud remind you that it is your duty to givo the slaves whom you havo left behind the benelit of your experience and the aid of your exertions . As tbe members of the National Co-operative Land Company , together with the unparalleled exertions of Mr O'Connor have brought you out of the land of slavery , into the land of frecdon _, I entreat you not to forget that the majority of your fellow-men still remain in the degraded position of political and social slaves ! aud that tliey not only require your aid , but arts , entitled to every effort it is in yeur power to make to redeem them from their degraded position .
You owe a deep and everlasting debt of gratitude to Mr O'Connor , aud I feel confident you could not _ri-pay it better , nor in a manner moro satisfactory to himself , than by giving every requisite attention to your allotments , and devoting your spare hours to tbe advancement of the Charter . Yours , in bondage , TuoitAi Almond . Wolverhampton , 18 th May , 18 iT .
There Are Now In London Upwards Of 100,0...
There are now in London upwards of 100 , 000 foreigners ; of whom 40 , 000 are Germans , 25 , 000 French , and 5 , 000 Italians . The King of Prussia has issued a decree , interdicting the bakers from _selling new bread until after the loth of August , it being proved the consumption of new bread is much greater than that of stale bread . The police is to fix tho time that must elapse between the baking and the sale of bread . The editors of Chambers ' s Journal state that most of their contributions from female authors come from Ireland , fewer from England , and scarcely any from Scotland . Judicial torture seems to have been lately used in Switzerland ; for a judge in the canton Lucerne , named Ammann , has declared that he has obtained the most , important confessions from political prisoners by means of the whip .
St Uelier _' s , Jersey , is , par excellence , the retreat of old maids . Out of 2 , 400 souls , there are 1 , 300 unmarried adult females . There are only 400 men in the town to this enormous collection of old maids . At the _Cheltenham steeple-chases two horses were killed ; . one by running , when at full speed , against a tree , whereby its neck was broken , its brains dashed out , and its rider much injured ; the other by over-leaping itself and bursting a blood-vessel . The following singular advertisement appeared in a Scotch paper last week : — " Abstinence . —A gentleman addicted to intemperance will bo received as a boarder , in a genteel family , in the country , where efforts , successful in tho reformation of others , will be used for his . Address , & e . " The authorities of Jersey have resolved to establish a college , in commemoration of the Queen ' s visit to the island . .
Mr Russell has obtained 40 s . damages from Mr Smith for singing " the Ship on Fire , " at Crosbyhall . . ¦ ; Mr Calcraft , seventeen years managerof the Dublin Theatre , has become insolvent . Miss Faucit is said to be a creditor to a large amount . Mr Messenger , of Birmingham , has just manufactured a twelve-light chandelier , to bo placed in the pavilion , in the new gardens at Buckingham Palace . The bilbo overflowed its banks on the 3 d inst ., and much damage is said to have been done to the crops in Saxany . It is calculated that there are more than 100 , 000 female servants in London alone , and upwards of 1 , 000 , 000 in England and Wales . A Guiana paper mentions that at the late races at George-town , Demerara , two of the best horses which ran belonged to black landowners , who had formerly been slaves .
By a decree of the landralh of the Swiss canton of Glaris , all young men are forbidden to marry before they are 22 years of age , and women before they are 20 . At a late session a _caifte was tried which originated in a dispute about a pair of small-clothes . The judge observed that it was the first time he had known a suit made out of a pair of breeches . A mine of rock-salt , which has justibecn discovered in tho environs of Lerobcrg , in Austrian Gallicia , is said to be rioher than that of Wieliczka , in the same province , hitherto considered the richest in Europe . Professor Eric Gustaf Geijer _, the celebrated Swedish historian , lately died at Upsala . His do cease is the more to be regretted , as he had nocompleted his history of Sweden , of which only one volume hnd been published , though he had dovoted many years to collecting materials . Miss Susan Cushman and Mr Charles Pitt have been performing at Preston .
A circular has just been issued by Messrs Chaloner and Fleming , setting forth in a strong point of view some evidence as to the merits and claims of mahogany as a material for shipbuilding . A new iron steamer , called " The Pride of Erin , " built by Napier , of Glasgow _^ has just been placed upon the station , being intended to ply between Liverpool and Dundalk . She sailed on her first Yoy age from Liverpool on Monday evening . The Globe informs usthatMr Wordsworth , «' who fills the post of poet laureate ; ha ? been directed to write an ode" for the installation of Prince Albert as Chancellor of Cambridge . The young Prince Ernest , second son of Pnnce , John of Saxony , died at tho Palace ol _Wessenstein , on the 12 th , of a disease called morbus _maculosua _, _whioh came on after along attack oi _influent .
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A M »* n Kilibd bt Lio ' iiTSWo;—On Wedne ? day a violent thunder-storm visited Preston , when a person , named Robert Clarkson was struck dead . His clothes had the appearance ot being burnt , and wera much torn ; part of his shirt had been forced from his body and torn , and oaeof his boots was shattered , while an umbrella which he was carrying under his arm was shivered to atoms . _> Appre hension of a Polioh Officrb . —On Saturday last John Beard , police officer No . 1 , at _theNottingham station on the Midland Railway , was apprehended under a warrant from the Mayor of Hull on a charge of having , in the year 1841 , fprged a certificate by which he obtained from the Society of Foresters , at Hull . £ 10 _, as the foneralmoneyallowed in caso of the death of a member ' s wife . - _ ¦
_EabltHebri . _vos . —There are'indications of a = a early herring fishing this season , and the fishermen state their assurance that th ere is , at present , abundance along the north _coastof Scotland , , . NoTnwo Nkwundrr the Sun . —An ancient _breefc manuscript ( of the sixth contury ) has been discovered at Athens , which , ' besides a treatise on Byzantine pninting , is said to contain an account of the _dastuer _* reotype process , and hints forthe manufacture of gun cotton . Curious _Pucrfou a Robin ' s Nest . —In the nurr _sery gardens adjoining Chorley New-road , among : some gooseberry trees , an old watering can has been , standing for some time , in which a pair of robins have built their nest . Advice . —If men would follow the advice which they bestow gratuitously on others , what a _reformat tion would be effected in their character !
News for thb Lames . —The dresses in Paris this season are unusually simple , flounces have none out , and the most distingue costumes are without ornament . A great bb'ssing for the husbands ! ConruMRNi to Jenny Lind . —A girl of pomo ten years old said to her mamma , " I wish _Shakspera wore living , for then he could marry Jenny Lind !" " Why do you think so , child ? " said the surprised mother . " Because they are both superhuman , '* was the answer . The Comm _\ nd n the Taous . —Lord _Palmerston has appointed Admiral Sir Charles Napier to the naval command in the _Tas ; ns : ! Lonbon Post-Offices . —The receiving houses in London are now kept open till six o ' clock , p . m ., instead of till half-past five as hitherto , for tbo receipt of inland , foreign , colonial , or ship letters . After _half-pastfive payment of the late fee of one penny will be required , either in coin or a stamp , otherwise such "late" letters will be detaioed till the next despatch .
Venus and Jupiter . —The two bright planets Venus and Jupiter , are still splendid objects during tho evenings ; the former planet is crossing the milky way , and moving towards a point south of the twostars Castor and Pollux ; Mars and Saturn are near together , and may be seen near tbe eastern horizon before sunset . Crooked Rails . —The New York _S ' describes a _fasce made of such crooked rails ' that every time a pig crawled through it came out on the same side . Bull Killed on a Railway . —A few days ago * fine bull , belonginj ; to Mr John Hartley , a farmer resident in the neighbourhood of Staveley , broke ther fences of its pasture and took the Kendal and Windermere Railway . A passenger train shortly afterwards coining up the animal was knocked down , run over , and killed on the spot .
Anecdote of Alexander Dumas . —A person more ? _remarknble for _inquisitiveness than forcorrect breeding—one of those who , devoid of delicacy and reck less of rebuff , pry into every thing—took the liberty to question M . Dumas rather closely concerning his genealogical tree . "Yon are a quadroon , M . Dumas ? " he began . —" . I am , Sir _, " . quietly replied Dumas , who has sense enough not to be ashamed of a descent he could not conceal . — " And yonrfather V * — " Was a mulatto "— " And yonr _grandfather ?" - _~ " A negro , " hastily answered the dramatist , whose patience" was waning fast . " And may 1 inquirer
what your great-grandfather was ?"— "An ape , sir r thundered Dumas , with a fierceness that made his impertinent interrogator shrink into the smallest possible compass . " An ape , sir , —my pedigree commences where yours _terminates !" Case fob tub Gentlbmbn of ins Lono Robe . —* It is rumoured that a gentleman of Liverpool is about to bring an action for breach of promise of marriage against a lady recently married , and who up to _tha time of her marriage v as residing with a clereyman , well known in this town . It is said that the presents which he has made _ts her from time to time during the courtship . ire of considerable value .
The Prospect tor Fruit . —There has not been such a promise for fruit for many years as there is this season . Every kind of fruit tree , from the gooseberry to the apple and the pear , is covered with bloom , and on several kinds the fruit is already welt set . This is the case with chorries , gooseberries , apricots , and with wall fruit of all kinds , which seein to have escaped any serious injury from the frost . A Whale Stout . —From the * Wellington ( New Zealand ) wo have the following : — 'Two boats from tbe Fortitude fastened to a whale , when one of them , commanded byCapt . Baily _, upset , and two of tho crew were killed . Captain Baily contrired to save himself by clinging to the boat ,, and was found tho next morning by the mate ef his _vessel nearly insensible _, lie hnd forced his _finger into the plug-hole of the boat , and his finger swelling had prevented him from loosing his hold , and thus- probably saved his li > e .
Lord Wabd has just come out in the character of a cognoscente , and paid over to the * Prince _ofCanino-£ 7 . 000 for four pictures of acknowledged merit . One is by Fra Angelico , and represents the " Last Judgment ; " another is a sketch from the hand of Rembrandt , " St John Preaching in the Wilderness . " The Pope and thb Bisnop . —That Pius IX . is agreat and good man is pretty well known by this time ol day ; but the man of human sympathies , the man of feeling , is _predominant even above the statesman and the legislator . At the farewell audience of Bishop Wilson , previous to his return to the antipodes ( where there aro half-a-dozen lt . C . bishoprics ) , the Pope said , presenting him with a splendid golden phalice , " Be kind , my son , to all your _fh-ck at Hobart Town , but be kindest to the condemned !"
_Tns New Lord Lieutenant . —Lord Clarendon hasbeen prevailed upon to accept the Lord-Lieutenancy of Ireland , vacant by the lamented decease of Lord _BesborougU . It is rumoured that he will be succeeded as President of tho Board . of Trade by Mr Labouchere , at present Secretary for Ireland . — Times , "Wednesday . Maria Christina , who travels _incognim arrived on Wednesday at Lyons , and alighted at the Hotel de _l'bjurope , accompanied by the Duke de Rianzares , and attended by a numerous Miite . Her Majesty remained till Friday morning , when she embarked ; in tho steamer the _Cygne _, for Toulon , whence she will proceed to Naples .
The New Magistrate at Clerkf . n-. vkll _Police Court . —R . P- Tyrwbitt , _issq ., of the Oxford circuit ; and Berkshire sessions , has been appointed by the-Secretary of State tho new magistrate of the above court , in lieu of Mr Greenwood , resinned . Tub Son of Mubat . —Prince Louis Napoleoa Achille Murat , son of Joachim Murat , formerly King _, of Naples , and Caroline Bonaparte , sister of the Empero died in Jefferson County , United States * on the 15 th ult ., agcd 40 . After his expulsion Iron * Italy his family took refuge in Austria , and remained there till 1821 , when he embarked for the United States , which he quitted only to make a short visit to Europe . Becoming naturalised in- America , he lived there very simply , and gained the esteem of all who knew him . lie was the author of many excellent works oh the institutions of America . lli » funeral took place on the 17 th , at Tallahasse ,. am immense concourse following him to the grave .
Assassisation . —We arc _infoimvd-of the assassination of 1 I . E . the Bolivian Miuibter Don Manuel Rodriguez , in the public highway _of-BuenosAyres at noon , on the loth March . Tub Scarcity . '— The members of the Can ! ton Club , adopting the noble example set by our most gracious Sovereign , havo directed that , during the existing scarcity , none but the seconds flour bo- used in that club . So laudable n resolution , it is to ba hoped , will soon be followed by . all other clubs and large establishments . — Globe . British Glass . — A parliamentary paper , just
printed , shows that m the year ending the 5 th o £ January last , the following quantities of British _, glass were exported from the United Kingdom : ;—14 , 095 ewt , of flint glass , * 20 , 345 cwt . of windowglass , 19 , 635 superficial feet of plate glass ,. 21155 ? owt . of common glass bottles , and of looking glassesand mirrors the declared value _expurted . in- the year was _JE 3 _. _C-71 . To China _250 cut . of fJSnt glas 3 , 140-cwt . of window glass , 3 _. 2 BO superficial feet of plate glass , and , 5 . S 93 cwt . of common glass bottles , besides £ 370 worth of _looking-glasses and mirrors wera sent from the United _Kingdoin . S ' —*
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_Ushtbb Patriots' _asd Patriaksiw' Ben _* eit Societies . —Meetings of the directors of these institutions took place on Friday evening , May M . and Monday evening , May 19 , to inspect the covrectcd proofs of the annual statements previous to their dolivery ; also to ma _& e _arraiigemsnts for the anniversary to take placo on Monday , June 21 , at Old Bayswater Tavcru , _Bavswater . The secretary reported that Luko James ' Hansard , Esq ., had in tho most obliging manner consented to take the chair , lhe patrons , Messrs Duncombo and Wakley , with other benevolent gentlemen , had promised to attend , if possible . ' ¦
, ,, New Swindon . — We havo had the pleasure of hearing two lectures from Mr G . J . Holjoake , in tha _achool-voom of the New Mechanics * . ' Institute , on Thursday , May 13 th , and Friday , tin * 1-lth . Ilia subjects wore " Knowledge without Books , " and " Characteristics of Genius . " The lectures were wollattoudcd ,. andlistened , to with the . greatest atioh ' -. tion . The lecturer treated b _' i 3 subjects ' with much ability , and has loft a lasting impression on all who hoard him . _JUc was much and _dwmedly applauded .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 22, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_22051847/page/3/
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