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THESE ARE THE CHAMBERS' W 1845. [We have...
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ELECTION . MQ'v'EMENTS ABinMg(r .--We ob...
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England's May-Dai. •Pj8 Young Sf*Y Moon ...
ENGLAND'S MAY-DAI . _pj 8 young Sf * y moon was dancing on the lake , Whose water curl'd before the fresh _' msg breeze , -jbat came across the lawn : 'twas _notdaj-break , And thousands _slombered softly at their ease , TVhil « t Kris reposed amongst the leafy trees _. And start were twinkling in the hrotd bias dry , As if _dedgn'd to charm the gaze of Harare ' * eye . Sot , soon the air grew colder , and the moon Was half obfcnred * behind a mantling clond , And suddenly the darkness reigns , but toon Tbe gray dawn breaks , the sua _throwt off his shroud , And bursting forth with brflEancy _, then lend The biro ' s their notes tang sweet in every grove , And Satare seemed one scene of joy and love . Tt was the glorious first of May—a day
Shall henceforth shine in Labour's history » page , ffben Freedom _' spaOi was opened , and tho way "Was thronged with Labour ' s sons of every age , And slaves made free marched forward to engage Their natural iaheritaoce _, total _Thelandoalabour ' sfirstestate , "O'Connorvflle . *' Toe fields were green , the flowers fresh and fair . With dew drops hanging from each silken breast . ? he sportive iambs and bounding deer , the bare Sped lightly o ' er the plains ; amongst the rest Th e stately swan swam on the pool with snow white breast . Amid such scenes who would not rather dwell , Than be immuKd within a factory hell I
A ad there he boldly stood the pride of those To whoa he wa * " s present" made by one Of tyranny's best friends , and freedom's foes , Betrayer of his couatrv . He is gone ! ? " * * * * # . * * _jjst Erin weep all hope of glory ' s gone . Her children might have freed her , if not mad To spam the aid of her brave , noblest son , To glut the malice of a vicious , bad Old man , who pilfered them of all they had . Then shared the spoil with _vileplace . hunting | fcnaves , And sent his _femish'd dopes to shroudless graves . Jot who will dare dispute the honesty . Of brave O'Connor , founder of the plan , That ultimately will set Labour free .
And teach the miUioas the true rights o ! man "Who have been plundered since the world began By base land robbers , and such selfish hordes As lawyers , parsons , and the factory lords ! . Michael Seceave , "Barnsiej , May 22 nd , 18 * 7 .
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Brougham Versus Brougham On The Jfew Poo...
BROUGHAM versus BROUGHAM ON THE jfEW POOR-LAW- Br Richard _Oistlkr London : W . J . Cleaver , Baker-street , _Pertmansquate . _¦¦¦ _-: '¦• ¦ v ¦ :- _* ¦ -- . "• : - At the present moment , when the vaunted " boon , " _jtknowledged a failure try its _concoctors and _supporjera , is undergoing the process of patching and _tinkering to prolong its existence , until such time as a "Radical Reform of the Commons' House of Parlia ment shall place in tbe hands of the people the power to utterly sweep it away , —at this moment Mr _Oistler ' s pamphlet most command -more than ordinary _interest and must commend itself to the _pejnsal of all _anrions to arrive at correct views on the subject therein treated of . The body of the pamphlet consists of letters addressed to the editor ofthe _Umimg Fast , showing up the frauds , inconsistencies
and calumnies for which Lord Brougham has rendered himself so notorious . The "Dedication " to the Duke of Wellington is lengthy and almost filled inth quotations from scarce documents showing the rail character of the Poor Law , and extractsillns tntive and defensive of the rights of the poor , from Blackstone , Locke , Grating , PmTendorf , Montesouien , Coke , Paley _, Saddler and others . An " appendix * ' of twenty-eight pages follows , addressed to Lord John _RusselL It wonld have been well for _England' s happiness and for Lord John Russell ' s feme , if *• his Lordship * ' had had the moral courage to act on the advice contained in this " appendix . *" Friends ofthe people and enemies ofthe Maithusian Poor Law , should read and circulate this admirahle defence of the rights of the poor .
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Thoughts on the Poor Relief Mil for Ireland . By John . Earl of Shrewsbury . London : C . Dolman , 61 . New Bond-street . 1 he argument of this pamphlet is devoted to showing that the Irish Poor Relief Bill will both ruin the landlords , and starve the people . The author estimates _thenamber of individuals in Ireland entitled to a-sistance under the new poor law , and possibly requiring its provisions , s & fve millions . On the other hand , " the great majority ofthe Irish landlords are bankrupts . " " Two-thirds of _thenettincsmeof land in Ireland goes to the mortgagee , or encumbrancers of one sort or another . " Lord Shrewsbury clearly shows the ineffi « ncy of the Poor L _^ w to cure , or even alleviate the evus it is intended to grapple with ; but he shows also , perhaps without intending it , the horrible nature of Irish landlordism , as proved by its frightful results . Some awfuldetails are given ofthe misery , pestilence , and death , which have ravaged _Irelanddurins the nasi few . months : and an
exposure is made of the vampire grain dealers , to read which makes one ' s blood run fire . "Never was speculation so rife in every article of human food , and never were the gains of the corn merchant , the luster , and the shipowner , so excessive . On one small cargo of maize from St Michael ' s , two thousand pounds were realized ! for the very same maize wMeh , in Jone , _was to be bought at _Ste .. thequarterin London , in January sold at 80 s ; and , singular to say , this same maize 13 now on its way back to Madeira ; whilst American flour is re-shipping at Cork for LiverpooL" ( -Truly does Lord Shrewsbury say , "We have indeed paid dearly for this new-fangled deetrine , that government have nothing to do with supplying food for the people . " That doctrine is the uoctrineof robbers , who with " Free Trade " on their lips , aspire to the worst of " monopolies "—that of hiring the exclusive privilege , by means of their capital , of trafficking in the food and lives ofthe people . If Justice had her due , these miscreants would share the fate of Foulen .
Iu Evils Of Ireland: Their True Source, ...
IU Evils of Ireland : their True Source , and only StriSdent Remedy . By the Rev . Tresham D . Gregg , MTa , Chaplain of St Nicholas Within , Dublin . London : R . Groombridgeand Sons , Paternosterrow . Xolanna the Second for once spokethe truth when he named the author of this pamphlet Trash Gregg . What can exceed in drivelling absurdity the assertion , that the source of the evils of Ireland is "Popery ; " and the remedy , Protestantism ? We trill give our readers one taste of this rabid production •— .
Most remarkable was the time at which this judgment * occurred . So sooner had the nation set its seal to the Act which endowed Maynooth , that Act whereby the government of the day made a national aad permanent provision for the supply ofthe "lying _legends" and the " superstitious blasphemies" of Popery , and all its moral rottenness for the food ofthe souls of the people , than a mysterious judgment changed their tsmporal food into a mass of putridity , and struck down the clamorous "" _wiiions hungering with famine to the earth . But , again , it may he said , why should the people be visited when the English Parliament was in fruit ? as if the Word of God did not show as that it has ever been through the fictions of the people that God Almighty visits thepride Of statesmen . David sinned , and his people perished in thousands by pestilence , thus touching the Sing in the nearest part , while he himself is misery exclaimed , "These sheep , what have they done ! " In effect , thropgh the whole Bible we find that the sias of rulers were visited
upon their people . Does not Mr Gregg see the inevitable conclusion to which any man of sense and feeling most come , if accepting " his version of " God ' s Judgments ? " The editor of the Reasontr and his friends should pass a Tote of thanks to the "Chaplain of St Nicholas _Within . Dublin . *' letns , in justice to Englishmen , add , that this tabid Protestant parson , and intolerant denunciator ° / the faith of seven millions of Irish people , is not a "Saxon , " but . by his own statement , an Irishman . M ' ¦ !
"St Patrick banish aU the snakes , te And bother a"t the varmint ! Wedonbt it .
-""I The Remedy For Ireland' S Distress....
- _""i the Remedy for Ireland ' s Distress . London : J . Thomas , 1 , Finch-lane , CornhilL M Whatever may be the real value ofthe suggested remedy" by the a uthor of this pamphlet , it unquestionabl y bears the stamp of common sense , and is , _Werefore , a vast improvement on Trash . Gregg ' s _Pro-** _&«& panacea . The writer , whose production first appeared in the shape of a letter to the Times , bearing jhe _signature of " Uibemicus , " argues that linen is •» staple manufacture of Ireland ; that the soil and annate of that country are exceedingly favourable «* the growth of flax ; _thatflaximprovestheland _. if _osnored with liquid night-soil during the plant ' s * setation ; that Belfast owes her prosperity to the 1 ; - — , Willi Dtll _« W » vnvw »» w _. _fm _»»( ,.,.. -j —
_---y ° en manufacture , in spite of the annual drain of « ° _m £ 6 , 000 , 000 to _£ S _, 000 , 000 , paid to the foreigner "rthesuppiy 0 f the raw material ; and thattbissum *™ EM . and ought to be paid to growers of the flax in « e sonth and west of Ireland . He advises that _go-T erpment should for this vear direct the cultivation _« fi « and that Relief Committees should see to the « npi 9 vment of small cultivators in this way , which *« ud be meek "better than setting them to work at making roads , which will produce no return . The _wgestions of Hibernicus" are worthy of tbe Promp t consideration of the parties to whom they are bii _^* _*? " "« medy / ' _^ y nofc wortn ranch , bat as ecu bodying one of the many suggested Palliatives , " they may not be valueless .
* The Failure Of The Potato Crop
* The failure of the potato crop
Poland's Regeneration We Extract The Fol...
POLAND'S REGENERATION We extract the following editorial article fromthe Xbttiiighai * Review of Friday , May 21 et : —
PORTUGAL AND POLAND ; Poland is crashed ' neath the heavy roofs f nnited despotisms : her liberties are all oat- raged her children scattered , aud the last remnant of her _na _tioMlity apparently annihilated . Chained , and bleeding Wh _thejeonrge of tyranny , she now ap . peals from the injnstice of the present to a humaner and tnore enlightened future , for vindication and restitution . As a nation , she lives _but-in the part , or in tbe souls of indignant patriots , driven as exiles to Alien _ahores _. _with no country butthe world to clineto _andnopatrimnnj bntthatho _^^ _tneasneg 0 f their murdered ancestry , and points with prophetic wand to the dawn ofa brighter day over their now ruined dime . ° .
Poland , the weak , the defenceless , is crushed by the arbitrary might of banded armies , the Hired tools of tyranny , the bullies of thrones , where right and _free-lom are irrevocably banned . Treaties have bpen violated that the popular cause might receive its death-blow , and Cracow , the only _remaioim * figment of Poland ' s nationality , has been transformed into its tomb . " he downfall of Poland is _hutanother instance ofthe weaker right , overpowered by the stronger wrong . Her extinction is a fresh _blow levelled at popular freedom ; and the same breeze which bore her expiring ery , also bore the exulting Aout of victorious
despotism to the ears of startled Europe . Poland is crushed , at tho expense of a treaty to which England herself was pledeed , and hence the same blow which blotted her ont as a nation from the map ofthe world , wounded England ' s honour , impeached her justice , and implied her willingness to give the lie to her own promises , rather than interfere with the oppressor on behalf of ' the oppressed . And yet England looked on , and met the enormity with a cold and formal protest , thatnodiplomatiepunctilio might be omitted , bnt moved not an arm in defence of the persecuted , evinced no enthusiasm on behalf of outraged liberty . She grumbled , as in duty , bound , and there thematter ended .
It is true that had England interfered more vigorously _, she wonld have _assume the position of champion ofa popular and democratic cause , which would no doubt have been deemed a _7 ery unseemly sort of thins by conventional statesmen , and objected to as establishing a very dangerous precedent . The idea of aristocratic _power-worshippine England joining issue with despotism on behalf of liberty , and proclaiming _herself the vindicator of popular right in the person of Poland ; such an idea , we say , were indeed a somewhat novel one . It is curious to note
how monarchy limited , stands by monarchy absolute , rather than make common cause with patriots , and masses thirsting after democracy . Not < _-ften do we catch " the powers that be" violating diplomatic properties so far as to unite with the people against the King . No ! no ! The King against the people , as often as necessary , but the people against the Kins is treason—a black , vulgar , _rassed sort of thine —smacking too _stronsly of freedom , progress , and "the swinish multitude , " to be thought of with _aneh ' t else than horror and contempt .
It is on this principle we account for England ' s want of enthusiasm on behalf of belied and insulted Poland . Ear cause was too much of the popular order _, the tendencies of her mind were too democratic for such a proper sort of country to interfere with them . Liberty is all very well in the abstract—our Cabinet statesmen wax warm in its praise , at proper limes and in proper places;—f hat is to say , when and where it is regarded as a very pretty idea / convenient to talk about , bnt nothing more ; but to talk of quarrelling with those good and powerful men who sway the destinies of Russia , Austria ; and Prussia , on account of their violation of the last rights held by Poland would have been vnlgar _. horridly impolitic ; and so Polish nationality died , ' and England sent a formal message to the effect that she did not altogether approve ofthe transaction , but made no sign of indignation and abhorr ence which conld raffle her dignity , or disturb her friendly relations with the reckless despotisms called foreign powers .
. But change the scene , and turn from Poland to the Peninsula , and note how strangely circumstances alter _cases—lesrnthat England , though unprepared to join hands with a people against *" ¦ despot , is willing enough to make common cause with a despot against a people . Portugal is at this moment in a state' of revolution , —the power of the insurgents appear likely enough to beat down tbe power ofthe monarchy;—Portugal sustains to England the relation of an old ally , and hence England flies to the rescue ef Donna Maria , and hoists her flag of intervention in the _Tagoa _Nflw the insurrection of Portugal has been brought about by the downright treachery and moral _recklessness of her Queen;—it is an effort of oppressed , deceived , and insulted millions to rid themselves of a load of slavery which has become too _.
grievous to be borne;—it is a crusade _against tyranny in its most cruel and Obnoxious form ; and hence English intervention on behalf ofthe Queen is absolute treason to the cause of popular liberty ! and can only be regarded as officious and unseemly _meddling , under the cover of a policy most antiquated , for the purpose of serving designs most sinister , and altogether antagonistic to the spirit of the English people . Portugal may be an old ally of England , but does it therefore follow that England has righteously interfered to conserve the power of a tyrant , and thwart the wishes of her indignant subjects ?—dees it therefore follow that England ' s blood must be shed , and her gold expended to repress the rising spirit of independence which menaces with ruin the
despotism of the Peninsula , and bids fair to . transform Portugal from a shame-brand into an exemplar oi the nations . O ! shame , shame ! on a prostitution of our national wealth and energy such as this , — shame on the monstrous inconsistency , perpetrated by those , who , though the leaders of a free people , dare to co-operate with foreign despots in perpetuating slavery , and rolling back that tide of popular progress which is bearing tyranny onward to its destined tomb . Why , we may be asked , start forward as the guardians of a despotic Queen against an exasperated people , and yet refuse to stretch forth a single hind to vindicate theindependence ofa people
against the usurpations ofa despot ? Why should a young , crowned virago be sheltered from the storm raised by her own enormities , her insolent disregard ofthe wishes of her subjects , and yet a nation be left in trial ' s darkest hour to the pelting of despotism ' s pitiless storm , nncared for and unaided ? Why!—why because liberty has yet to find a throne in thebearts of England's cabinet ? , —because popular independence has yet towin the honour and thesym--pathy of the advisers of the English throne—because pelicy and expediency are allowed to usurp the place of justice , —because eternal right has still , e ' en in this isle of ours , to chase into oblivion its opponent wrong .
Had the cause of Poland been the cause of . mo narchy , of antiquated power , of conventional privilege , we are disposed to believe that the sympathies of _Downing-street , had waxed warm enough . to burn up in tola a treaty which had been so far set at nought by the parties originally framing it . Pity enough wonld she have found , had there been some rotten old despotism to vindicate , and some monarchical power to converse ; What a wail wonld have gone up from the War-office into the echoing heavens I 'What fierce appeals had then been made to the manly pride and sympathy of the nation ! What thundering in . ministerial organs—what" flaming speeches by cabinet toadies 2 How dock-yards would have resounded with harsh , notes of preparation ! How important the independence of Poland to the preservation of European peace , and the prolongation of that peculiar something , called balance of power !
But , alas ! for Poland ; heb cause was democratic rather than monarchical ; her contest , the contest of the weaker right with the stronger wrong ; her dream , the dream of treedom ; her aim , emancipation from tbe manacles of serfdom , and the realization of a glorious nationality . The revolutions of Poland have all beta , _narked by one great ruling idea—tbe idea of rail- Bgfro n a colony into a nation , —from a pen of helots , d Iven to and fro by despotism , into a clime of men , competent to resist such despotism , and hunt it from their soil with execration . And this was tbe canie why England stood
coldly by , watching the digging _, of her grave , and listening to the knell which announced her extinction among nations : —this the cause why for her we had no succour , though to the despotism of Portugal we extend an aid most hearty . ;—thoa » h wise enough to yield to the pressure of popular thought , when it becomes mighty enough to demand imperiously the achievement of reform , we have yet to realise that far nobler and more God-like wisdom , which would render England at once tbe home of trueBt freedom , and the vindicator of freedom ' s cause throughout the wide , erer-nrogressing world .
We have now before , us the " First Anual Report ofthe Democratic Committee fer Poland's Regeneration , " accompanied by an eloquent and dignified address " To thePeople ot Great Britain and Ireland , " and we have indulged in the foregoing observations tor the purpose of again expressing our unfading sympathy with a cause , which we believe to be identified with the best interests of truth , justice , and humanity . Though well aware . of the difficulties with which this philanthropic band will have to . combat _, we would not have them relax in a single effort , but pres 3 on resolutely , armed with a deep and fervent assurance of success . The cause of right , of liberty , of human regeneration , maybe unpopular ,
sneered at , despised;—but there is a power in truth , invincible , and sure , which shall crown it yet victorious , and cause the song of freedom to ring in Despotism's dishonoured tomb . Men may persecute the Apostles , they cannot harm their cause , or bolt out a truth , once spoken , from the memory of the world . And so will it be in reference to Poland and her vindicators . Crushed is she now , and _^ they but leaders of a hope most forlorn ; yet despair not ( < insulted land ! faint not , earnest advocates of the right and true - for truth and right are ever safe , come what may of wrong and falsehood . The frost and snow wrap in _Titer ' s pall the earth ' s beauteous veidttte , and fair _JiatUK seems dead ; hat when , the
Poland's Regeneration We Extract The Fol...
5 P ™? _8 > ** t _Btnile appears , that paHdeparttvand all » life aad loveliness again : and so of Poland may weB & y , the pall of despotism hangs over her , —her _e & ergy seems killed , and her glory fled ; bnt wait awhile ; and awakened by the . spring-like energy of an improved and more enlightened world , she will rise triumphantly above her pall of degradation ; and proclaim hereelf , a nation once again .
These Are The Chambers' W 1845. [We Have...
THESE ARE THE CHAMBERS' W 1845 . [ We have already shown to our readers the Chambers' of 184 ?; we now refer to the previous opinions of these changeable economists .- Whence this wonderful change ? l —
IMPROVEMENT OF WASTE LANDSSPADE HUSBANDRY . ( Fromthe Infimation for the People No . ft . ) { Continuedfrom our last _;\ First , Whether the cottage farmer with his six acres can raise as much produce ,, and at as cheap a rate _^ as the capitalist can from _uny given six acres on his farm ? If he cannot raise so much at socheap a price , and cannot pay the _swne proportion of rent , cottage farming is decided !? injurious to the community ; . but if he can _corjpete on all these points , there can be no solid _objection against the practice . Fromthe foregoing evir \ ence of Sir John Sinclair , and from what is known respecting spade husbandry
id Belgium and some other continental states , it is placed beyond a dou _' _ot that more produce is raised for human subsistence—space , soil , and climate being equal—by small farmers using only manual labour , than by l « ge farmers with horses and ploughs ; and it is certain that the produce is always more accessible to the public than that of large farmers , who ; by means of their capital , which is very frequently not their own , but borrowed from banks , cm hold themselves indifferent respecting sales , till , by a fortunate contingency , the prices rise and become highly remunerative . . r : Second , How far is spade husbandry available in the shape of paid labour to the capitalist farmer ? We are unable to answer this question from our own
experience , and therefore refer to a paper written by a competent authority on the subject . This is an essay by Mr Archibald Scott of _Soutbfield , near Haddington , who obtained a prize of JE 100 , which the Rev . C . Gardiner , a . clergyman of the Church of England , had proposed to grant for the beBtplanot giving , employment to the poor ., "I am quite convinced , " proceeds Mr Scott , "there is but one way of employing the surplus population of England and Ireland , and that is by a judicious introduction of spade husbandry . _Toshow that I am not a mere theorist , but a practical man , I may mention that I rent a farm from the Earl of Wemyss in East Lothian , consisting of 530 Scotch acres ; that I have cultivated land
to a considerable extent with the spade for the last three years , and that the result has exceeded my most sanguine expectations . In 1831 , 1 determined to ascertain the difference ofthe expense and produce between trenching land with the spade and summer fallowing with the plough in the usual way : I therefore trenched thirteen acres of my summer fallow-break in the months of June and July ; I found the soil about fourteen inches deep , and I turned it completely over , thereby putting up a clean and fresh soil in the room ofthe foul and exhausted mould , which I was careful to put at the bottom of
the trench ; this operation I found cost about £ 410 s per Scotch acre , paying , my labourers with la . Gd . per day . _^ The reat of the field , which consisted of nine acres , I wrought with the plough in the . usual way , giving it six furrows , with the suitable harrowing . I manured the field in August ; the trenched gut eight-cart-loads per acre , the ploughed land sixteen ; the field was sown in the middle of September . The whole turned out a bulky crop as to straw , particularly the trenched portion , _whicn was very much lodged .. On threshing them out , I found them to stand as under : — By trenched wheat per acre , 52 bushels at
6 s . 9 d . . . . . a . . £ 17 11 0 To two years' rent at £ 210 s . per acre , . . . . £ 5 0 0 Expense of trenching , . . 4 10 0 Seed , three bushels at 6 s , 9 d ., 10 3 Eight cart-loads of manure at 4 s ., 112 0 Expense of cutting , threshing ; and marketing , . ' , ; 1 10 0 Profit . .. . . 3 18 9 -. £ 17 11 o ploughed wheat per acre , 42 bushels at 6 s . 9 d _., . . . . 14 3 6 Totwovean'rentat £ 2 lOs . per . ... .
acre , . . . . . £ 5 00 Six furrows and harrowing atlOs _., 3 0 0 Seed , three bushels at « s . 9 d ., \ 1 0 3 ' Sixteen cartloads of manure at 4 s . 3 4 0 _Etpense of catting , threshing , _-,-. and marketing , . . . 110 . 6 _ProBt , . . 0 ' _- _' 9 " ' 3 " . < - ' ¦ ¦¦ _*' ¦ _*" . . £ 14 3 6 I now : saw , that though it might be difficult , to trench over my fallow-break during the summer months , it was by no means making the most of the system , as the operation was not only mere expensive , owing to the land being hard and dry . during the summer , but tbat it was a useless waste of time to take a whole year to perform an operation that could
be as well done in a few weeks , provided labourers conld be had ; and as in all agricultural operations losing time . is losing money , as the rent must be paid whether the land is carrying a crop or not , so that in taking one year to fallow the land , and another to grow the . crop , two years' rent must be charged against tbe crop , or at least there must be a rent charged asainst the rotation of crops for the year the land was fallow . As I felt satisfied that , by trenching with the spade , the land would derive all the advantages of a summer fallowing , and avoid ail the disadvantages attending it , I determined on trenching thirty-Mr acres of my fallow-break immediately
on the crop being removed fromthe ground , and bad it sown with wheat by the middle of November , 1832 . I may here remark' , that I did not apply any manure , as I thought the former crop was injured by being too bulky . As it is now threshed out and disposed of , the crop per acre stands as follows : —• By average of 34 bushels per acre at 7 s . £ 15 8 0 To rent of land per acre ........... £ 2 10 0 Expenses of trenching ..... 4 0 0 Seed 1 1 0 . - * Cutting , threshing ; and marketing 1 10 0 Profit .. . ;; ..- « 7 0 £ 15 8 0
The advantages of trenching over summer fallow are , in . my opinion , very decided , as it is not only cheaper , but , as far as I can yet judge , much more effectual . lam so satisfied of this , not onlyfrom the experiments above . noticed , but from the apparent condition ofthe land after it has carried the crop , that I have this' autumn cultivated about a hundred acres with the spade , and the crops . , at present are very promising . When I first _commencsd , I was laughed at by my neighbours , but now when they see me persevering in what they considered a very chimerical project , they are suspending their judgment , and several of them have made considerable experiments this year . I should think there are at least two hundred and fifty acres under crop
cultivated in this way this season in East Lothian ; in 1831 , the year 1 commenced , there was not a single acre . I have thi refore the satisfaction of knowing that I have been the means of causing £ 1000 to he spent this year amongst the labouring classes in my immediate neighbourhood ; and I feel confident , that should the season turn out favourably for the wheat crop , and fair prices obtained , their employers will be handsomely remunerated for their outlay . I do not say that this system will succeed in every description of soil , as it must necessarily be of some depth to admit of the operation ; but there are few districts where such soil will not . be found in sufficient abundance to give ample employment to the surplus population of the neighbourhood . Now , this is going on in a country where agricultural labourers are better employed than almost any other in Great Britain . The system was not
introduced , nor is it persevered in , for the purpose of giving employment to the poor , but entirely for the benefit of the employer . The East Lothian Agricultural Society are now offering premiuinV for the most satisfactory reports on the subject . I last year received a medal irom the Highland Society of Scotland for introducing the system ; and , what I value still more , I received a piece of plate from the labourers I employed , as a token of their gratitude . The system , I admit , is only in its infancy ; but I have this year put . it completely to the test ; and should it succeed as well as it has done hitherto , it must take root and' spread over "the kingdom ; and the landed interest in those districts of England where the poor-laws are so oppressive , and still more , the Irish proprietors , will do well to investigate the system , and have it introduced with the least possible delay , that what is now a . burden on their estates may become a source of wealth , and what is now a curse may become a blessing .
This system , if it succeed to my expectation , possesses all the requisites you require ; it furnishes employment for the surplus population by substituting manual labour for that of horses—and certainly , if there ig a lack of food for both , it is desirable that the oneshould give place to the other . It will make bread plenty , as the naked summer fallows of Great Britain will be covered with grain instead of lying waste for a season ; it will render corn-laws unnecessary _^ we will be then _independentofforeignsupplies ;
farmers will be enriched who are enterprising and industrious , and tbey only deserve to be so ; it will raise rents , by increasing the capabilities ofthe soil , enabling the farmer to cultivate wheat to double tbe present extent ; it will raise up a home-market for our manufactures , as the paupers , who are at present starving , or living a burden on the parish , will find employment , and thereby be enabled to procure the necessaries and comforts of life ; it will check tbe poor-laws , as _^ ere _* iU then be , none butthe aged-and the helpless dependent ' on parochial aid . " . _fTooscmtimiefU
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ELECTION MQ ' v'EMENTS ABinMg ( r .--We _observe inohe of the south-? 0 rtf _2- _??\ _J Wi * a P > _- _*» tating that opposition _Sknownhewr _* _^ _ff _^ # l , < l _u _te _^ _^^ _- ' Sergeant _Bjles will be opposed byLord Nugent at Aylesbury . ¦ - _*; * ,.. ' ¦¦ ¦ ' _n-™ _iS * » _klieved , will not be contested , but Mr _Hiudley will «• walk the coarse" again . _AxmONS . _' _-Mr R . B . Mosse , of Londori ; is a candidate for this place . , _- Batn . —This city is now embarked in all the bustle and excitement of an election contest . It had been understood for some time past that tbe present members , Lord Duncan and Mr ! Roebuck , would be opposed by Lord Ashley , to whom a requisition signed
by a number of electors , chiefly in the Conservative interest , was presented about two months since ; On Saturday ah _addressi was issued , and extensively circulated throughout the city and suburbs by the sitting members . Lord Duncan and J . * A . Roebuck , asking for a renewal of support at the next eleotion . On Monday they met their constituents , and severally gave a _retrospect of their political conduct ; On Tuesday a numerous meeting of the _requiaitiohists to LordAshley _, and others , was held at the _Assenv bly-room . for . the purpose of meeting his lordship , and hearing . from him ah exposition of his views ; Lord Ashley addressed the meeting at ' , great' length , and evidently to its satisfaction . He referred to'the
circumstances under which he appeared before them , and denied that he was chargeable with having _di- _* ' _Curbed the peace of tbe city . ' Ho had been invited to come forward by them ; they having to discharge the highland responsible trust reposed in them by electing the . person whoto the _> believed would best represent their principles in the council of the _^' nation ' , and give them effect by a steady nnd judicious course of action , iThenob'e lord ' s address was received with marked enthusiasm , and at its conclusion a resolution thanking . him for consenting to come forward was , npon the motion of Gen . Daiibeny passed . It is understood that a canvass will be immediately commenced .
Birmingham —It is now stated that the friends of Mr Muntz and Mr Wm . Scholefield . have united for the purpose of ensuring the return of those gentlemen , to the exclusion of Mr Richard Spooner . Nevertheless , the friends of Mr Spodher ( and hot without good grounds for their belief ) express the strongest confidence of success . ; BottoN is to be contested by Dr Bowring and Mr Cockbnrn , Q . O ., in the Liberal interest , should Mr P . _Ainswortb ,. the present Conservative candidate , determine to stand asain-BosTos ;—Tliei Right Hon : -H . Ellis , who represented this borough in 1820 , will offer himself as a _eandi'late to succeed Mr Brownrigg in the Conservative interest . " ¦¦ ¦ ' .. " : . ' .. BbI 8 toi ,. —The return of the HonourableT . H . Berkeley , the present Whig member , is looked upon ascertain ; but Mr W . Fripp , the unsuccessful _Conservative candidate in 1837 and 1841 ( on the latter occasion by only 55 ) , will again enter the field against ¦ ¦
MrP . W . S ; _Miles . ' •••"" , "• ' :. ¦ ., _- _¦ . ..:... . .:. .: ¦ BRAOTOBp . —Wr . Hardy , the present Conservative member , has addressed a letter to his , constituericv stating hh intention , on account pi" his years arid infirmities , $ retire ; frerii the representation of Bradford , at the _iext election . ; Colonel Thompson will be a candidate . It is rumoured that Mir Wilkin ' s , the barrister , intends to contest the borough in the Conservative interest . ... ¦ ' . BvcKtsaamsBiRB . —Mr Disraeli has announced himself a candidate for the representation of this county , in which he has lately . purchased a considerable estate . . We give the following ' extract from his . " Address ;"— " It is now many . years aeo since , in your County-hall . I upheld the cause of ; the _territorial constitution of England , as the best and surest
foundation for popular rights and public liberty , imperial power and social happiness . The maintenance ofthe agricultural . industry of the country is the necessary condition of tbe enjoyment of that constitution ; and I have , therefore , independently of , all other considerations , opposed , during . the ten' years in which I have had the honour of sitting in ; Parliament , every attempt' which had a tendency to diminish the numbers and influence of-those classes which are directly dependent on the land . Influenced by this principle , I offered , daring the recent assault on _ourprotectivesystem ; a faithful , though fruitless _, opposition to tbat project . What has since occurred has not . in . any degree , changed the conclusions at which I then arrived as to the scheme of the late _Adroinistralion . The temporary high price that is
stimulated by famine is not the agricultural ' prosperity which I _ wish , to , witness ; while , in the . full play of _unrestricted importation , I already recognise afdist ' urbing _caiise , ' which may shake our monetary system to its centre , and which nothing but the happy accident of our domestic enterprise has prevented , Ibelieve ; 'frora exercising a very'injarious effect on tbe condition of tbe working classes of Great Britain . Notwithstanding this opinion , I am not , however , one of those who would counsel , or who would abet , any attempt factiously and forcibly to repeal the measures of 1846 . The legislative sanction which they have obtained ' requires that they should receive an ample experiment ; and I am persuaded that this test alone can satisfy the nation either of their expediency or their want of fitness .
A domestic affliction precluded me from being present during thb recent debates on the subject of national education . It is bnt fair , therefore , that I should state , that had I been in my place , I should have supported the measure of the Government . I should have done sV upon two grounds—firstly _/ that it was a considerable advance in a right direction ; and , secondly , because the tendency of that measure is , not by investing them with ' any exclusive privileges _, but by securing them ' a fair occasion for their exertions , mainly to place theedncation ofthe people in the-handsofthe clerey _. 'whom I have , ever wished to see in the van of civilization , and occupying their legitimate posts , as ' guides arid instructors of the people . Although I have always been of opinion that our constitution in Church and State has been an
union far more beneficial to the State than to the Church , which under all circumstances , must exist and flourish from its inherent principle , * I shall , at all times , heartily maintain that alliance , since it has become identified with the habits and best feelings of the people , and has , for a long series of years , hap- pily secured to us the . _blessings alike of orthodoxy and of religious freedom . For these , anions other reasons , I thought it my duty to oppose , in 1845 , the grant to the College of Maynooth , leading , as it invariably and avowedly did , to theendowment of the priesthood of another Church . I see no reason to regret the opposition which I offered to that measure , and I hold it to be quite consistent ' with an earnest desire to secure to our Roman Catholic fellow-subjects the civil and , political equality to which they
are entitled ; In the great _strugsle between popular principles and liberal opinions , which is the characteristic of our age , I hope ever to be found on the side of the people and of the institutions of England . It is our institutions that have made us free , and can _alonekeep us so , ' by the bulwark which they offer to the insidious encroachment of a convenient , . yet enervating , system of centralization , which , if left unchecked , _wilijwove fatal to the national character . - Therefore I have ever endeavoured to cherish onr happy habit of self-government , as sustained by a prudent distribution of local authority . For . these reasons , I am of opinion that the right of supreme control necessary to the due administration of the Poor Law should be exercised by the chief depository of power in every county , and that tbe supervision of bur parishes should not be entrusted to strangers . ' It is unnecessary for me to state , that I shall support all those measures the object of which is to elevate the moral and social condition of the working classes
by lessening their hours of toil , by _improving their means of health , and by cultivating their intelligence . These are objects whichit is not _unpleasing forme to remember I endeavoured , in common with some of my friends , to advance , before they engaged the attentien of Government , or were supported by triumphant Parliamentary majorities . ' Cambiudgb _Coohty . —A requisition from the freeholders having been presented to Lord John Manners , with which his lordship has complied , settles , we believe , the affair for the county as quietly and as snhgly as my Lord Hardwicke and the Duke of Rutland could wish . The future members' will , therefore , no doubt , be Mr Eliot Torke , and Mr Allix , and instead ofthe present member , Mr Eaton , who is labouring under a most ' distressing' malady , Lord JOhn Manners !; being the first return of ; a member or , 'nominee of the Rutland family . as to this town or county since the passing of the Reform Act / "'""" ' ' "' ' ' ¦' ' ¦'• ' ' : ' _'¦ ' "
Canterbury . —It is stated tbat the Hon . G . Smythe and Lord Albert Conyngham will walk oyer tbe course for this city . CnBisicHDBCH _.- —It is currently rumoured that a candidate on the Liberal interest will be brought forward to oppose our present member , the Honourable Captain Harris , at the next election for the borough . * . , CuiHBROK . —Mr Cardwell has issued an _addrew to the electors of this borough , in which he states that it is not his intention to solicit their votes at the approaching election . Mr Wilson , a former candidate , has issued an address soliciting the suffrage of the electors . .,., ' _.-.:
Oekbioh . —Mr Main wiring ' s valedictory address appears in the Chester Courant ; also a paragraph intimating that the Hon . W . Bagot will again solicit the votes of . the electors for Denbighshire . " Derby . —The death of the Earl of Besborough has caused a vacancy in the representation of Derby , by the removal of Lord Duricannon to the House of I ' eera . The Hon . Frederick Leveson Gower _, brother of Lord Grenville , and nephew of _the'Duke of Devonshire , has been brought forward by the Whigs ; Mr P . M'Grath is likely to be brought forward by the Chartists , who are preparing a requisition to that gentleman .
DovER . —vartous reports are in circulation , among which is one that Sir John Rae Reid has expressed his intention not to come forward , and that Government will send down another candidate to join with McRice . Lord Lincoln . Mr Green , * the _extensiy *
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shipowner , and _^ others , aw mentioned as likely to offer _on'the Conservative side : . but these are only rumours . - . '• ' ' •'• ' _¦¦ ¦ - ¦ , j ; . - ¦ ¦'• GnBB ! tocK .-Mr Walter Baine , ' it would appear , does not intend _tdstand again as a candidate for the representation of this . town in Parliament . There ! _£ „ - _„ a _, h » nd . ab 6 ut for signature ; under th > auspices of _MrBaine _' _s friends , a requisition to Lord ' tl _ift J ° J * er ? f the Marquess of T weeddale , a _?> I ¦ tJ ! _fd-riranV / to become a candidate _-Lil _X , nge ! eotlo J n _- „ * _lexanderDunlop , advocate , who opposed Mr Baine on the last occasion , and very nearly defeated him , is again ih : the field , ' - flBBEPOBD .-Mr Brand has responded to a requisition , and stunds for Hereford . , •¦¦ .
HuomnapiBu ,,- There will bo a division in the "Liberal party on the Education question . At present the only candidate in the field is the sittin _" member , Mr Stansfield . ° Htol _.-tSir . Walter James has published an address , announcing that it is not hia intention to stand _againjbr the borough . Mr . Hammer has also given a similar intimation ,. stating as his reason fer retiring from the representation , that he has been induced to offer his services to another constituency . Inverness _Bviroh . —We are enabled to state , upon good authority , that Mr MorriBon , the present member for the burgh of _Inverness , Forres ; Nairn , and Fortrose _, will not be allowed to go unopposed at the ensuing general election . Rumour asserts that Sir
John' Macpherson _Graat , of Ballindalloch , is . to oppose Mr- Morrison . He is said to be a Liberal . vKiko" _s _' CooKir . —If the present members come forward , it is quite likely they would be returned , out should either Sir Andrew Armstrong or Colonel _Westenra retire ,. Mr Cassidy , of _Monsstereven , and _ojoer candidates , onthe Liberal interest , would be in Kii . nABB . There will be a change in the represen-IhSSn «!¦ _^ ni H r The Manl « eHS of Kildare , _thesonof the Duke of Leinster , comes forward , and m r _^! K _tf be considered quite-certain . Mr Moore O _^ errall is canvassing , and if ho should be supportedby the Leinster interestbis return _»>;*] . < -.
, also be calculated upon . ' . ' ,: ' Lancashire '( _SouTnl _.- _^ _Vigcourit ' BvaekW , the eldest son of our late representative ;; Lord Francis Egerton , now Earl of Ellesmere , has offered himself as a qandidate for the representation of South Lancashire / in the place' of Mr Ehtmstle _, who retires on the dissolution of Parliament . . The noble lord comes forward it ' s a Free Trader , and a supporter of the general policy ofthe Russell Ministry . Lkicestbu . —It iB said that Mr Sturge , of Binning * ham has been invited to offer himself as a candidate forthe representation of the borough , but that the hon . gentleman has respectfully declined the proffered honour .
Eiscolk . —The following is a list of candidates for the representation of this city at the next election : — I . Colonel Sibthorp ; 2 . Mr W . R . Collett ; 3 . Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton ; 4 . MrC . Seeley ; 5 . Mr Weston Cracroft ; 6 . Mr IL W . Jones 7 . a London Alderman ( who is he ) ? 8 . Mr . Beckett Denison ; 9 . Mr Henry Vincent ; 10 .- Mr D . W . Harvey . - Lothian ( _Eabt ) . —Lord Elcho has this week commenced a canvass ih East-Lothian oh behalf of his _soiit ' the Hon . F . Chartcris . Another , . candidate is expected to _appear as an opponent of tho game-laws , bri which question a powertul body of the tenantry of a'l parties have resolved to unite . Lymisoton . —Colonel the Honourable ' G . Keppel will , it is said ; succeed to the seat now occupied by Mr Ma ' ckinnon . ' / _""';'" ' ' ; . ' - ¦ '' ,, : ' ' _^ i : ' ., "' _Marylebonb , —Lord Dudley _Coiitts . Stuart has come forward as a candidate for this borough , on the presumed retirement of Sir ; Charles Napier .
' _'MkaiiI . —A- change in this county- is probable . Mr Font , town-clerk of Dublin , has been called upon by the Repealers , 'but has not yet decided . I . t is stated that Mr S . Winter , of _Tullayhard , ' will be called upon to stand on the Whig interest . . :. '¦ . Northumberland ( North ) . —The . Newcastle Chronicle states that the friends of Sir George : > Grey have _nuwaearly completed their canvass of _theidivision , and that their labours have been attended ¦ with the utmost success . Since this was written , Sir George Grey has published an address to the electors , announcing Jijb intention to contest _ the representation" '"'"' ' """ "" -. •» -. ........ ; . _~ ... Nottingham . —It is reported ; that Mr : Feargus O'Connor . will contest the borough on the "Six Points . "
Oldham , it is said , is to be contested by four candidates at the next election : Mr ; John Fielden , one of the present members ; ' Mr John Cobbett , barrister , who _Btood on the death of his father , and was Only defeated by 35 vote 8 ; 'WW ., ' J .. Fox , of London , Free . Trader ; and Mr James _llalida-f . Oxford .- We hear of no opposition ' to Mr Wood ,, who has during the week proceeded with his canvas _^ and has '' met . with ' a niost flattering reception in every district that he has visited . —Oxford Chronicle . ' '
_Penuyn asd Falmouih .--Mv Mowatt , a gentleman who has alread y had considerable experience in Parliament , will offer himself as a candidate at the ensuing election . Captain Plumridge will also solicit a renewal of the votes , of the \ electors . We learn that Mr Howel Gwynh , who was defeated at the last election , also again intends to offer himself ; and _repirt says that Captain the Honourable Swynfen ThomaVCarhekie . R . N ; , ' at present M . P . for Stafford , ' contemplates presenting himself to the electors .
PLYMouTn . —Mr Willcbck , the Chancery barrister _, who is one of the newcafididates for Plymouth , in the Liberal interest , paid this town a brief visit in the early par ofthe present , week . Q , _uWs County . —The Hon . Thomas _Vesci , it is stated , retires on account of the state " of health of his father , Lord de Vesci ; and the resignation of the other member . Sir Charles Coote _. is also spoken of . Mr Fitzpatrick , who has inherited ' a'large portion of the Ossory property , and was'formerly member for the county , is to atari on the Liberal interest . It is probable that Mr Fitzpatriok arid a Conservative will be returned without a contest .
_Sombrbbtshiub . —A Hampshire paper states . " We henr that Mr John , Wood ,, the barrister , is likely to be proposed as a . candidate for Somersetshire , on Protestant principles , in opposition to Mr Acland . " _Southampion . —We understand that Mr _Ccakburn ( Queen ' s Counsel ) will be the Whig candidate at Southampton . . .. ; ..-,. Stockppbt . —The Stockport Advertiser says : —'' A n opinion prevail- * that one of thi present members for Stockport , Mr _. Marslahd , will not _^ again be a candidate . It is said that Mr Heald , of Parr's-wood , a Wesleyan Methodist of moderate _' politics , will be put in nomination , together with a Mr Gibb _, a Manchester wine-merchant . _TrNBMOuin . —Mr G . F . Toungi the extensive shipowner , and Mr Grey , the private secretary to Lord John Rus ' _seil , are spoken _ofas candidates , 'for the representation of the borough" of Tyhembuth at the next
eleotion , in the place of Mr Mitcalfe , who resigns . Warrington , as . is well , known , will be contested by Mr . AUcard , in the Liberal interest ,. and he is about the only gentleman of that neighbourhood who would be likely to cope with Mr J . J . Blackburne , the present Tory member . Wakbfield . —On . Thursday Mr G . Sandars _. the extensive corn factor , of _Alyertherpe , Hall , announced himself a candidate for the representation of the borough , in compliance with a requisition soliciting him to allow himself to be put in nomination . Since this was written , another candidate has appeared . ' Mr G ; W ; Alexander , of _Lohoon , has come forward oh ' the "Liberal" interest . Wbstueat ' h—Mr _Ttiites ' resignation has been determined upon . The other member , Mr Chapman , will again be a candidate . ' Mr JohnEnnis is spoken of amongst the new candidates .
Wexford . —In _thiscounty . MrGrogan Morgan , on the Conservative interest , will Beek to wrest one of the seats from the Liberals . Wexford ( County ) . —Tho Repealers have named as their two candidates Mr John O'Connell and Mr Sheppard Jeffares , late Mayor of Wexford . W 1 CKL 0 V ( County ) . —Colonel Acton , one of the present members , retires , after once , representing , although he had several times contested the county . There is ho talk of Mr James-Grattan again coming forward . Sir Ralph Howard's colleague in the Liberal interest will be . it is said , Lord Milton , who possesses the _greatest _interest'in the county , that of the immense _Fitzwilliam property , and whose return is represented as quite certain under any circumstances . A Tory opposition is threatened on the part of Mr Hume , of Hume-wood , and a member of the Monck family , probably a brother of the Earl of Ratlidowne .
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D « ath of John Blanb , Servant to Mr Robert Burns . —Died at Kilmarnock , on the 13 th instant , Mr John Blane , formerly coach-driver , in the 85 th year of his age . By the demise of Mr John Blane , another of those links which conne ct the poet Burns with the present generation is removed . During the period Burns held the farm of Mossgiel , deceased was inliis service . Deceased frequently accompanied Burns in bis visits to the , ' Mauchline Belles . ' With one exception ,, there is now none in Kilmarnock who were personally acquainted with Burns .
Inhalation of . Et ' hbr . — At West Ferry , near Gainsboro ' , on Saturday the 8 th inst ., __ an operation for the removal of a ' cancerous tumour of the breast was _performed by . Mr . Trousdale , of West Butterwick ' , in tho presence of Mr Eminson , jun „ of Scotter . The patient ; in compliance with her own request , was previously subjected to the inhalation of vapour of ether , which was administered by Mr T . Trousdale , of Leeds , from Bell ' s apparatus . She wasreuderedquite unconscious in seven minutes ; tho removal of the tumour was then effected in aioat three minutes , and although extensive incisions were requisite , the patient did not evince the slightest sensation of suffering . After her recovery to consciousness , she declared that she had felt no pain whatever during the operation . The female is now doing well * - ; Within the last year more than 1 , 200 tailors lauded at New York from England ., _¦'" _-. The exportation of corn from the Austrian doruinioufihaB been prohibitedfor five montbfi .
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_Desbrtioss from , the Household : Regimknts . — Many desertions . have recontlv taken place from the 1 st Life Guards and the Oxford Blues . The _desertersihave ; it appears , spiled from Liverpool to . ' America ! with the -view-of joining the Mexican , nvmy . a belief being entertained that _EnglishJcnvalry soldier _s will receive commissions . It is . ' said that Mexican emissaries are tampering with the British Ether —We learn , fnm the Medical Times , that within two months 211 operations upon etherised patients have been performed in the Paris hospitals . Kino Hudson :. —We find _, ffom the Railway Gazette that _«« my lord the king" sways an iron empire of 1 _. 53 U miles in length , with an annual _reven-ie of in the Hoi /
£ 2 184 832 . When all the lines scn empire are complete , it iB expected that the revenue will be five millions . r . -nr The Troops is _ims _i Northern District . —v \ e understand that Lieutenant-general Sir _Dinrnas Arbutbnot , the general commanding the northern district , which includes not only the northern counties , but Staffordshire , has , recently issued orders to the troops under his command , not only in this town , but throughout the district , to hold themselves in readiness' to march " on" duty , at a moment ' s _notice . Sir Thomas has , likewise , ordered strong _picqiiets , of both cavalry and infantry , to be mounted , both by day and night , at each of the barracks in this garrison , to be in instant readiness , should their service be called for . —Manchester Guardian .
_Resioval of the Excise Office—The Excise Import Office has been removed from the premises in Lower East Smithficld , near St Katharine ' s Docks , to Tower Hill , where in future the business of that department is to be ' conducted . Destruction of Spanish C arlists . _—Letters from Barcelona of the 18 th state that , on the 15 th , Col . Baxecos surprised the band of ; Tristany , and killed twentyrtwo of its men . Tristany himself was captured , and conveyed to Solsona , where the Captain-General caused him to be shot _.,.-, _CoHIOUS . PflOJuCT FOR HeTAININO _SMITDPfELD
Market . —A scheme is now on foot for excavating beneath the whole area of _Smtthfieid market , in order to form , aoattoiri . The plans are nearly completed , and , we understand , will shortly have to be brought before Parliament . A depth of riot less than twenty-five feet is talked of , as capable of heing applied to the purpose of 8 laiighter-house 8 , and without any want of sufficient drainage or light . The cattle being driven into the market during the night will be slaughtered on the spot , and thus , the projectors think , obviate the main objection to the present locality . Mr Andrew Moseley is the architect employed , —The Builder .
Plunder . —A package has arrived in the East India Docks , _addressed to Lord _Hardinge , the Governor-General of India , containing a bedstead and hangings , and also a quantity of Indian armour ; the former of which is a present to his Excellency , from the Maharajah _Dhulip Sing , and the latter having been taken in the late engagement with the Sikhs ; the whole of which will be delivered , for or on _^ account of his lordship , by the special directions of the Lords ' of the Treasury , duty free . Marylbbone Election . —Mr David Salomons has resigned his appointment as returning officer for the borough of Marylebone , consequent on his having
become a candidate for its representation , in the room of Sir Charles Napier , at the ensuing election . A Scotch Munchaubrn . —The editor of the Inverness Courier inserts the following paragraph , as if it were an ordinary piece of news ' which his readers would have . no difficulty in believing : — " Last month a person ofthe name of Macleod , residing at Rosehall , while out shooting , was so fortunate as to kill twelve wild ducks with one shot ! In 1846 , the same person accomplished a feat which , we dare say , few ; others have done—he ' killed two large _eagles with one shot ; and in March last , at one discharge , he shot two swans . Sixteen birds thus fell at three shots . "
A Costrast . —The top price for white wheat at Gloucester market this week was 13 s ; 6 d . per bu-hel , with a tendency to rise . ' The top price in this week last year was % 3 d . per bushel , with a tendency to
fall . - _;• ¦ ¦ ¦ .. - . _; _.- ¦ . ¦ . ' . ¦ . Don Henby . —The marriage or Don Henry of Spain with Donna Elena de _Castella y Skelly Fernandez de Cordova , was celebrated at Rome , on the 6 th , by Mgr . Canali , Patriarch ot Constantinople , delegated by the Pope . Tub _Jew-i- Sab-utb" at _KoisiflBBiSRO . —A letter from Kcenigsberg ( Prussia ) of the 16 th , says that the proposition which has been so often made to the Jews , and as often refused , to celebrate the Sabbath on Sunday , instead of . Saturday , has at last been accepted by 700 Jews „ of tbat town , who form the great ; majority of the Israelite community . The measure is considered one of great importance , especially in commercial operations .-
Jewish Congresses in Germany . —The Bavarian government has just given permission to the Rabbis of Bavaria to take part in the Congresses of Rabbis held in different parts of Germany . Inconsequence , the Bavarian Rabbis will be present at the Congress of Jewish theologians , whioh is convoked for the 16 th June , at Manheim , in the Grand Duchy of Baden . Insects . —A correspondent of the Manchester Guardian says , if those whoso houses are infested with cockroaches and crickets would pour a little strong vinegar down the crevices and holes where they conceal themselves , they , would find that they would not be further troubled with them . Incbease of New York . —It has been ascertained that 1 , 910 new buildings were erected in this city during the last year , and that a much greater number is already under contract for the present year .
_MEinoD in Madness . —In the first llbess , when Willis , who was a clergyman , entered the room , the king asked him , if he , who was a clergyman , was not ashamed of himself for exercising such a profession . "Sir , " said Willis , " our Saviour himself went about healing the sick . " " Yes , " answered the king , " but he had not £ ' 700 a year for it . "—Mary oftheEarlofMalmesbury . Doos . — A correspondent of the Albion suggests that in a time of scarcity like the present , all dogs , except really useful ones , and " especially those sinfully-pampered ones "ladies' pet dogs _. should be destroyed . . The Heat on Sunday .-On the afternoon of Sunday last the thermometer rose to 75 degrees in the shade . —Liverpool Times '
- .. Awful Visitation !—On Tuesday notices of intended application to be admitted attorneys ofthe Court of Queen ' s Bench on the first day of Michaelmas Term next , were given by 168 articled clerks , making , with 158 admitted this Trinity Term , a total of 324 attorneys to be added to the roll . Lieut .-Gp . sv . rh , Sir Thomas Pearson . —This distinguished Genera ! Officer died on the 21 st-inst-, at his residence , near Bath , in the 66 th year of his age , and after a iRilitavy service of 51 years .
Thomas Moore the Poet , after passing nearly a week with his old friend Mr Corry , returned to his 1 own cottage in Wiltshire , on Wednesday . During- ; hisBtay in Cheltenham he appeared to be , consider- - ing 1 ears in good health , and was in tolerable spirits , , On two or three mornings he was early on the 1 _Montpellier-walk , and seemed always sensitively 7 alive to the influence of music ; and while listening-: to some of his own sweet aire , played by our excel- . Jentband , was obviously much affected . —Cheltenham 1 looker-on . ' '''
_ _ .. .. The Fine old Mansion , Raoley Hall , the next t neighbour almost to the archbishop ' s palace , and I within sight of . Littlemore , the late scene of Mr r Newman's transition state , has beeu taken , says thee Oxford Chronicle , for the purpose of being converted * d into a monastery . The Oak has Won . —When the ash tree opens its ia leaf before the oak , a wet summer usually follows ; ; and when the oak tree opens its leaf before the ash , 1 , a dry summer usually follows . The oak is first _thiuia
year . Maokarbi ., Weymouth-300 , 000 mackarel were re oaught in thelwest bay , Weymouth , May 24 ; there te would have been 50 , 000 more , but for the net having ig given way , from the great weight . The Capr of Good Hope . —Advices received _from-TU the Cape of Good Hope to March 27 , describe the he measures about to be taken by the new Governor as as being vigorous , and likely to bring the Kafirs to _un-nconditional terms , and to enforce the surrender of the he stolen cattle , & c . _ . .
Glasgow Pid Iron TRADE . Danngthe past weefcek : there has been very little business done in this mar ir ket , and prices have declined . Count D'Orsay has presented his statuette ol oil O'Connell to the Committee of the Central Relieliefl Society in Dublin , with the moulds and necessary ap _« apparatus for taking castB . He writes to say that he he ! makes the . committee a present of the copyright ot oil the figure , and transmits the models in the hope thathati the sale of the __ casts will realize a sum which _majnajj assist in relieving the distress of the poor . —Globe . .
Child-Murder in Covbnt-Gardkn . —An _adjournednedJ inquiry into this very mysterious and singular caseaseE was resumed before Mr Bedford . Thejury _consultedtedi together for about half an hour , and then ireturnedned ] into court with a verdict of " Wilful murder againslinsll Anne Cleveland and a person named Hill , aliadian 1 Dolly . '" The coroner immediately issued his . " _^ warrant for the apprehension of Cleveland , vibo will oil of course at present remain under the surveillance oie 0 the police , at her own house . The other accused , lfl , ill will be recollected , is in custody .
A Milkman ' s _Confesmo . v .-A German had mad < iad « a fortune in Philadelphia by selling milk . He startecrtecc home with two bags of sovereigns _^ On shipboard hid h « counted one bag of treasure . A mischievous monke . Tikei _] was watching his operations . As soon as it was _^ re res placed and tied up , and the other bag emptiedtiedl Jacko snatched up' the full one , and was soon at tht thu masthead . He opened the German ' s bag , and , afteafte * _) eyeing the pretty gold , he proceeded to drop on ) oni piece upon the deck and another in : the water untiunti'i he had emptied tho bag . When he had finished , thi , thi German threw up his hands , exclaiming , ¦¦ " He musmuss be the dyvol , for what came from the vater he doe doee give to the vater , and what came from the milk hk hi gives to me . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 29, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_29051847/page/3/
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