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i May 1,1847. THE NORTHERN STAR. _______...
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I May 1,1847. The Northern Star. _______...
i May 1 , 1847 . THE NORTHERN STAR . _______ 3
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Thbwobki5--Mak*3 Song. Bi -Jj-Eix .Oku, ...
THBWOBKI 5--MAK * 3 SONG . BI _-JJ-EIX . OKU , The land it my birthright—the bcantif _ l land ! By the promise that flod gave to man , When creation first came from the Lifegiver _. hand , And the arc of the rainbow the _watowaste spanned , And the green earth to brighten began . They have torn me _awayfi-omi _ i _ iother-n _ ebreasti And forth on a wilderness east ; A slave , or a _trasipler of slave ., at the test , To conqner theearth at a master ' s behest , And die as a pauper at last . The citiei of England are grand to heboid , Her harvests their plenty reveal ; On channels of iron roll treasures of gold , And argosies prondly their banners --fold :
We see them—frora gaol and Bastile ! * ffhen the _foanen of Eng land were thick on the sea , and their legions were lining tbe shore , * ffho eame to the rescues t-Tho _conquerors are we ! __ e tamers are tamed and the captives are free ! And we are bnt slaves as before ! Ia the mart and the mill where the foreigner tried To outvie ns with flittering store , We poured in onr labour—we humbled his pride , And where is a nation can march by our side ? let we aro as poor as before ! The noble may chase—and tbe firmer may reap Onr woods and onr fields o " er and o ' er—The _fring and the courtier their revels may keep , And the noble on pillows of eider may sleep , But where is the bed of the poor !
Four planks and a place in a parish church-yard , "ffhexe they onl 7 a skeleton thing ; Bnt they soon dig ns up from the niggardly sward , To make room for others , who straggled as hard For the glory of— " Country and _"_ g . " _* God moulded and quickened , the Church bids ns learn , From the green earth man ' s wonderful frame ; Then , since 'dt oar birthplace-, our cradle and am , Tbe source that we come frem—to which we return , Tis bnt fit we should live by the same . The lacd is my birthright—then on—in a band , Battalions of _progress ! advance , I take my invincible armour in hand , For the spade , after all , is the lord of the land , And the sickle shall baffle the lance . For now we have learned the great lesion aright , That Frank—Briton—Teuton , are one ; That their interest is not to compete—but unite ! Till nations ombining leave tyrants to fight By the light of _yonnf-liberty ' s sun !
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In clearing off old scores , we must not forget two or three poets who _havr committed themselves to tan the gauntlet of criticism by venturing on publishing their poems in " a collected form , " and whose volumes wehave had by ns for some months past . We have first to introduce JPoemsbyaCalomst . London : Simmonds and Ward ,
6 , Barge Yard , _JJncklersbnry . These poems bear date "July , 1845 , the Basks of the St John , New Brunswick . " Coming from orer the sea we would fain bid them welcome ; but , unhappily , our "Colonist" has mistaken confusion of language for poetry , and although we are is ao humour to criticise severely , or condemn uncharitably , we ean find bnt little worthy of commendation in this volume . The first two poems , "Francis Tamo" and " The Indian Girl , ' * we can make neither head nor tail of ; " Moncachtap . " is more readable ; and ' * TheTraffiquer * ' is the best of the four . Some
beautiful thoughts , and occasionally a few lines breathing genuine poetry , are to be met with , but the author seems to have had no settled purpose in view when he sat down to write , and losing skht of sim-E licity , the first requisite in poetry as well aB prose , e seems to have fallen into the not uncommon but Tery egregious error , of " piling the agony f labourlog to _.-pply the want of genuine power by the use of fur-fetched words , tremendous epithets and mystified sentences . From the " _Miseellaneo-B * - * poems towards the elose of tiie volume we extract the following somewhat favourable specimen of the Colonist ' s poetry : —
STOBH OH A FOREST LAKE . Te load winds ] j _« proud winds ! on — oo in yonr might—Bear on , ye dense clouds , weigh ye down in the night'lis pitchy and dark—come , thon terrible roar 1 I bear thee—I grasp thee from the far forest shore . There's a voice in the h-Ltops—a voice on the lake—X trill stand by thee , flood ! I will hear tby waves break : Come thon on in thy strength , roll thou on in tby power , 'With the wind of this night—with the voice of this hour ! . Seehow t _ ejr . ll erected before the strong blast—The wares of the lake , —bow the dark waters cast 1 And the ; roll and they burst np _along on the . and " _. And they wand where they dash—let them break where I stand !
Therbythmof the Winds ! the Elements' strife ! The deep . alien dark—the driven rain rife ;—Terr * fic _ l moment !—sublimitj fraught , How it _swelli in my son ! , how it bursts on nay thought ! I look on je , Heavens ! and behold je in night , And dim formi and distant , faint , fall on my fight ; And high thoughts arise , and conceptions are given , Great—glorious—fall , as the mast ' iy of Even . The atroBg gust bears by me and bowls » its play , And the heavy rain strikes me , driven sidelong away : _BatTU breast thee , thon Storm ! and stand by thee , tbou Lake ! While thy proud waters foam , and thy far _farests shake . There '* * a falling of gay _leavesalong the thick wood ; The glory of autumn is _spoil'd in thy meod , Thon Tempest I— the stubborn trees bend to tby might , And bark ! bow that saliva crash , boom'd on its flight !
There ' s a muring of winds , and the old forest roars ; There ' s a bursting of waves np along the load shores , And a roaring of torrents away from yon hill : Bnt I love thee , thon Lake ! and exnltingly , still . Sound on in tby greatness , thon terrible _rnin ! There is depth ia tby tone , there is power in thy strain ; Te solemn-voiced billows—ye winds tuned of God—Tes , I love ye , great Minstrels ! and tread where jo _" v _. trod . Next , from tiie "Luld of brown heath and shaggy wood _. Land of the mountain and the flood i '
comes Teems ' and Snatches of Prose . By T . Disham . London : Smith , Elder and Co . Edinburgh : J . Menries . Whatever be the faults of these poems , criticism is disarmed by the touching story of their author : — * . On the night of the 29 th of October , 18 i _ . and after a day ' s ve _ -tion . ( withsn < -I am well acquainted ) , we , — t _ atL « , i __ y wife , myself , and chi'dren—were in bed . They slept , I could not , but lay revolting many painful filings in my mind , wondering wonld I ever get a blink of __ le-- _ _t- _ rted happiness . I had often thought of Pro fessor Wilson ; had eren written two letters to bim ,
which were given in despair ta the names—for I am a nun ef no education , _nsver being farther than the Testament when at school . I am , even now , at tbe writing ; hava bought " Chambers * Arithmetic , ** but mj mind is too unsettled to make progress , and caa but find delight in the attempt at verse-making , whieh I write with almost the facility of prose . Well , I wondered if I might show bim some of my pieces—wondered if he would read them , or laugh at tbem ; wondered again if it might be possible be would think them decent ; and if 2 might print a volume , get as much profit as would clear my debts , and enable mate taste , for the fixat time in seven years , en t ___ r mind .
Professor Wilson read HrDenhani ' s verses , and praised what he read . Encouraged by the Professor ' s _ _* i _ d __ e * * s , tbe poet ventured to launch the present volume en "the sea of Literature ; " the success , bowever , has , we fear , not been equal to bis hopes and tbe good wishes of his friend , tbe great Northern critic We lament th-, for Mr De-ham has given in this volume evidence ofa manly spirit and considerable _ bility . worthy of a better fate than that which has hitherto blighted hia existence . In some stanzas , entitled "Wte think ye-is the greatest slave ** the author too truly describe , not only his own condition , but that of thousaaus of other " Freeborn Britons : "They speak o * slaves in tther states , And mnckle gear they gu , them ; Bnt 0 ! there ' s some within our
gates-We ' re owre familiar wi * them . " Wba , think ye , is the greatest slave 1 It ' s no the man o'jet , sirs ; It ' s bim amang the free and _cntrs—Tbs honest man in debt , sirs _. From a poem of considerable power , but bearing a badly-chosen title , we select the following _stancu , which we entitle
PRIESTCRAFT . Religion , 0 ! what deeds of shame Fell tyrants buckle oa tby name-E ' en _yst we ' ve creeds of varied _frama _Wha'd burn an'kill , An' bunt their fellows donn like game—Tbey hae the _vfif . Sod kindly gae ns Season ' s gift , Bat not for priest to riddle , sift—0 ! weel we see their schemes an' drift An' ftckless nonsense ; Bat seclma Truth , or unco swift
They'll dan . yonr conscience Ay , still tome fanatics will tell That _oihsr cseeds axe doomed toh—IL
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They wantna troth , but try to quell Inqulrin * mind ; An' be wba bandly thinks for iel ' , They ca'bim blind . Bat let a gomersl grant an ' pray , He's . oft the knack the bowls to play , "Wi _ _* jte weel panged hell struttin' gae , __ , _A- _'jogftfbraw ; While honest worth gangs sad an' wse , Wi ' monieafa ' . Tbe law protects ye frae their bnrnin _" , But no frae a' thtir cant an' _scsrnin _' , Still powerfn' wiles an' monie a turnin ' They can display , To spoil yonr trade , and set ye monmin For bread away . Unseen , within its stifled urn , The honest heart may swelli- ' burn , Hopeless , hapless grief to cburn
Though nobly brave ; Its only chance , for to sojourn Beyond the grave . 0 ! weel micht that high-minded man , Proud Scotia ' s bard , wha kent the clan , Say—marking bow they seized tbe scran At ilka turn— - "Han's inhumanity to man , Gars thousands mourn . " Was the poet revising his writings we doubt not that he would see the propriety of omitting many things in this volume , including the whole ofthe prose from page 100 to the end . We sincerely wish that a happier future may enable Mr _Itenham to correct the imperfections of his first attempt as an author , adding thereto a few more such pieces as the following : —
BLUE BELL BBAES . Wi ' a heart fo ' young , And wi ' care unsung , I bae ranged by my mountain lake—Where the toi rent sped frae its reeky bed , Bounding wild and glad , over busb and brake Those happy days are fled . Those sunny gleams Still seem in dreams—Win I e'er see the auld cottage again f Lives my mither coo f Is Mav j true ? Oh ! those youthftr * thochts , they aye bring pain , In my youthfu' pride , Ah ! and wae betide , I sought ms a summer shore ; Among Indian isles , _woo'd fortune ' s smiles , Giving _hudihfor _vxali % —sWlsi _gTmgfor more-Led a vietim by golden wiles .
Oh ! what heartless dross—What years of loss : Affection and friendship and love ' s pure _rajB , How _sbrirell'd and shrunk , A sapless trunk , Never mair to climb e ' er tbe Mue-bell braes . Ob ! my heathery bills , And yonr Mi-kin'rills , Once again on fhe briny deep , Gladly , now , I come , e ' er the mighty sea , To my thistle glen—faint , I come to weep—And to my fatherland—to Dee . My sad heart clings , As mem ' ry brings , The revolving views o' auld langsjne days ; Each dear scene thronging ,.
Wild thochts longing , ... _ for the freshening breeze » ' my heather braes . Another Scottish poet ; their name is Legion ! Here we have - " *• ¦ _* " '•!•• - " The Strathmore Melodist : a CoUeetion of Original Poems and Songs . By John Niven . London : Smith . E ( derand Co ., 6 ., Cornhill . These poems are the productions of a journeyman baker , tiie fruits of leisure moments snatched from bis toilsome occupation . He dedicates his book " to William . Thorn of _Inverury . as a tribute of esteem for a man whom the buffets ofthe world could not subdue—whom poverty and neglect could not discourage , and whose genius has raised him from the
humble ranks of life , to a respectable rank in Scottish literature . " These melodies possess considerable merit their principal fault being that not merely the thouchts expressed , but the mode of expression , too often very closely imitate Burns . Thus the most careless reader may at once see that the poem entitled "_ lj _ n-n , "isa rather close copy of "Death and Dr Hornbook , " and " Cupar Fair" bears the same _suspiciousresemblance to Burns' " ' y Fair , " both , however ,, wanting the genuine poetry ofthe originals . Despite this John Niven is not destitute of poetical power , and indeed exhibits most power when , not trying to imitate Burns , he trusts in his own resources . We selecttwo favourable specimens of our poet ' s compositions , —the one a love , the other a liberty song : —
THE SWEETEST FLOWER ON ATHOL BRAES AiB— " Oh , Nanny , unit thou gang vi ? mt ?" Ab ! no , 'tis not those ringlets fair Tbat cluster ronnd thy marble brow , lake mists that shade , bnt to compare The hue of Atbol's mountain snow . That voice , though soft as purling stream , Is not tbe subject of my praise , That makes young Mary shine supreme , The sweetest flower on Athol braes . I know full well the poet ' s strains Hath spread tbey outward beauty far ; I _ n _« w full well _'maug Atbol ' s glens Thou sbin ' st a bright and peerless star . Bnt ' t is not meet that I should dwell Upon those charms , tho' bright and rare , For . ab ! thy worth they canna tell Wha ouly know tbat thon art fair . Had I not known that heart sincere _.
Where warmth and innocence combine ; For guileless love is centred there , Within a pore and _spotless shrine . ' Had I not knows that thon possess Such worth of mind and happy glee , As might enhance an angel's bliss , I might have errM in loving thee . Ob , wbo wonld say that thou conldst rove Like butterfly in garden bower S Ob , who will say that gentle love Is fading as the summer flower ! That heavenly flame , for ever bright , Too pore to mix with mortal clay ; Will shins with unabated light , ' When beauty's charms must fade away , Italia ! land of love and song , Sweet are tby bright and sunny skies ; Thy lays are melting , sweet and strong ,
And sweet tby daughters' sparkling eyes ; And sweet the midnigbtserenade . That murmurs o ' er the moonlit sea ;—But sweeter is my native glade , And Athol's lovely flower tome .
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THE LAND OF LIBERTY , AiB— _-iJOf-Tl-J-t . " I jaw poor Scotland _sair oppressed , t heard her children mourn , While tyrants lived in luxury , And held her wants to scorn . And oh 1 it grieved my heart fa' eair Auld Scotland ' s wrangs to see , — Whose sons have shed their dearest braid To keep tbeir country free ! Where ' s now the land , the boasted land ,-The land ef liberty * There was a time when plenty smiled ¦ Within the peasant ' s cot ; And then , thong , poor , tbe peasant lived Contented with his lot . Bnt now Oppression ' s iron grasp
O _' erepreads the land with woa ; And priests , with despot * , have combined That things shonld thus be so ; For those who seem the people ' s friends , Hare proved their deadliest foe . But , bark ! what means that murmur deep , Now wafted on the wind f It issues from the toilers' homes , — The millions are combined ! And loader now I hear their voice , — The shout is Liberty ! Till , echoed from a thousand hills , It rings from sea to sea ; And thus , the cadence of tbeir song , — We shall—we shall be free ! What th .-gb tbe despot * , in their rage Our bravest men should doom To pine in cheerless solitude ,
Within the dungeon's gloom ! The victims' chains shall yet be loos ' ., For this is Heaven's decree , — Tbat discord with its jarring strife , Shall shortly cease to be ; And tbis again shall be ths land , — The land of Liberty . The last ef the publications we have had on band for some time past , waiting our editorial praise or censure , is a play in five acts , entitled , Griselda ; or , Love and Patience . By John Watsiss .
London : Strange , Paternoster-row . -This " play" is dedicated to _Dourlas , Jerrold as a token of respect for bis genius , and of gratitudefor the favourable opinion which gave the author confidence to lay the work before tbe public Griselda may be read by the fire-aide , bnt ia not likely ever to find ita way to the stage ; it must , therefore , be viewed as a dramatic poem . Though feeble in many parts , there are passages of considerable beauty . The plot or story is slight and founded upon one of Boccacio _. stories . Walter , Sing of Mercia , weds Griselda , a shepherd girl , whose heart hehad previously wooed and won , in the disguise of a woodman . Tba nebles , dissatisfied with this choice _. intrigue against the Queen , and , at length , succeed in inducing the King to divorce ber . The King next pays his devotions to a fair dame ofthe " higher orders . " who , however , repulses him , she being in love with
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her own page , -She opens _theeya oftheKing to the intrigues ot which ; Griselda has been the victim , and thereby awakens all his former love for his ill-used wife . ' The conclusion gives the usual awards of " poetical justice- "—Griselda is reinstated in her former position as wife and Queen of . Walter ; tha lady who loves her page is made happy with him , the page being ennobled at the expense of one of the rascally aristocrats ; and , finally , the enemies , of Griselda are Bet to the * '' right-about , " to do pe * nance in banishment for their misdeeds . The " play "
is intended to show the exceeding love of woman , and patient submission to wrongs inflicted by the object of her love . Some of these wrongs are , however , such aa no one but a brute would inflict , and no woman with any spirit would submit to . Mr Watkin . would have made his heroine more attractive , had he endowed her with less patience , or her fickle husband with more ; feeling . As a not unfavourable specimen of the poetry of this play , we give the following extract ; Griselda iB speaking while yet unconscious that her lover is a king : —
Oris . . Aaother morn , the last new birth « f Time ! I rise with her to live the foremost life ; For see , she brings fresh graces to reward Those that salute her earliest . Ob , sweet morn ! Heaven ' s handmaid thon that parts't night ' s dusky hair , Aud with salubrious breath dost sweep away Her vapours foul , to clear the * srtb for sunshine . Now tby attendant star hath done its vigil , And the veil'd vestal modestly retires : Forlo ! the sun comes forth and day begins . The birds sing those same mstloB Heav ' n did teach , When first Creation painted this green world . The lark , whose topping _splritleads the choir , Soars highest up to make himself first heard . How earnest in bis praise—a few glad notes Reiterated o ' er and o ' er untir'd !
Ah , happiest they who tikest bim can live , To wake with light , and drink the watery air , Catching the son ere he descends to earth . E'en now bis upland beam walks down the vale , Chasing the gloom before him : gentlest glory ! That not alone the trees , but smallest blade Gladdens with its own green , normissssaoght . Thou that dost make our river flow in geld , And now dost tend my sheep , whose woolly fleece , Wash _. by the holy dews , t _ y white beams bleach , The while tbey crop their bed of fobdful flowers . But bark 1 my fatter comes—his morning voice Vies with the throstle whistling as he walks . Ob , blest are we that bave no wish save one , Bnt that I mnst not breathe save in my prayers .
Although Mr Watkins is not likely ever to become a poetical star of the first magnitude , he is better employed writing dramatic poeim than dabbling in politics—clearly not his vocation . When last our readers heard of John Watkins , he was ¦ * as busy as the devil in a gale of wind , " snarling at everybody , and making himself ridiculous ; his present workiBatleast harmless—may please many , and can give offence to none .
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Sadler's Wells.—The Tempest Continues To...
SADLER'S WELLS . —The Tempest continues to draw crowded and admiring audiences to this legitimate theatre — now almost tbe sole refuge of the divine Shakspere . These of oar readers who witnessed this beautifully " got up" and highly poetical play at Covent . garden under Macready . management , will deem it high praise to award equal merit to Ur Phelps , who sustains the character of Prospero with great dignity . Hiss Julia St George , as Ariel , does her spiriting gently , and , for so young an actress , with considerable talent , singing the difficult music witb much judgment and care . We never saw Mr G . Bennett perform so much to our taste as he does in the extraordinary character of Caliban . In the
hands of pny otber actor we are fearful that nice dis . crimination exercised by this clever actor , in catching np tbe poetry in tbis remarkable creation of tho immortal bard's , and ao imparting _ihe feelisgs of the man , where the rough exterior of the brute is painfully visible , would degenerate into valgarity and boffonery . Indeed , the various characters are generally well sustained , and the scenery is altogether very * -plenelidandliighlyp ; ctur « Bque . We sincerely hope tbe management will not , through lack of public favour , confine their energies to the present revival . We consider the really intellectual playgoer owes avast debt of gratitude to Mr Phelps ; aud surely this gentleman will not go unrewarded .
_MET-OrO-lTAN DH . EO _ . Cs' _T-EATB 1 CAL _BSXIFIT . — The benefit in aid of the funds of this active body took place atthe Pavilion Theatre , on Wednesday evening , April the 28 th . The entertainments were the melo drama of the " Gypsey King , " the singing of five of that very numerous race , yclept "Ethiopian Serenaders _, " the evolutions of "Dancing Master Wilson" and his pupils , a "New Divertissement , " and tbe domesticjdrama of the " Lawless Witness . " All tbe performers acquitted themselves admirablv , but special praise is due to Kiss Marion Lacey , MisB Watling _, _ fr * . T . Phillips , Mr C . Freer , Dancing Master Wilson and the _Tenessee Serenade ! .. Tbe house was well attended by an audience evidently delighted with the entertainments ofthe evening .
Pol . _ sch . ic . —Several interesting and instructive lectures have been recently delivered at this establishment to crowded auditories . Amongst those which struck us as peculiarly deserving notice , was that given by Mr Jones , on Animal Mechanism , and in which the talented lecturer proceeded to describe that wonderful insect , the gnat , which , although it only lives iu the air for a single hour , exists in the water for a period of three years . Ur Jones observed tbat while in the water it was necessary for this insect to breathe occasionally fhe tresh air ; but , having neither feet nor fins , it was impossible f _» r it to gain tbe surface . Nature , however , had surmounted this difficulty , by placing a hollow pip * at the extremity ofthe tail ; to this pipe was attached a small paddle , which raised or depressed the insect at its will , and thus it was permitted to breathe . On its near arrival to the winged insect , the pipe at the end of
i the tail dropped off , and was replaced by two pipes fixed in the centre ofthe back : these caused the insect to be constantly on the surface ofthewater , the skin became soft and thin , and , after a short time , the gnat came forth . The skin , although untenanted , was not allowed to perish , for , on the insect leaving , it formed a perfect miniature life-boat : this natural boat was used by the gnat as a repository forits eggs , and not even tbe roughest weather nor the strongest wind could overturn it . It migbtbe asked why sbould the gnat be so short-lived , or a ( ringed insect at all f In answer it might be stated , thatthe reason was in order to allow the insect to deposit its eggs in different parts , so that one place might not be overrun with tbem . The lecture was copiously illustrated by beautifully coloured drawings , and was received with much applause . These and similarly instructive lectures will , we hope , meet with tbe encouragement they so well deserve .
OLYMPIC . —On Saturday last the printers in connection witb the daily newspaper press , gave an amateur dramatic performance at this theatre , in aid ofthe funds ofthe Printers' Pension Society . Tbe pieces selected for representation were Colman ' s comedy of "Tbe Poor Gentleman" and " Luke the Labourer . " It would be as _oH-sua ! _asun ' _-si to attempt a critical examination of an amateur performance entered upon with motives of such an admirable character as the present ; but , were we inclined to be hypercritical , a close observance of the performance satisfies us that it would bs difficult to take exception to a single item in the whole entertainment . "Tbe Poor Gentleman" was especially well supported , and while awarding a full meed of praise to all , it is , perhaps , bnt justice to particularise the efforts of Messrs Ryan , Philp , Green , and Bishop , who maintained their
respective characters with an ability which wa have seldom seen passed . Emily Worthlogton found a chaste and pretty supporter in Miss E . Lloyd ; Mrs Furrmau enacted with much ability the somewhat difficult part of Miss Lucretia Mac Tab ; and Miss Kelly threw an unusual piquancy and zest into the small part of Mary . The bouse was densely crowded iu every part , and it gives us pleasure to add that one of the private boxes waa especially reserved for Prince Albert at bis own request . The following addresB , written for the occasion by Mr Angus B . Reach—a gentleman already favourably known in the lighter walks of literature—was delivered by _MrForster , previous to the comedy : •—" Last year we tried our fortune on the stage , We played for woe-worn Want and tottering Age ; Our cause , and not our merits , made us bold ,
We won your plaudits , and we gained your gold 1 So now , once more , your favouring smile we claim , Our drama _different , but our end the same . We ' re bolder , though , than when we tried our hand la that dramatic band-box ' jcWpt" Tbe Strand . " * Yet , in a cause like this , it is aot well , To pay an inch by asking for an ell ; A growing web demands a widened loom , Your spreading charity needs elbow room , And changes so your natures , that e ' en devils-Printers' , I mean—demand " Olympic" revels . Now to commence , then . _fLootjattJieplas / _'liiH . ) Here's our bill of fare—May all enjoy some savoury morsel there . First comes the comedy '—be its five acts ,
To those wbo reap the produce , five great faots ! Bid our "Poor Gentleman" a loud " God speed , " For , wanting your applause , he ' s poor indeed ! What ' s next t Our actors here will please , I wot—These failing—we can try those who are not . Yon doubt t—But in our play the mimic ' i ar t Can even make the absent take a put . Some moments more let joyous song and dance Bing in tbe ear , and twinkle to tbe giants : Witb" Luke the Labourer" to close the day , A stirring , hearty , good old _English play—A play that cold indifference cannot brook , One must be ieated—not luke-v > armsd by " Lnkel I ' ve done I All ready ! _{ Loohtof . iVompter nods . ) — . _. _Qf our venturous host .
Is Every Warrior Fairly At His Post! {Pr...
Is every warrior fairly at his post ! _{ Promptu again . ) 'Tis well . ( To icings . ) Bs bold , and think tho * but beginners , Who on a night like this wouid be the sinners—The hissed , or hissers i Why , of course , the bitter : What ! Hiss the food from off a poor man ' s platter 9 Perish the thought ! Bing np at ones ! Beglu ! Tha course is clear ! My life _upon't we win 1 "
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* A performance , in aid ofthe funds of the same society took plaee last year at thc Strand Theatre .
These Are'the Chambers*:Of'_ Tmfc*". _We...
THESE _ARE'THE CHAMBERS * : OF _'_ tMfc _*" . _ Wehave already shown toour readers the Chambers' of 1847 ; we how refer to the previous opinions of these changeable economists . Whence this wonderful change ?]
Improvement Of Waste Landsspade Husbandr...
IMPROVEMENT OF WASTE LANDSSPADE HUSBANDRY . I ( From ihe Information for the People , No . 12 . ) j lC ( _mtint-d / rt » i » osrl < Mt . ) | If a rivuletcan be msde to run upon a meadow , as previously described under the head Irrigation , the cottager will add prodigiously to his stock of grain , fodder , and hay , From a single acre , well irrigated , as much as 200 stenes of sweet , nourishing hay may be gathered every year , besides a quantity of green stuff . The proper saving of this meadow hay requires considerable tact ; if any way spoiled , the cattle will probably not touch it . In the scheme of working a cottage farm , it should bean object to make th . very most of every day out of doors , when the season and weather permit , and to occupy the dead of winter and days of bad weather at work in the barn or house . The Swiss small
farmers do much by working at some handicraft employment , particularly weaving and making toys , during those seasons when prevented from labouring out ot doors ; and in many instances they keep one member of the family at the loom . In short , nono must be idle ; the grown-up children , when not at school , being made useful as far as their capacities will admit of-It is calculated that an active spadesman would find little difficulty in bringing half an acre annually into an improved state ; for aB 80 rods make the half acre , and there being 313 working days in the year , to accomplish tbis it would require little more than a quarter of a rod to be trencbei daily , whereas a moderate dav ' s work , even where the soil is stony
and difficult to trench , would considerably exceed a rod . But where there is a boy or two to assist , an acre might with perfect ease be brought into an improved state yearly _. Whether it would be preferable to _ilevote a cottage farm to a mixture of green and grain crops , as in ordinary husbandry , or make it chiefly a dairy farm , in which the raising of green crops for fodder is the principal if not the only object , must depend on local circumstances . If near a city , where fresh dairy produce could be profitably disposed of , dairy farming might be most suitable , although the large rents usually exacted near populous towns would prove an obstacle . Several experiments have been made in order to ascertain tho quantity of produce in roots , artificial grasses , die ., tbat an acre of ground , under
this sorb of culture , could be made to yield ; and tbe result has been that even less than 80 rods , or half an acre , will produce food sufficient to maintain a cow . This calculation is founded upon the wellknown fact , that 100 lbs . weight of green food , a considerable portion of it roots , is a sufficient daily allowance for an ordinary cow . But cows kept upon such produce muBt not be _allowed to pasture on those portions of the ground that are devoted to grass crops , such as clover , lucern , tares , be . ; but for the better health of the animals , they should have an open space to move about in adjoining the shed or out-building , where tbey find shelter from the storm and cold ; for in soiling cattle during the hottest part ofthe summer , an open Bhed , with a rack for their food , is to be preferred to shutting them up in close stables . Mr Allen , in his " Colonies at Home , " very properly remarltB— " Whenever ifc is possible to make a rod of ground produce 500 . bs . oftlie artificial
grasses , in the several cuttings during the' season , 1 greatly prefer it to anything else , for cows thrive best upon grass and hay . " He afterwards observes , in reference to tbis sort of food— " As it sometimes suffers much in' dry seasons , we must entirely depend upon it ; but 1 have proved that it is possible to keep a cow all the year rouud uoou the produce of half an acre of land , it it be properly cultivated . " He then proceeds to give a list ot the produce he raised , which consists of lucern , cabbage , ' tares , mangel-wurzel , potatoes , turnips , parsnips , and carrots ; and as a portion of hay is indispensable along with some of the root-crops during the winter season , he did not attempt to grow it , but sold a portion of his potatoes , and laid out the sum he received for them in hay . We need only add , that whatever number of cows be kept , they must be fed entirely within doors ; and only suffered to go out in any small enclosure for the sake of air and exercise .
__ AN OF A IHHKB ACRE _***_* -.. With the view of keeping up in the country a certain number of peasant families who should be able to assist farmers at particular seasons , the late Sir John Sinclair planned a system of cottage farms of three acres each ; these were individually to be cultivated entirely by manual labour , and by tbe cottager and his family . From the account of the method of managing these cottage farms , which he has given in the second volume ofthe Farmer ' s Magaxine , we select the following particulars : — " Gcwse of Crops . —The three acres proposed , to be cultivated should-be divided into four portions ; each consisting of three roods , under the following system of management : —
Roods . Under potatoes , two roods ; under turnips , one ' 3 Under winter tares , two roods ; spring tares , oue . 3 Under barley , Wheat , or oati 3 Under clover , with a mixture of rye-grass ... 3 Total ... ... 12 Other articles besides these might be mentioned ; but it seems tome of peculiar importance to restrict tbe attention ofthe cottager to as few objects of cultivation as possible . It is proposed tbat the produce of the two roods of potatoes shall go to the maintenance of the cottager and his family , and that the rood of turnips sbould be given to the cow in winter
and during the spring , in addition to its other fare . The second portion , sown with tares ( the two roods of potatoes of the former year to be successively sown with winter tares , and the turnip rood with spring tares ) , might partly be cut green , for feeding the cow in summer and autu-in ; but if the season will permit , the whole ought to be made into hay for the winter and spring food , and three roods oi clover cut green for summer food . The third portion may be sown either with barley , wheat , or oats , according to the soil or climate , and the general custom of the country . The straw of any of these crops would be of essential service for littering the cow , but would be still more useful , if cut into chaff , for feeding it .
The fourth portion _, appropriated to clover and ryegrass , to be cut green , which , with the assistance of the orchard , will produce on three roods oi land , as much food ss will maintain a cow and her calf for five months , namely , frem the end of May or beginning of June , when it may be first cut , to the lst of November , besides some assistance to the pigs . It ia supposed that an acre of clover and _rye-graBs , cut green , will produce 20 , 000 pounds weight of food for cattle . Three roods , thecetwe , ought to vie " . 15 , 000 pounds wsigbt . A large _cew requires 110 pounds weight of green food per day ; a middling cow , such aB a cottager is likely to purchase , not above 90 pounds ; consequently , in five months , allowing 1 , 320 pounds weight for the calf and the pii _* _s , there will
remain 13 , G 80 pounds for the cow . Were there , however , even a small deficiency , it would be more than compensated by the rood ot land proposed to be kept in perpetual pasture as an orchard . Mode in which the family may be maintained . —It is calculated that three roods and eight perches of potatoes will maintain a family of six persons for about nine months in the year , but according to tbe preceding plan , it is proposed , to bave but two roods under that article ; tor , however valuable potatoes are justly accounted , yet some change of food would be acceptable ; and the cottager will be enabled _, from tbe produce of the cow , and by the income derived trom his own labour , and from that ot his family , to purchase other wholesome articles of provisions .
Manner in watch ihe Stock may be kept . —It appears from the preceding system of cropping , that ten roods of land , or two acres and a half , are appropriated to the raising of food for the cow in summer and winter , besides the pasture ofthe orchard ; nnd , unless the season should be extremely unfavourable , the produce will be found not only adequate to that purpose , but also to maintain the calf for some time , till it can be sold to advantage . It is indeed extremely material , under the proposed system , to make as much profit of the calves as possible , as the _mnrnttf It ..... ___* .--. ! -. 111 ... _~ - _« .. ¦— .-. » _~ -1 * 1 ' -.- il ... _kuus _tiscu
_ __ "v _»« j - wm una _rcouurw , _ciittuuug mo cottager to replace his cow when a new one must be purchased . For the winter provision of the cow , which is the most material , because the summer food can be more easily procured , tbere ia the produce . 1 . Of about three roods of tares made into hay . 2 . Of three roods of straw , deducting what may be necessary for litter ; and if dry earth be put into tbe cow's hovel , and removed from time to time to the dunghill , little or no litter will be necessary . 3 . Of one rood of turnips . The whole will be sufficient for seven months in
the year , namely , from the lst November to the lst June ; and during the remaining five months , the pasture of the orchard , some of the winter tares , and the produce of three roods of elover and rye-grass , will not only suffice , but will furnish a surplus fer the calf , if it is kept for any length of time , and some clover for the pigs . The inferior barley , potatoes , Ac ., will of course be given to the pigs and poultry . ( To i * continued . )
P-.I-Ish.—Oa Tuesday A Fight Came Off In...
_P-. I-Ish . —Oa Tuesday a fight came off in the Kentish Marshes , on the London sideofGreenhithe , between J . Hareltine and R . Williams . The former was the victor , the beaten man being severely punished . Tna _Ch-Mp-osship . —In reply to the letters from Wm . Perry , the Tipto ' n . SlaBher , which have appeared , Caunt states that he will fight Perry , for 4500 _a-side , according to his challenge , and deposit £ 100 as a first instilment . The event to come off in fire months from the signing of articles .
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_EMIGR'ATION-TO TEXAS
Mr Rowed , the manager of the British Mutual Emigratien Association , w very fond of appealing to Mr Kennedy ' s statements respecting Texas , as the pnneipal authority for his own descriptions and prer ? i - _ .. The value . of Mr Kennedy ' s evidence is fully exhibited in the following extraots from Hoo . ton s Rldes _, Rambles , and Sk e tches in Texas , " the oromenoement of which ( copied frora Simmonds ' _olontcd Magazine ) appeared in the Star of April 17 . UHB _ i _ TBn « 8 S 0 ? TSXAS . w " e had not been located many hours , after our arrival , in the habitation of an English lady ( Mrs S . J whose husband was then in England on business , than accounts began to pour upon us of the unhealthlness of the oilmate ; and no trifling fund of anticipatory pity was exhausted upon ns for the disappointments and miseries which we all were doomed to endure . The almost _inevi . table fatality of the main land , and ot those parts of the
interior—Brazoria and the Brazos , for _instance—wbtre at present the greatest quantity of _cotton it produced , was strongly dwelt upon ; unless the northern emigrant who purposed settling on the landh « d taken the precautionary measure of becoming " acclimated" by a year or so's residence on the island . Abundant illustrative cases not of doubtful signi-caucy were quoted in support of these representations ; nor , in fact , did that kind of ocular demonstration derived from an inspection of the crowd of people we daily saw , appear in the very least to deny them . Mast of the men , particularly such as had spout much time up tbe country , walked with a loose , dangling gait , as though -no tensity existed in the mus . cles of the body , and each joint ofthe bones had been separated , and subsequently reunited with bad wire , after the fashion of an anatomy . While with literal accuracy it may be said , that real Texan complexion generally _ara ofa yellow kid-glove colour—or , let us in other language say , of a sort of witch-like and superhuman buff .
Notwithstanding all this , we could not believe , The books 8 aU otherwise ; and individuals might speak from misinformation , from partial observation , or from prejudic * , becau 8 _B they wera home sick . Incredulity had taken hold of us , and we were willing . Besides , we were in _Ulorious spirits—in excellent health brought fresh from home , and breathed from off soma thousands of miles of the great life-givingdeep ; and ma felt that nothing could hurt us , that we . could liv _« anywhere , aud go through anything . . Alas , alas ! what a different tale did nine months tell amongst even our thirty passengers ! What hope did that brief period blight—what magnificent prospects demolish ! What manly strength did it tear doirn to tbe earth as though it had bean very weakness—what
weakness reduce to an after-life of misery , and what misery hurl into the grave 1 I think I see now the glad , active , and hopeful band as it _landed oa that anticipated shore ef earthly happiness , full of eagerness , aud spirit , and life , and contrast it with the wretched remains of tbat same band , when , heartsick of glorious Texan promises without realisation , drooping over their own losses and sorrows , clad in mourning for the prairie-burled dead , and bidding a final and everlasting adieu to j the _bonesof thisewhohad once b « tn " flesh of their flesh and blood _.. f their blood , '' _thi-y slowly retraced tlieir steps to the same , but now . melancholy shore , in the last faint hope , in too many instances , of possibly ouce more reaching the home of their birth alive .
1 would now earnestly call the attention of all readers interested in Texan matters , and particularly of that class who may bemigratorily inclined , to , the brief facts which follow . They certainly contradict , not the'inferences only , but the very words , of certain visionary bookmakers , wh _» have goue before me , but on that very aacouat , I think , if on no other , ought to be the more esteemed . Upon this question of salubrity of climate , ' truth is _stranga : " with Hamlet , let us " therefore , as a stranger , give it welcome . " That Galveston Island is the most salubrious portion ofthe whole Texan sea-board , or low flat couHtry , appears to he universally conceded . That is , it is more healthy than any other portion- of the confessedly unhealthy coast ranging from seventy to one hundred miles inland from the borders of tbe Gulf of Mexico . Yet
within that range _nr _^ cnmprehenrledall towns , cities _, and locations of any importance at present existing either in positive log and plank upon the soil itself , in the round marks made on the maps at the discretion of the surveyor , or in the prophetical imaginations of the Rev . Mr Newoll , of -New York , tlie Rev . Mr Lawrence , of New Orleans , or of—Kennedy , Esq . of our own country , Austin , the capital of the Republic , is certainly laid down beyond that line nearly another bun . dred miles from the ocean ; that remote ( and , with refer _, ence to the hostile Camanche Indians , unsafe ) spot having been selected by the wisdom of the Texan Congress as only sufficiently removed from the coast ( it is 200 miles from Galveston ) just to ensure the perfect safety ofthe health of itt _inftoWe-ii-. in
Of all this immense district then , comprehending , a general sense , the whole of the most thickly-located and populated parts of Texas , Oalveston Island is admitted to be by ( ar tbe most healthful . Citizens come from those places on the mainland to tbe island to recruit their health ; the sick from all quarters of the world are invited to it for the recovery of their wonted life and vigour * , and the inhabitants of New Otleaas particularly have been weoed to pny it a loving visit , while " Yellow J » ck _, " the dreadful fever of the south , was playing his mortal game of bowls _amo _. _gBt the -. lucky wights whose destiny confined them within the influence of the vapours arising from the cypress swamps of the Lower Missis _, sippi . In fact , atone time " Galveston Island " was as nlversal a medicine as is now , or ever was , Br _Morison ' s pills . Under these circumstances , I ask , how comes it Oalveston swarms with doctors ! that doctors find plenty to do amongst a _populatisn of from two to three thou .
sand f ( I guess at it , since the authorities literally . cannot afford to pay for the taking of a census ;) that yellow feve-r and mitigated cholera are no strangers there ! and that the visits of Southern Americans and Orleanians for the sake of health bave totally ceased , after only one or two experiments 1 Perhaps Messrs . Newell , Lawrence , and Kennedy , wbo know so well tha healthful properties and the virtues of Texan air , will endeavour to reconcile these facts to the satisfaction of tbat public whom hitherto tbey have so wofuily misled . At the same time , the charges of doctors ( eight In ten at least of whom never had their diplomas ) are enormous . It is no uncommon thing to hear a labouring m . n stato something to the effect tbat , " It ' s of no use working helre ; for if ono contrives to save up seventy or eighty dollars b _. forehand , and then gets ' chill and fever' for two or three weeks , it all goes in physic , and then one ' s just as forward as when oae started . "
The reason why all thatlow flat portion of the mainland before alluded to should not only be less salubrious than the island—and , indeed , that its _unhealthintss shonld increase in some given ratio to its distance from the sea—is plain enough . It is almost entirely attributable to the fact ofits being less under tbe influence of those fine sea-breezes which almost constantly blow from the south , tempering the burning atmosphere as they pass , conferring most life where most strong , but dying away altogether long before tbey have reached a hundred miles inland , and thus leaving the dead , swampy level to reek an . l steam in a sweltering calm , and under au al . most vertical sun , between which and the rank earth below , perhaps , not once a month is seen a single passing cloud . To an ; wan who knows what kind ef soil and temperature are required for a good rice-laud , the
simple fact that all these levels and bottoms are considered eminently fitted for tbe cultivation of that hot and wetgrowing grain , will Buffiae as a more than necessary proof of its generally tetal unfitness as a location for emigrants from any temperate region , and _moatespecially for the natives of sucb climate as tbis of Great Britain . Even southern planters , men born to tho climate , and upon similar soil , —in Louisiana , Florida , the Carolines , or any of the States neigUbourfag Texas , who do not work in the fields with their own hands , and avoid exposure as much as possible , — -whose circumstances are easy , and who suffer none of the privations which multiply so unexpectedly about the uncapitalled emigrant , — find quite enough to do to maintain tbeir health , and that of their families , through a continuance of seasons
in these latitudes , and with suoh a face of country . The immense annual migration which takes place amongst this , as well as all other portions of the great populations of the south , —thousands of miles , perhaps , up the _Misslssippltothe Lakei _. or by sea to the great Atlantic cities of the north— sufBtiently attests the _se _. ie which they entertain ofthe anti-consumptive and invigorating nature of tbe air from which they first drew the breath of life . "Oh , bat , " exclaim Messrs Newell , Lawrence Kennedy , and a whole host of land-speculators , _xnhote highest earthly _interttt it it to get a population into the _itnmtry by . booh or by crook— " Oh , but Texas is quite different . There are no wooded swamps like those of Louisiana arid Florida in this delightful country , Rolling prairies , fine uplands , swelling lawns——"
Yes , yes , gentlemen ; it is a very beautiful country , beyond all question , to Zoo * * at but that is not the point at issue . Neither , are there very fine uplands iu tbe swamps , ner rolling prairies on tbe sea-board level . And as to nil tbe rest , the difference between that part of the coast of tbe Gulf within tbe boundaries ofthe United States , and that comprehended under the general uarae of Mexican , is much more political than physical . Let the ' reader take a glance at a good map , and he will find tbe low _sea-board of Texas just as full of inlets , straggling arms and bays , lagoons , and tha like ( all Indicative ef aflat , _pestlferoui country ) , as is the adjoining coast of Louisiana , Alabama , < 6 o .
Is it reasonable to suppose that a British farmer , an agricultural labourer , or a " pale-faced " mechanic , can , with tbe least security of health or life , be transported from a cold , moist climate , in which all hia previous existence bas been passed , into a sultry and burning _« ne like thit , in which southern bora and bred _citixens are barely-fitted to dwell ! Above all , is it to be conceived that upon any extensive scale ( individual exceptions amount to nothing , ) a ' population of such immigrants can work in the sun , and perform all those out . deor labours now performed only by native or slave soil , with _perfectilmpnuity to health ! The idea is preposterous inthe extreme .
It has been said that Galveston abounds in "doctors , " who find plenty to do , although that town . is more healthy than any other place of size or note in tbe whole country . Glad indeed wonld tha inland settlers be to have one of these medipal gentlemen amongst them , or even within the very reasonable reach of fifteen _ortwunty miles : but they are not excessively fond of runuiiijr greater risks than necessary , and especially in localities where—although their practlce , » s far as prairie-crossing is concerned , most be rery . xtensir * Indeed— thos vet do
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hot co _ trive"t- gtt ' en -ugb , _^ _tlf'ili their monsTroua <« . _tortlonmg _. to warrant them , fi fritting their own bead _, in rather doubtful pickle . sThe consequence is , that the lonely settlers ofthe country generally cannot , in cases of -any extreme of necessity , obtain medical assistance of any kind or quality . " Byery man hit own doctor " it just as needful as that every man shonld be : bis own farrier , or his own foot-nan . the solitary squatter in these _mngninVtat solitudes must either patch and physic poor _diseased nature according to his own knowledge and discretion , or leavo her altogether _unplastered ; uaanointed , _unannealed , " to conquer tbe enemy , with her own weapons , or to sink nnder the conflict , just as eir . cumftanceF , under Providence , may decree .
TEX * . _PISEASI 8 . Bilious fevers , of different degrees of intensity ; ague and fever , produoing irrecoverable prostration of tbe system , delirium , and eventually deatb ; with cholera , in different mitigated stages , constitute the general diseases in Texas of a formidable character . At the town o £ HouBtcn , which is admirably situated in a swamp , the latter malady most extensively prevails , and numbers die ther 3 every season . The _filthiness and corruption of tbe water , whicli _lhare is execrable , appear to be one main . cause of this periodical summer mortality ; aided , doubtless , by the miasma of the pestilent surrounding neighbourhood . A tolerably correct idea may be formed of the nature of the locsllty of Houston , from the fact that after the setting In ofthe rains the town becomes next to totally inaccessible save by water ; neither carriage nor horse being able to drag or flounder through the deep miry ground by which it is at that season , as it were , entrenched .
Houston is seventy or eighty miles , inland ( a long distance within the " narrow strip , " ) and yet Mr K « nnsdy says ( bat " persons who arrive in summer will be . quite safe by retiring fifty or sixty miles inland . " To " retire " to Houston in summer is exactly the same to a stranger retiring to a churchyard to see his own grave dug . -Take newly-arrived emigrants on the average , and not two ia ton would surrive twelve months . Perhaps , after all , the best proof that can be adduced in evidence of ths essential and radical .. healthiness ot the country tbat ' requires no physicians , " is to be found iu the following o __ rio _ B fact : —The disease , If _itba properly termed such , is common enongh in Galveston , aa many a limping hero and heroine there can well attest . Should an individual chance , especially during the burning summer months , to knock off , ' or grace by accident * any portion of the skin of tbe hands or legs—parts most liable to such petty disasters—the chances are sure . to
be very much In favour ofthe injury , however slight , becoming at first difficult to heal , and eventually a kind of running ulcerous sore , eating into the flesh deeper and deeper , until rest and sanative applications so far avail as to arrest tbe progress of the complaint . It might bo supposed that this corrupt state ofthe system originated in an evil mode of life , or from excessive drinking . The fact is not so . Females as well as men , people wbo totally abstain from all vinous or fermented drinks , equally with those who make constant use of both ! wine and spirits , are liable to it . Nay , I have known worse cases amongst the former class even tban the latter , and hence am partly induced to conclude that the _atrcjclout compound of liquid matter , vegetable essence , and insect life and excrement , there termed " water , " has more to do with it than is ordinarily suspected . The slightest mishap of this kind . will frequently confine a patient to hi ? house for weeks together , and generally continue , from first to last , during a period of several months _.
j ___ T _ Or EKIOEiNT _* . Out of the thirty individuals who went outin tbe same ship with me , not mora than three entertained for a moment any other views than those of obtaining land , eitber by purchase , or through the medium of tbe government grants , ;—of squatting upon it , and becoming for the remainder of their natural lives good citizens of . the new Republic . Look at the result . Of all this number , MOT one succeeded in eff eting the object for which he had left homo ami country , crossed thousands of miles of ocean , and gone to Texas . Before ChristmaB of the snme . vear , some of them bad returned home , or gone into the United States ; some were dyiug , some dead , and some almost perishing from sheer want , either because * _.-,.. n— .. 1 . 1 . — .+ _naf—tnt , * _.- _.- _— ,- am —* a—a _Iw . at . iV —1 » — — _—dueed to work at all ; and some others , alas I were imprisoned upon the island , merely because their resource * being completely exhausted , they had not left the means wherewith to get away .
May I never again see such ruin of body aad fortune , such wreck of heart , as it was my fate to witness in Texas 1
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Food asd Mbdicink _wrt _ ou _ MoN _ r . —At this season of the year , young nettles , when boiled , are a most excellent table vegetable , and as a purifier of tho blood they are unequalled—they are more nutritions than most ofthe greens in common use . Vgkt III Off !—The John 0 'Groat Journal _gaj ., " While we now write , our county has neither sheriff , sheriff substitute , _procurator-fisoal , sheriffclerk depute ; nor superintendent of police . The town is in an equally deplorable state . We are minus prOvost , senior bailie , town clerk , and town-officer !
All these officials nre off in a lump to the Justiciary Court at Inverness , Now is the time for a row I " Tub Duk _. in a New _Chabacibb . —A few day . since , at tho early service atthe royal chape ] , the absence of the clerk embarrassed the _clergyman ; but the Duke of Wellington immediately took tho prayer book and read the responses in his stead . .-Bus at Romb . — Clubs have become very fashionable at Rome since the accession of Pius IX ; and besides German , French , and English clubs , several have been established by the Romans themselves . :
ForjRWBBiST _CoNSPnuc _.. —The Jersey Impartial states that the French authorities inthe department of tbe Calvados have discovered a conspiracy , in which several thousand persons are implicated _. The conspirators are said to be all Fourrierists . [ Fudge !] Cat and Dos Life—The dissensions between the Queen of Spain and ber husband have caused such Bcandulous scones in tbe palace , that the political chief of Madrid ia said to hare entreated the editors of all the newspapers published in that capital to refrain from making any allusion to them . _D-STRuoTivBNESs . —A few days since , a little boy , living hear Preston , broke a _looking-glass with » stone , that he . threw atthe reftecuo - of hi . own form , which be mistook for another boy that threatened him . He then triumphantly cried to hia
father , that be had broken tbe face ' of his supposed enemy . American Naval Force . —The largest naval foroe which thc United States have ever had afloat , is now employed in the war with Mexico . This foroe comprises 46 ships , 2 . barques , 56 brigs _an _. eleven steamers , which have been hired as transports , and the regular vessels of war , added to these , make a total of 164 ships . _Siormt . —The line of telegraphic wire betweea New York and Philadelphia was lately much injured by the falling of sleet , which froze till the ice on the wire wa . nearly an inch in diameter . The wind rose at the same time , and tho ice-cased wires were blown about with such fury as to overturn , and even break the posts .
Mad Dogs . —Three mad dogs were shot last week at Inverness . _Siicou-ar Suicide of a Soldibb . —A few days ago a soldier was about to cross the Pont d'Arcole , when the usual charge of one halfpenny was demanded _. He appeared surprised , made the sign of the cross , and threw himself into the Seine . Whibk . t . —There is at present in bond , in Leith , upwards of 69 , 000 gallons of malt , and about 33 , 000 _gaUfe-s of grain whisky . . Mr O'Conhrli , - Progress . —The hon . and learned gentleman was sufficiently recovered on Friday to leave Lyons , hy steamer , for Valence . TnE Nb _ son Ce _ . Mt-. —The works at tbis column haye been resumed after a _lapsejof nearly two months . The masonry , witli the exception ofthe pedestals at the south-east and west corners for the reception of the lions , is complete ; as also the basso-relievo ornaments intended to the sides ofthe pedestal .
Shu-wreck—On the 13 th a Russian steamer , called the _Irrwiach , left _Curisch-Haff Bay for Tilsit , notwithstanding the sea was full of ice . It first of all made its way through the _' numerouB floating pieces , but on arriving before Windenburg , where there were some large roasseB , it sustained some serious shocks , which did it great injury , and at the same _moi-twit a fire broke out on board . The _ressel went ) down in . about a quarter of an hour . The passengers and cretv , thirty-two person , in all , were saved bj the exertions ofthe inhabitants of Windenburg . Cap-ai * Warskb _. ¦ ' Losa Ran « . —On Friday .
a parliamentary document was issued respecting the publio money placod at the disposal of _gofern-ient to obtain a trial of Captain Warner ' s " Long Ranee . " It appears that £ 1 , 300 was set aside for the purpose mentioned , and Mr Warner and Lord Ingestrie entered into a bond to make the experiment , and gave a promissory note to secure payment of the money . The government , after the failure ofthe experiment , cancelled the note given for the repayment of the money . Captain Warner had declared that tbe money had been eipended , and there was no reason to doubt that it was as stated .
> or _ h Pour _Expedixiox . —The plan of an overland expedition to the North Pole , under the direction ef Dr Sir John Richardson , of _Haslar-hospital has been submitted by him to the government and approved of . Burial of Sir Walter Scott . — The body of Si Walter Scott was brought home in the Wellesley , and is now on its way for interment in the grave of tho author of " Waverley , " in Dryburgh Abbey . Abbotsford does not pass at _onoe to tbe son of the editor of the Quarterly Review . Lady Scott , by her
marriage settlement , has a life interest in the estate . Very _Disagrkkabu _* . —A maiden in tho north of England , the other day , took a fancy to try on a pair of handcuffs , which had been left by her _eousin , A police-officer , on the table . She oontrived to fasten them on her wrists , and meanwhile he . eonrin departed on a long journey , with the key of the olupt . Sbe was suspected as an escaped _pruener and locked np , but afterward s | released ; but more tban twentyfour hours elapsed before the fetters oould to WtSfiWr .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 1, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_01051847/page/3/
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