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April 3* 1847. THE NORTHERN STAR. * __^^...
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FRANCE IN '03 A LESSON FROM FOREIGN HIST...
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AN EASTEE OFFERHffl. "Britannia's the la...
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TUE MAGAZINES. Tl,t Labourer. No. IV., f...
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Thk Poet of Ihtebubt.—One of the Poets o...
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The "preparations for Easter, at the var...
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OxpoRD.-The Hon. T. E. Stonor, son of Lo...
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THESE ARE THE CHAMBERS'S OF 1846! I We h...
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April 3* 1847. The Northern Star. * __^^...
April 3 * 1847 . THE NORTHERN STAR . * ___^^^»» _-M _»»»» - _»»»»^»»» ' - ' - »» ' - _^»» ' - _»** at * _w-M- » _M-at » _w-i-M- «»»» a- _>»» _M-i _»« _- » a- _^ O
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France In '03 A Lesson From Foreign Hist...
FRANCE IN ' 03 A LESSON FROM FOREIGN HISTORY ( FIOK " TH * _SA-nOK . " ) Hark ! the onward heavy tread-Hark ! the voices rude'TU the famished cry for Bread From a ' wildered multitude . They _co-nel They come ! Point the cannon—roll the drum ; Thousand * wail and weep witb _huager-Faster let your soldiers number . Sword , and gun , and bayonet A famished people ' s cry have met . Hark ! the onward heavy tread-Hark ! the voices rude—* Tls the famished cry for Bfead From an aimed multitude . They come ! They come !
Not with meek submission's ham . Bloody trophy they have won , Ghastly glares it in the Sun—Gory head on lifted pike . Ha ! they weep not now , bnt slrik * . Ye , the deaf one « to their _criea—Ye , who scorn'd their agonies'Tis no _longer prayers for Bread Shriek in / onr ears the famished—But wildly , fiercely , peal on peal Besonndeth—Dotonwiththe _BattSe ! Can ye tame a people now f Try them—fl itter , promise , vow _. Swear their wrongs _thall ba redressed—Bat patience—time will do tbe rest ; Swear they shall one day be feed-Hark ! the People—Dead for Dad .
Calculating statesmen quail-Proud aristocrat grows pale ! Savage sounds that deathly song ; Hark!—A bat let Tyrant ! Blindly now they wreak revenge-How rudely d » a mob avenge ! What ceronetted Prince or Peer Will not tha basebora _slavelings fear f Sooth , their cry ii somewhat stern : Aristocrats , « la , Lantern *! Ghastly fruit tbeir lances bear—Noble heads , with streaming hair ; No reverence for rank or law : A wilder itiout—A basic Roil
Now , the bloody work Is done—On they stride o ' er prostrate throne ; Royal blood of King and Queen Streameth from the guillotine ; Wildly on the people goetb , Heaping what the noble _soweth—Little dreamed be , prince or peer , Of tc 7 w should he his heritor . Hanger now , st last , ii sated In halls where once it wailed and waited"Wild Justice fiercely rives tbe Iawa Which _failed to right a people ' s cause . On tbat Human Ocean floweth . Whither stops it no one knoweth—Surge the wild waves in their strength Agains t all chartered . lights st length—Throne , and King , and Noble fall ; But tbe People—thej hold Carnival ! _SrlBAHZA
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AN EASTEE _OFFERHffl . "Britannia ' s the land where fell Slavery ' s chain Had bound fast its victims in hanger and pain ; Where no eye would pity , when no hand would save , Then came forth to break it O'Connor tbe Brave . Though tyrants around him their hellish darts hurl'd , The banner ot Freedom he boldly _utifurl'd ; " The despot ' s stronghold , where _entomb'd ts the slave , I'll crush ! " shouts tha champion , O'Connor the Brave . Abaudeibravefellows / wbMehearts caught the sound _. Arose from tbeir si ambers , and rallied around , Resolved , in defiance of fool and of knave , "For freedom to fight , with O'Connor the Brave . Tbe tyrants alt tremble to hear the dread cry , And prison aad seaffald are rearing on high , from _prisoa and scaffold our brethren we'll save , Aad stand for our rights with O'Connor the Brave .
• Oppressor * , though pale ' ceatb yon hostile array , Tbe widows and orphans are _wasting away , Tbouxh strong is ( be tyrant , and poor is the slave , Se shall yet be made free through O'Connor the Brav e Tbe _oapreis'd and carewon hav * long groan'd 'neath your sway _. Bat tbe Land an * the Charter shall sweep you away , Nor longer as favours our birthright we'll crave , "While life warms the br « ast of O'Connor the brav * . Then ye whose hearts burn with the patriot ' * true fire , Sing « ongs of loud praises on Liberty ' s lyre , On high the green banner triumphantly wave , And shout three times three for O'Cjnnor the Brave . Alitamdkr Moiaa .
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TUE MAGAZINES . _Tl , t Labourer . No . IV ., fob April . Edited by _Fbabgcs _O'Cossob , Esq ., and Eb 5 B * t Jojcbs , Eso .., _Barriflters-at-law . London : Northern Star office . Pursuant to previous announcements , the Labourer for tbis month consists of " A Treatise on the Small Proprietory System and the National Land and Labour Bank . " This Treatise is written for the purpose of " showing the mode by which every working man may become possessed of a comfortable cottage , with a
_saBeient quantity of land to occupy him in producing all the necessaries of life for himself and family . " We must bear our testimony to the able and convincing manner in which the subject has been handled and ilie truth demonstrated , and , in giving Etch an analysis ef this elaborate but lucid { treatise as onr restricted space will allow , we feel we shall be better consulting the interests of onr readers , by illustrating oar assertion through tha medium of quotation , than through critical argument , inasmuch as it is the great privilege of Truth to be able to speak for herself . Mr O'Connor thus introduces the subject nnder consideration : —
I imposed no easy task npon myself in undertaking to recU a large population from old customs and habits , and long-cherished prejudices , to a n « w state of life . Ibe allurements by which a thoughtless , innocent , ignorant , and unsuspicious class of husbandmen , were induced to abandon rural occupations for an artificial livelihood , bat _convinces me ot the utter selfishness of tfat rich and speculating , and of the friendless and unprotected stateottbe poor , who are ever made theauthors cf their own rain hy artful and cold-blooded men , and who , sooner or later , are sure to repent tbe criminal indifference tbey minifest in all matters connected with their well-being as a class , providtd the promised change hold * oat _prospects of immediate improvement ; tben , in such est-, individuals abandon the substance to gr * jp at tte shadow ; they forget their duty to society , of which each it a part , and tbe rulers of society take advantage of their indifference to _ptrpetuata the results of tbeir Own foi . j .
But the duty of a public instructor is far different : — Before I proceed ( continues the author ) to a simple flhutration of my subject under its several heads , I may he _fermitted to observe , that lever have and ever shall entertain , the most unmixed contempt for the mere politician , who it , in general , an upholder and _denouncer of abases ; a fomentor of feuds , that he may thrive upon diiEensioa ; a propagator of prejudices , that he may make froSt of men ' s fears and credulity ; an _assailer of wrong , until corruption convert ! him into « toother of misery ; a mere trafficker in human susceptibility , capable of being moulded into any shape best suiting the requirements of the political mechanic—a thing bought and sold , like stock upon ' Change , and alike transferable . Tbe author then proceeds to a consideration of
The dlference between a small Proprietary Class and a dais of Small Farmers—I am opposed to a class Of small farmers , holding capricious tenures under Undlords , because they are thc most defenceless in point Of meant of defence , and the most exposed to tyranny and cupidity irom the amount of labour upended , and c _^ _-jeqaeut improvement , and to which the landlord sup-Poses himself to have thn best claim . For instance , there would be uo more haurdous property tben the « ght of fifty tenants , holding four acres eaeh , under a landlord upon a short lease , or at will , because the rapidly improving state of Und with so much labour expended upoait , added to the partiality of tbe tenant for the spot where he had worked , and which he bad improved , would confer an influence upon the landlord wbish no man should possess over another ' s industry and feelings . Such may be termed tbe
SMALL FAaH _SISTEX ; whilst the small proprietory system , which means the fee Or ownership being vested in the _oceopant _, ttpoa the Ratonahle condition that be shall pay a stimulated _renteh & rge according to the value of the holding when he Sett possetilon of it , places the labourer beyond tbe "" etch of cupidity and oppression . We are thence led to consider the position of man 23 SH individual and as a member of society , both in _Terence to bis own advantage and to the general _* j * d , which , under a salntary system , must ever be JJOiMtfcycionymous terms . We are told how it is *| __ _^ " « _MJ _UtWHM _WIUM _i *» V € _»*¦** »*»•— _« . _* --- --
_—"je interest uf the idle to restrain tbe productive _£ * e _rs of ihe industrious , when that industry would * _eotl to the emancipation of the latter . —and how _ » emancipation can bat be founded on _theculti-« tioij of the seil and the home trade , in _contradiswoctionto an artificial market and foreign competi-« on-- the fruitful parent of misery for the working P ° PtuaUon . But , as the author happily observes , the benefits j _* _- _"" vable from the small proprietory system will not * hatted to the land-occnpants alone , they will be _tr ended to society at large , and , as an illustration , J i « 5 _taap »« 8 _(» ig mstitate _4 betweett _« '
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The benefits conferred upon society at largo by ten farmers and their labourers , and those that wonld bs conferred by a population of three-acre occupants , colli _, rating the tame amount of land , 3 , 00 acres In the one case we have ten farmers holding 300 acres each , and employing on au over-rated average , fifteen men each through the year , and scarcely ever employing a tradesman , with the exception of wheelwr ' ght , _blacksmith , and harness-maker , and _thoie only at particular seasons , and to no great extent . They are ten eat . tomers to the shopkeepers in the town or village for manufactorrd goods of all sorts , and their custom , and tbat of their labourer ' , constitutes a portion of our hometrade in erery department . I allow them to employ fifteen labourers each , every day throughout the year ,
and each labourer's family to consist of five , which allots _seventy . five persons to each farm , or 750 to tht ten , added to their small trade requirements . Upon the other hand , the 3 . 000 acres , subdivided Into farms of three acres each , more than any man in the world can cultivate * , not only supports in comfort , but enriches , 1 , 000 families , or 5 , 000 human beings . Here , then , are 3 , 000 acres of land—under a bad ard deteriorating system , giving bad and _iH-Teqwted remuneration to 150 labourers and their families—and nnder a self-protecting and self-remunerating system , giving employment , and comfort and riches to 1 , 000 labourers and their families . The expenditure of tbe ten farmers and tbeir families in the manufacturing and commercial market is much neater than that of aU tbeir labourers , but what it tbat
when compared to the expenditure of 1 , 000 men and their families , who would have a pride in living will ! Whether would 5 , 000 wed-paid , self-remunerated husbandmen , women , and children—or 750 slaves , paid at the rate of teven , eight , nice , and twelve shillings a week —be tbe best customers in the markets of Manchester , Birmingham . Sheffield , Sortharopton , and other hires of industry , where tbe bees are now ttarving . whilst the drones are living upon the honey they have made ! Whether would 1 . 000 women going to market with ready money , and a { rood week's store—or 150 minus of stores going for a hit on credit—be the best customers to the _tbopkeepers of the neighbourhood ! d'hote houses would have most and _best furnimre , and which would give most employment to carpenters , masons , blacksmiths , tailor * , shoemakers , hatters , hosiers , and , Id
short , to every department o ! labour ! Which wonld produce most ! Wbich would have most to supply the wants of society after good consumption ! Whieh wonld add most value to the soil ! Which would be tbs best customers to schoolmasters , dancing-masters , and booksellers ? which would be the most likely to require a heavy poor-rate from the farmers t And which would be the most likely to protect us against the horrors of famine and want ? And which would cost the state least in police tax and legal expenses , and all the jobbing by which vicious men are enabled to uphold a vicious system ! And which would mott tend to weed the surplus labour market of the idle competitive reserve , upon which capitalists fall back at a means of reducing wages —aright which tbey claim by prescription , and one which the most honourable Minister dares not invade or
weaken ! We feel confident that plain troths like these mnst tend to remove class prejudice , which has raised its voice against every plan for Labour ' s redemption . The principle on which the Iplan under our consideration is founded , is that of co-operation , and it * distinctive result is " free labour" in contradistinction to "' slave labour , " ai . d the prosperity _ensuing respectively to the individual employed , and radiating thence on society at large . Indeed , this is admirably elucidated by the following words : —
A mau's time occupied for himself , which affords him the profit that the master or farmer makes of hit labour , together with the _waget he receives for it , is more beneficial tban the mere wages , leaving the profit to master , ' employer , or farmer , to be deducted . Now , if you reject , or do not understand , any portion of this , my treatise upon so novel a subject , bear the one plain fact that I have written well in mind , —that the man who works for himself on the land bas the farmer ' s profit and tbe labourer ' s profit ; whilst he works for . hire , must work for what it _offered , or starve .
The security of the plan in all its phases , and the objections which have been urged against it are treated of in succession , but we can only refer the reader to the treatise itself , since we should be doing injustice alike to tbe aathor and to the principles be advocates , if we were to give but cursory extracts frora this part of the work . From the minute details relative to the operation of the plan , we are next led to consider its vast importance as " the great social and political lever by which the _werkin _^ classes are to be raised from their present slavish state , "—tbat , without it , every reform must prove
abortive : — Because tbe land alone produces the poor man ' s medium of exchange for all other commodities , and became a sufficiency of land for man to apply his own labour to , is the only raw material wbich he can cultivate for bit own benefit . The monopoly of land has conferred a dangerous political power , which the necessities of our increasing population could no longer bear , and thote who contended for its destruction vainly hoped to monopolise power for themselves , for even a worse and mere dongerootparpose—for the purpose of _constituting England the great slave-labour mart of the world . Let me ask you , working men , if yoa have ever thought of the
motives by which tree trade speculators in human misery were actuated , in employing slaves to write against a plan which promises the poor the very _retults for which , in thtir humanity , they profess to contendnamely high wages , cheap bread , bread grown by your-» elves , and plenty to do for yourselves , ! Ay , there ' s the rub ; the plenty to do was for them , and not for you . As I always tolel yoa , their principle was deficient in the mott important element ot free trade—reciprocity . I told you that their objvc f was , to have the power of buying your labour in the cheapest market , by the standard of your necessities , and selling you your bread upon the principle of speculation , in the dear , st market .
The next great feature under consideration is "TheNational Land and Labour Bank , "—the reasons for the establishment of which , in connection with the Land plan , are , in Mr 0 'ConHor ' _s words : — Firstly , to enable me to carry on operations mora speedily ; and _. secondly , to afford the occupants an opportunity of purchasing the fee of tbeir _st-veral allotments , witch would be doubtful in esse of mortgage , and all bnt impossible in case of sale . Suppose an estate to be completed , and tbe occupants located , the slow process of applying their rents tothe purchase of mare land , would bave been a very _tsdiout and dilatory one : upon
tbe . ther hand , mortgaging would be expensive , and wonld , sooner or later , place our property and our children at the mercy of tome heartless and griping attorney , who , by hook or by crook , being possessed of tbe ' title-deeds , would fret and annoy the occupants to snch an extent as would prevent them from expending the same amount of labonr and skill as if they were secure in their holdings—and , again , we should not be able to _mortgage for the full value , which would deprive us of at least oner-fourth of the capital expended upon each estate ; aad , most important of all , the attorney of the mortgagee would keep people , whom I mean to be happy and peaceful , in perpetual hot water .
If we told the land a purchaser never would allow an occupant tbe chance of _purcbating , excepting at an enormous sacrifice ; and , further , our ope .-ations may be stopped by some difficulty in the way of selling . The machinery oftlie Bank , its management and government are minutely detailed , and the treatise concludes with a stirring address to the working classes , on the principles of co-operation and democracy : — How is it , working men , that all combm _^ _tions ofthe wealthy , such as railways , mining speculations , navigation companies , banking companies , and the like , _prosper , while you , or tome of you , are foolish enough to believe tbat similar project ! undertaken by you , who are the prop of all , must fail I How happens it , that the Pratt and the hirelings laud ail tuch projects when undertaken by the wealthy , and denounce them as
impracticable when undertaken by you ? It it because the wealthy plunder the poor , and are able to bribe thePrett to the support of any project , however silly and iniquitous . How it it that a combination of all tbe vices to whieh fletb is heir—drunkenness , roguery , licentious _, nest , lust , and _idleness , concentrated in a standing army —it able to overpower all tbe virtue of which you , as a nation , boast ? How do 100 , 000 hired mercenaries with * hold freedom from tis _mUlvoa a < _* al _* i _caUiwg _thevnitlni men ! It is because they are united , and yon are at deadly enmity . Your motto it " Erery man for himself , " —the s « Idier ' sU One for all and all for one . " In yonr narrow selfishness you forget year duty to society , and society taxes you for your indifference , Tou hope to meet tbe foe singly , and he takes advantage of yoar folly . Bally , working men ; take your affairs into your own hands ; stand by your own order , and you will soon be free !
A word , and I bave done . Who , that could be a freeman , would be a slave ? And who , with a house ofhis own and a labour-field to work upon , the matter of bis own Mint , coining bis own industry into the medium of exchange for all tbe necessaries , and even the luxuries , of life , wonld envy the most perfumed Athensum slave , who crouches before the will ofa matter , perhaps his inferior in all save subserviency ! Wbo would work for slave hire for another that coall earn a freeman ' s wages for himself 1 Who would be a lodger in a stranger's house that could live in a castle of bis own ! Who would hire land of which he may be _dispossessed ,
tbat could purchase a freehold ! Who would crawl underground tbat could walk on earth I Wbo would gasp in a factory , tbat could breathe in tke open air ! Who would prostitute bis wife to insure tbe countenance ofan overseer , that could provide for her in his own houie ! Who would leave the nurture and breeding of bis little children to a _straager , tbat could preserve for tbem the mother ' s watchful eye and anxioas care ! Who would allow his children to be brouglt up as brutes , that could educate them as men ! Who would p ine and die in a Vastile , that could live ia happiness at home ! Who would die of old age at thirty , that might be young at seventy !
There can be but one answer to this stirring appeal —and we are confident that all those , who from ignorance or prejudice opposed the plan nnd principles propounded in this admirable treatise , need but read it to alter their opinions , and to become , if honest men , ftannch advocates of . the cause it espouses . It sh uid be in the hands of every small tradesman , factory-slave aad labouring serf , —it shonld be in the
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hands of every member of Parliament , statesman and political economist , —it is that which has long been wanted , a definite and elaborate , yet plain argument , which meets every objection that has leen irged against the Land flan , and explains every point in its mechanism , refutes every doubt as to its progress , which even the most hostile political economist could advance .
Hewitt's Journal, Part 111. London: 171,...
Hewitt ' s Journal , Part 111 . London : 171 , ( Corner of _Surrey-a . rect ) Strand . We have already given set ml extracts / row the numbers comprising this Part of Ilowitt ' s Journal ; and in our , Gth page wili be found a most excellent article from the pen of William Howitt , on the General Fast , also extracted from thial-art . That article needs not a word ot commendation from us ; it meritB und will have tue concurrence ) aud applause of our readers to a roan . There ure many interesting papers m this part which we should like to quote from , particularly the _bio-raphical sketch ol George Sand , but want of room _forbids . The illustrations include portraits of George Sand aud Jeuiiy Liud , two of the most extraordinary aud admirable women of the present age . Their portraits will be welcomed with delight by the readers of Howitt ' s Journal .
The Midland Florist. Conducted By J. F. ...
The Midland Florist . Conducted by J . F . Wood . Nottingham ' li . Sutton , Printer . London : Simplon , Marshall and Uo . The calendar of kitchen garden operations for tho month of April , contained in this number ofthe " Midland Florist" will bo very useful to thousands . The other articles will be found useful and interesting to those engaged in the cultivation of flowers .
Thk Poet Of Ihtebubt.—One Of The Poets O...
Thk Poet of Ihtebubt . —One of the Poets of toe People , also , Isaw—the sweetest singer of them all-Thorn . ** A Chieftain unknown to the Queen" is again exacting a cruel tribute from him . I wish much that some of those of New York who have taken an interest in him would provide tbere a nook in which he might find refuge and solace for the evening ofhis days , to sing or to work as likes him best , and where he could bring up two fine boys to happier prospects than the parent land will aff . ird them . Could and would America but take from other lands more of the talent , as well as the bine and sinew , she would be rich . —Correspondent of the " New York Tribune . "
Mart asd Wiltjam Jlowiir , I saw several times at their cheerful and elegant home . In Alary ilowitt I found the same engaging traits of character we are led to expect from her buoks for children . Ilcr husband is lull ef the same _agreeable inform a tin communicated in the same lively , pet precise maimer we find in his * books ; it was like talking with old friends , except that now the eloquence ofthe eye was zAAeA .. —Correspondent of the New York Tribune . Thb Cabman ' s _Uorsk . — * *¦ He lives at Pentonwil
when he ' s at home , " ebserved the driver , cooly , "but we seldom takes him home on account of his ness . " " On account of his weakness ; " reite the perplexed Mr Pickwick . " Ue always falls cown . wben be ' s took out ofthe cab , " continued the driver , "but when he ' s is it , we bears him up werry tight , and takes him in werry short , so as ho can't werry well fale down , and we ' ve got a pair o' precious large wheels on ; so ven he does move , they run after him , and he must go on—he can ' t help it . "—New Edition of " Pickwick Papers . "
Jixout ' 8 Dog . — " Ah ! you should keep dogsfine animals—sagacious creatures—dog of my own once—Pointer—surprising instinct—out shooting one day—entering _inclosnre—whistled—dog stoppedwhistkdagain—Ponto—nogo ; _stockstill—called him —Ponto , —wouldn ' t move—dog _transfixed—staring at a board—looked up , saw an inscription— ' Gamekeeper bas orders to shoot aU dogs found fit tbis inch-sure . '—wouldn't pass it—wonderful dog—valuable dog that—very . "—Ibid .
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The "Preparations For Easter, At The Var...
The " preparations for Easter , at the various places of publie amusement , are , generally , on a very liberal and magnificent seals . Jenny Lind has at length contented to appear at the Italian Ohra , and Mr Lumley left England a few days since to fetch thc acknd < vle * dgad " Queen of Song . " We are fearful it will be only the favoured few who will have the advantage of listening to the dulcet sounds of thit _transcen-lent vocalist . M llle . Lind it not merely a charming singer and great actressbut her character is without reproach ; and for Scandal to be silent where , in too many instances , it _delights to do mischief—is almost _unprecedented , in the case of those whose abilities place tbem prominently before the public . Hans Christian _Anderten says of her that she is a " noble woman and a faithful friend , '' and Frederika Bremer is equally load in her praise . The debut of Jenny Lind , therefore—highly lauded , and deservedly to as she is—will be an event of no ordinary character in the theatrical world .
At the Haixabkkt , Jlr Webster has promised an original , grave , astronomical extravaganza , with all the new addenda , by the author of "The Invisible Prince , " called "The New Planet ; or . Harlequin out of Place . " Tbatprinceot Burlesque , Mr Bland , will , we believe , sustain tbe principal character ; and we doubt not the extravaganza will be a decided hit , as , indeed , pieces of this character invariably are at this "legitimate " theatre . The _ADELPnt does not promise any novelty ; but a goad evening ' s amusement may be relied upon , in the original and highly successful drama of " Tbe Flowers of the Forest . " The grand _temi-burlescme ot " The Phantom Dancers ; or , The Will ' s Bride , " will follow , and conclude the entertainment .
At _Astui ' s Mr Batty hat put forth a highly attractive bill of fare , having dramatised Lord Byron ' s celebrated poem of " Tha Bride of Abydos , " introducing hit Bgyp ian csmels , elephants , wild zebras , beautiful horses , ponies , etc , on a scale of unequalled magnitude . _By-tbe-b y , Mr Bunn at _Drcst-lane has engaged an extraordinary troupe of wild animals , to appear in a magnificent oriental spectacle , entitled " The Desert , " and which , line" the poet ' s" usual high-sounding promises , are to outvie and eclipse all and every previous effort in splendour and astonishment . Rather out of place Mr B . ; _butqundrupedt are mere attractive than bipeds . Th * _Scskit and _Gsecian Saloon are not behindhand , the performances being unusually attractive . Atthe former theatre Mrs Davidge bat engaged a dozen real Bedouin _Arabt . Probably our readers may recollect the astounding agility these gentlemen exhibited a few years ago at this theatre and at the Adctphi—they all but realised the great leap of " jumping orer the moon . "
Turn wheresoever we will , Ethionak _S-asiHiosss attract our view . Doubtless , to those who delight in these performances , usque ad nauseam , abundant opportunities will offer during the _holidays to gratify the with . Va cm ail and _CiEMotKi are beginning to "look up . " Ur Wardell , invigorated by the patronage he received last season , will cater liberally , and we hope receive the same deserved measure of " golden opinions , " bestowed on previous _occatious , _—Creoiorne opens on Monday , on which occasion Mr Green will ascend with a dczen friends in the Nassau balloon . Mr Ellis hat issued a programme of quite a classical ebaracter , almost rea .
Using to the imagination tbe enchantments of the "Arabian Nights . " The gardens have been much enlargedaad a grand terpsichorean platform erected , so that the "' million" saay dance Tight rnerrilie in tbe open air , to the sounds of an efficient band . In the evanfug the scene will be illuminated by 30 , 000 jets of gas . Every comfort has been added to thc arrangements , aiid _ tconomy , combined with civility , will be a principal , and we nay add a very important feature at Cremorne Gardens . Mr Ellis is an obliging man , and has had a host of prejudice and _snawnormism to fight against in establishing this truly beautiful promenade—at once , a recreation aud amusement to the tolling multitude ; and , if for no other reason , we with him a renewal of public support .
Last , theugh not least , we draw attention to the entertainments prorided at the _PolTtecetkic _Colossecm and Madave _Tass _* tin ' s . Considerable instruction may be derived from a visit to these interesting exhibitions ; and advise our country friends visiting London during the holidays to lay out a trifle in a really beneficial manner .
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James Shxridax Ksowlbs . —During the past few days a memorial to Lord John Russell has been in course of signature in Leeds , in favour ofa pension being granted to Mr J . S . Knowles , as a reward for his genius and talent as an author . The memorial has received thesis-natures of many ofthe most re * spectable inhabitants of the borough . [ The metropolis will not be behindhand in joining in this tbe "labour of love , " in endeavouring to secure to a worthy man and truly great writer a suitable pension , to cheer the declining days of one who has so largely contributed to the literature oftlie countryone whose name , we do not hesitate to say , will live "for all time "!
_Rkturk op Mbs . _Nisbktt to thb Stack * . —All lovers of genuine English comedy will be gratified to Jearn that the stage is about to regain one of its brightest ornaments — our British Thalia , Lady Boothby , or as she is better known to the theatrical world , Mrs Nisbett—having relented of her stern determination never to revisit the pale glimpses of tbe foot lights . We cannot but rejoice at this—Mrs Nisbett _' sjoyous , silvery laugh , her winning smile , the rich mellow tonas of ber voice , her pleasant sunny look , and her charming , natural _netine have all been
too long wanting to the mimic world of the stage , where her absence has created a void that nene but herfelf can supply . It forms no small part of our gratification in _makiat ; this welcome announcement , to be able to add that it is to the enterprising : spirit _' of Mr Webster , the manager of the little theatre in the Haymarket , that the world of playgoers arc indebted for thi- unexpected pleasure . Mrs Nisbett appears at the Haymarket on Monday week , as Constance in the Love Chase , one of Sheridan ivnowles _' s most delightful comedies .
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OxpoRD .-The Hon . T . E . Stonor , son of Lord Camoys , is to be brought forward on the Liberal side at the next election for this city .
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THESE ARE THE CHAMBERS'S OF 1846 ! I We have already shown to our readers the _Cham-° _*™ {¦ ° ' * 7 ; we now refer to tho previous opinions ot these changea ble economists . Whence this wonderful change ?]
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IMPROVEMENT OF WASTE _LASDSSPADE HUSBANDRY . (¦ From the Information for the People , No . 72 . ) LCoiKinMed / rom ow last . ] Having thus provided a main drain , with _submains flowing into it , matters are prepared for setting off and executing the parallel frequent drains in the body of the field . Tho drains can be executed at any season when the weather will permit , but the sprint and summer are moat suitable for the work . Jt is best to _axeeute tbe drains when the field is in grass , as it can then be done in all weathers in a more cleanly manner . In laying off the drains , the first object for consideration is the nature ofthe subsoil . If it consist of
a stiff strong till , or a dead sandy day , then the distance from drain to drain should not exceed from 10 to Iff feet ; ifa lighter and more porous subsoil , a distance of from 18 to 2 i feet will be close enough ; and in very open subsoils , 40 feet distance may be sufficient . When the ridges of the field have been formerly much raised , It suits very well to run a drain up every furrow , wbich saves some depth of cutting . Tbe furrow being thereafter rriade over the drains , the hollow is filled up , and the general surface ultimately becomes level . When the field is again ridged , the drains may be kept in the crowns or middle of the ridges ; but if it is intended to work the field , so as to alternate the crowns and furrows , then the ridges sbould be ofa breadth equal
to double the distance from drain te drain ; and by setting off tha furrows in the middle betwixt two drains , the crowns will be in a similar position ; so that when the furrows take thc place of the grounds they will still be in the middle , which will prevent the risk of surface water getting access to the drain irom the water furrows by any direct opening . " Small tributary drains , made with broken stones , and covered with turf , to prevent the earth from filling them up ( called rumble drains in Scotland , ) are in most places falling into disuse , and are superseded by drains ! made witb tiles . Tile drains are peculiarly available orer the greater part of England , where there is a scarcity of stone ; and both there and elsewhere they will soon constitute the only kind of field-drainage in use . The tiles for these drains , which are made at most brickfields , are simple in construction . There is a flat tile for the bottom , and a semicircular tile to place upon it , with the
concavity undermost . In hard-bottomed land , the sole tile is sometimes disused . The tiles measure from twelve to fourteen inches in length ; and being placed neatly in a row , close to each other , a ehannel of four inches wide and six inohes deep is formed ; the water is admitted by the seams or interstices , to as readily to flow away . A little straw , stubble , or looze furze , is placed immediately over the upper tile , by whieh the chance of stoppage by the intrusion of earth is removed . The depth at which the tile train is laid is _t'venty-four or thirty-six inches , as above , which , being covered with ten or twelve inches of gravel or stones , allows a sufficient depth of soil above for the operations of sub-soil _ploughing . When the depth of tbe drain is three feet , and the soil » retentive clay , it is frequently filled up for about a foot with stones above the tile , and turf laid above the stones , the rest being made up with _surfaos earth .
In cutting drains , three kinds of spades will br required—a common wurking spade , one a little narrower , and tho third the breadth of the bottom ol the drain . The cuttings should be done smoothly and neatly , preserving a descent throughout ; and the tiles should not be laid till the cuttings havebeen carefully inspected . The termination of the tiledrains may be led into subterranean mains , or into the 8 helvin < : banks of open rivulets or sunk ditches ; but in the latter case , their mouths will probably require to be protected from the intrusion of vermin , er from external injury . In planning the lines t < f drains , the straiehtest sido of the field should be selected , the first being laid off as parallel as possible , and the others formed at tbe distances thought
necessary . In some _places , from the extreme levelness of ths land , or from obstructions in the subsoil , it will be found difficult to carry off moisture by _drainage in the regular manner , and the leading of _conver _^ _ine drains to a pit in a low part of the field , will be the onlv course open for adoption . The drainage of sheep pastures is often not less necessary than land for tillago ; it improves thgrass , and , by drying the surface , renders the ground more salubrious—drv pasturage being indispensable for sheep . The mode of draining adopted for hilh
_sVieep-wrtlks is very simple . On the sides of lulls , open drains a foot in depth , and from eighteen inches to two feet broad -it the top , are cut , with a gentl * slope towards a rivulet , into which they are to di-. charge themselves . They are made to slope in different directions , and thus form so many furrow .-, which draw off the trickling moisture of land springs , and thc superabundant rain which falls . In th > south of Scotland , the sheep-walks hare been prodigiously improved by these simple and _unexpensive drains .
SUBSOIL PI . Oe 78 III . VG . It hns been seen , in treatin . ' of mosses , that ground chiefly composed of inert vegetable matter , or peat , may be greatly improved by supplying a due proportion of sand or gravelly material , carted from a distance or raised from the subsoil . Tho same thing may be said of all lands which havebeen deteriorated by repeated cropping . A time comes when the silica and other earthy bases are found to have been abstracted in the crops , and fresh materials must be added .
The process of earthy restoration may be accomplished by scattering new materials upon the fields ; and this might be easily accomplished in many parts ofthe country , so _laras silica or fine sand is concerned , but the readiest and cheapest process in most situations will consist in trenching the subsoil , and gradually assimilating it to the mould above . The subsoil , or that portion of the under stratum which lies out of the reach ofthe ordinary plough , may already be so good as te be available for bringing towards the surface , and in such cases it admits ot easy and profitable management ; but in most instances in our country , the subsoil is hard and stony , and will require to be trenched , and lie for a time in its underground position , _beloro it is ready
for mixing with the upper mould . The most efficient instrument for trenching the subsoil on a large scale , is the subsoil-plough , invented by Mr Smith of Deanston . When a field is to be trenched , a common plough , drawn by tiro horses , goes before , throwing out a _larae onen furrow of the active soil . The subsoil plough follows in the wake of the common plough _, slits up thoroughly and breaki the bottom , and the next furrow of active soil is thrown over it . This lar _(* e subaoil-plougli ia a kind of horse-pick , _breakini : up without raising the under stratum " to the surface . The atmospheric air being by this means freely admitted to the subsoil , the most sterile and obdurate till be * omes gradually meliorated , and the common
plough may ever after beWought to a d « pth ftf trom ten to twelve inches without obstruction . For this heavy ploughins : most likely three horses yoked abreast will be required . The charge for subsoil ¦ _slouching may be estimated at twenty * four to twenty shillings per statute aero , being one fifth of what a similar depth with the spade would cost , and , upon the whole , be aa effectually done . The expense _n | subsoil-ploughing is no doubt considerable , but its advantages are incalculable . " All who have ever studied or experienced the most common gardening , must bo aware of the important advantages ot deep working ; and when it can bo attained in the broad field of farming at so small a cost , they may easily
believe that the whole wiil be more than doubly repaid in every succeeding crop , and abundantly even in pasture . When land has been thoroughly drained , deeply wrought , and well manured , the most unpromising sterile soil becomes a deep rich loam , rival ling in fertility the best natural land of the country , and from being fitted for raising only scanty crops of common oats , will bear good crops of from 32 to 48 bushels of wheat , 30 to 40 bushels of beans . 40 to 60 bushels of barley , and from 48 to 70 bushels of early oats per statute acre , besides potatoes , turnips , mangel wurzel , and carrots , as green crops , and which all good agriculturists know are the abundant producers of the best manure _.
UMISO . Lime is the most important earthy substance which is usually applied to land . It is found in the form of rocky material , in which condition it is in combination with carbonic acid gas . On being burnt , this gas is expelled , and it assumes the form ofa whitish brittle mass , easily reducible to a powder . On being exposed to the atmosphere in its soft powdery condition , it has a strong tendency to imbibe moisture from the air , and soon becomes as heavy as it T » a » previous to burning . It also recombines with itself carbonic acid from the air . The use of this artificially-prepared earth in agriculture is well known ; but certain peculiarities in its action have never been satisfactorily ascertained . It possesses the power of decomposing animal and vegetable matter , and enters as an element into the
fabric of plants ; in certain cases it only alters the con stitution oftlie soil , and in some instances its application will be positively injurious . _Speakin-t of this remarkable fossil , Sir Humphrey Da * J observes : — "When lime , whether freshly burned or slacked , is mixed with any moist fibrous vegetable matter , there is a _Btroig action between tbo lime and the vegetable matter , and they form a kind of compost together , of which a part is usually soluble in water . By this kind of operation , lime renders m atter which was before comparatively inert , nutri tive ; and as charcoal and oxygen abound in all vegetable matters , it becomes at tbe same time converted into a carbonate of lime . Mild lime , powdered limestone , marls , or chalks , have no action of this kind upon vegetable matter ; by their action they prevent the too rapid decomposition of substances already dissolved , but they have ne tendency to form
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soluble matters , Jt is obvious from these circums tan _^ s * that the operation of quick lime , and marl or chalk , depends upon principles altogether different . Quick-limo , on bthg applied to hnd , tends to a _ataW hw < i , e R . et » We matter that it contains into _L ; n « _njI ! _T _"" _" * deoonj _F »'> ' <> n and solution , so marl ZZli " f _^ _H P _^* Chalk and _SS , « Offh a b . " _i te ° _*? linie ' wi' 1 only improve tbe acts merely as one of * ts earthy _ingred . ' onts . 0 . n _" ,. fc it
nme . wnen oecorries mild _niwra-n . :- iu — manner a . _ehatk ; butI ffactTf taSSi _^ _K prepares soluble out of insoluble matter fh _^ _solu tion ofthe question , whether _quick-linm onJkl . 1 v applied to a soil , depends npoSe ODantW , ¦ h 1 vegetable matter that it Jains ? _ThesoluH Stf the question , whether marl , mild _lime _. or p"Sred limestone , ought to be applied , depends u _„ on E quantity of calcareous matter already in the soil All soils are improved by mild lime , and ultimately by quick . hmo , which do net _effervese with acids and sands more than clays . " ' ( ft bt « ont » _wee _* U
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Drunkenness is Btm , as is _maniiesi- from tna _extent to which the revenue returns prove that intoxicating liquors aredruuk , and from thc _rnurtipVien beer-shops , a national sin , impoverishing many families , and depriving the whole country of food that is thus perverted from a wholesome use . [ Working men , annihilate this " besetting sin , " or wear , for ever , an iron chain . ] A Cork paper says that two hundred tenants ofthe Duko of Devonshire in the oountv of Waterford , have determined to throw up their leases and emigrate this spring to America . _imZ _eMog _tS ambcr 3 haVe tt iB C 0 _** _* - _"P' _»«<>* - 1 » _^^ _u _,. _, _P _¦ _, _t _, _onde' _» _fa _^• _d dumb , and one in 1 . 000 blind .
The full moon reflects upon the earth only about one three-thousandth part of the light of tke sun . The _fineBtcosmetio discovered since the creation of the world consists in the following mixture : —Early rising , exercise in the open air , temperance in eating and drinking , cleanliness and good humour . The Inverness Courier mentions a singular feat ofa cat , which leaped into Loch Ness , and seized a fine trout , which it drew ashore , and triumphantly devoured . The fortune left by M . Mattin du Nord , the late French minister , is estimated at £ 70 , 000 sterling . The cost of the funeral was defrayed by the State . For -many years , Mehemet Ali has adopted the system of moving about to different parts ofhis territories , according to the periodical changes in the temperature . By thus continually moving about , and avoiding extremes of heat and cold , the Pacha has prolonged his life to what may be already termed a good old aee .
Lord Ashburton stated in the Honse of Lords a few days since , that £ 24 , 300 , 000 sterling were annually lost tothe trade of this country by bad debts , in some shape or other ! Mr Cobden is at present in Naples , where Baron de Rothschild , the h ? ad ofthe house in that city , has given him a banquet , which Prince Oscar , of Sweden honoured with his presence . On Monday , the bells of Ripon Cathedral rang a merry peal , nn the occasion of driving the first pile of ? he new viaduct of the Leeds and Thirsk Railway . The necessity ofa penny postage is now being canvassed at . Rome . The p _Slio are again cautioned that there are many light sovereigns and half-sovereigns , as ** ell as counterfeit crowns and half-crowns , in oiroulation .
The new model prison for the detention of persons remanded fronvpolice offices , and awaiting trial , is finished . It contains one thousand _separato cells _, to keep persons entirely apart whilst under detention . Out of 3 , 000 barristers named in the Law List , it is wid , that not more than 200 are sufficiently employed to earn a decent maintenance . A paper has been published in Boston . ( TJ . S ., ) on the phonotypic principle . It is entitled the _Anglo--lacs-wi , devoted to the difyuztin of nolej and nur . The paper is able and interesting . The annual income of England and Wales is estimated at abnu * two hundred millions sterling , and * _* et , ofthe adult population , no more tban forty in 'he hundred can write their names . A leveller , perceiving two crows flying side by ide , said , " Ay , that is just how it should be ; I hate to see one crow over another . "
The Queen held a drawing-room ( the first this * eawn , on Satoday afternoon , at St James ' s Palace , It has been said of birds that they are the poor man ' s music ; and wo may observe of flowers that 'hey are the poor man ' s poetry . Certain Bu 9 sian physicians , now in _Egypt , investigating the nature ofthe plasrue , experience no difficulty in finding persons who , for a trifling gr & _'uity , ¦¦ _uifT er themselves to be inoculated with it . The French savant inoculate themselves . There are now in Pittsburtr , U . S ., nine daily cwspapers . Fifty years ago , the place was a
wilderness . A new college , on a large scale , is te be ereo _' ed at Leamington , and arrangements have been made for ' ayioe the foundation stone with the customary ceremonials on the Thursday in Easter week . Her Majesty and the Queen Dowager have each contributed £ 20 towards the erection of a _schoolronin for the education of the boys of tho parish of Slough , according to the *• National System , " and also a house for the master . There rs an awful increase of infectious disease in the 'own of Sligo . A remarkable luminous arch appeared in the heavens , at Cambridge , on the 10 th ultimo , and attracted much attention in this and the neighbouring counties . The Earl of Oxford has mado an abatement of fifty per cent , on the rental of all his allotment tenants in Dorsetshire .
M . Soyer ' _s soups have been called the " warmwater cure . " There was . a short time ago , a man named Cain Able , keeping the " Adam and Eve" Tavern , in Norwich . One day last week , the railway train _running from Courtrai to Ghent narrowly escaped a serious accident , Some wretches had laid several blocks of wood across the rails ; but the engine-driver saw them in time to stop the train , and have these obstacles removed A private letter from Madrid mentions that the Queen and her husband walked for some time on Sunday evening in the promenade d'Atooha , without being accompanied by any person but an attendant . Sir A . Dunbar , Bart ., the representative of one of the oldest Scottish houses , died on Monday last , at hi * -seat North-field , Elginshire , aged 75 .
The authorities of Havana have imposed fifteen days'imprisonment on any person calling for an encore , and demanding the presence of an artiste beforo the curtain at the theatre . Several vices , destructive both to mind and body , are inconsistent with the habit of cleanliness . The deaths in the Cork Workhouse , last week , were 175 . Connected with the house , there remain 5 , 224 paupers ; in hospital , 828 ; extra patients , 1 . 656 . It is a mark of the soundest wisdom not to pry into a secret , and when found , of the purest honesty not to reveal it .
Good manners have this advantage over ' good morals—that they lie more on tbe surface ; and there is nothing , I own , inclines me to think so highly of the understandings or dispositions of others ss a thorough absence of all impertinence . I do not think they can be the worst in the world who habitually pny the most attention to the feelings of others , nor tho * e the best who are endeavouring every moment to hurt them . —Hazlitt . The general drill and field days of the array will commence on the 10 th of April , when all officers on leave musk return to their duty .
The carriage makers , smiths , and labourers emuloyed in the Great Western Railwa > Company's carriage department at Paddington , have voluntarily subscribed each a day ' s pay towards the fund fer the destitute Irish . The sum amounted to £ 60 . The number of Irish poor landed at Liverpool in February was 26 , 348 . Three of the relieving officers have died of typhus fever , caught in the discharge of their duties . The distress among the middle classes in Paris , especially the retail traders , is extreme ; business is almost annihilated , and bankruptcies are of hourly
occurrence . A married woman at Fall River , fifteen years old , was delivered of twins ( boys ) last week . The father is seventeen years old . They are all doing well—Newport ( American ) Daily . A real admirer for " the Statue" bas been found at last . The intelligent Hindoo who sweeps tbe crossing by the arch says , " He really like de Statty , ' case him berry ' high _cast ( e ) . _*"—Punch . THI _BLISIINOS or ZTBSB . A Bladder of Ether , oh 1 fill , fill for rae ! Let those who prefer it feel pain ; But I'll have out my tooth , though a molar it be , And it never shall plague mo again . Tbe dentist his forceps displays to my eye , I feel no emotions distressing ; Inhaling my Ether , the wrench I defy—Oh I Ether indeed is a blessing . —Puneh ,
We understand the Caledonian Canal is now open frora Inverness to Gatrloohy , and will , in a few days more , be opened from sea to sea .
THS TUBING Q * t _* Sl _* ;*" . VnO *< . Juvenile . — " Ah , it ' s all very well I Love may do or boys and gals ; but we , as men of the world , know ow ollowUis . " —JPwncn . _^ A gen tleman in Hull , who proposes to form an Anti * Stay and Corset Company , would wish ladies to be like Thompson ' s Lavinia , wbo had " no stay savemnocenoe and heaven . "
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Fobmkk ScAncur . —In 1800 , a year of great soar * city , an act was passed prohibiting bakers from offering their bread for sale until twenty-four hours after it was baked . Islington N « w Cattle Market . —We rejoice to find a company formed for tbe purchase and establishment of tbis excellent market . The names of the chief proprietors , amongst whom is S . Gurney , Esq ., area sure guarantee that this great object of relieving or removing the Smithfield nuisance , will be at length achieved .
Nfw Police Station at Pimlico . —Tiie B division of police have taken _possession of tbe new station and station houses , recently erected in Cottage-road , Eaton-square The new building is both capacious and convenient , and affords well-ventilated sleeping ; apartments for thirty-five men . The cells are also exceedingly well-constructed , with facilities fer ventilating them upon an improved principle . Thk _Extknsivb _Forobbibs in _Lbbss —Great vigi . lance has been used by the police for the purpose of discovering the Messrs Glover , brothers , who stand char ed with committing forgeries to a considerabla amount ; but no information free from doubt bas yet been obtained as to the quarter to which thry hava ncd . It is . however , generally _sunnosed . that thev
sailed for America , in the Hibernia . _BniTtsn * Museum —Dr Buckland , Dean of Westminster , has been elected a trustee ol the British Museum , in the room oftho late Duke of Northumberland . We look upon this appointment aa one likely to advance the general interests of the museum . Mastkb in _CnANcanr . —The lucrative office of one of the Masters of the High Court of Chancery is now vacant . Master Lynch having sent in his resignation in consequence of ill health . Eclipse op the Moon . —A partial eclipse of tha moon , visible in tbis country , occurred on Wednesday last . The first contact was at 8 h . 3 m . in tha evening ; the middle , 9 h . Cm . ; and the last contact , IOh . 9 m . by the mean time at Greenwich .
Nathan Bkman , a Revolutionary Hero , latel y died at Chateaugay , Franklin Co ., in the _OOtU year of his age . The Albany _Evtning Journal says : —« " Mr B . was Ethan Allen ' s guide at the capture of Ticonderoga . He was intimate in the Fort , and conducted Allen directly to Capt . De la Place ' s room . He was at Allen ' s side when he told the astounded officer by whose authority he demanded tha surrender of the Fort . " _Vbot _LiKg a Whale . —The New York Tribune reports the discovery of the following mare ' s nest : — " It is discovered that the city of London has been sinking gradually for some years : the water in the Thames is _rising in the same ratio . " [ That tha Thames is rising may be true ; but if London is " sinking" it is very " gradually" indeed . ]
"Out Men of God . "—A volunteer writing front Parras . Mexico , says thai be attmded service in one of the Catholic Churches there , and after the ceremonies were over , was politely invited into the sacristy by the attending priest , tbere he and his brother officers were regaled with cigars , wine and brandy . The prieBt was talkative , jovial and very ¦ rood company . The "boys" will certainly "join his church . " Akcibnt Sculptukp .. —A few days since , in open * ing a passage from the deanery _gardun to the dark entry , in the Canterbury precincts , and which haa long been close- , a handsome stone archway was discovered , which had been plastered over to correspond with the wall of the entry . It is of very elegant proportions and beautifully sculptured , it is now - fitted with a new oaken door , and forms a near and convenient communication trom the deanery to tho cathedral .
Thk Steam-ship Great Britain . —Tho breakwater tothe Great Britain still continues to attract attention . The sea rolls along her _deck in awful gran * deur , occasionally breaking as high as her musts . The noise ofthe sea rebounding and meeting is distinctly heard amid the roar of the wind and hnise of the breakers on the beach The tides , with the wind at the south , are expected to be tlio highest of the year . Montaoub IIousb , —The Duke of Buccleugh contemplates pulling down the family mansion at Whitehall , and erecting on its site a residence of
considerable architectural magnificence . It is said that the works will be commenced early in tbe autumn of this year . FAHKLANn . *—Tuber T . ivBs Lost . —• An accident of a very lamentable nature occurred at Forthar Lime Works on the afternoon of Friday Jast , whereby _threa men were instantaneously called into eternity , whilst a fourth was so injured that he is not expected to recover . The accident was occasioned by the falling ofa huge mass of rock from the iace of the quarry in which they were employed . Upward » of two hours elapsed before the bodies of the unfortunate men were got ont .
_Litehaby Patronage . —We are happy to learn that the Marquis of Clanricarde has presented one ofthe sons of Mr John Heraud with an appointment in tho secretary ' s department of the _Post-otriec . Extraordinary Lambing—Mr Ile _^ Iop , of Barmby Hall , near Barnsley , has three evrcsthat l « wt _> lambed ten lambs ; two of the ewes havo three lambs each , and the otber four Iambs , all of wbich are doing well . Old Bob . *—In the Baltimore Prison there is an old neero who was convicted forty years ago of the murder ofhis master , and was sentenced to be hung , but which was commuted to imprisonment for life . Old Bob , as they call him , seems not desirous of liberty .
A Nice Legislator . —B . F . Walker , a member of the Missouri House of Representatives , has been expelled from the liouse for indecent and insulting conduct to a female in the public streets . Curious Accident to a Snipe . —At Hertford , a dead snipe was found lately in one of the Castle meads . It had evidently been starved to death with food in its beak . The upper part ofits long bill was jammed into a piece of hollow reed about an ir . ch long , and in tlie lower part , towards the point , was enclosed a small beetle , The bird bad no doubt been boring into the reed for thc bettle , and the stump of a reed had broken , leaving a portion fitted so tinhtly round the upper part of the bill as not to be remove ? by any efforts the bird could make . The bird h '
been stuffed , with the beetle within , and there i & around its bill , as a curiosity . OnioiN op tub Word "News . "— " News " is not , as many imagine , derived from the adjective New . In former times it was a prevalent practice N to put N over the periodical publications of | the day the initial letters of tke cardinal E—W points of tbe compass , thus : —importing I that these papers contained intelligence S from the four quarters of the globe ; and from thit practice it derived the term newspaper . Mr _Kbarns' Familv . —We are happy to learn that at a meetin- ; ot the committee who managed the concert for the benefit of the widow and large family of the late Mr Kearns , it was ascertained that the concert had realised a nett sum amounting to £ 2-10 .
General Thbatrical Fund . —The _eolith anniver * sary of the foundation of this institution was ceJebrated on Monday evening by a dinner at the London Tavern . \ V _; C . Maeready , Esq ., oocupied the chair , supported by C . Dickens , Esq . About 200 gentlemen were present , comprising all the roost celebrated names in the various departments of the drama . Rblibf _sp Highlanders .- _^ The sum of £ 330 has been remitted to Edinburgh for the relief of the Iliehlanders _. as the proceedsof a private fancy bazaar held at _Strntheden Honse , by Lady Stratheden and Campbell , with the assistance of her friends . Alleged Murder on the High Seas . —The trial of Captain Thorp , for the murder of John Gristallio , terminated on Tuesday last at Liverpool _. and resulted in his Mquvttal . Symptomatic . — " I don't say as how missus drinks , but I do know the bottle in the dark closet don't
keep full . Punnino bt Dborbbs . —Miss Edgeworth , hearing a lady say , "I cannot sing , positively , " replied , "True , we all know you can sing au- trhtively . ' ' Dbbad-ul Explosion . — -A dreadful explosion took place in a coal-mine near _Mons , on the 22 nd ult ., at a time when fifty men were in it . Twenty-six were killed . An explosion also took place on tha 23 rd , in one of the coal-pits of La Graine , in Alsace . Twenty-four workmen perished , and twelve are seriously burnt . Seventeen of tbe bodies bave been got out , but the other seven still remain in the pit , it being impossible to reach the spot where they were lying , in consequence of a portion of tbo coal-bed being on fire .
East _Sui-sbx . —Lord Cantuupe has announced himself as a candidate for the eastern division in place of Mr Frewin , who has signified his intention of retiring from the representation . Berwick . —It is stated that Mr Alwyn , _aneminttvt East India merchant , will come forward at the next election in the Conservative interest . Theological Error . —Our proof-reader , being a confirmed Protestant old bachelor , allowed one of our items yesterday to apeak ot the _i"ti < i _/ cation of the Virgin Mary . Without irreverence we say , that such a slander upon the sex was the last thing that either we or he could ever voluntarily be guilty of . — N . Y . Tribune . A Prophkcy . —The Herald is on the tripod . With an agitation of manner corresponding tothe astounding nature of the annoiinccmoiit . it lucidly say ** - !** - * "The future is full of something ! " Dreadful , isn't it ? - _# I " _Triotme
. . , „ The Weather and the Crops .- Accounts from various parts of the country lead us to infer that tne fine , genial weather is superinducing healthy and rapid vegetatinn . But we trust none will remain idle-Nature is ever prolific : and man . especially when famine impends , should and must do his share _Hampstead llEATH .-Hampstead has still a goon deal of romantio beauty . I was told it was the lavourite sketching-ground ot London artiste , till tna railroads gave them easy means of spending a few hours to advantage furthor off . But , _indeedJshjjrgL _isa wondorful deal of natural beauty touched sweetness near London . cities it would all have been -thing . —But we , too , are beginning to n _*~ u _* .. \\ _swiilMt nf tht * _I 7 « H _Ytwfr . VWAhmj
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 3, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_03041847/page/3/
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