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BEAUTIES OF BYRON . 50 . SUV . " heatex asd earth . " rt ..- a nd Earth : a Mystery" is in the list of ' dramatic writings , and is acknowledged by £ vra * . s « ics tooear master-piece in its way . It is the of * * _" j ] _,,, storv of the _dehise , and that passage founded - _wjiere _^ e read " And it came to pass in _Crfj _^ _of God saw the daughters of men that that * "; fa ; r ; and they took them wives of all _*^« Aev * chose . " The " sublime in description _vfli- * ' * h _^ _antiful in poetry , " fascinates ns _fromftlie sd _^ _I _^ m ent to the close , nevertheless we rise _^ fe perusal of this ! " Mystery" ; with : a Iceling of from '" _^ _jyg pair , at the thought of a drawing world ineXP _^ _jjg attendant horrors which may be _con-™ - _^ J but which even the pen of a Byron cannot K VtOr describe . Happily our feelings have a v . _Pf ' we cannot believe the monstrous fable , as S 5 improbable . . « Can rage and justice _joia in the same path ?" , , _fl nt cnonsh , the story is well enough on which _^" _ifflilu tbe beautiful though , appalling creations of _f ? „ r . lt € r and the poet . We are compelled to give _Kery brief extract . Enter Mortals , flying for refuge .
Chorus of Mortals . jiie heavens and earth are mingling—God ! Oh God ! ¦ What have we done S Yet spare ! Hark . even the forest beasts bowl forth their prayer ! The dragon _cradles from ont bis den , To herd in terror , innocent with men ; jlnd the birds scream their agony through air Yet , yet , Jehovah ! yet withdraw tby rod Of Wrafli , and . pity thine own world's despair !" Hear not Han only bnt all nature plead !
* « # * * * = F * A Mother ( _efferingher infant to Japket . ) Ob let this child embark ! I brought him forth in woe , Butthouehtitjoy To I 6 _i bim to ray bo _^ om clinging so . Why was he born ? "What hath he done—Sly _uawean'd son—To move Jehovah's wrath or scorn !
What is there in this milk of mine , that Death Shonld stir all heaven and earth up to destroy my bny * And noil tbe _vtata-s o ' er his placid breath ? Save him thou seed ot Seth ! Or cursed be—with him who made Thee and thy -race , for which we are betrayM ! JapheL—Peace ! 't is no hour for curses , bnt for prayer . Chorus of Mortals .
F « prayer !!! And where Shall prayer-ascend , When the swoln clouds unto the mountain ' s bend , And burst , And gushing ocean ' s every barrier rend , Until the very deserts know no thirst ? Accurst Be he who made thee and tby sire ! We deem onr curses rain : we mnst expire ; But as we know the worst , Why should our hymn he raised , our knees he bent Before tbe implacable Omnipotent , Since we must fall fhe same I If He hath made earth , let it be his shame , make world for torture io lor torture
To a . _nBM a worm . ¥ * * * * * * * . Enter a Woman . Woman . Oh , save me , save ! Our valley is no more t My father and my father ' s tent , My brethren and my brethren ' s herdf , The pleasant trees that o ' er our noon-day bent And sent forth evening _aonjts from sweetest birds , Tbe litle rivulet which freshened all Our pastures green , So more are to be seen . When to the mountain ' s cliff I climb'd this morn ,
I turn'd to bless the spot , And not a leaf appear _ed about to fall ;—And now they are _not!—Whv-waslborn ! JaplieL To die ! in youth to die ! And happier in tbat doom , Than to behold tlie universal tomb Which I Am thus condemn _ed to weep above in vain . Way , when all perish , why must I remain ?
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SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE . * Ko . xxv . THE PAST AXD THE PRESENT , ( A _2-, "Saney JDaicson . ") Here comrades , give your labours o ' er , Let ' s sit awhile npon the floor , And chat of things tbat went before We got our present knowledge . It makes me smile to think how strange The _woria'Wagg'a on before tbe change , When mind attain'd a wider range , Since we have been to College . Our fathers * no improvement found , Theyfollow'd as the mill turn'd round , Xor _dream'd lo rise to higher ground . Bus took things as they brought ' em : Wc trod their steps—their very peers . Month followed month , and made up years Led blindfold by our asses ears , The trap bred sons of Gotham .
We rais'd the corn—the idlers eat ; We fed the ox—tbey got tbe meat : We shear'd the sheep—and heard Mm bleat _. And look'd about as silly : The world grew fall—our toil increas'd ; Our days grew long—our pay decreasM ; When meal time came our standing feast Potatoes and thin skilly . j We _made the cloth—for others' wear ; The stockings wove—our legs were bare ; We made the shoes—ourselves no pair ;
Tha bat—we went bareheaded ; Gay vessels _sail'dfrom shore to shore , Brought gold , and gems and dainties o'er , We _mann'd the deck and ply * d the oar , > "or death or danger dreaded . The parson _preach'dthat all was right , 'Twas ours to pray , and work and fight , That white was black , and Mack was white , If our superiors told us ; Witn ryihe pig _cramm'd , he gravely said—This world was but for suffering made , Wein the next should be repaid ,
Hut fobb'd bimstlf the gold dust . At length to shake Tile knavery ' s throne , The _Northern Star in lustre shone , True kuowledgc spread from zone to zone , On _sagest lore well founded ; To aid its march a fearless band , Spread o ' er tbe startled , list _' ning land , Warm'd each true heart , ner _^ d each true band , And tyrants shook confounded . The _wondrinjr millions heard the tale , By echo _swell'd with every gale , And rush'd from every hill and vale _. Their willing aid to tender ; With _globing breasts , the joyous throng , For Justice firm , for Freedom strong , Kais'd to the « ky the glorious song—TIIE CHARTER—XO SURRENDER ! leicesttr _. T . R . Smabt
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THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL . Paris _ix—x . Iondon : J . Bennett , CO . Fleet Street . The mass of interesting articles contained in these two parts of the People ' s Joumalis so overwhelming , that wc are at a loss bow even to indicate , in tbe limited space we must assign to ourselves , the beauties and merits which demand comment . Here we have the claims of our female and infant workers in the manufacturing districts , set forth . by the eloquent Pen of Alary Leman Gillies , with that power and Sweetness , which so well becomes an earnest and noble woman pleading against oppression and wrong . Andr ew Winter shows the feasibility of "Country Houses for the Working Glasses , " which by the aid of railroadswould furnish the woiking le with
, peop four or sk-roomed houses in the country at a charge _including a free passage to and _frim London ) , not higher than is now paid for one or two-roomed dens _Uj the murky , filthy back streets of the metropolis _, -ue anticipates a . ' time ** when cities , instead of containin g stagnating multitudes , will revolve _fhem-Spres into vast bazaars—crowded or deserted , as the hours of labour be « an or ended for tbe day . " " ? notice some excellent articles signed J . M , w ., " _Wittcn we fancy hy a female hand , pleading earnestl y for the people , and amongst other sections of J _** e people for those veritable and generally illweattd slaves , " Servants of All Work . " Julia _^ _avanash affords ns a glimpse of " The French ¦ uiriua ;* Class , " from which wc cull the following extract '
- — « _a . iraci : — THE FRENCH WOBKMAU . _^ _fce French Workman derives his _feelings of dignity _^ _afl pride ir . iui the _hi-h _consideration he sets upou la" ° ' r - _Fortifiers _coulu with difficulty uuderstaud tilt P _ofjusd _cittviapt with which he looks down upon the _^ ried _anl _p-i : npered servant of the noble or the rich . ti s not on ' yihe servitude , but esutcially the compsra-• _J . a < _' _"'*** *' y _tf" _* - _ah'ers of wealthy families _u-h "files tiie animadversion of these rude , though
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proud , sons ot toil . And , indeed , domesticity—not as we conceive it in patriarchal and primitive life when the servant was as one of his master ' s family , ' but as modern manners have made it—is sufficiently * repulsive and degrading to explain their aversion towards it So strongly is tins feeling developed in France , that we once knew an indigent nailer , burdened with a large family indignantly refuse to give his daubgter in marriage to a respectable young man , then a servant in a rich family , and possessed of what , in . his condition , the father might consider a fortune . It is true , tbis proud nailer was not only a singularly intelligent man , familiar with the best authors of his country , but also a poet whose songs may , for aught we know , still form tho delight of tbe nei ghbourhood in which he resided .
In the eyes ofthe French workman , labour is a divine institution which hallows all that it touches . "He who labours , prays , is a favourite saying amongst fhe people . This noble and beautiful thought , wbich has been strongly encouraged and confirmed by several eminent writers ofthe modern French school , has greatly contributed to give to tbe ' character ofthe artisan a lofty and di gnified tone , worthy both of our respect and admiration . IIow heartily we sympathise with the proud nailer in his contempt for the flunky crew ; of all twolegged animals bearing the form of men , the scarletplush gentry excite our most profound aversion . We should like to see more of Joseph _Mnzzmi ' s '• Thoughts upon Democracy in Europe" before
expressing our own thoughts upon so important a subject ; there has been a lapse of some weeks since the second cf Mr . M . ' s articles appeared , without any word of the third being forthcoming . Abel Pajnter gives us a peep into Holland , under the head of ' * A few Sketches in the Low Countries , "very interesting . The intellectual and moral _capabilities of the black races finds a champion in Goodwyn Barmby ; this gentleman seems to be laudably engaged in endeavouring to compensate for the nonsense he has published in his own publications , by the good sen _** e he is making manifest in this Journal and in Jerrold ' s Magazine . In reply to the croakers against slave emancipation , we extract the following from Mr . Barmby ' s article : —
NEGBO JOINT-STOCK ASSOCIATIONS . It may be useful to inquire , what bave been the doings of the emancipated negroes in the West Indus * In connection with a return lately furnished to the British Government , as to the number of emancipated negroes who bave become freeholders , etc ., in British Guiana , is appended a list of estates which they have purchased either in partnership or association . From this list we _vxtract the following instances : — " Perseverance Estate . — -170 acres , purchased by 63 labourers in _association for 5000 dollars ; and 250 acres , purchased by 109 labourers for 1715 dollars , in the same manner . "littlefield Estate . —500 acres , purchased by 12 labourers in partnership for 9000 dollars . " LovelyLass Estate . —500 acres , bought for 1715 dollars by 14 labourers in association , _"Korth Brook Estate . —500 acres , purchased by 8 + labourers in partnership for 10 , 000 dollars . "
These are only examples from a list extending over five large foolscap sheets of paper . From the fact gathered from tbem , we see no cause to doubt the wisdom of these enfranchised blacks . They hare even set an example to tbe working classes of the whites . In a country where little labour is required for the sustenance of life , they appear determined to discontinue tbe oppressive system of overworked hard labour . This they _effect by becoming freeholders through co-optrati . 011 , in association , in partnership . We quite agree with Mr . Barmby that in all this " the image of God in _iFory miyht take a lesson from the image of God in ebony . " The " ivories" are at length beginning to learn this lesson , but it appears that tho * ' ebonies" are in advance of them . Andrew Delap gives an explanation of " The
Electro-Magnetic Telegraph , " which cannot fail to interest a wide circle of readers . From an account of the " Obsequies ot Thomas _Clarkson , " by Robinson Taylor , we are happy to learn that the last labours ofthe venerable champion of the African races were devoted to the hardships experienced by the seamen employed in the British commercial marine : the last letter he wrote was to Lord John Russell in behalf of this noble but grossly ill-used class of our countrymen . When will a man with the energy of Clarkson arise to vindicate the claims of British seamen ? It were a noble mission for a ; man worthy of it . " What is doing for the people in Dublin ?" is answered by James ijaugbton , who shows that in Dublin , as in most _ot'ier places , there is very little doing for the people except what they are doing for themselves .
A great card in the People ' s Journal pack , is Harriet Martineau . Her articles on " Household Education , " so far as they have yet gone are admirable ; they should be read and studied by every parent , and by all who can influence the training of children . We should much like to quote from these articles , bnt bave not room . H . M . 's 'Lake and Mountain Holidays" are a rich treat ; their description being the next best thing to a participation in the actual enjoyment . How we should have _re-Kshed the sight of " Master Bob " in " a pair of rousers made _fi-r a stout man , and ( what apoeared 10 be ) the _oastler ' _a Sunday waistcoat ! " From H . M . ' s monthly " Survey from the Mountains" we £ _ive ihe following extract :
ABD-EL-HADE & . Many who read romances about the days of tbe Crusades , and whose hearts beat over the romance of history—the narratives of heroes like William Tell , who * _aged a holy war against the invaders of their country —are unaware tbat as great a hero lives in our day , and . 5 conducting as holy and undying a struggle . How fewcare to read of Abd-el-Kader ! yet who will venture to * ay tlut William Tell was nobler The Emir Abl-el-Kader is the indomitable foe of the French , who have conquered Algiers , and colonised , or attempted to colonise the neighbourhood . He is a Hahomcdan , and hates the Christians . Se is a native , and hates the intruders . He is a prince , and hates the conquerers ef his country . He cannot drive tbem out ! but he has doue
everything short of it . He leaves thtm no peace or rest . They iu fact oven no land but what they stand en . Every head that is put out beyond the cordon is cut off . Every straggler from the camps disappears . The settlers cannot till tbe fields , nor go on commercial errands ; for Abd-el-Kader comes down upou them whichever wa ; they go . A company cannot pass from camp to camp without its number being thinued . If there is a burning sua , _Abd-el-K-vltr pounces upon the troops in their hour of lassitude . If wintry weather comes up from _iha mountains , Abd-el-Kader comes up with it , as if he rode upon the blast . Ii sno _. v blocks up tbe way , Abd-el . Kader issues from the thickest drift . If there is a drought , he drives the foe far from the water brooks by _harrassing them , flank and rear . He is always on the
eve of being caught : but no man bas ever caught him yet , nor any Christian touched bis white banner . His tribes are dispersed , his stores tak « n , his supplies cut off , his horses shot under him , his allies bound over to deliver him up ; but he has always yet escaped . He is reported dead ; but is _presently seen and felt again . He has worn out and brought to _disgrace French fieldmarshals ; and caused destitute , as he himself is , an expenditure of men and money such as a nation can long endure for the sake of so wretched a colony . He has now sent a summons to the tribes of the south to be ready to renew the war against the invaders ; and all but those who are within immediate reach of the French answer with fervour to the call , One cannot but look forward wistfully to see tbe issue , to divine the lot
and the death of such a man;—to watch whether his power of hope can sustain itself _against such odds ; whether lie dies on the field , or in a cave ofthe roclts _, —as a warrior , or a prisoner , or as one ef . Nature ' s princes in one of Nature ' s palaces , the only thing we know is that the man himself—his soul—will never be conquered . Being well assured of this , it will be endurable that his country and native tribes should be brought uuder European sway , if there were a fiix probability that it wjol . l be ultimately for their real good . But it is for their invaders to show tbat it would be so ; and till they do , our _f-ympatliies mnst inevitably be with the indomitable Abd-el-Kader , before whose majesty , —the native _majesty of the soul , —every Mahoinedan bows his head , and every Christian quails .
It appears that Harriet Martineau is " going forth on along and uncertain travelto Egypt , and perhaps to visit some Asiatic countries . " This announcement is felloweii by something like a promise that the readers of the People ' s Journal shah have " Surveys from the bosom of the Nik , or the base of the Great Pyramid . " We shall , as the Scotch say , " weary" lor them . We have yet to speak of those favourite writers who , more than any others connected with the People ' s Journal , ba-ve won for it its great and deserved popularity—William and Mary Howitt . In these two parts , _Bioeraplry principally claims the pen of Mary Howitt , her subjects being those great American men , William Lloyd _Garrisson and Elihu
Bunitt . The eloquence of the writer invests tho _humb-es-t thoughts and the simplest facts with all the charms of poetiy _^ and romance imagine then , how full of intere st must be the ** lices" of such a glorious hero as Gams-son . and such a noble worker as BuHtt , narrated by such a writer . The life of Garrison exp'ises a state of things in America ol whieh we hal ne- previous conception . Thus , in Boston , thephee where the banner of revolt was first unfurled - -gainst the Eng lish aristocracy , in that birth place of Republican liberty . Garrison could not obtain a p ;« , _f of _meeting in which to advocate the claims of black Americans to _thoiO rights proclaimed iu the "Declaration of Independence . " Church , chapel , public hall , and private room , were all shut a _»; iiust him—all but one : —
THE _UISClrLES OF THOMAS I'aixe ; _Iufi'id _. by piofcsMOu , offered him the free use of their hall , for lii-i advocacy of the rights of man . In an infidel hall , therefor .-, he first proclaimed "liberty to the captive , nml the vpeuing of the _prison to them that were bound . " " I am a li-1 ' nver in _C'iristiaiiijy , " Sai _, ] he , at thu close of hi * course of _1-itures , " and _lloston is professedly a _Chri-ili-in city ; innce , 1 blush , while I am constrained to acknowledge the . superior humanity of what is called infidelity , to the Christianity of the , _* ny . " This circumstance needs no comment ; by tilth- fruits , ye shall know them .
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Garrison has been more than once put into prison , and once fined a hundred dollars for preaching tlie great truth , that "all men are born free and equal . " He has been several times mobbed and threatened with the " tar-kettle ; " and once at the imminent peril of his life was dragged through the streets ol Boston by an infuriated rabble ; his clothes torn from his body , and stones and brick-bats hurled at him , accompanied by cries of " Lynch him , Lynch him ;" his escape from death on this occasion " may be considered as almost miraculous . He had the gallows erected in front of his own door ! lie has received numberless letters containing challenges to fight him , or fiendish threats of assassination . Lastly , the State of _GeorgTSfaas , through its Legislature , offered a reward ol 5 , 000 dollars for his life . Yet the man still lives , a terror to the tyrants , and the champion of the oppressed . We bid him good speed in his glorious mission .
1 ' . is enough to say that the articles by William Howitt , are by William Howitt , what more can we say to express our idea of their worth and beauty ? For us to attempt to praise W . _H . ' s " Michaelmas , ' ' and the "Summer Day . " ard "Summer Night in the Forest , " would indeed be to essay that vain ta & k of attempting
" To gild refined gold , to paint the lilly , And throw a perfume on the rJ ilet . " Let onr readers read the articles referred to , and judge and enjoy for themselves . Sure we are that those who take onr advice will thank us for pointing out to them so rich a store of enjoyment . _Be-ddes the above there are excellent articles by William Howitt on the " Anti-Slavery Lea » uc . " the " Proposed Whittington Club , " and on the "Increasing Obstructions to Bathing , and Misuse of the Police , " which deserve and have our warmest commendation .
The last named of the above articles we shall take the liberty of extracting entire ; we shall do so , not because it is the happiest selection we might make from Mr . Howitt '* - . articles , but because in a " plain unvarnished " manner it exposes some of the _plundering and tyrannical monopolies of our present social system . The despotism unveiled by Mr . II . is truly monstrous and intolerable : —
INCREASING OBSTRUCTIONS TO BATHING , ASD MISUSE OF THE _TOLICE . Bt WiLiuM Howitt . At a time when the public is every day becoming more sensibly impressed with the necessity of carefully attending to the general health , and when , in consequence , baths and washhouses are at great expense provided for the people iu the metropolis and other large towns , it is singular that in the country and in the metropolitan suburbs scarcely a day passes without some fresh obstruction _beinjr thrown in the way of bathing . It is a subject which demands the earnest attention of the public , and tbe adoption of some measures to put a stop to this mischievous practice . Let us take a single case which may _sbo- ** what is now doing almost everywhere .
In the populous neighbourhood of Clapton , the river Lea has till lately afforded the moans of bathing , but the East London Water Company having monopolised that river to a great extent , have placed notice-boards that no person shall bathe in their water , even below tbe works , under penaltyof prosecution . Now it would appear quite reasonable that , this water being intended for domestic uses , all bathing in it should be prevented , were it not that this Water Company , having by their act of Parliament monopolised the river all the way upwards for a good many miles—that is to where it joins the monopoly of the new River Company—have set down their engine-house so as to catch the far greater portion of the drainaga of Clapton . The drainage includes a aensely peopled district of houses of at
least a mile in length . The two _rowsofhsuses facing h e high-way , leading fiom Clapton . gate to Stamfordbill , are drained with the sewer which does not fall into the Lea , at least so hi _^ h up ; there is also provision to carry part of the heaviest drainage to below the enginehouse * , but much of the rest , as that of the poorer houses , and various extensive brickyards and manufactories , copper-mills , dye-houses , & c , fall into the Lea above the water-works . These water-works having thus caught the rich sewerage of this swarming population , there pump it up into the houses of the inhabitants from which it has been drained , at the rate of from , £ -3 to £ 6 per house . I pay £ 6 , As may be imagined , the water is rery unfit for culinary purposes , producing violent diarrhoeas , & c . Luckily , I have a pump on the
premises , but the commissioners of sewers , many of tbem , I believe , very suspiciously , shareholders in this water company , bave , by a reeent sewer , laid nearly every pump on the premises adjoining the main road most effectually dry , so that tbe _inbaWtants have no possible resource but this _drainajre-saturated water at a costly price above named . Now after this , does It not seem a rich farce to prevent people bathing in this water ? As if sensible of this , and that no possible cause eould make the water worse , I am not aware that any obstructions are offered to bathing above the works , but unfortunately again this is the very part where people should not bathe . _Itisthepnrt ofthe river where houses extend nearly along the whole length of one bank , and where on the other runs a very favourite walk of the
inhabitants in the meadows . To say the least , and to say nothing of the nonsense of keeping people out of water into which such a heavy drainage runs , this part of the river might for public decency be avoided by bather ? , if the rest of the river were open . But even then , the health ofthe inhabitants is greatly endangered by _drinking this water , and it is a great neglect of _government to allow private companies to monopolise rivers to such an extent as to keep out competing companies , and yet to take no care to compel them to convey their water from where it is pure . The company having monopolised the water up the valley far beyond the Clapton drainage _, ought to be compelled to convey t ' ie water from beyond that point by pipes , or private cnnel . This is , however , a general neglect of our government . The sums levied
on _thepublicby private companies , as highway trusts , gas companies for lighting streets and roads , water companies , and the like , is 30 , 000 , 000 per annum , yet no care is taken in the acts effectually to restrain the extortion of these companies . They are let loose to fleece us pretty much at their pleasure . Thus , the original £ 100 shares of the New River Company now sell for £ 21 , 000 each . It is , therefore , evident that the rates lavied on the people by the company are far too high , and ought to be reduced by government . There ought to be some general inspecting and restraining body on the part of government to protect the people from such general wrong and Imposition as prevails . Companies ought not to be able to pump by drainage-water into our houses at tbe rate of £ 6 per annum .
But to return to the particular of bathing . At the Lea Bridge Water Works , the river is compelled into three separate channels . Onefrom the canel running on towards Hackney Wick , Old Ford , « fcc . ; the second is a private canel ofthe water company , which goes to supply t ' ie East London with Clapton darinage ; the third pursues the old course through the meadows . Well , the company having got possession of the rich drainage of Clapton , warns all people from bathing in its water-courso—doubtless , considering the water already rich enough for East London . The canal runing from near the Lea Bridge in a parallel line for the conveyance of goods , is a very suitable place for bathing , lying off the highway , and at the foot of Clapton Fields . There people , and especially hoys in great numbers , have for the Inst sixty years been accustomed to bathe . Lately , however , the canal company have had notice-boards erected , and also warnings painted in large letters on tbe bridges , announcing a penalty of forty shillings to any persons bathing in the canal .
On inquiring what was the cause of this prohibition , I was informed that it was alleged thut the boys injured the banks , and also used bad language . As to injuring the banks , that must he to a very trivial extent . What serious injury can naked boys do to strong gravelly banks ? Bad language it would be a subject of national congratulation if boys would avoid ; but if boys have dirty language , it is no reason why they should have dirty bodies too ; nor is there any fenv of their either contaminating either the canel or the ears of the boatmen with it , boatmen being notoriously some of the rudest fellows in the country .
But what is more , to keep these boys , & c ., out of the water , a policeman is regularlystationed on a bridgenear the usual bathing place . If the boys had been permitted to bathe , and the policeman had been posted to prevent mischief to the banks , or to the delicate ears of boatmen , there would have been some service in it . But the policeman is set there to watch over nobody , and for this to be paid by whom ! By the canal proprietors ? No , by the country 1 We have _made particular inquiry , and find this to be the fact . This is a gross abuse of the institution of police . These men are intended to watch over
the general peace , and over private property in a general way , not over particular prirate interests . This canal is a private properly , and a means of profit to the company if , therefore , the property needs watching , it is clearly the business of the company to do it themselves . We have heard of country squires using the rural police to watch their game , to tha _non-neccssity for gamekeepers ; but this practice of setting policemen to watch a canal is , in fact , to make the public pay for depriving themselves and their children of one of the most necessary and healthy of indulgences , that of bathing . This must be looked after by the public .
But the mischief does not cease here . The bathers being driven from the canal , and not allowed to enter the water company ' s water-course , are obliged to resort to the river in the town meadows below the water-works . Here , again , however , springs up a new opponent , and orders them Off . This is the landlord of the Lea Bridge Inn , who rents the fishery of this stream , from the _bridga as far as Temple Hills , from the aforesaid East London Water Company , and acts under a clause in his lease from them . He also erects his notice boards threatening prosecution .
Now where in tbe world arc people to go to ? They are driven from stream to stream , and at last find themselves without a single yard of waler into which lhcy can plunge in weather equal in heat to that of India . Monopoly after monopoly pursues them . Those streams which God has caus < d to flow freely through the country for the good and rafreshmeiit . of all are shut up by acts of parliament . Canal companies , water companies , traders in fisheries , arc empowered to expel every one from tbe simple , natural , and necessary enjoyment of thei » waters . Is this common sense , or common justice ? If governments will grant certain uses of these waters ty acts of parliament to certain persons , ought it not to reserve carefully the original right of the public to drink of this
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water , or to wash in it at suitable places ! When the sanatory condition of the people is pronounced to be a most important public object ; when baths and washhouses are deemed imperatively necessary for the people ; when we are threatened mth Asiatic cholera , and every means of invi gorating thesystem _, and of cultivating habits of cleanliness , are strenuously recommended by medical men , are the people to be driven everywhere from the water , that canal boats may not be blackened by the language of rude boys , and that landlords may pick up shillings from anglers ? The thing demands the immediate attention of government ; and to secure that attention
associations should everywhere be formed , not only to resist all groundless aggressions on the public right , but to procure numerous petitions to parliament , praying for a general act providing tbe necessary accommodation of the public as regards bathing throughout the kingdom . Amongst the illustrations in these parts , all beautiful _, we can only find room to single out portraits of William Lloyd Garrison , and Elihu Burritt , said to be correct likenesses . We beg to hint to the editor that a portrait of William or Mary Howitt , to face the title-page of the second volume , would be very acceptable to the readers of the "People ' s Journal . "
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A "AND BOOK OF INSTRUCTIONS ON _£ _VLJtY PARTICULAR RELATIVE TO SE . _5 _yM _^ _G THE PARLIAMENTARY AN _£
ELECTIVE FRANCHISE . The title of this little work sufficiently explains its objects . It has been prepared by the Executive Committee of the National Charter Association , and contains lull information on the subject treated of . It may be had o f Mr . T . M . Wheeler , 83 , Dean * street , Soho ; of Messrs . M Grath , Clark , and Doyle , now on mission in furtherance of the objects of the Charter Association , and the sub-secretaries of the Association in all parts ofthe kingdom . No one who desires to possess a vote should be without this Hand Book .
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Thf Land tub Profbrty op All . — "The land or earth , in any country or neighbourhood , with everything in or on the same , or pertaining thereto , belongs at all times to tho living inhabitants of the said country or _neighbourhood in an equal manner . For , there is no living but on land and its productions , consequently , what we cannot Jive without , wc have the same property in as in our lives . "Thos . Spence . Britan , the Land of Tin . — Britain , signifying metal or tin Jand , is the most ancient name by which this island was known ; by the Latin authors it was called " Brittannia . " The first inhabitants came from Gaul ( France . ) The princes wore a kind of woollen tartan _trowsers . or braccce . tied at the ancles ,
a tunic and short cloak , containing seven colours , with chains of gold around their necks , and belts encircling their bodies : their women adding bracelets . The Druids had dresses with six colours , carried a wand or staff , a Druid ' s egg , enclosed in gold , on their necks , their heads shaved , and their beards long . The nobility were allowed to wear tartans having five colours ; the governors , four colours ; officers and young nobles , three colours ; soldiers , two colours ; and the people one colour ; but the last-named class were generally attired in skins of beasts , p ainting and dyeing their bidies with a sea-weed called " woad , " which assisted in keeping them warm , and gave a fierce appearance when engaged in battle . —Mackenzie ' s History of England ,
Pitt ' s Pauknts . —Pitt was disputing at a cabinet dinner on the energy and beauty of the Latin language . In support of the superiority which he affirmed it to have over the English , he asserted that two _negatives . made a thing more positive than one affirmative possibly could . " Then" said Thurlow , " your father and mother must have been two complete ' negatives' to make such a ' positive' fellow as you are . " A Distinction without a Difference . —A _philanthropist has proposed a modified ' . orm of capital punishment . He _suggests that all criminals condemned to death , should have their sentence commuted lo a journey on _tlicHEastern Counties Railway . — Punch .
A Summer ' s _Even-isg is thus prettily described by Hood : — -, " the flowers have shut their eyes ; tlie zcpliyr ' _Sijj h ' glit has gone , having rocked the leaves to sleep , and the little birds have laid their heads under their wings , _sleepin 1 ' in feather beds . " A _Complication of _Disordeiis , — ¦ * ' How do do ! how i ! o do , Doctor , I ' m dreadful glad I've found you at , home ! I want you to givo me a ' steftikit' to get a quart of spcrits , to put into somerutcs and _batks , _tiiat I ' ve been getting to cure my poor old karkiss . _'" " What is the matter with you madam ?" " Why I've got the information of the " liver , and my disgusier is out of order ! I ' m troubled , too , with the rebellious colic , and have it sometimes so that it
seems as if it would screw me all up into nuts , and I've a notion of trying these rutcsand barks , if 1 can get some _speiits , to see if the roedisum won't cure me . " " Well , madam , you certainly have a complication of diseases , by your account ; but I don ' t sec as I can help you about procuring spcrits . Why don ' t you steep your roots and barks in water !" " Water ? well there , now , that beats all natur ! What ' s water good fur ? Ye can ' t g - . the vartue of the stuff out . to steep it in water 1 ' _^ Whkx SnciiATiis was told by a friend that the Judges Inn ! sentenced him to death , he replied"And hath notnature passed the same sentence upon them ?" Jacob asd Rachel . —
"Jacob kissed Rachel ! And he lifted up his voice and wept , " Scriptures . If Rachel was a pretty girl , and kept her face clean , we cant see that Jacob had much lo cry about . —American paper . The Wrong Puumt . —On Sunday afternoon last a yming man was seen to _entsr Middleton , he was habited Ranter ahunode , that is , in a black coat of a peculiar cut , white handkerchief , and a hat , the brim of which , was capacious . On arriving near the shamble in the marketplace , he inquired of a number of lads who were there congregated , for the Prmitive Methodist chapel . "Primitive Meihedy chapel dun yoa want ? " said one of the boys . " Yes , the Primitive Methodist chapel , " replied the preacher , for such he was afterwards ascertained to be . " Aw dunnot kno ony chapel o' that nemc abeawt here , dus theaw , Bill ? " said the lad
inquiringly of one of his companions . "A »* dar say felly wants to get to'th Ranters' chapel , " s ; iid Bill . " Yes , jes , the Ranters , " said the young man . " Oh , then , you mun goo deawn ehend o ' th shambtles , streight forrud , un you mun keep to yoar lift hont , un yocum to'th chape ) directly yo'H see neam on o ' stone owre th' dur . " The young man proceeded forward , and soon arrived at a chapel with as one over the door , called Providence Chapel , belonging to the Independants . He entered the chapel , found a numerous congregation , and he immediately ascended the pulpit , and gave out the 30 th hymn in the second book . After the _congregation had sung seven verses , the real preacher , wno also came from Manchester , arrived , and the other had to descend , and went in search ofthe real Primitive Methodist chapel , where he found the congregation had been for some time : however , he explained the matter , and then delivered a short sermon .
Stags Coaches .- —In the year 1 C 72 . when throughout the kingdom only six stage coaches were going , a pamphlet was written by one John Cressent , of the Charter-house , for their _supp ression , and among the many grave reasons given against their continuance is the following : — "Those stage coaohes make gentlemen come to London upon very small occasions , which otherwise they would not do but upon urgent necessity ; nay , the convenienoy of the _passage makes their wives often come up , who , rather than come such long journies on horseback , would stay at home . Here , when they come to tewn they must presently be in the mode , get fine clothes , go to plays and treats ; ami by these means get such a habit of idleness , and love to pleasure , that the are uneasy ever after . "
Kino Hwson , —The monarch of the rail has lately taken to the decoration of his not particularly elegant English by the use of all sorts of foreign words he chances to overhear , without the least reference to their applicability or significance . One ofthe latest stories current about this new hobby of his is , that at a dinner he gave at the Albert Gate the other day , some noble lord who was to have been present did not show , whereupon the chairman of the Eastern Counties said he was sorry for his absence , as he regarded him ns the prima donna of the evening . A lady present whisperingly _suggested to Mrs . Hudson that her _* p ouso would do well to confine himself to a language he understood , and so avoid the ridicule which attended absurd displays like the one he had just perpetrated . Whereupon tbe hostess observed , "Ics , 1 always tells George to give over his Latin , but the more he goes on with his parly voo . "—Liverpool Chronicle .
A Strange Aristocracy . —There is an aristocracy among the slaves of the south , who , when they wish to be _vi-ry severe on each other , say , " go long , _luilfpricc nigger ! you wouldn't fetch fifty dollars , and I ' am wutli a thousand . " Twin asd Eternity . —Said Stubbs to one of his debtors , " Isn ' t it about time for you to pay me that little bill ! " "My dear sir , " was the consoling-reply , " it is not a question of time —it is a quesion of eternity . " Editorial Lauiuiis . — The Otaheke Gazette is priuted in a barn , which answers every purpose for a publication office , bulletin office , editorial office , printing office , and chamber , parlour , kitchen , doghouse , and stable for tlie editor , his family , and _^ cattle , lie does all the composition , writing , selecting , bookkeeping , and maikctiug , himself . He says , with perseverance and economy , he thinks be can get along , _^ It | he don't , ; t will not be his fault ! General Prim is now in England .
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More Poles Arbksted . —Several arrests have lately taken place in the Grand Duchy of Poscn , in consequence ofthe investigation tha : has been made into the disturbances in Poland . A New Conspiracy has been discovered at Wadowicein Callicia , and some arrests have taken place
in consequence . New _^ Scale of Salary to ran Genekai . Postmen , —The Lords of the Treasury have authorised the following as the future scale of wages for the General Post letter-carriers :-C 0 men ( seniors ) at 30 s . per week ; 110 at 25 s . ; 130 at 23 s . According to the new scale the cost of the general delivery force will amount to £ 19 , 504 annually , the force being 300 men . ° Ridino for Tn _* E Million . —In consequence of the creat success attending the running of omnibuses Irom the Strand to Paddington for 2 d ., the directors ot the London Conveyance Company and Association have started a large number of their vehicles from 1 adilmgton to _Tottenham-court-wad ( Oxford street end ) at a charge of 3 d . each passenger , and from Tottenharn-court-road to the Bank for the same sum . Tne Abbe Roug e having presented a petition to the King of Prussia for permission to preach , was ordered to leave Berlin immediately .
_Dkfeat op the Russians , —It was reported at Galaez that the Russians had suffered a severe defeat in the _CajcasHS . Dkath of an _Unpronouxcabus . —The eldest son of the Prussian Minister , Van _Bodelschwiiij-velraede , recently killed in a duel . German Customs' Union . —A Hamburg paper states , that the English Government has given notice that it does not intend to renew the treaty with the German Customs' Union . Lord _Normanat has subscribed four thousand francs for ; the relief of the sufferers who have lost their ali by Ihe recent floods in France . Extraordinary Suicide . —A working man , named Ode-bey , at Lons le Saulnier , stifled himself by wrapping round his head and face a wet sheet , folded four times thick , and binding it tightly round his neck with a cord . __ Shoals op Herrings . —We are happy to state herrings are becoming abundant in the north .
There is a Law in Holland which obliges the government to bring up , at its own charge , the seventh child of every family , in which there are already six living . A Contrast . —When the line of rail is completed between Berwick and N weastle , the journey from Edinburgh to London will be a matter of fifteen or sixteen hours . Little more than a century ago we find the following : — " 9 th May , 1734 . —A coach will set out towards the end of next week fov London , or any place on the road . To be performed in nine days , being three days sooner than any other coach that travels the road ; for wbich purpose eight stnut horses are stationed at proper distances .
A Revolutionary Veteran . —There is now living in the town of New Salem ( United States ) a Mr . Thomas Adams , who is ninety-four years cf age—his wife _ninety-six . He is one of fifteen children , not one of whom died under sixty years of age , three of whom are still living , and the sum of all their ages is more than 1200 years . Said to bk a Republic—Three-fourths of all the houses in New York city are Baid to be the property of three or four individuals , among whom is Louis Phillioe , King of the Freneh I A New Roman Catholic CiiuRcn . —On Saturday excavations for the erection of a Roman Catholic church in Dye-street , Bermondsey , was concluded .
Lord Rectorship of Glasgow University . —It is understood that Wordswor'h , the poet , is to he nominated as a candidate at tho _approachin _; _- eloetion . Great Increase of Shipp ing at Leith . —Since Sunday last one hundred vessels , chiefly from foreign ports , have arrived ; nearly one half of these are with grain . The docks , round and round , are lined with shipping five and six deep . The Swede , the D _> ne , and the Russian , are lying in friendly unity with the Dutchman , German , and Prussian . [ What good reason is there that the friendly crews of these ships should _procred at the bidding of rascally governments to cuteach others throats ? Think of the r _.-itionality of war _!*] Robbery in an Omnibus . —On Monday , Mr . Gerald , of _Auslie-street , Somers Town , was robbed ofa bag containing £ 147 in gold , whilst riding in an omnibus between _Kingsland and Bishopsgate-strcet . The Mayor of Leeds . —Mr . J . D . Luccock , the retiring Mayor , has been unanimously elected for the ensuing year .
Rkmoval of the Wellington Statute from the Arch . —During the visit of the Queen and Prince Albert to town on Saturday last , Her Majesty communicated her decision to the Commissioners of Woods ami Furests , that the Wellington statute shall be reninvid fothwith from its present unsightly elevation . Statute of Godfrey de _Boi-illon . —The Place _Royale , Brussels , _liai-8 been selected lor the site of Godcfroid de Bouillon . The Mayor np Cambridge . —Mr . Charles E . Brown , proprietor , printer and publisher , of the Cambridge Chronicle , has been elected mayor of Cambridge for the ensuing year . Alarming Fihb at Lmbhouse . —On . Monday evening , a fire , causing great _ damage , broke out in an extensive cooperage at Limehouse .
Marriage of the Duke dis Bordeaux . —The news of the marriage of the Duke de Bordeaux with a sister of the Duke of Modena is confirmed . The future Duchess of Bordeaux is thirty years of ago ; her fortune is estimated at £ 4 , 000 , 000 . The Duke de Bordeaux is twenty-six years of age . _4 Rbsniso Match for Ten Pounds . —On Saturday the half-mile race between Johnson and 'Fairbairn was decided in Hyde Park in favour of the former . The half mile was run in two minutes and eighteen seconds . * The Model Longing-house , St . Giles ' .- —This erection , situate in George-street , St . Giles ' , is proceeding very rapidly towards completion . Monster Lobster . —Last week a large pea lobster was caught at Port Iron , which weighed Sib ., length 21 inches , and circumference 14 * inches .
Oi'Ksing of a Daily Exchange at Newcastle . —On Friday afternoon , the Exchange on Sand-hill , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , was formally opened as a place of daily business , fur the merchants of that port . AW Dock at Hull , — On Thursday the first stone of the Victoria Dock was laid at Hull by Mr . Beadle , the chairman of the dock company . Prince Michael Radzivill expired at the close of last month , on his estate , Podlicznim . The deceased was General and Commander of the Maltese Order , This Blind Traveller . —Mr . Holman , the celebrated blind traveller , has returned to this country after an absence of upwan _' s of six years , during which time he visited Portugal and Spain , Algeria , and all the places in the Mediteranian , penetrated Egypt and Syria , crossed the desert to Jerusalem , and , finally , made an extensive tour through the least frequented parts of the south-east of Europe , including Hungary , Transylvania , Scrvia , Bosnia , & c , travelling , as usual , alone .
A Novelty in the Streets of London . —Seats arc now being placed , similar to those in the parks , tor the use of the public , beneath a handsome row of trees , on the foot pavement in Piccadilly . Baths in Marylebone . —On Saturday a special vestry decided unanimously on the establishment in the above parish of baths and washhouses for the labouriugclasscs . Magi-terial Changes . —Mr . Yardley , barrister , of the Middle Temple , has recently been appointed a police magistrate of . tlie metropolis , in the room of Mr . Bond , deceased , and will shortly commence his official duties at the Thames police court . Mr . Broderip , who has been a magistrate of the Thames police court for twenty-three years , removes to the Westminster police court .
Wick . —Eight Men Drowned . —Lust week a boat with _eiijht fishermen on board , oft'the coast of Wick , was upset and all were drowned . By tin ' s dreadful occurrence , upwards of thirty individuals have been plunged into want , and many of them thrown upon the charity of the world . The Pkoject for establishing a Literary Institution at Southampton is very warmly taken up by many inhabitants of the town . Tlie subscription set afoot for the purpose has reached .- £ . 1 ,-1000 . Tub CiiBAr Omnibus system , which is a novelty in London ' , _IlilS long been common in Suotlond . The charge of conveyance from Edinburgh _^ Leith was nevermore than twopence . [ This in incorrect , formerly the charge from E dinburgh to Leith was sixpence . ]
State of Trade . —The adoption of short time in the cotton mills in the district is _becominu general , and many thousands ol our operatives will thus be thrown out of emp loyment lor two days a week . — Manchester Times . A Prolific Goose . —Mr . George Wilson , of the Tercrossct , in Kingwater , has a noose , which lias reared a brood of twelve goslings this last summer , and commenced laying again ton days ago , and will no _doulit produce another brood ore Christmas . The New Planet . —The present distance of tho new planet , expressed in common measure , is about 3 . 200 , 000 , 000 English miles from the sun , and _tibout 3 , 100 , 000 , 000 from the earth . Axotiikb fatal Minb Accieknt occurred on Friday , at the coal-pits of Messrs . Kcnworthy , at Ashton . William _Charlesworth _, aged forty years , and Francis Charlesworth , his brother , aged fortythrcc , met with an almost instantaneous death , whilst wmking in asUaft _, iS 10 yards deep .
Tin ; Mayor of Liverpool . —11 . Laurence , Esq ., has been elected mayor , for the ensuing year * . Mr . Hardy , M . F ., for Bradford isin a very daugerous state of health . Trial for Murder . —Tho High Court Justiciary ( Scotland ) was occupied , din-inn t . vo days last week , with tlio trial of Janet Campbell , or M'Lcl _' an for the murder of her husband by poison . She was acquitted . , Tiik Murder at Dagknham . — During the past week circumstances have transpired , which , it is hoped , will lead to something being done with relerencu to bringing the mystery which envelopes this murder to light .
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Fanny Elssleb has had an interview with the Pope , and been permitted to kiss the feet of his Holiness . Robert Martineau , brother of Miss Harriet Martineau , has been unanimously elected mayor of Birmingham for tho ensuing year . Louis ; _Puiun-E _' a Advocate . —It is stated , that M . Guizot has iurnished Lord Brougham with copies of ail the correspondence which has passed l _. etween Lord i almevstwi and the French government on the subject of the Spanish marriages , that his lordship may be prepared to defend his chum the king ofthe barricades . ° Pigeon Express .-On Saturday , a _ci-lel-rated pigeon belonging to Mr . Lawford , of Brixt _. _m flew from _Brii-hton to Brixton , a distanecof _tifty-two miles , under an hour . Tub ATMOsniKRic System . —The works up .-m the Croydon and South Devon Atmospheric Railways aro _proares- 'ing speedily to complojion .
Dr . Conneaii , the accomplice in the escape of Prince Louis Napoleon , has been released from prison , and intends , it is said , to come to England . Getting Ready . —The workmen are _prodding rapidly with the fortfications at Sheerne _* _-s ; the musket-proof battery already assumes a _tornudable
appearance . Extraordinary . Births at Johnstone . —On Tuesday week the wife ofa labouring man at Ji > hn ** tone J gave birth _tofourchildren . Three of them Jived only an hour , and the fourth is still al ' ve and well . They were all males . _TnnEKPKKsy _Omnibusfs are now running fv < m _* _i the Elephant and Castle , to the Eastern Counties . Railway . Work for the Ikon * Trade . —About 1 , 700 imsof iron rails , and GOO tons of iron chairs , are wanted for the works of the East Lincolnshire , now in _operation , The Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction a ] .- - * notify that they arc ready to receive tenders for th- ** - .-mpply of 1 , 500 tons of iron rails , each rail to be 15 loet in length , and weiohinc about YOlb * * . per yard . Prince Metternicu . —A letter from Munich , in the Cologne Gazette , pivesavery poor account <> f the health of the aged Chancellor of Austria . [ The sooner the devil gets his own , the better . ]
_Akdoyer Union . —Two very bulky blue books have just beon issued , _eontainin- 'thereport from and minutes ef evidence adduced before the Commons ' committee , on the Andover Union , and the _udininistration of the Poor Law therein . Great Running Match for £ 50 . —On Tuesday the running match betwen _Brookson , of London , and Mathews , of _Birmingham , came oh ? in the presence of a large _assemhlasc of spectators , near the Plough Inn , at Wandsworth . The distance , was half a mile , and the stakes £ 25 aside . Mathews won . A Clerical Mayor . —The corporation of Appleby have elected the Rev . John Milner mayor for the ensuing vear .
_Renfrewshirb Election . —The Gazette of Tuesday contains the Speaker ' s order for a new writ for Renfrewshire _, in consequence ot the death of Patrick Maxwell Stewart , Esq . Opened to the Public—The Grand _Dnue of Saxe Weimar has opened to the public his numismatic collection , proverbially the richest ofits kind in Germany . Polish Salt Mine . —The breadth of the sail mine at Cracow is . 1 , 115 feet , its length is G , 60 _l fcui , and its depth is 743 feet . A IIaddock was captured off the port of V _/ hitehaven last week , in the belly of which was found a considerable part of a joiner's two-foot rule ' . It is a wonder it did not " die by inches , " instead nf by a hook . Tiik Financial Crisis , which has been weighing down the Berlin market for several months ( says a letter from that city , ) has not yet ceased . The Grand Polish Ball at Guildhall is _lixed for Wednesday , the ISth inst .
Thomas Moore the Poet . —It is said that Thomas Moore , Ireland ' s most famous poet is on his deathbed . Imp irtation of Bones —A Yes _* el arrived fr ' _-m Algoa Bay , Cape of Good Hope , has brought tho large quantity of 82 , 320 ft > 3 . weight of dry bones . The Dreadful Hurricane , the effects of which were so disastrous at Jiavannah _, on the 10 th , _appears to have visited Charleston at the same tin *" . A portion of the roof of _Trinity Church was b ! o _«* . 'i off and tho vessels in the harbour had sustained sreat
injury . Execution f 0 r Mutiny . —The execution of f > _imuel Jackson , a seamen on boird one of the American war ships of Vera Cruz , took place or the 17 th of September , with all the pomp and circumstance of judicial murder . The culprit had been guilty of some mutinous offence . Fulminating Cotton . — The Bavarian eove _.-n-Rient has just prohibited the sale of fulminating eottOR . Suspected Murder—A waterman at Davenport , named Davey , is in custody , on suspicion of having caused the death of a . woman of indifferentchanicter , who had engaged his boat to carry her on board the Stromboli lvingin Ilamoaze .
Explosion of a Powder Mill in _Bou-.-. _mia . — _Eoer , Oct . 30 —This morning the powderma : azine , situated outside the town , blew up with a terrific noise , splitting the doors and smashin » the windows of many of the houses . An officer bad just entered . His mutilated body was found at 80 yards fponi the spot . The sentinel on duty escaped unhurt . The Prince de Joinvilt _. b , it is said , is the inventor of a new species of marine battery , on the platform system , which can be adopted to ali kinds of vessels of war . This invention will bear the name ofthe Prince , and will be tried » n board a corvette at present in process of construction . The Nk _* w _Rkfoumation . —At Brunswick , on the 30 th ult ., a grand banquet , at which there were ISO guests , was _ci ' ven in honour of the Abbe _livnge . Many toasts were given , and among them one to Pope Pins IX ,
The Sewage Company . —Notices have been given of the intention to apply to Parliament for in Act to enable the Sewage Manure Company to make drains , tunnels , sewers , < fec _., under the City , to Barking-reach where reservoirs , & c are to be formed for the reception oftlie manure . Two children wero burnt to death a few days ago at Manchester , in both instances ( he children had been left without a competent person to take charge of them . ThroiViV from a Horse . —On Monday , Mr . Champncy , inspector nf the S division of police , was riding along Regent-street , when the animal suddenly took fright , and , coming in direct collision with a _haokney cab . the rider was thrown with great violence , several of his ribs were fractured , and his leg broken .
Forgery by a _Postmaster . — A reward of fifty guineas has been offered for the apprehension of Mr , James Morse , chemist and druggist , of Barnet _, Hertfordshire , late deputy post-master , _aeeusod of forgeries to a very great extent on the money-order department of the post-office . The Game Laws . —During tho pa 3 t fortnight , 26 poachers have been committed by the Buckinghamshire magistrates to Aylesbury Ilouse of Correction for terms of imprisonment , varying from seven days up to three months . Robbery in the London Docks —On Monday at the Thames Police Office , Nicholas Ayres , a labourer , was committed for trial charged with havin _** stolen six pounds of sugar the property of the Loudon Dock Company .
Treatment of the Poor . — On Monday , at Lambeth Police Office , William Stanley , one ol those unhappy beings who , in order to obtain a wretched lodging and a piece of dry bread , night and morning , have to walk upwards of seven miles daily , was charged with bavin ? stolen a door-key belonging to the pauper's receiving ward of _Marlborough-house , Peckham ,. The charge was fully shown to have been " got up" for the purpose of . _innoyititr and oppressing the poor fellow , and Mr . Norton discharged him . Asotrbr Fall in- Bread . — On _Wednesday the
majority of tho bakers in the metropolis again lowered the price of bread one halfpenny in each -libs . loaf . A Curious Question . —Afc the election of the Mayor of Nottingham on Monday , a ' question was raised whether a citizen of the United States can bold ( hat ofiice . Mr . _Cripps was objected to on the ground that he had , when in America , become a citizen of the United Stat'S . The town clerk was of opinion that that circumstance would be a le < ral objection , and as Mr . _Crlpps avowed himself to be a loyal subjent of the Queen he was unanimously elected .
Loss op £ 300 . —On Wednesday the clerk of an _e-den-ive linen draper , in Oxford-street , whilst proceeding from that district to Cornhill , either lost or was robbed of a pocket-book containing , in addition to other valuable papers , bank of England notes to the extent of upwards of £ 300 . Another Bridge over tub Thames . —Application will be made to parliament , in the next session , for leave to bring in a Bill fur making a _Bridge over the River Thames , near Essex-street , Strand , to the opposite shore , at or near to Dowsen _' s Wharf , in the Marsh and Wall liberty _. The Trafalgar-square Fountains . —On Wednesday the play of these fountains was suspended during the cleansing of the fountains . When the water was drawn off many eela were discovered , Tnu late Mr . Owen ' s Bequest . —It is s ' . atcd , on the authority of one of the trustees , that the full amount of Mr . Owen's bequest for the foundation of a Collenear Manchester win dc about £ ioo , ooo
_ge Railways .-It is expected that iu twelve months there will be a continuous railway communication between London and Aberdeen , by way of Carlisle , tllld that the distance of 500 miles will be performed ' _" _nouuinui .-Some _eisht or nine unfeeling _imlividu-. l- - at Llaudiio , put ft _bulHto death on _1-riday week by shoo-ins : it with guns ; but so unskilful were thev that thev fired at the poor aniinsl trom „ •¦„ .. iiYiock till _twelv-j before they finally killed it . The P enalty of Bolting . —A kingfisher , attemptin" to swallow a larch perch last week , was choked Tho beautiful hut greedy bird was found _Jlying dead on . the bank ol n pool , near Hereford , with the iis .: half way down its throat .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 14, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_14111846/page/3/
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