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THE PATRIOT PENSIONERS. •'I «'Think of t...
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A Letter from Peter Carroll to John Bull...
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The Miner's Advocate. Edited by William ...
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Hopes of Rome—Revelations from Oxford. L...
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The Currency Question. By Edmund Taunton...
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Plan of ths Co-operative League. This tr...
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Spbtko —Spring is come! She may, perhaps...
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SURREY THEATRE; "LillyDawson; or, A Poor...
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OLYMPIC TUEATRE. On Monday evening Mr. G...
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Thb Lite Mr. Ciawbs.*—The stock in trade...
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THfcSE ARE THE CHAMBERS'S OF 1845! [We h...
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IMPROVEMENT OF WASTE LANDSSPADE HUSBANDR...
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The Patriot Pensioners. •'I «'Think Of T...
THE PATRIOT PENSIONERS . 'I « 'Think of tbe sufferings and feebleness of these valiiat tat old veterans in the cause of freedom—Smatt , r « sPres ton , and Old Daddy ;—be determined to * ubsfribe one one penny * month to keep them alive tbeir full time . " _Jj * peal in _ffcir behalf from tie Veterans ' Ophant , ' and Victims' Committee . •¦ _''WelL Arnott , I again repeat I am forced to submit to t to the Devil * * law , and the r _* gul * tieras of the Devil's kin kings ; at least for a time—how long . I know not : but t _3-i tomorrow ' s sun will we tne a prisoner in a more deg degraded place than Stafford Gaol . "—Letter from Daddy Sk _THciarefi , dated Hanley , March the 8 th , 18 * 7 . t Ay ! more than " tbink , " ye working men , of these This noble trio—noble in their need ;
And do as well as think , f jr they , indeed _. Have claims to m » ke the very _heart's-blood freece _. For wbat they ' re tried and done , to sow the seed Of Freedom ' s « orere _" happiness , and geire On tbe fell foe that bas so long decreed Tour " order " te the chain in all its worstdegrees . Ss tare they toiled to serve , sincere .-nd stern , — Stern in tbeir truth , as all true men must be ; And now in age and helplessness , they earn The right to share , that shuddering pauper fee Tbe workhouse gives ! Then rouse ye , instantly , Te poor men with rich hearts , aud active goodness I learn . I A SlMPATBIZES .
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JUST INSTISCT ASD BRDTE REASON . BT A _JUNCBESTEa _orESATIVE . ( From "Minmtes Journal . " ) Keen Hswk , on tbat old elm-bough gravely sitting , Tearing that singing-bird with desperate skill , Great 8 _ature says that what thou dost is fitting-Through instinct , and for hunger , thou dost kill . Rend thou the yet warm flesh , ' tis thy vocation ; Moid tbott hast none—nor dost thon torturs mmd _* . "Say , thon , no donbt , ar t gentle in tby station , And , when thou k _* _llest , art most promptly kind _. On otber tribes thelightning of tby pinion Flashing descends—nor always on tbe weak : In other Hawks , the mates of tby dominion , Thou dost not flesh thy talons and tby beak . 0 , natural Hawk , our lords of wheels and spindles Gorge as it grows the liver of tbeir kind : Once in their clutch , both mind and body dwindles—For Gain to Mercy is both deaf and blind .
0 , instinct there is none—nor show of reason , But outrage gross on God aud Nature ' s plan , Witb rarest gifts ia blashphemy and treason , That Man , the scaled , should piecemeal murder Man ,
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AS EARLY SPRI 5 G PICTTJRE . Hare * in his wakening strength ! The west wind , loud Rising in vigorous and sonorous play , At once has harried from the heavens away Tbeir slumbrous guests of shadow and of cloud . The earth smiles greenly , as if glad and proud To feel the sunlight , faintly though it fall . Bat whit a rich transparency o'er all ! Sky , air , and rushing waters , are endowed . Witk a lurpassingbright & _ass _, clear and blue . Flashed are the far woods , and a violet hue Tinges the f * r horizon . Tis a day Tbat breathes its vigour through heart , soul , and frame ; Cares , like the clouds , and pains are chased away . Oh ! for a life where eacb day was the same ! William Howitt .
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Simmonds's Colonial Magazine. London: Si...
_SIMMONDS'S COLONIAL MAGAZINE . London : Simmonds and Ward , Barge Yard , Bucklerabnry . It is now gome time since we noticed this very useful and well-conducted magazine . The numbers for January , February , and March are before us , and contain an almost inexhaustible mass of information and entertainment of tbe first importance to all interested in oar colonial empire . The following are the titles of some of the most interesting articles in these three nHmbers : — "Life in the Jangle , or Letters from & Coffee Planter in Ceylon ; " " Mining Operations in our Colonies ; " " Reminiscences of the Island of Cnba : " " Colonial Reform : " Note * nn
Scinde ; " " The Requirements of the West Indies ;" "Some Account of Kashmir ; " "Australian Sketches ; " "The State of Jamaica ; " "Dr . Leichbardt ' _s late discoveries in Australia ; " "Account of Sierra Leone ; " " The Commerce of Singapore ; " " The cultivation of the cane , and the manufacture of its products ; " '' The Lakes of North America : " and ( in each number ) "TheEditor ' s Note-Book . " It would sake much more space than ire can afford to state the merits of these various articles , suffice it to _say _. that the ability exhibited by tbe writers claim for tbeir productions the patronage of tbe reading world at _laree ; bnt particularly that section interested in colonial affairs .
Everyone has heard of " Kashmir shawls , " ' The Rose of Kashmir , " & c . 6 x ., and of a place so famous every person—but especially the ladies—will be glad lo learn something . There can be no doubt that the people of Kashmir would be a virtuous and happy wee bat for the vices of their rulers . The natives of Kashmir ha ve been always considered as amongst tke most lively and ingenious peopleof Asia , and deservedly so . The following extract illustrates their industry and cleverness : —
THE FLOATING _OABDESS OF KASHMIR . Another and an important tue made of tbe abundant inter surfaces of Ka-hmir , is ibe formation of floating Gardens . Various aquatic plants spring from tbe bottom cf the lakes , as _water-liih' es , conferva , sedges , reeds , etc . ud as the boats which _traverse these waters , take gen-rally the shortest Hues they can pursue to the place of tlieir destination , the lakes are , iu some parts , eat , as it were , U avenues amongst the plants , which in shallows , ire separated by beds of sedges and reeds . In the latter places the neighbouring farmer attempts to establish his cucumber and melon floats by catting off the roots of the _iqaatic plants just mentioned , about two feet under the » at-. r _, se ( hat they completely lose all connection with
tbe bottom of the lake , but retain their former situation ci respect to each other . When thus detached from the Mil , they are pressed into somewhat closer contact , and farmed into beds of about two yards in breadth , and of an ' mat-finite lengtfe . The heads of the sedges , reeds , and _oiitr plants of the float are now cut off and laid upon its surface , and covered with a thick coat of mud , which , « first intercepted ia its descent , gradually sinks into tie mass of matted roots . The bed floats , but is kept in its place by a stake of willow driven through it at each tad , which admits * of rising or falling in accommodation to the rise or fall of the water . By means of a long pole thrust amongst the weeds at the _battom of the lake from tie ride of a boat , and turned round several times in the
t ** tne direction , a quantity of _confeirs and cf otber plants are torn off frem the bottom and carried in th * boat to the platform , where the weeds are twisted into conical mounds , about two feet la diameter at their base , tad of the same height , terminating at tfaetcp in a hoilow , which is filled with fresh soft mud , drawn from the bottom of ths lake , to which sometimes wood ashes are added , though much more frequently omitted . The _armer hasinpreparation alarge number of cucumber * nd melon plants , which havebeen raised under mat » , aaof these , wben they bave four leaves , he places wee plants In the basin of every cone or moand , of vhich a double row tans along the ed ge of every hed , _ataboat two feet distance from each other . So farther tare is necessary , except that of collecting the fruit , "ad the expense of preparing the platforms and cones
confined to the value of the labour , which altogether ii triSing , as the work is very soon done . Perhaps a Here economical method of raising encumbers cannot Wdevised , and though the narrow beds are ordinarily "' most in contact by their sides , yet , by their flexible _Uture , they are so separable that a small boat maybe _'adilj pushed between the lines without injuring heir structure , and , for tbe most part , they will bear a dan ' s weight , bnt , generally , the fruit is picked off from _'ae boat . I traversed a tract of about fifty acres of _fttse floating gardens of cucumbers and melons , and law not above _balfa-doxen unhealthy plants ; nor tiTe I seenin the cucumber and melon groun d * _intue icurit * f of very populous cities in Europe or in Asia , _>*> large an expanse of plant in a state equally healthy , _ttougb _ittnuit he observed , without rann ' ngiatoluxuriance of growth .
_fZ e lia / _T e een uca ****** b the series of letters l * om a Coffee Planter in Ceylon to his cousin in _Undon , entitled " _Lifein the Jungle . " The writer , * Lo is a _thorough-bred cockney , is , however J either a coxcomb nor a . milksop , but every inch a _**** n , and having determined to take things cooly foes so despite all the wonders and _annovances ofhis _cop ied country . In the month of April the heat J- * «> great that the perspiration ran down his _^ gere and watered the ink ! He was lodging in a t est-house . " where , what with the heat , the
_moB-»* , black servants , & c „ he got no r « tat all _tXm-. _*^ " Mimpndent . rich androguish L _° . _^ hlte _cbapel _Jewa , only they tell a lie witb ( U _~ n """ Woe , " contrived to swindle his wife f _, _ra r ° _f * ont of some twenty pounds in return of tb _™ i-f , wae ° B-load of cariosities and nick-nacks _lew _^ i re * - * Value and far less ™ e ! Mra B _- lot _» _*„ V ? " g'Mge , but the teacher knew im \ _tL . ? f Enfil'sh . so poor Brown had to hire W _« _- _VTe tointerpret what the teacher said _% ouS , _isT dih / aeit al » ni'nable , something «« m ( d J . eat _* -er _.-wd _ererything else nearly as had , _*^ L _\^ V _^ _» wh « h they were not allowed to
_indent _tTCll . ? ause » IcRnes 8 His _superin-C £ _m _^ fter hh " a-0 " " * -- « * Portuguese , _CBm _^ _^ FraDC -- * _CTLndff _^ Tron _* . whom T Zf w , ° u , _- _^ ist in _c _^ B " Mr Trunk !" * _atnSu W n _* _l _** d Browa ' s ' _lmme * _t 0 th « _Jangle ¦ CX * fe _*? " The scenery in some parts _N _& lesl 11 * 6 h , ne out of Richmond-hill - _»» _*! _£ dsor _;( 0 . rest . _>* a "beats Burford ' _s _Penny-* _"tot 5 » uS ,, ?? , * , -- - _'" " Ue found Kandy - _««» -ieat capital of Ceylon , a shocking bad place ; the
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kitchens reminded him of "the dog's-meat shops _Cow-cross , where they bile the poor old dead horse * - only the Singhalee kitchen is dirtier by a good deal !'' But tbis » not the worst ; here is a specimen of
LIPB IN KINDT . I shall never forget the first night we spent In Kandy , net if I live to the age of old Wbat _' _s-his-name . On one side of our miserable hut was a _Buddhiut Temple , with boat half-a-dozen holy elephants in it ; and what mast the wretched heathens do , but beat _g-eat drums , called tom . toms _. and blow a sort of bagpipe , all the blessed nic-ht loug ! It was their new year , so I suppose the elephants was a-k _<> _ei . ing their _Chriatma * holidays . There never was such an unearthly nois * as they kicked np , except perhaps inthe incantation _seene in "Derrreeihoots . *' Sleep was ont of the question ; so I bad the felicity of walking ia the verandah during the night , occasionally going in to quiet the children .
In the morning that nuisance was suceeededby another as bad ; for on our ether side was a nasty little papistical chapel , and it being some great festival of the Romans , th « y had a succession of singing all the day long , _inurnpersed with a second edition of the tom-toms an _» _t bagpipes , when the elephants bad their dinner . Had it beea fiae , I should have strolled out and sought quiet : bat no—as if to try my teroptr , it set in 8 regular soaking day—none of your April showers , none of your watering _, pot sprinklings , but a regular Falls of Niaggarum . It rained shower-baths . Half the tiles on oar roof were broken ; so we had a down or two ot private-water-spouts inside the house , which amused me during tbe day in
placing pots , pans , aud cocoa-nut shells to catch tbe rain in . Fancy my situation ' . But you can't fancy any . thing half so full of despair . Dodging between tha loose cattle in Smithfield on a rainy day , with pantaloons and pumps on , would have been comparatively an _agreeablereereatioo ! There was tho cbapel _a-singiag , the drams and bagpipe ! _a-coaxing the six elephants to eat their broth , the rain a-pouring like horse-beans upon the roof , with an _occasional gust of wind taking off another tile , my wife grumbling , the young ones crying and asking for dinner . the black servants hollowing like mad things , and I , poor " pill garlick , " trying to keep our bed dry by sitting oa it with an umbrella orer my head .
_ _^ His " coolies" not a . little astonished Mr . Brown , particularly asregards their household arrangements . Everybody has heard of the wonderful doings of the patron-saint of the sister-isle : — " Hurrah for bold St . Patrick ' s fist , He was a saint so clever ; He gave the snakes and toads a twist , And banish'd them for ever . " His saint-ship appears to he sadly wanted where friend Brown is , to wage war aeainst the
CITLOKESB \ E * HVN . "What a eountry this is for vermin , insects , and other animals , to be sure ! What with the ants , the _musquitues , and the cockroaches , we've been at no loss for company . A grocer ' s shop in the very midst of summer , with twelve sugar hogsheads just opened , is nothing at all compared to my bnngalow on a fine calm day . "We ' white ants and black ants , and before long , I dare say I shall meet with some sky-blue ants . We can't take a cup of tea or a bit of bread , but we ' re sure to get a mouthful of some everlasting creeping things or otber . But the white ants are the most outrageous chaps of tbe lot : nothing comes amiss to them , let it be an oak chest , a pair of boots , or a silk dress , and a neighbour assures me ob his voracity , that they ' re not over-particular with a copper-kettle , or a crow-bar , or a pickaxe , if they happen to be lather sharp-set ; I mean the ants , not the tools .
I think nothing of having a dozen rats scampering over me tn the night , or of being nibbled a bit at the toes while asleep ; and they ' re auch whoppers ! I recollect before we had seen anj ef them about , Mrs . Brown woke me one night and whispered gently ia my ear , "Brown , " said she , " the pigs is all got loose , and thev're getting on the bed —look—! what shall we do ! " Well , I looked , and sure enough there was about a score of sharp p » aked heads a bobbing np and down as though they was all making CurUeya ; but after a bit I began to see they was no pigs at all , but only rats—regular old grandfathers . Deuce would they budge until I had flung my clothes at them . Again : —
There ' s one confort in being np here on the hill , we ' re awayfrom _thosiconfoauded bloody-minded mosquitoes . Bat we ' re tbe ants and tbe leeches to make up for themy It would frighten some people to see the leeches a walking about on their nasty little _India-robbfr tails in swamp , ground where tbey swarm as thick as lawyers or crows I don't like them at all ; they look like so many nn . healthy , undersized , black _darniBs- needles I Wearing leech gaitersoverroy trousers I managepretty well ; bat poor Mrs B . did ' nt she pay the piper the first time she tried tbe uncleared jangle . ! It's true she put on two pair of stockings ; bnt as I said , yon might every bit as well try to keep of ! mosquitoes with a eabbage uet . I warned ber of tbe consequences ; told ber I wae sure the leeches , if they didn ' t bite through , wouldn't crawl over stockings , and get npon her legs . " Nonsense , Brown , " said she , " I ' m quite sure the leeches would not do anything of the sort , they wouldn't behave half so
rudely . " " Very well , " says I , " wait and see ; " and sure oooagh « rc did ace . _Sutrcrt-pearc , aft * ' be liail _guilytioed the Emperor of France and bis family , didn't cut half such a sanguinary figure as my wife on ber returu home . It took me about an hour to pick the leeches off her , and another to stop the bleeding , and my rice and curry getting cold all the time . Not altogether satisfied with Mr Trunk , friend Brown tried to get an English superintendent ; he succeeded , hut was very glad to get rid of him again as fast as possible . This worthy was a dirty , bejewelled , perfumed , moustaehed cockney , who had come out as doctor to some ship , and wished to locate in Ceylon . Eight o ' clock in the morning was too early for him to turn out , he had never left his room till ten o ' clock , and was not going to turn ever a new leaf now ! Poor Brown next tried his hand at " converting tbe heathen , " bnt
The chaps can ' t read my books , and so they ' re of no use . I am now trying what some Singhalese tracts will do for them . I gave them two a-piece all round last Saturday night , to read on the next day ; but what was my disappointment , on walking oat very early in the morning , to find they had every man jack of ' em turned their tracts into kites , and were flying them in the air . This was certainly a damper to my zeal .
A Letter From Peter Carroll To John Bull...
A Letter from Peter Carroll to John Bull , on the Origin ' Nature stud Conduct of the Landlords of Ireland . Liverpool : T . Kenny , Whitechapel . So far as the exposure of Irish Landlordism goes , this pamphlet is calculated to be of good service in opening the eyes of John Bull to a sense of the unparalleled crimes ofthe master brigands ofthe Irish soil . Peter Carroll ' s remedies do not claim equal approbation ; their enforcement might palliate , but would not eradicate the wrongs of the Irish people . Handing over the landlords' estates to the landlords ' creditors , would certainly relieve the people from one get of blood-sucker- * -, but the great curse of landlordism would still remain . Has Peter Carroll never thought of the possibility of banishing landlords altogether ? Although the general tone of this pamphlet is worthy of approval , we must make exception to Peter ' s charging all the crimes of the English government and aristocracy to the account ofthe
Engli-h people . His argument throughout is based upon the assumption that the English government represents the English people , which Peter must know is not the case . So far from the English people being fairly chargeable forthe injuries inflicted npon Ireland , tbey have giren unquestionable proofs of their desire to restore to the Irish people their full natural rights as men and citizens . On the other band , tbe Irish people , acting nnder the baleful influence of villanons political Mokannas , have repaid the fraternal advances of their English brethren with hatred and scorn . We speak of this in sorrow not in anger , bnt the truth is the truth . Had the Irish co-operated with the English people in a common struggle for political rights and social justice _, tbey would , ere tbis , have been in a position to have settled witb tbeir infernal landlords at oni-eand for « er . Will the Irish even now fling away the national prejudices with which scoundrels have _innoculnted tbem , asd co-operate witb the people of this country for their common good ? We shall
The Miner's Advocate. Edited By William ...
The Miner ' s Advocate . Edited by William Daniells , March . Isle of Man : 27 , AthoII-street , Douglas . This month's number contains able articles on the "Sanatory Improvement ofthe Mining Districts _;" " The Coal Mines" ( a scientific history ); "Geography—Russia : " " Miners' Meetings ; " and a mass of information on other subjects of no small interest fo the class to whom the Advocate is particularly addressed .
Hopes Of Rome—Revelations From Oxford. L...
Hopes of Rome—Revelations from Oxford . London : W . Strange , Paternoster-row . _ This tract is seemingly a re-print frora a new publication we have not yet seen—the Oxford Magazine . The writer of the article ably and boldly exposes tbe Puseyites , at the same time not sparing others . He makesaw ' _ul havoc with our Protestant kings , priests and aristocrats , whom he proves to have been Protestants , merely because by Protestantism they under stood public plunder and profligacy . Though stoutly opposed to the Church of Rome , he is not shy of exposing the deformities of the Church of England .
The Currency Question. By Edmund Taunton...
The Currency Question . By Edmund Taunton . | Happening to see the last paragraph of this pamphlet , we have been spared the trouble of a further perusal . Here is the precious paragraph , i printed in the same tvpe as the pamphlet : — I " MAY GOD LONG PRESERVE OUR _WARM-: IIEARTKD , BENEVOLENT , GRACIOUS , j GLORIOUS QUEEN !" ' The man who writes such tremendous fudge as we have here quoted , must be crazy . Of course we are relieved from the task of reading his pamphlet .
Plan Of Ths Co-Operative League. This Tr...
Plan of ths Co-operative League . This tract may be had at the central office of th society , King ' s Anns-yard , Snow-hill .
Spbtko —Spring Is Come! She May, Perhaps...
_Spbtko —Spring is come ! She may , perhaps , be at first mistaken for Winter . She may not at once have taken off her travelling garb and rough wrap-
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pings , but here she is . As she begins to throw off one dark and shaggy habiliment after another , we see not our _old-fasbioned friend Winter , with his hardy , wrinkled face , and his keen eye , full of cutting jokes , and those horny _hnnds that , in his mere playfulness , nipped us mercilessly by the ear . and often by the nose ; but we descry the graceful form ofthe gentle and gracious Sprin ? . We feel the thrill other pleasure , knowing all the beauty and the love that she brings with her . Spring is come I It is March ; rough , yet pleasant , vigorous and piping March . It is the month of life , 0 f strength , and hope . We shall soon hear his voice , and « ' the sound of his going to the top of the trees . " His _gaks ff' _* l come rus ' * ing and sounding over forest an ° * lea . _and shake the
old trees about ou houses with a _n _* erry strength ; oh J how _diffeirent the solemn fitfulness of Autumn , or the wild wr ath 0 f Winter ; and we shall lie in our beds at _mid nieht _ 8 hal , w 6 not ? -proy for safety to the thousands of our fellow men at sea * * a _A m to tbe _™ y -aat _< 8 P " , te ° JZ _u care , and _deflating memories , spring _*!**™ _$ violets bring their poetry with them all the world over . With what eagerness , as of children , do the Germans set forth , in groups or alone , to hunt tor the first March violets ; through woods and vineyards _, overhanging far-stretching scenes , do they go , knowing of old where the purple stranger first appears ; but the boys bave been as surely before them , and meet them with their HtHe _odorous bouquets at all turns and corners . — William Howitt .
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Princess's Theatre. On Monday The Drama ...
PRINCESS'S THEATRE . On Monday the drama of" Angeline" was per formed ( for the first time at this theatre ) . Mr * . Stirling supported the character of the heroine , and in an affecting and very natural style . The incidents are somewhat sombre ; and the general style of tbo play sad and heavy . Nevertheless , the acting of Mrs . Stirling was very effective , and made the drama pass off with much success . The o-her par ts were well filled ; and Mr . 'S . Cowell _, aa ** Simon _Simkins , " imparted a little liveliness , by a clever personation of that character .
Adelphi Theatre. Public Opinion Is Unani...
ADELPHI THEATRE . Public opinion is unanimous in pronouncing Mr . Buckstone ' _s new drama " The Flowers of tha Forest , " produced last weekat the- bore ? theitre , a « being not only one of the best productions of that talented and successful writer ; but more than equal to competitors in its " getting up , " and the unusual care bestowed upon scenery and appointments . The piece is very lengthy , —occupying nearly four hours in its enactment , —but the interest was exceedingly well sustained throughout , and at its conclusion received the vociferous plaudits of a crowded house . The plot , whieh is far from intricate , is as follows : — Alfred is on the eve of marriage with the Lady Agnes . At her toilet the lady is somewhat disturbed by some gipsy forebodings related by her
attendants . Alfred is not quite at ease , and he relates to the lady's brother , Captain Lavrock , an Italian adventure of his , whon _^ wounded by bandits , he was preserved by a gipsy gir ' _, who fell in love with him , and whom he had lately seen again . This gipsy , Cynthia , meets him on his way to church with his bride . Ho betrays so much emotion , tbat the brother indignantly breaks off the match , and summons him to a duel . At tbe place of meeting , a gipsy lad happens to pass , whom Lavrock had horsewhipped for poaching , and who , when the party exchange shots , levels his picceand kills his _chasttser . Alfred , who had fired in the air . is arrested for the murder , but the murderer himself becomes conscience-striken , and confesses his crime to Starlight Bess , another
young gipsy to whom he is betrothed . C > nthia overbears tbe confession , and drags bim to tbe justiceroom , where he is found guilty , and sentenced to be bung . For this offence , Cynthia is expelled the tents , amid the curses of her father and the whole tribe , giving ocecasion to one of the most detestable scenes we were ever obliged to witness . Starlight Bess meets her in her misery , pities her notwithstanding her wrongs , nnd takes her back to the tents , where she finds Alfred , who has come to seek her . She is promised forgiveness by her father if she will consent to assassinate the intruder , instead of which she plunges the dagger into her own bosom . Tbe lending actors
were seen to very great advantage , —and Madame Celeste , Mrs . _Fi-zwilliam , Miss Woolgar , { whom wa are happy to meet again , after a severe illness ) and Mr . O . Smith , met with repeated and well-deserved _apnlani-e . There is an under plot , in which Paul Bedford and Wright , as usual , excited a good deal of laughter ; but we could not discover any original witticism in what was " set down" for them , and indeed , had it not been a deviation from rule , wc apprehend their parts might have been judiciou- _* _lv omitted . _Altogether , however , ine drama was decidedly successful , and we have no doubt but that the " Flowers of the Forest" will take firm reot in the favourof the public , and bring forth " golden fruit " to both author and manager .
Surrey Theatre; "Lillydawson; Or, A Poor...
SURREY THEATRE ; "LillyDawson ; or , A Poor Girl ' s Story , " has been successfully adapted for this stage by Mr . E . Stirling . The scene is laid in the novel , somewhere on tbe coast of Sussex ; in the play it is _shif tedfirst to Cornwall , and tben it sojourns for a time in London . For the ability with which Mr Stirling has performed his taski he is deserving of great praise . The scenes form a series , not a plot ; and both book and drama have an ending , but no progressively produced catastrophe . Tbis is the cardinal fault , which , being treated with indulgence , as it should be in these days of dearth of dramatic talent , the rest of the play is very superior to roost of tbe melodramas at our minor theatres . The acting was good generally , but we must particularly notice the performance of Mrs . Vining , as "Lilly Dawson . " Her acting was almost too good for a melodrama , and went fairly to the heart .
Olympic Tueatre. On Monday Evening Mr. G...
OLYMPIC TUEATRE . On Monday evening Mr . George Wild ' s benefit took place at the above theatre . The late sad misfortune which befel this truly clever actor , appears to have created a vast amount of commiseration in the play-going world , and hence it was that on Monday evening the theatre was attended by an exceedingly numerous company . Mr . Wild's bill of fare was as attractive as varied , and had evidently been selected with much care from among the most popular cf _tjiose pieces which were wont to set the house in a roar , and in which the beneficiaire gained
much of his now well-established fame and popularity , when the drama was in its more palmy days at this theatre , under his able direction and management . Several actors and actresses , frem some of our larger theatres , in a very kind manner , proffered their services , and did all in their power to render the entertainments presented as successful as possible . The performances were '' The Artful Dodge , " "The Turned Head , " a ballet entitled "Beauty , or the Cupid and the Satyr , " and a musical extra _, vaganza , the "Boyhood of Bacchus . " The amusements were received throughout by the audience with the utmost enthusiasm .
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BURf _ORD'S PANORAMA . This indefatigable artist has added a new instructive and interesting picture to his numerous works of art already before the publio . Mr . Burford has achieved another triumph , in presenting to the eye a novel view of Grand Cairo , and one which in all likelihood contains more truth tban is to be found in the vivid descriptions of modem travellers . There is , indeed , much to interest in the present exhibition . The philosopher would see in it a subject for fruitful meditation , and thc public will be benefited by the
spectacle . To the young , especially , exhibitions of this character are invaluable . The child , when it hears of Cairo , and is told that it is a large city , naturally imagines the place is but anotherLondon , Words convey no images to the youthful mind , or , if any , such as are erroneous ; but here the object is presented to the eye , and truth , the soul of learning , is pleasingly euforced . A year spent in ordinary teaching would not communicate that which half an hour devoted to the explanation of this panorama might be made to inculcate .
We are pleased to again congratulate Mr . Burford in having acquitted himself so successfully . Works of this character effect a real benefit , imparting knowledge in a vivid and pleasing manner ; and enlightening the minds of many of the multitude , where otherwise would have existed darkness and ignorance . Mr Burford is , therefore , something more than a clever artist—he may be deemed a popular instructor , and a valuable fellow-labourer in the progress and advancement of general education .
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Thb Lite Mr . Ciawbs . _*—The stock in trade and personal property of this celebrated printer has been valued at £ 00 . 000 . With tho exception of a few bequests , he disposes of the whole of his property amongst his eight children in certain proportions , and the residue equally . To his sons , William and George , he leaves the business , stock , and materials , tbe steam-engines and apparatus , printing machines and presses , type , machinery , and foundry , and the premises both at Charing-cross and Duke-strcet . Stamford-street , the latter , perhaps , the largest of
the kind in Europe ; and as a compensation to his son Edward , for not having a share in the business , he leaves him £ 6 , 000 , and an annuity of £ 400 . I lis private library of books he leaves to his sons , Winchester and Edward , and daughter Ann . The plate to his four daughters , for each of whom he has made a liberal provision . The deceased was in his C 8 th year , and was a native of Chichester , in which town he served his apprenticeship . It was most appropriately termed of him , in the record of his death , that he had beeu " the architect of _hisown fortune ..
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_THfcSE ARE THE CHAMBERS'S OF 1845 ! [ We have already shown to our readers the Chambers 8 of 1847 ; we now refer to the previous opinion : of these changeable economists . Whence this wonderful change ?]
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IMPROVEMENT OF WASTE LANDSSPADE HUSBANDRY . ( From the Information for the People , No , 72 . ) [ Conlinuedfrom our last . } Though thus composed of a deposit of dead vegetable matter , wliich is a basis of fertility to new ve . getation , peat-mosses are not in a condition to be actively useful till freed of superabundant moisture , and compounded with siliceous ( sandy ) materials . Where the subsoil , however , is composed of gravel or sand , it is necessary that the peat and these bodies should be mixed together , so as to form a soil . The first of these methods was planned by the late Lord Karnes , and performed with distinguished success on his estate of Blair-Drummond , in the county of Perth . The first process performed bv Lord Karnes was to
construct a ditch through the centre of the moss , through which a stream from the river Teith was directed . Branch ditches were cut in all directions from the main one , the water from which poured itself into the river Forth . The whole estate was divided into portions , and let to small occupiers of land , who received the most favourable terms from the proprietor , as an inducement to carry out his views . The peat earth was cut into small pieces and cast into the running waters , by which they were carried into tho Forth , and thence to the sea . After the moss was cleared away , the trees of the ancient _foreatappeared , and presented new difficulties to the workmen , which were only overcome with great labour and expense . The roots of these trees were firmly fixed in the earth , nnd the tanning _processwhich they had undergone in the moss seemed
to have added _grcaterstrength to their root-branches . They were completely eradicated , however ; and in the year 1 _? 82 , no fewer than 336 acres of ground were reclaimed and brought into cultivation . Hie son , who inherited his lather ' s spirit of enterprise , pur * sued the same plan ; and in ten years more , the population on tha estate had increased to 764 persons , who cultivated 444 acres of land . In 1805 , by survey , 577 acres were cleared ; and in 1814 , between 800 and 900 acres were under cultivation . Lately ( 1842 ) , the whole has been cleared . Thus an extensive tract of country , which at one time was entirely uselosg , has been brought by labour and perseverance , to bear rich crops ; and the land is now worth from £ 3 to £ 5 per acre of annual rent . In this case , tho subsoil was good earth , and the operation necessary was the removal ol the peat-moss , so that the subsoil might be made the surface soil .
Where the subsoil is gravel or sand , a very different operation must be performed and this perhaps is the most common species of moss ground . Of whatever nature moss ground be , it is evident that , so long as the stagnant water remains , no useful crop can be cultivated ; and to remove the superabundant moisture , by means of draining ,- must be the first operation of the improver . In some eases , where the moss is not too wet , a road may be run through the land , which will greatly facilitate the afteroperations . Should such a road be cut , and a deep ditch on each side of it form 3 d , the next operation is to open drains leading to some main channel , by wliich the water can be carried away . The moss land should . be sounded in different places , to
ascertain where the greatest depth lies , and when this ia found , the main drain should be drawn as nearly in tbat tract as possible . Where there aro _bedsof great depth , it does not appear expedient that the drain should be cut to the bottom at first ; and , indeed , a difference of opinion exists as to whether moss land should be thoroughly drained at first , so as to render it perfectly dry . Mr . Boroughs , the author ofa treatise on waste land , is of opinion that the surface water only should _^ he drained off at first ; while Mr . Blackadder of Stirling asserts that there is no danger of over-drying moss by draining . This may depend upon whether or not the moss be in a decomposed state . When moss is rendered too dry , it becomes a fibrous inert matter ; and , as is the case with
all other lands , it will be easier to work afterwards when moderately moist . With regard to tiie size and form of drains , it was formerly the practice to make these wide and deep , and at about fifty yards apart . The lateral pressure of the water upon the sides of these drains , however , pressed them so much together _. thatin the course of years , they were scarcely .- traceable . The depth ofthe main drain will depend in some measure upon the depth of the moss ; and if the average depth of this be twelve feet , the drain may be seven or eight feet deep , and about the same width at thc top . The sides should be made sloping , so that the bottom of the drain will not be above two or three feet wide ; and this difference between the top and bottom will gradually diminish in consequence of the lateral pressure . It may in
some cases be necessary to perforate tho main drain <* _. _itu Koioo , _, r nny « vqf 0 i . _uppoor to be _cominff up from below . The next operation is to form smaller drains leading into the main _cha-inel . Experience has shown , thatthe most effectual way of draining deep moss it to insert drains at small distances trom each other , and as deep as the naturo of the moss will allow , They may be either of tile or stone , and guarded from choking bv overlaying turf . Moss ground drained in this effectual way will be , first , surrounded with the main drain which carries the water entirely away from the field ; second , cut into divisions with open drains , at from forty to sixty yards apart , leading into the main drain ; third , those divisions will bo again divided into smaller portions by the covered drainB at five yards' distance from each other .
In this manner , the moss will be effectually relieved from its superabundant moisture , and thc next operation is to level the land with the spade . In cases of dry moss , of course the draining is needless , and may be omitted . The land being either naturally or rendered artificially dry , should now be ploughed with a peculiar kind of plough made of wood , and covered with sheet-iron , which can be freely _usi'd if the ground is free from rushes , heath , etc . If these plants be growing in profusion , however , it is thought better to burn tbem down to the surface before ploughing . After the ground is ploughed , some prefer rolling , and others burning , as the next operation . If a roller is used , it should be made of iron ? with plates of thin iron six inches deep , five inches
from each other , and placed at right angles to the cylinder . Repeated rollings from this will cut ths sod fine enough to allow the mixing of it with sand or gravel . Instead of rolling , it has been found advantageous to burn the soil turned up , as a more effectual way of decomposing the roots of such plants as the cotton-grass , mat-grass , marsh trefoil , etc . It the land is burned , it Bhonld be ploughed immediately after , preparatory to being mixed with other substances , The next step in the process is to cart sand or small gravel to the field , and spread it over the whole to the depth of three inches . Now plough all down , as the first regular dressing and culture . Thus prepared , the land is ready for cropping , and it is generally allowed that the best plan is to
sow with grass seeds ; the kinds recommended for this purpose are the timothy grass , cocksfoot-grass , and ribwort . Wheat , however , has been taken from newly reclaimed moss land ; and potatoes , if the moss is in the neighbourhood of cultivated ground , will bo found a very valuable crop to be disposed of for seed . Italian rye-grass has been highly recommended for bog land , and also rape , to be followed by oats or barley . One of the most remarkable experiments ever made in _rcclaiminj _*** peat land , was performed some years ago in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh , and is mentioned at length in Jackson ' s Agriculture , It was as follows : —* ' On the high and bleakgrounds wbicb lie on the boundaries of Mid-Lothian and _Tweeddale , at the distance of twelve or thirteen miles south
from Edinburgh , there existed , from time immemorial , an extensive tract of moss , which was dug fer its fuel , and exhibited the appearance of precipices of peat rising irom sour pools of water , the whole broken and disorderly , and of little or no value whatever for pasture . A portion of this dismal-looking land , which lies about eight hundred feet _abavc the level of the sea , being purchased by Mr . John Carstair _** , a gentleman in Edinburgh , ho commenced operations for reclaiming it . The purchase was made twentyfive years ago , at which time there was neither tree , house , nor road , upon the whole moor ; and a mora hopeless attempt than that of bringing such a tract of utterly waste land into cultivation , cannot well be conceived .
The first effort of Mr . C & rstairs was to gain access to the ground , by forming a road to it from the great road between Edinburgh and Dumfries . Heexteuded the road at a _great expense through the centre of the moss , and built a handsome suit of farm offioes at the western extremity . The moss was then subdivided into fields of various sizes , by running stripes of plantation in squares , protected by ditches and turf dykes ; and tbe fortunate formation of a new line of road between Edinburgh and Peebles , going through a corner ofhis property , gave energy to his exertions . Well-formed metal roads , made at his own expense , now intersect _jand cross each other all over the property , affording easy access to every part of it .
The extent ofthe land to bo improved was from 500 to 600 acres ; and this he partitioned into fields , protected by plantations and turf walls , as we bave just described . The land was also effectually furrowdrained , and levelled on the surface by manual operations . The remainder of the process of reclamation consisted in the application of lime and sandy materials , and tillage . Year after year the land gradually assumed a better appearance , and yielded a better crop . _^ At first , the oats wliich grew upon it weresoantyinthe extreme , but now the land is in heart , and yields good cropB , and also excellent pasturage . " _f-ftoeeoKttnuetZJ
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WiL *? r * n Murder . —Oa Friday the above verdict was returned against Charles Newman , for administering to Sarah Adams a poisonous power , to procure abortion , whereby her death wa 9 caused .
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_th « i ; vi , , _^ irkenIieild . « utthe first sod of firia \\ -l ° ' ° _™ « ki _*> and Preston Railway in a held at Kennesse Green , Maghull . Jf . ? n _? r * c ,, lated th , every wiW _* aW >* _t . _« n _» fMm . LlaVn _^^^^^ « jmj » burnt to the _vi- _^ _^ _Sffi _^* , _i _^ Vn I lTGh , i "W nsone ofthe magistrates at Wandsworth and Hammersmith police courts having been appointed by the Lord _ClwnHW as judge of the county courtnt Southwark . We understand Mr W . F . Bcadon will _sucoeed Mr Clive . The New Orleans Picayune says a slave _has ' been declared free in that city , in consequence of having been taken to France . An ourang outang . brought from Sumatra to Rotterdam , ha acquired the habits of a man to such a degree that he will never sleep without a nightcap .
The Belgian government has _Jatelv authorised a company to establish in Liege a large faitury for the fabrication of fulminating cotton . Emigration on an extensive scale is _-roing on _throughout , the county < f Westnieath ; an additional boat for the accommodation of _emigrants has been put on by the directors ofthe Royal Canal . On Wednesday , the 10 th instant , a donkey belonging to Mr James Keith , of Lindale , chanced to enter a barn where some guano bags were _ly ' mt , and it appears had mastic ited a small portion from one of the bags , trom the effects of which it soon after died . Vale , the comedian , took his vale ! ( farewell ) at the Surrey Theatre , on Wednesday evening last . A pedestal , fsrty feet high , has been designed by Mr . Barry for the Wellington Statue , to be erected in Hvde Park .
It being admitted that the evils attendant upon the Eton Montem were irremediable , this ancient custom is henceforth abandoned . Tbe American papers mention a machine , invented by one Elias Howe , wbich sews " beautiful and strong _senmB in cloth as rapid as nine tailors 1 " Last week a most disgraceful scene occurred in Barton market-place , namely , a sale of his wife by a man living at Barrow . Jenny Lind has proffered to give Mr Bunn £ 2000 should he return the document signed by her , which gives Mr Bunn a claim for ber services . The Letter-press Printers of London are getting up another amateur performance at the Strand Theatre for the benefit of their distressed brethren . The late Member for Cirencester , Joseph Cripps , Esq ., banker , Gloucester , has bequeathed to his twelve children specific pecuniary legacies to the amount of upwards of £ 80 , 000 .
The Commissioners of Stomps have threatened to proceed against hawkers of dying speeches , & c . Orders to recruit to the extent of 1 , 500 men for the Royal Marines , have been issued by the Admiralty . The inauguration of the first part of the Amiens and Boulogne Railway took place on Monday last . The farmers in thc Isle of Wight state that _onotwentieth otthe produce of their farms is destroyed by thc game , while tbeir labourers cannot obtain food enough for their families . The hog-crop of the United States last year wns three times the worth of the cotton crop . The " standingarmy" of swine consumes annually two hundred million bushels of cam . The money found in uncalled-for letters in the Post-offices amounts to about forty thousand pounds
per annum . Within the last few days immense takes of fish , Erincipally ling and cod , have been mado by the lungarvan fishermen , A vote of £ 10 , 000 has been passed by Parliament for the completion of the scientific branch ofthe ordnance survey , Ireland . Three hundred female convicts have , within the last few days , been shipped for Hobart Town . Sir Evan Mackenzie has upwards of 180 people employed on his estate of Kilcoy , under the Drainago Act . Mr Barry has submitteel a plan for extensive alterations , proposed elevation , < 4 c , at the Horse Guards .
At the Keyhara Works there have been the bones ofa human skeleton , entire , discovered in a hole at the depth of fifteen feet from the surface . By what means , or under what circumstances , it became deposited in such a singular place , is not likely ever to be known . It is contemplated ) to establish a fund towards the formation ofa school in the University College , London , for the education of Indians in the several branches of science , and to prepare them for the different professions in their own country . ¦ ' A" good night's work" was performed by the Devo . iport fishermen , a few days ago , securing 40 , 000 mackcrol » t one haul ; besides a large number _escaping . They were valued at £ 200 . A numerous meeting was held at Canterbury , on Tuesday last , for the abolition of flogging in the army .
The speech of Sir R . Peel on the Craeow question , has created a good deal of surprise among our Paris contemporaries _. The man Blake , who was bo severely Injured by the accident at Oshorne House last week , has sin cc died . The _Shaksperians played Othello on Tuesday evening , at Miss Kelly ' s Theatre , for the benefit of the distressed Scotch and Irish . The entejtninment was prefaced by an address . The house waa -syell attended .
A soldier being tried for habitual drunkenness , and asked whether he had anything to plead in excuse , replied , " Nothing , please your honour , but habitual thirst !" j M . A . de Humboldt has submitted to tho Prussian Government a plan for forming throughout the kingdom a series of establishments , for _collecting uniform meteorological observations . It is proposed to mike use of the telegraph and railway stations , which are to be furnished with the necessary instruments and instructions . We learn from Galignani that for some time past , Mdlle . Mars , tlie celebrated actress , has been seriously ill , and her malady has now become so alarmin ? that tier friends have not the slightest hope of being able to save her .
The Court of Queen ' s Bench haa decided that shareholders in proprietary schools and colleges are liable for the books ordered by the principal . The distress among the middle _classes in Paris , especially the retail traders , is extreme ; business h almost annihilated , and bankruptcies are of hourly
occurrence . A young man , about 20 years of age , was arrested lately in the garden of the Palais Royal " , after having seized on a handful of banknotes at a moneychanger ' s . He entered the shop under pretext of inquiring if a counter which he presented was gold or not , and whilst the master of tho shop was looking at the piece , he seized on the notes and took to flight . Fortunately for the money changer , the thief was arrested , and tne money recovered . One of the London and Salisbury coaches , which have been withdrawn from the road on account of the opening of the Salisbury and _Bishopstoko Railway , had run for no less than fifty years . Tho " old Bury , " equally as ancient , bas been withdrawn within the last few days . of
Count _D'Orsay has just executed a statuette Mr O'Connell , which will be sold , and the proceeds will be appropriated to the funds for the relief of the Irish poor . Tho American general , Worth , hns issued an order that all his officers and soldiers are to appearon parade without whiskers or mustachios . A n attempt was lately _m-ulo to break into the rectory house at Ditton , Cambridgeshire , but a fine parrot belonging to the rector gave the alarm , and the robbers decamped . The price ol bread has been again raised in Paris , and is now fixed at 53 centimes the kilogramme , or 10 Ad . for the 41 b loaf . It is estimated that not fewer than 800 , 000 persons in the United StatcB belong to temperance societies , and a great number abstain irom intoxicating drinks , though they do not belong to any society . The Emperor of Ilussia has issued an ukase for the formatioa ofa council of trade and manufactures at Warsaw .
The inauguration of Prince Albert as Chancellor of Cambridge University , occurs on the 25 th inst . The lambing season has been vory unfavourable in Herefordshire and in the neighbouring counties . Grent numbers of ewes have died beforo yeaning , and many lambs have _alsa perished . The Halifax Guardian says that a duck belonging to a farmer near Huddersfield , lately laid three eggs within twenty hours . „ , _ , , M . Martin ( du Nord ) , keeper of the French seals , and minister of public worship _. died a few days ago , from an attack of paralysis , under winch he had been for some time suffering . . _Aooountsof alarming disturbances in some of the provinces are said to have been received by the Russian government , but the particulars have not transpired . ,.,,,,, A judge in Louisiana has decided that a slave who has once left the slate , and landed upon a free soil , is no longer a slave if he returns .
A likeness of the pope has been painted _byja Jewish artist named _Labrnn . The Belgian government has presented to the chambers a bill to exempt from tonnage duties until the 1 st of September all vessels freighted with articles of food . The Hanoverian states have sanctioned the treaty of commerce and navigation proposed betw _^ _n J 3 _»* _nr « ver and the United States .
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Delicious . —A young Irelander was saying that M . Soyer _' s soup was the greatest luxury he had had for years . Upon being universally laughed at for this declaration , he exclaimed , * ' It ' s true nevertheless 1 for 1 can assure you it ' s so delicious , that the morel take of it the more it brings tho water into my mouih . " - _* Pu . _'tcA .
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A Kind Word . *—If a civil word or two will ronder a man happy , he must be a wretch indeed who will not giro them to liim . Such a disposition is like lighting another man ' s candle by one ' s own , which loses none of its brilliancy by what others gain . If all mankind po « _R- _* R' -nl this feeling , how much happier would the world he than it now is ! The Lath Extessivk Fojiorbibs . _*—A reward of £ 600 is offered for the apprehension and conviction of Frederick . Robert , and William Glover , late of Leeds , woollen m _« ntifactiirers and merchants "ho stand charged with the perpetration of diver * . - forgeries , and with having absconded with the property of their creditors ; and fnca . ' _-e of the _appi-cl elision and conviction of any one of them one-third nf the amount will be paid . " The amount of the _foiqurjes is variously stated , as exceeding £ 30 , 000 , and uvea £ 50 000 .
The " GnRAT Britain . "—Mr Brunei hai _ir _.-we another report to tht ; directors of the Great W'j 'lem Steam Ship Company , upon the position of their _>*««• sel in Dundruni Bay . She has been made quite _** afe by Captain Claxton , and has not received any further injury . Mr . Brunei promises to propound Vm plan for removing her into deep water in a bhort _tims . Imsii _Pooa Law—From a return laid before _Parliament , out of _thu eisrht millions of Irish , about 100 000 were inmateR f poor houses in tho last week of 18 * 16 ; the _honw having been originally d * - _" -tiued to contain 04 000 . Th average cost of roainlcuance was 2 . -. weekly per lead .
IUbb News for PoAcnr . _Bs . _—AttherecpntRomling petty sessions a marred woman , Mary Eeerton , who had taken a hare from a wire in which it h » d been snared by her husband , and conveyed it home , wag discharged by tho magistrates from all penal con ** equences , upon the ground that , as the statute only related to male _nff-nders _, the informatioa _a-i-Aumt & female could not be sustained . Blbssinos of an AnuNDANCK of Water . — I ( W . E . Hickson , Esq . ) wish to add my testimony to that of every practical man who is acquainted with tho poorer class of habitations , that a greater _blesuinj _oouldscarcely bo conferred by Government upon the _working classes of London , or ono more essential to health and corofort . than that of acheap and abundant supply of water , and that the present mode of supply is about the most expensive and inefficient that caa be devised .
The Best _Polict . —A Quaker , passing through a market , stopped at a stall an I inquired the price ot eitrons . " I have none , " said the honest countryman , " that will suit yeu ; they are decayed , and their flavour is gone . " " Thank thee friend ; I will go tu the next , stand . " " Hast thou good fruit to-day ?" said he to the dealer . " Yes , sir ; here are some of the finest nutmegs of my garden . They aro small , but rich of their kind . " " Then thou canst recommend them . " "O , certainly , sir . " "Verywall ; I will take two ' J" lie carried them home , and ther
proved unsound , miserably tasteless . The next morning he _asain repaired to the same place . The man who sold him the fruit the preceding day , asked hint if _hewould like some more . " Nay , triend , _Vhouhaat deceived me once , and now , although thou _mayst speak the truth , still , I cannot trust thee ; but thy neighbour chose to deal uprightly with me , aud from henceforth I shall be his patron . Thou _wonldst do well to remember this , and learn by experience , that a falsehood is a base thing in the beginning and a very unorofiiable one in the end .
Mr . _Coddbs at Romb . — " Sir Ricardo Cobdeo , * as thc Italian newspapers insist on calling him . was _introduced to Pius IX . by Cardinal Fieschi _, nnd had a _prolengcd interview with the Sovereign Pontiff . The most distinguished of the Roman nobility via with each other in doing honour tothe English cottonspinners . The aggregate amount at present sub * scribed to the " Cobden Fund , " is £ 60 , 138 . I * . TBR-MunAL _Buhtals . —Government havo propared a __ bill to prohibit the further interment ; of corpses in the church yards of large towns and populous districts . The _greatcstand most disgusting national nuisance of modern times is likely , therefore ,
to be sooner abated than was expected . Woolwich Convicts . —T . S . Duncombe , K . _** q ., M . P ., Captain Williams , inspector of prisons , -uid another gentleman , the commissioners appointed by government to inquire into the treatment at tho convicts on board the hulks , have commenced their inquiries on board the Justitia . Death or Col . _Gornt _Langtoi " , M . P . —Colonel Langton , who sat for East Somersetshire , eiim ] on Sunday lait , at his house in Grosvenor-square . The deceased was in his 88 th year . Col . Langton , though , a large _land & d proprietor , was an advocate for free trade , and his votes were also given for Roman Catholic relief , and in favour of the Reform Bill .
An Artificial Man . — ' 1 he Memorial Bordel'dss $ , yn that near St . Sevier , there lives an old solditM' with _, a false le ? , a false arm , a glass eye , a complete sot of false teeth , a nose of silver , covered with a substance resembling flesh , and a silver plate replacing part of his skull . He was a soldier under Napoleon , and these are his trophies . _Distresseo Imsii an » _Scotch . —The Foiui'tatioa Feast of _Caius College , Cambridge ( 25 th inst . ) , is to he dispensed with this year , and the cost applied to tbe relief of the destitution prevailing in Ireland and Scotland . The _Under-graduates of Queen ' s Collwga have subscribed £ 30 for tho same benevolent purpose _. Offering of Goon _Dsbds . —Wc celebrate nobler obs * _quies to _thoso we love , by drying the tears of others , than by shedding our own ; and thc _fairost funeral wreath we can hang on their tomb , is no-, so fair as a fruit-offering : of goods .
Aristocratic _AMtiSEsiBNis . —A _correspondonf ., describing the recent Roman carnival , says -. —The _B" _? lisH haye generally distinguished _thcmsclvrs ia tue war oi ¦ _ia ? . . p | ums but none has rivalled Lord " - " ** 7 * . , " - _'f on a balcony and scattered his comfits broad-cut , m \ , hev Ia ancle . deep itt tha . street . Disdain . ng to retreat ,. L „ , emonf t , by some plebeian , struck his lordstii >„ fRCe - _^ \ - requested the police to prevent the use « _^\ x « : •¦/ gal missiles for tho future . Small Debts Bill . — The Clerkenwell _Cotn . _ty Court of Middlesex , established under the Act 10 th of Victoria , c . 05 , for thc recovery of small debts _; md demands , was duly opened on Tuesday . Dbath of Captain N . Locbukr _, C . B . — Or . 2 fth . ult ., this gentleman of her Majesty's ship Albion , breathed his last at Malta , on board the vessel he had till then commanded , having- _sufiured severely from bronchitis .
Odd Fellows . —Much to tho honour of one of the largest associations in the world , forhenevo _' etu purposes , composed almost entirely of working mon , the Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows in Eiivknd have already raised £ 600 for the relief of the- distressed poor in Ireland . The subscription h -till going on . 1 lain Speaking . —Mrs Elizabeth Peters of Boone County , Indiana , thus notices her absconding busband : —• 'Left my bed and board last fall , theie-bv _* rendering my expense lighter , my legal husband , John Peters , without cause or provocation . All the old maids , and young eirls and widows , of all « r es and conditions , ar * hereby forewarned _again-d
harbouring or trusting him on any account , as I am determined not to be held accountable for his debt * , or more especially for his conduct , because he is % loafer , a drunkard , a _gambler , a liar , a thief . " Miss Martinkao _* . — This eminent lady is at _pievcnt journeying , with a party of English friends , _towHrds Jerusalem . In a letter to the People ' s Journal , she says— " Our journey bas been prosperous to ' a _dixrta —almost too glorious . " She then gives a "Survey from the Great Pyramid , " to the summit of wliich tho party had climbed , by the aid of Arab guides , only a short time before the paper was written . It is descriptive of the appearance of that interesting country , and full of reflections upon the great ev _' iint * of Egyptian history .
Crockfohd ' s Club House . —The Chairman of the Licensing Sessions has refused to grant a license to the new proprietor of this celebrated house , _wliti intended to keep it open for public balls and concerts , for the amusement of the upper classes . Death of _II-srvby Lkach . —The mortal careen- ol this remarkable individual , who earned for himself considerable reputation both in this country and abroad , for liia clover personifications of the habits and eccentricities of the monkey race , under tlio assumed name of Signor Hervio Nano , _terminated , after a short illness , on Tuesday evening last , at his residence , George-street . Shoreditch . A short time ago , deceased was exhibited himself at the Egyptian
Ilall , disguised as an extraordinary animal captured atthe Cape of Good Hope , "supposed io be the link between the human race and the ourangoutang /' and called * ' Wlmtis it . " The last request of the deceased was , that his body should be presented to Dr Liston _, the eminent surgeon , not to be buried , but embalmed and kept in a glass case , as the doctor had been a particular friendto him . Nothing when You ' re used to It . —Guizot and Nortnanby have made it up . When it is recollected they only quarrelled about a lie , we think no one who understands the least about diplomacy , can blame them for not allowing such a trifle as that to stand between them . —l \ mch .
Health of tub Metropolis . — Tho numbor of deaths registered in the week ending Saturday , March 13 , was 102 G , or males 503 , females 523 . The births registered in the same period were 1 , 435 , or males 740 , females , 095 . The temperature during the past week varied between 4 T 5 and 181 . Death of Sib W . Curtis , Bart . —This baronet , whoso name is familiar to those interested in civic history , expired on Tuesday evening , at his residence in Portland-place , aged 66 . Execution : —On Wednesday tho wretched men , Welch and Matthows , underwent their dreadful sentence at the county gaol , Morpeth . Immense crowds flocked into tbe town from all parts . When tho bolt was drawn , Matthews' death speedily foilowed ; but too great a length of rope bang allowed to Welch , some very painful delay occurred ere ho ceased to exist .
Early . Closing _Movrmint . — The fifth a * _aual meeting occurred on Wednesday . The society progresses , several branches having been formed in Man « cheater , Birmingham , and other populous towns .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 20, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_20031847/page/3/
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