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The Trial cf the Mechanics at Liverpool,...
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A SOSG 0 ? THB STARVING . BT EBHEBI JOKES . Ifow , hark ye on the highland , Now , hark ye in the glen _. Throughout oar fertile island—The song of starving men : There ' s bommr for the waster "While money's im hi * span ; There ' s plenty for the master-But there * - a- 'hing for the man . Ther . * - wealth far building churches , . There ' s food for hound and _stied ; "But the country is a desert _JTor thepauper in his need .
Tben , hark ye on the highland _. And hark ye in tbe glen _. Throughout onr blessed island The song of stricken men . The shipwrecked sailor wending To a ha-en of sure rest ; The wounded bird descending On its lonely forest nest . They feel no exult * tion , On earth , or ah-, or sea . Like the gladness of a _aation Thathas striven—and is free !
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Uow , bari ye in the cottage—Sow .-ark ye in the mill—The peop le have the power , If they only had the will ! Xrt Wn > _stDlh-ir s fetter . Who brook- to be a slave , And call * the man a letter He knsws to be a _•_ _.... As Ions _»* ye will trn _.-le , So long will they oppress : Hope not , to _vrin from others , Bat-Tom yomrsilaei—redress
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_ _Tow _, bark ye in the palace—Uow , hark ye in the hall—Te men of silent malice ! Andye men of _blood y thrall . dan ye face the . a __ j * in ; r nation _. Ye that feasted on their pain _. An . made their desolation Tbe foundation of your gain t Then down—eacb tarnished scutcheon ! And _down—eachbl tted fame ! The million paupers dying Cry shame upon yon !—Shame !
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"Now , bark ye on the highland , Sow , hark ye in the glen : _~ BetB ember , that ye struggle \ 7 ith measures , not with not ! Te need not crush the mighty , Bnt take away bis might : We ask not retrifration _. We ask bnt for our right . Andbe is not my brother £ _ _-1—_ oin a wrong is done ; Orvisifson another "What he wonld wish to shun .
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Simmonds* Colonial Magazine. Mat. London...
SIMMONDS * COLONIAL MAGAZINE . Mat . London : S __ _t _ -0 __ - __ id Ward , Barge-yard , Hackler .-hsry . "Without appro-fin ? of the grcat scheme of emigration advocated by the editor of this magazine , we do _fn-ly agree with him in dennnncins * the wretched adamis-ration or Colonial" affairs by the incapable _, who . at the Colonial-office , pr __ su __ ptno-i _* 'ly dare to assume the guidance of the _rising states founded by Englishmen in so many parts of the globe . Farther , * _< re agree with the editor in hoping to see , ere many year , elapse , " representatives from every part of onr vast Colonial empire assembled
in the imperial _^ Parliament , _discnssing the f * reat topic- of coloniat legislation and c -lonial reform ; _establishin _? the bounds and la ; .-marks of an _enlightened commercial srstem ; _obliterating the name 'dependency . * ' and mating the colonies a great confederacy of Britons . "' Some snch system is greatly * _, needed to _accompli _** h the reform of colonial abases , -which , otherwise , will continue to fester and increase , until , for the sake of self-preservation , the patient will be driven to the more violent remedy of revolt . Inthe number before ii _ is an interesting account of Prince Edward ' s I ?! . nd , in the course of which we find ihe following illustrations of
THE CCKS 2 OF _LiSDLOBOISM . In 1161 , tbe whole colony was divided into sixtyseven _towuships , each containing about 20 , 000 acres , with some reservations for town , pasture , or common lots . These townships wer' granted by the government to a few individual , ofthe _British nobility and persons who pressed their claims npon the bounty of tbe government . The grantees were bound to settle the whole island iu ten year ., at the rate of one person for every tiro hundred acres . This condition they were unable to fulfil ; and the prices fixed by them fot small lots of _wHdernessland immediately checked immigration . By fhe indulgence of the government still further time and
privileges were allowed : yet the contract has not been complied with on tbeir part , and the present system of tenure efforts a most fruitful source ef agitation and political strife . Kor have t _ e grants themselves proved profitable to the proprietors nor their tenant . ; while the general improvement ofthe country has beea retavdel . Tbis unwise system of giving away territory has a pa-__*___ in- _" ovaS . otia , where tbe abundant and valuable mineral production * ofthe earth have , by an improvident grant , the conditions of which were nerer fulfilled , fallen into the Lands of a powerful monopoly , to the incalculable injury of t _5 ; e country and _dissatisfaction of the inhabitant _., who are not permitted to dig a luibel of coals although thev should be found in their soils .
If the lands , instead of being granted by the Crtwn to individuals , in _townships of 20 , 000 acres each , bad been sold in small lots to actual settlers , tbey would long ago bave been improved . The chief part of tbe proprietors have resided in Britain , and few of tbem bave taken pains to comply with the terms of their leases . The result has been that many town < liips remain in a wilder ness state , and almost the whole body of the inhabitants are tenants , a rare circumstance in British America . It bas been the custom to grant leases of wilderness land for S _9 B years , at a r . nt varying from 1 ? . to 2 s . per acre per annum . For th *> first , second , and third years , no rent
¦ was required ; then 3 * L p . r acre waB called for , and increased annually to tbe full sum . The same system prevails ta the present period , except that effort , are made to reduce the time to ninety-nine years , against which there is great complaint among the settlers . According to the present system , the rent is increased according to the _improvemynis made by the tenant . The effect of thi . tax upnn industry is most per _ ic _* o _ s ; and the persevering and industrious fanner , by the constant increase of the rent , is often in a worse condition than the idler , who , having made few improvement * , bas little to pay .
Is it not rannsfrnn . that onr class-appointed rulers should have dared to give away an entire _tonntry to . a few grasping -rist-crats , - _**•__ had neither cultivated nor conquered the land , and conld advance no claim to "tonthe strength of either the plough cr the sword ? Is it not monstrous that the descendants of these _aristocratsstill continue to plunder the land—a land which , most , if not all ,-of there have never seen ? Let the "Anti-Renters" and " - Agrarian R _^ rnnerj" ofthe United States only _Bccceed in their movement , and good bye to landlord-usurpation tbrooghont the American continent . The abominableabasesof our colonial administration call loudly for reform . A democratic change in tbis country wonld ensure tbat reform , at once speedy and effectual . If no snch change comes or tarries in ihe coming , the fate of British rule throughout the colonies ' may be safely predicted !
Papers on the" Progress of Discovery in Australia ; " "Life in the Ceylon Junglesf "Sierra l-one ; " "The Cultivation and Preparation of Coffee- " "Ste . m Communication between Sydney and Engl and ; " and a variety of other matters , will lie found both instructive and entertaining . This Bomber commence ** a new volume , a favourable op * portunity for new subscriber .. Every one interested ia colonial affairs _wj'l do well to purchase , and inform themselves of the merits of this well-conducted and tu-eral periodical .
2_Hwff. Journal. Fpart Iv. London: Vjl (...
2 _ HWff _. Journal . _fPart IV . London : Vjl ( corner of _Surrt-y-street _) , Strand . _"ffe haTe already eiven quotations from the contents ef this part , to wit , _Freiligrath-s poem on ' * Ireland ; " and William flowitt ' s article on "National Education and Government Education . " The valuable ' _. eries of papers entitled " Physiology for ihe People" constitute a striking ! feature ef this periodical From the " Record oif Popular Progress " * _we _sive the folb wing extract : — The " Christian Cbi-raomeealliV- fawnuMy entertavacd _1 _> 3 the Pope . —We learn by letters _fro-i Borne that Mr J . __ £ . -. organ , tbe benevolent and indefatigable projector of the Christian Commonwealth , or self-supporting _vil-__ ? e of 300 families , has been honoured by an interview with his noliness the Pope , at which he was permitted
to explain bis plan for ameliorating the condition of the ¦ wortiag classes . His Holiness wa 3 plea-ed to express fhe great interest which he felt in the _desigH , and his _api-roba-on of its charitable purpose . He accepted co-iies of Mr Morgan __ work , the " Christian Commonwealth . ** io French and English , and a lithographic print illustrative of the proposed village : having previously allowed a transparent painting of the same to be placed in his apartment , and having devoted to it considerable attention . Tbe most patient consideration bas hetn given to the design by the different religious bodif s of Some , especially by the Scotch and Irish colleges ; by the latter it was recognised as the _moBt likely menus , under Providecce , of averting the evils which afflict the sister ishmd . We learn , moreover , that the Pope has
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referred Mr Morgan _. proposal to tba examination of tho Agricultural Comu-hsion , of which the Cardinal Has . . no ispiesident-. aad that it is expected their report will be followed up by the establishment of a model vHlagein the _Campasoadi Roma . Such a movement on the part of the head of the Catholic Church demands the utmost gratitude from Christ _* * _ u _ of aU denominations ,- whom we trust it will excite- to emulation in a work so noble and excellent , and so . highly calculatedto relieve the present and _prevent the future sufferings of the _industrious poor .
This part contains an _engrarin ? of a French medal struck m commemoration of the sp . n _ tti-. ry perfidy ofthe Austrian despotism in 1846 . On the converse is a _fi-rure of Liberty , inscribing with the bayonet on a _allows the _flagrant act of the massacres of Gallicia , the chief scenes of them , and the names of the principal assassin ., including their _director-in-chief , the hated Metternich ; on the reverse , between the _dagger and torch , symbols of _vioJei-ceand destruction , stands the _inscription - > LaDemocratie Franoaise a fait frapper cette rr . __ _ dai'le , _nourliwer les antenrs des massacres de Gal-J _^ _'e a I' ex-aeration du mondeetdela post . _rita . _** ' u e I _, emoCH _- ° f France has caused this medal to be struck to consign the authors of the massacres of Gallicia to the execration of the world and of posterity . " ] The _illastrations to this part are good ; that of The Rivals" in No . 16 is very beautiful .
The People's Journal. Part Xvi. L_Ondon:...
The People ' Journal . Part XVI . l _ ondon : J . Bennett , 69 , Fleet-street . This part contains a va-ietv of well-writ- *!! and interestinc articles on " The Treatment of Crime . " by Lord Nmrent ; " Italy , " by L . Mariotti ; " Democracy in Europe , " by Joseph Mazzini ; " Art-Education for the People . " by George Wallis ; "Magic and D . _monolofy , " by John Duncan ; 'Recent American Communities , " by Goodwyn Barmby ; & c Ac , & e . We are sorry to have to pxpress our dissent from the ten _* per and tone of Mr _Mnzzini' s article . Some ofhis areument _* _aresohui-Ktlrs-artlingand worthy of serious _thought , bnt ho it-dulses in a flippant readiness of denunciation wbich will not serve his purpose . Lord _Nugent's article promises well for his intended scries of papers on " Crime . " He argues that , —
We are not justified in pnnishin _., only because the offender desert ) . i it , unless we can also , show tbat thereby we probably ei ve protection to society , either hy reforming him . or by _doterrina others , by the example ofhis punishment , from committing alike offence . "He _desn-ves it . " mnst therefore not be urged as alone justifying any punishment . Farther , we must assume that we are not _justifi ? _-, even for th * . sate nf _sivins protection to soeiety . in inflictinf- a punishment beyond what the nature of the offence morally deserves . A « , for .-cample , we should not be justified in _punishing witb death the offence of robbing ; ao orchard , although we mieht he _satisfied that , by so doing , we might probably prevent the robbing of orchards in future .
Again , even though the offender may morally deserve tbep _. _ i _ hroent . aRdthnngh . bein 0 ict * ono . i-m-ypr . bably tend to protect society from the prevail nee of the offence . we are not justified in inflicting it . if it appear that society may be equally well protected against the prevalence of the offennr at a cheaper rate—that it , by the infliction of a les * Tin- _« nre of punishment . And . Iastly , to justify the punishment , it must be shown , continually , as education advance * ., and the same ends of protection become attainable at a less expense , that the necrssity ofthe punishment stilt remain * the same . And , in _ri'sprct ofall these , we assume tbat the duty of justifying thr punishm _. nt is fairly castor , tbe party counselling the continu . nee . as it would ou the party counselling the firs- adoption of it . Several illustrations _. r-cft "his part ; tn __ b __ st is an en Tavin _ - of "The Er ! Kin ? . " from the fresco pa . ntin _ of B . Nehr , inthe Grand Duchy Castle at Weimar .
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Thu . _Riosmer . Edited hy G . J . _TTnlyna-o . Parfs X . — -XL London : ' Watson , 3 , Queen ' s Head-passage , Patcrnnster-row . "We are happy to hear nf the increased and _increasinj ? success _nfthis ouWicatinn . which in each suecee ine numVr P - hibvts more and more the talent of its editor , nnd someth . R 2 more than '" ordinary abilities" of his _ns-ist-nt cm _. rihu' nrs . The editor of the " Rea ? o-er" does not _merelv advocate " free discussion . " he enr o . r _ . ees it on the part of opponents and ir . _quirers- ; . h _<* support of such a publication is . therefore , of the first , importance , tint merely to those wbn think with Mr _Holvoake . but to all who are earnest in the nun-nit of truth .
We cat . not afford space for even the bare enuraeri _* - tion of tie many ably written essays , & c . contained in ? he . ' -e two parts . We may however , make special mention of Mr TMyoake ' s Letters " To thc Editor oftho * _Penph ** s _Joni- " _- } . '" and th ** extraordinary " revelation-- " entitled " Henry the Eishth ' s Schpme of Bishopric * : " to this Iait we may , hereafter _, more directly point . heat . enl . on of on- * readers . As we are " not hine if not _ci-itica ' , " we nui 3 t administer a pat-sin ? word of n-pronf to Mr Holyoake . In his paper nn " Literary E _* fqnctte : or . Rpflectinns _nr-on the recent Controversy between Messrs Howitt ard Saunders , " —Mr _H . _Vavs : — "The ill-starred personalities of O'Connor , O'Brien , and Lovett _. did more than the government to put hack political _teform . For eachof these gentlemen I hav _» personal
_rcmec-. but . as belligerents , they bave covered Complete Suffrage with confusion . " Now , we beg -o remind Mr Holyoake that there is something worse than rash disputation and denunciation , the sins he charges to the account of the parties above-named , and that " something worse" is a " mealv-monthed--ess" which hesitates to call things bv their right names _"throu- _'h fear of offending the prejudiced . Why shonld Mrn . fear to sneak of the ism ofthe "Charter" by its richt name ? why nauseate us with the dainty substitute , "Complete Suffrage ?" _Chaetioi is already what the Quaker invention is not , nor ever likely to bs , historical . _CniRnsuisa good word , and e-cpresses what evervbody understand' - ; learn , then , Mr Holyoake , not to le afraid to make nse of it . and leave dainty phrases to the " genteel '' counter-skippers .
The Family Herald. Part Xlviti. London: ...
The Family Herald . Part XLVITI . London : G . " B . ! ig 3 , 421 , Strand . T „ . 3 Part contains the cpnclusinn of Emrene Sue ' s latest story , " Martin , the Foundling . " We give an extract from the concluding chapter , which shadows forth the author ' s ideas of the future . The extract is part of the description of ft community established by one of the leading charactersnf _thestory , in atonement forthe neglect and violation of the duties he owed to his fellow-creatures , which , in common with his class , had characterised the first portion cf his life . Su < -h atonement is somewhat better than that which whitewashed the criminals of old , when to leave their plonder , or a share thereof tothe priesthood _, seenred for the most atrocious brigands a free passport to heaven : — tub coMHC-rrr .
"A very rich uian . *' said CIa .-eG . rar _ , " bad lived far a long time in idleness , careless nf fhe miserable fate ofthe jrreater number of hi * 'brothers in humanity ;' suddenly struck to tbe heart by a . riehtfal calamity , tin ' s man transformed , regenerated by this terrible trial , ban henceforward sought consolation in tbe practice of human fellowship ; in phce of being sterile , bis sorrow bas been frnitfnl . Having assembled his tenants , as _wi-U as tbe inhabitants of the _miserable village , be thus _addre-ced tbem : —* As I live in the mi- « t of yon , I ongbt to practise tbe rigid duties to wbich those who possess a * , are bound toward-such of their Mlow-creatares as possess nothing . I wish to atone for the past , and I hope _thef-tore will absolve me ; listen then to what I am going to propose to yon . This territory consists of nearly Mx _ ho _ san"l acres , all of which belong to me , except three hundred , which is divided among you . Let ns form an association , let yonr lands and mine make
in future one common property , which shall belong to ns _sll ; let it be the same with the horses , the flocks , and herds . In tbis association you will give yonr skill- and labonr ; I will give tbe land , the bnildings _. and the capital required for commencing . In thus furnishing to the society tbe meant and the implements for labour , I bring for myself alone as much as you will bring together _, honestly then I should have a right to deduct fer myself the half of the profits : bat tbis ri . ht , this inequality , I renounce in the name of that _feeling of brotherhood which draws me towards yon , and I ask only a single share eiraal to eacb of you , and this share I will earn like von by industry , by applying all the force of my knowledge to t ' ie good management of the whole business . I hare Hv-d during forty years in fatal and onproductive idlness ; I have much te be _forgivrn , and from the day that we are united , I promise yon tbat no one will be more zealous or hive more regard for the general interest . '"
"Andthe promises that this man made , be has religiously kept , " said Claude . " And no doubt the association was formed immediately . ** said Just . "No , " replied Claude ; " although he offered to these poor people unheard-of advantages , he had to vanquish suspicions and _' _prejudices unfortunately _Inseparable from the ignorance and' the species of slavery in which the unhappy creatures had lived . _< What do yon risk 1 ' said he . 'Let as examine . I charge myself with the first establishment ; nay , more , I will en-ore your esistence during two year .. Yon quit yonr sorry and unhealthy dwellings for a healthy , cheerful , and commodious-bod . ; yonr repulsive and unfruitful toil shall be rendered productive and attractive from its variety ; what , then , I ask , do you risk ? The land that yon unite with mine shall be retcrned , if In two years your condition does not appear to yon improved , and yon ran then return to your houses , which shall be left _gtandinu . "
"And they did net long resist tbe evidence of such advantages , " said Just . «* For nearly two months , " replied Clande Gerard . " It is incredible , in the presence of snch evident _advaataires , " exclaimed Eegina . J "Alas ! madame , " replied Claude , "these unhappj "beings had been for so long a time accustomed to be treated with severity or neglected , and they have learned to have io little faith in human goodness , that they demanded of each other with a sort of fearful su-picion ,
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why any out should manifest towards them so much disiuterdte-ne _.-and generosity . " "You are right , sir , " said Regina , ¦« and this distrust is a cutting satire oa the past . " " At last the association was formed , " added Claude ; " six months after the commencement of operations tho necessary buildings were constructed , and shortly after the ancient village was destroyed with a sort of joyous solemnity . As for the happiness and ease wbich this population , lately to miserable , now enjoy , if you will accompany me , what yon witness will convince yoa of the marvellous results of this brotherhood . " This Part concludes the fourth volume of tho Familyi Herald , —& volume which has exceeded the enormous circulation ef its predecessors , We hope tbe like success will be deserved and obtained by tbe forthcoming volume .
The Musical Herald. Part Xii. London: G....
The Musical Herald . Part XII . London : G . Biggs , 421 , Strand . We fear that this publication has not met with the support it ha . throughout so well deserved , otherwise we would not have the announcement of its conclusion . As it is , however , this part renders complete two handsome volumes of music and musical literature , unrivalled for cheapness , and in taste and judgment not inferior to many highpriced works .
The Trial Cf The Mechanics At Liverpool,...
The Trial cf the Mechanics at Liverpool , before Mr Baron Rolfe and a Special Jury' on the 2 nd and 3 rd April . 1847 . for a Conspiracy . Compiled nnd _cditfd from the Short-hand Writer ' s Notes , by W . P . Roberts , the Attorney for the Defence . London : Northern Star office . Manchester : Abel Hoywood , Oldham-strect . The subject-matter of this " Report" has been so fully agitated in _oiir columns , week after week for some months past , that it is quite unnecessary to do more tban intimate that this is a most admirable history of the " Trial . " Every member ofa Trades ' Society should fothwith procure a copy . We subjoin from the "introductory narrative" an anecdote of the celebrated indictment : —
The True BiU against thc defendants me _. sur . d in length fifty-seven yards—it was written on upwards of seventy skins of parchment—it was nearly twice as long as the Monster Indictment in "Thc Quern against Daniel O'Connell and Others" —and twenty times as long as that ia "The Queen against Feargus O'Connor and fifty-nine Others . " " I could not make out , " said a _barrister to Mr Roberts , " what the devil it was tha : was coming . I fancied , at first , it must be a petition for the release of Frost , Williams , and Jones . "
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Miscellaneous . — "The Man is the Moon . " Nos . i and 5 . Edited by Albert Smith and Ane us B . Reach ( Clark , Warwick-lane ) , A rare sixpennyworth ot fun . " The Midund Florist , " May ( Simpkin and Marshall ) . The Calendar of Operations in the Kitchen and Flower Garden will be found exceedingly useful to many besides professed horticulturists ; tbe other contents are interesting . " _Gleni-t ' s Monthly Review op __ ou-icolt . re , " No . 1 , May ( W . flilditch , 420 , Strand ) . This publication is intended to combine the features of a magazine and monthly newspaper , with all that can
instruct and amuse the lovers ofa garden . This number contains several valuable articles . " The Miners' Abvocaie , " May ( W . Daniells , Douglas , Isle of Man ) , contains matter of muck interest to the miners . " The IIer _. ld op Co-operation-, " No . 4 ( Robinson , Douglas , Isle of Man ) . . ' * Mack-nzie ' _s Railway Monthly Time and Fabe Tables " ( E . Mackenzie , 111 . _Fleet-street ) . With the " Supp _l ement , " this sheet is the most astonishing production of the day . For twopence the traveller may supply himself with full and accurate information concerning tre railways , coaches , omnibuses , steamers , the fares , __ zc , _ _*_ ., & e .
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The Following Are The Principal Exhibiti...
The following are the principal exhibitions , places of note , museums , __** .., in the metropolis , open to public inspection , and will prove a guide to country visitors to Loudon during the Whitsun holidays : — . The Tower of London—Open from 10 to 4 . Admission Is ., -viz ., to the armories , 6 d . ; to the jewel office , 6 d . The objects of curiosity , independent of the ancient buildings , are an immense store of fire _, arms , a collection of cannon , armour , __ . __ . ; the jewel office containing the crown and other insignia of royalty . Near the Tower is the Custom-house , the long room of which will repay the visitor for a visit . St Paul ' s Cathedral—Open from 10 till dusk . The cl-aige . ate , to the monument . _ f Ens-Ian ___ heroes , 2 d ., - gallsries . _C'l . ; vaults , ls . ; clock , 2 d ., - libraries , models , _> _.., ls . ; to the ball at the dome , ls . ed .
Westminster Abbey—Open from 9 to dusk . Admission 6 d . The Monument—Open daily from 9 to dusk . On payin g 6 d . a visitor may ascend to the top . Guildhall , King-street , _Chcapside—Free , daily , from 10 to S , contains some fine monuments of marble . The Thames Tunnel ( _Wappinc- and Rotherhithe)—Open constantly both night and day , the toll being Id . This is one of the most remarkable structures inthe world , built under the bed of the Thames . It is brilliantly lighted with gas .
Model of Jerusalem—Mr Bruhnetti ' s mod , ! of the Holy City will be viewed with peculiar interest at the present season , when the mind naturally reverts to the events which have consecrated it to the observance of Christians of all denominations . It was in Jerusalem that the great mystery of roan ' s redemption was wrought ; "not a spot is visible , * " says Disraeli , " that is not heroic or sacred , consecrated or memorable . Every rock and valley bears in its name the memories of the old Hebrew patriarchs and prophets
—the magnificent kings of Judah , or the terrible Roman conquerors , the Jewish priestsor the Christian martyrs . The realisation of this grand and solemn city is to be seen in thc beautiful model now being exhibited in Piccadilly . It will well repay the trifling charge and trouble ofa visit by the definite and correct idea it gives of a spot the most sacred , mo 3 t interesting , and the most celebrated in the world . Christ's Hospital , or Blue-coat School , Newgatestreet—Open daily , free , one of the most splendid amongst the charitable foundations of London .
Westminster Hall—Free . Its length is 270 feet , breadth li . and 90 feet in _height . Duke of York ' s Monument , St James ' s Park—Open from 12 to 3 ; admission , Cd . The Royal Mint , on Tower-hill—Open daily fiom 11 to 3 , free . The mechanical contrivances of this vast manufacture of money are most complete , but the public are not permitted to witness their operations , unless upon special application . ' British Museum , Great Russell-street , Bloomsbury —Free . East India Company ' s Museum—Open on Saturdag from 11 to 3 , free , containing eastern curiosities of a
highly interesting character , trophies , paintings , -. atvu-cripts , ivojy earrings , and ma _ iy specimens of Indian ingenuity . Missionaries' Museum , BIoo _ . fi . Id- _ t . eet , Moorfieids—Open on Tuesday , Thursday , and Saturday , from 10 to i , free ; a judicious collection of objects ot natural history , ornaments of feathers , idols , Ac , from the countries which have beeu benefited by the heroic exertions of missionaries . Geological Museum , Craig ' s-court , Charing Cross —Open , gratis , daily , from 10 to 4 . Attractive to those who take an interest in the structure of the earth , its strata , minerals , & c . ; all the specimens are British except the ores .
, Sir John Soane ' _a Museum , Lincoln ' s Inn-fields—Open on Thursdays and Friday ., from 10 to 4 , free , consisting of statuary , paintings , models , antique relics , & c . _ ,,, ¦¦ -. Surgeons' Museum , Lincoln s Inn-fields — Open , gratuitously , the first four days of the week , from 12 to i , containing _sereral thousand curious and Taluable anatomical subjects , collected by the celebrated John Hunter . ' Royal Institution Museum , Albemarle - street , Piccadilly—O _^ en daily , from 10 to 4 , by a member ' s order ; contains specimens of minerals , chiefly British .
United Service Museum , Scotland-yard , White * hall—Open daily , by member ' s order , from 11 to 5 ; contains models of ships , statues , images , paintings , Ac . collected by British officers . There is a room exclusively devoted to articles from China . National Gallery , Trafalgar-equare—Open free the first four days of the week , from 10 to 5 . Royal Academy , Trafalgar-square—Open daily from 8 to 7 . Admission Is . British Institution , 52 , Pall-mall — Open daily from 10 to 5 ; for paintings by British Artists . _Ad-Suffolk-street Gallery , Pall-mall — Open daily . Admission Is . Oil and water-colour paintings . Society of Painters in Water Colonrs , 53 , Pallmall—Open daily from 9 to dusk . Admission ls .
St . James ' s Gallery , 5 S , Pall-mall — Open daily from 9 fc * 6 , admission Is ., with a collection of English , Flemish , Italian and Dutch _isclioola ; including Titian ' s Venus . „ _-,,-, ... ... Colosseum , Regent ' s Park—Open daily , with panoramic views of London , museum of sculpture , artificial ruin !* , conservatories , & c . Admission 2 s . Diorama , Regent ' s Park—Open daily from 10 to 5 . Stalls 2-. saloon Is . Consists of two views : by an ingenious piece of mechanism the room in which the spectator sitsiB moved tothe pictures , the various shades of light , marking day and night , storm and sunshire , are admirable managed . Burford ' s Panorama , Leicester-square — Open daily , admission Is , An exhibition of views ofiirstrate merit .
Polytechnic Institution—Open daily , 309 , _Regeiiistreet . admission ls . One of . the ni 03 t interesting exhibitions in them . tropolis . * Society of Arte , John-street , Adelphi—Ope . ! daily , admission by member ' s order . A society to > promote useful inventions ; the models , machine- ) , the _celebrated Barry ' s paintincs , will repay a _.-yisit . Greenwich Hospital—Open daily , from 9 to dusk ,
The Following Are The Principal Exhibiti...
admittance to the hall 3 d . This is tho finest buildi mg-in Europe devoted to charitable purposes ; the park observatory , & c . are great attractions of this delightful spot . \ . / Woolwich Dockyard—O pen daily , free , for buildm _** _ships-of-war , the Royal Arsenal , _rope-yard , artillery barracks , military repository , Ac . Chelsea Hospital , Chelsea—Open every day free ; For-invalid soldiers ; chapel , hall , library , dsc , well worthy of inspection . Bulwich College—Every day in the forenoon , except Friday , free by a ticket from any respectable printseller in town , contains a valuable collection of pictures . 2- > olo __ c al Gardens ,. Regent ' s Park—Open daily from 10 to dusk , by a member ' s order . A largo collection of animal life .
Madame Tussnud _. Exhibition of- Public Character- ; _Jiving and dead , modelled in wax with great skill , and dressed in appropriate costume , A _Bplendid exhibition , admission Is . , The _following bazaar * nuy be visited free , and aro well worthy of attention : — Pantheon , Oxford-street , where there is a choice collection of pictures , and an aviary . Soho Bazaar ; Soho-square . the first established in London , and a place of fashionable resort . Lowther Bazaar and Arcade , m West Strand . Burlington Arcade , Piccadilly . King-street Bazaar , Portman-square . Pantechnicon , Pimlico ; and Baker-street Bazaar Baker-street , Oxtord-stree ., '
These Are The Chambers' Of 1145. [We Hav...
THESE ARE THE CHAMBERS' OF 1145 . [ We have already shown to our readers the Chamber . ' of 184-7 ; we now refer to tbe previous opinions of these changeable economists . "Whence this won-_ prf . l 1 - _* h „ n _ - _ , . 1 ¦
Improvement Of Waste Landsspadf. Husband...
IMPROVEMENT OF WASTE LANDSSPADF _. HUSBANDRY . ( Fromihe Information for the People , No . * 72 J [ _Contin .-d / _i-Om onr last . ] In tho farms of 6 acres , wc found no plough . horse , or cart ; the only _agricultural implement , besides the spade . fork . and wheelbarrow , which we observed , was a lieht wooden harrow , _which-mi- "ht be dragged by the hand . The farmer had no assistance besides that of his wife and children , excepting sometimes in harvest , when we found he occasionally obtained _thcassistancoofaneighhn _. r , or hireda labourer at a franc per day . The whole of the land is dug with the spado , and trenched very deep ; but as the soil is light , the labour of <" te ; inff i _ not great . The
. ' ode on the small farms which we examined , consisted of a couple of cows , a calf or two , one or two pigs , sometimes a goat or two , and some poultry . The cows are altogether stall-fed on straw , turnips , clover , rye , vetches , carrots , potatoes , and a kind of soup made by boiling up potatoes , peas , beans , bran , cut hay , Ac . into one mess , and which , being given warm , is said to be very wholesome , and to promote the secretion of milk . In some districts the grains of the breweries and distilleries are _und for the cattle ; and the failure of the _Belgian distilleries ha ? been reckoned a calamity on account of thc loss of the supply of manure which was produced by cattle fed in the stalls of these establishments . _^ .. The success ofthe Belgian farmer depends mainly
upon the number of cattle which he can maintain by the produce of his land , the general lightness of the soil rendering the constant application of manure absolutely necessary to thc production of a crop . Thc attention of the cultivator is always , therefore , especially directed to obtain a su- ply of manure . Some small farmers , with this view , agree with a sheepdealer to find stall-room and straw for his sheep , to attend to them , and to furnish fodder at the market price , on condition ol retaining the _dnn-r . The small farmer collects in his stable , in a fosse lined with bricks , the dune and moisture ofhis cattle . He buys sufficient lime to _niingls wiih the scourinp of his ditches , and with Ihe decayed leaves , potato-tops , Ac , which he is careful to collect , in order to enrich Ms compost , which is dug over tw _< - or three times in
the course ofthe winter . No portion of the farm is allowed to lie fallow , but it is divided into six or seven small plots , on each of which a system of rotation is adopted -, and thus , with the aid of manure , the powers of the soil are maintained unexhausted , in a state of constant activity . The order of succession in the crops is various ; but we observed on the six-acre farms , which wc visited , plots appropriated to potatoes , wheat , barley , clover , ( whiph had been sawn with the preceding year ' s barley , ) flax , carrots , turnips or" parsnips , vetches , and rye , for immediate use as green food for cattle . Tlie flax grown is heckled and spun hy thc farmer ' s wife , chiefly during the winter ; and wo were told that three weeks' labour at the loom towards the spring enabled them to weave into cloth all the thread thus
prepared . The weavers are _generally a distinct class from the small farmers , though the labourers chiefly suppoitcd by thc loom commonly occupied about an acre of land , sometimes more , their labour upon the land alternating with iheir work at the- loom . In some districts , we were informed , every gradation in the extent of occupancy , from a quarter or half an acre to the six acre farm , is to be found ; and in surh cases more work is done in the loom by the smaller occupiers . The labour of the field , tho management of the cattle , the preparation of manure , the regulating the rotation of crops , and the necessity of carrying a certain portion of the produce to market , call for the constant exercise of industry , skill , and foresight , among the Belgian peasant-farmers ; and to these qualities they add a rigid economy , habitual sobriety , and a contented spirit , which finds its chief gratification beneath the domestic roof , from which the father
of the family rarely wanders in search of excitement abroad . It was most gratifying to observe the comfort displayed in the whole economy of the households of these small cultivators , ar . d the respectability in which they lived . As far as I could learn , there was no tendency to the subdivision of tho small holdings . I heard of none under five acres held by the class of peasant-farmers , - and six , seven , or eight acres , is the most common size . The provident habits of these small farmers enable them to maintain a _hifijh standard of comfort , and is necessarily opposed to such * subdivision . Their marriages are not contracted so early as in Ireland , and the consequent struggle for subsistence among their offspring does not exist . Thc proprietors o the soil retain the f ree and unrestricted disposal of their property , whether divided into smaller or larger holdings . 'Ihe common rent of land is about 20 s . an acre , and the usual rate of wages for a day labourer is a franc ( or 10 J . ) a-day .
A small occupier , whose farm we ex _. mined near Ghent , paid 22 _ francs per annum for ahout two bonnier ., or six acres , of land , with a comfortable house , stabling , and other offices attached , all very good of their kind ; this makes the rent ( reckoning the franc at lOd . ) equal to . € 9 7 s . 6 d . slerling per aunum ; and if we allow £ 3 . 3 . Cd . for the rent of the house , stabling , and other offices , there will be £ G , _ovt £ l per acre for the hind , which accords with the information we obtained at Antwerp ; Brussels , and other places , a 3 to the rent of land in that flat country , the soil of which is generally ofthe same quality throughout . The farmer had a wife and five children , and appeared to live in much comfort . He owed little or nothing , he said ; but he had no capital beyond that employed on Itis farm . We questioned him respecting his resources in case of sickness . He replied , that if he were ill , and if his illness were severe and of long duration , it would press
heavily upon him , because it would interrupt the whole farm-work ; and in order to provide for his family and pay the doctor , he feared he should he obliged to sell part of his stock . If his wife and family were lone ill , and he retained his strength , the doctor would give h m credit , and ho should be able to pay him by degrees in the course of a year or two . Ihe thought of applying for assistance in any quartered appeared never to have entered his mind . We suggested thatthe Bureau de Bienfaisancc , or charitable individuals , might afford him aid in such a difficulty ; but , with evident marks of surprise at the suggestion , he replied cheerfully tbat ho must take care of himself . If a sick club or benefit society were established among these people , so a 3 to enable them by mutual _assurance to provide for the casualty of sickness , the chief source of suffering to their families would be obviated , and there would be little left to wish for or amend in their social condition .
COM __ BA-IV _ . VALVE OF _SPAVS HOSB . NDBr . It is , we believe , an indisputable fact , that a garden produces heavier crops , space for space , thnn a field under ordinary culture with the plough . *• ' In regard to difference uf produco , an experiment was tried in the neighbourhood of Hamilton , expressly to ascertain that point . A field was taken , whieh had been cropped with beans the preceding year , and the previous year with oats . Two ridges wero duff , and two p _loughed alternately , and the whole was sown on the same day . A part both of the ploughed aa ~ . dug was
drilled with the _garden-hoe . The whole was reaped the same day , and being thrashed out , the result was , that the dug land sown broadcast , was to the ploughed sown broadcast , as fifty-five bushels to fortytwo ; while the dug and drilled wa 3 as twenty an „ a quarter bushels to twelve and a quarter upon the ploughed and drilled . The additional grain produced was not the only beneficial result gained by digging ; for in this instance there was aho a grcat deal of straw , and tho land was much more free of weeds , and moro easily cultivated next year . —Sir John Sinclair ' s Code of Agriculture .
_Somesoils , however , are unsuitable for spade husbandry ; as for instance , heavy wot lands liablo to inundation ; stony , gravelly , or shallow soils , more especially if incumbent on chalk . Manual labour is also inapplicable where thc climate is precarious ; and it is necessary to be expeditious in tilling thc land , and in sowing and harrowing for a crop . On these accounts , spade husbandry cannot bo universally resorted io with advantage either tothe _culturist or _tfe community . With respect to its economy , _tt _& ega ii is available , there are two _quoa _* . _ttOl-B . Z ( To ii continued . )
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T1ib . Ian1) And Its Capabilities. Me Ed...
T 1 IB . IAN 1 ) AND ITS CAPABILITIES . Me EDiToa ,- __ . Havlng with many other of my friends felt much doubt as to the accuracy of the statements made in tha "Northern Star , ' " and " People ' s Journal , " relative to the advantages derivable from the Small Farm system , I felt it a duty I- owed myaelf and friends who feel deep interest in the success of the land movement , to address a few lines to the author of the articles that appeared in the " People ' s Journal , " and oopied in the "Star , " and forthe satisfaction of all , who like mya .. _ may have had their doubts , Ibeg to enclose my letter t _.. Mr SiUett with his reply ; it is , sir , at your service , if you think the publication ofthe same would be calculated to remove those doubts jybich prorent __ i _ y from joining the Land Company . You will please so to do in you . next valuable number .
I have the honour to be , Sir , Your obedient and obliged Servant , Alfred- _Blatcbi-. Appfeford , Berkshire , Uth ' If ay , 1347 .
Appleford, 17th April, 1847. , Sib,—Havi...
Appleford , 17 th April , 1847 . , Sib , —Having noticed a paragraph In the "Northern Star , " of 11 th instant , said tobe a true account of your last year's produce on your farm of two acres , and b . ing myself desirous to obtain two or three shares in the * L » nd Dompany , - take the liberty of writing to you merely to . satisfy myself that what is stated in the " Star , " which is taken from the " People ' s Journal , " is correct . If you will have the kindness to send me a Hue hy return of post , mi-rely to say whether or not I may depend upon what is stated in the " Star , " you will much oblige , You - _svery truly , ToMrJ . _Sillett . Ambep _B-. t _. iile ..
.. Kelsale, April 20,1847. Dea* Sib,_-In...
.. Kelsale , April 20 , 1847 . Dea * SiB , __ -In reply to your letter of to-day I feel greut pleasure In informing you that the statement is correct , as appeared in the " People ' s Journal , " and * _-St . r , " and any future statements that may appear relative to my small form , may be relied upon as _beinjr correct . 1 am , your , truly , Mr Alfred Blatchl .... _Jodm Si _. _tJ-M .
A Few Words From A Political Slave, To T...
A FEW WORDS FROM A POLITICAL SLAVE , TO THE FREE AND INDEPENDENT OCCUPANTS ¦ _' .. ¦ _' ' OF O'CONNORVILLE . Bbetiibek , Allow me to coBgratuIato you on the fortunate change in your position ; not that I for a moment believe you can as yet have derived any apparent benefit . rom that change ; no , on the contrary , the extraordinary high price of seeds and plants , combined with the exorbitant price of every description of prsvisicn-, mu _. thave a _t-. d-n _. y to di . - hearteu thus , amongst you who cannot see heron , the present time ; whil . t these circumstances will prompt to greater exertion those who can view the system in all its bearines _.
You could not possibly have been located at a mere unfavourable time than the present ; because you must wait for a considerable time before you can derive _munh food from your own land , whereas you ~ i __ _tpuy „ ii enormous price for everything you consume until your own produce is ready yet , notwithstanding these apparent disadvantages , I envy your po __ iti . „ t I long to be free I to possess an independent means of procuring a livelihood ' , to be enabled to set . tyrants at defiance I to be master of my o « n actions—and to give _frt-e expression to my own sentiments J ! These are a few of tho invaluable privileges yon now enjoy ; you are freemen , with an inexhaustible source from whence to draw a comfortable and independent livelihood ! The land is a ntver-failirig sourc _. from whenceto derive allthe sustenance that nature , requires ; and the more labour you bestow upon it , the richer it becomes , and tho more it will yield .
Should any of you be depressed in spirits now , take courage from thefolloiving fact : —When you have got in your harvest you will be in possession of a twelve months stock of provisions after you have sold sufficient to defray your eint-gas and supply all your other . ( . quire _, ments ; whilst we slaves who are left behind must content out solves with a meal when the capitalists think proper to give us employment . ' I You can work when you like , and entirely for your own benefit , whilst we must beg as a favour to obtain employment at wages inadequate to support life , and submit to the domination of petty tyrants beside . I have not language at command sufficiently powerful to define the difference between the position of a min who labours for an employer and a freeman who labours entirely for himself . Su _. ice it to say _tliB caprice of a tyrant master can reduce theformer to starvation , whilst the latter can , without dread , contiue to enjoy the prnduc * ofhis own industry _.
Let _nii _: beseech you to deliberate upon thtsc facts , and remind you that it is your duty to g ' ve the slaves whom you have left behind the benefit of your experience and the aid of your exertions . As the members of the National Co-operative Land Company , together with the- _unparalleled exertions of Mr O'Connor have brought you eut of the land of slavery , iuto the land of freedo _. 1 , 1 entreat you not to forget that the majority of your fellow-men still remain in the degraded position of political and social slaves ! and thnt they not only require your aid , but aro entitled to . very effort it is in y . ur power to make to redeem them from their degraded position .
You owe a deep and everlasting debt of gratitude to Mr O'Connor , and I feel eonfi _. _O-t you could not r _. pay it better , nor in a manner more satisfactory to himself , than by giving every requisite attention to your allotments , and devoting your spare hours to the advancement of the Charter . Yours , in bondage , Thomas almond . Wolverhampton . 18 th May , 18-7 .
There Are Now In London Upwards Of 100,0...
There are now in London upwards of 100 , 000 foreigners ; of whom 40 , 000 are Germans , 25 , 000 French , and 5 , 000 Italians . The Kin _ cf Pru * _-sia has issued a decree , interdictins the bakers from sollin , ' new bread until after tlie loth of August , it being proved the consumption of new bread is much greater than that of _stnlo bread . The police is to Bs the timo that mu . fc elapse between the baking and the sals of bread . The editors of Chambers ' s Journal stato that most of their contributions from female author , omc from Ireland , fewer from England , and scarcely any from Scotland . Judicial torture seems to have been lately used in Switzerland ; for a judge in the canton Lucerne , named Ammann , has declared that ho has obtained the most important confessions from political prisoners by means of tho whip .
St flelier ' s , Jersey , is , par excellence , the rotrc . it ol old maids . Ont of 2 , _ 0 fl souls , tbvre are 1 , 300 unmarried adult females . There arc only . 00 men in the town to this enormous ci'llcction of old maids . At the _Chel'enham steeple-chases two horses were killed ; one hy running , when at full speed , against a tree , whereby its neck was broken , its brains dashed out , and its rider much injured ; the other by over-leaping itself and bursting a blood-vessel . __ The following singular advertisement appeared in a Scotch paper last week : — " Abstinence—A gentleman addicted to intemperance will be received as a boarder , in a genteel family , in the country , where efforts , successful in the reformation of others , will be used for his . Address , _ * e . " The authorities of Jersey have resolved to establish a college , in commemor . tion of the Q , _ een __ vi . it to the island . ....
Mr Russell has obtained 40 s . damages from Mr Smith for singing "the Ship on Fire , " at Crosbyfaalf- . . . _ ... Mr Calcraft , seventeen years _manaser of tbe Dublin Theatre , has becomo insolvent . Miss Fau . it is said to hea _crctlitor to a large amount . Mr Messenger , of Birmingham , has just manufactured a twelve-light chandelier , to be placed in the pavilion , in thc new gardens at Buckingham Palace . The Kibe overflowed its banks on the 3 d inst ., and much damage is said to have been done to thc crops in _Saxony . It is calculated that there are more than 100 , 000 female servants in London alone , and upwards of 1 , 000 . 000 in England and Wales . A Guiana paper mentions that at the late races at George-town , Demcrara , two ot the best horses which ran belonged to black landowners , who had formerly been slaves .
By a decree ofthe landrath oftho Swiss canton of _GSaris , all young men arc forbidden to mi . rry before thev are 22 years of age , and women before they are _ 0 . At a late session a _caoso was tried which _originated in a dispute about a pair of small-clothes . The judge observed , that it was the firs , time he bad kaown a suit made- ou t of a pair oi breeches . A mine of rock-salt , which has just been discovered _iHtlie-cnru' 6 . isofLembergh . n Austrian Gallicia , is s : ii- to bo richer than that of Wicliczka , in the same province , hitherto _considered the richest ia E ' uvope . Professor Eric _Gustaf Geijer , the celebrated Swedish historian , late _ y died at Ups .-la . Iiis do cease is the more to be regretted , as . he had no completed his history of Sweden , of v *_ ich only one volume had been pub-abed , though b _& - had devoted many years to colloc-ing materials . Miss Susan . us __* _man and Mr Charles Pitt have been pe rforming ai Preston .
A circular has just been issued by Messrs Chaloner and Fleming , _sottingiorth in a stron ? point of view some evidence as to the merits and claims of mahogany as a material for shipbuilding . A new iron steamer , called " The Pride of Erin , " built by Napier , of _Glasgow , ha 3 just beon _placci ! npon tho station , being intended to ply between Liverpnol and _Dundsiik . She sailed on her first voyage from Liveruoolon Monday evening . Tho Globe informs us that Mr Words worth , "who fills the post of poot laureate , has been directed tiwrit ** an ode " , for the installation of Prince Albert as Chancellor of Cambridge .
Tho young Prince Ernest , second son of Prince , John of Saxony , died at tho Palace ol _We-sonstein _, on the 12 th , of a disease called morbus _maculosus _, which came on after a long attack of _i-fluecz ? .-
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A Man 1 _ il _. _ d ir I . _iari-lvi . vo . —On Wednesday » violent thunder-storm visited Preston ; when a person named Robert Clarkson : wa 3 struok- dead . Ill } clothes had the appearance of being burnt , and wera much torn ; part of his shirt had been forced front his body and torn , and oneof his hoots was shattered , while an umbrella which be was carrying uader his arm was shivered to atoms . _ArPBKHEnsio . of a Police Office-. —On Saturday last John Beard , police officer No . l , at the _Nottin-ham station on the Midland Railway , was appre . _hetided under a warrant from the Mayor of Hull on a charge of having , in the year 1841 , forged a certificate by which he obtained from the Society of Foresters , at Hull , £ 10 , as the _luneral money allowed in case of the death of a member s wife . ,
, _Eably _IIbbrisos . —There are indications of ait early herrin >;_ _.-hing this season , and the fishermen state their assurance that there is , at present , abundance alone the north _coastef Scotland . ¦ __ _. Notiiinq New _uxdeu the Su ** . —An ancient GrceK manuscript ( .. f the six ! - century ) has been discovered at Athens , which , besides a treatise on Byzantine painting , is said to contain an account of the . da _. uerrentype process , aud hints for tbe manufacture of gua cotton . Ci'Biovs Pmcr for a Robis _' s Nkst . —In the nur sery gardens adjoining Chorley New-road , among ' some gooseberry trees , an old watering can has ; been standing for some time , in which a pair of ; robins have built their nest . .
Advice . —If men would follow the advice which thoy bestow gratuitously on others , what , a reform- ' tion would be eff _.-cte _. in their character ! __ . News fob- the Ladies . — I'll ** dresses in Paris this " season are unusually simple , flounces have . one out * and the most di ' - linquc costumes ave without ornament . A great _bl-ssins for the husband . ! Compliment to Jenny Lind . *— A girl of . pome tett years old said to her mamma , " I wish _Shak-pero were living , for then he could marry Jenny Lind !" " Why do you think so , child ? " said thc surprised mother . " Because they are both superhuman , ' ' was the answer . The Command in the Taous . —Lord Palmerston has appointed Admiral Sir Charles Napier to the naval command in the Tasus .
London Post-Offices . —The receiving houses in London are now kept open till six o ' clock , p . m ., in » stead of till half-past five as hitherto , for the receipt of inland , foreign , colonial , or ship letters . After half-past live payment of the late fee of one penny will be required / either in coin or a stamp , otherwise such "late" letters will be detained till the next despatch . Venus and _Jopitf-u . —The two bright planets , Venus and Jupiter , are still splendid obje _. ts during the evenings ; the former planet is _crossiiii * the milky way , and moving towards a point south of the two star . Castor and ' Pollux ; Mars nnd _faturn are near together , and may heseeti near the eastern horiz . B before sunset .
Crooked Rails . —The New York Sun describes a fence made of sucli . crool . ed rails that every time _api-r crawled through it came out on thesame side .-- * - Bull Killed on a Railway . *—A few days a _^ o * fine bull , belonging to Mr . John Hartley , a farmer resident in thc neighbourhood of Stave-ley , broke thff fences of its pasture and took the Kendal and Windermere Railway . A passenger train shortly afterwards coming up the animal was knocked down , run over , and killed on the spot . Anecdote of Alexander D- _ . as .--A person mora remarkable for _inqiiisitivcness than forconect breeding—one of those who , devoid of delicacy and reck
less of rebuff , pry into every thing—took the liberty to question M . Dumas rather closely concerning his genealogical tree . "You are a quadroon , M , Dumas ? " he began . — " I am , Sir , " quietly replied Dumas , who has sense enough not to be ashamed of a descent he could not conceal . — " And your father ? " — " Was a mulatto "•— " And your _crandfather ?"" A negro , " hastily answered the dramatist , whose patience * was waning fast . — " Ami may 1 inquire what your _grcat-gramllather was ?"¦— "An ape , sir ! _thundered Dumas , with a fierceness that made bisimpertinent interrogator shrink into the smallest possible compass . "An ape . sir . —my pedigree commences where yours terminate-- ' . "
Cask for the Gentlemen of the Long Robb . — It is rumoured that a gentleman of Liverpool is about to brinjj an action for breach of promise of marriag . . igainst a lady recently married , and who up to tha lime ofher _marriage was residing with a clergyman , well known in this town . It is said that the presents which he has made to her from time to time during the courtship arc of considerable value . The Prospect for Fruit . —There has not _beea such a promise for fruit fur many , years as there is this season . Every kind of fr . it tree , from the gnoscberry to the apple and thc pair , is covered with bloom , and on several kinds the fruit is already welt set . This is the case vi ith cherries , gooseberries , apricots , and with wall fruit of all kinds , which sor-m to have escaped any _serious injury from tho frost .
A Wiia-b Stoby . —From thc Wellington ( New / _... ilaml ) wo hav . the follo . viii « _-: — 'Two boats from thc Fortitude _fnstencd to a whale , when oneof tli _..-m , commanded by Cr . pt . Daily , upset , and two of the crew wero killed . Captain * Baily contrived to save , himself by clinging lo thc boat , and was found the ncx _* - momingby thc mate of his ves * el nearly insensible . He had forced his fin _. er _intti the _pltig-hole-( if the boat , and his linger swelling had prevcnt « i ! hint from loosing his hold , and thus probably saved his li .. Lord Ward has just come out in the _character of ii cognoscente , and paid over to the Prince of Canino £ 7 . 000 for four pictures of _acknowledged merit . One is by Fra _Angelico , » nd represents the " J . a _* t Judgment ; " another is' a sketch from the hand of Kembrandt . " St John _Prcai-hing in the Wilderness . "
The _Pors an . _tuk Bisnor . —That Pins IX . i ? agrrat and good man is pretty well known by this time ot day ; but tho man of human sympathies , the man of feeling , is pr-. dominant cvc ; i a _* _. ove the statesman and the legislator . At the farewell audience of Bishop Wilson , previous to his ' return to the antipodes ( where there arc half-a-dozen R . C . bishoprics ) , the Pope said , presenling him with _.. _splemtid golden chalice , " Be kind , my son , to aU your _il-ck at 11 cbart Town , but be kindest to the con-. mn . ti I " The New Lord Likutesant . —Lord _. l .-ircndon-ha . been prevailed upon to accept the Lord-Lieutenancy of Ireland , vacant-by the lamented decease of Lord Besborough . It is rumoured that lie will be _sttrv cecded as President of the Board of Trade by Mr _L-ihoucliere , at present Secretiiry for Ireland . — TimesWednesday .
, Maria _Ciiristixa , who travels _tncoo-t-O , arrived on Wednesday at Lyons , and . lighted ' at the lintel de _l'liurope , _aecomoauied by the Duke d c RianzMcs . and attended by ' a numerous * * uite . Her _Majesty remained till Friday nioniing , when she embarked in the steamer the _Cygne , for Toulon , _wheHco she will proceed to Naples . The New Macistratz at _C-kbkenw _. il Police Court . —11 . P . _Tyrwi-itt , _li _. q ., ofthe Oxford _circuio and Berkshire sessions , has been appointed by the Secretary of State the new _magistrrte ofthe abovo court , in lieu of Mr Greenwood , resinned .
The Son of Mcrat . —Prince Louis Napoleon _Achille Mural , son of Jonchim Murat , formerly King of Naples , and Caroline Bonaparte , _sis-ler of the Emperor , died in Jefferson County , Unite __ States , on the 15 th i ) l _..,. ig-il -6 . Alter his expulsion front Italy his family took refuge in Austria , and remained there tiil 1 S 21 , when he embarked for : he United States , which he quitted only to make a- short visit to Europe . _Becomiiss naturalised in America , ho lived there very simply , and gained the esteem of all who knew him . lie was the . _uthor of many excellent w » rks on the institutions of America . Iii . funeral took place on tho l . ih , at 'l . iili .-. husse , an immense concotirsu _fnlluwing him to the grave .
A & _sAssiNATit's . —We are _infoum-d ol the assassination of U . K . tlie Bolivian _Miiiu-tor Don Manuel Rodriguez , in the public highway of-Buenos Ayres at wm : i _, on tlie 15 th March . The Scarcity . ¦ —The members of the Carlton Cliih , adoptim , ' tho noble _example set by our must graeious Sovereign , have _dire-ctcd . that , daring the existing scarcity , none hut the seconds -riot-Hie used in that club . So laudable a resolution , it is to lw hoped , will soon be followed by . ail-other clubs and large es tablishments . —Globe-.
British Gmss . —A parliamentary paper , just printed , allows that in the year ending the 5 th of January last , the _followiug quantities of British class were exported from the ' _Unitcd- Kingdom : — 1-1 . COS cwt . of flint glass , 2 . 0 , 3-5 . _ewt . uf window "lass , ID , 685 superficial f _. et of plate glass , 217 . 557 cYt . of common glass _b-ttlcs _. and of looking glasses and _mirrovg the declared * vahte .-p . vt '* -in the year was _iJ 3 . 6 _* Tl . Tn China 290 cut . of flint "lass , MO cwt . of _ttimlowulass _. _viSIlDsufierfoi _.-t ! 1 ' cei of plain _irkss . and . 5 . 803 cwt . of common glass bottles , hcsii ! _- - . 4 * 370 worth of _looking-s- ' asses and mirrors were sent from the United Kingdom . }} _*"""""
Usitkd Patrio.S" And Patriarch.' Ben-Fjt...
USITKD PaTRIo _. S" AND PATRIARCH . ' _BeN-FJT SOCIETIES . — Mectiags of the directors of these institutions took place on Friday evening , May 14 . and Monday evening , May 1 & , to inspect the -onectcd proofs of the annual statements previous to tlieir deliverv j ah . to make _avi'iuiRcments f or the aniuvcrsary to take place on Monday , Juno 21 , at Ulil Bayswater Tavern , Uavswater . The secretary r . p _. rted that Luke James ' Hansard , Eeq ., had m tho mnst o _. _ii"iisg ' maimer eo- sent-d to _. _ai'c the _cit _.-r . J he ir . \ ti _ ns , Messrs Duncombe and Wak . _' ey , with other _beijev-ilcnt . gentlemen , had promised to attend , if possible . ,,. _' , ¦ , ,,, , -. iS' „ w ? ivi . _vdo . v . —y _> e hflve hnd the picas ure oi Hearing two _Irctii . i _-s from Mr G _* . J . _llulycake , iu tho school-room . <> f the New _Mcchaiiies' _Ii-. _titute , on Thursday , May 13 th , and Friday , the 1-itli . His subjects wero " KnowiVdce _witltr-ut }! i ) i . _Ks , ' !* antl " Chavftcteristics of Genius ' . " Tiie lvclures were
well attended , and listened to with the _gicucstiiticution . Tho lecturer treated his subjec ts with much ability , and _Iwb left a-lasting impression on all who heard him . He was much ahd deserve *!* . ' applauded .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 22, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_22051847/page/3/
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