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Of Of all tie wonders of this wondrons age . Tha t cheer the _poar man aud exalt tbe sage ; « _* M Mali the treasures that are daily given 5 , _yy Goo to man , to fix his thoughts on Heaven , -fl ' The * - * * * _"" *"'****** _^ _' " ' *" " _" _srfy _recommemW , _ to all her children an I to Freedom ' s friends , 51 go much as one that all should learn to know , Til ttho love ibe people , or regret their woe—0 _Qae thai must soon ref . _arm a nation _, laws , j jroToke the sanction , and the world ' s applause ; ¦ C One that sha'l hallow a bright patriirt ' s name , i A _« d add new glory to his deathless feme . _ Tnine , f-ve- _" * - O'Connor , thine , i . _Iastriou-. chief , 1 Tbe t _ ta now offered for _s nation ' s grief ; . fired _Heava-n has raised thee for a noble end
, To be tbc latbrr and the people ' a friend : Thy Land and Charter are tut God ' s decree To make men happy and all nations free . jhtae be ths glory , which thy woiks display , Tbv lastiotrmonuments caunot decay : The people ' s rights , before condemn'd to toil , _Jtre now inscribed upon tbeir native soiL ¦ Qt who did cu * w % houseless stranger roam , ¦ _ _Jsi now a dwelling and a happy home . The seats whtie once oppression rsis'J her hear ) , 3 ow Labour cheers , and Indolence has fled : There humble cotteges in myriads stand , fnrite back health aud decorate the laud _, plenty and ease with aSuence unite _.
To sweeten comfort and increase delight . All man can wish , when from ambition free . _Sorrounds bis home , iu mild simplicity . Secure from want , with _freedom ever blest _. His bands may labour , but his heart ' s at rest . Remote from envy and devoid of care , He smiles at fortune , for he bas his share . So useless dainties crowd his frugal hoard , Bis best repast is what bis banda afford . Amidst the pleasures of a rural life , He reats his children , andhe loves his wife ; -Well p ! e _ a . * d with these , ctmtent with __**•* - and health , He wants no more , for happiness is wealth .
Hail 1 mighty man , to ihte the world matt bow , Admire tby virtues and thy claims allow : The time is eo _» _, when they who s (* off _ before _. Must own their folly , and their faults deplore . Thy greatest foe , who once conld crowds command , And rule bis rivals with an iron hand , Bas _pr-iv'd , by reasons lighter than his purse , _ saixon ' _t beggar is a nation ' s _cwrte , Por free-lorn toa he *__• _ reasons fonnd , Jiot worth the shiUings that make up one pound .
Bu let him go , the _teretea ! 1 must not blame , As naught survives him but a traitor ' s name . "Forzi-t , forget , since he has ceas'd to live , In nt-. toy spare , io pi'y nowforgive . Unlike to his . thy name shall pro-id * , stand , The CkatUfi pride , the glory of the land . Gr <_ t is thy task , thy coarse with zeal pursue , To mend old manners aud reform the new . Sabiime the work , at grand the prise shall be , A _dcaiUets crown of immortality . honden , July 16 , 15 * 7 . As Isish jus
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The following lines find a place in onr columns , _bc-rause , as poetry , they are worthy of tbat distinc { ioo , and because the poetess is equally worthy of all loDour . But we must dissent from our friend ' s remedy for national ills . Instead ol flying in despair fern the land uf their birth , vre trust that the people -resolved with Robert Nicol to Mak' the warld better yet _*'t-Bl remain at home and win tack tlieir right—the land of their sires . If there must _bvaf-eneralem . . ration , let it be __ driving out ofthe drones of the bive—sn English ** edition" of the " cmigratien" of _1 T 59 * __* > . The sooner plunderers and idlers " quit , " tie better ; but let honest sen stay at home and itraggle to get" their ain again . "
SO _ G OF THE EMIGRANT . _ r _ssas . 3 . _r . _vostsx . Up . up and away ! * Wfay linger we thus ! What is our country sow ! Unknown is the patriot ' s glow to us Hen of the furrowed too w f Up , up , end be stirring ! we must not hear , The whispering voices of all we revere ; From homes ot the living and groves ofthe dead , For loud is the cry of our children for bread . "Why weep _ ttheu , lov * d one !** "Alas I" she replied , " My mother she caunot come ; And how shall I feel when I hear she died Aloae . in a workhouse home t Let as stay till she rests iu the clumbers « f death ,
And oar sail shall be filled by ber parting breath . " ** But bark thte , my wife , to that infant cry—-Oh . ' wbich of the twa is the strongest lie ? - _»• Up , np , we must go—for _poverty's smart _. Into the bosom stealing :, Salletb the love of the wannest heart , Chiiletk ib nobhst feeling-Affection for country , for parents , and friends , _Saou ia its direful influence ends ; And love for our children— oh , wbo dare say , That holiest thing will resist its sway t - _* ' Let us fly—let us fly ! there are other climes , Ovtr the buoy sea _.
. Far off from the sound of onr village chimes , But where , t _» the bold and free , The fit Id of ambition and hope is outspread , And toil is rewarded by daily bread _, -ffhur _; lives are not tseaanred by sorrotr alone _. And children are blessings we blush not to own . "Away tben , away ! In Australia ' s land , Will paLices seldom rise , To shadow the spot whtvra the cottages stand . And hide the light of God' s skies . So cast off the fibres that cling round the heart , Ere misery rends them away part by part ; And come ! who will tremble at danger * to be , _TThat Britons once were—independent and free !"
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THE WESTMINSTER _ KD FOREIGN QUARTKKLYREVIEW . Jolt . London : G . Lnxford , _Whitefriare-3 treet . _ This number , though containing some valuable and _Utterfebting article ? , is to onr view—inferior to some recent issues , ft , principal drawback is the very _ eagrc notices of foreign literature which may be intended to uphold the title af Foreign Review , bat ** Mch certainly will not have that result . Questions M iorei-. il politics and productions offsreign literature eemacd much greater apace than is afforded in this publication , 'the Convocation ofthe States General cf Prussia , the progress of peaceful revolution in Italy , the critical statoof Switzerland , and tha signs of tbe -Mining hurrieane in France , are subjects which
_ab ' . pjd employ the pens of writers in a "Foreign Review , " to say nothing of the boundless flow of French and German literature , very inadequately _represented at present in this periodical . The artide oa " International Law ** reads very like a defence of the right af theaasasinsof Poland to confiscate Cracow ; and is really a laboured apology in their behalf . Thank Heaven , the time is coming when _tbia "international law "—founded on the Qiurpations of kingcraft—will be blown to annihilation by the uprising of the nations against their tyrsnts and their tyrants' Ja _# s . Speed the day ! The article on " Currency Principles , " is one
well-Calculated to mislead . It ia the production of a man who has attempted to be profound , and achieredonly tne lesser triumph of being plausible . Those really acquainted with the science of government must snow that many theories which look well on paper ? _Tr ? ** _* HldT * > 5 8 « _« f being impracticable in actaalJife _, oar _"reviewM-V * article ia ofthis cl _» , aa toe fox said of the mask "It is a fine head to look at , cat there are no brains witMn . _* ' He is in fact a novice at his trade , who cannot understand the most «_ inaiy principles of currency , or detect the differ-« ace between actual and apparent wealth , lie _tbns states the convulsion which followed the railway pj _** lcofl «_ _* .:
—" _bejearltHO was characterised by an _extravajant spirit _** _* s _*<*_ atioa , eurp _ K __ in wildness uot ouly that of 1825 bet tny mama for money-making witnessed lathis conn , ** 7 since the days ofthe celebrated South Sea bubble-* _oiv more than a century back . The cold fit , or panic ,, which followed the railway fever , waa of course _itsnafcirai attendant ; but _sr * b _<_ * Kntly , aad long after its yaaptoias had entirely subsided , when peculation iu _wilways was entirely at an end , and railway shares bad _Cached apparently their lowest poiat of depression , pubte credit iutt _ ned a shock unprecedented In tbis conn . " •" v . excepting at a timeof war _. or of apprehended invasion or revolution . We have seta the funds fall 1 per cent .
_Jtrweek , _/„_ . ____ Recks _ta taecastioa ; _ the scrip of a _pvernmtnt loan at £ 1 discount within a month of its « roe - , —the rate of interest rise in a fortnight from 4 to » _-Ja cent , on bills of exchange of the first class , and of ¦ _" _" ¦ _" _crt date;—private acceptances of the ordinary mercan-* we character rendered scarcely negotiable upon any r _ofrfiseount ( a * and at much as 15 per cent . having "• " s " me instances been paid ) ; and the Bank refusing to w- _*_ adv _ _ c _ sc __*__ __ _ _, pun __ _ _ qtt (_ __ a _ s , gnd even _"Culver bullion . « _-w _^ inB tbe _frst of the many fallacies of Jtf !_ r *_ the g « at commercial _depression was __\ A _ awl and _wenWJ" result ot the enormous _pvtyious specuUtion . The funds fell-the public _^ _-S s ? _ ? t _^ * _Vtte total absence of private _e-eoit and stability . It wa 3 the fashioa vmjiS ! x & \
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dassos of railway apeculators to _Ulk durin _ th . height Ofthe mania , of bavin- ; __¦__ , •*_ _-S _*\ _™ _dreds , or thousands n a week : but itmrSrh _ i _ " in mind , tbat tbey had not ac ua » y cSo fr _° had indeed acquired certain piece ? of nan _^ _iJ _^ f which , whilst _uublic confidenceESd tS 2 _T _^ S _9 " change for tbat amount _^^ _S Jh _» _wJMiU _" _* quired it ; butthe _MvereicnVtfi- 4 80 aci rain cA _^ r _^^^^ jS _^^ !»>« i _^ the ! _ss _^ _tit _**^ _' * _a _^ K To carry out this principle-Sir R _. * Peel '< Bankl _^ i l _ _ f _" i . ST , ? araount of *«» . 000 . 0 ( J 0 ou . r « w ° _„ _ n , ] ion i * " * ypo * e , _v Totliis _noundZtV * the an _«* bn" _^« ts object , on the ground tkat they may have other security than money-tbat Kovernmem . securities and ev . n private P _^ _pertymaj _bema-ie _wansw . r tbe purpose . Forthe _nrstot these we may remarkthat though apparently
_. a safe investment , government securities are by no means exempt from that p __ bili » v of change which _TisiUeyerytuing on this earth . - —For the second , —if the reviewer did not know , he ought to have known , that a bank was established in New _Y-rkon precisely that _footing : that the title deeds of private property were considered as security , and notes issued to the amount only , of less than half their value ? What was the result ? though kept within these limits , the whole thins * was a failure—property altered in estimation , and finally the title deeds were aold for less than one-eighth of their professed value . If it be objected tbat this , or greater restriction ot the paper currency , would injure tbe trade of our merchants , it mast not be forgotten tbat it is to the _unduo _3 (« ommodatiQn ' . t _* ntntcd . tespeciaHy by private banks , that tbis trade " has out-stepped tlie limits of their legitimate capita ! . Had thc merchant been compelled to confine his transactions within the
amount of his own bullion capital , it would hare been impossible for bim to have Buffered the reverses described . But he had been trading on that which had no _tangible existence , on notes tor which he had no _CairrcspoRdent value , and on a fictitious and temporary prosperity , and it was fortunate for all members ofthe community that the crash was not longer in _arriving , si-ace , evil as its effects were , tbey would afterwards have been more difficult to overcome . We see _noth-ne in this article but oft-refuted fallacies , _against which it is our duty , as honest critics to protest . The labour of the people is the only ledtimate _sr . _urte of wealth—and bullion is the only true representation of it . A bank-note issued beyond tbe amount of bullion is but the promissory note of a company , instead of a private individualtile value of baith to be determined only by our cotifidence in _theirhonesty .
We have now done w th what is ever to us an unpleasant task—that of finding fault . It is a relief to tarn to articles which we can gmcrally approve of . and commend . The " Trial of the Earl of Somerset" is an interesting abridgment of that curious story the ** Great Oyer of Poisoning . " The light now thrown upon the facts of t lint revolting history , has somewhat mitigated the blackness of darkness which has hitherto enshrouded the name of Carr ; at the same time tbat light has served to still more clearly reveal the disgusting character of the beastly James 1 st , and the general iniquity of tbe aristocracy at ' that day . Thc whole article is well calculated to inspire tbe reader with a wholesome horror of courts and kines .
The "Life of George Fox . " the founder of tbe Quakers , details many _interes-in _** : facts in the history of tbis very remarkable , and in some _respects great man . But we cannot join tbe reviewer in unqualified praise oi hia hero . Fox did not , wholly _escape the fanaticism of bis age , and some of bis " conscientious" doings savour strongly of the ridicul . tu ; for instance , bis refusal to take off his hat in * court of justice . This folly vf the Quakers we have always regarded in the liybt of an offence against gaod manner !' . We must confess tbat , little as we respect many of our judicial usage- * , we > houid no more think of entering a court of justice covered than we should think of doing the same thing in a church , or the house of any person—friend or atranger . Bj-the-by , we remember that when at Dunfermline we visited tbe cathedral or church i where lies buried all that remains of Robert the
Bruce , instinctively we _uncovered as we crossed the threehold . A Scotch friend accompanied us , and between him and the person who showed ns over the church there passed a jocuiar remark on our English fashion ot uncovering on entering a placo of worship ( whether or net _religions service was being performed , ) and we gathered from the said remark that our" canny friends " considered the _snid custom decidedly "popish , " and " more honoured in the breach than in the obsvi-van .-e . " We must confess that , " popish" or not , we Tery much prefer the eastern generally _purtued in England by all save the Quakers . But at the grave of Robert the Bruce we should have uncovered , though that (¦ rave had been on the bleak hill-side ,
_instead of within a " religious sanctuary , " as we did uncover in tbe shade of Wallace ' s oak at - iderriie . The graves of B _* ms , and Byron , and Shakespeare ; tbe humble cottaga on the banks of _Doon _, andjthe lordly balls of Newstead ; and every spot hallowed by po-try and patriotism , it bas been our good fortune to visit—has not found us wanting in this mark of homage which the greatness of the past extorts from i's , whether in Westminster Hall , or the filthy and mi « erabla haunts made by tbe once human tread of Goldsmith , "holy ground . " But to return to George Fox . In the article before r _ there are certain facta revealed ofthe double doings of Mr Cromwell , not at all redounding to his credit ;
facta , which even tbat -sword-worshipper Thomas Carlyle—on . half a great man , and one-half a great humbug—will find it difficult to explain away . One tbiogwe admire in Fox , bis preaching against all priesthoods . This one feature of - Quakerism—the absence af a priesthood—is its redeeming feature in oureyes . We bave no special liking for the drabcoloured gentry , rather tbe reverse , but we must confess wedo well like their refusal to support either priests for themselves , orotber folks' priests . _ _s Ion- ; as the people will bave spiritual mediators between themselves and Heaven , they will be "led by the nose a 3 asses are . "—the prey of speculators in human credulity , and traffickers in human ignorance and folly .
P ' easiu <_ articles on the " Birds af Jamaica . " and the clever bat dainty Fanny Kemble _' s "Year ot Consolation , " will repay perusal . Last , not least , we direct attention to acharming article un a charming subject , — "Persian Poetry , " _^ rom which we shall give an extract or two ; the first briefly tells tbe sad story ofthe career of Persia ' s Homer : —
_FIRDfJfl . lie was born at Sbadab , a village in tbe district of Tus , in Khorassan , about the year 910 , A . D ., some forty years after oar brave Alfred bad finished the work that was _allotted to him , and had closed his eyes on a kingdom now beginning under his rule to maniiest tbe various _elements of future order and _strength . Tradi tion reports that bit father was a gardener , io the service of the governor of _Tas . Both be and his brother worked for many years as husbandmen - and perhaps the poet might have continued there to his death , keeping his wild thoughts to himself aa he toiled with his spade , had not tbe repeated insults of a neighbour , who bad quarrelled with them , roused his latent spirit . After in vain urging his brother to accompany him in search of
another home , Firdusi departed alone , in a gh oay mood of stera _Danta-like decision , and bent his steps towards Ghuzui , where Matraoud held his court . The Saltan was _reaoivned as a patron of literature , and had gathered round him all the best poets of the land . An old chronicle , called the __ tta _* _i-i _* ne * i . something similar to that mentioned in Either vi . 1 ) , had betn lately discovered , which purported to give an _an-onnt of the ancient history of Ptrj ' ia , previous to the invasion of the Mohammedans , as related ia the lost national ballads ; and _ abmoad was ambitious of leaving , as a monument of his taste and patronage of letters , a poem begun ¦ _ader bis auspices , wbich should embrace all these legends , and be a staniard national history , Tbe best poets of his court had already been employed in various episodes , and one mmed _Unsari bad j . ained the palm .
Firdusi beautifully describes bow many a day of sorrow _, ful longing he sp ? nt after his arrival at the city , vainly hoping that some opportunity ior _displaying bis talents might present itself ; till at length a friend obtained for ham , after much trouble , a . _<* opy ofthe Bastan Kameh , and ( al be lays ) " enlightened my darkened soul . " lie forthwith prepared _sone episodes from _tbecbroDicles . ind snch was his success that he was soon appointed by Hahmoud to undertake the great natisnal work . A thonsaod gold pieces were promised for every thousand couplets , and accordingly he commenced bis task with golden pros * pects _' of / ame and wealth opening on every side . He complstely gave himself np to the undertaking , and laboured aiit unremittingl y tor thirty years . At length the work was _completed ; bnt during the thirty years tbat had been _speat oa it many changes had occurred . Old friends had died or grows cold , and the court swarmed
with new faces , who looked icorafully on tbe old poet , grown gray and infirm in his study . He had alio had the _roiifortune _. to incur the enmity of Aijar , the sultan ' s favourite , who used all bis influence to poison the royal mind against him , representing him as disaffected to the empire , and to tbe national faith , in consequence of some passages in bis poem describing the ancient religion of Zoroaster . These efforts had not failed _, _llabmoud , with all his excellences ( and tbey were many ) , was proud aud suspicious , and only too ready to give credit to the _soggsstiens . Hs received the copy of the completed epic with studied coldness ; and in vain Firdusi waited for the promissed reward , witb wbicb be
had fondly hoped for so maay years to beautify his native city , Tus . After months of anxious expectation he sent an epigram , to tbe Sultan , iu which he compares bis liability toa ssa , " aud what though I have dived in it and found co pearls , itis the _ u ! tof my Batura and not of the sea . " But , as sir W . Jones says , " where an epic had _fcilei . what could be expected of sn epigram 1 " tfabmoud resolved to add _iasult to neglect , and he sent tae poet _M . oaa _itrrAera * instead of the pieces of gold . Firdml was ia ths bath when the money arrived , and the proud spirit , which no years could chill , fired at once , as ithad dona more _tbaB |' * i " rty years beforat Tus . He _istrittiteii tba money among tho attendants at tho
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baths , and inveighed bitterl y against the sultan ' s mean j Bess . His words were repeated with exaggerations to Hahmoud , wbo , In an ev _ hoar for his fame , gave way to his resentment , and ordered Mn to be trampled to death by an elephant ! . Frrdml , after many _entreaties , obtained a remission of his sentence , bat tbe labour of thirty years was lost , and all bis hopes _wsre blasted . He walked home atone from the court , and there , in the bitterness of his heart , wrote a withering satire against tbe sultan , heaping all the invectives tbnt bis injured spirit could devise , not forgetting the blot in _ almond ' s escutcheon , tbat be wat the son of a slave . This be sent sealed to a courtier , 'desiring bim to give it to bis master whenever he was more than usually disturbed by state affairs . In the meantime he fled from _Ghusni , and sought shelter in _& ztndaran . Bnt Hahmoud ' g wrath knew no bounds , and his ernmfssaries followed Firdusi everywhere . He no- _ took refuge In Bagdad , where the _calipb , Kader Billali , received him for a time ; and be added in bis praise a thousand Hues
tothe _Shah-naraeh (» s his great poem . Is called , i . e . _Eing-book ) ; but thc caliph was too weak to dispute Mahmoud ' s will , and astern message from Ghuzni once more hurried Firdusiinto exile . Hs was tben more than seventy years of age , and for several years he wandered from _plaee to place in constant dread of Mabmoud ' s _vengMnce . At length , wearied with porertjr , sickness , age , and the ingratitude of his friends , bt bent his Steps , accompanied b y his daughter , who was his only stay , towards his native Tus , in hopes to gladden his old eyes , ere he closed them for ever , with a sight of the haunts of bis childhood . There amidst the scenes of his early life , when he had been the poor _gardener of Sbadab , he died and was buried . Soon after bis deatb , Muhmoat _* , touched perhaps with remorse at the sad fate of bim who had ooca- been the glory of his court , sent tbe long withheld 60 . 000 pieces of gold : but his dauphter , with the true spirit of her father , nobly refused the gift , saying , "What have I to do now with the _wsalth of kings •"
We would gladly give specimens of Firdusi ' s poetry but want of space forbids . The same cause prevents ns noticing tbe other great poets of Persia ; even Sadi _. _Jehileddin _. and Ilafiz . We must , howerer , make room for , aad conclude this notice with , the following anacreonatic effusion from tbe pen of tbe last-named of these Persian worthies :--" Ths rose has come forth I Oh ! my friends , 'til the hour To fill the bright goblet , and drink in the bower ! Come , seize the sweet season , —who knows not , too well
That not always the pearl can be found in the sbeli 1 Love's path is a desert of doubt and dismay , Where none but tbe foolish would willingly stray t A truce to your volumes—jour studies give o ' er , — ' For books cannot teach you love ' s marvellous lore ; Come , listen to me ye shall learn it apace , If you'll Ms fast your _thoughts on your _mlatress - face , Hy mistress ' s image , tbat idol divine , Has found in my besom an altar and shrine ; Tbere she rules like a queen , with a crown on her brow , Though she scorns her poor subject , and laughs at his
woe . Como , open the tavern ; why longer delay ! And bring us the wine to chas * sorrow away , — Not Cuther ' s * fair stream can _sogladden the soul , As the liqaer thst dances and laughs in the bowl . Come , friends , bring the wine , for the moments fait fly , Ere the week is well ended tbe roses will die ; Aad may fortune look smiling , and shield us from sorrow , Nor send us an ache and repentance to-morrow ! And do tbou , too , ray fair one , be here with tby smile , And scatter tby glances , like jewels , tbe while ; For none bus tbc bigot will ever reprove The passionate fervour of _Haflz * love . "
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The Theologian . A Review of Ancient ami Modern Divinity , & o ., & c . J'dy . London : W . J . Cleaver , Baker-street , _Portman-square . This bi-monthly publication seems to be tbe advocate of c rtain shades of opinion , more nice tban wise , between "high church" and "low church , ' ' some " golden mean" which iato unite the distracted members of our plethoric " establishment ; " we say that this to us " see __ , for we confess vie bave lacked the necessary courage and patience to wade through the ponderous contents . One article we have thoroughly read , because the perusal of the first few lines sufficed to show us tbat the author is a warm-hearted friend of the poor . The article is entiled " Ireland , as viewed by His Grace the
Archbishop of Dublin , " and is , if we are not greatly mistaken , the production of a philanthropist well-known to our readers for the _inconsruity of his politics" old-fashioned Toryism . " combined with an earnest and life-lung advocacy of * , he interests ofthe working cla _ e 3 . The heartless _. _Malthusianisra and ignorant flippancy exhibited by " His Grace , " in the course of the recent discussions in the House of Lords on tbe Irish Poor Relief Bill meet with a just exposure and well-merited ca _ i- _* ation , and we must congratulate the writer on having achieved a complete vindication ofthe principle of the old English Poor Law , and a triumphant defence of the much-abused and muchcalumniated working class of England . The writer draws largely from public reports of the horrible "famine " andpestilence which _havereceniy
desolated Ireland , and hi * comments thereon show not merely the sympathy of his heart but also the soundness of his head in suggesting measures to relieve and ultimately remove the misery he deplores . We are glad to observe that this article bas been reprinted for distribution , independent of the Theolo ffian . We consider that all advocates of Justice aa opposed to Malthtisianigm will perform a public duty in giving their aid in making better known " Ireland , as viewed by _ilis Grace tbe Archbishop of Dublin . " The curious in such matters will find lengthy articles on " The Education of the Middle Classes , " and " Maskell ' s Ancient Liturgies . " ' The Country at the Dissolution " sets forth Protestant and Protectionist views for the benefit of the electors , and , of course , " _slasbiagly " assails Sir Robert Peel .
Tie Upland Hamlet And Other Poems, By Sp...
Tie Upland Hamlet and other Poems , by Spencer T . Hall . London : W . S . On * and Co . " Tbe Uplandflaralct" exhibits , in addition tothe author ' s usual powers of " rhyme , " occasional gleams of real _ Doetry . Most of the other pieces are characterised by sweetness and simplicity , and form very agreeable reading . There are better things than tbe lines on Burns to be found in the volume , but we extract tbis piece , as most fitting for onr columns .
BVRSS AND HIS FAME . Recited to a meeting of Scotsmen , in Sheffield , on the anniversary of their poet , birtb , 1811 .
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Men ef the land of" flood and fell , " And deathless song and matchless story I Men who , where ' er ye roam or dwell , Point back unto a home ot glory ! Though iu Old England ' s heart my home—A lone and _Iotvly brown-tbatch'd cat—« To-day in Barns ' s name I come _. And feel myself with you a Scot I Burns—Burns ! O . not in name alone Is present here tbat spirit bright : In many a song we hear its tone , And feel its throb and see its light In many a heart and many an eye , Nor is it to our circle bound _. But , far as fancy can descry , Is cherished , _reverensed , and renowned ! Wide over Scotia ' s _ruesed land ,
Tbis hour ten thousand _ingtvs blaze , Bound eseb of which a heart-warm band In rapture cbants his glorious lays ; While the lone packman far away , Toiling his evening inn to gain _. Start * on remembrance ot the d » y , And chords in fancy with the strain _. Remote in wild Columbian woods , Tbe emigrant with moistening eye , Sees "Burns"in those vast solitudes Upon his " big ha * bible " lie : He takes the book—the " wee things " throng Around , and list with deep delight , As in his thrilling native toogue H « reads the _Hossgiel ' _s " Cottar ' s "Sight . "
And where by some Australian stream , That sweetly lulls the drowsy noon _. The unplaid _. dshepherd lores to dream Of winding Ayr and bonny Doon ; His brother herdsmen wandering by , Percbauce the day to mind will bring ; And Scotland to tbeir hearts come nigh As " days of auldlam _; syne " they sing Tei ! gather'd here or _gather'd there , Britannia ' s sons , the wide world o ' er , Will hail him each returning year
With offerings worttiier than before : Yet , _thongh more tunefal eastern rain , And richer in poetic flowers , No lay names Barns ' * dear-loved name With more _devotedusst than oursl
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_THEUmBDPATerors' * so _Patrubchs' SOCIEtJBS —The first _auniversary meeting of the Birmingham branch ol this society was held on the 12 th _in-rtant _, at the Dolphin Ion , _Brooms' _-rove-stri'et , when the members and their wives sat down to an excellent dinner . Charles Fulford , Esq . surgeon , of Paradisestreet , occupied the chair . — After the cloth was withdrawn , the chairman _propused " Prosperity W the United Patriots * and Patriarchs Society , ami congratulated the members upon the thriving state of the society ' s fund ' ., and the increasing attention
that ita _adnurable-proviaicasanii rules waa gradually attracting in BiT _ ingham . Wolverhampton , and elsewhere . Thp . health of Mr . Harris , _sei-retary , was next _propped a ___ i , __ _- __ , __ with great applause , Mr Boetlestor _ proposed the health of the surgeon . Mr Falford _, and observed that the members frit much plea ? , uro in meeting him at the annual festival , and ' _oaing able to express to him their great _satisfaction of tho manner with which he had unif _ r _ , i , fulfilled hia duties . The health of the P atw ' u 3 , T . Duneombe , T . _R _' ablcy , and Luke *» _ ardi Esqrs ., was drank with great applause .
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burgh _iSdZZ _^ ril _^^ *« _^ _**¦ " _• ut _sasi _^ _KOL __?( J 8 . ft is a subject of _aongratuUtico that tha Scottish Patriott . Society hav . _und-rtaheu la right earnest the advocacy of _smallfam _, . The alr io « tbftt an ener . ml ™ ; r _^ nT *! f ftHDi , * ' " _5-K . perskr _-l . will raise m r _^^^ _'N'Je thau cau be In ____ IK _W _^ W _^ mi »» _^ _' _««» P , _«»*>» . ° supported , b , « pe _ ence „ and by _reasau _; . tbat ft i , diffi . eu » : to understand the hostility show * by many to the general introduct-on _« f ft , _ j . . em . R ' _^ been taken up _poetically by . 0 many landowners and societies , and i , daily bona out b y so many fresh _experiments , that its ultimata success cannot be _doabted
uZ _^ JV" _ ? , f cour 8 ° _wM-mteu to profit without skill « _nd _knowleoVof »„ e prina . ipie . of farming , and yet it is _tocrofts wretchedl y _manttged by _. _half-savoge tenants , that the opponents of the system have lool _ d for their ilhmrations . Eves large farm * will prove ruinous if unskilfully managed . In Downshire there are 14 . 01 ) 0 farms under five acres-. the tenants are prosperous and high-spirited . In Limerick there are only half the number , with poor and apathetic tenants . The dif . . ' _ereaee lies altogether in th © amount of agricultural skill . * * * 9 Nothing is better establi _ _ed thnu tbe profitableness of small croft * , when well cropped , manured ; , nnd _manaeed . Dr _Mackeuaie , in an admirable address to the _Qatrloch crofters , pointed out a proper rotation of croppin _* _-. and made nn estimate o / profits . Four acres nail a half _arealloted for each croft _. _as feeing quits enough for the bodily labour of one family . The half aero Is allowed for honse , corn yard , garden , _ c . The four
_« cres arc laid oat in four fields as follows . '— 'ito . 1 is oats for hny ; _s , gross ; 3 , bear and gruss seeds ; . and 4 , green crop—as turnips , potatoes , _ c . ate . The acre _ofoatsismnse into hay , and immediately afterwards planted with cabbages , wbich have been preparing for that purpose in the garden . No . 2 it in clover to becut far the cows in tbe byre . No . 3 is in bear and clov . r seed sown with it , and So . 4 is in potatoes and turnips . Supposing , then , the lot to ' be in ( rood order , anal fairly undi-r its regular crops ; an acre of good rioter Is suffiei . ent to keep three ordinary cows in a full supply of foo . _l _. _if cut and curried to the byre during the months of June , July , August , and September , with a little help from tbe house and garden ; and from September till June of the following year , these cows will easily ba kept upon the hay , straw , turnips , and cabbages , _ c , which will then
be ready for them . These three cows , supposing thtm to be properly fed and attended to , and properly cleaned and rubbed down daily like horses in a gentleman ' s stable , _vlll be bad milkers indeed if they do not average are pints ot milk each daily for the four months tbey are on grass , three pints daily for tbe next four month * , and one pint and half daily for the rest of theyear , allowing them a month to run dry before calving . This comes in all to 3240 pints in the year . An acre of good bear should yield not less than five _qunrters , deducting seed . Suppose half an acre of laud under potatosi , it should yield at least fifteen bolls , or sixty barrels . At present prices a Scotch pint of milk , if made into but ; er and cheese , is worth 3 d ., ' so tbat 8 . 340 pints amount to £ 40 10 0 5 quarters of bear , at 30 i . ... ... 7 10 0 15 bolls , or 60 barrels of potatoes , at 4 i , 12 0 0
Showing * return of ... £ 60 0 0 for the year ' s produce of the eroft , besides the use of the garden and several other little matters , and not countinir any return from the hill pasture attached to each lot . ' Such is DrMackensie ' s estimate , and it bas been found sot an extravagant one . The population on the estate already resembles a ' bive of bees , ' to use the phraseology of tbe Industrial _Magasine . ' The tendency ofthe evidence is exactly the same from all parti ofthe country , where experiments have been fairly and fully tried . Of course It is necessary to raise the habits of tbe crofters . Not tbe least important element in tbis process is tbe improvement of their dwellings . This may be effected by willing proprietors at far less cest than is generally imagined . Dr Mackenzie has erected cottages on a new model , which take up no mure room tban a common croft , but
contain—Living room , parents' bedroom , _a-irls' bedroom , boys ' bedroom , mil ! ' room , store , water closet , piggery , byre , and barn .. A plan is given ' a the " Industrial M _.-ijaaine" for Ma . ** . It adds— 'With tbe exception of a few _adaiitiooal doors aad windows , and some ' cat and _clay'partitioning , ihe cottage is as cheaply constructed as the _usuul ones . The doors and windows are so arranged as to ensure light and well . ventilated rooms . The slop-and drainin g * of the house , water-closet , byre , and _pig-stse , instead of spreading in front of the house , are carefully conducted at the back into a liquid-manure tank , built with stones ,
like an inverted bee-hire , and rendered water tight by a puddling of clay , or a coating of asplialte _, formed by mixing boiling tar witb fine sand . Instead of tbe whole family being crowded into one room by d . iy and night , a kitchen with a banging chimney is provided , wbich , by the adoption of an iron plate at the back , imparts warmth to the parents' and girls' bedrooms . The masonry of such a cottage , for walls , « 08 t £ 2 108 . ; the wood work , _alwut _ l , Tho cotter first covers tbe roof with turf or divot , and in time thatches all of it witb straw or rucbes ; a roof of tbat description being calculated to last oat the nineteen- } ears'lease en whicb crofts are set . '
The essential and primary requisite is , however , agn . cultural skill ; and for this the 8 _lf-supporting Agricultural Schools , in tbe course of institution , will form valuable machinery _. In these , in return for three hours ' rural labour by tbe boys on bis croft , tbo school __ aster crofter gives three hours' instruction . In England , the pupils cheerfully pay a penny ahead in addition . Such a school bas been established at Cairlocb . Major _Wray , iu Kent , has carried out the principle still farther . In a national schoel there , be obtained a neat and clever workman to make models , in a part ot tbo school-ground , ofthe best methods of draining-, dig . iug , trenching , fencing , _ c . This man ' s services were required only twice afterwards in teaching tho bo _> s bow to begin their work , and also the ( roper u » o of their tools , wbich the committee had handsomely provided .
Lessons were subsequently given in tne easiest mode of taking land-levels ; and as Kent is a county abounding in wood and bop plantations , tbe boys were taught bow to set out land for planting ia the triangular f rm ns well as the square system . Three lessons wero deemed quite sufficient to enable the boys to comprehend < he principle , and to work afterwards under the superintendence of those persons who took an interest in their progress , without any additional aid ; more especially as ibe master of the school , a very intelligent man , bad in tbe mean time made himself quite competent to direct tbeir field operations . These works are resumed twice a week in spring and summer ; and such is tbe proficiency ofthe boys that many of them can not only perform all the work without assistance , but even give instruction to others , although their average ag- s do not exceed 101 years ' .
• At the examination , ' says the' Labourers' Friend ' s Magazine , ' ' which we had the pleasure of attending last week , all that Ib here Btatcd was verified to the letter . Three several troops of little urchins , weremuaatered on the green , tools in band , who * peed !' y and accurately exhibited their skill in taking levels , calculating the weight of earth to be moved , and the expense ; also in planting , both on the square and triangular system . We al _> o saw specimens of their skill in fencing , draining , and trenching , in all which operations they disploycda proficiency very rare indeed among the even experienced agricultural labourers . These valuable arts have been acquired at a comparatively small sacrifice of attention to tha ordi . nary school duties ; ihey are highly creditable to _t'ae sohool , most beneficial to the boys , and _redoind greatly to the honour of those who have promoted tbem . TVe cannot wish anything better for rural schools generally , than tbat tbey should bo as well and as usefully condueled _sb that of Bearstead '
We are happy at all times to notice the success _asf any attempts to apply tho labour of the peoplo to the land , which only requires such application to supply food more tban sufficient for all .
Bbi_Koi*N.-The First Chosen Retreat Of B...
BBi _ KOi _* n .-The first chosen retreat of Beranger was in the neighbourhood of Tours , and liore ho spent several successive years . But whether ihe spot was inconveniently far from his friends of the capital , or whether any other cause intervened , is not known to us . However , certain it is that the poet ha _» more lately been located at the village of Plassy , within a few miles of Paris . So the recent memoir of Mr Anderson informs us . That gentleman visited the poet in 18 * 14 , and found him inhabiting a neat little mansion , altogether such as-night have _" been supposed congenial to his tastes . The personal manner of Beranger , it is stated , is full of unaffected urbanity . In person the poet is" a little man . " continues his Scottish visiter , " not more , 1
should say , than _firo feet fire inches in height , of a firm make , and apparently robust and healthy . He has a high , intellectual forehead , regular and rather handsome features , and a quick sparkling eye . The principal expression of his face is , I think , that of kindness combined with shrewdness . . He talks * rapidly and earnestly , pouring a flood of information upon whatever subject occupies hia attention , be it political , biographical , or literary ; and possesses , in an eminent degree tbe power of commanding tbe attention of his auditory . " He is well acqu ainted , it appears , with the works of Walter Scott ( through versions ); and he knows enough of oar true Scottish
national pcet to prise highly the title of a " _French Burns . " Thus quietly , in a pleasant retreat , are passed and passing iho _aaraneed years of Photo Jean de Beranger . Accident ok TBa _ ondox and _Norih- Wbstbr _?* Uailwat . —On Tuesday afternoon as a passenger train from London arrived near the Tring Station , tho engine-driver , it is stated through not regarding the signal cautioning him of danger , ran into a _luggnarq-traiu which w . isonthe line . The coming in train was a very long ono , and tho shock of course very great . Many- of tho passengers , it scorns , were severely bruised , but nothing of a more serious nature ooourred .
The harvest in the empire of Morocco 13 ended , and the produce ha _* s been so _abundant that corn has fallen toons _ _alf _ the price at which , tt WW previ _ous-y sola *
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A farmer , describing the effect < of the present favourable weather , and the progressof theerops , said , -. ?* We conld not bave managed it -better ourselves , if we had had the sun in one hand a . nd a _wateriBgcan in the other ! " " One of the steamers arrived from _Boulogne bas brought a numberof live foxes oi _Frenchpiodsetion , for sale m this country . We hope tho importers willi have to export the vwmin . A Half paper states that at ? association _hasten formed in that town for' the purpose of " keepimir journeymen shoemakers honest . " * The Boston Post , U , Sv , mentions _atvery impressiw and solemn funeral in * _Wuter-s & veet . a barrel 0 _$ porter bad fallen frou * a- true !** , and some fifty moi _ nor » were standing yonnd'the ieer : [ Oh ! oh IT Tbe Conference ol the Wesleyan Society for 1847 will bt held in Liverpool .
Professor _Wilnon has published a let __< disclaiming all present connection witb Blackwood' .. A few days since in a _quntrrei , the mat . of a vessel lying ire the docks at Liverpool bit o _ the nose of a seaman , and' forced a fingerinto his eya ; . but the seaman _profe-red a charge of assault against ilis brutal officer ,. who-has been _caranaitted for triah No le _> than eighteen _gallonsoftwhishysnt } twelve dozen of wines were required for the Kilkenny hospital during the past week . Atthe late meeting ofthe British Association for tho Promotion of Science , it was stated tha . the potato rot had appeared in New _Zealand . Mr Disraeli now advocates an _alteration-in the Game Laws .
At a recent sale by Messrs _Ptstticfc and Simpson , an _antngraph letter of lord Baonn , dated _Mguav * itb „ 1606 , and addressed to Sir Thomas llob _** ,. _» old for eighteen guineas . The Russian government has sent a quantity of coin to England ,, in order that it may be assayed ak the English mint . Several _Enultsh anglers have lately visited Norway for tho purpose of enjoying the sport of salmon fishing in the Norwegian rivers , and-they aro said- to have been very successful . Tbe commissioners of tho Northern Lights havo purchased several tons' weight of lenses , oi French manufacture , for tbe use of the lighthouses under their management . A medal will be struck in order to- commemorate tbe _installatioa of Prince Albert as ChaaceUor of the University of Cambridge . [ Whea will the sycophantic snobs at thia seat of learning discover a little common sense ?]
Mr T . Lennon Hunt hats been appointed _Yice-Consnl of England at Monte Video , in tbo place of Mr Hood , recently appointed Consul at Buenos Ayres . A return procured by Sir II . W . _Bavron , M . P ., shows that the sums granted by _pnrlisment for Irish _fisheries , in 1810 , amounted to £ 50 , 000 , and for British _fisheries to „ H _, 000 . The Grand Duke of Baden has allowed lodges of freedoms to be established in his dominions , whore they had been forbidden during the last thirty-four years . Anold woman in Largo ( Fifeshire ) , named Hannnh Duncan , has just finished the 102 nd year of ber age , A fo > v days ago she took a walk on _ the seashore accompanied by her daughter . She is now blind .
A cargo of _Btigar from the West Imiies is anon expected to arrive in the _I-de of Man , where sugar has never before been imported directly from the countries in which it has grown . Among the importations which bave lately taken place from the "United States of America arc some dried apples , which are cut into small pieces , like slices of candied orange or lemon peel , and form an agreeable dish for dessert . On the person of a young man , committed for burglary , at Stockport , was found a book called " The Honest Man ' s Guido . " _Considerable quantities of chicory are now grown in tho sandy lands in the neighbourhood of Marton , near Blackpool .
The Gateshead Observer says that a playful whirlwind betook itself to haymaking tbe other day in the field , ran off witli ft quantity of the crop 200 feet high in the air , and then sportively scattered it over its fellow haymakers . A medal has been struck in honour of Viscount Hardinge , and in commemoration of bis victories over the Sikhs . On one side __ is a likeness ot Lord Hardinge , and on the obverse is a figure of Minerva receiving from an armed warrior tbe l & wcrcu sword and the unraiscd olive branch , as the symbold of a •' conquered peace . " [ Let us trust tbo timo will arrive when due honour shall be meted to those who wield the pen—more powerful than the sword—and whose omission is peace , and good will to mm ?_ A few days _siht-e a _snnke entered a dairy at St _Osyth , Essex , and emptied a pan of milk , hut was killed by the farmer , while endeavouring to make its e . _scape .
Official returns for Massachusetts show that with mates ( bachelors ) the average duration of life was thirty-six years , but fifty-six with __ _iarricd men . Bachelors , then , not in a fortune-hunting sense , should marry , to liv ,. The _JDoneo-ter Chronicle says : —Mr Smith , the gardener at Brodsworth Hull , took up one potatoroot ) the other day , which had the extraordinary number of on < hundred and eighteen full-grown potatoes attached . We are happy to learn tbat the sample was * ntirely free from disease , The owner of Van Tromp , one ofthe favourites for the Derby , for six weeks belore tho race , had two policemen gu _. irding hi- * horse ' - * stable , one at night aud the other in the day time .
' The king of Bavaria has allowed the staluc of Luther to be placed among the _s-atues of other illustrious Germans in the Walhalla , whence it had hitherto been excluded on account of tho king ' s religious prejudices . An electric _telegraph has been established between Amsterdam and several of the principal towns in Holland . A German journal states that shambles arc about to be established iu Berlin for the public sale of horseflesh . A swallow ota pure white colour has been caught in _llen'Vewsbire . Steps have been taken to establish an Athen „ um at _Birmingham .
Some of the land _bought at Birkenhead at four pence , has lately been sold nt four guineas per yard" 6 . 1 back to tbe first period of man ' s existence . —Whatsliall we find ti'ere 1 Nothing but one wide common ; a wilderness , on whicb man , for tho first . ! me , has imprintetlhis footsteps . Of course it belongs to all equally . "— Thomas Skidmore . The home in which thc ureal German poet Schiller lived at Weimar has been bought at a public auction , for the sum of 5 , 025 _thalers , by the corporation ofthe town , wbich has imrchased the dwelling in order that it may be preserved as a memorial of its former illustrious inmate . [ We trust our country _, men will take this hint , nnd bear in remembrance the immortal bitril of Avon . ]
The last descendant of Martin Lutber , now living in Germany , and very poor , lately abjured tho Reformed , and adopted thc Roman Catholic religion . It bas been asked wh y the ladies with whom Prince Albert dunces at the balls in _Buckim-bam Palace or elsewhere , are always married _In-iics ? So many recruits hnve Litely been raised for the artillery , that the barracks at Woolwich are unable to hold tbem , and s _.. me of thenl have consequently been forced to encam p in tents . The Cheltenham Examiner suggests that al ! the Smiths in the kingdom , estimated at a million , sliould subscribe one penny each to a testimonial to the _distiuguished Sir Harry Smith . As the present mode of branding deserters has been found ineffi-ient , the Duko of Wellington has given orders tbat tbe operation shall be henceforth performed with needles and gunpowder , so as to make tho letter I ) indelible .
The American Anti-Slavery Society elected Frederick Douglass president of the recent Anti-Slavery Convention . The National Association for the reform oi excise abuses is prosecuting a vigorous agitation _throughout Scotland . Mr _Lassell _, of StarGeld , Liverpool , asserts that he has ascertained the existence of a satellite to _Neotutie . Tlio government of Bavaria has ordered that frora the 1 st of August m _ t , the journals published in other German states , Bremen excepted ,, shall no longer be _suljected to the censorship on arriving within its territories . The Nairn Mirror mentions that a labourer lately ( found on th * beach a largo codfi . * * ,. which had _un-Bttwessfnlly _attempted to swallow a grilso weighiu _;* - -ore than ei _> ht pounds , and had been choked by its
_" labouring man of tho parish . of _Bwu-wtty was last week working in a field and dug up a coin ; ho ookedatit , and threw it down , thinking it ot no value , but tion ** curiosity pickad it up _agutu , and on rubbing it , fcund it be a euinsa of James II ., dated lo 38 . A fe » yeaw . 'ince a gt _ noa ol tbe same date was found tn a similar way in the same field . Take , a fork , fix it in the wall , and on ita _haticUo place aeork ; walk up to-it with one eye shut , and try to knock it off . You will generally miss it . This ia au amusing optical _illusion . A tradesman in Bath has the following priHtcd upon bis shop-bills : —• „ My books are _socramm'dand debts I ' ve so many , I ' m reaolved that in future I ' ll uot trust a penny _;
Giving credit to friends oftw friendship _endangers , And 1 hope ne ' er again to be cheated by _vtrangers . " The Bible Society of New York is said to have declared that it will not give bibles to slaves , even if thev are able to read .. Of 00 , 00 ( 1 persons who made tho last pilgrimage to Mecca , not less than 20 , 000 died of the cholera . The will of Mr O'Connell has just been proved in the " Prerogative Court . Tho personal property » sworn to bo _untler _ 25 000 , and lie has , » ra ° _* . _8 ° _to _« _behests , left £ 1 , 000 to Mr Bay- the secretary to the "Repeal _Aaswiatton .
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with tlie title of "D _<* pot for _Alriran Go s ! " The htm of Regis carries on an- extensive bthiH'e . _* . with Smegal , where there _awatowt _*>» many " tings as modiojva *] . Italy had _princfn-. These African kings make wa ? - by way ef a ; it _* Jle pleasant excitement . When one of theia has lost n ( tattle _he-dismisse * hia S ° d s F" and-orders new French ones from Regit * _acwCoi _. wl * . nmp ( - > y artists t . make tbem of deal , w , : * P * vfe ' ' head- * , lions' raanea , tigers' claws . when _a-Se neg « _iian- * wtent 8 . eo "_ aina a _ota-signroent otr . ew 'goda _/' lie goes to war io order to test their _eihescy . Hitherto _Kegis and Co ; have been lucky in _Uietr _•' godsv '" _Ti-B-Lm Mwder- ¦»» _SuiciDi-v-An inquest haB
been held on -. Matilda Griffin and llcaiy Thomas P _.-irlier , whose tragical fate we recorded in onr ) a-t impression . Evidence was- given _thi * J the young wu * man had-declined to- " k-iep _compafty '" itny loiwer with P ; . rker ,. and _Jhathe-h-ad been very agitated and _desponaing ever sinco . Thejury _fwun _. i - that , _Matildabr-mnwas wil ' u !' y . _ uniertd hy Henry Thomas _barker , and ; tbat be _did'felsniously de » tn . y hisi . wa life , he being therefore _f-uiltv of felo < lb se The coroner ordered the beadloto take charge of I _' arker ' a body - _nr-d'to : have it placed _^ a plain shell for in * torment without Christian rites . The funeral , which took place shortly . l _ lore midnight-was at * tended by an . immense multitude .
_Allboeb * D *_ , t _ : r . _jioMa V . iosRSOE —Our _t _ ader __ will remember that a few weeks since , we noticed the death of James Burdon ,. an inmate of _the-Surrey County Lunatic Asylum , who , it was state ' , had died from injuries receiv « d . from oneof _thekesfpere of theabovo institution . An " extraordinary special meeting '' hss been held to inquire into the circumstances . _Aftera patientitivestigationth _« _cm » u \ i ' _ a 8 consulted for a-fan * minutes , and _express '' thuir opinion on the cane in a resolution that "thecmmittee are n » t enabled to decide whether ihe injury
ll'orawhichth _ _deceaj _ d died wasoccaioneuby _al-loW rcoeived on or about the 1 st of June , iu a scuffle * whieh took plaoo botween him and a lunatic of tin * name of Uobarts ; . whether it was from the injury received in a fall which he got in attempting to get through the ventilator over thedoorof his ward , or from the Wow stated * by bim to have been inflicted by some of the attendants . They regrtt the unsatisfactory _mannt-r of this conclusion , but they feel tbat it would be unjust to the attendants to throw upon them , or any one of them , a stigma which is not borne out by tho evidence . "
Cultivation of ibb _Biacicbebrt . —It is proposoa that _theblaekberry shall be brought into general _cultivatiun . It is highly serviceable for domestic purposes , and very economical and abundant , as all ouf country friends are aware . We are glad to pcrceive * thatthe Committee of _AjriculturehavecMisiilereil the matter and recoi * ni .-ed the vast brnetit and utility which would accrue from the propagation of thi * berry . The committee deem it highly desirable experiments should be made ; ami they would be glad to receive specimens of the fruit from the cultivated plant . Every encouragement will be i . ffered to successful growers ; and improved specimens , accompanied bya plainly-written _statement of all particu *
Jars relating to growth , sliould be sent to the secretary of the Seciety of Arts , Adelphi , _London . W « feci fissured tho * . facts require only to bu known to > meet the attention they deserve from cottagers and others , wbose interests and comforts will bo * o > greatly advanced . TnE _DioEN-nAM Mum * - **!—Mr Baron Parke , in passing sentence upon Kiraptou and Uickton _, tha _Dagenham puliccmeii , said , tiiac , upon a further consideration of tho points of'law , raised by counsel is tbeir case , he should not give effect to it by _postponi » - * judgment , but leave it to tlie prisoners to adopt a writ of error , if they thousht proper so to d" ! Ther prisoners were then sentenced to pay a fine of ls „ tobe imprisoned for a week , and t . ' icn to bo transported for seven years , Parsons is net yet in custody .
_VioiEJif Sturm air _Sorauupro _*' , July 17 th . —? This town and its environs were visited at halfpast one o ' olock this morning with one of thi most violent storms of thunder and _lightning accompanied with rain , ever remembered in this town . The liahtning was terrific , and the thunder _ninsit awfully loud The storm continued with very little intermission until ten o ' clock . At Shirley , about t _« . miles from the town , a house was entirely destroyed by the electrio fluid , also nine sheep in the neighbourhood of _Pear-treo-sreen .
BrArsoi _.. on _"Tiwibm . " —Ofthe two besetting sins of human nature , selfish neglect and selfish agitation ( in politic *) , the firmer is the more common , and has , in : bo lon _^ run , done more harm than tho latter , although , the outbreaks of the latter , while they last , are of a far move atrocious character . So I have in a manner vowed to myself , and prayed that _, with ( raid ' s blessing , no excesses of popular wickedness , though 1 should be myself , as 1 expect , the victim of them , no temporary evils producer ! by revolution , shall over mako me forget the wickedness of Toryism , of that spirit which 1 ms . throughout the long experience of history , continually thwarted th * cause of God and goodness * * * _. tnd has gona on abusing its opportunities nnd heaping up wrath by along series of selfish _nealectaj-ainsttheday of wrath and judgment .- Dr Arnold to _Chevalier Buntin . 1833 .
A _Fait'ifi'i , MnsBENOBR . —Mr Solomon _Ileycs _, whois in the service of Messrs _Livingfton and Wells , express forwarders , has travelled on railroad and river since 1829 , without accident , 482 , 600 miles ; He has never missed atrip , and has carried safely for his employers , at a moderate calculation , during those eiabteen yeais of service , 558 n . iUio « s of dollars , without the loss of a single cent , —New York Journal of Commerce . l ' _unun . u _* op Mil _CCox-jell—A letter dated Genoa , the 13 th inst ., states that the body of . Mr _O'Cunnell had at length been removed from that city on thc preceding day , a large coach , styled a _fotrgon , , having been purchased I ' or the put pose , and the tune- - ral setting _<> ut by ati overland route for Fr .. nce .
Tus Soham Fires . _—Josiah Munsor , indicted for r setting fire to a stack of straw , the property of Thos . 1 . feek , on the l _.-t of November , at Soham , has been it _•• cquitted , the jury returning a verdict of " _Nobit Guilty . " Miss Burdbtt Coutis' New _Ciioncn . —Tuesdayty being the day appointed for laying the foundation ui stone of Miss _Coutta ' _s new chnrcb , there * . Yns a large . 8 _aiul fashionable attendance to _wiints-a the ceremony , f . The church will be dedicated to St Stephen , und _i-ttjsitunicd in Rochester-row , the most densely popu-ulated portion of Westminster . The _Ma _-oisr-Mcr . —Mr Broughton , of Worship-pstrcet , has _succeeded the late Mr llawlinson at it Marylebone police-office . _^ _
DBSTiacTios op the Snip Palladium nt Fikk . ——Letters dated St Helena , June 10 th , received Julyily 21 , communicate tho loss by fire of the ship _Palla-ladiuro , 100 tons burthen , Captain Ravilly , while on an a passage to Bourbon . Tlie ship left _Kantes on thCvho lath of March , with two ladies on board us passengers _^ rs , the crew , besides the master , _smGuntinf" to fourtofciBfcn men . On thc 4 th ' of May , in bit . 23 52 south , long . ng . 25 5 £ > west , smoke was discovered issuing from thetlie lower hold , which eventually proved to come fro _ o _ the cargo near tho bottom of the hold . On accountunE of thc inUiimmablc character of the good ? , chieflyefly pitch , oil , turpentine , oakum , timber , _ c ., there _wastvasi but little hopes of saving tho ship fromdestruction _^ on _, ! nevertheless tho men worked incessantly ou the the : pumps , but in less than un hour they were forced _tol _ _i
erase their efforts , the smoke aud heat becoming un- unbearable . The boats had already been get over the tin : ship ' s quarters , and the two lady passengers placoctcoc : in them , into which nil on beard retreated , but alt al . the provisions tioy could get at was a small bag cig c biscuit and a keg ( if water , together with a corapasspassi a chart , and the ship ' s papew . Within half un huuhuu after they quitted tho ship _t-he burst into _Saniesnie'i and continued burning until midnight . The s _' . _' . fl ' _ets'fl'eti _ingn of the _pasaen-jers an _* _l the crew wero _subsuubsn quentiy featftiUy severe . They weie ten daysbefonefoii they sighted a ship . Atlength tho _Sutlej , _belongiimsini to Liverpool , bound to Calcutta , picked them _ujtn u ]| the master-afforded them ail the comfort and at tent ten tion _lums-rif and tho crew eosld be 9 tow . A few da _. v da ;; afterwards , the Sntlcj meeting with a vessel _buutbuuti of St Ileiena , they were transferred to it and safe safe !
reached that island on the 0 th of J «__ la & t . Thc lohc lo _> is statei to bo little short of £ 10 , 000 . Fk _ at CHATiu _ . —On Tuesday night , about halt ha !! past twelve , a lire broke out in the premises lises _Mewas Thompson , boot and shoemakers , Hie _Ilig ! _strest . Tho firo wa 3 observed to issue from the tithe m of t ' ae house , and on thc door being broken open tben tl . 1 _passaj-e was found to be one body of ( lames . The il'he 11 mates , however , had tscaped _fmrn tho roof to t _[ to ti . i adjoining house . The military from the _gnrrisiarrisM were soon in attendance , and the garrison and othd otbi engines _sperdily arrived , and « t _«« _ttjjpW md mi water from Colonel James Best * brewery eiy Chatham , which was brough t . 11 te _bevrds . rcta Hriv « from that establishment . 'Iho hie sboii shovf ! _nmVnSedioth _nut ard Son , and to tho howo ol Mr Jamc _* . _BuncBunci : " nd was not got under tiil four o ' clock . 'Ik . ' 11 daiua _<* o done b _wO" considerable ; theamounkiounU vet cannot be estimated . The Messrs _Thompson < psou :: insured in tho PfcoBflix £ 250 , and ia the _tfi _» v . _ urw . _* .
The Eco Tiude . —No leBS than 5 , 000 ( UzewtU zenai _oggs wore sent from Wick , ono day lately , by r , by Sovereign steamer for Leith , A large number wber w , v also dispatehcil for tho south by a clipper . Scr . Set _conception mav be formed , from this fact , of tho if tbo tent and value ' of the est trade of the north . .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 24, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_24071847/page/3/
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