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ml commence ear summer "feast" with a aj _^ _bte poem from tho pea of a popular & r « - " * THE SONS OF STJHM 1 B . * 1 _vmucuvtawii . atf _ l _ niatt _« heath of northern _hilla , tfl Where early unrise shone _,, _^ _rerdwtwooua and ihuung stKami _, At And siftnniits gray and lone , ml j _^ _ l _ utwlfi _«^ ' _^* < n <> untainhonia VF _ijrithroilie Ijre « _- * me forth , id _^ _BflthnifanaaM numlitn ianiT v } 111 . Summer of the North : — . W « We _« ee the glory of thy steps rj , TJpon our _hflle once mere ; a . _< )_ 1 . thon , thehopeofeveryheart . T _Thejoy ot every shore I ar <) s ( ftKto ha « at _^»^** ' _* *»* _S _*^ H «» i 0 Om" weed * their vernal prime ,
ir _rorHeaven and Earth rejoiajein thee , ! _"ihottg _loTionasunHnertiBie ! I , ( _* rhinearethelongandcloudleudaji , * j The eves of golden light , I _^ _i » elingering _glorieimeet themorn _. j _AndleaTe noroorfl for night ; b _-jhefreshnesii oftheearlydew , _Theglowofbreathleia noon , c Aedthe showers , for whichthewoodUndf wait , As for a promised boon . t . _a _fby _roiesiend their iireetnest forth from leafy bower and brake , ¦ And thy lilies spread their floating snow Upon the sunlit lake ; to the oM _!«***** lonely depth _TbypraHencejof _imparti , j _^ a _ % arhef , through the _doua-k of car _^ fne depths ot human hearts .
, _aVTell hath our dreamy _ahUdhoodloTtd To wander forth with the * , _-Tole » f . » - grove and grassy glen , _ . i fountain fresh and free . _ i ttt where are they that in those fair And p leasant paths had part , And when will it return to us Tba t ftmnier of the heart t _n for hope baa chanced to wearineu _. And love hath changed to strife , jtaafcw , of all those early friendf _, Bare beentbefriends of life ; Had we hare left the sunny track _OfcWldnoodfar _bebinai Andsee it only through the ttorai Xnst after years have twined .
_aa-gatthouart bright and changeless still , Qneen ofthe _cirelingyears ; Xbj brow hath known no touch of time , jiane eye no _trsM of tears ; Jor still au _bright its sunshine taJtt Tjpon the woods and nates , , As if thst light had never shone On broken hearts or graves . " t _* __> less seasonable , and as welcome , will ba thev toting simple _bntchar-ning _Jines , from the peno * aer popular poetess : — IIBICS OF LIFE . —BY MAET HOWITT . A SOWMT . « Onr sis days' toil is over ; This is the day of rest : Tbe bee bams in the clover ,
The lark srrings from her nest _. Ail living things are cheery Upon this Sabbath mom ; The blackbird cannot weary Of singing on the thorn ; The sheep within the meadow , Lite driven snow they look ; -The cows stand in the shadow Within the willowy broak . " Tis like that famous picture Which came from London down , — Ten matt go and see that picture
When next you ' re in the town IAnd then there ' s that engraving I told jou of last spring—I ' re been these six months saving To buy that lovely thing ! "Well , both of them resemble This -view at early day , -When diamond dew-drops tremble Upon the dog-rose spray ; In both there is the river , The church spire , and the mill ; The aspens seem to shiver ; The cloud floats o ' er the hill t " At soon as breakfast ' s over , "We'll forth this merry morn , Among the fragrant clover
And tbrougn th » snmser com . In the great church of Sature , Where God himself is priest , Well join each joyful creature _. Flower , insect , bird , and beast . "The birds praise God in singing > Among the leafy sprays , . And a loving heart is worship , A joyful soul is praise ! Come then , this day of seven , God ' s gift to toil , shall be A little bit of heaven On earth to thee and me ! Tis I the babe wfli carry—My youngest , darling boy—And Bess and little Harry ,
Tbey will be wild with joy ; For them the wild rose mingles Witb woodbine on the bough , And birds in leafy dingles Shout welcome to them now ! Sweet wife , make haute ! down yonder , Down by the miller ' s farm _. Through old field-paths well wander , Thy hand within my arm I " For Sunday leisure heeaiing , The books I ' ve bought are these- * The very books for reading
Beneath the summer trees ! They ' re by that brave young poet Wbo wrote of Locksley Hall—That charming verse!—jon knew it- * Ton saw it first of all ! And 'neatb tbe lime-tree shady , Among the summer corn , _Tilread of Burleigh ' s lady—A village maiden born . — Haste , haste , and get thee ready , The morn is wearing on ; The woodland lanes are shady ; The dew dries ; lefs be gone !*' & h of Scotch " pan-itch , " though aplain , is a bnne dish , and " not to be sneezed at . " If onr ft consider a Ifte compliment to be due to tne w ofthe following lines , he will , no doubt , feel siis _ ied .
• _5 E 3 SUGGESTED BT A LETTER FBOM A FRIESD . _^ yateturniEg Arbroath commentate s railway _& BS , and tbe quiet of pastoral simplicity gires way Jsgiant marches of Steam . " " _**«] , Tam , there are many changes , An ' unco wonders _now-tv-days _;—&" * progression ' s varied ranges , That leaves nae gowans oa yon braes t _"fiflosophy _. that _healin'balm , Kindly comes ta soothe our pi _jy ;—• But spite o ? a' yonr _brithw Sam , Haun rhyme his random ditty . Ton _<* ommon , hallowed be the word , t » a » i _. & i _ yj _ a childish joy , hots every pleasant thocht afford , _Etflected sweets without alloy . Oft in the morn a barefoot loon ,
I ' ve left my daddy's hams sae sly , _-ftrapoat _ankean'd an left the toon , To herd on it , grandfather ' s kje . Tlere to meet some schoolboy cronie , _Thocitless an' brither laddie like , hje ready to match wi' ony , fo loup own whins or climb a dy ke , _ftiere first we felt Ambition ' s aim , And aped at Life's varied courses ; "¦ j * dignified our place we'd claim , An * i _^ d , wi * strings , run like _horsss _* e * d stand npon the rising hill , An' stop to wonder on onr track : " _s'd change onr voices rough and shrill , To hear their chang _* d soan' echo hack , _"f-Mon we ' ve lain on at dewy e ' en , Au ' seen the lsvrock Wm its breast—C _nraov'd we ' ve gaz'd npon tbe scene _.
An' watch'd tbe songster to ber nsst , ¦ _" _^ _Pk-j ue that thocht t let _consdenee _spesk _. _Wtc imitated savage _man—^• rong oppressor of the weakwe ' ve robVd thee wi * a * tyrant ' s ban ' . " - feet bird , you chanted poortith ' _s sang , - _^ n _' nionrn'd thy loss in _waesoma meMutw , " ' we , Tile doers o ' tbe wrang , _*« lted in our _stowa treasure . _*< _n tit sin syne we ' ve rued the deed , When suffrin '' neatb a tyrant ' s ban , _^ ve _caU'd to Blind tbymonrnfa' meed ,
* n * symp & _thu'd wi' brither man , f _drbird . your heartfelt note o' grief Wasbttttbeparent _' _s anguish cry > 'oe heart thst bursts to give relief , TochMren cag _' d in slavery . _? t _« ad Avarice bears not thy plaint , But drowns thy voice in _wmrldly dow ' r _, ff _cotascieaceiuli'd looks like a saint , Tbo * robbin' Nature ilka hour . _^ W fareweel ! for they'll hack the clod "fffcare wehaerun in early days , » i pick an _' _spsale they'll brak the sod , _flflr thiiil o » gowans on yonr brass _.
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_Sts ' yon cute chap wi * ennnin' leer , Parchment and pencil at his will , He is the crafty engineer , Aa' plans it a' wi' ready skill . An yon braw bailie wi ' bis cash , * Sods bis head in ken'd content , Gowans an' braes cost him nae fash , If siller brings its fire per cent . "Great gowk , *' says he , " why do you rh yme , When I the yellow gear am nllin / We'll moralize some ither time , Just noo I'll pouch the shillin _' . *' Saxcel _Ktdtj
We _naTebeforespoken in terms of warm and honest taudgfion ofthe poetical talent ofthe author _' ofthe annexed '• Fragments . " We are sore that onr _Kitdera will agree with m , that Joseph Butler can write genuine poetry . We have some farther _Bpeeunens of his productions , which indue course we shall Jay before the public .
SELECIED FRAGMENTS . si Joseph h . butlm . I .. From an unpublished Drama . —Attn . —{ MarcoIn Prison . ) * * * * " Were these curs'd chains but off I mi ght dig out A passage , and escape before the dawn : This is the lot of bim who serves a tyrant ! { Hddsuphis chains . ) When did not chains , and darkness , yea , and death , Become the _portien ofthe _faol who placed His faith ou them 1 _Thur words are brittle stnffl And when we hope to gain their lofty favour
They snap the reader thread that holds ns up And dOWn WeVall—ofl' _lim * to rl _^ _enomoral O Freedom ! thy immortal sunny ray Sires life auto tho heart . The blood of thoi * Wbo dti- in thy great cause shall never sink Into tbe earth , —and every spot where fell Thy brave derated bands shall be a shrine Worshipp'd br pilgrims till the end of time . Rivers may change their course , and mountains sink In tbe dread earthquake . But tbe _sacredgroond Where Liberty was bought with noble blood Shall not be blotted from the page of tome !
ii . •—God ne ' er made a bondman , Ne er made one man to be bis fellows ' _efctfrn , Ne ' er curs'd the earth , that it j fair breast should yield Unto the proud lord milk , but to the peasant Nothing but poison ! in . —Think not Freedom ' s won With gentle smiles and yielding blandishments ; She spurns your dainty wooer _. And turns to sinewy arms and hearts of Steel , The war-clotad is her _c-otn-h—her matin hymn . Tbe battle-shout of freemen !
IT . * * • There never was a lovelier star , Bosomed in tbe vast realms of space , Than was oar earth , cresarage War And mad Ambition came to chase The smiling form of Peace away , Aad blot with cloud the face of day . Then kings and tyrants rose to berth . Ruling with iron sway the earth , Oppression too was born . When _wrong'd—the poor men cried in Tain ,
Stall galled the oppressive , cruel chain , Bed glow _* d the fields with battle ' s stain , In the bright eye of morn . Tben rose proud thrones in glittering pride , With countless cost of gold , And monarchs fleets swept o ' er tbe tide , And—men were bought—and sold ! While , boundless as the ocean wave , Ambition made the world a grave-Building a shrine of bHman bones , And glorying in the wreck of thrones .
While nations at the drum ' s loud thrill , _Rtuh'd like the _Siroc , strong to kill , Tben fell the ponderous hammers' blows , To form the tempered sword for foes—And the dread cannons' mouth sent wide Its globes of fate—while Toll'd the tide Of fire and fury—far and wide ! * * * i Extreme of dread ! must despots rale , And man be still their waited tool * No—see npon the freeman ' s thigh The scourge of tyrants glittering high _. And strong in God—and his right hand He rises—for his native land . Since m alternative remains ,
His sheds his Wood to burst his chains _. By the free Switzer * s sparkling rills , Or on your heights , gray Tyrol ' s hills . Or in tbe Spartan ' s mountain pass , — Where died the brave Leonidai , — Or on some desert wild and stem , A _Murston moor , or _Bannockbora ! Or for Columbia ' s rising sun , Beholds some infant , Washington !—He built no steps of bnman bones , To rise to power on gilded thrones ; It was a holy sword he wielded , A holy cause bis buckler shielded , And every stream and mighty river Shall mnrmnr of his fame for ever !
The subjoined moat beautiful and affecting lines were written by the late William Motherwell , and first published in Tait ' t Ihgazine ; observing a re print of them in & recent number of a provincial contemporary , we booked them for onr "feast . " Who wUI question , who can doubt that the following poem is " one of the truest and teadereat effusions of the Scottish lyrical muse , which modern days / we will add—or ancient either—J have Produced . "
JBAK 1 E MORRISON . I ' ve _wanderM east , I've waader * d west , Through many a weary way ; But never , never can forget , The lure of life ' s young day . The fire that ' s blawn on Beltane e ' en , Hay well be black gin Yale ; But blacker fa' awaits tbe heart Where first fond _lnve grows cool . Oh ! dear , dear Jeanie Morrison , The _thaeghts o bygene years Still fling their shadows ower my path , And blind my e ' en wi' tears . Theyblindmy e'en wi' sant , aaut tears , And _sair and sick I pine , As memoir idly summons op
The blith blinks o' lang syne , T was tben we luvit ilk ither weel , 'Xwas then we twa did part ; Sweet time—sad time ! twa bairns at gchule _. Twa bairns , and but ae heart ! _TwaB then we sat on ae laigh bink To leir ilk ither lear ; And tones , aBd looks , and smiles were _ihdd , Remember * d _evtrmair . I wonder , Jeanie , aften yet . When sitting on that bink , Cheek touching cheek , looflock'din loof , What our wee heads could think ! When baith bent down ower , ae braid page Wi ae bulk on our knee , Thy lips were on thy lesson , bnt lly lesson was in thee .
Ob mind ye how we hung our heads _. How cheeluburn'd reftwi * shame , Whene'er the _schule-weans , langhin' said , We decked together hame ! And mind ye o' the Saturdays , ( The _schnle then ekail ' t at noon ) When we ran aff to sped thebraes—Thebroomy braeso' June ! liy headrhu round and round about . Hy heart flows like a sea _. As ane by ane tbe thoughts ruth back 0 ' _f-chnle-time and o' thee .
Oh , mcrnin' life ! Ob , _mornuV lure ! Oh , lightsome days and lang , Wben binnied hopes around our hearts Like simmer blossoms sprang . Oh ! mind ye , lure , how oft we left The deavin'dinsome toon , To wander by the green burn side , And bear its waters croon ; The simmer leaves hungower our heads . The flowers burst round our feet , And in the gloamin' o' the wud , Tbe throssii whusslit sweet _.
The throssii whusslit in tbe wud , Tbe burn sung to the trets , And we with Nature ' s heart iu tuna Concerted harmonies _. And on the knowe abune the burn , For hours together sat In the _silentness o * joy , till baith Wi' very gladness grat ! Aye , aye , dear Jeanie Morrison , _Teari trinkled down your cheek , Like dewdrops on a rose , yet nana Had ony power to speak ! Tbat was a time , a blessed time , When hearts were fresh and young , When freely gush'd all feelings forth , _Unsyllabled , unsung !
I marvel , Jeanie "Morrison , Gin I ha'e been to thee As closely twined wi' earliest thochts As ye ha ' e been to me ! Oh ! tell me gin their music fills Thine ear as it does mine : Oh ! say gin e ' er yonr heart grows grit Wi' _dreamings of lsng syne ! iVe _waaderM east , I ' ve _wander'd west , I ' borne a weary lot ; But in my wanderings , far or near , Ye aerer were forgot .
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The fount that first burst fraa this heart , SHU travels on its way = And channels deeper as it tins The luveo'life ' s young day . 0 dear , dear Jeanie VorrisoH . Since we were sinder * d young , I ' ve never seen yonr face , nor heard Themu ' tloo ' your tongue ; But I could hug all wretchedness , And happy could I dee Did I but ken your heart still _dream'd 0 * bygone day s and me I
_ Asia universally known , _theDufce of Wellington ninthebabifcofg _ Tinga grand banquet annually , on the 18 th of June , to the surviving chiefs of the British army who shared with him the perils and " glory" of Waterloo . Last year the National ( Parispaper ) exhibited an unseemly display of illtemper because of the Duke ' s dinner ; treating his _Dubeship ' _s" feed " as a na . _*' o « tf'insult to France ! We hope the National will show better sense this year . The Duke ' s banquet is merely the staffing match of a few old military aristocrats , who once a year meet to " fight their battles o ' er again , " without reference to the feelings or views of the English people ; the English people being quite as indifferent towards them . This year , to turn the recollection of a gigantic tragedy into a present farce , Prince Albert , attired in a _Field-Marshal _' s uniform ,
"honoured" the Duke with his attendance . The Prince was accompanied bv the Marquis of Abercorn , " Groom of the Stole to His Royal Highness . " We are nut sufficiently acquainted with the world of "flonkeydom"tobe able to tell our readers what are the duties of a " groom of the stole . " When the " hob nobbing " began there was of course the usual loyal palaver concerning " Her Majesty " and "Ha Royal Highness . " this called up "Field-Marshal" Albert , who in returning thanks said , "He felt highly flattered at being the only officer not present on the ever-memorable field of Waterloo , who had the honour of a seat at their banquet table . " No doubt" His Royal Highness" does feel exceedingly comfortable , or , as he sayi— "highly flattered " that he wasnot at Waterloo . Byron Bay * : —
_« "Tis sweet to win—no matter how—one ' s laurels ;" and " the Prince" seems to be exactly of the same opinion . We are told that on the Prince rising to address the company the band played the _"Coburs March , * ' which meant tho march from Pimlico to Windsor , and back again . To Greatly , daring dine , " is also one of the toils of his Field-Marshabhip , and " war to the knife " and fork is , we believe , his usual and thrilling battle-cry . Two years ago we commenced our
BEAUTIES OF BIRON , by giving that magnificent and matchless description ofthe events preceding the battle ot Waterloo , with the final catastrophe , from Childe Harold , commencing : — " Stop!—for thy tread is on an empire ' s dust ! An earthquake ' s spoil is sepulchred below !" Subsequently we "honoured" "the Duke" by republishing the exquisite satire from Don Juan , commencing : — . ¦ >> : ¦ "Oh , Wellington ! or * Villainton '—for fame Sounds the heroic syllables both ways . " A few more words from the pen of Byron ( in "honour" ofthe recent "banquet" ) will no doubt be welcomed by our readers . The blood of the most stagnant-hearted slave might run fire at the trumpet-like sound ofthe following lines : —
WATERLOO . - 0 D _> T & OK THE FBEMCH . I . We do not curse thee , Waterloo ' . Though Freedom ' s blood thy plain bedew ; Tbere 't was shed , but is not snnk—Rising from each gory trunk , Like the water-spout from ocean , - With a strong and growing motion-It soars and mingles in the air , With that of lost _labedo _. ere—With that of him whose honour _ed grave
Contains the " bravest of the brave . " A crimson cloud it spreads and glows , ' But shall return to whence it rose ; When 'tis full 'twill burst asunder—Never yet was beard such _thunder , As then shall wake the world with wonder—Jferer yet was seen such lightning As o ' er heaven shall then be bright _' ning ! Like the Wormwood Star foretold By tbe sainted seer of old , Showering down a fiery flood , Turning rivers into blood .
ii . . The chief bas fallen , but not by you , Vanquishers of Waterloo ] When the soldier citizen Sway'd not o ' er his _fellow-meu—Save in deeds that led tbem on Where Glory smiled on Freedom ' s son—Who of all the despots banded , With that youthful chief competed ! Who could boast o ' er Franca defeated , Till lone Tyranny commanded ! Till goaded by Ambition ' s sting , The Hero sunk into the King ! Then he fell : —so perish all Who would men by man enthrall
'in . And thou , too , of the snow-white plume Whose realm refused thee ev ' n a tomb ; Better hadst thou still been leading France o ' er hosts of hirelings blecdiag , Than sold thyself to death and shame For a meanly royal name ; Such as he of Kaples wears , Wbo thy bloed-bought title bears , tittle didst thou deem , when dashing On tby war-horse through the ranks _. Like a stream which burst its hanks , While helmets cleft , and sabres clashing , Shone and Bhivered fast around thee—Of the fate at last which found thee * .
Was that haughty plume laid low By a slave ' s dishonest blow ! Once—as tbe moon sways o ' er the tide , - It roll'd in air the warrior's guide ; Through the smoke-created night Of the black and sulphurous fight , The soldier raised his seeking eye To catch tbat crest's ascendancy . And as it onward rolling rose ,, So moved his heart upon bur foes . There , where death's brief pang was quickest , And the battle ' s wreck lay thickest , Strew _* d beneath ihe advancing banner Of the eagle ' s burning crest—( There with thunder clouds to fan her , Who could then her wing
arrest-Victory beaming from ber breast ?) While tbe broken line enlarging Fell , or fled along tbe plain ; Tbere be sure was Murat charging ! Tbere b » ne ' er shall chaTge again . IV . O ' er glories gone tbe invaders march , Weep ' s triumph o ' er eacblevell'd arch—Butlet Freedom rejoico , With her heart in her voice ; But , her hand on ber sword , Denbly shall shebe adored ; France hath twice too well been taught
The " moral lesson" dearly bought—Her safety sits not on a throne , With Capet or Napoleon ! But in equal rights and lavs , Hearts and hands in one great cause—¦ Freedom , _sucliai Oo 4 hath given Unto all beneath his heaven , ' With their breath , and from tbeir birth , Though Guilt would sweep it from tho earth ; With a fierce and lavish hand Scattering nations * wealth like sand ; Pouring nations' blood like water _. In imperial seas of slaughter ' .
T . But the heart and the mind , And the voice of mankind , Shall arise in communion— . And who shall resist that proud union ! The time is past when swords subdued—Han may die—tbe soul ' s _renew'd : £ ven in this low world of care Freedom ne'er shall want an heir ; Millions breathe but to inherit Here for ever-bounding spirit-When once more her hosts assemble , Tyrants shall believe and tremble—Smile tbey at this Hie threat ! Crimson tears will follow yet !
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Ptmeh suggests that the name of a proposed club for footmen m London , shall be the Knee Plush Ultra _^ _Rrar couples were marriefl , April 22 , aboard tho _uS-S Baltimore , from Havre for _New-Yorfc Within the last year more than 1 , 200 tailors landed at New York from England . The £ 1 , 000 prize for the best picture of the " Baptism of Christ in the River Jordan , has been awarded to Mr John Wood . The t _nettifosrger" is grounded upon two
erra " French words peti _andi vogue , signifying a person of small reputation , or very little known . Two stockjobbers have been apprehended at Marseilles , for endeavouring to bribe the man employed at the telegraph , to obtain more _speedi . y the quotations of the public funds at Paris . Mr Robert Owen , at the age of seventy-six , left New York for England last month , with a plan , which he intends proposing to the British Government , for the permanent relief and elevation of Ireland .
During the last three rears a workman at Hudderafield had _Euffercd extraordinary and violent pains in his arm ; but the oauso of these pains remained undiscovered until a few days since , when , after a paroxysm of excruciating agony , a needle made its appearance , and was extraoied .
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_x-wafEUI'S OF THE _DKAs / ia . That _thepresent generation hasforsomo time past exhibited symptoms of a disrelish for _enteratainmeitfe Surely dramatic , few persons who have been anything nt _superfioialobservers can doubt . The appetite for the legitimate , as it is the cant of tho day to call the productions of Shalupere and tbe . elder dramatists , is not by any means nationally vigorous—popular feeling in thia respect , as in everything else , appearing to _haffl sought other channels for ita expression . The devotees . of the Avonian bard , and the worshippers at the shrine of _Olwaj * and * » J « gs ? nger , cum vuiltis aliU , lament this general apostasy , and sigh over tbe fallen glories ofDrurf , and the desecration of tha home ofthe _Kembles , forgetting that it is
the _nature of most sublunary matters to be subject to change / and that public tastes and amusements are by no meansexempfc from this universal law . Opera , burlesque , and meledrama may be safely said to have been obtaining forsomo yours , to the prejudice of tragedy and comedy ; , and thoueh it is beyond our limits analytically te discuss the why and tbe wherefore of this , it must be evident to the most commonplace understandings _. tbat those wbo are the convenient scape-goats for all theatrical grievances—managers _. are not in this instance the individuals who have brought about the change . A few general observations are sufficient to show-that lessees are blameless in this matter , and that the _t / o-s- popuU has decreed , at nil events for a time , the suspension of any
representation of tho poetic drama {—whether a reaction in its favour may take place , is quite another question . Bunn , Macready _, and _Osbaldiston at tbo national theatres , as it is tbe fashion to nomenclature those huge mistakes , hare proved to a demonstration that playing the '* legitimate" has been the most rapid road that could be taken to arrive at the Bankruptcy Court ;—the first-named has therefore very wisely discarded it , —the ex- " eminent" manatjer is content to star it in _tbemetropolisand the provinces , and the last serves tip tbe palatable and profitable dish of domestic melodrama at a transpontine establishment . Mr and Mrs Keeley tried their hands at it on one or two occasions during * their regime , and invariably burnt their Stingers •—Sadler ' s Wells appears
to beitalast and sole abiding-place in the metropolis , and the secret of fits success here has arisen from the . selection by MrPhelpsof agood workingcompany _. tbe non-engagement of stars , tho low rent of his house , and the limited extent of his expenses . It has intermittingly gleamed at the Princess ' s with a fitful light , but then everyone went to see tbe last of the Kembles , or the great . tragedian — the face of the one not being exactly familiar—and the " points" of the other proving always attractive . It is now , since the closing of _ita asylum at Islington , virtually Without a home , and under these circumstances Charles Kean and his talented wife return to England , report assigning them to the Hatiurkjst Charles Kean was always the fashion with the
description of people who frequent Mr Webster ' s establishment , but the prestige even of his name andthat of bis all-accomplished partner will not , in our opinion , be sufficient for a revival of a past taste , and we confess we do not exactly see bow tbe lessee of the " little theatre " is to support these artistes with his present company efficiently in the line ef character they have been accustomed te play . It should also be borne in mind that tragedy was never a staple attraction at this bouse , and we incline to the opinion that alter the novelty has worn off , a return even here must be had to the usual bill of fare , and we shall then find the Keans treating with Maddox , and finally provincializing ,
The supporters ofthe " legitimate" are big with the hope that Bunn has been ousted . from Drvry Lake , and in anticipation have assigned its direction to the Keeleys , Mr Spicer , Maoready , a Committee of Management , and , ia fact , every one doubtless but the right individual , who , if he possess ono particle oi common sense , willnover attempt to run counter to the popular taste . Should Bunn resume the reins of management ( _uhich we believe will realty be the ease ) he may give his patrons a taste of the Keans , as he was anxious to do of the Kumble , but he will be too wise to present them with toujours perdrix , and the admirers of Shakspere would be sorry to see his resuscitation entrusted to such hands .
Madame Vestris and Mr Charles Mathews take the _LicuiM , where , of course , the lightest description of dramatic vol au vent will be the order of tlie day ; so that we are almost atraid the restoration of the poetic drama must await the completion of Mi Buckstone ' s new theatre in Leicester-square , or tbe opening of Mr _Macready's long talked-of model _establishment—things not very likely to come to pass just yet .
A Lament On The Death Of The Liberator, ...
A lament on the death of the Liberator , published in the Cork Southern Reporter , commences with the following lines : — '" Tho greatest on earth has departed : The Moses of Ireland is dead . ' " Since last year , says the Oxford Chronicle , flour has doubled in price , and labourers' wages have advanced one shilling . A North American traveller describes a nocturnal insect peculiar to the Prairies , as originating in a cross between the bull-dog and a house fly . ' The following waa lately exhibited in a collar window of this town :- _* - ' A new Skool held hear every
nite , but Sunde mte , tuppuns a weke , them as _lerns manners tuppuns moar . "—Preston Chronicle . Tho editor of the New York Dispatch thinks that no _persans can look su supremely , utterly , and hopelessly simple , as two lovers caught in the poetical act of kissing . They look , he says , like detected _sheep-stealera . Seamen generally leave a portion of their wage « to be drawn by their wives . One woman , says the Hampshire fndependent , went so often to draw her husband ' s wages , tbat suspicion was awakened , and she was found to be the wife of live sailors !
Jenny Lind , on the closing ofthe Queen ' s Theatre , will appear for the first time in the provinces before a _Manchester audience ; this extraordinary songstress and actress is to give two performances in the Theatre Royal , at a salary of £ 600 a night . A Cumberland paper gives a list of 40 individuals interred at Cockermouth church between the 1 st o ) January , 1816 , and the 1 st of June , ; i 847—a period of 17 months , whose united ages amount to 3 , 291 years ! being an average of more than fourscore years each . Much astonishment has been lately created among the Venetian populace by the circumstance that the water of an Artesian well , which was lately sunk at Venice , burns brilliantly when brought into contact with a flame . This seemingly wonderful combustion is caused by the carbureted hydrogen gas which the water contains .
A negro boy was driving a mule , in Jamaica , when the animal suddenly stopped , and refused to budge . " Won't go , eh ? " said the boy . " Feel grand do you 1 I B ' poge you forgot your fader was a jackass ?" William Stuckley , who was present at the battle ofthe Me ,, is now , at the age of 101 , a pensioner of Greenwich Hospital . Iu November , 1834 , tho price of a bushel of flour in this city was 6 s . 6 d . _; on Monday , May 17 , 18 * 17 ' it was 17 i!—Hereford Journal . The overseers ofthe parish of Birmingham have made return of the fair annual value of tbe property in that parish at the sum of £ 441 , 1 * 12 3 * . Cd . The income of the East India Company amounts to twenty millions sterling .
In tbe night of tho 15 th the residence of the Count de Goeriitz , at Darmstadt , was , in great part , burnt down . The firo brok-3 out in tho chamber of the countess who perished in the flarae 3 . An American editor expresses his satisfaction that a sick friend is slowly recovering . " Cut and come again , " as the eook said . to her lover , when the mistress discovered them in the larder . ' ¦ _' ¦ '¦ In China , when a married , lady _iain an interesting situation , the husband hires a musical band to ori * _-
tertain her , that the infant may be of a harmonious _disposition . What is gained by philosophy ? A capacity of conversing , without embarrassment , with alt classes ot men ; the courage to exercise our right of speaking the truth to all the world . Wisdom consists in arming ourselves with fortitude sufficient for enabling us to support hardships when they unavoidably happen . Those persons who educate their children well are more to be honoured than those who merely give them birth ; for the ability to live well is the benefit of instruction .
The lords ofthe treasury have ordered Mandioca flour to be admitted without paying duty , until the 1 st of September next . The Norwegian silver mines at _Konigsberg have lately become more productive , and their produce during the first three months of this year has been sold for more than £ 22 , 000 . A German newspaper states that the potato rot has appeared near lleidelberg , and that the potatoes affected by the disease become decomposed sooner than was the case last year . A correspondent of Herapath ' _s Journal estimates tho amount of railway nails for June , at £ 3 , 890 , 7 oft . viz , English , £ 1 , 998 , 678 ; Irish , £ 193 , 750 ; Scotch , £ 154 , 32 S ; and Foreign , £ 1 , 650 , 000 . Tho calls already advertised for July amount to £ 3 , 00 , 000 .
The Prussian eagle , says tho Sheffield Iri 3 , has waved from several masts in the Trent of Gainsbro ' , during the last fortnight . Half a dozen Prussian vessels had arrived at that port laden with timber for the railways . About a year ago a cargo of 600 broomstick ? arrived here from a port in Germany , and not being claimed by the consignee were conveyed to tlie Queen ' s warehouse attached to the Custom-house . Last week one of the sticks was accidentally broken , when , lo ** it was found to be partly hollow , and to contain a considerable quantity of manufactured tobacco . The top of caob had been perforated , the tobVcco pressed in , and secured with a peg , which , _so-. ootbed over , gave all the appearance of solidity , — , livtrpool Paper ,
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_i We have much pleasure in transferring to our icolumns the following able and excellent article by _ilhe Editor of The Nottingham Review : * -
THE DOCTRINE OP 1 NTERVE 8 TI _0 N . _i We presume lord Palmerston is at last _aatlafled , for jibe clash of arms is once more hear I—the " _meteor-nag " ¦ of war is hoisted , and Britain practically pledged to the _jjDpjJression of liberty , and the vindication-of a despot _, fill * warlike predilections are therefore likely to be griv titted for a while , his morbid taste for content will be pampered _> —he has meddled , and fretted , and provoked tt > 8 ome purpeee . Driven by the spirit of the age from a _nwra accost arena , his restless genius has taken _rafuue in the _Ti ods ; and there b * _eeema likely to luxuriate in a " Stfle of that Mboily _worls wbieh his _statbajtak soul lovethVthoutth Britain , is thereby thrust Into a poiltion moats _ignomlnrausj an * white her Foreign Secretary _tl-insss ; ihemus * pay thepiper . We soy Lorn" Palmers .
ton _is-. d 6 _ubiles _* _p » _atisfl-ed , but is England , is-Justice , is _liberiy , _- , satisfied also ! ' ( Villi"Sbgland applaud the yet _turtherdraining c _* her _coffera , to gratify the whim , to carry , _ont'the poli ' ej _, and _pampef tbe weak-minded pugnacity _, oft _antiquated diplomatists ! Will justice be served-by- a _crusa-Jeagainsttha-men who havo manfully revolted aagainit a despotism , _to-aabmit to whieh were to play tbivpart _ofPiflTABDSf And-as to freedom ,. has it not been < _mangled _snough already by the world ' s allied tyrannies * without being yet _further trampled enbyvtbe _hireliag . btillies , who now move forward , as so-called he . _roes under the _bandit-flbg . of intervention 1 / ad-what , we would : a « k , . is this _interveHtion about which Whigs in offico are now babbling ; so emptily , which bas startled the _peace-loring _enra _of-the age with its demon , notes of I > _repittution , and _heemallowed lo- constitute a pretext for an espeuditure of- the national _rssourcss in the old , and , we _httduioyml , batfirupt trade of _> _Wooashsdiuwr ? " _Interventien-ia . _nothingBiore than anaarmed Interference with
the affairs of other nations , wider , the cover of arbitrary _treaties-madebetwsen . certain powers . Itis meddling , sword * , in- hand , with business _wtU which -ate can-justly have no- concern . It is waging an aggressive vrur agaiast some country , which may dure , in its own _vlndictatiOBi _toviolata _some . of \ _heleaden . rules of diplomacy , and enforcing its submission ,. _Rfct-tie cannon ' s mouth , of u despotic combination ? of forces , against which resistance were vain because fruitless . Intervention if * , nothing more than a _spesious name _ghsentoany unrighteous and despotic crusadeJb which _3 TR 3 NQ . nations may ohoose to engage , for the purpose ef _repressing the _risings spirit of freedom , nnd checWng the progress of the great-principle nf democracy . It is a worn-out watchword of an _ckmiligutemed-conservatism . It is a figment of the all but discarded thing-culled nggressivo war , and , _ISafBrraed as a principle , _sauft effectually prevent the internal development of nations , and guarantee the stability even of the most despotic thrones _.
We would aelc ttien is it not high time that England repudiated a principle so hostile to the spirit which now animates bee masse * , and refused todefiloher sword by it in company with the _agencies of despotism , and wielding it for the slaughter sa" the rising genius of freedom f Hare no * the days gone by when such' twaddle as was recently talked by the Premier could excite aught olso than disgust ! In fine , are the people of England willing to be taxed to carry on the out-of-date policy of an out of date Foreign _Steretary , or to become the patient and willing abettors of the tyrannical designs ofthe crowned trickster of Prance , or the imbecile cabinet of Spain ? We have no doubt in our minds as to the answer * which _England will return to these questions—an answer avhich will we trust be thundered in the ears of the
members of the war party , when they raako their appearance on the hustings at the next _goeeral election . However successfully Lord Palmerston may defend himself and his policy in the punctilio-ridden Commons , or the _antiquity-loving Lords , he cannot , we are assured , _nppeaso the popularindignation which his warlike dabbliug lias excitud;—he cannot persuade the English people that it was either just or necessary to plunge them into the vor . tax of warlike intervention , for the purpose of coeroing Portugal into submission to a despotic v rago , against whose _tyranny she is now in arms ; be cannot invoke their respect for arbitrary treaties , to which t _" aoy were not consenting parties , which are violated , or nbided by , as may best suit the policy of rulers ; and which C 3 n only become venerable by becoming accordant with the
spirit of nations , and the convictions of the age ; and hence , in spite of all the quibbling and special _plcndins * in which his lordship may indulge , he to all intuits nnd purposes stands convicted of a compromise of peace—a sacrifice of the nation ' s wealth , and a violation of its _avishes , for the sake of ob « erving a mero punctilio of diplomacy , and conserving tlte title of a despot to a crown degraded , and a power abused . Every well-wisher to thi cause of national progress and freedom is called upon to examine the real nature and tendency of the thiug known as intervention , for unless it be discarded and discountenanced by Britain , she must remain au aider nnd abetter , instead of a consistent antagonist of the varied tyrannies of tbe world , Let any man took into tbis question for himself , rnd he
_arill find that this intervention is nothing more than a cunning _deviso of despotism , to prevent the title of proi _* re 3 » rolling on too fast . It holds over all nation = i a sort of moral terrorism , which hampers tbeir endeavours to work out more fully their idea of nationality , and to arm all sections with a healthy , virtuous , and well-directed power . Evtry step taken which is hostile to the wishes of some jealous rival , may bring down upon them the thunders of aggressive warfare ; and their contemplated revolution for the better may be qui'nched at the onset in blood . Admit the principle of intervention , and you in point of fact admit the justice of a nation , or clique of nations , commencing an aggressive war on some rival , whose policy and objects may be hostile to thMr _prajutiicea and ambition , _—aind aro pledged to the infamy of drawing the sword to drive back freedom—of
subjugating states by the power of hireling armies—of resisting the tide of improvement bj the erection of a burner of _raereinhysicnl force . Why at this very moment Prussia is hampered by a fear of Russian inttrrcntion . Spain ' s - Queen is menaced and enslaved by France . The shadow of Austria falls witb a deadening influence on tlie spirit of down-trodden Italy ; and the ghost of Poland stalks through Europe , to proclaim the achievement :- of intervention . Yes , tho slavery of this principle is felt through the wide world of civilization . The iron of this foul instrument of tyranny is fast entering into the soul of _ntvtions ; and never , never can Freedom advance with its wonted power and _mrajeety , until this principle io discarded , and empires left to pursue their own career of interminable improvement , without the menace of jealous and rival powers to startle and retard them on their way .
Wo call , then , on every true friend of freedom to repudiate tbis remnant of a more barbarous past , and aid in driving it from the council-chambers of statesmen . We call upen thu free , tho liberal , the advanced minds of England—who ore placed , alike by their spirit nnd their sentiments , at thu head of tbe hourly _auyinuntin .: forces of improvement , to dcclaro that no _longer shall Britain remain the abettor ofthe policy anal designs of the dbspot , or ba allowed to fling one barrier in the way of that national proRre 85 _, wbich U _necasiaty to the morul health , the happiness , nnd the dignity of communities .
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It requires no comments of ours to cxposo the flimsy _cxeuseB put forth by Lord John Russell , Mr Macaulay , ind the other apologists for interfering between tho Queen of Portugal and her dissatisfied subjects . If the practice of foreign intervention is admitted ns justifiable in the case of Portugal , then it is equally justifiable when tho people of any other nation we ore in alliance with attempt at any time to vindicate tlieir right to selfgovernment , aud take strong measures for reforming the abuses of their governors . The carrying of Catholic emancipation was only effected by popular intimidation . Tbe passing of the Kefotm Act was , notoriously a case where tho King and tho nobles of this country were compelled against their will to submit , under threats of
physical violence—as the Queen of Portugal would have been , had it not been for the interference of the British fleet at Oporto j and , consequently , the _Empsror of Russia , or any other despot on the Continent , would have been quite as much justified to interfere and suppress tho accomplishment of the popular wish here , either on these occasions or on the repeal of the Corn Laws , as the ministry of the day have felt themselves free to suppress the popular desire in Portugal . This foreign intervention , it should be borne in mind by those amongst us wbo support it on this occasion , applies in two _w-iys ; and if we aro to-day allowed to put down liberty abroad , foreigners , who choose to take the same trouble , are thereby afforded an equal pretext for interfering to put down liberty at home , —Renfrewshire Reformer .
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_MstANcnoLT Pit Accidsht . —The other day three men , named Brown , Morry , and Nelson , descended No . 4 Pit Druropellar , for the purpose of commencing the operations of tho day . iVJerry had charge of the Davy lamp and of the pit workin » a , and on reaching the bottom of tho pit , Merry ordered Nelson to _proaiced in one direction of the pit , whioh ho considered clear and safe , while he explored a different line . Nelson had not proceeded far frem where Brown was seated , when a tremendous explosion took place , bruising down roof and sides of a portion of the pit in its ravages . Brown was killed , while Merry and Nelsou escaped with several contusions and burnings . Merry's ordering Nelson to advance in a doubtful direction , before being tested by tbe Davy lamp , was the canse of the accident .
. _Livbupooi .. —On Tuesday night last , about eleven o ' clock , a fire broke out on the extensive premises of Messrs Henry Jump and Son , _Vauxhall Mills , Liverpool . The premises are spacious and lofty , being ten stories in height , and completely crammed from the basement floor with India corn and moal . Six engines were speedily upon tho spot ; bnt a very small portion of the contents could be securoij , aud in less than an hour from tbe commencement ofthe fire the building was reduced to a _nw-. _t ? . _shoU . The insurance , it ia understood , will fully cover the loss . _IMMKS 3 B _IMPOUT OJf FOOD INTO LlVERPOOI .. —Tho customs'bill of entryat Liverpool reports on Tuesday tho following gveat import nf provisions , almost unprecedented for one day : —Wheat . 11 , COO qrs . ; flour , 13 , 2 _W barrels ; rice , 18 , 201 bushels ; Indian corn . j 1 _. _1 S 0 qrs ., 18 , 828 bags , 10 . 000 bushels , and 6 , 170 i sacks . , TT .. .. | Stops aro being taken to- found a new University I at Hamburg .
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_IIowiOMiiB _ViN _^ > _" oMMii _^ -T _^ e cowherds on the Alps , and in several parts of France _, use milk whey to make the sharpest vinegar . Tha _proce-sis Tery simple . After having clarified the whey , it is '" poured into a cask with some aromatio plants and elder blossoms , as it suits the fancy , and exposed in open air to the _sun , _ where it soon acquires an uncommon decree of acidity . Smart Aphorism . — -Examinations are formidable even lo One beat prepared ; for the greatest fool may ask ' more than the wisest man can answer . _RovAt _Psm-BiNGiN'o . —AH the domestic , servant * of tbe royal housebo'd are instructed in psalmody , under the eare of Mr Hullah , anil assist at divine service in the ; Queen's private chapel . ' '
_Fokokk ? on i , Si 37 . br . —At the Central Criminal Court , _Elias Williams , a lady by birth , was _sentend'd to seven years'" transportation for forging a cheque f a the same of her sister . . _AmcnoittrMj— vert I— Last week , a woman at Stockport , who had had some _disagrepment with her husband , tied-his legs tneether while he was asleep , and emptied a saucepan of boiling water over his body , Be is at the Infirmary , in a very precarious _condition ; . li ) BATns-op _EatttKHT Men is the Month o ? Mat . — Napoleon died on the Sth of May . 1821 . Schiller on 9 th * May , 180 ft The Earl of Chatham on the 11 th May , 1778 : Tlie Earl of Straflwd wns beheaded on the 12 th May , "Ml . Cnvier died 15 th May , 1832 . Columbus 20 th > May . 1506 . Paley 23 rd May , 1805 , Rubens 30 th May . 1640 . Grattan 14 th Ma */ ,. 1820 . _DanielO'Connellietb May , 1947 , ;
_Sniointt bt t , 6 rjLzn . _isK —A curious instance of extreme affection in tho animal , wbich ended fatally , took , place lasfc week , at the _countrv residence of Baron Gauci , in this island . A female g ? zolle baring suddenly died from something it had" eaten , the male _stoodover the dead body of his mate , butting- every one- who attempted to touch it , then , sutfUenly making a spring , struck his head against a wall , and fell diaad at the aide of his companion .--3 & ettwTimes . _LscoKORMTr .-. In No . 9 of tho competition pictures of the I _' _aptism of Christ , alluded to in our columns a-lew weeks back , a portrait is introduced , ( according to . the Literal ® : Gazette , ! " an exaggerated figure , almost a caricature resemblance" of Mr Douglas _Jerrold .
_ErcocB <\ ai »« : Risiso _Mmot _.- — "An ye ' re at the _schule now , are _yo ? " was the interrogatory of a countryman so a little nephe _* , who had a short time before commenced his education . " An * d'ye like the schule , my man ? " ' _JTes , " whispered the boy . i "That ' s right , ye'il be a braw scholar , I ' se warrand !—hoo far arc ye up h ' nny V * " Second dux . ' _" ; " Second dual , say ye ? 00 * man , ye deserve somei thing for tbat "—thrusiing two whole penny pieee _* . into the hands of the delighted urchin . " Au hoo _many ' s in ye ' re class ?"— ' Me an * a _lasay V The Pf _. _pg ' s . _iast MinACLB . —The Tablet publishe * i the following extract from a private letter from , Rome : — "The Pope has-wrought a miracle . He went to _Snbiaco , and as there was a great want of rain the people asked him to pray for it . He accordingly went to tho _Bhrine of St Benedict , and prayed there an Sour , and immediately the rain eame , and ' lasted six hours . "
Food Disturbances ix HoxoART .--Tbe value of the grain carried off in the late riots at Grosswardein ,. in Hungary , amounts to 65 , 000 florins ( 170 , 0001 *) . The mob had thirty persons killed and several wounded , by the cavalry charges , before they dispersed . Five Jews were found _assassinated in their houses . Tho animosity ofthe people against the Jews appeared to increase after the disturbances in the streets , but tbo latter conjured away the stormby subscribing 10 , 000 florins for bread for the poor . The last accounts state that tho garrison was tripled , and that everything was tranquil .
' Geiti . no Rkadt—Orders have been issued by the Board of Ordnance lo convert the curtain which connects the platform battery with the King ' s bastioa on these walls into a formidable battery for the heaviest metal , by raising it three feet higher ( ita height from the footpath being now about five feet ) , and cutting _embrasures at proper distances the entire length . The raising tlie curtain ofthe King ' s bastion is being rapidly proceeded with , and the saluting battery will shortly undergo similar alteration . — Hampshire Telegraph .
Mb Lkioh Hunt—ihe literary amateurs , whose performances have been so hi » hly applauded for their instrinsie excellence , as well as for the charitable motives whicii sugeested them , are , we are told in the Athenmtm , about to give four representations —two in London , one iu Manchester , and one in Liverpool . The proceeds will realise , it is believed , a sufficient sum , or , at least , the basis of a fund , to purchase an annuity for the declining _years—^ hioh are fast running out—of one who " is a largo creditor on public esteem and gratitude—Mr Leigh Hunt .
Worth Trttso . -- A Pittsburgh paper _statest-n 4 a field of potatoes was wholly destroyed by tho rot , but was permitted to lie over to this season withoufe culture , and it was discovered to have produced a line crop of potatoes , without a single symptom of disease . Let this fact be looked into . —New York Herald . _Cuinoua Case of Ixfaxtiojdb . —The Court of Assizes for Yonne , a few days ago , condemned a young woman for tho murder of her illeghimato twins , to twenty year 3 of hard labour at tho hulks _. Her father , who was an accomplice in her crime , nnd who earnestly pleaded that he did it only to savo the character ot * his daughter , was sentenced to death .
Tub Accident at _Wolvektos . —Iri the course of the day it was mentioned by one of the officials ofthe company that the unfortunate event will involve the company in an expense of between £ 20 , 000 and £ 80 , 000 . and it may be stated that the policeman waa accompanied to the gaol by his betrothed , to whom he was to have been united last Friday , Some of the friends of the unfortunate deceased complained to the coroner of their _badies having beon plundered of the moneys which were in their possession . The company promised an investigation in the matter .
Thb Proposed New BrsHfiPRrc for Bedford .- — Tlio serious attention both ofthe clergy and laity in this district has long been directed to the establishment ot a bishopric for tho surrounding counties , Bedford being the centre ; and there is now a growing desii-c to see this accomplished . Would You Like to Ksow ?—A country woman asked one of the letter-carriers the other day if ho had got a letter for her . After much interrogation as to her name , residence , and other particulars 0 address , the prying impertinent nature of which , as it seemed to her , was beginning to nettle her , he discovered that he had nono . " Do _ycu think then , " sho aaid , " jou will havo one to-morrow _f _'—Inverness Paper .
Rat-KhiHKo _Extbaordisabt . —On tho 11 th inst ., Mr Joseph Jenkins , ofBJaeDplwyf _Ystrad , near Lampetor , and his two _Iwothers , both under twelve years of age , killed _nolens than lOtaTnts in _le-s than half nn hour . The modus operandi was as follows : —The three brothers poured boiling water , or cold water and quick lime , into the rats' holes , and on their attempting to escape they were knocked on the head with the batons which the youths held in their hands . As Otster _Sheixfor a Razor . —A man in Philadelphia attempted to cut his throat with an oystershell a few days since , but he did not injure himself much . —New York Mirror , Baron Humboldt . —We regret to find the following in the Frankfort prints of- the Mtb inst . : — " Berlin , June 5 —Baton Alexandre de Humboldt is so daugcrously ill that his physicians despair of his . recovery . " A Sad Truth . —Of all kindnesses it must be
confessed that ot lending books is the one which meets with tho least return' . —( Communicated by a _gentleman who has only the third volume of Guy _aMair . nering left , out of tlio entire Wavorley Novels , which he once possessed . ) A Fatal * _Pixcii . —A New York journal states that a b » y _, having got his father ' s snuffbox , indulged so immoderately in the titillating dust , that he snecaed himself to pieces . His remains having been gathered u ; _i , a coroner s inquest was held over them , when the enlightened jury returned a verdict of "Snuffed Out .
A Queer Advertisement . —A New York paper publishes the following : — " A young lady , perfectlycompetent , wishes to form a class of young mothers and nurses , and to instruct them in tha art of talking to infants in such manner as will interest and please them . She flatters herself that her peculiar tact and great experience in tbis most important branch of household duties will enable her to give entire satisfaction . " Thk Battle of Marksoo . —On the 14 th , being tbe anniversary of the battle of _Marengo , a colossal statue of Napoleon was inaugurated on the field of
tills - . rent victory , by M . Jean Delavo _, of Alexandria , a passionate admirer of the Emperor , who had purchased the ground , and with it the cottage ia which Napoleon rested and wrote totho Emperor of Austria . This humblo dwelling has been restored , and in it M . Delavo has carefully collected all the fragments of arni 3 and . 'thor relics of the great fight , that cou'd ba found . The statuo , executed by one of tho first aitista of Italy , is placed on a spot facing tbe road from Turin to Genoa , and commanding the . whole of tha field . The cottage is surrounded by a richly cultivated garden . „ .
_PAMi'i-i _Niscjsssitt . —During tho long _drouaht of last summer , an American paper says , water _becamo so scarce in a parish , that the farmers' wives were obliged to send their milk to town genuine . Di ? atii nr Liohtxixg —Two persons , a man an _? i woman , who sought refuge in a barn along with a crowd of persons in Tain worth , a few days ago , during a thunder-storm , were struck dead bv the electric fluid .. Lord Duxdoxald a Scotch _"RnrKKsssTATiva Pekb . —We understand that at tlio approaching general election there is every probability that the Earl of Dundonald will be proposed ns one uf the _sha > . ecu representative peers ,
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