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COillSG _Sl'HlKC . ( From Hoieltt ' s Journal . ) In all the years which have been The spring bath greened the _bo- _'sb The gladsome , hopeful spring-time ! - Keep heart ! it comes even now . The winter time depatteth ; The early flowers expand ; Jhe blackbird and the turtle-dove Are beard throughout the land . Ihe sadness of the winter _. Which -loomed our hearts , is gone A thousand _» iga « betoken That spring-time comes anen .
Tis spring time in our bosoms ; All strife asKe we cast ; The stcrms were for the winter _* diys , Bat they are gone and past . Sefure us lies tbe spring time—Thank God ! the tine of mirth—When birds are singing in the trees , And flowers gem all the earth ; When a thousand busy hands upturn The bounteous , fruitful mould . And the heart of eveiy poet feels More love than it can held . In all the years wbich have been ,
Tbe spring time greened the bough—The gentle , gracious spring time !—Bejoice!—it comes even now ! _JUbt Howitt
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A Catholic L11stoiiy Of England. By Will...
A CATHOLIC L 11 STOIIY OF ENGLAND . By Williani Bernard Mac Cabe . Vol . 1 . London : T . E . _Xewby , T 2 , aluvtiuier-street , Cavend ' _ishsquare . We liad hoped , from tlie title of thia work , to hare found it , in the best sense of the word , a Catholic history of England ; ie . that the author had produced a work , which , founded on authorities ol all sects , parties , and nations , wonld present a complete history of this nation , divested of prejudice and _feetarianism . We are disappointed . This work i * a Roman Catholic _JJistor-.- of England ; one of the evidences i i the restless activity cf those , who follow the ancient -faith , to make their church once more popular asd dominant in this country .
The author or compiler of this History deserves great credit for tbe laborious zeal he has brought to the working oat ofhis self-allotted task , llis labour must have , even thus far , been enormous . UU aim has been tu give to the English public a history of their country as written by its ancient historians , the monastic writers , who , for several successive _centaries , fromthetimeofGiida $ _nud Beda ( " Venerable Bede " j supplied the records of their times for tee use of coming generations . These writers the compiler appears to have diligently studied , aud from iheir own words , pn-duced this connected narrative . Thus says Air Mac Cabe in his " Intrcduction : " " This work will not be the history of the individual
whose name appears on the title page , but thi history of England as written by the Annalists , Chroniclers , _Biographers , and Historians of _England , witnesses as they were , for the most part , of the scenes and transactions they describe . " Agaiu— " This is an attempt to make the reader _acq-seii _. ted with the writings of _Gileias , _Kenuiua , Bale , _Asser , Ethelweid , Florence of _Worcester , Eadner , Simeon ; f Durham , Wiiliam of Maliusbury , Eddius _, Henry ol _Huntinj-don , Roger de Hovenden , Johu iromton , William of . Newbury , Roger de "Wendover , iiat . TA-. ew Paris , Nicholas Trivet , Ralph Bigdcu , Goscelin , Sprott , _Waisingbani , Knighton , Ca-grave , & i . "
This sufficiently expiates the object of the compiler , and at the first view the object seems to be a laudable one . In . his " Introduction" Mr il = c Cabe -quotes Irom ilume , the following meagre notice of events d uring a portion of the histories of _Mcicia and "Wessex : — He * cia . —The place of Ceolrcd was supplied by _Etheibah * _., great graudncphew to Pcrdal by Alwy his "brother ; and this prince being slain in a mutiny , was sacc-. eiied by O & i , who was a Cvgree mure remote * from Pen _'' . a , by £ awa _, another brother . —Bume ' s History of England , Vol . i „ chap . L , pp . 48 , 4 ") . Loud . ITJO . _Wmstx . —In the jear 741 , he ( Oswald ! was succeeded by b . s _cousin _Cu-litd . The reign ot this prince was diatiuguisbed by a great victory , wliich he obtained by nieaiii olL'Jcliuu , his general , ovtrEih « Itall , King _otllercia . Ilia death made way for Sigebi . r :. " _- _^/' . ' et p . 55 .
. Mr Ma : Cabe contrasts thi * 3 wit J the following "life-lik _** and Homeric" description of tne same -events aa _recotded by Henry of Huntingdon : •—Cuthrei , _undin , * _theexacticus _ofEthelbald intolerable , and his _e-jvresdoi- increasing , determined to muster an army , ana meet the tjrant in _ilie field , _resolved to die a free and independent _sovereign , rather than lire as it ' he were thc _bouaaiia of ai-o . her . How like £ ngland ' _s hatred of oppression and love of fair pl _. iy . He , had in this battle tbs _luppjit ofhis E _* _ldormau Etkulbcm , who , from his foe had _bee-ioie i . is steadfast and trusty friend . Cuired coufitled to the valour of Eil . ulau ' _i arm ia the conflict , and was guided by bi » counsel in tl . e _disposition ot his _aroiv . lie relied upon both , ai _capaciiatitig him to withstand the worst _tfturts of Ethc . i . _^ id . * ti ; e latter , as the monarch over tributary Kings , marched to the field ot battle with au _imuie-nse "body of forces . He brought against tbe West Saxons the warriors , not only ot "dcrcia , but also of K _^ ut , ofthe East Sax us , and of the Angles .
Tht _hostile armies met at Burford . As sot ; : as they were arrayed in lints against each other , both at the same time _stiranccel to the attack , _piece-deo by tbe Standard bsareis of their respective _sovereigns . _Etliclfcun , wbo carried the golden dragon , the ensign of the King ot Wessex , rushed forward and transfixed tbe ene mies * standard-bearer . A _lueiel _auJjey . uscry burst from the ranks of Culhrt ; d , as tbey crossed tbtir weapons with their foes . As anfu ' _i _claeh tbeu _folloned , _sud tben came the roar , the tumult , and tbe thunder ; sounds ol "battle , the clatter ef swords , the " nary fall ot the inst : uraenti of death , the _pitrciug sbrkks , and _solibiiig grows of the wounded , and of men iu their last agonies . Havoc spread like tire , and consuu _. cd iu its rage tbe compact masses , as thej hurried intu the thichest _i _> t thc horrid
Strife . The Mercians and _t ' . ' est _Saioas seemed to feel that tbis was a battle , the r _* sult o * _nhich was to decide the fate of their posterity for ever . At one moment might be seen troops of scldiers with glittering armour , with crestd helmets with bristling spears , and with "bannersgay with go ' . d _. _' aud _radiict brilliant colours ; and in a niommt after , the same soldiers might bu beheld , _cohered with b : ood , _tk-. ir helmets broken , tbeir -armour crushed , their s _h ears in splinters , tbeir banners -torn , dabbled with blood , or clotted even witb the brains of those r . hobad fought iu their defence . Unas , however , aiouud the regal standards in both armies , tbat tbe fcravest aud boldest w . re tu be found ; rank following rank , ai _d doing thc rtork of destruction with the sword of Amazonian battle-axe . In neither
was litre entertained a thought of flight ; tc *' fought with the Certain expectation cf victory ; the Uerc ' _aus , inflated wi h the pride of many former conquests—the Wast Saxons incited by an utter detestation of _s-Iavcry . In al ! parts of the ten _ii-It field of battle , the _E _.. riJorniau Ethulhun it _< s to be seen celling his way through en-ire ranks of his foes and 1 a « in _^ a heap of dead or d } ing iu h ' _-s track ; for his awful battle-axe fell like tiie t . ' iuu . Jeibolt upon men aud arm iur , _striking them dead , ai . d riving the Utter to pieces ia the _instant . On tbe other baud , tbe valiant King _E-. belbald rushed among * . * the enemy , aad _eilaii-s _htfeteel all who _cha-aeed v > encounter him : for to hU snordthe breastplate of his foes were bat as a thia garment , and their bones but as yielding _fUsti . _Ethelhun . and Etheltatd were as two dreadful fins , which , beginning frem opposite quarters , at length in their progress of destruction come to unite
thsir _raging Hame- *; with each other . _EtueUald and "B thi"ha . 4 _toi-el face to face . ' Both Were brave men , — each leir , in regarding tbe wailike champion who stood before him , lhat he had a . terrible oppe-nrnt . Tiiey gnashed their teeth with ra _^ _e—exchangei . blows— then collected aU their strength , and prepared for a mutual conflict , in which at last , each « as to be fairly matched with bis only fitting combatant . It was at that very ¦ mom ent , that Cod , who resists the prou J , and from whom all strength , courage , aud maguiiuimity come , withdrew his grace from Etbalbaid . _Etbelbuld's _s-plrit nas _abated . He felton the instant , tbat he had neither his _wonted courage , nor bis accustomed strength ; he _fl- ; d the Very first fro : o the hattltf , and abandoned his soldiers to ths wrath :, f the mighty champion be had been himself aftaU to encounter . And from ilu . t day forth God sever per mittee ! ai , > _tUi . _g to _prcsper wvh Litn —( liuiitingdoii Mb . i .. _. \> _Zil . l
The above is a favourable specimen of Mr -Mac Cabc's compilation , but ihe _writings of his authorities are so full of silly stories of miracles and other tnonki . -li mummeries as to considerably _de-ract from their value . There is no doubt tbat the miracks ol the " sain ' _s ' are as worthy of belief as of many other things yet he ' _it-Ted by m-iny people ; but that _circuttstanee dots not make us the n _; ore inclined t- > applaud this _history . St Alban drying up and changing ihe course of streams ; St Lawrence getting his back _flogged , and laying the scourgi _ng to the account of St Peter ; St _Biiinus walking on the sea ; tho chains that wuuld not bind St Wilfrid : the death
and re _« torati ( ii to life of Ihe wondcriul _n ; onk , the friend of St Boniface , and a hundred other equally _Teracicus _Ettiiis-. inay be fouud in this volume . Then acre is no lack of historical facts equal y trustworthy , _iuch as King Arthur killing wi . ii h » own hand , ia oie battle , nine hundred and sixty of his enemies (' . ); _a-Hl-fi-ivy ser- tnU and fiery _dra-ons teen in fhe air ! TU se eerie ! visitt rs appear to have been _qnUe common in the _dai _r ol our Saxon forefathers ! This coi ; _pilatk-u , thu .-. far , _tato-vs lees iightthan we had hope J ta have found upon the condition of the people , it b _.-i-cfortbemo _^ t part , a record of the _qa-iirelsoi petty and semi-barbarcus _kin-. s and tribes , and th ; advances to _supreme dominion ot the
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priesthood . To this latter circumstance it is-easy to sec—although apparently Mr Mac Cabe does not see it—that the degeneracy of the Saxons may bo traced . As they became - ' priest-led slaves" they lost the original vigour of their race , and became first the prey of the murderous Danes , and then of the not less savage ana more powerful Normans . Thi 3 Tolume , though containin _*? seven hundred and fifty pages , only brings English history to the death of Egbert , _thefimt sole king of England . The next Tolume will open with the _ravages of the Danes , and probably extend to the time of the *• Conquest . " 1 he work , therefore , promises to be very voluminous . 11 ever completed it will be a _monumeat of the industry , zeal , and patience of _itscomi-iler . whieh the student of history will not peruse in Tain ; although , we fancy , tbe results will be exactly opposite to those intended by Mr Mac Cabe .
The Black Prophet; A Tale Of Irish Famin...
The Black Prophet ; A Tale of Irish Famine . By W . Garleton . Loudon : _Simms and _M'lntyro , IS , Paternoster-row . Th ' _s is the first volume of * ' Tbo Parlour Library , " a series of -works intended to be published at the price of one shilling a volume , each volume to contain about 320 pages , and , with few exceptions , to include an entire work . Amongst the authors whose works will be embraced in tbis series we observe the rames of Maiy Howitt , Mrs Ilall , Miss Mitford , Grattan , Banim , J . B . Frarer _, A . Dumas _& c _*
This is the _niast adventurous project yet started and we earnestly hope that Messrs Sinini 3 and _M'intyre wi 1 find tlieir reward in the universal patronage of the public . In every respect , save one , the volume before us is admirably got up . the sole exception bein ? the quality of tbe _papsr , but for that we may blame the gentry of the Westminster tax-trap . In -pite , however , ol this one drawback , the volume is a novel of cheapness , and even that is not its only _otits bast future . The best recommendation of this work is that it faithfully pictures the scenes of misery that have been in Ireland—and , alas ! are renewed at this very time ; and , further , it traces Ireland ' s wrongs to their source : unjust social arrangements and wicked class legislation . The volume is so cheap tbat it would be unfair to enter into its story at length , or largely encroach upon its contents ; we confine ourselves to the following extracts : —
r 0 RE 8 _TALLER 8 . " As it is at present , provision-dealer * of all hinds , mealmongers , _forestalle-rs , butchers , bakers , andbuxters , combine _togethur , and sustain _lucb a general monopoly in toad , as it at variance with the spirit of all law and humanity , and constitutes a kind of artificial famine in the country ; and surely these circumstances ought not to be permitted , so long as we bave a deliberative legislature , whose fluty it U to watch and guard tbe health and morals of the people . "
LOVE WINS THE BACK . It was with considerable agitation and a palpitating beatt _, that , en the day following that of _Donnel's vi-it to ber father ' s , she approached the Grey Stone , where , in tli _^ words of ike prophet , she should meet "the young man who was to bring her love , wealth , and happiness , and all that a woman can wish to have with a man . " The agitation she felt , however , was the result ofa depression that almost amounted to despair . Her faithful heart was fixed but upon one alone , anel ) she knew tbat her met-tiug wit * , any otber couid not , as far at she was conc rned , realize the golden visions of Donnel Dba . Tha
words , however , could not be misunderstood ; the first person she met , on the right hand side of the way , after passing th ,. Grey Stone , was to be the individual ; aud wheu we con-ider her implicit belief in Donnel ' s prophecy , _con'rasted with her own impressions , and the state of mind in which she approached the place , wc may form a tolerably accurate notion of what she must i > _-eve experienced . On arriving within tiro hundred yards or so of the spot mentioned , _sl . e _observed in the distance , abeut _balf-amile before her , a gentleman on horseback , approaching her at a rapid speed . Her heart , on perceiving him , literally sank wiihin her , and she felt » o weak as to be _scarcely able to _proceed .
"Oh ! what , " she at length asked her-ielf , " would I not give butfer oneglance of toung Condy _Dalton . ' But it is nut tob .-. The unfortunate niurdhrr of my uncle has prevented that for ever ; although I can't get myself to b'lieve that any of _tlieDiltons e > cr did it ; but maybe that ' s because I wish they didn ' t . The general opinion U , that his father is the man that did it . May the Lord forgive them , _whoever they are , that took his _lif-s—for it was a black act , to me at any rate 1 " Across the road before her , ran oue of those little deep valleys , or large ravines , and into tbis had the horseman di .-apprared a ? she closed the soliloquy . He had not , however , at all slackened his pace , but , on tbe contrary , evidently increased it , as she could hear by the noise of Lis _horde ' s feet .
At this moment she reached the brow of tin ravine , and our reailen may form some conception of wliat she felt tvlnn , on looking down it , she saw her lover , yi > un ; j Dalton , toiling up towards htr with feeble and failing swp . « , whilst pressing after him , from tbe bottom , camu young Henderson , urging his horse with whip and spur . Her heart , wbich had that moment bounded with delight , now utterly faili-d her , on perceiving the little chance nhfch the poor young man had of being the first to meet her , nnd lbu $ fulfil tbe prophecy . Henderson was gaining on him at a rapid rate , and must in a few minutes hav ; passed him , had not woman ' s wit and presence of mind come to her assistance . ' _< If he cannot run to me up the bill , " she said to herself , " I can run to him down it , "—and as tbe thought occured to her , she started toward * him at her greatest speed , which , indeed , was
_cansider & ble , as ber form was of that light and elastic deseriptien which betokeus great powers of activity nnd exertion . The struggle , indeed , was clo * , e ; Henderson now plied whip and spur with redoubled energy , and the animal was approaching at full speed . Mave , on the other hand , urged t _. y a thousand motives , forgot everything but tbe necessity for exertion . Dalton was incapable of running a step , and appeared not to know tbe cause of the contest between tke parties . At length Mave , ly her singular activity and speed , reached bet lover into whose arms she _actually ran , just as Henderson had _cotuewitbinabont _. balf _. _a-diizenyaidsof the spot where she met him . Tbis effort , on the part of Have ,
was in _pirfect accordance with the simple earnestness of her character ; her youthful figure , her innocence of manner , the glow of beauty , and the crowd of blushing graces wbich the act _developed , together with the * _> y > _-us exultation of her triumph on reaching her lover ' s arms , at . d thus securing to herself and iiiui tho completion of so delightful a prediction—all , when taken in « t one view , rendered her a being se * . irresistibly fascinating , that her lorer could scarcely look upon the incident as a real one , but for a moment almost persuaded himself tbat h g beloved Mave bad undergone some delightful and glorious _tftiRsformatiun—such as be had seen her assume in the dreams of hii late illness .
THE LAST OF TOM CALTOS . One after one they all kissed him ; and as each knew tbat this tender and _si-nonfu ! embrace must be the last that sbould ever pass _between them , it is impossible adequately to describe the sceni * which then , took place . " I have a request to make , " he said , feebly ; " an it is , that I may sleep with Peggy an' our baby , Majbe I ' m not worth y of tbat : but still I'd like it , au my bean ' s upon it ; an' 1 think she would like it , too . " " It can be dune , an" We'll do it , " replied his mother ; * ' we'll to it , my darliu' boy—my sou , my soa , we'll de it . "Don ' t you all forgive me—forgive me _everything ?' They could onl y , for some time , reply by their tears ; but at length th y did reply , and he seemed satisfied . " Sow , " said he , " thete was an ould Irish air tbat Peggy used to sing for me—I thought I heard her often * i ngin' it of late—did I 8 "
• 'I suppose so , darlin ' , " replied his mother ; " I suppose you did . " " Alary , here , " he proceeded , " sings it ; I would like to hear it be / ore 1 go ; it ' s tbe air of Gra GalMachrec . " " Before you go , alanna . ' " exclaimed his father , pressing him tenderly to his breast . " Out but they ' re bitther words to us , my darlin' au' my loviu * boy . Hut the air , Mary , darlin ' , strive au' sing ilfor him as well as yon can . " It was a trying task for the affectionate girl , who , however , so far overcame her grief , as to he able to sing it with the very pathos of nature itself . "Ay , " said he , as she proceeded , " that ' s it—that ' s « hat Peggy used to sing for me , _btkuse sbe knew I liked it . "
Tender and full of sorrow were the notes as they cams from the innocent lips of tbat iffectionate sister . Her task , however , was soon over ; for scarcely bad she concluded thc air , when her poor _bro-. ber ' s ears and heart were closed to the melody and affection it breathed for tver . IVe havo only to add that this volume is Mr Carleton ' s contribution to " the Great Fund of _JJencTolcncs which the destitution of his country has called into existence : " au additional reason lor our hearty wish that " The Black Prophet ' ' may ba purchased and read by tens of thousands .
Address To Tlie Working Classes Of The T...
Address to tlie Working Classes of the Tower Hamlets . This is a tract printed by the members of the National Charter Association , at the East end of London , intended for circulation among ** ! the working _cJ-iHfrs , with the object of making more widely known the constitution and objects of the Charter _Association aud Land Company , and the principles set forth in the National Petition . It properly circulated this tract is calculated to do great good . The Chartists of the Tower Ilamlets have set an excellent example to their brethren throughout the country , which we hope will be imita' . ed .
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A Ntw Sect in _Dekmabk . —A new sect of _Bapj lists are very active in prosclytism in Seeland an ,. _Copenhagen . The members of the sect descriL themselves as made perfect " --they enjoy vision _, and miraculous interpositions . They denounce ai the e * t . ibliihed churchw as false and corrupt , and consider all measures of popular education irreligious . The regular Baptists have protested against the doctrines of this U 3 . v division , anil assert , for the credit of Denmark , that they never could have originated among the Danish peopl _*; , but that they were imported irom Swecden , andou » b , _Hvbe carried back to their native country .
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ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE . We have no-hesitat ' oa In affirming this theatra to be , _deserredly _, one- of the most popular places of amusement In London . Not onl y have wa good-average performances by bipeds ; but the extraordinaryfeats of the quadrupeds stand unrivalled ; and triumphantly prove—if , indeed , proof be wanted—that man is the true lord of creation , commanding tbe beasts ofthe field to be subservient * to his will , and obedient to his command . The _unrivalled display of equestrianism exhibited by Ma-lame _Pumca , and her truly beautiful horse , Bartizan , dt lights the whole audience . Tbe auiaial performs , gracefully * the popular danee * , keeping time to tha music with the accuracy of an adapt . The _proguumme is replete with a host of varied and _nstonlsliim : talent . Gymnasia ,.
juggling , thc _funnimentu ofthe _ever-juvesesccnt vTidilicomb and the really clever clowns , Messrs Kocbe & and , Twist , gratify and amar . e the most fastidious ; and we must emphatically remark , tbat Mr Batty not _merely deserves praise for catering so magnificently fon- th * public , but should reap " golden opinions" front peer-to peasant . Splendid and effective uovelties are in pre . paration for Easter , and Mr Batty intimates tfiftt the forthcoming spectacle will outvie its predecessors , and , it is presumed , equally command the extensive share of public patronago this establishment so liberally 0 + >>> y « if energy and enterprise secure success , _aisuredly the management of * Old Astley ' s" must , and ought to command it .
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SADLER'S WELLS . Shakespeant ' a tragedy of " Othello" was perfor med at this popular theatre on Monday evening , for tbe first time this season , and attracted a numerously attended house . Mr Phelps made an . admirable Othtdlo _. _paurtrsjins tl 16 _passions ot the jealous , sensitive , brave , yet vindictive , and easily . moved Moor , with a propriety and effect deserving of marked commendation . lago found an able representative in Mr H . Marston , who developed thc subtle designs of the character and hatred of the Moor in a manner wbich showed how well he understood the great author ' s conception of them . Casino was well
represented by Mr Hoskins in the _drunk-m scene , and Roderlgo , in the foppishness and impatience of his character , was respectably re-presented byMrScharf . Brabantiowas ably represented by Mr G . _Benne-tt . Miss Addison ( whose personal attiactious are highly in her favour as a representative of _** ' the gentle _Di-sderaona "' plated the part with considerable dignity . In ber affirmations and the death scene , she acquitted herself admirably . Miss Cooper made a good ileal of the difficult and important character of Emilia . The other _parts were creditably sustained .
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_HAYMABKET . A new comic drama has been produced at this house , entitled " The Light Trcop of St James ' s . " Tlie plot is not of the simplest or most easily comprehended kind * _, but the _performance wa 9 throughout admirable , all the actors exerting themselves , and successfully , therein _. The piece owes any merit it possesses to its smart dialogue , and the spirit witb which _Bucltstone and tli ? ladies played . Tbere was a pleasing _sonjr , composed br Mr T . G . It id , sung by Miss E _* _-ynolds with gr _.-at _efftsct , which was encored . At tiie fall ofthe enrtain , Mr Buckstone having come forward , announced the piece for _representation every evening .
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PORTRAITS OF STATES 51 EN .-BRITISH AND AMERICAN . The editor of the Wakefield Journal , being in London on thc occasion of one of the recent discussion '" on the Ten Hours'Bill , in the Ilouse of Commons , has siven his _readers notes of what he saw and heard in the _Westminster tax-trap . We omit his account of the speeches , and merely /¦ ivehis " portraits" of certain members of the " collective wisdom . " Mr Beckett , M . P . for Leeds , ( who spoke in favour of " eleven hour * , " ) is " a good looking man , stands six feet _his-h , and possesses apparently all the physical requisites for a good and powerful speaker ; but on this occasion his voice was remarkably low , and hi * utterance far from free . " Mr Ward , M . F . for _Slielriclu , ( who fiercely opposed the bill , ) stands " almost as high as Mr Beckett , and is also astrong muscular man ; but unlike the M . P . lor Leeds , the ' _Sheveleler' spoke ' with _rveitt fluency , and was often very eloquent . " Mr Brotherton , M . P . lor Salford , ( an ardent supporter of the bill . ) is described as " a
staid-looHnE , dark-ciimpiexioned , mii ! dle-a » £ dman " who " at once entered upon the question at issue , and made a telling and effective speech , which in some parts met with rapturous applause from ali parts ofthe house . " After describing the sufferings of factory workers , particularly females , Mr li . very feelingly said , "When , sir , I was a boy , I experienced th 3 wearisome toil of the factory , anil I then matte a resolve , when , with these hands , I had to labour in a mill for my bread , that if ever the day should arrive when I could be instrumental in alleviating such a state of thing * , I would use my utmost endeavours to ncce ) m _* olisii that end , and 1 am thankful that 1 have been placed in this _situati _. n , where I Mil proud to confess that the feelings of my boyhood bavins been retained in my mature years , I can , I hope , be of some little service in alfeviatin _*; those au { ferin » s . " Loud awl 1 *> h § continued cheering followed this noble sentiment . Sir _J-irues Gialiam
is not personally described , but of his speech-making we have the following account : — " Sir James spoke nearly ' an hour , and his speech ' was thc very speech his most inveterate enemy would have most desired hira to make . A speech containing les- humanity , and more atrocious principles , was . never uttered in the ilouse of Commons . " Of Sir George Grey we are told , " He is not so good a speaker as Sir J ames Graham . He speaks much more rapid , something like a _s-choolboy hurrying over a task when desirous ot getting to his marbles -, bat the matter made up for any little defect . " Lord George Bentinck 'is a tall , slender , gentlemanly man , with _mtderately large whiskers , aud rather a pleasing countenance . llis voice appears at first , as _lioes hi * manner , somewhat affected—occasionally there is a painful hesitancy in
his speech , his elocution is very detective . Atone moment he leans u _, _*; oa the table with his legs stretched out towards the fr . mt bench loo ! : ing at the speaker , the next lie has turned his back upon the speaker , and _exactly in the same posture addressing his observations to the lower part of the house—suddenly be will spring Irom the table , stretch _himseit up , and walk br . ckwartls and forwards from his Meat to the table . " Mr Escott ( a bitter opponent of the bill , } "is a pale , _salJow-luokii ! - * , cadaverous sort oi an animal . " Mr Milner Gibson . M . P . for _Manehe-ter . ( "dead _ij-aiiist the bill , " ) is of the middle height , rather dark _corapltxioned _, quite juvenile and boyish in appearance , and the very contrary ofthe sort of man one would imagine the reprcseatative of Manchester to _b- _* - "
l'he Washington correspondent of the _Jfor-iino Chronicle sketches the following portraits ot Senators Benton and Calhoun , the two southern candidate- * - ' " 'ir the presidency . " A greater contrast than _t-tia ! _-. between the two , both in personal appearance and qualities of mind , could hardly be found at the same elevation . Benton i 3 a caricature likeness of Louis Philippe : the same rotundity , the same pear-shaped head , and about the same stature . The physical expression of his face predominates . His lower features are drilled into imperturbable suavity , while the eye , that _UH-drillable tale-teller , twinkles of
inward slyness as a burning lamp-wick does or oil . He is a laborious builder-up of himself ; acting by _syllogist "• forecast , never by impulses . He is pompously polite , . and never abroad with his ' executive ' manners . He has made up his mind that oratory , it" not a national weakness , is an un-President ' ml _accomplishment , and he delivers himself in the Senate with a subdued voice , like a judge deciding upon a cause which the other senators bad only argued . Ue wears an ample blue cloak , and a broad-brimmed hat with a high crown , and lives , moves , and has his _beinc in a faith in him _* e : f whieh will remove
_mountains of credulity . _Tiioush _representing a state two thousand miles off , he resides regularly nt Washington , drawing a handsome income from his allowance of mileage , and paying rare and brief visit * to llis constituency , whose votes he has retained for more than twenty years—an unaccountable exception to the anti-Conservative rotation of the country's gifts of office . Mr Calhoun lives in his _rnind _. _^ and puts a sort of _bathini ' -dress value on his body . There is a temporary looking tuck-away of his beard and hair , as if they would presently be better _coeibei in another place ; mouth and eyes kept clear only for a brief life-swim in the ocean of politics . He i tall , hollow-chested , and emaciated , and both face and figure arc cencave . with a student ' s bend forward . Lie smiles easily when spoken to , indeed with rather
a simple facility , though in longer conversation he gives his eye to tho speaker barely in recognition ofan idea , and with a most ' verbum sap . ' Withdrawal from talkativeness . When speaking in tho Senate , he is a very _startlinu looking matt . His skin lies sallow and loose on the bold frame of his face ; his stiff gray hair spreads off from rather a low forehead , with tlie _icmi-circulur radiation of the smoke irom . a wheel of fireworks just come to a standstill ; the profuse masses of white beard in his throat «" _- _' | ' " eye like thc smoulder of a fire under his chin , and bis eyes , bright as coals , move with jumps , as if he thought in electric leaps from « ne idea to another . He _dres-es carelessly , walks the sirett absent-mindedly , nud is treated with the most marked personal respect and involuntary deference by his _brother senators and the diplomatists at Washington .
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A _L- munY Cumosur . —At a sale of rare books which commenced in Loudon , last week , to continue through eleven days , a very beautiful _c- _'i _' y of the Mazarin Bible , _attributed to the prcs 3 oi Guttemberg , at Mentz , of which only fourteen are known to be in existence , was sold to Messrs Willey and Putnam , the American booksellers , for £ 500 . The British Museum , possesses _twocopirs , and this will be _eent to the Amcricai \ Museum , at Washington ,
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THESE ARE THE CHAMBERS'S OF WW [ We have already shown to onr readers the Chambers's of 1847 ; weaow refer to the previous opinions ot these changeubJe-economists . Whence this _vfouderful change f J
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IMPROVEMENT OF WASTE LANDSSPADE HUSBANDRY . ( From the Information for thr People , No . 1 2 . ) [ Continued from our lust . I To quote the words of Mr _Ciratairs himself upon the state of this moss when he got possession of it —It was mostly composed of white foggy stuff , _standing from two to twelve incheB deep in water , and nit worth sixpence an acre of rent , as it wonld carryneither m & _w nov beast . In 1838 , he commenced
cutting sheep drains twelve inches wide and twelve inches deep across-the whole moss , dividing it into regular riggs of from twelve to fourteon feet broadeach , which has bad ; the _desired effect of drying the _inoss completely , the hollows being filled up with the aods taken from the drains * Thia drainage cost him £ i 31 Is . In the summer of 1836 ; and 1831 , a great . extent of it waa top-dressed with earth and lime ; _- and now it bears the horses aad ! carts over its surface freely , although : the moss is- from ten to forty feet in depth .
The application _^ gr & evcl and sand effects perhaps more improvement , in consolidating and decomposing the moss , than either lime- or dung . This »¦ _., shown to bo _theease-fronHhecir'NJmstancethatmosse Ian ' , when overflowed ,. is rendered fertile by the * deposit of earthy matter from the water . In imitation of this operation , Mr _Garstairs is in the habit , at every _broaktag up of the reclaimed _rnosa land from _, pasturage , of Jgiving a liberal : application of clay _,, gravel , or sand . This he effects in an easy manner ; by means of a portable railroad .. The application ofthe gravel , ar . d the _cororaittingof the land to pastarage , or irrigated meadow , fer a given number _ofc years , have the effect of consolidating it so much , as . in most cases-to render it _capable of being
ploughedby . _hema ; but when rathe *? Boft , pattens are put upon their feet to prevent them from sinking . By the means- detailed , some very large fields- of the moss ground have been so reduced in depth as * to allow the subsoil , formed from the application * of clay , ¦• ravel , Ac ., to be brought up by the plough and incorporated with tho moss . Complete furrow-drainage keeps tho soil and subsoil always dry ; and now this ground presents Gelds of as line and as fertile vegetable loam as can be seen in the whole county , which nothing but their great elevation prevents from being equally valuable . The chick , the sorrel , the nettle , and o'her weeds , which usually infest moss land when first brought into cultivation , have entirely disappeared—a sure indication that a , complete melioration of the land has been effected ) .
W hen the depth of the moss is considerable , the nnder stratum , fvom being more decomposed ar . d consolidated , ia uniformly of a much better quality for agricultural purposes than that on or immediately below the surface . To get rid of _tlas inferior anil Mr Carstnirs has frequently resorted to burning ; and even in this operation the effects of Hrae and other earthy applicntiois , g ome years previously put on , i 3 singularly valuable . Tbey not only make thc mo-s burn more freely , and at a more _uail'orm degree of depth , but the ashes are rendered highly taluable as a manure to the succeeding crops , by being mixed with the lime . Thus , by __ frequent applications of any earth or lime , but particularly clay , and occasional burning , thc worthless moss soil becomes progressively reduced in depth , and fertilised . "
The expense of draining and preparing moss land depends on many local circumstances . The usual cost is from £ 12 fo £ 15 per acre ; but much has been done at _i . " 7 or £ 8 per acre . The expense , in either case , is for the most pnrt repaid in a very few years ; and then g- od land , which may be let for £ 2 or £ 3 an acre per annum , may be said to have been absolutely conquered from the wilderness , and added to the productive soil of the country .
DBAINIS 0 . In some countries the ground is naturally so dry , and the climate possesses so little _moisture , that instead of drainage , the land may require to be irrigated profusely with water at certain seasons of the year . The buds , generally speaking , of England , Scotland , an i Ireland , are of a very different character . There arc few parts of the country where dr . 1 in . 12 e , from superabundant moisture , is not requisite ; and , therefore , the operation of draining should be _thoroughly comprehended by every practical agriculturist .
The necessity for draining arises either from the water rising to the surface from springs beneath , or from thc subsoil being of a retentive quality , by whieh water lying upon the surface , or absorbed in the upper stratum , cannot escape . According as either of these _caus-s predominate , or are associated with each other , so must the process of drainage be regulated and conducted . All soils , those of a very sandy or graveliy niture , in some situations , excepted , arc more or less liable to over-wetness , either from their * own nature or the nature of the subsoil en which they rest . Clay , whether on the
surface or beneath , is , from its adhesive nature , very retentive of moisture . A mixture of clay , sand , and sometimes iron , h also found very impervious ; and even loams , _altiioiijili they absorb water freely , generally retain too much . Kich black loams usually iie on a clav subsoil , of different colours and textures , _accordini ; to which the land will be in various degrees wet . The wetne _* _-s in these loams is Hot so apparent : _is on other soils , but it is in every case as injurious , and a great a necessity exists for its removal . Land subject to springsis usually very varied in its surface , and may require a number of drains before water is effectually _reniove-d .
Draining is thc operation of drawing off the water from the over-moist land , and of reducing the soil to that proper _decree of dryness which renders it available tov productive tillage . Many moist lands , though nndrained , will _produce crops of grain , and the crops will be the heavier the drier and finer the season ; but , taking these lands on a common average of seasons , it will be found that they often greatly fail in yielding even moderate crops , and that , at the very best , their crops are inferior in bulk and weight to tho . ee of grounds wliich have been subjected to a thorough process of drainage , and tlie kind of tillage _consequent upon such an improvement . The outward murk of all undrained arable land is , that little
or no grain grows in the furrows . The crop ' seen to run along the centre ofthe ridges , dwarfing gr < a _dualiy oil' to the sides , where it disappears , thus leaving a large portion of every field with ne crop . Wherever land is observed in th ' _icondition—and apparently the greater part of that in England is so —there is a want of drainage . The practice of ni . _ikin- _; narrow heaped-up ridees , and deep furrows at , their side's , is a proof of the land being badly drained . With aright method of drainage beneath , no portion of the surface is lost for cropping ; the _crt-p is at liberty to grow all over the field , and thu furrow is only a slight indentation to mark off the divisions for the reapers in harvest .
I > . _' ai ; : 3 aro _r . f several kinds , according to the _niiturc _! am ' . _Mtnaiion of tho 'and . Some drains are conduits bnilt with stone , others are " couduits fiiled entirely with loose stones , between which thc water percolates and escapes , and others arc constructed with tiles ofa particular form . Of whatever description , main anil tributary drains are required . We . '• hall describe a main and an inferior drain , in the language of one of the most experienced writers on the subject , Mr Smith , of Diansvcn : — " The main drain should bo directed along the bottom ofthe chief hollow or valley of thc grounds , where the whole or greater portion of the drains can be led into it . If any lesser hollows occur in the Held , they must also have their proportional mains < r lenders . The bottom of the main drain should be at least , three feet , and , if possible , three and a half or four feet under the surface where it passes along ; and it should have throughout as uniform a fall as the nature oi the ground will admit .
It should be flaeged in the bottom , or , where flagstones are expensive , built as an inverted arch , to pic-vent the possibility of washing away tinder the side building , 'the dimensions necessary will depend on the fall or declivity , and the area or land from which it has to receive water . With a fall in no p lace less than one foot in 100 yards , a drain ten inches wide and eighteen inches deep will void the rain water from 100 acres . It is of great importance to make the open area of such drains narrow and high , as smaller bottoms and covers will suit , and bu less liable to _giva way ; and the current of water b _.-ing more oonfincd , mud and sand will be less apt to settle in the botto * a . Let tho sides be smoothly and
securely built with flat atones , either with or without mortar ; and let strong flat covers bo placed oyer , or , where such are not to be found , rough simple _arehesmay be built with thin stones and mortar , for the bottom and cover , packing the haunches of tlie arch well up to the sides of the cut . Where lesser hollows occur crossing the fields , it is necessary to cut sub-mains along their bottoms , about three or three and a half feet deep , and having openings of suitable _dimenaiona formed by inverted stone couples , or with drain tiles , or , where a very large flow of water has to be provided for , with an inverted tile , and a covering tile placed above the bottom one , or with larger tiles made on purpose .
1 here should be a cross submain at the bottom of every field or stretch of drains , to receive the water from all the parallel drains ; and such drain should aiway 8 bocut six inches deeper than the drains running into it , that the water may have a free drop , winch will prevent tho lodgment of mud or sand at their junctions or mouths . Open cuts or ditches , either as mains or submains , sboultl never , except trorrt necessity , be adopted , being apt to get filled with mud and grass , by which water is thrown back into the drains , whieh often chokes them ; besides , the loss of land , annoyance in ploughing , constant expense of cleaning , and the unsightly appearance of the thing , are _scraus objections . ( To be continued . )
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A youth was prosecuted and fined the other day , at Aberdeen , for having posted a newspaper , with a written paper therein . Paley- _strjs , _*— « ' No one _is-ftble to produce a character from-heaven , or has any better title to a _partroularposrsession than his neighbour . " Some ofthe Irish papers , after regretting that their space m inadequate to- individualize the deaths by destitution , chronicle th & _meetsof the fox hounds ; Captain Sir S . Brown , of the navy , hag offered , at ow expense , to _oonstraot and maintain a snspent £ _lffi % T _" 8 tue J . ames from Westminster to Lambeth , if he ean obtain the authority of parliament , and permission to establish a toll _iPtSr- _* . _l _« _/ V tl 0 n - Ire , and _•»' ' ncreawd 33 ., and in England lid . from the scarcity of provisions . r
Thenersonal property left by Mr T . Ward , the extensive shipowner , has been valued for dutv . it 20 * *¦ ' ""
JEO . OOOv There are upwards of Y 0 _'John-strcets in London _^ -James-streets , 52 King-streets , 44 New-street ** ' 46 _Qneen-Rtreets , 30 , _York-streets , 15 WeiliugtBnstreets , 12 ' Grove-streets , and the like number of many others . Postage Stamps are in preparation for the colonies , bywlfich _pre-paymenfc may be effected : on letters for any place _noweovered by the shilling Btamp ., A party in Portsoy has realised upwards of £ 60 for turnip seeds , the produce ofan acre . The Queen's residence in the Isle of WigbiY , hitherto called Osborne House , is henceforth to-be called Osborne ;• and Barton Manor Farm is- ir . future to be termed _Btirtoa-IIouse .
Such fears of tumult aro-felt by the _authorithiS" at Brussels , that the bakers have been advised by' the police to withdraw their loaves from their shop windows ,. and to leave as few articles as possible exposed to the eye of the people . The valuation of the personal property of the great valuer of estates , the lamented George Henry Robins , Esq .,. ha 8 been taken at £ 140 , 000 exclusive of landed property . A girl named M'Leon * ,. who received a bayonet wound at Invergordon , during the late disturbances has since died . " The J & kh ' * Horn " * is-thc somewhat singular- title of a new _papsr published in New York . It is . decidedly a clever performance , and well deserves- the
patronage of the community . The paper ia * both edited and' published by coloured men . A _correspondent of the Sheffield Iris recommends an _adherei-ce to the workhouse diet of that Iowa asa preventive of gout I If mystery , remarks the Times , be indeed a source ef tbe sublime , there must be something exceadm _$ ly lofty Jn the style of our acts of parliament . In the _metropolw there are about 200 _^ deaths a week , nearly thirty deaths a day , or more than one death an hour beyond what 011 slit to happen in the common course of nature . [ This fact speaks loudly for prompt sanatory measures . ] There were 18 . 502 , 240 pounds nf green and black teas exported from China to the United States during the year ending lst July , 1 S 40 .
From the evidence of Mr J . Little , an extensive builder of third and fourth-rate houses iii the metropolis , it appears that " the average losses on the rent of such houses is _one-fifth , and that three out of five of these losses are from the sickness of the tenants , who are working _nvn . " In the state of Maryland , the law forbids any man , under five dollars penalty , frora buying of a free : egro any bacon , pork , beef , mutton , corn , wheat , tobacco , rye , or oats . The Lords of the Admiralty have directed _theextension of the South-Western Railway subterranean electric telegraph , which communicates with Portsmouth , to the offices of the Admiralty at Whitehall .
When Mr Layard , in the course of his excavations in the ruins of Nineveh , brought to light a colossal lion-body , with a human head , his superstitious labourers fled _precipitately , crying " * \* _imroel , Nimrod . " The mighty hunter , however , did not give chase , and after a while the men were induced to return . A bill has been introduced into tho Pennsylvania Legislature exempting the property of the wife from being seized by the creditors of the husband . Several States are about to adept that just principle . AH sects call themselves " miserable sinners , " but are very much affronted if another sect call them so . In 1846 , of 4 , 508 prisoners confined in Edinburgh prison , 2 , 400 were confined drunkards ! The Blackwall Railway Company have determined to reduce the width of the rails from five feet , to the _natienal gau » e of four feet eight inches and a-half ; also to discard the rope and supply its place by locomotive powers .
In a village of Suffolk is the following epitaph on a tombstone . It has no name , no date , and no one knows over whose remains it was placed : — Iteailer , pass on , nor idly waste your time , On bad biography or bitter rhyme ; For what I am , this cumli ' _rous clay insures ; Anil what I was—is no affair of yours 1 Ail improvement is said to have been effected by an American , in the ccneration of heat , by which an immense _saving will be effected in the consumption of fuel . The secret of the discovery is not yet fully revealed , bnt the whole heat is completely confined tothe boilers , by the substitution of an artificial for a natural draft . The improvements _eointr on at the Carlton Clubhouse arc on a magnificent scale . On the completion the whole will present a front larger than that of the Reform Club .
The Portuguese government has _dismissed five professors oftho University of Coimbra , one of whom hadhra _' ed a guerilla , while the others had encouraged their pupils to join the insurgents . A canary died recently , at Dundee , at the age of twenty-seven years ! The personal property of the late Lord Mount Sandford has been estimated for i ; uty at £ 100 , 000 . The title is extinct . At thc last return nnder the income-tax act , no fewer than thirty surgeons practising in London , admitted that tlieir professional earnings amounted to £ 10 , 000 per annum each ; and of these , three were upwards of £ 20 , 000 each . The men of Monkwearraouth Colliery are now off work , on account of a dispute relative to the adjustment of tho _weiaht of coals .
Some of the _advertisements for curates , & _c-, in the Ecclesiastical Gazette , are very busiress-likc . The following , for instance : — " A title for orders wanted , immediately , in the diccese of Worcester . Principles , evangelical . " Elihu Burritt , thc " learned blacksmith , " ivccntly delivered a lecture to 3 , 0 G 0 persons , in the City-hall , Glasgow , on the organic _sinfulness of war . lie was most cordially received . Opinions vary a good deal as ( 0 the appearance of the crops * . it is rather too * * oon to form any . The English Mint has _eiaht presses , which strike sixty blows in a minute , and produce 3 , 000 coins in an hour . It is more than probable that Mrs Butler ( late Miss F . Kemble ) will , ere long , become lessee of one of the metropolitan theatres .
Vulcanised India-rubber is now made use of to supersede steel in the buffer springs of railway and other carnages . An impression being prevalent thatthe warm bath makes those who use it liable to take cold , the committee f . _ir promoting the establishment nf baths and wash-houses havo published a certificate to the contrary , * -igucd by 144 eminent physicians and surgeons . The Old Bridge of Dumfries , after standing six _hundred years , bas begun to give way . Bands of _half-fiimit-hed peasants , from Rhenish Prussia and Bavaria , have recently attempted to enter France for the purpose of begging , but have been _stopped at the frontier . A handsome servant girl in New York , very lately committed suicide by swallowing laudanum because she had received a cruel valentine from one whom she _recarded as a fond lover .
The total military force of the United States , either raised or now raising , is upwards ef 70 . 000 men ; that of the navy 10 , 000 . The sums voted for the war expenses are upwards of thirty-foar millions of dollars . A vein ol gold , yielding 50 dollars w » rth of pure metal to the bushel , has been discovered in the vicinity of Ashebarough , N . C . It is the richest vein yet fouud in the United States . The general assembly of Wallachia has passed a law for the emancipation of such gipsies as are serfs ofthe government or theclergy bat those belonging to private persons still remain in bondage .
An electrical clock is to be erected in the tower of Wenhnm church , near Ipswieh , and the motive power is to be incessantly maintained by a perpetual electric current derived from the earth . An old woman cf ciglity-s « ve _* i , rcsiding near Dudley , was jnarried a few days ago for tho fourth time , each of _lur husbands being pensioners . Her last husband died about six weeks ago , and the present one was at the funeral , iroir * eili » le \ y after which the match was made . An Irish provincial paper , the Downpatrick Recorder , states the astounding fact , that , by means of tho inhalation of isther , Professor Sewell had t-ffectod the amputation tf the limb of a deceased sheep vcitU perfect success , and without any apparent pain . — Punch .
A few days since a fox was killed by a train on the Oxford branch cf the Great Western Railwav , while stealing towards somo sheep and lambs , which were tolded near the Vine . The Lord Chancellor has . forthe first time , exercised the power conferred upon h ! m by the new Lunacy Act ; and has _. frera and aftorthe 13 th April next , withdrawn the license ofa lunatic asylum . in the uamh . of _Gate _Helva-ste _** , Yorkshire . The Norwegian herring fishery for this year is ended _; and on the whole 250 , 000 tons have been put into salt . A fatal murrain is very prevalent among _ti'fi sheep nnd lambs in some parts of Lincolnshire .
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Forokrt . —At _G-iildhall on Saturday Samuel King , stated to be an attorney struck off the rolls was committed for trial , charged witb utterim * two rVgfd bills of exchange fir £ 250 each . Tho case was oneef a very _dtstressing nature , the _forgery being the name of the brother of the prisoner as the acceptor . IlArtnouR or _RKTua-s : —The formation of this ereafc national _undertaking , a harbour of refuge at Dover , is finally decid d upon . The present year will see the _wrorks commenced .
Tin ? _Pbbsui _** ADVtKmjRBRS . —The two Persians , who were placed in a < temporary refuge at the east end of the town until an opportunity occurred of passing them to thei > own country , have left the Refuge , and it is net known where they have gone ; though it is * conjectured that they will shortly make tlieir appearance in public aa solicitors for subscriptions to the alleged fond for the _redemption of a relative who has been fined for killing a Turk . _Snirn-RKCK .-On _Tkesda ? night , nbout half . past ten o'clock , the Defiance , of _Goale , 32 i tons regUer , tt . Spence , master , from London to Galway , with a
general cargo , struck * on the Rundle Stone . _ ihe master and crew , fourteen in number , left hfr in the ' jolly boat , at midnight-,, with nine foet of water itt the hold , and the next morning she was seen off tho Brisons , near Cape Cornwall . Part of the oargo , which was flour , meal , & c , has been wa-hed on _s ore . The crew land' d on Wednesday , at St Ives . New Librart . —A library , to consist of not fewer than 1 , 000 volumes , is- now in the course of formation , for the use of the West London Central Anti-Enclosure Association , likewise a collection of ancient and modern maps , to facilitate inquiries respecting _dl-puted footways .
Polish Prisoners * in Prossu . —The number of Poles in prison , on a charge of having taken part in tbe late revolution , is 203 , some of whom are in the fortress of Sonnet-bung , others in the prisons of Berlin , and a few at Posen . Death ot ? Mddu . b * Mars . —Mddlle Mars , the moat celebrated actress which the French stage ever possessed , died jn Paris on Saturday night , at tea o ' clock . She was bovn on the 10 th December , 1778 , and was the daughter of tho celebrated actor , Monvel . Pout or BiRKsimB . \» . —The opening of the port here , on Easter Monday next , will be a grand day—Birkenhead commencing its existence as a port . The occasion will be observed as a gala .
Lush DismEss . ~ New York has sent 40 , 000 dollars to relieve the distress in Ireland . Jn Cincinnati , 3 , 000 dollars . were _subscri' _-ed in one evenin ? . The Catholics of Boston hare subscribed 5 , 337 dollars . A Goon ExiMF & R . —The directors ofthe Preston and Wyre Rnilway have liberally granted a free _passa-je along their line to all persons _goins : to Fleetwood to lecture ai- tho Fleetwood Mechanics' Institution . Amkricax _Cidhr . —A vessel from New York has brought , in addition to 412 baes of oats , 1 , 420
barrels of flour ,. 100 barrels of soda biscuits , and a variety of other articles , 20 _casks of cider , the manufacture ofthe United States , which is an unusual _importation , nnd at the present time of the year eap 'dally remarkable . £ arlt _Brooi-v— A few days ago a pair of canary birds belonging to a gentleman in New . strect . Kilmarnock , _brnuaht out a brood of young _c-. naries . The little captives , never destined to soar in the bluo sky , or-warble their swigs in leafy troves , but cabined and confined to the contracted dimensions of a cage in hopeless slavery , are thrivinu well .
Lambing S-f . j-. son . —We ( Hereford Journal ) are sorry to hear continued accounts of thc mortality among ewes and lambs . Tho sheep are , in many ir . a _anccs , affected in a manner different to that which we briefly described last week , and tho ofTst > riri « perish in const * quence of the acidity imparted by the epidemic to the sustenance derived from the mother . A Nk _* Public Officer . —The New York Sur 1 numerates among thc train who did _honour to thi dwarf Stration ( otherwise General Tom Thumb ) Ot hia departure from _Liverpool for New York , the name of a _gentlem-ia who is described as "Chief Superintendent of the principal Public Exhibitions and Amusements in Great Britain . " An Elgiblk Sitk for thk Wellixoton Statu *' , — A correspondent signing "J . 11 .. " _propogi-s the ground ' ' of tie Duke of York's school , in the King ' sroad , Chelsea , ss a refuge fir the destitute Wellington statue .
_Secret for a F . _iR'fKn's Win * . —While the milk ' - \\\< i of your cows is _goin-j on let your pans be placed in boiling water . Strain the milk into one of the pans taken hot from the hot water , and cover it with another of the hot pans , and proceed in like manner with the whole * _mu * s of milk , and you will _luive double the quantity of gcod rich cream and sweet delicious _bntti r . Irish _Paupkus ( _LmnKioi . ) . —From correspondence just laid before Parliament relative to the _immigiaiini of _Iris-h paupers into Liverpool , it appears that on the 4 th of January last tiiere were relieved iu Liverpool 3 , 189 Irish pauper immij _** . tints ( 2 . 132 of them children ) . On the J 2 th the number hnd increased to 10 , 074 ( of whom 0 . 401 were children ); and on the ISth-to 18 , 033 ( of whom 1 * 0 fewer than 12 . 363 were children ) . On the 2 G'h—25 , 329 Irish paupers were _relieved in Liverpool . There arrived in that town from Ireland , 30 , 03 dmen , women , and children , during the time from the 13 th olJanuary to thc lGth of February , little more tban one month .
_AniEr-jEiM at Bolton . —An Acbeniuiini is nbout to be erected at Bolton , towards which the sum of £ 5 000 has been subscribed . Let no one after this sneer at Bolton . _Padolk-box Boats . —Owing fo the great success attending the use ofthe paddle-box boats , in the recovery of stores , etc ., atthe wreck of the Sphynx , the- Admiralty ares about to direct that they be fitted to all _steam-vi-sscLs . ExTENstvK Fokgkries at Leeds . —No new facts have transpired in reference to the forgeries of the three Glovers . The greatest possible vigilance is being used to discover their retreat , and not without some hones _ofsucces * .
_ExoLisn asp Irish Bb . vkvole . _vce . —A Prestcn cotton-spinner , with not a fraction of pecuniary interest in Ireland , has subscribed £ 100 to the Irish relief fund . The Earl of Mounteasltel _, towards relieving the poor © n his own estates , in eight townships , give * £ 10 ; and this is about , a fair average of the manner in which the Irishlandlords , whiie getting all they can from England in the way of loans , deal with their own countrymen and dependants . Naples . —Ancient Amphitheatre . —The _tmcient amphitheatre of _Poiizz-dcs has been freed froin the earth that surrounded it , and may now be examined in all it 3 parts . The dens ofthe animals , which are situated under the arena , arc of extremely solid masonry , and in a state ol * excellent preservation . Lamps , parts of columns , and remains of architectural ornaments , have been found in them .
New Mutiny Bill . —A bill "for punishing mutiny and desertion , and tor the better payment of the army and their quarters , " has been introduced by Mr Greene , the Secretary nt War , thc Paymaster General , and the Judge Advocate . It contains 103 clauses . ., _, A Jew Pio-Dsaleb . —In Shaftesbury Market , the other week , ene Marcus Lewis , a Jew , sold four pigs ; whereat the local papers wonder . Wherefore ? Marcus broke no law . The pork passed not through his stomach , mly _throiijli his hands . Besides , wlica a white Yankee sells a black man—why not a white Jew , it may be , a black pig ? In one case the merchant trades upon what his _religion tells him ho ought to love ; in the other , the Jew turns tV . e market penny on what he is told to hate—Punch . TnE Fast Day . —We have been given to understand that anions : the consequences of thc Fast day _.
was the acceleration of thc maturity of Bills of Exchange , which were to a certain extent made fast ia their progress by becoming payable one day earlier than otherwise . We have heard of persons and things being knocked into _ncxt . _wci-k , but is it only bills and promissory notes that are liable to be knocked into yesterday . —i 6 iW . rlicH Bequests . —The late J . _Cripps , E _;* q ., hanker , Gloucester , has bequeathed to his twelvo children specific pecuniary legacies to the amount of upwards of £ 30 , 000 , and the residue amongst five of them . The iate S . Mills , Iwq ., of Russell square , has left £ 300 . 00 . 0 in personalty alone , which is quite independent of his extensive freeholds . Thc late J . E . Tabor . Est-.., of Fenns Booking , Essex , was _possessed of co : is ; _elerable freehold , leasehold , and landed estates in th- _^ counties of Essex and Stifl ' ulk , and has left person : !! property estimated at £ 00 , 000
_Advasc ) - . in tiik _Paica or Whiskey . — Several licensed _victiiiwlers have , during the last few days , raised the price of whiskey three-pence a bottle . _Ikuois Conduct . —On Saturday last a girl , aged 13 yeais , daughter of Mr Tait , engineer to Mr C . Seely , having had a few words with her step-mother , left hame and went to the Wifham , where she leaped in , with intent to drown herself . Thc Rev . Mr Bradford , vicar of St . Mary ' s , happened to be passing at tho time , when he plunged in after the girl , and in a short _tinje succeeded in rescuing her from a watery grave . Mr Bradford is a hig hly-esteemed _clergyman , and this act of bravery deserves to be remembered by all humane persons . _, , _, . at
Shocking Death . —A few days since , Watermgbury . nehild . named Page , about three years of aye , _dravk m _-ae-wlv boiling water out e-f a kettle Ihe poor sufferer endured the greatest torment til ! tho following day . when , although everything was done to alleviate the same , death ensued . Railw _ys and Fisii . —OnTue 6 dny , upwardsof 200 pads of mackerel , containing 20 . 000 fish , caught at , Plymouth 210 mil * - '* * ¦ ' ¦ _'*»•¦ _* metropolis , were _brought iiiio Bilii « g _> gafe Market through the meilium " of the ! Great Western Railway 1 thc sudden silufc so reducing the price cf these fish that the retail dealers . were ahle to sell them at six and eight for a shilling . Ea * t Sussex . —Although not alluded to by name
in ihe retiring . _iddrefs of the junior representative , of "Lust Susse * x , tho Protectionist journals announce Mr . Lucas Shadwell a « the _gentleman about to _cowo _wwavdas Mr _Frewtn _' _a ptrriipge _»
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 27, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_27031847/page/3/
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