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"' rinrions summer is with ns once more . ' so we can-I _"Sercommence our "Feast" than by _tranus _* £ _^ onr columns the following beautiful lines {¦ _J _taented" _contribntorto the pages of our _contem-K * rV the Brighton Berald : — f "' TO SUMMER _, _flh 11 dearly love the summer -With Its blue skies and bright flowers , Its balm } air and pensive tone _. In the evening ' s gentle hours : When the glory of the sunlight jti bright and cloudless noon , And the blossoms on the beading trees ,
Whose fruit shall crown them soon ; The green grass ofthe meadow—The wild flower blossoming- — The p ie bird and the butterfl y . Alike on careless wing—¦ AD speak in tones of gladness TiU theimnost heart is stirred . And the spirit casts its cares aside , And carols like a bird ! Oh ! I dearly love the Summer , When thc stars are out on high ; _Tq wander on , for many an hour ,
Beneath the glittering sky—While the rippling of clear water And the sighing of the breeze Call up and waken happy thoughts And precious memories ; * While nature ' s simple music Soothes every care to restfor we would not mar that holy calm By onepassion ofthe breast , Oh 1 then I love the Summer , for the title she doth "bear Of queen ofall things beautiful , And glorious and fair !
The Autumn hath her glory , Her soft and saddened L _' ghr , But she whispers ofthe perishing Of lovely things and bright . Ber steps aro on the sere leaves , Which formed the summer ' s pride ; And thc wind sighs low and mournfully O ' er the blossoms \ thich have died . And the winter "bath his pleasures , But his "breath is chill and bleak—Tho' he may give health unto tiie frame
And roses to the cheek . But bis tokens are the snow-wreath , And the dark and leafless trees—And the glorious Summer banishes Even onr thoughts of these ! The Spring hath many a promise Which wonld the heart beguile : The very sunbeams are but hopes Deceiving while they smile . Thro'the lion reign of March , And the April _' sdriving showers , StiU look we forward to fhe time
Of Summer ' s beaming hours , Of blossom , fruit , and fragrance , Of all the eye wonld meet In garden , forest , or in field , Of glad , and gay , aud sweet _. Oh ! I welcome in the Summer With a joyous , grateful tone ; And I envy UOt the heart which gives So echo to mine own ! F . M . S . If our readers will look through last Saturday ' s umber Of the _Peoples Journal , they will find therein
_sb article entitled "The Progress of June , " irom the rai of William Howitt . -which we are sure cannot _^ todelight them . Wefaiowofno wriierwh . 0 _picjjres nature in all her -varied charms , so faithfully ad powerfully as William Howitt . Indeed , he more jnn picturcs nature , so real are hi- * descript ions that 55 s readers universally must feel as we have felt , that _ky are sharers with him in the enjuyroent ofthe Sties he ponrtrays , and actual partakers of his pure g * j « ais . Howtruihfnl and beautiful is the follow Eg description of
A JUXE "SIGHT . Bat if tbe days of June are now warm , and brilliant , ci beautiful , —ah ! how soft and beautiful is a June tight ! Oh ! what is there that can equal its pleasant (" scanty , which is yet not darkness ! "What can equal _3 _e calm , clear , lofty Beauty of tbe sky , where the moon bsms like _aeelestial creature , as she is , and the evening sax barns trith a radiance of immortal youth . There is iW-nysoftness in the air . The trees stand in shadowy _jasses . that seem to listen to the still aud musiug sky _jrorethim . Thertis a soft gloom beneath -umbrageous _Islges , or as you walk through shrubberies and plantafias , that is peopled with all the tender feelines ofthe _pesent and the _tender memories ofthe past . "What _tbd _*! * we not give toco hand in hand again with those
Rth whom we hare enjoyed such liours , and talked of _festa _, and wondered who should first explore its xoys-Shs—and _tftcy were those first ; and we walk a through deepening shadows , and _wondtr i & J and uAere tkey now are . _floir erery place _Bil scene on this still and thoughtful night seems to dock its secret essence . Every spot has its own _sentitsntacdits peculiar odour . Here the leafy aroma of ires , there the strong _fcrest turf ; here the earthy s-n . ell cf deep , rich soil , and _there the fragrant breath of s weety « r , or delicious eEusion from a clover or bean-field . Seat the hamlet , the warm , rich odour of peat , or of the tsod-firc , announce that the weary labourer bas supped , sad perhaps now sh-tps , unconscious of the cricket that BBgsin the garden hedge , or the nocturnal thrush in the
iliehn _dtarorar-cauopJeshisdwdling . HOW delightful e the meanest sound of a summer night ! How the moth , dashing against the _cottage pane , or fluttering _cmongst the garden-leaves , enriches the stillness : with that a lordly boom the soaring cockebafftr mounts past jour ear into the _flowwy lime ! How the smallest runnel umnnnrs aloud ; how palpably the mountain stream _aranfe along ; how deeply sonorous is the distant _waterfcUer mill-weir . The frogs in the marshes seem to he tarring a thousand -wheels ; and _thetforhawk , the cuckoo , ad the nightingale pre to wood , and meadow , and tree tbeir uifierent charms . The quails pipe from the green torn , the curlews from the far moorlands ; and if you be Kar the oc » an , what a voice of majesty is thatI full of lie mannings of ages , and of th „ " poetry of the infinite . Ay , walk , happy youth , in the flush of thy happiness ,
_thmg the dusky margin of that old , old sea . Mark the **& naves break in flame at thy feet ; hear the stroke of sn oar somewhere in the dim obscure ; list th _^ reild and daill cries of tern and plover , that , _nevelSileep iug Hiandly . come wheeling past , and plunge onward unseen : there is not a sound that , heard to night , shall not _anogie - _* ith thy thoughts and hopes of life , and may , years hence , pierce through thy memory followed by an ocean of tears . Sat hush ! there are voices , shrill aud laughing- roices ; thc musing young man springs onward , _forgetting the poetry of the ocean and of night in the more vivid poetry of hope and love . Let Mm go . For young or for old , for eveiy human bring that has a soul alive to tlie impressions of God in nature , the calm and the gloom , and every sound and sensation , of a summer night are holy .
Prom the same article we extract the following beautiful verses : —
"WHERE ASE THE SPRING FLOWERS I Bnt , oh , ye spring-flowers ! oh , ye early friends ! Where areye _^ one and all I The snn _slill shines , the summer rain descends , They call forth flowers , but'tis not ye they call On the mountains , By the fountains , In the woodland , dim and grey , Flowers are springing , ever springing , But the spring-flowers , where are they ? Bat , oh , ye spring-flowers ! on , ye eariy friends !
_Whareareje ? I would know "When the sun shines , wheH summer rain _descends . "Why stall blow flowers , but 'tis not je that Wow 1 ' On the mountains , Br the fountains , In the woodlands , dim and grey , "Flowers are springing , ever springing , Uut the spring-Bowers , where are they ? Oh , then ye spring-flowers ! oh , ye early friends J Are ye together gone Up with the sonl of nature tliat ascends ,
Up with the clouds and odours , ono by one i O ' er tlie mountains , O ' er the fountains , O ' er tho woodland , dim and grey , Flowers are springing , ever sp ringing , 0 . _* i hearen ' s highlands far away I Hotter and hotter glows the summer sun , But jou it cannot wake . jfyrfcds of Sowers , _J-lce Armies marching on , Blare on the bills and g litter in ihe brake . On the mountains _. Hound the fountain ? , In the woodlands dim aud grey , Flowers are springing , ever springing , But the spring-flowers—where are they ! Oa ! no more ! never , never more ! Shall friend or flower return , Till deadly Winter , old and cold and frore Has laid all nature lifeless in his urn .
0 _* r tlie mountains , And the fountains _. Through the woodland dim and grey , Death and Winter , dread companions _. Have pursued their destined way . Then oh ! ye spring-flowers ! oh ! ye early friends Head , buried , one and all . When the sun shines and summer rain descends , And rail forth flowers , 'as ye that they shall call On the mountains , By the fountains , In tb 8 _nOO ' _ulM'd . d . iu i and grey _. Flowers are springing , souls are _siugiBg , On heaven ' s hills , and ye are they ! W . H .
From a considerable number of original pieces ? i _*« ith winch our political friends have favoured ns , wc shave selected tbe best . We commence onr selection riwiih the _foHawin-: poem which too truly pictures the - " withering influence of the accursed factory system ; hthe author is slrea-l ? a fiwonritc with onr readers , _ihisname ia sufficient intrcuiciion : —
"'Rinrions Summer Is With Ns Once More ....
THE CORN PJELD AND THB _^ ACTORT . _- - ( By Ernest Jones , author of " The Woodspirit , " "My Life , " etc . ) Oh ! What is so blithe as through corn fields to roam Wfeen the lark is iu heaven and laughter on earth ! Oh ! what is so blithe as the glad harvest-home When the lads are all frolic—the lasses all mirth t Oh ! What is so fair as ' mid breezes ot " June To watch the long corn billows sweep ! When the fields in their bloom sway like tides to the moon ' And _rroui etender stalks drooping the soft whispercreep , Aa though angels walked through them , and prayed o ' er tbeir sleep _.
Oh 1 what is so gay as the harvesthome dance , When the moonbeams troop ou the grey _church-roof , And the old men smile as they stand aloof * , The boys and the girls ' round them riot and race , And the moon seems to laugh till 'tis red in the face , At the goblets that clank ; and the _younkers that prance . And the villagegirls glance—at their partners askance _. As though heads and hearts , too , could be proof ! Oh ! What is so sweet as the Sunday morn ! When the bells on the bieezesflow , And the peasant lad walks with his bride through tho corn , As churchward ihey go—Oh!—Juno SlOlBl _BecoMse ...... tke blue corn flowers along the path grow , And he and his lass—bless Uie corn as they pass , For they speak with a glance—Of the harvest-home dance .
Oh 3 What is so calm as the old man ' s joy When he walks by the field in iu pride , And talks of his feats iu that field when a boy , To the yonng boy who walks by his side I How be mowed it down in one long summer ' s day , When the labour was done how he knelt do wn to pray \ See ! the flashes of boyhood from aged eyes glance , For he thinks of his bride at the harvest-home dance . ' r waa merry in England in times of old When the summer fields rolled—Their long billows of gold , _" _* And the bright year had climed to its aoon ; The earth was song , _laughter , and joyance and love _. And the spirit of heaven sat smiling above , From the orb of the red harvest moon .
But where has it flown ?—Why less bright than of old Does summer turn emerald Seld * into gold t And the har . est-moon struggle through mist faint and dim , Like a pale ghost who peers round the _charnel-sbrouds rim ? On the fair brow of woman a shadow is bent , From the wild eye of man flashes forth discontent ! Say 2 u * 7 ience conies the change i—Whence the curse has been sent ? # * What is it , next the church-tower climbs the sky , How more frequented far , and scarce less high ! What plague-cloud rolls along the _darken'd land , Aud hurls the sun away with shadowy hand ! What wheels revolve in dungeons hot and black ,
Of modern tyranny the modern rack f What horrid birth from that unnatural womb ? 1 he demon god of Facto bt and Look ! _Fierce , with a yell he bounds upon the land , Writhes his thin lip , and waves his yellow hand ; And points , where man ' s volcanoes , through the skies His thousand temples' burning altars rise . Curses and groans , his ear , like anthems , greet , And blighted live 3 are cast beneath his feet . His sable banners through heaven ' s glory roll The shades that blast thc heart and reach the soul . Care-stricken forms tbe streets' loug darkness fill .
Embodied dreams of misery and ill J A more than Cain-like mirk their foreheads bear , For sin ' s their only respite from despair ; And in each sunken eye ' s unhallowed cell The fever flashes , not of life , but helL Oathsupon infant tips , and , loathesome sight ! The eyes of childhood witliout childhood ' s light . The laugh of youth a gibbering of art ; Loves of humanity without a "heart ! Tbe very sun shines pale on a dark earth , Where quivering engines groan their horrid mirth , And black smoke-offerings , crimes and curses , swell F : wa furaace-altars of incarnate hell !
The demon laoghs , and still his arm he waves , That thins the villages , but fills the graves . Throng }* bleak , deserted fields he loves to roam , Where shines the fnrnacc on hell ' s harvest-home . 'Tis t 7 ils has stili'd the laughter of the child , And made man ' s mirth less holy , but more wild ! Bade heaven ' s pure light from woman ' s eye depart , Aud trodden lore from out her gentle heart . 'Tis this that wards the sunshine from the sod , And intercepts the very smile of God I
Many of onr readers know Axixk Davenport personally , and all will befamiliar _' with his name . A very little book , narrating tbe leading events in the life of this iil-used , long-sufiering , bnt still hope-inspired brother of the bardic band , was a short time since published , and is now before us . We shall not attempt to review Mr . D . s anio-biography , as for sixpence our readers may purchase and read it for themselves ; we content ourselves with the following extracts : —Mv . Datbs _psbx never had one hour ' s schooling , he learned the alphabet by catching a letter as he best could from other children , who had learnt them at school of some old Tillage dame . Tne way he acquired his knowledge of reading , while vet a child ,
shows—IHE INFLUENCE OF SOXG . But as I grew older , my greatest ambition was to acquire the art Of reading and writing- ; and ilia method which I employed to attain that favourite object is hardly worth relating , only that it shows what ingenious devices an , active mind , endowed with some sparks of _Nature ' s bre , will haTc recourse to , iu order to facilitate its progress in the pursuit of knowledge , when instruction of every kind is so denied . The plan pursued in the first _instance , was this ; I learnt , as most children do , a number of songs by heart , and having acquired , as best I
could , a knowledge ofall the letters in the alphabet , I saved all my halfpence and bought up all the printed songs tbat I could sing , and began with those that appeare- _'l the most easy my new process of education . I proceeded to match all the words iu my printed songs , with those I had stored in my mind , and by thus remembering the words thus learnt , bv comparing notes , I knew them again whenever they met my eye . By this method the eye became tbe pupil ofthe ear , and with both faculties combined , 1 made such raj-id progress , that I often surprised and astonished my young companions , who could uot comprehend how I obtained my knowledge .
_LilTJU , when about 19 ; eais of age , Aui * 3 sDa _7 EKfoht enlisted in a regiment of Light Cavalry , known by the name ofthe " Windsor Forresters . " While a soldier , he was one of an escort who had charge of severe !
IRISH INSURGENTS . In _irSS , I was one of a party appointed to escort a number of state prisoners who had been tried for high treason , hiring heen concerned in thc Irish rebellion of 1798 There were fifteen in all , and occupied five coaches . Among whom were the celebrated Arthur O'Connor and General Anlt ; the former , uncle to Mr . Feargus O'Connor , thD _Ciiartist leader , and proprietor of the Northern Star , radical news-paper . The * destination of these p risoners was fort George , a strong fortress in the very heart of the Highlands . During our march we had an extensive view
of the CullO'len biils . And when we arrived at the fortress , 1 thiuk we could faintly discern the city of Inverness . The fortress , as we approached it , had somewhat the appearance of a green hill , and seemed quite harmless ; bnt when the drawbridge was drawn np , and we entered the ponderous gates , the interior presented a little town , wilh most / _oruiidable foitifications . Our prisoners were conducted along the ramparts , till they came opposite their place of confinement , where a temporary bridge was suspended from foe rampart to the second I floor of the building over which they were carried , where we _lott _si- _'ht ol them for ever .
We recommend this little _bsok to our readers . The verses given below are from Mr . Davesport ' s pen . Our f riend , in a note accompanying the verse 3 , says , " Mv time is now sbort , bnt I wish to do my duty as a man and brother of the great human family , as long as life remains in my body . I firmly believe that nothing short of mating the land national property , will destroy the horrible system of' lord and slave . '" LAND , THE PEOPLE'S FARM . When by almig hty nature ' s hand , Ths floods were parted from the land , The rare of animals began , And lig ht and heat gave birth to man ; The earth then wore its brightest charm , The land , the laud was the people ' s farm .
The God of nature at his birth , Gave man bis title to the earth ; Then let us sh » iv our title-deed , UnUed , and we si » ail succeed ; And prove , if need , with our rig ht arm , The land , the land ' s , the people ' s farm . All were supplied with daily brrnd , 'Till proud usurpers raised their head ; Who trampled on the law Divine - , And substituted " Jlfine" and " Thine , " Whicli through the world spread dire alarm , They robbed the people of tlieir farm . Unite ! Unite !! for God decrees , Though Justice works by slow degrees j That ah tfie land shall be restored ; And God is faithful to his word ; The day and hour is now at hand , To repossess the stolen land .
The savage has his freehold home , And hunting park whereia to roam ; _J ' o laws of" trespass" there restrain _. The child of nature scorns ihc chain ; No " _G-uue _preserves" spread o ' er the land , AH game is free to every band . Shall Christian governments destroy , Those rights ' . ibicb savages _i-njey ; And reign supreme o ' er field ami flood , And traffic with the people ' s blood ! Oh , no 2 Use millions now must make a stand , And add to thi' Charter , tlieir claim to the land
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Iff e have another poetical ' piece of _MrTDAVEwoni ' s which will be given in our next number . We fear that inheriting the name . of "Bonnie Prince Charlie , " tho author , ofthe following " Ode " has also inherited something of the exclusive spirit of national patriotism which distinguished his lorefathers , and which was ail very well in days gone by but is quite out of place now . We quite disagree with " Charles Stewaht " as to Scotland or Scotchmen languishing beneath the influence of England ; the very reverse is the case . We honour Wallace '
Budce , and other Scottish worthies as great and useful men iu their day ; but our working-class friends must remember , that the days ot * Scottish glory were days of slavery for their order , and although the Scottish peopli are not even yet free they are much "oarer freedom than in the-daws of Wallace , and much more likely to obtain their freedom now they are united to Englishmen , then they were when tbe working-men ofthe two countries were made * use of as the cot-throat tools and in struments of rival kings and . ariatocrats .
ODE TO SCOTIA Air , " Exile of Erin . " Bear Scotia my country once sacred to fieedom , Of many a hero the birthplace and grave ; Ah ! surely they deun'd uot a race should succeed them Would vie in the b : seness of despot and slave . Thy bleak craggy bills , thy dark glens , and thy vallies , Once hallowed retreats of a Fingal and Wallace , Of our forefathers' w .. rth still in majesty tell us _. But echo the anthems of freemen no more 1 And what though we boast of our forefathers' glory , Of deeds they achieved while invaders pursued ; Like aliens we stand all eclipsed in their story And languish beneath the proud arm they subdued . No birthright have we save the fetters of slavery , No chieftains in power save the minions of knavery . Appall'd is tbe sp i rit of candour and bravery , And friendship trad love are exiled from thy shore ! But yetas the land of my birth I wiUlove thee ,
My harp I'll devote to the theme of thy woes ; And if my compeers should disdain to approve me Thy lonesome recesses shall give me repose . Aad there though unblessed with a kinsman or brother , III deem myself lock'd in the arms of a mother , Recollection ' s sad throes in my bosom I'll smother , And drown my last lay in the cataract ' s roar ! Then , lovers of freedom , awake from your slumbers , And load With jour voices the breath ofthe gale ; Your accents combine with my harp ' s soothing numbers To float on the echoes of mountain and dale . For though in lone exile you ' ve long been deserted , Your cause by ambition ' s wild phantoms averted , Yet dear is your theme to the patriot-hearted , Who sigh like their fathers your rrign to restore ! _Cuaeles _Siewaet , Shettleston ,
A Correspondent sends us the following : •—TEUPERANOE SONG . While misery is rending _"* The echoes with its sighs—While sorrow ' s wail ascending , Both stun the vaulted skies , Ope truth's celestial portal To blaze on error ' s night , And pniut to man immortal , The way of life ana light . For dark destruction sweeping _. In desolating wrath , With sin and death is reaping A harvest in its path , While man to vice surrenders , The victim of its wiles , Estranged to all the splendours Of virtue ' s blessed smiles .
The cup which nurtures madness , _Despair and sorrow deep , That fills the heart with _sadness , Aud bids the bright eye weep , — Humanity is quailing , Beneath its demon power , While bleeding hearts are wailing While darkest tempests lower . Yet shall its reign of error Be to oblivion cast ;
Ytt shall its night of terror , Be buried in the past ; While man to virtue turning , A priceless prize shall win , And _' soar with triumph spurning , The vassalage of sin . Thru hearts Ihat droop and languish , Again will ne ' er deplore , Ten thousand cries of anguish Will then be heard no more ; But love and joy delighting ,
Shall bid their sorrows cease , With sweetest smiles inviting To pleasures and to peace . Then temperance shall nourish , Supreme delight on earth , Then happiness shall flourish , Around the poor man ' s hearth _. Unnumbered gentle pleasures Shall flow without alloy , And life shall glow with treasures , Of purest sinless joy , Glasgow . _Auboba . A contributor , who has some poetical talent , which we should be glad to see cultivated , has sent us two or three pieces from which we select the "' Song " given below . The other pieces contain some spirited lines , but on the whole are too imperfect to allow oi their publication . A SONG .
We raise no battle axe nor brand , We raise no warlike cry ; With reason ' s weapons iu our hand ; AU tyrants we'll defy . And one and all to free from thrall , Of hopeless poverty ; We raise the voice , and eraspthe pen , For blest Democracy , No warrior shall our homage claim , Though he has battles won ; We worship not the cannons flame , Nor musket , sword , or gun . The blazing town , the ravished maid , Shall not have our applause ; And never will we give our aid , Except in Freedom ' s cause . The rivers may run red with blood , Wc will not sing their praise ; The dead and dying choke the flood ,
No triumph shout wc Hraise , Tis glory more enduring far , And truer to my mind ; To see man deprecating war , And to each other kind . Oh ! may the senseless ekimourerslearn , In either atmosphere ; That though for slaughter they may yearn , We shall not aid them here . Oh ! heaven speed tbe happy day , When war shall ever cease ; Andfreedom spread her sweets alway And all the earth be peace . Alfbed Fennem ,. Here is something in the same spirit as the above , a spirit we desire to encourage , _strengthen , and propagate : —
WE ARE NOT MEN OF WAR . BT D . WEIGHT , ABERDEEN . We are not men of war and guilty strife _. Who dare to mar the beatueous works of God ; Who lift the arm against a brother ' s life , To blast fond hopes and leave the widow'd wife , With orphan babes , and desulnte abode . Whose deeds of blood , and war with all its spoil Hake angels weep , and none but demons smile ' . We are not men of war who fight for fame , And vain distinction with the proud and great , Whose highest boast is but a titled name . To gild the deeds that demons might condemn , And mark them hireling minions of the state . Who court his smile and dread the tyrant ' s frown , Who stain their hands to serve a guilty crown ! We aro not men of war , whose laurels wave
Nursed in the life-streams of their fellow-men ; Though those who need their aid may call them brave Their brightest deeds point downwards to the grave Their proudest boast is of the gory plain . With pompous titles on the statu they live For guilty deeds that God will scarce forgive ! We are not men of war : we love the vale , The hum of nature , not tlie cannon ' s roar . Where flowers are blooming in the verdant dale , We love their fragrant beauty far too well To stain their peariess purity wilh gore ! Where rivers flow we will not swell the flood , Nor stain the rippling streams with human blood 1 We are not men of war , nor yet so bold
As do the deeds that boasting heroes do , Whose swords are stained , whose very lives are sold To aid oppressors , for their paltry gold To crush the many and exalt the few . We will not praise the minion tools of war Who fight to keep the people as they are ! We are not men of war , but we will fight-Though not with swords or cannon's deadly shower—With " moral weapons" in the cause of right That men may see with intellectual light How feeble is the tyrant ' s hireling might , How mighty is the people ' s moral power . Against the "Rights of man" tyrants may rise , But moral might will yet obtain the prize . A number o f other pieces we have not room to even notice this week ; for the present we conclude ffltft THE VOICE OF FREEDOM .
BY J . EDWABBS . Sweet freedom ' s voice I hear , Resounding through the sky In tones distinct and clear , She says the day is nigh When joy and harmony will reign Through nature ' s boundless wide domain
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sbe says man much too long Has worn oppression ' s chain , But tyranny and wrong Will soon begin to wane , And right will one day ' rect her throne , And slave and tyrant be unknown . A n _< 3 base hypocrisy , Priestcraft , and slavish fear And aristocracy Will fade and disappear ; And discord dire , and war ' s dread roar , And strife will cease—be known no more , Aud that the glorious time Assuredly will come , When men of every clime In happiness will roam , When justice , truth and liberty Throughout the world will practised be .
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Tub Westminster Review.—June.—Lon Don: G...
TUB WESTMINSTER REVIEW . —June . —Lon don : G . Luxford , Whitefriars-street , Fleet-street . The majority of the articles contained in tbis number fully provethc writers to belong to the Utilitarian school of politicians , although there are not wanting articles of a light and agreeable character which vary the _contend , so that the number is any thing but dry or heavy : the titles of several of the articles are not very attractive , but the mat ' er they herald will be found as interesting as useful .
Tbe "Researches on Magnetism" describe in a clear and impressive manner the progress of the wonderful discoveries in electricity and magnetism , from the earliest ages to tbe present time . The writer remarks , that "in the electiic telegraph of Wheatstone we have one of the most wonderful inventions of modern days , realising to their fullest extent the wildest dreams of the Arabian romances . In the electrical clock we have another instance of human ingenuity , in binding the ethereal principle , gathered from the earth itself , to note upon a dial the revolutions it performs . In the one case , by its actions time and space are annihilated ; in another , it slowly and silently guides the seconds-beating pendulum . * * This very interesting article is followed by one not so much to our taste , on the " Tendency
of Puseyism , " in which tbe writer labours to show that the tendency of tbis ism is not towards Roman _Chvistianism but to German Rationalism . A valuable digest of the " Legislation of 1845 " gives a descriptive list ofall tbe public and private Acts _parsed during that session . A review of Harriet Martineau ' s " Forest and Game-Law Tales" contains some admirable _reasonins : against the continuance of those relics of feudalism—the abominable Game emctments . The reviewer well says— "We are continually crying out against the Americans for retaining in some of their States , amidst all their bluster about liberty and equality , the - peculiar in . ' _stitution' of slavery ; but we are apt to lose sight of the necessity oi blotting out from among the statutes of our own country certain laws which have caused
and are daily causing , more crime and more misery than American slavery . The number of convictions under the Game Laws bas lately increased in the ratio _ofabont 50 per cent , on the averages of three years . If this does not point out the necessity of a change , wc know not what will be sufficient to do so . A change indeed must come , and that a radical one . _Jfo modification ofthe game laws will be ofthe least avail ; the increase of poaching , aud of crimes incident thereto , since the modification which legalized the sale of game , is a proof of tbis . The game laws must be totally and for ever repealed" " The Oregon Question "is discussed at great length , and in that temperate spirit wliich we feel much pleasure in commending . Tlie next article on '' Fairy Mythology , " is an attractive [ review of" Mr . Wright ' s Essays ' on subjects connected with Literature , Popular
Superstitions , and History of England in the Middle Ages . " The only fault we have to find with the reviewer is . that his article is too brief to do justice to so interesting a subject . Perhaps the article on "Railways and Metropolitan Improvement" will be consideved as by far die most important , at least by London readers . This article , which is accompanied by maps and drawings illustrating the improvements suggested by the writer , is exceedingly interesting . The writer has some magnificent ideas whicb _. if realized , and we cannot see why they should not be , would go far to make London the most magnificen t , as it already is the largest -and wealthiest city in the world . The reviewer is strongly opposed to the mighty monopoly now in course of establishment _> y itailvi ay proprietors and speculators * , he thus f rcibly pictures the new order of things to Which Yfe appear to be fast hastening : —
A NEW _„ DESPOTISM . It is a comfortable doctrine tbat all apparent evils are blessings in disguise , and therefore that in some way or Other aU errors inlegislation will work their owu cure ; but before we quite _resign ourselves in this persuasion , to the stream of events , itniay beas well that we should inquire to what paradise , or what precipice . w _<> . _»« hnBtp » _- ing with the current . One thing is certain , that , without an entire change of system , there is an end , on the part of the public , of all opposition to old railway companies connected with the great trunk lines . Be it their pleasure that we travel round about , in zigzag directions ,
oiby tbe nearest course , the question is already decided , and must SO remain while left to depend upon length of purse . We confess our doubts of the wisdom of restoring the Saxon Heptarchy ; but that we are practically doing this —creating new dynasties to the number cf about seven , and dividing the broad realms of England among them «—is a sober , and an incontrovertible fact . Already thu power Of One railway monarch is _greater than that of Sebert , King of the East Angles , and Sunderland will not be the only illustration oi what railway influenca m : iy do at elections , when the time comes for the birth of that new child of the Titans , a _Jfitilwau League .
Tke world has seen many changes ; but , in all ages , those who have contrived to concentrate its recources to the greatest extent have been the rulers of mankind . The power of the Shepherd Kings grew out of ths possession ol large _fl--cks and herds , and exclusive rights of pasture : the power of the feudal aristocracy out of tlte laws of primogeniture . Free Trade legislation has destroyed thu power conferred by monopnlh s of food ; but a monopoly of the means of locomotion may prove a more formidable influence than any power which has yet been 'derated in the hands of the few . We doubt not that the Chancellor of thc Bxciiequ . r will be left in possession of Downing street ; but what if in Cupel-court a rattan cabinet should one day meet to discuss the affairs of the
nation 1 Imagine a Trades' Union , represented by the chairman of half-a-dozen great amalgamated companies , directing a gross revenue larger ( as the railway revenue will be iu a few years ) than thut which now pays the interest ofthe National Debt ami defrays the whole public _expenditure of the United Kingdom;—a _Trades' "Union , omnipotent asa monied corporation , in the Bank par lour ; controlling the _lun-ls , nnd dictating the terms ofgovernment loans by operations in the _bujing and selling of Exchequer bills , or 3 per cent stock , on a more extensive scale than the UothscUlds ; a Board _dispensing a larger patronag e than that of a French minister ; with an army of paid agents to collector diffuse information at every accessible point . between the Land's End and the Orkneys , and the electric telegraph to transmit it !
The whole article deserves the serious _atlention ot all men , but particularly those who belong to or can influence the Legislature and Government . We quote the following ftom the writer ' s remarks on , and advocacy of
SANiTORT _UKFOHM . Several ofthe objects which it was presumed would be forwarded by the appointment of the Metropolitan Improvement Commission have since been embraced in tininquiries of the Health of Towns Commission , _assisted by tho indefati (! abl _* industry of Mr . Chadwiek ; and n mass of valuable information has noiv been collected Upon _sul'jecis ofa most _seri-jus import to thc community . which has led to the following conclusions : —1 , That the annual mortality from fever is to _n great extent cnusetl , and is always fearfully aggravated , by defective drainage . 2 . That other prevalent causes are the burial of th c dead among the habitations ofthe living , tho overcrowding o f tbe population in narrow streets , the bud ventilation of dwelling houses , and deficient supply of water in the poorer districts . 3 . That tlie present cost of an
efficient sewerage may be greatly diminished . 4 . That the expenses of funerals to the working classes are equnl to a heavy load of . taxation . which might be greatly relieved by public cemeteries . 5 . That water might be rendered cheap ami _abundant , with a constant supply direct from the mains at high pr . ssuru . G . Tlwt the leading public thoroughfares might be daily swept bj water hose , and be kept _permanently as clean as after heavy rains , without thc intervention of cartage , and al a more economical rate . 7 . That tbe health and cheer . fulness of _diveiling-hotises ( especinlly in _reg'ird to base _, wnts and closets ) wonld be pro-noted by a modification of the window _duiies 8 . Thut the serious nuisauo avising from the uncousum-. d smoke of furnaces might bf greatly abated . 0 , That existing municipal laws relating to thc foregoing class of objects require revision and im . provement .
Upon this wide basis for useful _legislation we might reasonably have expected some practical measure to have been founded . But no;— " the state of public business " is always such that no _attention can be paid to this branch of the public service . We fear , however , that the true reason is a want of earnestness on the subject . Tin Premier may fairly plead liie repeal of the corn laws as _enoURh for his share of active labour and responsibility ; but not so his _collenj- _'Uts . What is called " public business , " apart from sue or two groat party questions , means the passing every session of at least two hundred enactments , all of less importance than the life anil _henith
of town populations , or th « redH-ss of municipal grhv vances . Every one must have been struck with tho reason assigned by the Chancellor of the Exchequer for refusing to modify the window duties , so thut , _witliout _diminishing the burden ns a house tax , tlie tcmpuuimi to block out light ami air tu evade thc tax would W _tftmoved . He said that nut of 3 . 800 , 000 houses in _Grs . _tt Britain 3 , 000 , 000 were exempt from tho window itutios . ' Exempt because the owners _oi" 3 . 000 , 000 houses contrive to make seven opem _iigsfor light _u-d air sullioo instead often or fifteen ( having _ccII-iin , pas . _agts , and closets dark)—an eighth window _rcnderiiijj the wkulo chargeable . We
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know not a more startling fact , as indicating the straitened accomodation of fi-7 _ths ofthe population of England and Scotland ; and yet this very fact was held to be _auflicient evidence that no change of system was required . At the very time _tltis _. iirgument was . used , plans and experiments the completion of which it js said will cost £ 100 , 000 , were -set on foot for thc . ventilation of the new Houses of Parliament ! We make these observations more in sorrow than in anger , and with no feeling of party hostility . We could
count on our fingers the number of leading liberals who have shewn any serious mtcrest in the questions of local administration we have from time to time discussed , and have therefore no bitterness to indulge against our conservative opponents for their indifference . The timehas not yet arrived for the vast social benefits which might be realised by a sound municipal organisation , and an efficient local administration to bo deemed worthy objects for the ambition of statesmen , —but it will come . Our mission is that of humble pioneers , aud we shall continue to work on , with faith in the future .
We had marked for extract several portions of the very interesting review of Dr . Kitto's work _« m : ' Tlie Lost Senses , " but we are compelled by want of room to omit them . Altogether this is a very excellent number , and fully sustains the-well-won character , of tbis useful and liberal Review .
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_Alteratios op Sentence on Henry Normm , * . — This prisoner—who , it will be recollected , on Thursday last pleaded guilty of robbing his employer , Mr . Hoop , of £ 51 , and was sentenced to seven year ' s transportation , was again brought up and _ulaced in tlie dock of the Central Criminal Court on Saturday , before the Common Sergeant who tried him , wuo told him _^ that as there were several other prisoners this session who had committed similar ( _ift ' cnccs to liis , and had only received sentence of one year ' s imprisonment , he thought it would not be just to pass a heavier sentence on him , and should , therefore , alter the sentence of transportation to one year s imprisonment . Fearful Occurrence in a Menagerie at " _tUnruth . —A dreadful accident occurred at Ketfruth on
Monday , under very strange and peculiar circumstances . Hylton _' s travelling menagerie had arrived in that town that morning , and the evening ' s _exhibition drew a great concourse of spectators , it is supposed numbering several thousands , of all ages and ranks of life ; there were also numbers OUtside . About ten o ' clock , whilst tho crowd was greatest , some lad 3 foolishly began teasing a blind hyena , a very savage brute , - the animal , much irritated , by their treatment , commenced a fight with nnotber hyena , con lined in the same cage . This aroused the lion , who soon lashed himself into a terrible mood , and roared most awfully , The spectators naturally became much terrified , when all at once a cry was raised that thc lion had broken loose . The panic became awful , and the confusion terrible . The most piercing screams were heard , and a simultaneous rush was made to the entrance . The pressure was _tremcftdoi's ; tbe old and feeble were thrown down
and trampled on , and at length the side of the menagerie was burst open , and the spectators rushed in the wildest terror into the street . The panic was at once communicated to the crowd outside , and thu cry raised on all sides , "the lion _haabroke loose . " Hie people ran madly away , and rushed into private houses , up-stairs , and into all imaginable places , expecting the wild beasts were at tlieir heels . The shrieks and evies of murder were most piercing , nnd at one time it is supposed that nearly 200 were lying on the ground . Many persons were trampled on , and picked up in nearly a lifeless state . The surgeons ofthe town were at oncecalled Into requisition , and afforded most valuable assistance . A great many persons were very severely bruised , and were taken up almost insensible , their eyes suffused with biood , and several cases of fractured ribs and collarbones were also reported . Happily no lives have been Inst , although it can scarcely be said that all tbe sufferers are out of danger— Western Times ,
Population and Religion of the World . —It is calculated that there are l . _CGO . 000 , 000 souls in the world ; of whom 153 000 , 000 arein Europe , 156 . 000 , 000 in Africa , 500 , 000 , _000-in Asia , 150 . 000 , 000 in America , and 7 , 000 , 000 in the islands of the Pacific . Five parts of the population arc Christians , six are Mahometans , eighteen are _idolators , and the Jews form onepart . Summary Justice . — The penalty of rolling the walks in the gardens of Hampton Court Palace , for any delinquency in plucking the flowers , has been twice enforced within the last ten days . This regulation , optional to those who wish to avoid legal punishment , has had a very salutary f fleet in
diininudung the offence of purloining the flowers . Curious Plea . — A person , recently sued by a tailor for a suit of clothes , defended the action on the pica that they had covered buttons instead of metal ones , as required by thc Birmingham Act , still unrepealed . ClIfVKSE _TJifl _' . _ni' & ri . ia .- —A voooelctvll > ' \ l llio T . JirpenO , which has arrived at the port of Liverpool from Shanghae , C'ina , in addition to an ex'cnsivis cargo of tea , silks , and other productions , has brought 100 umbrellas of Chinese manufacture . So singular an importation is-remarkable , not so much for the extent or the value of the avticles , as for the novelty of their supply from that distant country .
Death from _Slipplvg Down _SrAina . —On Saturday , an inquest was held before Mr . Payne , at the Crown , Bow-lane , on the body of Aun Rachel Winter , _nsi-d forty-five . The deceased was employed on Friday last , at No . 9 . _Basing-lane . and , while carrying a basket of clothes down the kitchen stairs , she slipped and fell to the bottom . Surgical _assistance was immediately obtained , _butshe died in two hours _. Verdict , "Accidental death . " Fire at a Plwoforte Maker's . — On Saturday evening , at eight o ' clock , a fire broke out on the premises of Mr . ' Bridgeway , of Noel-street , Soho . It originated in the workshop on the first floor , and speedily communicated with the rest ofthe building . The firemen were quickly in attendance , who went to work so effectually that at half-past nine the fire was extinguished . The damage done is not yet known . The same premises were destroyed by fire about eighteen months ago , when they were used as a coach factory .
A Government Seizure . —On Saturday morning , a notice was posted at the Excise Office , Broadstreet _, that a sale would take place at twelve o ' clock of " about five dozen eggs" which had been seized and condemned as connected with some illicit works . _Eg 2 s are now sold at twenty a shilling . What they fetched at the sale is not exactly known , as it was oyer before many could get in to bid for the "lot . " Fairlof Fair!—On Saturday , at a meeting of tho magistrates for the hundred of Beacontree , held at the _Aniifil Inn , Ilford , instructions were issued to thc police to prevent the _holdinp of Fairlop Fair , on Sunday in July , and legtricting it two days , viz ., tho
first Friday and the Saturday following . ScARcirr of _Hatmakess . —The Police in a New Character . —During the past week hay-making in that part of the county of Essex nearest the metropolis has been commenced , but so scarce are labourers to get it in , that at Wanstead , Waltharastowe , Woodford , Ilford , & c , the police constables of the N and K divisions have been turned into ' ¦ haymakers , " during the intervals tliey arc not on duty , making " over time , " and earning 0 s . or 10 s . per week , in addition to their salary . The " mowers " in this part of the country arc receiving from 6 s . to 7 s . per day , and " pitchers" and " rakers" from 4 s . to 5 s . with an allowance of beer .
Fatal Fall fko . m a Hay Rick . — On Saturday afternoon . Mr . W . Payne held an inquest at St . Bartholomew ' s _Hoapital . on tho body of Richard Street , aged fifty , who died in the institution . On Tuesday afternoon , the _deceased was at work on a hay rick in the farm of Mr . Peterson , Dnrnford _Lodjre , Wimbledon , when lie slipped off , and fell a depth of about twenty feet . He was taken up , and was unable to walk , having lost the entire use of his limb 3 . He was removed the following day to the above institution in a state of complete paralysis of all his limbs , and died there on Thursday night . On a . post mortem examination the vertebra ) ot * his neck were found dislocated , which caused death . The Cholera iN . lNniA . —We regret very much to Uavn Uut the ravages of the cholera have begun to
extend themselves over to this island , lesteraay two of the wounded men who escaped from tbe battles of Moodkce and Ferozeshah , and who lately arrived at Bombay , and were to sail for England in the ship Herefordshire on Tuesday next , fell victims after a _fotv hours' illness . Murder by Two Boys at Manchester . — Two hoys , named James Seddon and Joseph Dean , were yesterday , committed at Manchester on suspicion of having deliberately murdered a boy named _GcOl'go Wriiy , thirteen years of age . The prisoner Seddon is seventeen years old , and Dean fourteen . Both seem to have led a sort of vagabond life . Cholera in tub Caucasus . —It is stated iu a letter from Constantinople that tlie cholera bad broken out in the Russian army in the Caucasus .
Insanity in France , — Some statistical information on the great increase of insanity in France has just been given by thc Minister of Commerce , from which it appears that thc number of insane , taking the annual mean of seven years , from 1835 to 1841 , aninuncd to 18 , 350 ; this number includes all those confined in public and private establishments . Tbe ad-Missions amounted to 3 , 647 in 1835 , and in 1841 reached 5 , 841 ; in the same period of time the number of insane , which in 1 S 35 was 14 .. 48 G , has _inei-ea-eJ to lO _. '/ Sg . It would thus appear that in-Ranity is lire ; tlj 01 S ' le increase . Thk Puoiba . vii Quarantine . —The French government have just published tbe report of the Royal \ cademy of Medicine on this most important subject the conclusions come to by tlie commission ordered to _Invealiaaie ami vupovt on tho question as to its being contagious or non-contagious is , that the plague . is not conlaqious .
A Frightful _Numbbb os Deaths _TRCMi DrOwhixg have _occurcd in various parts of the country during ihe last ten days . Every provincial paper has now ts small tragedy —in some casei the father of a
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family being suddenly cut oiF—in others an only son , and in others , again , one brother seeing another sink before his eyes—and all whilst bathing in the unsafe places now used , for want of accommodation for th © purpose ; ' - Storm at GiuvESEND . -On Saturday , _bright as the _«& <™ . n th ? _TetJ ° P' > I' 3- there was a _heavy . fdl of rain , accompanied with thunder and lightning , in the neighbourhood-or- Northfleet and Gravesend . Towards the middle of the day the rain fell in torrents . Ewobubh to the Sun . ~ There are few points which seem less generally unde rstood , or in _.-re cWrlv
proved , than tne tact that exposure to the sun without exercise suthcient to create free perspiration , will produce illness ; and that the ( same ) exposure to the sun , with stiffieientexercise , roll not produce illness Let any man sleep in the sun , he will wako perspiring and very ill—perhaps he will die . Let tha same man dig in the sun . for the same length of i ' -i _>» and he will pe * _-spire ten times as much and be qu _!* o . v .-ell . The fact is , that not only the direct rays of '(' ¦ ¦( : sun , but the heat of the atmosphere , produce abundance of bile , and powerful exercise alone will cany off that bile _.-rPoputar JBrrors Explained .
Shocking Suicide . —Tun'Lash . —A most melancholy case of suicide occurred between tweh *« .-md one o ' clock on Thursday night , or early on Friday morning aUhe Royal Barrack , Dublin . The- unfortunate victim was a young man named John " Perkins , a private in the . 34 th Regiment , and who , it _aoue ' ars was driven to this desperate act through fear of punishment , he _iiavingdisposert ofsorae of his i _^ _thea . The unfortunate young man placed them uz-de ofa musket in his mouth , and pressing the _trig- i Cr -with his toe , blew out his brains . The _Choltsk * . at Hum ,. —Wc ( Hull Pacht ) ' w / e it in our power tc give the most unqualified em _' vadiotion to a report inserted in the Manchester Guardian of Saturday , to the effect that the Asiatic _r- ' _-o ' _-vra _Iiad broken out in Hull . The statement fell _witV siirprise on all parties here , the public as well as the _prefcf-ion . The town , like most other places _justno-i , is m _>* . ch hotter than unial _, but , meazles and _hoopinc ; _cmishs excepted , to which juvenile " flesh is heir . " is cni »? . ble of affording tho most satisfactory bills of hral'li . _"
The Convict Barber . —From _volurniiMH- _? tetters and papers recently received from Barter , now iu Norfolk Fslaml under sentence for the will _fov-j-c-ries , it appears that he still ardently clings to tbe hope of ultimately establishing his innocence and obtaining emancipati & n . He appears to have used tbe most unremitting _exertions for such objects , and has succeeded in _exciting much sympathy , and of enlist ing In his favour _clergymen , magistrates , military officers , and other persons of rank and influence , " _through whom _investifiK inns have been conducted , and certificates given deo ' _iM-atory of their conviction , of his _innooonoo , the _particulara of wliich bave been transmitted to Sir James Graham , _v-itu a view of obtaining an official _iRve-tigation . The Odufeluhys are , perhaps , the most ! _-. umcto * is and important body enrolled together for mutual assurance in Great . Britain . On the 1 st of January , 1846 , they had 3 . S 34 _lndses in 380 districts , aud tlieir members mimbew . il 259 . 374 .
Ciiarok of iVJui'OER . —A painful case has occurred at Sheffield- Some lightermen quarrelled at the White Horse Inn . at Biggleswade , and a fight between two of them afterwards was the result-. After tho h' _ghi :, a young man of tho name of Gray , one of the combatants , was leaving , when his adversary gave him a kick in the abdomen , and caused instant death . After killing him the fellow was about to throw the body into the locks , but was prevented . Air Gums . —It is a . curious fact , that although _, the air-pump is a modern invention , yet tho air-gun , which is so nearly allied to it in the construction of "
its valve and condescending syringe , should have _exis ' efl long antecedent to it ; for it is recorded that an air-gun was ni _.-. ilc for Henry the Fourth , by Martin of Liseau , in Normandy , as early as 1408 , and another was preserved in the armoury at Sobivietna , bearing the date or 1474 The air-mm of the present day is . however , very different from that _ivliich was formerly made , and whicb discharged bnt tme bullet after along and tedious process of condensation , while it now discharges five or six without any visible variation of force , and will act" upon a dozen , though with less _" ( feet . —Mechanics' _Magazine .
A Burns _Yrstivad is New South Walks . —The Port Phillip Ihrald of 27 th January last , contains a long account ol a festival in memory of "the Ayrshire bard , held on tbe _pre- ions evening in tiie Queen ' s Theatre , Port Philip , which was specially firiedup for the occasion . About 300 sat down " to dinner , nhile the dress circle of tho theatre wns filled with Indies . Music nnd speeches filled up tho evening , and the festivities were prolonged to a Jatc hour . It is interesting to find the name of the Scottish prefc thus honoured in thc most distant quarters of the globe .
Suppostn Death from a Sun-stroke . —On Mon . day . Mr . G . J . Mills , deputy-coroner for Middlesex . held _^ an inquest .-4 the Old Ship , Hammersmith , o , the body of John Lassie , aced 41 voar . c . who wa found rlo _"' ' « .-. v « nouy , -un _" i ' ifl K , iver"ina ' me *? _, on * ie afternoon of Saturday "last . The _deceased , while in a boat by J _« _Tuse ! f . was struck , according to the medical testimony , by a stroke of apoplexy , and a verdict accordingly was returned . Fatal _Efitcts op the Hot Weather . —A man of the name of John Lewis , who was mV . vi » . c' in % field on the farm of Pantyrathro , near LJanstapan , " on Thursday died from the effects of th ** intense heat . He had been mowing in company with some others , _tiuriutr the greater part of the day , and hia scythe being a very bad one , he was _obliged to exert himself to keep np with his companions , till at- length the heat- overcame him , and he faintci , * a little water was given bim and beseemed to revive , but shortly _aftei' ho fainted again , and died almost immediately .
The Mile . —T ticre is a great difference in tho number of yards in a mile , in different , pwntr ' eg The following tabic will he useful : —England , or America , 1 , 7 _^ 0 vards ; Russia , 1 , 109 ; Iuiiv . 1 , 470 ' Scotland and Ireland , 2 , 200 ; Poland , 4 . 400 * Spain , 5 . 026 ; _Germany , 4 . S 66 Sweden and Denmark , 7 . 223 ; IJii _»^ _r- . > _- & S 00 . Thunder Storm at Birmingham , Monday Evening . —Between six nnd seven o ' clock this evening , the town was visited with a heavy _thunderstorm . The rain descended in such torrents tbat many _c-llavs in the lower part of Ihc town were flooded ; t' _> -, i * li g htning , too , was of that peculiarly forked and dangerous kind from which so many casualties proceed , but at present we have heard of no accidents . resulting therefrom . The storm after raging for a ! -. _*> ufc an hour , passed over into Staffordshire and the mineral districts .
Storm op Thukder and Lightning in tuf _. Metropolis- —Between eleven and twelve o ' _cloc ! : on Monday night the metropolis was visited bv a pretty smart thunder-storm , which lasted for about an hour . In tho early par- ; of the evening the _atmosphere was heated to the _iiiost suffocating degree , and full _\ _varning ofthe _comlug storm was given towards thc close of the evening , by tlm brilliant _corrnscatior-s of sheet lightning which continued to illumiunte t !; o horizon for two lioui' 3 . Shortly after eleven o ' clock it . became more vivid and intense , and rapidly assumed the character of a decided , thunder-storm . For half an hour the lightning was exceedingly vivid , accompanied by loud peals of Sh under . The storm was _attended with a very heavy fall of rain , wliich though but ol * short duration , produced the most grateful coolness . A few more hours' rain would tend much to the comfort of the hapless mortals doomed to the _JVfeti"ipph ' s , for our climate for tho last week or two has bi ' _-. m worse Iban tropical .
_Dreadful'fjrJNKi'a Storm . —This town was visited last Thursday night with a most terrific thunderstorm , whicli continued for several liours . The lightning was awfully _ui'aud ; vain fell in torrnifs for the space of au hour , which has done mueh good to tlio crops ; but _tkeiVuit trees , which had been partially injured by _previous lightning , . have been , comtdetely blighted , Wc have not heard of any injury to ' life or property . —Ballyshmnon Herald . Tire _' _NoTcuiiOua _Josuru Adv . — At the Central Criminal Court on Monday , Joseph Ady . the quaker _, whose name has fceon so often before the public , was placed is tho dock on a charge of obtaining money from Mr . William tlormsby , under false pretences . Mr . _Ballantino , for the prisoner , submitted that there was no ease _!>'<;* inst his client , ns atthe bottom of each receipt _tiV'V . o were words to tho eftect that ii" no
benefit was -. _Vi-iv . ' _-d from the information winch ho gave io thu _{• nriies Any was in communication with , be would _rntuni the money which he had received . Thc prosecutor in this instance had not applied for the money back again , and that being the case , the charge couUl not be sustained against his client . The Common Serjeant told the jury to return a verdict of ' * Not Guilty , " at the same time observing that no case of tbis kind could be made out against the prisoner , until ths parties who had paid the money , not deriving any _k-n _' _.-fit from the communication applied for its return and were refused by the prisoner . The prisoner , _aftor being discharged , came back and applied for nn order foi the money whieh the officer found iu hi * possession . The Common _Seijcnntsaid , in such casus it was the custom to give the money , to the amount lost , to the prosecutor .
Sale of tue St . James ' s Club House . —On Tuesday the St . James ' s Club House , better known & 3 Ciockford ' s , v . _-assold by auction by _Mc-ssiv-. Christie and Manson , by order ofthe executors of Mr . Crock * ford , for the sum of £ 2 , 900 . It was held on a , lease , of which 32 years were unexpired , subject , to a yearly rent of £ l , i 00 . It was said at the sale that the decorations al » nc of the building cost thu late proprietor £ W 4 , 000 . Lobd Fn . \ _xcis JSoebtox is , we understand , to ba elevated to th * peevagti by tllO title fli * l . _Oi'll Eile _8-mere . _ Sir James Graham , wo hear from good authority , will be immediately _elevated to the peerage by the title of Lord Preston . The Ney >* _Ohm-mss Pavers nearly all r _^ _-ilogize for a _llack of matter , saying ihat their _jainfODi ha ? 8 taken their " shooting- sticks " and gor . c to Mexico .
" Helena _Acousta Victoria" arc to bo the names of the infan t Princess . Amongst the sponsors is the DucIhbs of _Orhuuw , tho only _protestant member of the French royal family .
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