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! 2 s . 9 d ., 4 s . « d ., and 11 s . each box ; or , post free , 3 s ., 5 s ., and 12 s . COPAIBA AND OUBEBS ENTIRELY SUPERSEDED . WRATS BALSAMIC PILLS , a certain , safe , and the most speedy remedy ever discovered for the permanent and effectual cure of strictures , seminal weakness , pains in the loins , affections of the kidneys , gravel , rheu . matism , lumbago , gonorrlicua , gleets , local debility , irritation of the bladder or urethra , and other diseases of tto urinary passages . The unprecedented success that ha ; attended the administration of these pills , since they wtn made public , has acquired for them a sale more extensive than any other proprietary medicine extant , and the circumstance of their entirely obviating the necessity of having recourse to those disgusting , nauseous , and in many cases highly injurious medicines ( as copaiba , cubebs , &c ) , has obtained for them a reputation unequalled in the annals of medicine . Prior to being advertised , tliese pills were employed in private practice in upwards of 1 , SM cases , many of them most inveterate—in many thousand cases since , and in no one instance known to fail , oft 0 produce those unpleasant symptoms so often experienced while taking copaiba , and that class of medicines usually resorted to in these complaints . The proprietor p ledges himself that not one particle of copaiba , either resin of balsam , cubebs , or any deleterious ingredient , enters their composition . Copaiba and cubebs have long been til most commonly employed medicines in the above complaints ; but , from the uncertainty in their effects , together with their utter inefficacy in many cases , ' are fast declining in reputation ; and , from . th * unpleasant symptoms invariably produced from taking copaiba , especially in thl early stage of tlie complaint , many of the mo 3 t aW » modern practitioners condemn it as dangerous , and a medicine not to be depended npon . Many persons , aft *' having suffered more from the effects of the remedy than the virulence of the disease , and , after a patient but pate * fur perseverance , have been compelled to relinquish i » use , the whole system having become more or less affected , and the disease as bad , if not worse , than at Hie commencement . As regards cubebs , it ; true that ftiosa violent effects are not experienced as w # Ho taking copaibti but they seldom effect a cure , unless »»» i - e activs mefr cines are administered . The Balsamic Pills are free from any of the above objections ; they act specifically on the urinary passages and , from their tonic properties , tend to strengthen tin system and improve the general health . They requitf neither confinement nor alteration of diet ( except abstinence from stimulants , where considerable inflamraatio " exists ) , and , at experience has amply proved , they wilt effect a cure sooner than copaiba ( the dangerous result ' of which , in the inflammatory stages , are too well known to need comment ) , or any other medicine in present use . and may be justly considered the only safe and cfficwioiu remedy in all stages of those disorders . In addition " these advantages , tl \ e very convenient form in which this invaluable preparation is offered to tht public , must als > a desideratum . Prepared only by M . O . Wray , and sold , wholesale « d retail , at 118 , Holborn-hill ; and at the West-eni Depot 314 , Strand , London . May also be had of all respect ** medicine venders in town and country . Patients in the remotest parts of the country can In treated successfull y , on describing minutely tbeir ca «< and inclosing a remittance for medicine , which can be fW warded to any part of the w « rld , securely p * cked , tf " carefully protected from observation .
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310 USE OF LOKDS , Mo . ndat , Jcse 23 . Their i . T « : s ! ii |< 3 met at five o'clock . Tht- K 12 I 1 : Hon . W . Neviu . took the oaths ana Ins scat as thi- K . irJ «> f Abasaramjr , on the demise of his brorfciT , ^ jielaM- '** " * - 5 riu > M-jnjnis of Xobmasbt moved , that the name o ) t 6 e Bklf . 'i' « f . London be struck off the protest entered on the joura ; . !* of thekoui-e against tlie third reading of the 3 tayi . "' .. ra J ? ill , as he had not been present on the occasion—x proposition to which the right rev . prelate immttfiaUiH- acceded . The aim ndtil Small Pcbts Bill was tlien read a . second time , aij-l : iie standing orders having been suspended in is fai " : ; r . passed through committee .
Tfc « - Earl of Jlirox moved tlie second reading of the Scot < ;¦ ¦ " : i » ikin- Bill , and briefly explained tlie nature of the m ..- '¦ : "• - , which , in his oidnion , would be of great ad-XVfc-Z' - '• ' '"c general hanking operations of the empire , Ijcchj- -1 ' would bring about an assimilation between the ^ yst « r . s j-:: rsued in different parts of the country . Ti- > - Fr . ' . r \ of IUdnois considered the measure a most « jm « .- > -. ! 37 . interference with the Scotch system . In Huaiu . ~ ui :-i-d the old maxim "let wtll alone , " might be « ery t ; T- < .- implied ; besides , tlie bill would ovate a monopoly , .-o : nhich reason lie would move as an amendment thai -= Uv J . ili be read sigiiin that day sis months . -At » 5 rr ii i * -w words from Lords Kiunaird and Dalbousie , fhfi L'Jl tva . < read a £ tcoii < l time . Stiit r ^ l other bills were then forwarded a stage , and fheir >< jrdshii ! S adjourned . TCE 5 IUT , JCXE 24 .
A 5 i .- uas opposition was made to the third reading of the Gi 3 vrd and liugby Kailwav , but it was eventually carlied i . v u n : aj'irity olio . ' to So . 3 Sr . iii . i t moved the following resolution— " That the COurf :- pursued by Great Kritaiu since 1 SU , for the supjBf = s :-. s , ••} " tlie slave trade , has been attended with large expt ! . . iUat all the exertions of this country had heen prouiK-JH . of much greater mischiefs to tlie natives of Afriv-i tii ; m they wsre before exposed to , and that tlie pro ^ r t-. 'iiroe would be to cease all further interfercner , soil withdraw our cruisers from the coast of that quarter of ti :-. ' 2 K . L 0 .
£ L ~ •' .. Cocebubn thought such a course would be * er » anaise at the very moment when the first chance Jjresoaircd itself of effectually crushing this odious traffic . Xtilii HowieK asreitl i" most of the observations of Mr . Him . Nut thought he would act with discretion in not pBK * i ? his motion to a division . If thay withdrew all xoh-rftrrence with the trade , the authorities of Cuba would fheni ^ -bff be compelled in self-defence to check the feafV . They were , in fact , already terrified in Cuba lest ; oo mauy slaves should be importe I . Still , as the treaty niih France had been concluded , he saw no imme < 3 i : iie use iu prcssiug the resolution before the JlOt" *! . Sir U . Peel admitted that the efforts of this country Itad iv . l been hitherto successful in abolishing the slave trade , : ti : d that it still existed with much of its usual
aoitws . He liad no doubt , however , that if this country were to viludnuv its cruisers and to relax its efforts , they moxti'l have a renewal of all tlie horrors which enabled Mr . v yuiioifore to rouse the feeling of the country to the snccnKfui exertion which was made for the extinction of slavery in our colonies . He was of opinion thatit would "be Ei * st unwise of us to withdraw from the convention jnst c-mriuded with France for watching the coast of Africa , n :. » re particularly as at tlie present time America and i'onuxal were , as well as France , cordially acting with as to attain the great object in which thiscounby Jjad : uv . ; iys felt so deep an interest . Alter j-uuie observations from Sir C . Xapier , *!¦ U * . Member moved that the house be counted , and «> ii !_ v -J 3 members being present , an adjounnent necasrsiir took place .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Fnmur , Juxe 20 . Aiicr ; i lengthy discussion on Railway matters , tlie Ioumt » v «; ut into committee on the Customs Act , 3 ud Air . K . Beixeb moved tlie repeal of the duty on falW . Ts « CuAscEiion of the Exchequer opposed the motkm , ns the whole disposable surplus revenue at the ui'iiiiiaiid of the Government had been already applied to the reduction of the import duties oil various articles of general consumption .
U ' ti-i- si . me discu ^ iou the motion was withdrawn , the resolutions were agreed to , and the house jssutned . On tlio motion for going into committee of supply , J \ v . Williams rose to call the attention of tile ipu sf ; w the conduct of Mr . Twyford , the police mapstKite , in refusing bail for Mr . Meyer , who was recently miumittcd at Bow-street for . in assault on his fna&cr-iii-law for seducing his only daughter . The JttHi . u ' . cinber went on to say that the instance to whit ii iii : had called the attention of the heuse was by i .-fj means a solitary instance of misconduct
Jjcan-dy a week passed but that something occurred to WiiKf the conduct of magistrates in question , and this \ v-. t ^ jiiainl y attributable to tkclaxity with , wludi lnstait ( -i ! s of misbehaviour were dealtVitli . The Ion . member , after some further observations , conelo < i .-J J . y moving for a copy of the correspondence fcei ^ wn the Secretary of State for the llomc Deparinu-iii and Mr . Twyford , the police magistrate , in rc'fi-n-nee to his commitment of Mr . Meyer , an jnta ljii ; i : ; t of St . Maiylebone , to Newgate , for an assault , under circumstances oF gjross provocation , afW his refusal to accept bail for him , although ten-Aen-A to any amount .
S . v -1 . Graham repeated his former explanation , awl refused to piXHluce the correspondence , and the SHttJfth was then negatived without a division . A ff «• # « ine further discussion , the house went into eorjj . v . iitcc j > To forma , and immediately afterwards ady « unu-d .
^ OUSE OF COMMOKSj Moxdat , Juse 23 . T > m Iiuuse met at four o ' clock . IKE IB 1 SH COLLEGES Btli . In-jiLving that the Speakee leave the cliair , in order ihsx the house might resolve itself into a committee on the Colleges ( Ireland ) Bill , f ir . \ AUEs GttAUia availedlmnsetf of the opportucity loiiiiswtrtlie questions which , had l ) een put to him on thf suijectof this bilL Mr . Yernon Smith had asked for tviiosc benefit this bill was intended . Considering the sprrau'ii useful education among the humbler classes of ihi p . t-ple of Ireland , as evinced by the facts that 500 , 000 ebii . J :-, n were now obtaining an excellent education in the pn ' -iic aud private schools of that country , and considering a »« the ample ' provision made for the education of tbc children of the higher classes in the University of Dui-5 hi . be had no hesitation in replying that these uew
e » : «; es were intended for the benefit of the large class of cbiidren belonging to tke middle classes . The education given at than would be such as would be eminently useful to lue uianufacturiug , commercial , and trading classes in Iivi-iud , and also to the sous of the gentry in tlie different coctities of that country . Lord J . Russellliad also asked Bin ; a question as to the appropriation of the monej- to be toi ' -d to Uiese colics , WitU regard to the capital sum of &n , m for their erection , lie di'l not expect that Lord J . Ku ^ ill wished him to cuter into any details ; but , with regard ; o the appropriation of £ 7000 a year to each of these «>} . ' ij ; es , lie would tell the noWe lord tliat in each of them he proposed " to place' a president and vice-president , aao to make £ 700 a year . the raaiuaum of salary for the . first , and £ 400 a-year for the latter , lie calculated
tqwu placing twelve or fourteen professors in each of these colleges . The salaries of each would not be less thus £ 200 , or more than £ 300 a-year . The librarian * KOulil haye a salary of £ 300 a-ycar , the bursar of £ 100 a-3 « ar ; and the college servants would divide among tfcea £ 300 a-year . In this manner £ 5 , 000 a-jear would ie tLk-pended . Out of the surplus of 2 , 000 a-year which ¦ wocid then remain , the library , astronomical and scientific apjaratus , and at first a large expenditure for indispensable imrposes' must be provided . 3 y the charter of in-« oTi-jration to be granted to these colleges , Government intruded to provide for the annual examination of their « ta « 5 oits . To the first twenty among the students of the fei year it was proposed to gite exhibitions varying from £ K to £ 20 a-year each . The same regulation would
appj to the students of the second year ; and to the first twenty among the students of the third year , exhibitions of £ 30 a-year each would be awarded . In this way from £ lf > IH > to £ 1 , 300 a-year' would be expended in exhibitions . This brought him to the consideration of another question of greatimportance , which had been put to faimby Mr . SheiL Consistently with the principles ot the present bill , Ministers could not propose the administering of any religious test either to the students or to theprofessorsin these new colleges . To that principle they intended steadily to adhere . But when they conseHtedto the exclusion of all . religions tests , Ministers ibooghtthat securities ought to be taken that the profcaors did not in their lectures attempt to sap and walermine the faith of the students . He knew of no
• eenrity that would be efficient for such a purpose except the vesting of the appointment of the professors in the CttKu , whose Ministers would be responsible in Parliament for each appointment . Inthe colleges of Eng-Usd and Scotland , wherever the State endowed , the Crewnhad the appointment to the professorship . He wasnot prepared to relinquish that power in the appoiutmest ofeither the presidents OTlhe vice-presidents of these new colleges . With respect to the first nomination of the pr ofessors , which would give a momentum to these ins titu . Cons , he thought thatit was advisable that the Crown afcooldhavethepowerofsnaking it . Btttbewasnotnawill ingtoraeettheobjectionsoftheDissenfers from
theEsta-Ifebed Church on this subject Kit should , meet the pleameof tiie house , he' was not unwilling-to insert a clause in ttebfll that after Ue year 1848 it should be open to Far Esaient to consider iu what way the future professors *« old be appointed . He thought that this measure - T *^ ** Mcomplete if these colleges were not hereafter « w » rporate 4 into one university : Such an incorporation *** aecessuy supplement to it Leaving the arrange-» e * t « f aanairersity under the eontroul of Parliament f » aonsht , thatafterannnirersitywasfounded , itought » te feft to the governing body of It after examination wierwise , to recommend to the Crown the professors lfia ^ ^ tleaViDgaTet 0 "Ponaxan « the Crown . « ae . a menameats ^^^ ^ proposcdaud piiated
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1 for the purpose of giving a more effectual moral eontroul over the students , considerable Alterations had been nade of the original draught of the bill , for the purpose of meeting the wishes of the house . Where students resided with their parents or guardians , no further contrtul could be provided . But if they did not reside with their parents or guardians , then , as those parties WOUld be at a distance , it was necessary that some precautions should be taken . An annual license would therefore be required for all persons who took boarders . With respect to the foundation of ivaUs , every encouragement would be given to it . A loan of money would be made by the Board of Works in aid of their erection . He had also been asked who were to be the visitors of those halls . On
—————————¦———^—»^——^—that point he could not pledge either the present or the future Government , considering how much the success of the present scheme depended upon it ; but it appeared to him that the heads of the religious establishments in those quarters ought to have the power of visiting them , ne had now answered all the questions wfcich had been put to him by Mr . Sheil except one ; and that wa , " Were the Government prepared to appoint a Roman Catholic chaplain , to be paid by the State , to officiate in these halls I" Having given their best consideration to this question , Ministers were of opinion that any such arrangement would be adverse to the principle of the bill , and they could not consent to make any concession upon that point .
Lord M . vnoN then rose to move his amendment , that " it is tlie opinion of this house that in the establishment of colleges in Ireland provision should be made for the religious instruction of the pupils by means of lecture fees , till such time as private benefactions for that object may have taken effect . " That amendment asserted a principle , without which no system of education could be valuable—namely , the necessity of combining religious with secular instruction . He was justified in bringing it forward , not only by thclath clause of thelnll , butalso by the amendment on it contained in clause C . What security could be given that the lienefactions contemplated in those clauses would be made at all , or would be made within any definite period of time ? This species of education , therefore , was made contingent on private charity . But even if it were certain that this contingency would be at once supplied , he should object to establishing such a precedent as was contemplated in this bill . It took away all parental care from the pupils , and did not substitute
for it any academic rule . He showed that the importance of joining a religious wilh a state education had been inculcated as a principle by Pascal and Fenclon , as well as by Hooker and Wesley , and contended that there was nothing in the condition of Ireland to forbid the application of that principle to that country . In order to carry it eut , he proposed that there should be in each of these new colleges professors of . theology—one for the students of the Established Church , another for those of tlie lloman Catholic religion ; and in the province of Ulster a professor for the Presbyterian pupils . These professors should not be named by any act of the Crown . The professor for the Established Church should be appointed by the bishops of that Church ; the professor for the Roman Catholic students by the Roman Catholic bishops ; and the Presbyterian professor by the Synod of Ulster . The freest choice should be permitted to the students as to which of these professors they would attend ; but the college should demand from them a certificate of their attendance on the lectures of one of these
professors as a necessary conditionto their taking of a degree , or even to their continuance in the institution . A power of giving special exemption from such instruction should be lodged in the board of visitors , and that exemption should be granted to every class of separatists who asked for it . The noble lord then entered into the minor details of his scheme , of which the most material was that he would leave the amount of the lecture fees under these theological professors to be fixed by the board of visitors of each college . Mr . Wtse seconded the amendment ; but in doing so expressed the iusupcrable objections which he entertained against placing theological professors in these colleges . He then proceeded at some length to defend himself from a charge preferred against him in Conciliation-hall by Mr . J . O'Connell , of being an anythingarian , and not a Roman Catholic .
Mr . Jons O'Coskeil would not say anything on this bill at present , as he hoped that Sir J . Graham would allow Hie house twenty-four hours to consider the propriety of the amendments which he had just proposed . Adverting to the observations of Mr . AVyse , he said that he had not charged that lion , member with not being a Roman Catholic—lie had only said that he was in a state very closely allied to not being a Roman Catholic . If Mr . Wyse differed from the Roman Catholic Bishops ou this subject his sole appeal was to Rome ; and yet he brought his differences from his Bishops prominently forward in the House of Commons , and thus placed himself in practical rebellion to his religious pastors . Mr . Wyse Imd talked of his ( Mr . J . O'ConuelFs ) intolerance ; " but the measure which Mr . Wyse supported was a measure of gross intolerance . It outraged the conscience of every Roman Catholic in Ireland , and so far from diminishing the cry of Repeal , would create an irritation and opposition more formidable than any which the British Government had experienced for the last twenty years .
Sir J . Gbauam observed , that this was neither the time nor the place to discuss the extent of the authority which a conscientious Roman Catholic owed to his Bishop . It must have been painful to the house to hear that part of Mr . J . O'Connell ' s speech in which he declared that Mr . Wyse , iu his supreme legislative capacity as a member of that htwse , -was not at liberty to exercise his judgment iudcpendcntly when it was opposed to that of his Bishops . He expressed only what was due to Mr . Wyse when he declared , that he had never been guilty of any deception towards his constituents . His orthodoxy as a Roman Catholic must be known to them , as lie had lived nearly all his life among them , and he had invariably declared that he was friendly to British connection . He should despair of the future condition of Ireland if he could believe that Mr . Wyse had forfeited the respect of his
constituents by the plain avowal of his sentiments . He then proceeded to complain that Lord Mahon , in bringing forward this amendment , had violated the spirit , while he had adhered to the letter , of the rules of the House of Commons . It was not competent for any member to move that proposition as an instruction to a committee , which , without an instruction , it was not competent for a committee itself to make , The motion of lord Mahon was in spirit an instruction to the committee on this bill ; and the departure of the noble lord from the usual course of proposing it nominally as such had placed the house at present in a position of some difficulty . Lord Mahon had sketched out a faint outline of a scheme which he deemed important but of which he ( Sir J . Graham } knew nothing till he came down to the house . If Lord Mahon had moved his scheme , as he ought
to have done , in distinct clauses , he ( Sir James Graham ) should have known his plan , and could have deliberated upon it . At present on the best judgment which he could form on the scope and tendency of it he could not give it his support After pointing out the difference which existed between the mover and seconder of this amendment on the subject of theological professorships , he asked Lord Mahon whether the attendance at their lectures was to be voluntary or compulsory . If it were to be voluntary , then LordMahon ' s amendment was superfluous ; if it were to be compulsory , it was at variance with the principle of the bill itself . He then entered into a detailed criticism of Lord Mahon ' s
plan , and a lengthened defence of his own ; and after an tluborate defence of the national system of education , of which tlie success was now almost incredible , declared that in the present amended shape of the bill every security which the circumstances of Ireland permitted was afforded for providing religious education out of the walls of these colleges to those students whose parents and guardians were at too great a distance to exercise any control over them . He considered it to be highly inexpedient to adopt the resolution of Lord Mahon—which , though it was clear in some points , left many which were far more important in great ambiguity—which was at variance with the principle of the Government Bill—and which , if carried , must inevitably lead to its defect .
Lord Mjuio . n defended himself from the charge of having violated the rules of the house in bring forward his amendments its present shape , by referring to the amendment which General Gascoigne had moved upon going into commmittee on the Reform Bill . After a few words from Lord Clive , who supported the amendment of Lord Mahon , - .- ¦ Mr . M . Milkes declared his intention of opposing the amendment of his noble friend , and of supporting the bill proposed by her Majesty ' s Government . He showed that th « Government of France—a Roman Catholic countrycould not intrust the Roman Catholic hierarchy and clergy with the duty of educating its subjects ; and declared that it was painful to him to find that the Roman Catholic hierarchy and clergy of Ireland , in now coming forward to oppose this liberal grant lor education coming from a liberal Government were doing all in their power to justify the French Government in the position wMch it had taken with respect to the Roman Catholic clergy of that country .
Mr . B . Escott defended this bill as a bill for the better advancement of learning among all classes of her Majesty ' s subjects in Ireland . He denied that it was a gigantic scheme of godless education . He believed it to be a religious bill . He called upon Mr . O'Conuell to rise superior to his prejudices , and to join the Government in supporting this measure . Why should he not teach the people of Ireland to refrain from agitatingfurfher a questiou of which the success was hopeless , and why should he not aid the Government to carry out a bill which was absolutely necessary for the future improvement of his country ? His career must in the course of nature be drawing to its close ; and he ( Mr . B . Escott ) called upon him ( Mr . O'Connell ) to crown all the victories which he bad gained over former Administrations , by gaining a victory over himself .
Mr . CoLQtHonu observed , that though be could not vote for the amendment of Lord Mahon , and must support the measure as proposed by her Majesty ' s Govern , ment , yet he should consider himself as pronouncing a most ludicrous satire upon the bill , if he were to call it . as Mr . B . Escott had called it a religious bill . Even tne Government had not-vindicated it as a perfect plan ; and as no improvement on it had been proposed , he had no other option but to accept it . The best course was to adhere to the plan of Miuisters , and to give to the people of Ireland tlie best secular education which could be provided for them .
Sir R . PXEL reminded the house that the question be . fore it was whether they should adopt or reject the system proposed by Lord Mahon . It was quite true that ho did not vindicate the Government measure as a perfect plan . He admitted that it would have bceu a better measure hud it had religion for its basis ; but that was ren .
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dered impracticable by , the . peculiar circumstances oi Ireland . Looking , however , at the necessity for extending education there , and thinking it better to have a mixed than an exclusive system of education in that country , Government had introduced its present plan , not us the best that could be devised , but as that which was the most pi acticahle . He then contrasted the merits of the Government plan with those of that proposed by Lord Mahon , and showed that the former paid more homage to the principle of religion than the latter , which discouraged benefactions for the endowment of theological professorships by proposing to support them by enforcing a fixed fee from every pupil who attended their lectures . At the cost of the State the Government supplied buildings for these new colleges , salaries for the professors , premiums for the more distinguished students , and accompanied its proposal with an annual to the
religious of all classes to take upon themselves the duty of providing for the endowment of those professorships by which religion was to be taught . The Government had been accused of not consulting ecclesiastical authorities on this bill . He thought that it had acted wisely in so doing ; for if he might judge from the letter of Archbishop M'llale to himself , and from the letter of a Presbyterian minister to Sir J . Graham , it would have been impossible cither to have complied with their advice , or to have treated their opinions with respect . In alluding to the memorial of the Roman Catholic Bishops , in which they declared that the Roman Catholic ]> u ]> ils could not attend the lectures on anatomy of a Protestant professor without exposing their faiths or morals to imminent danger , he asked whether any intelligent ( Homan Catholic would contend that the faith of any Human Catholic surgeen had been injured by attending the lectures of John Hunter , or would bu by those of Sir P . Crampton ?
Mi- O'Connell objected that the latter gentleman had uttered a gross calumny against the Roman Catholic , religion in accusing the head of the church of having persecuted a celebrated anatomist for an important discovery ; but Sir Rubekt Plel observed , that it was possible that a Protestant philosopher , in speaking of Galileo , might bear hard on the Pope ; and argued that , if that Mr . O'Conuell had stated were true , it was a strong argument in favour of mixed education . He thought tliat the ecclesiastical denunciations which had been directed against this bill would be of no weight . ' He thought that
they would create a reaction productive of a spirit more consistent with the Christian religion . That spirit would lead men to receive secular , instruction from persons of every religious creed , provided they had security that no attempt would be made to undermine their religious faith . He did not despair that the Roman Catholic prelacy of Ireland , when they- felt assured that every opportunity would be afforded them for teaching the tenets of their Church to the students of these colleges without their walls , would yet hail this hill as un inestimable boon , well calculated to lay the foundation of u kinder and better union amoug that youth which must form the future manhood of their country .
Mr . O'Connell repeated the statement which he had made respecting Sir P . Crampton , to whose character and genius he paid a just tribute of applause ; and he then proceeded , by way of episode , to vindicate the Papal Govermneut from the charge of having treated Galileo with extreme severity . On this point he said : — " The light lion , baronet introduced an allusion to Galileo in his speech ( hear ) , and the general idea with respect to this philosopher is , that he was imprisoned for a long time for having maintained and taught the Copernican system of astronomy . Now , Galileo was confined for three days only in the Inquisition . So far , likewise , was he irowv having been cast into gaol for promulgating the Cnpcrnicau doctrines of the heavens , that the Pope , or rather the ruling ecclesiastical authority at Rome , was the
person who enabled Copernicus to publish his discoveries . Galileo was imprisoned for saying and teaching that the fact of the sun , the moon , and the planets having a circular motion could be proved by the Scriptures . He was admonished upon this , and nas told that the Scriptures were not to be referred to for such a purpose ; and he was enjoined not to promulgate such doctrines . He broke through this prohibition , and he was sent to prison , as 1 have stated , for three days , during which he stamped with his foot , and exclaimed , 'Still it moves ! '" Believing that Ministers intended to pursue a concilitatory course towards Ireland , he regretted that they were determined to adhere to this bill in its present shape . He asked Mr . B . Escott what other measure relative to Ireland there was for him to support . The state of Ireland
was at the present moment frightful , and could admit of no delay . Its population , according to the report of the Land Commission , was badly clad , badly fed , badlyhoused , half-starved . That was its condition forty-five years after the passing of the Union . Assassination for agrarian oppression was increasing , and was proceeding ' through the county of Fermanagh into the north . And yet Miuisters were talking of this measure as a boon to Ireland ! He recommended them to feed tlie people of Ireland before they undertook the duty of educating them . The last time he was in the house he asked Ministers what they were going to do for Ireland . He repeated the question now . He asked Mr . B . Escott what ho ( Mr . O'Connell ) could do for Ireland , or whathe could assist Ministers to do for'his unfortunate
country . The bill which had been introduced in the Ilouse of Lords would be of no avail in relieving its destitution , and he therefore called upon the country gentlemen of England to insist that the Irish landlords should do justice to their miserable victims—the ' - Irish tenantry . Reverting to the bill before the house , he insisted that it could not have been productive of any harm if Ministers had consulted the Roman Catholic bishops of Ireland respecting its provisions . The people of England , he knew , would not give their support to such ft-gigantic scheme of godless education , and before it could obtain the support of the people of Ireland it must be made a religious measure . The Presbyterian religion for the Presbyterian—the Roman Catholic religion for the Roman Catholic—the Protestant religion for the
Protestant—lair play and justice to all—that was all he wanted . If Ministers failed in their present scheme , they would make themselves the ridicule of the world ; if they failed in attempting to give a religious education to the people of Ireland , they would at least fail in a majestic underfaking . Ministers ought to have consulted the lloman Catholic bishops , and seen whatprecautions would satisfy them . They had denounced it as dangerous to faith and to morals ; and every sincere Roman Catholic was bound to take their opinion upon such a point . After denouncing the agitation against the Maynooth Bill as a senseless and atrocious cry , which had vanished withoutleaving a trace behind it , like the snow of last winter—and after expressing his gratitude to Ministers for that bill , which had , lie said , been proposed and passed by them in the best spirit , he expressed himself anxious for the success of the
present measure , but declared that it never could succeed without the approbation of the Roman Catholic bishops . He felt bound to vote for the amendment of Lord Mahon , asit contained sentiments in which he cordially coincided . He hoped that if it failed , the committee on the bill would not be pressed that night , as events of great importance might come to their knowledge within a few hours . Sir R . H . Inglis said , that knowing the purpose for which the refutation , such as it was , of the statement of the persecution of Galileo was made , and observing the tone of triumph in which it was announced , as if it were conclusive as to the toleration of the Church of Rome , he hoped he might be allowed to inform the house that the hon . and learned member ( Mr . O'Connell ) was totally in error . He had begun by stating , tliat it was the Pope
who condemned Galileo ( the sovereign reigning at that time , he said ) that enabled Copernicus to publish his observations . In this he must have trusted very much to the lack of memory , not to say of knowledge , of other bos . members , for Copernicus died in 15 * 3 , and Pope Paul V ,, who reigned in the time of Galileo , did not reach the Papal chair till 1605 . ( Laughter and cheers . ) Moreover , Galileo was not sentenced for restiug his doctrine on words of Scripture which did not sustain it , but for holding a doctrine which was snid to be directly contrary to Scripture and to the church . ( Hear , hear . ) It was not worth while to quarrel with the hon . and learned member as to whether Galileo was three years , or three months , or three days , in the prison ; three days would dispose of his argument , and would be quite sufficient to satisfy any individual . ( A laugh . ) Galileo was in prison in 1615 , he believed ; aHd certainly lie was there in 1016 . ( Hear , hear . ) But the real point of the argument was the spirit and temper of the churoh which , as lie ( Sir R .
Inglis ) believed , persecuted Galileo , and which tlie lion , and learned member contended did not persecute any man of science , for the topic was introduced in reference to the encouragement or discouragement of science . Now , did not the hon . and learned member know that when two of the most learned mathematicians of the early part of the last century published Newton ' s PH 11-eipia , they were obliged to state in the way of apology that they could not maintain the doctrine of Newton ' s Prineipia except by maintaining tht doctrine of the motion of the globe . ( Hear , hear . ) It was a deference they felt it necessary to pay to the authority of that great encourager of science —( a laugh ) , and a respect rendered to the decrees which had condemned Galileo . ( Hear , hear . ) The hon . and learned member began by insisting that all others were wrong , and he would set them right ; but , except in a single half-sentence at his conclusion , he had not touched the real question before the house . ( Hear , hear . ) . »
Mr . O'CoifHELt explained , that it was not a Pope who was concerned in the publication of the works of Copernicus ; ho would next day give the hon . baronet the name of the cardinal , for he was only a cardinal then . I jMr . S . Cbawiokd said , he would always be ready to aid his countrymen in obtaining a redress of their grievances , but he must protest against the doctrine he had heard that night . If hon . members were to be called to account by any ecclesiastical body , there was an end of their independence . Was not every hon . member there for his Protestant and Catholic constituents alike ? He
(« r . S . Crawford ) claimed the right of independent acuon , free from the domination of any ecclesiastical authority , Catholicor Protestant . ( Hear , hear . ) Thehon . and learned member had spoken , too , of the " senseless cry against the Maynooth bill . " - Ho ( Mr . S . Crawford ) belonged to a section of that houso' who had opposed it from motives as honourable as those of any gentleman in the house , feeling bound by the voluntary principle to do so ; and the Catholics of Ireland ought to have adhered to that principle , and not have been parties to taking money out of the pockets of the people of England for the promotion of a religion they disapproved . ( Hear !)'
Sir A . B . Brooke , amidst much noise , " protested against what had been said of the state of Fermanagh . There had not been a murder committed there for many years . . I | Icord CtADDE HiHii / roH observed , that Mr . O'Connell
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had- not on this occasion been equal to himself , and attributed the fact to his consciousness that he was doing the bidding of others , whose orders he did not approve . ' He was certain that Mr . O'Connell would not have mentioned the' distressed condition of the population of Ireland , if he had recollected that from that ill-fed , ill-clothed population , the lloman Catholic clergy derived a larger revenue than that winch was paid to any other clergy in the world , and Ihat he himself received an income larger than that which was paid to any other servant of the public . He concluded by stating that lie frit himself bound to support the proposition of her Majesty's Government . Mr . Shaw briefly explained the reasons why he , too , must vote against the amendment of Lord Mahon , and in favour of the motion of her Majesty ' s Ministers .
Mr . Hindlev , in reply to Mr . O'Connell's observations on the senselessness of the clamour raised against the bill for the endowment of Maynooth , read a quotation from a speech of Mr . O'Connell , for the purpose of showing that he had voted against that grant on the ground that he was a supporter of the voluntary principle . The petitions which he had presented from 1 , 500 dirt ' erent public bodies were all founded ou that principle . He , therefore , wished to knjw whether Mr . O'Connell still professed to be a supporter of the voluntary principle ? Mr . O'Connell answered in the affirmative , but said that fifty of the petitions which Mr . Ilindley had presented contained tlie most abominable calumnies against the lloman Catholic religion . The house then divided , when there appeared—Tor the amendment ... ... 49 Against it 189 Majority against it 140
Mr . Wise then postponed his amendment till the report of the committee was brought up . Mr . O'Connell said , that he should have no objection to have the bill committed pro forma , and to have the amendments inserted in it which Sir J . Graham had proposed that evening , provided he wouldpostpene the bringing up of the report till Monday next . To tliis suggestion Sir J . Graham , upon the recommendation of Lord J . Russell , agreed , and the bill was accordingly committed . On the motion of Lord Ashley , the Lunatic Asylum and Paupers Lunatic Bill was read u second time and ordered to bo committed on Monday next . On Lord Lincoln's motion that tho house resolve itself into a committee on the Commons Enclosure ( allowances , &c . ) Bill , the house was counted out . Tuesday , June 24 . Their Lordships met at five o ' clock .
After a conversation as to the duty of Noble Lords to attend committees , brought on by the aliscnce of Lord Gardner from tho Glasgow Bridge Committee , The Earl of Aberdeen , in answer to a question from the Marquis of Breadalbane , defended the conduct of the Government with regard to the case of Dr . Kallcy , of Madeira , and declared that the treatment which that gentleman and his converts had met with at the hands of tlie Portuguese Government was quite sanctioned by the laws of Portugal . Lord Stanley then moved the second reading of the Irish Tenants' Compensation Bill ,
The Marquis of Londonderry said , that he had in his hand a protest signed by thirty-six Peers , complaining of the measure , as destructive of the rights of property . In his opinion , the bill contained some most objectionable clauses , particularly that providing for the Commissioner at Dublin and his assistants , who were to exercise inquisitorial powers over landlords , find could not fail to excito their utmost jealousy . It would be much better to leave Ireland to herself than to force measures such as this against the landed interest . The noble lord concluded by reading the protest , and expressing his most decided hostility to the bill . Lovtl Stanley did not think that the objections urged against the bill were strong enough to induce him to withdraw it ; the best plan would be to refer it to a select committee without further discussion on the present occasion .
1 ho Earl of Wicklow , in spite of the protest signed by the thirty-six Peers , was convinced that the principle of the bill was just and sound , and considered that many of its suggestions were great improvements on those in the Earl of Duvon ' s report . It might be said , indeed , that it involved a violation of the rights of property , and ho was ready to admit it did , and that it would not be tolerated in England , but the peculiar state of Ireland rendered such a violation indispensably necessary . If the compulsory clauses were struck out , the great object of the measure would be defeated .
• Tho Marquis of Clanbicabde thought the speech of Lord Wicklow-not calculated to induce many of their lordships to support the bill , which involved an entirely novel principle—that of the violation of all the rights of property . The people of Ireland , he believed , wero unanimous against the measure . What was there in the state of Ireland to require , any more than England , a violation of vested rights ? The proper course of legislation was to assimilate , as far as possible , the laws of the two countries ; and , if the union were to be preserved , that policy must be steadily pursued .
Earl Footescoe said he should not do justice to the opinion he had long entertained of tlie defective state of the relations between landlord and tenant in Ireland , if he did riot give his cordial support to the bill . While he admitted that considerable improvements were already in progress , he thought that the measure was necessary to encourage tenants in carrying them out . He certainly considered the compulsory clauses as most essential , and could not support the bill if they were excluded . The Duke of Richmond would support the bill , because of the compensation it afforded to tenants . He only regretted that itcould not be extended toEuglnnd .
Lord Monteaole thought there were insuperable okstaclca against going into committee on the bill . So far was he from thinking the compulsory clauses essential , that he considered them fatal to the success of the measure . This compulsory principle would go far to neutralize all the improvements now going on in Ireland ( which the noble lord here proceeded to specify ) j nor would he ever give his consent to the bill till the Government , acting ou the suggestion of thn Duke of Richmond , applied its principle to the three kingdoms aliUe . The Earl ot'DEVON , without wishing to mistrust every Irish landlord , thought It clear that throughout a great
pai't of Ireland there was no co-operation between landlord and tenant with regard to improvements . The Commission over which hehad presided had been accused atone time of favouring tho landlords , and at another the tenants , but it could not be denied that it had collected a vast amount of unimpeachable testimony , upon which the present bill wns founded , and to that mass of evidence he begged to refer their lordships . The noblo lord then proceeded to defend the compulsory clauses , and urged the house to accede to the avowed principle of the bill at once , and to leave its machinery to be settled in the select committee .
After a few words from Lords Carew , Essex , and Salisbury , ' Lord Rodek said , he thought his tenantry would rather look for justice to him than to any government officer , and he should vote against the measure , because it set up such an officer between landlords and their tenants . The Marquis of Normandy observed , that the Earl of Devon seemed doubtful whether this wero the best measure on the subject that could be proposed ; if so , it should be a question with tho Government whether the bill might not be postponed , and brought forward in a better form next session . Lord Campbell objected to the bill , as interfering with the rights of property .
Lord Stanle y could perfectly understand why the bill should excite such repugnance in the minds of landlords like the Marquis of Londonderry and Earl Roden , but they were the exception and not the rule in Ireland , and that was the reason why the principle , which was fit for Ireland , should not be extended , as had been suggested , to England and Scotland , where the illations of landlord and tenant wero on a totally different footing . The noble lord then proceeded to enter at length into the details of the bill and the objections made against it , and concluded by declaring that the Government would incur a serious responsibility if it abandoned a measure founded on the recommendation of the best men of every political and religious creed . After a few words from Lords Essex and Roden ,
The Marquis of Landsdowne said , that while he entertained a ' strong objection to the bill , as containing the new principle of compulsion , lie felt for the position of the Government , which had excited hopes in Ireland destined to be disappointed . Ho admired the candour with which Lord Stanley had declared his intention of giving up the compulsory clauses rather than abandon the bill . Lord Stanley deuiedthat he had made such a' statement ; what he had said was that he would not pledge those of their Lordships who might vote for the second reading to adopt the clauses iu question , as they might be better discussed in committee , it being understood that the Government would reserve to itself the right of then considering how they would proceed . The Marquis of Lansdowne said , this was an entirely new statement , which the House heard for the first time . As for the bill itself , it contained clauses liable to serious objection , but he agreed in thinking they would be bost discussed in a select committee ;
After a few more words the House divided , when the numbers were—For the second reading 48 Against it 34 Majority __ y The bill was then read a second time , and their Lordships adjourned . Wednesday , Junk 25 . Mr . Cobden moved for the appointment of acommis . sion of inquiry for the purpose of ascertaining whether in all future railway bills , it would not bo advisable to ' establish one uniform gauge , and whether it would not be practicable to take measures to bring the railways already constructed or in progress of construction into uniformity of gauge . ' Sir G . Clerk , on the part of the Board of Trade at once acceded to the motion , which was unanimously agreed to . ' . ' The Solicitor-Genera ! , gave notice that he should move to-morrow that in the case of « Howard ,. Gosset » the defendant should be directed to sue out ' a writ of
error . . . On the motion or Lord Ashmt the Lunatics' Asylum , and the Pauper Lunatics Bill , went through a comraSe profoma » order to enable his lordship to inssrt several amendmensmrt The . report was received forthS and the bill was ordered to be printed ur" »™» . On the motion of Mr . Gseene , the report on the Statute Labour ( Scotland ) Bill ^ ' brought up . KeSl
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^ ^ ^ ^ m HBMi ^ B ^ HiVMHB ^ iKHBiH was afterwards recommitted , and after several amendments were made in it , the report was ordered to be received to-morrow . ¦ " On the motion of Mr . Liddell that the Dog-stealing Bill be committed , ... > ; - . * Mr . l ) . Uu . ndas opposed . the measure on the ground that it was unnecessary , and if necessary , too suvere . It was monstrous to give two justices power to punish a second conviction for dog-stealing with transportation for seven years , especially when that conviction was made without the intervention of a jury . t After a fuw words tc the same effect from Mr . Hen . ley , ¦ ¦
bir J . Graham considered that the penalty of transportation for seven years . for a second conviction for dogstealing was too severe , and therefore recommended Mr . Liddell not to persevere in the clause which imposed it . He pointed out the anomalies in the existing law as sufficient reasons for amending it . An indictment for stealing a dog worth £ 25 would fail , unless a count were added for stealing its collar , which might not be worth more than 7 s . Cd . A man was now undergoing transportation for stealing such . 1 dog , but he had been indicted for stealing its collar , and had beeii convicted of that offence , and no other .
. Mr . Liddell was prepared to take the friendly advice of Sir J . Graham . He did not consider the clause to which objection had been raised to be necessary to the success of liio bill , and lie was , ' therefore , prepared to abandon it . He then explained his reasons for proposing it . . ' . . .. Mr . B . Escott . concurred in the observations of Mr . Dunilas , and was prepared to divide with him , if he should press his objection to this bill to a division . He trusted , that at any rate Mr . Duiulas would take tho sense of the house on this bill upon its third reading . The house then went into committee . Several amendments were made in the bill . ¦ The house then resumed , and tho report was ordered to be brought up on Wednesday next . On the motion of Mr . Maekinnon , the Smoke Prohibition Bill was committed . Several amendments were made , and considerable- discussion took place upon its clauses in committee . ' .
Tho house resumed , and the report was ordered to be b ' rougb ' t up on Friday next . ; 1 Lord John Manners postponed the second reading of the Pious and Charitable Purposes Bill till Wednesday , tho 16 th of July . '• . The Arrestmcni of Wages ( Scotland ) Bill , the Merchant Seamen Bill , the Scientific and Literary Societies Bill , and the Seal-office Abolition ' Bill went through com . mittce . ' Sir H . Pottingei ' s Annuity Bill was read a third time and passed . The Solicitok-Ceneiiai . brought in a bill to amend the law against advertising foreign and other illegal lotteries , and to discontinue certain actions commenced uniler the existing act . The house adjourned at twelve o'clock .
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QUEEN'S BENCH . THE SPA . FIELDS BURIAL GROUKP , ( Before LorJ Denman and a Speeial Jury . J TDE QUEEK , AT THE PROSECUTION OF WILLIAM CHARLES BIRD TOH SMITH FRANCIS GREEN , AND OTHERS . The Solicitor-Genernl appeared as counsel on belialf of the Crown , and J . B . Wakeling , Esq ., of St . Jolm's-f quaro , as solicitor ; Mr . Jarvis , Q C , appeared for the defenuants . The Court was crowded to excess , and the greatest interest was felt in the proceedings . The Spa-fields burialground is situated in the most populous part of tho parish of Clerkenwell , abutting upon Exmouth-street , Cold Bath , square . About four months ago complaints were made to the magistrate at Clerkenwell Police-court by Mr . Watt , a pawnbroker in Exmouth-street , and several most
respeetable tradesmen , that certain horrible and disgusting practices were carried on in the burial-ground . It was stated Hint human bodies were exhumed and burnt , and that the effluvia arising from the putrid flesh was most prejudicial to the health of-the inhabitants . Thereupon Mr . Wakeling , vestry-clerk to Clerkenwell parish , came forward to sustain the complaint of the inhabitants , and determined upon prosecuting the offending parties at his own expense , if tlie parish did not do so . The proceedings at the court appeared in ' the newspapers , and the pnblic mind was much excited by the revolting statements . The matter was brought under the cognisance of the House of Commons , and the Government at length came to the resolution of prosecuting the parties , and suppressing the nuisance . The defendants pleaded not guUty . The Solicitor-General stated that the defendants Imd ngreodto plead guilty to the sixth countof the declaration , which wouldhe
, thought , answer every purpose , inasmuch as the matter would bo referred to the arbitration of a gentleman who would decide in what manner tlie ground should be in futuro conducted . He consented to their pleading guilty on these terms . —Mr . Jarvis , Q . C , said he acquiesced in the couvsc mentioned by the Solicitor-General . After some further discussion , the following decision was agreed upon : —That the defendants should plead guilty to tlie sixth count—that the residue of the indictment should be referred to the decision of Mr . Brannell , who is to direct in what manner tlie buriaU ground is to be in future conducted . Judgment of the Court to be respited for one year , and if the directions of Mr . Brannell ave complied with , no further proceedings to be taken—no costs on either side—no arrest of judgment or writ of error . The costs of arbitration to be paid by tho prosecutors and defendants , eaeli a moiety .
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The Princess ' s TnBATRK . -The manager of this , "the prettiest theatre in London , " deserves well of tho English public for introducing to them Miss Cushman , the Amei-itbo XT' iwnV" ^ best femalc P erf '" ner on Hie siap . Uevoul of rant-possesaini ? little of merp stagctnekery-with a face and voice Calculated toteU agamst her rather than in her favour , she has the rare art nl thS ' f ° n and . fcelinB * such a truthful ma " h « virnt ! audie « c « are "mistibly carried away with W ^ S& * T 'ai 1 he ? W thenthu « astic demonstrations nLov W , \ - f ° Se wh ? ,, , ve see <> her Mr ,. BaUer will ZriK « f ^ £ ? « a « ffl * rance of her Meg ** hZu f Spe 'L y eftaced from tIle mind ' Tt was » w « ™ S f y . the only impersonation of Scott ' s Meg over witnessed . There was the figure ; the features ; the powerful and almost masculine mindwith its fitful abcr
, . xations , but-bent with absorbing interest on the fortunes w . £ . {*« vnn ft"nily-in < ieed it was Meg Mwnlm SLA ? tlat h W ^ tribe iu ™» - < »> wt frightened tho learned lore out of tho head of faithful . Dominc Sampson . ; that baffled the lawyer-cunning of Gilbert Glossin ; that enlisted , by a look , the power of the honest country , bruiser , / tandie DimnoU ; and that cowed , Jhrk Jfatteriok , in spite of all his Dutch devilism . Mr . Compton , as Domine Sanyson , with his exorcism to prevent the _ fancied conjurations of Meg from affectint ; him , was inimitable . Coraptonisone of the best comedians we have on the boards . His humour is not broad and intrusive
, but quiet , rich , telling : you do not see in his delineations the mere buffoon , but an actor with a true conception of his character , and a purpose in his acting . Mr . Walter , as DandU lHnmmit , who fears nothing but witchcraft—who says of Meg that " bo she witch or devil , it s all one to Dandie , " and yet acknowledges that " he felt queer like when she was conjuring , " was really excellcnt . Mr . Allen , as Harry Bertram , sung delightfully , and Miss E . Stanley , as Julia Mannering , with Madlle . Helen Condell , as Lucy Bertram , acquitted themselves well . The characters throughout were well sustained and the whole performance did great credit to the talented company .
The Frasers ; Mdsical and Liteiart Evenings . — It was with feelings of no ordinary satisfaction that we saw it announced that tho Fraser family were about again ^ 'nf ^ f / v ' ^^^ ^^' ^^ rt ^^ n ^^ d recollec tion of the high gratification they had afforded in the provinces , we were glad of the opportunity to mew our SE ;» f * 'fe ~ ffS tho » m « «« &e y ° unSer , and tho bravura songs of y sSy SR .-wsrwajus S MMrtsr&srtSflfi : nnnV , nT « efaT 0 " ? ritcelee > iuwllicU the fentimont of the SJu ^ m 10 ? 1 ^ 1 *^ composer are richly and appro pnately blended together , that the " famUy" appear to full advantage We recommend all within the sphere of ou " ssVAhSr . ym - They wm not regrct dthw
The floiossKDM-This temple of Ingenuity aud pictoml art has lately been much improvedby the addition of the splendid painting of Zondem by Nigiu To rive a desenpuon of this picture , so as to convey an approximate idea to the reader of the sublime scene presented to view is beyond our power ; and we must content ourselves with a bare notice of the sights which may be seen by day and by n . ght . reminding our readers that they must see the reality before they can atall appreciate our descriptionTf 1 . Ihe entrance from Regont ' s Park has untemSebm siderablo improvement , in addition to * " « has been made from Albany . gtreot . TheTone fromXiny ! street is the only one open durhw tha evmrinir «» mm » - ^ On entering ; from" Regent pSSSS *™ ; basement story and enters the Qltptototpa «» u ; of Sculpture , the magnificence ofS ^ Cce sS the eye . Here may be found studies for » li ^ inT ? £ S "
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grave and gay . In the centre of . the room is the eitvnt .., framework enclosing the staircase leading ? £ tt " m ^ rama , and the ascending and descending room ? To & persons inclined to corpulency we would reconmiDudu , staircase , the ascension by it will afford ti . e . " S-, ? exercise ; but to others we would say , cnteMllC ascoiliTi room nnd take the u s . and downs it eolosseum tt . " « fins room is capable of holding twelve liei-sons -nil ' ' raised by means of machinery in connection with -i sto- ,, > engmo . It is beautifully titled up in the KuX ' l " stylo , and is . worth , the attention of the visitor ' leaving the asccHdiiig room the visitor will , with , I any stretch of fancy , imagine himself on to «¦? above the outer dome of St . Paul ' s cathcdrS ¦ * passing round which gallery , tho whole , f s ! Paul ' s ; the bright line of lights from the shops ! ,, ti . » leading thoroughfares , stretching out as far as the i > v ' ,. e trace , contrasted with tho dark masses of buihlinV , !! ' ^ ° 3 iintervals by a sort of ignins fat «« s . '" k „ t uiiu '
men uriguieneu uy tlie imul glare from the balcZ of soinu distant market , renders the whole scene nml ? and pleasing in the extreme . Descending again to ' glyptotheca . thc visitor proceeds by a corridor ljfcn , one by which he entered this museum , which load * t ,, refreshment room , at the north end of which i , , , 1 "" leading to the Swiss Cottage , with Mont Blanc thV ' . T ciers , and tho mountain twvwt . At Uw south end i , r \ i retrosumentroom is the entrance to the cunserr to . , '" the Gothic aviary , the ancient ruins , the promenade . ?! the stalactite caverns ; any one of which will suri ! i 4 . visitor , particularly the caverns-a visit to whir ! , . !¦» amply repay the time spent . A more particular de « CriMi 1 of these must be reserved for a future notice , fhl > i v grown city of London is also presented to vie-iy Tii . » ' tempt a description of this magnificent work of a ' rtwi . nii be futile . Another short staircase leads to a liwhw . 1 ! lory , from which the great picture is seen in another , ^ If ot view : but the view fro ... this point does not rfra ., ' ' iar i
mca or me . urry anu Bustle of the crowded thoroiv tares , tho eye being more directed to the outskirts ui " ? vast congregations of bricks and mortar . Another sti » * case leads out to the top of the Colosseum , from wind , fine view is obtained of Regent ' s Park and thc biiihli „ around . It is hero that the visitor is struck with tin ' , mensity of the scene he ha's just left . The- circuiiiscvikii view , blotted as it is on all sides by smoke , suon ooini ' ri him to return , and gaze unon a great city , on a plain ,. „ circled by hills in the distance , rather than upon a \ nM , from one side of such city , which patch , compare !' wit the picture , seems paltry and almost unworthy of iu , ti ,. ' London bv-Nicht , from the same galleries , also imprest " the visitor with the vastness of the metropolis . Royal Polytechnic Institution . —The perfect ilnin age , not only of the surface , but also of the subsoil is I ,, ™ acknowledged to be one of the primary elements in tin . process of agriculture ; but the immense outlay of t :: iii « at necessary to carry out such an object has proved a great drawback-upon the progressive improvement of our waste lands : consequently large tracts of country , which bv draining might be brought into a state of cultivation w
mam worse than useless ; for not only are they uniinj ductive as i-cgards crops , but arc constantly giyiii" 0 , j poisonous ctlluvia from the stagnant water and dceavi ,, ' vegetable matter which they contain , which must nwe- ° sarily exert considerable influence over the sanatorv eon " dition of the country . These facts , together witli tlie uoi " stunt excitement kept up among agriculturists , seem t , i have acted as powerful stimuli to the inventive "unius f mau ; for in addition to the ingenious contrivance of Mr Ainslie for making draining tiles , pipes , « fcc , hiteW \\ , ' posited at the , Polytechnic Institution , there are " tin uthers-ono by Messrs . Cottam and Ilalem , engineers w the other by Mr . Webster , of Southampton-each ditiorin " from the other in construction , but all bcautifullv sinmi "
anu etieetive . in course we do not presume to s-iv wliirh machine will prove the most useful , hut would ' s * tron « l » recommend an inspection of them to all those whom ™ feel an interest 111 such matters . *
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A Skeleton Found in Scaleby Moss . — A short time ago , a man , named George Hogg , was engaged in " casting" peats in Scaleby Moss , when he found , about eight or nine feet below the surface , the remains of a human body , firmly embedded in the lowest stratum of black peat .- They were wrapped in what appeared to have been the skin of a deer , which was formed like a garment , and had evidently been worn , as the hair was rubbed off it in several places . It was composed of different pieces , united by seams , which had been executed with considerable neatness , and had been repaired in some places , though in a manner inferior to the original workmanship . The whole was hound together by thongs of strong tanned leather . As the person who discovered
the remains supposed them to be those of some animal , unfortunately but little care was taken to preserve them . From the size and appearance of the bones , the writer infers that they must'have been those of an adult , of a slender fovm " , and low stature ; if a conjecture may be hazarded , he thinks it likely that the skeleton is that of a female . From the bones being buried so deep in the ground , and their being wrapped in a skin , which in all probability was the clothing of the age in which the deceased lived , we are forcibly brought to the conclusion that the remains were those of an Ancient Briton , and that their preservation through so many centuries was effected by the well-known preservative properties of peat-moss . —Carlisle Patriot .
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¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ 8 THE NOKTHERN STAR . June 28 184 * ———i—i——¦ ¦ ¦ i i i i ¦ _________________ ' * " - ' 1 O 1 / .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 28, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1321/page/8/
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