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COMING SPRING . ( From flowiM * * Journal . ) In all the yean which have been The spring hath greened the bough—The gladsome , hopeful spring-time !—Keep heart ! it comes even now . The winter time departeth ; The early flower * ezpand ; The blackbird and the tnrtle-doTe Are heard throughout the land . The tadneu of the winter , Which gloomed our hearts , ii gone ; A thousand ligns betoken That spring-time come * anen ! Tis spring time in our bosoms ; All strife asMe we cast ; The storms were for the winter-days , Bat they are gona and past . Before us lies the spring time-Thank God ! the time of mirth—When birds are singing in the 1 , -eet , And flowers gem all the ear- *' , ¦ W hen a thousand but ; has ** upturn The bounteous , fruitful aould , And the heart of every < oet feels More love than it c *« hold . In all the years whfcn hare been . The spring timeireened the bough—The gentle , gracims spring time !—Rejoice!—it < omes even now ! Mmt Howitt .
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A CATHOLIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND . By William Bernard Mac Cabe . Vol . 1 . London : T . E . Jlewby , 72 , Mortimer-street ,
Cavendish-Eqoxre . Weiad hoped , from the title of this work , to hare found it . in the . best sense of the word , a . Catholic jjatjry of England ; It . that the author had produced a jforlf , which , founded on authorities of all sects , parties , and nations , would present acompletehistory of this nation , divested of prejudice and sectarianism . We are disappointed . This work is a Roman Catholic History of England ; one of the evidences oi the restless activity of those ,, who follow the ancient faith , to make their church once more popular and dominant in this country . The author or compiler of this History deserves great credit for the laborious zeal he has brought to the working oat of bis self-allotted task . His labour
must have , even thus far , been enormous . His aim has been to give to the English public a history of their country as written by its ancient historians , the monastic writers , who , for several successive centuries . from the time of Gildas and Beda ( " Venerable Bede" ) supplied the records of their times for tne use of coming generations . These writers the comp iler appears to have diligently studied , and from their own words , produced this connected narrative . Thus eajs Mr Mac Cabe in bia " Introduction : " Thi 3 work will not be the history of the individual whose name appears on the title page , but the history of England as written by the Annalists , Chroniclers , Biographers , and Historians of England , witnesses as they were , for the most part , of the scenes aad transactions they describe . "
Again— " This u an attempt to make the reader acquainted with the writings of Gildas , Nennius , Bede , Asser , Ethelwerd , Florence of Worcester , Eadner , Simeon of Durham , William of Maknsbury , Eddius , Henry of Huntingdon , Roger de Hovenden , John Bromton , William of Newbury , Roger de ¦ ff endoter , Matthew Paris , Nicholas Trivet , Ralph Higden , Goscelin , Sprett , Walsingham , Knighten , Capgrave , &c . " This sufficiently explains the object of the comp iler , and at the first view the object seems to be a laudable one . In his " Introduction" Mr Mac Cabe quotes from Hume , the following meagre notice of events during a portion of the histories of Mercia and Wessex : —
" Ukcul , — Tire place oi Ctolred was supplied by Xtbelbald , great graadnepbeir to Feodal by Alwy his brother ; and this prince being slain in a mutiny , was succeeded by Otta , who was a degree more . remote from Penda , by Eawa , another brother . —Hume ' s . History 0 / England , Vol . I ., chap , i , pp . 48 , 49 . Lond . 1790 . Wzse » x . —In the year 741 , he ( Oswald ) waa sue seeded by his cousin Cudred . The reign of this prince ires distinguished by a great victory , which he obtained by means ofEdeIhun , his general , over Sthklbald , King of Mercia . His death made way for Sigebtrt . "—/ fcW p . 55 . ' . Mr-Mao Cabe contrasts this with the following "lifeXke and Homeric" description of tne same events as recorded by Henry of Huntingdon : —
Cnthred , finding theexactiona of Ethelbald intolerable , and his oppression increasing , determined to master an army , and meet the tyrant in the field , resolved to die a free and independent sovereign , rather than lire as if be were the bondman of another . How like England ' s hatred of oppression and love of fair play . He , had in this battle the support of his Ealdorman EtBulhan , who , from his foe bad bec « me > is steadfast and traity friend . Catred confided to the valour of Ethulan's arm in the conflict , and was guided by his counsel in the disposition of his army . He relied upon both , as capacitating him to withstand the worst efforts of Ethelbald . The latter , as the monarch over tributary Kings , marched to the field of battle with an immense body of forces . He brought against the West Saxons the warriors , not only of Mercia , but also of Kent , of the last Saxons , and of the Angles .
The hostile armies met at Bnrford . As soon as they were arrayed in lines against each other , both at the tame time advanced to the attack , preceded by the standard beareiB of their respective sovereigns . Etheltun , who carried the golden dragon , the ensign of the Sing of Wessex , rushed forward and transfixed the enemies ' standard-bearer . A loud and joyous cry burst from the ranks of Culhrtd , as they crossed their weapons with tbeir foes . An awful clash then followed , and then eame the roar , the tumult , and . xue UlttWlST ; iwmds Of battle , the clatter of swords , the heavy fall oi the instruments of death , the piercing shrieks , and sobbing groans of the wounded , and of men in their last agonies . Havoc spread like fire , and consumed in its rage , the compact masses , as they hurried into the thickest of the horrid
strife . The Mercians and West Saioas seemed to feel that this was a battle , the result of which was to decide the fata of their posterity for erer . At one moment ought be seen troops of soldiers with glittering armour , with crested helmets , with bristling spears , and with banners gay with gold , and radiant brilliant colours ; and in a moment after , the same soldiers might be beheld , covered with blood , their helmets broken , their armour crushed , their spears in splinters , their banners torn , dabbled with blood , or clotted even with the brains of those who had fought in their defence . It was , howerer , around the regal standards in both armies , that the bravest and boldest were to be found ; rank following rank , and doing the work of destruction with tie iword of Amazonian battle-axe . In neither was there entertained a thought of flight ; botfc
fought with the certain expectation of victory ; the Mercians , inflated with the pride of many former conquests—the West Saxons incited by an utter detestation of slavery . In all parts of the terrible field of battle , the Earldorman Ethulhun was to be seen eating his way through entire ranks of his foes , and baring a heap of dead er dying in h ' s track ; for his awful battle-axe fell Eke the tiiunderbolt upon men and armour , striking them dead , and riving the Utter to pieces in the instant . On the other hand , the valiant King Ethelbald rushed amongst the enemy , and slaughtered all who chanced to encounter him : for to his sword the breastplate of his foes were but as a thin garment , and their bones but as yielding flesh . Ethelhun and Ethelbald were as two dreadful fires , which , beginning from opposite quarters , Bl length in their progress of destruction come to unite thdr raging flames with each ether . Ethelbald and
£ tin Him stood face to face ! Both were brave men , — each felt , in regarding the warlike champion who stood Wore him , that he had a terrible opponent . They gnathed their teeth with rage—exchanged ; blows—then collected all their strength , and prepared for a mutual conflict , in whieh at last , each was to be fairly matched With his only fitting combatant . Itwa « at that very moment , that God , who resiitsthe proud , and from whom all strength , courage , and magnanimity come , withdrew iMgracefromEthalbald . Ethelbald ' aspiritwaiabated . He felton the instant , that he had neither Us wonted ££ *? " £ ** t * f ° 8 tOmed ltren K ; h « fled the terj first from fte battle and abandoned hU soldiers to the wrath of the mighty champion he had been himself afraid to encounter . And from thit day forth God never per totted anything to prosper with him—( Huntingdon
Tne above un favourable specimen of Mr Mac wbes compilation , but the writinesof his authorities are so full of silly stories of miracles and other JDonkifih mummeries as to considerably detract from « enr talue . There is no doubt that the miracles of « e Saints" are as worthy of belief as of many Woer things yet believed by many people ; but that 5 ?? 5 ™» idoes n » t make «« the more inclined to gj " * "u » hutory . Sfc Alban drying up audchang-Sf , ™ . «""» of streams ; St Lawrence getting KrJrftSS * and laying the scourging to the «** untof St Peter ; StBirinus walking onthe sea ; ttechaujg that w ouldnot bind St Wilfrid ; the death wl ? ^? 0011 to ^ tfa e wonderful monk , the mend of St Boniface , and a hundred other equally gracious stones , may be found in this Tolume . Then wt 18 ^ J ** historical fact * equally trustjo « ny . 6 uch as King Arthur killimr with his own
Sfa / n * T < * ' Wn * hvmdrtd a « d «' ** of hh 52 ail t ™ d fiery !* F * »* fier * dragons seen quite ^ L Th 1 ffl « el "" tors appear to hare been SbSEH ?• ^ ? our Saxon forefathers ! * e W ^"" P * * ? . thus far , throws leu light thaa ffSiSfft t ^ % T u ^ the "ndittonof tS ^ SA&if * " * «™ -b « barousking « and ««* , ano the ad vances to supreme dominion of the
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priesthood . To this latter circumstance it is easy to see-although apparen tly Mr Mao Cabe does not see it—that the degeneracy of the Saxons may be traced . As they be *» me " priest-led slaves" they lost the original rigour of their race , and became first the prey of tie murderous Danes , and then of the not less savaje ano more powerful Normans . This volunv -, though containing seven hundred and fifty pagrf . only brings English hirtory to the deathof E f-iert thefirst goleking of England . The next volume will open with the tavagesof the Danes , and profewjj extend to the time of the " Conquest . " The work , therefore , promises to be very volumin ou a JL ' er ? m PL eted » ' will be a monument of MSJS !? ? S' ! pat -i ? ° f > t « compiler , which ^• tadent or hirtmy iu ^ & va ' in . a Hough , we fancy , the results will be exactly opposite to those intended by Mr Mac Cabe . .-. _ . __ . _• ¦ •¦•
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The Black Prophet ; A TaU 0 / Irish Famine . By W . tarleton . London : Simms and M'Intyre , 13 , raWrnoster-row . This is the first volume of " The Parlour Library , " a series of works intended to be published at the price of one shilling a volume , each volume to contain about 320 pages , and , with few esoeptions . to include an entire work . Amongst the authors whose works will be embraced in this series we observe the rames of Mary Howitt , Mrs Hall , Miss Mitford , Grattan , Banim , J . B . Frazer , A . Dumas , Ac . This is the meat adventurous project yet started and we earnestly hope that Messrs Simms and M'Intyre will find their reward in the universal patronage of the public . In every respect , save one , the volume before us is admirably got up , the sole exception being the quality of the paper , but for that we may blame the gentry of the Westminster tax-trap . In spite , however , oi this one drawback , the volume is a novel of cheapness , and even that is not its only or its best future .
The best recommendation of this work is that it faithfully pictures the scenes of misery that have been in Ireland—and , alas ! are renewed at this very time ; and , further , it traces Ireland ' s wrongs to their source : unjust social arrangements and wicked class legislation . The . volume is so cheap that it would be unfair to enter into its story at length , or largely encroach upon its contents ; we confine ourselves to the following extracts : — - FoaEsmuss . " As it is at present , proviiioa-dealers « f all kinds , nsealmongers , ferestallers , butchers , bakers , andhuiters , combine together , and sustain « uch a general monopoly in food , ai is at variance with the spirit of all law and humanity , and constitutes a kind of artificial famine in the country ; and surely these circumstances ought not t * be permitted , so long as we have a deliberative legislature , whose duty it u to watch and guard the health and morals of the people . "
LOVE WIHf THE 11 C * . It was with considerable agitation and a palpitating heart , that , en the day following that of Donnel ' s vMt to her father ' s , she approached the Grey Stone , where , in the words of the prophet , she should meet "the young man who was to bring her love , wealth , and happiness , and all that a woman can wish to have with a man . " The agitation she felt , however , was the result ofa depression tbat almost amounted to despair . Her faithful heart WU fixed bnt upon one alone , and ^ s he knew that her meeting with any other could not , as ( ar as she was concerned , realize the golden visions of Donnel Dhu . The
words , however , could not be misunderstood ; the first person she met , on the right hand side of the way , after passing th » Grey Stone , was to be the individual ; and wh « n we consider her implicit belief in Donuel ' t prophecy , contrasted with her own impressions , and the state of mind in which she approached the place , we may form a tolerably accurate notion of what she must have experienced . On arriving within two hundred yards or so of the spot mentioned , she observed in the distance , abcut half-a-mile before her , a gentleman on horseback , approaching her at a rapid speed . Her heart , on perceiving him , literally sank within her , and she felt so weak as to be scarcely able to proceed .
"Oh ! what , " she at leugth aiked herself , " wouldI not give but fer one glance of young Condy Dalton 1 Bat it is not to be . The unfortunate murdber of my uncle has prevented that for ever ; although I can't get myself to b ' lieve that any of theDaltons erer did it ; but maybe thafs because I wish they didn't . The general opinion is , that his father U the man that did it . May the Lord forgive them , whoever they are , that took his life—for it was a black act , to me at an ; rate !" Across the road before her , ran one of those little deep valleys , or large ravines , and into this bad the horseman disappeared at sbe closed the soliloquy . He had not , however , at all slackened his pace , but , on the contrary , evidently increased it , as she could hear by the noise of his horse ' s feet .
At this moment she reached the brow of the ravine , and our readers may form some conception of what she felt when , on looking dowa it , she saw her lover , yonng Dalton , toiling up towards her with feeble aad failing st * ps , whilst pressing after him , from the bottom , came young Henderson , urging his horse with whip and spur . Her heart , which had that moment bounded with delight , now utterly failed her , on perceiving the little chance which the poor young man had of being the first to meet her , and thus fulfil the prophecy . Henderson was gaining on him at a rapid rate , and must In a few minutes have passed him , had not woman ' s wit and presenee of mind come to her assistance . ' If he canaot run to me up the hill , " sbe said to herself , " I can run to him down it , " —and as the thought occured to her , she started toward * him at her greatest speed , which , indeed , was
considerable , as her form was of that light and elastic de . scription which betokens great powers of activity And exertion . The struggle , indeed , was close ; Henderson now plied whip and spur with redoubled energy , and the animal was approaching at full speed . Mave , on the other hand , urged by a thousand motives , forgot every , thing bat the necessity for exertion . Dalton was incapable of running a step , and appeared not to know the cause of the contest between the parties . At length Have , by her singular activity and speed , reached her lover , into whose arms she actually ran , just as Henderson had come within abouuhalf-a . dozen yards of the spot where she met him . This effort , on the part of Mave ,
was in perfect accordance with the simple earnestness of her character ; her youthful figure , her innocence of manner , the glow of beauty , and the crowd of blushing graces which the act developed , together with the joyous exultation of her triumph on reaching her lover ' s arms , and thus Btcuriug to herself and him the completion of so delightful a prediction—all , when taken in atone view , rendered her a being so irresistibly fascinating , that her lover could scarcely look upon the incident as a real one , but for a moment almost persuaded himself that h s beloved Mave had undergone some delightful and glorious transformation—such as he had seen her assume in the dreams of his late illness .
THE U 6 T OF TOH SAITOH . One after one they all kissed him ; and as each knew that this tender and sorrowful embrace must be the iast that should ever pass between them , it is impossible adequately to describe the scene which then took place . " I have a request to make , " he said , feebly ; " an' it is , that I may sleep with Peggy an' our . baby , Maybe I ' m not werthy of that : but still I'd like it , an' my heart ' s upon it ; an 1 think sbe would like it , too . " " It can be doue £ in' wu'll do it , " replied bis mother dV ' it " ' 50 itj my toMn * b 0 y" ~ BOn ' ? 80 n ' ' "Don ' t you all forgive me—forgive me everything ?" They could only , for some time , reply by their tears ; butatkogth thty did reply , and he seemed satisfied . " Now " said he , "there was an ould Irish air that Peggy used to sing for me—I thought I heard her often singin'itoflate—did I ?"
"I suppose so , darlin ' , " replied his mother ; " I suppose you did . " " Mary , here , " he proceeded , " sings it ; I would like to hear it lefore 1 go ; it ' s the air of Ora Oal Kaehru . " " Beforeyou go , alanna J ' exclaimed his father , pressing him tenderly to bis breast . " Oh ! bnt they ' re bitther words to us , my . darlin' an' my lovin * boy . But the air , Mary , darlin ' , strive an' sing it for him as well as yon can . " It was a trying task for the affectionate girl , who , however , so far overcame her grief , as to be able to sing it with the very pathos of nature itself . " Ay , " said he , as aba proceeded , "that's it—that ' s what Peggy used to sing for me , bekase ibe . knew I likedit "
Tender and fall of sorrow were the notes as they came from the innocent lips of that affectionate sister . Her task , however , was soon over ; for scarcely had she concluded the air , when her poor brother ' s ears and heart were closed to the melody and affection it breathed for ever . We have only to add that this volume is Mr Carleton ' s contribution to " the Great Fund of Benevolence which the destitution of his country has called into existence : " an additional reason for our hearty wish that " The Block Prophet" may be purchased and read by tens of thousands .
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Address to the Working Clones of the Tower Hamlets . This is a tract printed by the members of the National Charter Association , at the East end of London , intended for circulation amongst the working classes , with the object of making more widely known the constitution and objects of the Charter Association and Land Compaay , and the principles set forth ia the National Petition . If properly cir-£ 1 ™ this imti " calculated to do great good . The Chartists of the Tower Hamlets have set an excellent example to their brethren throughout the country , which we hope will be imitated .
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ASTLET'S AMPHITHEATRE . We have no hesitation in affirming this theatre to be , deservedly , one of the ^ moit popul ar places of amusement in London . Not only have we good average performances by bipeds ; but the extraordinary feats of the quadrupeds stand unrivalled ; and triumphantly prove—if , indeed , proof be wanted—that man is the true lord of creation , commanding the beasts of the field to be subservient to his will , and obedient to his command . The unrivalled display of equestrianism exhibited by Madame Damos , and her truly beautiful horse , Partizan , delights the whole audience . The animal performs , gracefully , all the popular dances , keeping time to the music with the accuracy of an adept . The programme is replete with
a host of varied and astonishing talent . Gymnasia , juggling , the funniments of the ever-juveaescent Widdicomb and the really clever clowns , Messrs Roches and Twist , gratify and amaro the most fastidious ; and we must emphaticall y remark , that Mr Battjr not merely deserves praise for catering so magnificently for the public , but should reap " golden opinions" from peer to peasant . Splendid and effective novelties are in preparation for Easter , and Mr Batty intimates that the forthcoming spectacle will outvie its predecessors , and , it is presumed , equally command the extensive share oi public patronage this establishment so liberally enjoys , If energy and enterprise secure success , assuredly the management of" Old Astley's" must , and ought to com . msndit . *
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SADLER ' S WELLS . Shakespeare ' s tragedy of " Othello" was performed at this popular theatre on Monday evening , for the first time this season , and attracted a numerously attended home . Mr Phelpg made an admirable Othello , pourtraying the passions of the jealous , sensitive , brave , yet vindictive , and easily . moved Moor , with a propriety' and effect deserving of marked commendation . Iago found an able representative in Mr H . Marston , who developed the subtle designs of tbe character and hatred of the Moor in a manner which showed how well- he understood the treat author ' s conception of them . Cassio was well represented by Mr Hoskina in the drunken scene , and Roderigo , in the foppishness and impatience of his character , was respectably represented by Mr Scharf . Brabantio was ably represented by Mr 6 . Bennett , Miss Addison ( whose personal attractions are highly in her favour as a representative of " the gentle Desdemona" ) played the part wittfconsiderable dignity . In her affirmations and the death scene , she acquitted herself admirably . Miss Coeper made a good deal of the difficult and important character of Emilia . The other parts were creditably sustained .
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HATMAREET . A new comic drama has been produced at this house , entitled " The Light Troop of St James ' s . " The plot is not of the simplest or must easily comprehended kind ; but the performance was throughout admirable , all the actors exerting themselves , and successfully , therein . The piece owes any merit it possesses to its smart dialogue , and tbe spirit with which Backs tone and the ladies played . There was a pleasing song , composed by Mr T . 6 . Reid , sung by Miss Reynolds with gnat effect , which was encored . At tbe fall of tbe enrtain , Mr Buck , stone having come forward , announced the piece for representation every « vening .
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PORTRAITS OF STATESMEN .-BRITISH AND AMERICAN . The editor of the Wahefield Journal , being in London on the occasion of one of the recent discussions on the Ten Hours'Bill , in the House of Commons , has given his readers notes of what he saw and heard in the "Wettminster tax-trap . We omit his account of the speeches , and merely give his " portraits" oi certain members of the " collective wisdom . " Mr Beckett , M . P . for Leeds , ( who spoke in favour oi " elevenhours , " ) is " a good looking man , stands six feet high , and possesses apparently all the physical requisites for a good and powerful speaker ; but on this occasion his voice was remarkably low , and his utterance far from free . " Mr Ward , M . P . for Sheffield , ( who fiercely opposed the bill , ) stands " almost as high as Mr Beckett , and is also astrong muscular man ; but unlike the M . P . for Leedsthe
, Shevelder' spoke > ith preat , fluency , and was oflen very eloquent . " Mr Brotherton , M . P . for Salford , ( an ardent supporter of the bill , ) is described as " a 8 taid-looking , dark-comp ! exioned , middle-agednian , " who ' at once entered upon the question at issue , and made a telling and effective speech , which in some parts met with rapturous applause from a \ i parts of the house . " After describing the sufferings of factory workers , particularly females , Mr B . very feelingly said , " When , sir , I wasa boy . I experienced tha wearisome toil of the factory , and I then made a resolve , when , with these hands , I had to labour in a mill for my bread , that if ever the day should arrive when I could be instrumental in alleviating such a state of things , I would use ray utmost
endeavours to accomplish that end , and I am thankful that 1 have been placed in this situation , where I sm proud to confess that the feelings of my boyhood having been retained in my mature years , I can , I hepe , be of some little service in alleviating those sufferings . " Loud and long continued cheering followed this noble sentiment . Sir James Graham is not personally described , but of his speech-making we have the following account : — " Sir James spoke nearly . an hour , and his speechjwas tbe very speech his most inveterate enemy would have most desired him to make . A speech containing less humanity , and more atrocious principles , was never uttered in the House of Commons . " Of Sir George Grey we are told , " He is not so good a speaker as Sir James Graham . He speaks much more rapid , something like a schoolboy hurrying over a task when desirous of getting to his marbles ; but the matter made up for any little defect . " Lord George Bentinck " 13 a
™ i , « enuer , gentlemanly man , with moderately large whiskers , aud rather a pleasing countenance . His voice appears at first , as does his manner , somewhat affectes —occasionally there is a painful hesitancy in his speech , his elocution is very defective . Atone momant be leans upon the table with his legs stretched out towards the frontbench looking at the speaker , the next be has turned his back upon the speaker , and exactly in the same posture addressing his observations to the lower part of the house—suddenly be will spring from the table , stretch himselt up , and walk batkwards and forwards from his seat to the table . " Mr Escott ( a bitter opponent of the bill , ) is a pale , Mllow-looking , cadaverous sort of an animal . " Mr Milner Gibson , M . P . for Mancheater , ( "dead against the bill , " ) is of the middle height , rather dark complexioned , quite juvenile and boyish in appearance , and the very contrary of the sort of man one would imagine the representative oi Manchester to be . "
The Washington correspondent of the Horning Chronicle sketches the following pot traits of Senators Benton and Calhoun , the two southern candidates for the presidency . ° A greater contrast than exists between the two , both in personal appearance and qualities of mind , could hardly be found at the same deration . Beuton is a caricature likeness of Louis Philippe : the aame rotundity , the samo pear-shaped head , and about the same stature . The physical expression of his face predominates . His lower features are drilled into imperturbable suavity , while the eye , that un-drillable tale-teller , twinkles of inward slyness as a burning lamp-wick does of oil . He is alaborious builder-up of himself ; acting by syllogi 8 ti « forecast , never by impulses . He is nomDouslv
polite , ; and never abroad with his ' executive ' manners . He has made up his mind that oratory , if not a national weakness , is an un-Presidential accomplishment , and he delivers himself in the Senate with a subdued voice , like a judge deciding upon a cause which the other senators bad only argued . He wears an ample blue cloak , and abroad-brimmed hat with a high crown , and lives , moves , and has his being in a faith in himself which will remove mountains of credulity . Though representing a state two thousand miles off , he resides regularly at Washington , drawing a handsome income from his allowance of mileage , and paying rare and brief visits to his constituency , whose votes he has retained for more than twenty years—an unaccountable exception
to the anti-Conservative rotation of the country ' s gifts of office . Mr Calhoun lives in his mind , and puts a sort of bathing-dress value on his body . There is a temporary looking tuck-away of his beard and hair , as if they would presently be better combed in another place ; mouth and eyes kept clear only for a brief life-swim in the ocean of politics . He is tall , hollow-chested , and emaciated , and both face and figure are concave , with a student ' s bend forward . He smiles easily when spoken to , indeed with rather asimple facility , though in longer conversation he gives his eye to the speaker barely in recognition of an idea , and with a most ' verbum tap . ' Withdrawal
from talkativeness . When speaking in the Senate , he is a very startling looking man . His skin lies fallow and loose on the bold frame of his face ; his stiff gray hair spreads off from rather a low forehead , with the f emi-circular radiation of the smoke from a wheel of fireworks just come to a standstill ; the profuse masses of white beard in his throat ftntnU th » eye like the smoulder of a fire under his ehin , and his eyes , bright as coals , move with jumps , as if he thought in electric leaps from ene idea to another . He dresses carelessly , walks the street absent-mindedly , and is treated with the most marked personal respect and involuntary deference by his brother senators and the diplomatists at Washington .
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THESE ARE THE CHAMBERS'S OF 1845 ! . l We al ready shown to our readers the Cham"f *** * ' 5 we now refer to the previous opinions of these changeable economists . Whence this wonderful change ?] IMPROVEMENT oFwASTE LANDSSPADE HUSBANDRY . ( Fromth I nformation for the People , No , 12 . ) [ Continuedfrom tnr lait . J To quote the words of Mr Cirstaire himself upon tho state of this moss when he got possession of it —It was mostly composed of white foggy stuffstand""¦ ' "
, ing from two to twelve inches deep in water , and not worth sixpence an acre of rent , as it would carry neither man nor beast . In 1831 , he commenced cutting sheep drains twelve inches wide and twelve inches deep across the whole moss , dividing it into regular riggs of from twelve to fourteen feet broad each , which has had the desired effect of drying the mow completely , the hollows being filled up with the sods taken from the drains . This drainage cost him £ 43 Hi . In the summer of 1836 and 183 * , a great extent of it was top-dreascd with earth and lime and now it bears the horses and carts over its surface freely , although the moss is irom ten to forty feot in depth .
The application of gravel and sand effects perhapa more improvement , in consolidating and decomposing the moss , than either lime or dung . Thi » is shown to be the case from the circumstance that mosi land , when ! overflowed , is rendered fertile by the deposit of earthy matter from the water . In imitation of this operation , Mr Caratairs is in the habit , at every breaking up of the reclaimed moss land from pasturage , offgiving a liberal application of day , gravel , or sand . This he effects in an easy manner , by means of a portable railroad . The application of the gravel , and the committing of the land to pasturage or irrigated meadow , for a given number of years , have the effect of consolidating it so much , as in most cases to render it capable of being ploughed
bylhorses ; but when rather soft , pattens are put upon their feet to prevent them from sinking . By the means detailed , some very large fields of the moss ground have been so reduced in depth as to allow tbe subsoil , formed from the application of clay , gravel , * o ., to be brought up by the plough and incorporated with tho moss . Complete furrow-drainage keeps the soil and subsoil always dry ; and now this ground presents fields of as fine and as fertile vegetable loam as can be seen in the whole county , which nothing but their great elevation prevents from being equally valuable . The chick , tbe sorrel , the nettle , and other weeds , which usually infest moss land when first brought into cultivation , have entirely disappeared—a sure indication that a complete melioration of the land has been effected .
When the depth of the moss is considerable , the under stratum , from being more decomposed and consolidated , is uniformly of a much better quality for agricultural purposes than that on or immediately below the surface . To get rid of this inferior soil Mr Carstairs has frequently resorted to burning : and even in this operation the effects of lime and other earthy applicative , some years previously put on , is singularly valuable . They not only make the moss burn more freely , and at a more uniform degree of depth , but the ashes are rendered highly valuable as a manure to the succeeding crops , by being mixed with the lime . Thus , by frequent applications of any earth or lime , but particularly clay , and occasional burning , the worthless moss soil becomes progressively reduced in depth , and fertilised . "
The expense of draining and preparing moss land depends on many local circumstances . The usual cost is from £ 12 to £ 15 per acre ; but much has been done at £ 7 or £ 8 per acre . The expense , in either case , is for the most part repaid in a very f « w years : and then good land , which may be . let for £ 2 or £ 3 an acre per annum , may bo said to have been absolutely conquered from the wilderness , and added to the productive soil of the country .
DRAINING . In some countries the ground is naturally so dry , and the climate ' possesses so little moiaturc , that instead of drainage , the land may require to be irrigated profusely with water at certain seasons of the year . The bnds , generally speaking , of England , Scotland , an 1 Ireland , are of a very different character . There are few parts of the country where drainage , from superabundant moisture , is not requisite ; and , therefore , the operation of draining should be thoroughly comprehended by every practical agriculturist .
The necessity for draining arises either from the water rising to the surface from sprinss beneath , or from tho subsoil being of a retentive quality , by which water lying upon the surface , or absorbed in the upper stratum , cannot escape . According as either of these causes predominate , or are associated with each other , so must the process of drainage be regulated and conducted . All soils , those of a very sandy or gravelly nature , in somo situations , excepted , are more or less liable to over-wetness , either from their' own nature or the nature of the subsoil on which they rest . Clay , whether on the
surface or beneath , is , from its adhesive nature , very retentive of moisture . A mixture of clay , sand , and sometimes iron , is also found very impervious ; and even loams , although they absorb water freely , generally retain too much . Rich black loaniB usually lie on a clay subsoil , of different colours and textures , according to which the land will be in various degrees wet . The wetness in these loams is Hot so apparent as on other soils , but it is in every case as injurious , and as great a necessity exists for its removal . Land subject to springsis usually very varied in its surface , . and may require a number of drains before water is effectually removed .
Draining is the operation of drawing off the water from the over-moist land , and of reducing the soil to that proper degree of dry ness whieh renders it available for productive tillage . Many moist lands , though undrained , will produce crops of grata , and the crops will be the heavier the drier and finer the season ; but , taking these lands on a common average of seasons , it will be found that they often greatly fail in yielding even moderate crops , and that , at the very best , their crops are inferior in bulk and weight to those of grounds whieh have been subjected to a thorough process of drainage , and the kind of tillage consequent upon such an improvement . The outward mark of all undrained arable land is , that little
or no grain grows in the furrows . The crop is seen to run along the centre of the ridges , dwarfing gradually off to the sides , where it disappears , . thus leaving a large portion of every field with no crop . Wherever land is observed in thiacondition—and apparently Ue greater part of that in England is so —there is . a want of drainage . The practice of making narrow heaped-up ridges , and deep furrows at their sides , is a proof of the land being badly drained . With a right method of drainage beneath , no portion of the surface is lost for cropping ; the crop is at liberty to grow all over the field , and the furrow is only a slight indentation to mark off the divisions for the reapers in harvest .
Drains are of several kinds , according to the nature and situntien of the l and . Some drains are conduits built with stone , others are ^ conduits filled entirely with loose stones , between which the water percolates and escapes , and others are constructed with tiles of a particular form . Of whatever description , main and tributary drains are required . We shall describe a main and an inferior drain , in the language of one of the most experienced writers on the subject , Mr Smith , of Deansvon : — " The main drain should be directed along the bottom of the chief hollow er valley of the grounds , where the whole or greater portion of the drains can be led into it . If any lesser hollows occur in the field , they must also have their proportional mains
or leaders . The bottom of the main drain should be at least three feet , and , if possible , three and a half or four feet under the surface where it passes along ; and it . should have throughout as uniform a fall as the nature of the ground will admit . It should be flagged in the bottom , or , where flagstones are expensive , built as an inverted aroh , to prevent the possibility of washing away under the side building , 'the dimensions necessary will depend on the fall or declivity , and the area or land from which it lias to receive water . With a fall in no p lace less than one foot in 100 yards , a drain ten inches wide and eighteen inches deep will void the rain water from 100 acres . It is of great importance to make the open area of such drains narrow and high , as smaller bottoms and covers will suit , and be less liable to gi ya way ; and the current of water
being more confined , mud and sand will be less ant to settle in the b p ttoM Let the sides be smoothly and securely built with flat stones , either with or without mortar ; and let strong flat covers be nlaced over , or , where such are not to be fo und , rough gim pie arches may be boilt with thin stones and mertar for the bottom and cover , packing the haunches of the arch well up to the sidts of the cut . Where lesser hollows occur crossing the fields , it is necessary to cut sub-mains along their bottoms , about three or three and a half feet deep , and having openings of suitable dimensions formed by inverted stonecouples or with dram tiles , or , where a very large flow of water has to be provided for , with an inverted tile , and a covering tile placed above the bottom one , or 'it . 1 . M . U t'l , -- » - —w wvinrw VHCf VI with tiles
larger made on purpose . There should be a cross submain at tho bottom of every field or stretch of drains , to receive the water from all the parallel drains ; and such drain should always be cut six mohes deeper than the drains running into it , that the water may have a free drop , which will prevent the lodgment of mud or sand at their junctions or mouths . Open cuts or ditches , either as mains or submains , should never , exeept from necessity , be adopted , being apt to get filled with mud and grass , by which water is thrown back into the drains , which often chokes them ; besides , the loss ot land , annoyance i » ploughing , constant expense of cleaning , and the unsightly appearance of the thing , are serious objections . ( To hi GOMituitii )
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Forobrt . —At Guildhall on Saturday Samuil Kinjr , stated to be an attorney struck off the rolls , was committed for trial , charged with uttering two forged bills of exehanee fer £ 250 each . The caw was one of a very distressing nature , the f ' or » ory being tho name of the brother of the prisoner us the acceptor . Harbour op RKFU 0 K . -- 'rhe formation of this great national undertaking , a harbour of refuge at Doyer , is finally dooid . d upon . The present year will sea the works commenced . Tub Pkbsiak Adventurers . —The two Persians , who were placed in a temporary refuge nt tl ' . o east end of the town until an opportunity occurred of passing them to their own country , have lt-ft tht Refuge , and it is not known where they havoyona ; though it is conjectured that they will shortly Mftkc
their appearanco in public a « solicitors for mihoriptions to the alleged fund for the redemption of ft relative who has been fitjed for killing a Turk . SmpwnECR . —On Tuesday night , about brlf-pMt ten o ' clock , the Defiance , of Goole , 324 ton . 8 register , K . Spence , master , from London to Galwny , with general cargo , struck on the Riindle Stono . Th « ™ S I and crcw fourte « n in number , left litriu the »? ¦ u n ' at midnight , with nine feet of water ia Mie hold , and the next morning Bhe was seen off the Brisons , near Cape Cornwall . Part of the cargo , which was flour , meal , &c , has been washed on 8 * The crewland ' Wednesday , atSr ] vc « . * i . ? nA , ? * " ^— llbrar y' *» consist of n « ' fewer than 1 , 000 volumes , is now in the course of for / nation , for the use of the West London Centra ! Auti-Enclosure Association , likewiso a collection of ancient and modern maps , to facilitate inquiries respecting disputed footways .
Pomsh Prisoners in PRussiA . —The number of Poles m prison , on a ehnreo of having taken 1 ark in the late revolution , is 203 , some of whom are in thefortress of Sonnenburg , others in the prisons of Berlin , and a few at Posen . Death op Mnnixs Mars . —Mddlle Mars , the most celebrated actress which the French stage ever poasessed , died in Paris on Saturday night , nt tea o ' clook . She was born on the 19 th December , 1 W 8 . and was the daughter of the celebrated actor . Motive ] . Port op BiRKUNnBAD . —The opening of tho port here , on Easter Monday next , will be a grand day—Birkenhead commencing its existence as a port . The occasion will be observed as a gala . iRisn Distress . —New York has sent 40 , 000 dollars to relieve the distress in Ireland . In Cincinnati , 3 , 000 dollars wore subscribed in ono eveninsr . The Catholics of Boston have subscribed 5 , 387 dollars .
A Good ExAMPLE .--The directors of the Preston and Wyre Railway have liberally granted & free passage along their line to all persons going to Fleetwood to lecture at the Fleetwood Mechanios' institution . American Cider . —A vessel from New York has brought , in addition to 412 bags of oats . 1 , 420 barrels of flour , 100 barrels of soda biscuits , anda variety of other articles , 20 casks of cider , the manufacture of the United States , which is nn unusual importation , and at the present time of the year esp ^ cially ' remarkablo . Early Brood . —A few days ago a pair of canary birds belonging to a gentleman in New-street , Kifmarnock , brought out a brood of young canaries . The little captives , never destined to soar in the blue laky , or warble their songs in leafy groves , but cabined aRd confined to the contracted dimensions oi a cage in hopeless slavery , are thriving well .
Lambing Skasok . —We ( Hereford Journal ) are sorry to hear continued accounts of the mortality among ewes and lambs . Tho sheep are , in many instance * , affected in a manner different to that which wo briefly described last week , and the offspring perish , in consequence of the acidity imparted by the epidemic to the sustenance derived from the mother . A New Public Officer . —The New York Sun enumerates among the train who did honour to th * dwarf Stratton ( otherwise General Tom Thumb ) ot his departure from Liverpool for New York , the name of a gentleman who is described as "Chief Superintendent of the principal Public Exhibitions and Amusements in Great Britain . " An Elgiblk Site for the Wellington Statue . — A correspondent signing "J . II ., " proposes the grounds of tie Duke of York ' s school , in the Ki ng ' sroad , Chelsea , as a refuge for the destitute Welling , ton statue .
Secret por a Farmer ' s Wife . —While the milkin ? of your cows is going on let your pans be placed in boiling water . Strain the milk into one of the pans taken hot from the hot water , and cover it with another of the hot pans , and proceed in likemanner with the whole mass of milk , and you will have double the quantity of good rich cream andsweet delicious butter . Irish Paupers ( Liverpool ) . —From correspondence just laid before Parliament relative to the immigration of Irish paupers into Liverpool , it appears that on the 4 th of January last there were relieved in Liverpool 3 , 189 Irish pauper immigrarits ( 2 , 132 of them children ) . On the 12 th the number hail increased to 10 , 074 ( of whom 6 . 491 were children !; and on the 18 th to . 18 , 053 ( of whom no fewer than 12 , 363 were children ) . Ob the 26 th—25 , 529 Irish pnupers were relieved in Liverpool . There arrived in that town from Ireland , 30 , 039 men , women , and children , during the time from the 13 th of January to the 16 th of February , little more than one month .
Athenjkuh at Bolton .- —An Athenaeum i » iibout to be erected at Bolton , towards which the sum of £ 5 . 000 has been subscribed , let no one at ' tw thia sneer at Bolton . Paddle-box Boats . —Owing to the great success attending the use of the paddle-box boats , in the recovery of stores , Ac , at the wreck of the SpJiynx , the Admiralty are about to direct that they be fitted to all steam-vessels . EXTENSIVB FORORRIKS AT LEEDS . —No T . eW fHCtS have transpired in reference to the forgeries of the three Glovers . The greatest possible vigilance is being used to digcover their retreat , and not without some hopes of success .
Esolish and Irish Benevolence . —A Preston cotton-spinner , with not a fraction of pecuniary interest in Ireland , has subscribed £ 100 to the Irish relief fund . The Earl of Monntcashel , towards relieving the poor on his own ( states , in eight townships ,, gives £ 10 ; and this is about a fair average of the manner in which the Irish landlords , while getting all they can from England in the way of loans , deal with their own countrymen and dependants , NArLEs . ~ ANCiHNT Ampiutukatre . —The ancient amphitheatre of Pouzxoles has been freed from the earth that surrounded it , and may now be examined in all it 3 parts . The dens of the animals , which are situated under tbe arena , are of extremely solid masonry , and in a state of excellent preservation . Lamps , parts of columns , and remains of architectural ornaments , have been found in them .
New Mutiny Bill . —A bill '' for punishing mutiny and desertion , and for the better payment of the army and their quarters , " has been introduced by Mr Greene , the Secretary at War , the PayniHster General , and the Judge Advocate . It contains 103 clause !) . A Jew Pig-Dealer . —In Shaftesbury Market , the other week , one Marcus Lewis , a Jew . sold four pigs ; whereatthe local papers wonder . Wherefore ? Marcus broke no law . The pork passed not through his stomach , enly through his hands . Besides , wheu a white Yankee sells a black man—why not a white Jew , it may be , a black pig ? In one case the merchant trades upon what his religion tells him he ought to love ; in the other , the Jew turns the market penny on what ho is told to hate ftmcli . The Fast Dat . —We have been given to understand that among the consequences of tbe Fast day ,
was the acceleration of the maturity of Bills of Exchange , which were to a cortain extent made < astin their progress by becoming payable one day earlier than otherwise . We have heard of persons and thingB being knocked into next > eek , but is it only bills and promissory notes that are liable to be knocked into yesterday . —Ibid . Rich Bequests . —The late J . Cripps , Esq ., banker , Gloucester , has bequeathed to his twelvo children specifio pecuniary legacies to the amount of upwards of £ 80 , 000 , and the residue amongst five of them . The late S . Mills , Esq ., of Rus « ell-square , has left £ 500 , 000 in personalty alone , which is quite independent of ni 8 extensive freeholds . The late J . E . labor , Esg ., of Fenns Booking , Essex , was possessed of considerable freehold , leasehold , and landed estates in the counties of Essex and Suffolk , and has left personal proporty estimated at £ 90000
, Advance in the Pricb of Whiskey . —Severallicen . sed victuallers have , during the last few days , raised the price of whiskey three-pence a bottle Heroic Co » DucT . -0 n Saturday last a girl , aged 13 years , daughter of Mr Tait , engineer to Mr C . beely , having had a few words with her step-mother , left home and went to the Witham , where sho leaped £ ' ^ "V ^ t t 0 drown herse tf- The Rev . Mr Bradford , vicar of St . Mary ' s , happened to be passing at the time , when he plunged in after the girl , ana in a snort time succeeded in rescuing her from a watery grave . Mr Bradford is a highlv . esteemed clergyman , and this act of bravery deserves to be remembered by all humane personB . Shocking Death—A fowdays since , at Wateringbury , a child named Pace , about three vears of a « e »
drank some nearly boiling water out of a kettle . The poor sufferer endured the greatest torment till the following day , when , although everything was done to alleviate the samo , death ensued . .. ' Railways and Fish . —On Tuesday , ugwards of 200 pads of mackerel , containing 20 , 000 fish , caught at Plymouth , 219 miles from the metropolis , were brought into Billingsgate Market through the medium of the ^ Great Western Railway / the sudden glut so reducing the price of these fish tout the retail dealors were able to sell them at six an& ^ eight for » East Sumk . —Although notalluded ^ to by name in the retiring addroBSof the junior representative , of East Sussex , tho Protectionist journals announce Mr . Lucas Shadwell as the gentleman about to come orw ard t& Mr Frwen ' a aomtaos .
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A New Sici w Dikmabk . —A new sect of Bapd tots are very active in proselytism in Seeland an e Copenhagen . The member * of the sect describ ! themselves as " made perlect "—they enjoy vision ? and miraculous interpositions . They denounce al the established churches as false and corrupt , and consider all measures of popular education irreligious . The regular Baptists have protested against the doctrines of this new division , and assert , for the credit of Denmark , that they never could have originated among the Danish people , but that they were imported from Sweeden , and ought to be carried back to their satire country .
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A Literary Curiosity . —At a sale of rare books which commenced in London , last week , to continue through eleven days , a very beautiful copy of the «« a"n B » We . attributed to the press of Guttembese , at Mentis , of which only fourteen are known to be in existence , wag . old to Messrs WHIeyand Putnam , the American booksellers , for £ 500 . The British Museum , possesses twocopieB , and this will be sent to the American Museum , at Washington .
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AWrE ?"" JPr 08 ccuteTa 7 d ' fined the other day , at w 5 Sssig » . posted ™>™ > with tefSmlT "" " , ' aWe to Produce a charaehis own expense , to construct and maintain » «„ . sion bridge across the Thames from W « rf » t ? ?" Lambeth ! if he can obtain ™^ S hS ?™ " parlU went , and permission to establish a toll P The cost of a soldier ' s ration in Ireland is in ^ oawd 3 o \ , and m England lid . from the scarcity tfonw visions . * pro *
The personal property left by Mr T . Ward the extensive shipowner , has been valued for duty at £ 250 , 000 , There are upwards of 70 John-streets in London 47 Jame 9- ? treets , 52 King-streets , 44 New-streets 46 Q , aeen-Rtreet 8 , 30 , York-streets , 15 Welliegtan ' - streets , 12 Grove-streets , and the like number of many others . Postage Stamps are in preparation for the colonies , by which prepayment may be effeoted on letters for any place now covered by the shilling stamp . A party in Portsoy has realised upwards of £ 50 for turmp seeds , the produce of an acre . The Queen ' s residence in the Isle of Wight , hitherto called Osborne House , U henceforth to be oalled Osborne : and Barton Manor Farm is in future to be termed Barton House .
Such fears of tumult are felt by the authorities at Brussels , that the bakers have been advised by the police to withdraw their loaves from their shop windows , and to leave as few articles as possible exposed to the eye of the people . The valuation of the personal property of the ereat valuer of estates , the lamented George Henrj Robins , Esq ., has been taken at * 140 , 000 exclusive of landed property . A girl named M'Lean , who received a bayonet wound at Invergordon , during the late disturbances , has since died . " The Ram ' s Horn " is the somewhat singular title of a new paper published in New York . It is decidedly a clever performance , and well deserves the patronage oi the community . The paper is both edited and published by coloured men . A correspondent of the Sheffield Iris recommends an adherence to the workhouse diet of that town aia
preventive of goat ! If mystery , remarks the Time / , be indeed a eourco of the sublime , there must be something exceedingly lofty in the style of our acts of parliament . In the metropolis there are about 200 deaths a week , nearly thirty deaths a day , or more than one death an hour beyond what ought to happen ia the common course of nature . [ This faot speaks loudly for prompt sanatory measures . ] There were 18 . 502 , 240 pounds of green and black teas exported from China to the United States during the year ending 1 st July , 1846 . From the evidence of Mr J . Little , an extensivo builder of third and fourth-rate houses in the metropolis , it appears that " the average losses on the rent of such houses is one-fifth , and that three out of five of these losses are from the sickness of the tenants who are working men . "
In the state of Maryland , the law forbids any man , under five dollars penalty , from buyingot a free negro any bacon , pork , beef , mutton , corn , wheat , tobacco , rye , or oats . The Lords of the Admiralty have directed the extension of the South-Western Railway subterranean electric telegraph , which communicates with Portsmouth , to the offices of the Admiralty at White , hall . When Mr Layard , in the course of bis excavations in the ruins of Nineveh , brought to light a colossal lion-body , with a human head , his superstitious labourers fled precipitately , crying " Nimrod , Nitnrod . " The mighty hunter , however , did not give chase , and after a while the men were induced to return .
A bill has been introduced into the Pennsylvania Legislature exempting the property of the wife from being seized by the creditors of the husband . Several States are about to adopt that just principle . All sects call themselves " miserable sinners , " but are very much affronted if another sect call them so . In 1846 , of 4 , 668 prisoners confined in Edinburgh prison , 2 , 400 were confined drunkards ! The Blnckwall Railway Company have determined to reduce the width of the rails from five feat , to the natienal gau ? e of four feet eight inches and a-half ; also to discard the rope and supply its place by locomotive powers . In a village of Suffolk is the following epitaph on a tombstone . It has no name , no date , and no ono knows over whose remains it was placed : — Reader , pass on , nor idly waste your time , On bad biography or bitter rhyme ;
For what I am , this cumb ' rous clay insures ; And what I wa »—is no affair ef yours ! An improvement is said to have been effected by an American , in the generation of heat , by which an immense saving will be effected in the consumption of fuel . The secret of the discovery is not yet fully revealed , but the whole heat is completely confined to the boilers , by the substitution of an artificial for a natural draft . The improvements gointr on at the Carlton Clubhouse are on a magnificent scale . On the completion the whole will present a front larger than that of the Reform Club , The Portuguese government has dismissed five professors of the University of Coimbra , one of whom had hea-led a guerilla , while the others had encouraged their pupils to join the insurgents . A canary died recently , at Dundee , at the age of twenty-8 even years !
The personal property of the late Lord Mount Sandford has been estimated for liuty at £ 100 , 000 . The title is extinct . At the last return under the income-tax net , no fewer than thirty surgeons practising in London , admitted that their professional earnings amounted to £ 10 , 000 per annum each ; and of these , three were upwards of £ 20 , 000 each . The men of Moukwearmouth Colliery are now off work , on account of a dispute relative to the adjustment of the weight of coals .
Some of the advertisements for curates , Ac , in the Ecclesiastical Gazette , are very business-like . The following , for instance : — "A title for orders wanted , immediately , in the diocese of Worcester . Principles , evangelical . " Elihu Burritt . the " learned blacksmith , " recently delivered a lecture to 3 , 000 persons , in the City-hall , Glasgow , on the organic sinfulness of war . lie was most cordially received . Opinions vary a good deal as to tho appearance of the crops : it is rather" too soon to form any . ^ The English Mint has eight presses , which strike sixty blows in a minute , and produce 3 , 600 coins in an hour . It is more than probable that Mrs Butler ( late MiiB F . Kemblo ) will , ere long , become lessee of oue of the metropolitan theatres . Vulcanised India-rubber is now made use of to
supersede steel in the buffer springs of railway and other carriages . An impression being prevalent that the warm bath makes those who use it liable to take cold , the committee for promoting the establishment of baths and wash-houses have published a certificate to tbe contrary , signed by 144 eminent physicians and Burgeons . The Old Bridge of Dumfries , after standing six hundred years , has begun to give way . Bands of half-famished peasants , from Rhenish Prussia and Bavaria , have recently attempted to enter France for the purpose of begging , but have been stopped at the frontier . A handsome servant girl in New York , very latel y committed suicide by swallowing laudanum because she hud received a cruel valentine from one whom she regarded as a fond lover . '
§ The total military force of the United States , either raised or now raisinjr , is upwards of 70 000 men ; that of the navy 10 , 000 . The sums voted for the war expenses are upwards of thirty-four millions of dollars . A vein ot gold , yielding 60 dollars worth of pure metal to the bushel , has been discovered in the vicinity of Asheborough , N . C . It is the richest voin yet fouud in the United States . The general assembly of W&ilachia has passed a law for the emancipation of such gipsies as are serfs of the government or the clergy ; but those belonging to private persons still remain in bondage , An electrical clock is to be erected in the tower of Wenham church , near Ipswich , and the motive power is to be incessantly maintained by n perpetual electric current dorived from the earth .
An old woman of eighty-s « ven , residing near Dudley , was married a few days ago for the fourth time , each of her husbands being pensioners . Her last husband died about six weeks ago , and tho present one was at the funeral , immediately after which the match was made , An Irish provincial paper , the Doumpatrick Recordter , states the astounding fact , that , by means of the inhalation of ether , Professor Sewell had effected the amputation cf the limb of a deceased sheep with perfect success , and without any apparent pain . — Punch .
A few days since a fox was killed by a train in the Oxford branch of the Great Western Railway , while stealing towards some sheep and lambs , which were folded near the line . , The Lord Chancellor has . for the first time exercised the power conferred upon Wm by the new Lunacy Act ; and has , fora and aftorthe 13 th April next , withdrawn the licensa of a lunatic a » ylum , in the parish of Gate Helrasley , Yorkshire . ine Norwegian herring fishory for this year is ended ; and on the whole 250 , 000 tow have been put into salt . A fatal murrain is very prevalent among the sheep * nd lambs in somo parts , of Lincolnshire .
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"A vessel arrived at Liverpool from Matanzas , in Cuba , has brought an entire cargo of molasses .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 27, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1411/page/3/
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