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" ~~~ '" FRANCE IN ' 93 A LESSOR FROM FOREIGN HISTORY ( 1 * 011 " THt KiH 0 » . ») Hark ! tbe onward heavy tread— . Hark ! the voice * rude'TU the famished crj for Bread From a ' mldered multitude . Thcyco-neJ They come ! Point the cannon—roll the drum ; Thousand * wail and weep with huHger-Faster let jour soldiers number . 8 irord , and gun , and tayoaet A famUhed people * * cry have met . Hark ! tbe onward heavj tread-. Hark ! the r-Mces rude'TU the fatnwhed cry for Bread From an orated multitude . The } come ! The ; come !
liot with meek rabmiislon ' * hum . Bloody trophy tbey hare won , Ghaitly glare * it in the Son—Gury head on lifted pike . Ha ! they weep not now , but ttrifcf . Ye , the dtaf one * to their crie *—Ye , whotcorn'J their agonies—TU no lon er prayers fur Bread Shriek in your can tbe famished- * But wildly , fiercely , peal on peal Besoundeth— Downteith Oe BaiUUt Can ye tame a people no w 1 Try them—11 tter , promise , tow , Swear their wrong * shall b * redressed But patience—tima will do the reit ; Swear they shall ome day be feed-Hark ! the People— Dead for Dtad . Calculating ctateunen quail—Proud ariitocrat grow * pale I Savage sounds that deathly song :
Hark!—A bas let lyram ! Blindly now tbey wreak revenge-How rudely d < i a mob avenge ! Whatosronetted Prince or Peer Will oot the batebom slaveliog * fear 1 Sooth , their cry is come what stern : Arislosralt , * la LuUratX Ghastly fruit their lance * bear—Koble head * , with streaming hair ; No reverence for rank or law : A wilder ihoat—A baa It Rail
Now , the bloody worki * done—On they stride o ' er prostrate throne ; R « yal blood of King and Queen . Streameth from the guillotine ; Wildly on the ptople goetb . Reaping what the noble toweth—Little dreamed he , prince or peer , Of teho ( hoold be his heritor . Banger now , at last , is gated In hall * where once it wailed and waited—Wild Jostiee fiercely rives the law * Which failed to right a people ' s cause . On that Human Ocean floweth , Whither stops it no one knoweth—Surge tbe wild wares in their strength Agaiost all chartered eights at length—Tbroiie , and King , and Koble fall ; Bnt the People—the- ' hold Carnival ! SniAssi
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^ m AN EASTER OFFERING . Britannia's the land where fell Slavery's chain Had bound fast its victims in hunger and pain ; Where no eje would pity , when no hand would save , Then came forth to break it O'Connor the Brave . Though tyrant * around him their hellish darts hurl'd , Tbe baanrr of Freedom he boldly nnfuil'd ; "The despot ' s stronghold , where entumb'd is the ilave , 111 crmh I" shouts the champion , O'Connor the Brave . A band « f brave fellows , wbwehtarts caught the sound , Arose from their slumbers and rallied around , Besolved , in defiance of fool and of knave . Per freedom to fight , with O'Connor the Brave . The tyrant * all tremble to hear the dread cry , And prison aid scaffold are rearing on high ,
From pnsos aad scaffold oar brethren well aave , Aid stand fcr our rights with O'Connor the Brave . Oppressors , though pale ' ceatb yon hostile array , Tbe widows and orphans are wasting away , Though strong is the tyrant , and poor is the slave , He shall yet be nude free through O'Connor the Brave The oppress'd and carewon have long groan'd 'neath your sway . But tbe Land and the Charter shall sweep you away , Kor longer a * favours our birthright we'll nave . While life warms the breast of O'Connor the brave . Then y « whose hearts burn with the patriot ' s true fire , Sing songs of loud praises on Liberty's lyre , On high the green banner triumphantly wave . And about three times three for 0 'Cunnor the Brare . AUXAKBtt HuiIB .
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w * - ~~— -i- ¦ . . . i ,.- -innnji , ¦ ¦ . . u . hi - ¦ ¦ , , THE MAGAZINES . The labourer . No . IV ., foe April . Edited by Feabocs O'Cossob , Ero . ., and Esatsx Joirea , Esq ., Barristers-at-law . London : Northern Star office . Pursuant to previous announcements , the Zaiourer for this month consists of " A Treatise on the Small Proprietor } - System and the National Land and La * boor Bank . " __ This Treatise is written for the purpose of " showing the mode by which every working man may become possessed of a comfortable cottage , with a sufficient quantity of land to occupy him innroducin "
all the necessaries of life for himself and family . " We mast bear our testimony to the able and convincing wanner in which the subject has been handled and the truth demonstrated , and , in giving such an analysis ef this elaborate but lucid { treatise as onr restricted space will allow , we feel we shall be better consulting the interests of our readers by illustrating our assertion through ths medium of quotation , than through critical argument , inasmuch as it is the great privilege of Truth to be able to speak for herrelf . Mr O'Connor thus introduces the subject under consideration : —
1 imposed no easy task upon mj . « elf ia undertaking to recal a large population from old customs and habits , and long-cberisbed prejudices , to a new state of life . The alluremetits by which a thoughtless , innocent , ignorant , and unsuspicious class of husbandmen , were induced to abandon rural occupations for an artificial livelihood , but convinces me ot the utter selfishness of the rich and i peculating , and of the friendless and unprotected state of the poor , who are ever made the authors of their own rnin by artful and cold-blooded men , and who , sooner or later , are sure to repent the criminal indifference tbey manifest in all matters connected with their well-bans as a class , provid-d the promised change holds ont prospteu of immediate improvement ; then , in such tase , individuals abandon the substance to grasp at the shadow ; they forgtt their duty to society , of which Mcb is a part , and the rulers of society take advantage of their indulgence to perpetuate the results of their own fol . y .
But the duty of a public instructor is far different : — Before I proceed ( continues the author ) to a simple fflurtration of my subject under Its several heads , I may Be permitted to observe , that I ever have and ever shall entertain , the most unmixed contempt for the mere politician , who is , in general , an upholder ana deaouneer of abuses ; a fomentor of fends , that he may thrive upon dissension ; a propagator of prejudices , that he may make profit of men ' s fears and credulity ; an aisaUer of wrong , until corruption convert ! him into a saother of misery ; a mere trafficker ia knm&n tn * e « ptiHU « j , capable of being moulded into any shape best suiting the requirements of the political mechanic—a thing bought and sold , like stock npon 'Change , and alike transferable . Tbe author then proceeds to a © msideration of
Tte difference leheeen a smalt . Proprietary Clan and a ( lass of Small Fatmen—I am opposed to a das * Of small farmer * , holding capricious tenures under landlord * , because they are the most defenceless in pout Of means of defence , and the most exposed to tyranny i » d cupidity rom the amount of labour expended , and emseqaent improvement , and to which the landlord sup . Poses himself to have the best claim . For instance , were would be no more hazardous property than the right of : fifty tenants , holding four acres eaeh , nndera landlord upor , a short lea « , or at will , because the rrpwlly improving state of lend nith so much labour expended upon it , added to the partiality of the tenant for the spot where he had worked , ana which he had improved , would coaferan influence upon the landlord which no man should possess over another ' s industrv and feelings . Such may be termed tbe
SHALL MM SYSTEM ; whilst the small proprietory system , which means the fee or ownership being vested in the occupant , upoa the reasonable condition that he shall pay a stimulated rentchtrge according to the value of the holding when he l «» possession of it , places the labourer beyond the 'Wch uf cupidity and oppression . "eare thence led to consider the position of man M » a individual and as a member of seciety , both in Wieretice to bis own advantage and to the general
s ? 00 . which , under a salutary sjstem , must ever be almost tyi onvmous terms . We are told how it is we interest of the idle to restrain the productive powers of the industrious , when that industry would ww to tbe emancipation of the latter , —and how we ? emanci pation can but be founded on the culti-™»«| n of the m » I and the home trade , in contradiswte tamto a ,, artificial market and foreign competi-™ p ^ » e fruitful parent of misery for the working jj ? nt «* the author happily observes , the benefits « nvab ! efrorji the small proprietory system will not «* limited to the land-occupants alone , they will be wemkd to society at lar e . and , as aa illustration , % eorj ) f arison is instituted between—
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The benefits conferred npon seciety at large by ten farmers and their labourers , and those that would be conferred by a population of three-acre occupants , cultivating the same amount of land , 3 , 00 acres . In the one case we have ten farmers holding 300 acres each , and employing on an « ver-rate 4 average , fifteen men each through the year , and scarcely ever employing a tradesman , with the exception of wheelwr ' ght , blatksmith , and harness-maker , and thoi « only at particular seasons , and to no great extent They are ten customers to the shopkeepers in the town or village for manufactured goods of all 6 orts , and their custom , and that of their labourer * , constitutes a portion of our hometrade in every department . I allow them to employ fifteen labonrers each , every day throughout the year , 1
and each labourer * family to consist of five , which allots seventy . five persons to each farm , or 750 to thb tea , added to their small trade requirements . Upon the other hand , the 3 , 000 acres , subdivided Into farms of thr » e acres each , more than an > man in the world can cultivate , not only supports in comfort , but enriches , 1 , 000 families , or 5 , 000 human being ! . Here , then , are 3 , 000 acres of land—under a bad and deteriorating system , giving bad and ill-nquited remuneration to 150 labourer * and their families—and under a self-protecting and self-remunerating system , giving employment , and comfort and riches to 1 . 000 labourers and their families . The expenditure of the ten farmers and their families in the manufacturing and commercial market is much greater than that of all their labourers , but what is that when compared to the expenditure of 1 , 000 men and their families , who would have a pride in living w « U t
Whether would 5 , 000 weil-paid , Belt-remunerated husbandmen , women , and children—or 750 slaves , paid at the rate of seven , eight , nice , and twelve shillings a week —be the best customers in the markets of Manchester , Birmingham . Sheffield , Northampton , and other hives of industry , where the bees are now starving , whilst the drones are living upon the honey they have made ! Whether would 1 . 000 women going to market with ready money , and a ( food week ' s store—or 150 minus of store * going for a bit oa credit—be the best customer * to the shopkeepers of tbe neighbourhood f Whose homes would have most and best furniture , and which woald give most employment to carpenters , masons , blacksmiths , tailors , shoemakers , hatters , hosiers , and , in short , to every department of labour ! Which would produce most ! Which would have most to supply the wants of society after good consumption ! Which would add most value to the soil t Which would be tha best
customers to schoolmasters , dancing-master * , and booksellers ! which would be the most likely to require a heavy poor-rate from the farmers 1 And which would be the most likely to protect ns against the horrors of famine and want f And which would cost the state least in police-tax and legal expenses , and all the jobbing by which vicious men are enabled to uphold a vicious system ! And which would most tend to weed the sur . plus labour market of the idle competitive reserve , upon which capitalists fall back as a means of reducing wages —aright which they claim by prescription , aad one which the moat honourable Minister dares not invade or weaken (
We feel confident that plain truths like these must tend to remove class prejudice , which has raised its voice against every plan for Labour ' s redemption . The principle on which the | plan under our consideration is founded , is that of co-operation , and its distinctive result is " free labour" in contra distinction to " slave labour , " and the prosperity en-Euing respectively to the individual employed , and radiating thence on society at large . Indeed , this i s admirably elucidated by the following words : — A man's time occupied for himself , which affords him the profit that the master or farmer makes of his labour , together with the wages he receives for it , U more beneficial than the mere wages , lsaving the profit to master , employer , or farmer , to be deducted . Now , if you reject , or do not understand , any portion of this , my treatise npon so novel a subject , bear the one plain
fact that 1 have written well in mind , —that the man who works for himself on the landbas the farmer ' s profit and the labourer's profit ; whilst he works for hire , must work for what is offered , or starve . The security of the plan in all its phases , and the objections which have been urged against it are treated of in succession , but we can only refer the reader to the treatise itself , since we should be doing injustice alike to the author and to the principles he advocates , if we were to give but cursory extracts from this part of the work . From the minute details relative to the operation of the plan , we are next led to consider its vast importance as " the great social and political lever by which the working classes are to be raised from their present slavish state , "—that , without it , every reform must prove abortive : —
Because the land alone produces the poor man ' s medium of exchange for all other commodities , and because a sufficiency ofland for man to apply his own labour to , is the only raw material which he can cultivate for his own benefit . The monopoly of land has conferred a dangerous political power , which the necessities of our increasing population could no longer bear , and those who contended for its destruction vainly hoped to monopolise power for themselves , for even a worse and mere dangrrous purpose—for the purpose of constituting England the great slave-labour mart of tbe world . Let me ask you , working men , if you have ever thought of tbe motives by which free trade speculators in human misery
were actuated , in employing slaves to write against a plan which promises the poor the very results for which , in their humanity , they profess to contendnamely high wages , cheap bread , bread grown by yourselves , and plenty to do for yourselves ]! Ay , there ' s the rob ; the plenty to do was for them , and not for you . As I always told you , their prin . ciple was deficient in the most important element of free trade—reciprocity . I told you that their objsc * was , to have the power of baying your labour in the cheapest market , by the standard of your necessities , and selling yon your bread upon the principle of speculation , in the dear st market .
The next preat feature nnder consideration ia " The National Land and Labour Bank , "—the reasons for the establishment of which , in connection with the Land plan , are , in Mr O'Connor ' s words : — firstly , to enable me to carry on operations more speedily ; and . iecondlj , to afford the occupant * an opportunity of purchasing the fee of their several allotment ! , wh ch would be doubtful in case of mortgage , and all but impossible in case of sale . Suppose an estate to be completed , and the occupants located , the slow process of applying their rents to the purchase of mare land , wonld have been a very Udious and dilatory one : upon the other hand , mortgaging wonld be expensive , and would , sooner or later , place our property and our
children at the mercy of some heartless and griping attorney , who , by hook or by crook , being possessed of the ' title-deeds , wonld fret and annoy tbe occupants to tueh an exteat as would prevent them from expending the same amount of labour and skill as if they were secure in tbeir holdings—and , again , we should not be able to mortgage for the full value , which would deprive us of at least one-fourth of the capital expended upon each estate ; and , mon important of all , the attorney of the mortgagee would keep people , whom I mean to be happy and peaceful , in perpetual hot water . If we sold tbe land a purchaser never would allow an occupant tbe chance of purchasing , excepting at an enor . mous sacrifice ; and , further , our operations may be stopped by « ome difficulty in the way of selling .
The machinery of the Bank , its management and government are minutely detailed , and the treatise concludes with a stirring address to the working classes , on the principles of co-operation and democracy : — How is it , working men , that all combinations of the wealthy , sneh as railways , mining speculations , navigation companies , banking companies , and the like , prosper , while you , or some of you , are foolish enough to believe that similar projects undertaken by you , who are the prop of all , must fail ! How happtns it , that the Press and the hirelings laud all such projects when undertaken by the wealthy , and denounce them as impracticable when undertaken by you ? It is because the wealthy plunder the poor , and are able to bribe the Press
to the support of any project , however silly aad iniqalton « . How is it that a combination of all the vices to whlsh flesh is heir—drunkenness , roguery , Ucenllou * ness , Intt , and idleness , concentrated in a standing army —is able to overpower all the virtue of which you , as a nation , bout ! How do 100 , 000 hired mercenaries withhold freedom from six million adults calling themselves men ! It is because they are united , and you are at deadly enmity . Tour motto is " Every man for himself , " —the (• Idier ' sts One for all and all for one . " In your narrow selfishness you forget yoar duty to society , and society taxes you for your indifference . You hope to meet the foe singly , and he takes advantage ofjoir folly . Bally , working men ; take your affairs into your own bands ; stand by your own order , and you will soon be free !
A word , and I have done . Who , that could be a freeman , would be a slave ! And who , with a house of his own and a labour-field to work upon , the master of his own Mint , coining bis own industry into the medium of exchange for all the necessaries , and even the luxuries , of life , would envy the most perfumed Athennum slave , who crouches before the will of a matter , perhaps his inferior in all save subserviency ! Who would work for slave hire for another that could earn a'freeman ' s wages for himself ! Who would be a lodger in a stranger ' s home that could live in a castle of his own ! Who would hire land of which he may be dispossessed , that
could purchase a freehold ! Who would crawl underground that could walk on earh ! Who would gasp in a factory , that could breathe in the open air ! Who would prostitute his wife to insure the countenance of an overseer , that could provide for her in his own honse ! Who would leave the nurture and breeding of his little children to a straBger , that could preserve for them the mother's watchful eye and anxious care f Who would alloif his children to be brougtt up as brut « s , that could educate them as men ! Who would pine and die in a Bastile , that could live in happiness at home ! Who would die of old age at thirty , that might be young at seventy !
There c * n be but one answer to this stirring appeal —and we are confident that all those , who from ignorance or prejudice opposed the plan and principles propounded in this admirable treatise , need but read it to alter their opinions , and to become , if honest men , Ktaoncli advocates of the cause it espouses . It shi aid be in the hands of every small tradesman , factory-slave aad labouring serf , —it should be in the
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hands of every member of Parliament , statesman and political economist , —it is that which has long been wanted , a definite and elaborate , yet plain argument , which meets every objection that has Leen jrged against the Land Plan , and explains ever } point in its mechanism , refutes every doubt as to its progress , which even the most hostile political economist could advance .
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UowitCs Journal , Part III . London : HI , ( Corner of Surrey-8 reel ) Strand . We have already given several extracts from the numbers comprising this Part of Howill ' s Journal ; and in our , 6 ili page will be found a most excellent article from the pen uf William Howitt , on the General Fast , also extracted from this Part . That article needs not a word of commendation from us ; it merits and will have tUe concurrence and apylause of our readers to a man . There are many iinerestirg { tapers > n this part which we should like to quote irum , particularly the biographical sketch , ot George Sand , but want of room furbids . The illus trations include portraits of George Sand and Jenny Liud , two ol the most extraordinary aud admirable women of the present age . Their portraits will be welcomed with delight by the readers of tiowitt ' s Journa' .
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The Mdkind Florist . Conducted by J . F . Wood . Nottingham : & . Sutton , Printer . London : Simpkin , Marshall and Co . The calendar of kitchen garden operations for the month of April , conraii-ed in this number of the " Midland Florist" will be very useful t . i thousauds . The other articles will be found useful and interesting to those engaged in the cultivation of flowers .
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Thb Poet op IsvEarjat . —One of the Poets of the People , also , lsaw—the sweetest singer of them all—Thorn . " A Chieftain unknown to the Queen" is again exacting a cruel tribute from him . I wish much that some of those of New York who have taken an interest in him would provide there a nook in which he might find refugeand solace for the evening of his days , to sing or to work as likes him best , and where he could bring up two fine boys to happier prospects than the parent land will afford them . Could and would America but take from other lands more of the talent , as well as the bme and sinew , she would be rich—Correspondent of the " New York Tribune . "
Mart and Williau Howitt , I saw several times at their cheerful aad elegant home . In Mary Howitt I found the same engaging traits of character we are led to expect from her books for children . Her husband is lull ef the same agreeable inform a tin communicated in the same lively , pet precise manner we find in his books ; it was like talking with old friends , except that now the eloquence of the eye was a&de& . —Corrtspo ndcnt of the New Torh Tribune . Tub Cabman ' s Horse . — ' He lives at Pentonwil when he ' s at home , " ebserved the driver , cooly , " but we seldom takes him home on account of hi * ness . " " On accmnt of his weakness ; " reite ' the perplexed Mr Pickwick . " He alwavs falls town , when he ' s took out of the cab , " continued the driver , " but when he ' sia it , we bears him up werry tight , and takes him in werry short , so as he can ' t werry well fale down , and we ' ve got a pair o' precious large wheels on ; so ven he doe&move , they run after him , and he must go on—he can ' t help it . "—N t * Edition of " Pickwick Papers . "
Jixole ' s Dog . — " Ah ! you should keep dogsfine animals—sagacious creatures—dog of my own once—Pointer—surprising instinct—out shooting one day—entering inclosure—whistled—dog stopped whistled again—Ponto—nogo ; stockstill—called him —Ponto , —wouldn't move—dog transfixed—staring at a board—looked up , saw an inscri ption— ' Gamekeeper has orders to shoot all dogs found in this inclosure '—wouldn ' t pass it—wonderful dog—valuable dog that—very . "—Ibid .
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The "preparation * for Easter , " at the various places or public amusement , are , generally , on a very liberal and magnificent scale . Jenny Lind has at length consented to appear at the Italian Orut , and Mr Lumley left England a few days since to fetch the acknowledged " Queen of Song . " We are fearful it will be only the favoured few who will have the advantage of listening to the dulcet sounds of this transcendent vocalist . Mllle . Lind is not merely a charming singer and great actress but her character is without reproach ; and for Scandal to be silent wbere , in too many instances , it delights to do mischief—is almost unprecedented , in the caaa of those whose abilities place them prominently before the public . Hans Christian Andersen says of her that she Is a " noble woman and a faithful friend , " and Frederiltn Bremer is equally loud in her praise . The debut of Jenny Lind , therefore—highly lauded , and deservedly so a * she is—will be an event of bo ordinary character in the theatrical world .
At the Hathaiket , Mr Web * ter ha * promised an original , grave , astronomical extravagansa , with all the new addenda , by the author of "The Invisible Prince , " called "The New Planet ; or . Harlequin out of Place . " Thatprince of Burlesque , Mr Bland , will , we believe , bustain the principal character ; and we doubt not the extravaganza will be a decided bit , as , indeed , pieces of this character invariably are at this "legitimate " theatre . The Adilpbi does not promise any novelty ; but a goad evening ' * amusement may be relied upon , In the original and highly successful drama of " The Flowers of the Forest . " The grand semi-bmlesque of " The Phantom Dancers ; or , The Will ' s Bride , " will follow , and conclude the entertainment .
At Astibx ' s Mr Batty bas put forth a highly attractive bill of fare , having dramatised Lord Byron ' s celebrated poem of "Tha Bride of Abydos , " introducing bis Egyp ian camels , elephants , wild zebras , beautiful horses , ponies , &c . on a scale of unaqualled magnitude . By-the-by , Mr Bunn at D&dbt-i . ane has engaged an extraordinary troupe of wild animals , to appear in a magnificent oriental spectacle , entitled " The DeBert , " and which , like " the poet ' s" usual high-sounding promise * , are to outvia and eclipse all and every previous effort in splendour and astonishment . Rather out of place Mr B . j but quadrupeds are mere attractive than bipeds .
The Scbmt and GaEouw Saloon are not behindhand , the performances being unusually attractive . At the former theatre Mrs Davidge has engaged a doren rial Bedouin Arabs . Probably our readers may recollect tbe astounding agility these gentlemen exhibited a few years ago at this theatre and at the Adelphi—they all but realised the great leap « f " jumping over the moon . " Turn whereioever we will , Ethiohah Sebimadibs attract our view . Doubtless , to those who delight in these performances , tuque ad nauseam , abundant opportunities will offer during the holydays to gratify the with .
Vadxham , and Cbexokni are beginning to "look up . " Mr Wardell , invigorated by the patronage he received lait season , will cater liberall y , and we hope receive the same deserved measure of " golden opinions , " bestowed on previous occasious . —Cremorne epens on Monday , on which occasion Mr Green will ascend with a d ' ezen friends in the Nassau balloon . Mr Ellis has issued a programme of quite a classical eharacter , almost realising to the imagination the enchantments of the "Arabian Nights . " The gardens have been much enlargedand a grand terpsichorean platform erected , so that the
" million" may dance right merriliein theoptnair , to the sounds of an efficient band , Iu the evinlng tho scene will be illuminated by 80 , 000 jets of gas . Every comfurt has been added to the arrangements , and ' economy , combined with civility , will be a principal , and we may add a very important feature at Cremorne Gardens . Mr Ellis is an obliging man , and bas had a host of pre . jodice and mawwormism to fight against in establishing this truly beautiful promenade—at once a recreation and amusement to the tolling mnltitude ; and , if for no other reason , we wish him a renewal of public support .
Last , theugh not least , we draw attention to tbe entertainment * previded at the Polttechwic Coioibscm and Madame Tassaud ' s . Considerable instruction may be derived from a visit to these interesting exhibitions ; and advise our country friends visiting London during the holydays to lay out a trifle in a really beneficial manner .
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— " * * u A Xjl AVI THESE ARE THE CHAMBERS'S OF 1845 ! I We have already shown to our readers the Chambers s of 1847 ; we now refer to tbo previous opinions of these changeable economists . Whence this won . derful change ?] IMPROVEMENT oFWaSTE LANDSSPADE HUSBANDRY . ( Fromth I nformation for the People , No . 12 . ) [ CoMinuedfrom our Ian . ] .
Having thus provMeda main drain , with Bubmaiiw flowing into it , matters are prepared for setting oil and executing the parallel frequent drains in the body of the field . The drains can be executed at any season when the weather will perra-t , but the sprint and summer are must suitable frr the work . It is best to execute t ' ae drains when the field is in grass , as it can then be done in all weathers in a more cleanly manner . In laying off the drains , the first object for consi deration is the nature of the subsoil . If it consist of a stiff strong till , or a dead sandy clay , then 'ho din . tanco from drain to drain should nut exceed from 10 to 15 feet ; if a lighter and more porous subsoil , a distance of from 18 to 24 feet will be close enough ; and in very open subsoils , 40 feet distance may be sufficient . When the rid of the
ges field have been formerly much raised , it suits very well to run a drain up every furrow , which saves some depth of cutting . The furrow being thereafter made over the drains , the hollow is filled up , and the general surface ultimately becomes level . When the field is auain ridged , the drains may be kept in the crowns or middle of the ridges ; but if it is intended to work the field , so as to alternate the crowns : ind furrows , then the ridges should he of a breadth equal to double the distance from drain to drain ; ana by setting off the furrows in the middle betwixt two drains , the crowns will be in a similar position ; so that when the furrows take the place of the grounds they will still be in the middle , which will prevent the risk of surface water getting access to the drain lrom the water furrowB by any direct opening . "
Small tributary drains , made with broken stones , and covered with turf , to prevent the earth from filling them up ( called rumble drains in Scotland , ) are in most places falling into disuse , and are superseded by drains" made with tiles . Tile drains are peculiarly available over the greater part of England , where there is a scarcity « if stone ; and both Miore and elsewhere they will soon constitute the only kind of field-drainage in use . The tiles for these drains , which are made at most brickfields , are simple in construction . There is a flat tile for the bottom , and a semicircular tile to place upon it , with the concavity undermost . In hard bottomed land , the Rr . lt tile is sometimes disused . The tiles measure from twelve to fourteen inches in length ; and being
placed neatly in a row , close to each other , n channel of four inches wide and six inches deep is formed ; the water is admitted by the Reams or interstices , so as readily to flow away . A little straw , stubble , or looze furze , is placed immediately over the upper tile , by which the chance of stoppage by the intrusion of earth is removed . The depth at . which the tile train is laid is twenty-four or thirty-nix inches , as above , which , being covered with ten or twelve inches of gravel or stones , allows a sufficient depth of soi ' above for the operations of sub-soil ploughing . When the depth of tbe drain is throe feet , and the soil a retentive clay , it is frequently filled up for about a font with stones above the tile , and turf laid above the stones , the rest being made up with surface earth .
In cutting drains , three kinds of spades will be cquired—a common working spade , one a little narrower , and tho third the breadth of the bottom o ' the drain . The cuttings should be done smoothly and neatly , preserving a descent throughout ; and the tiles should not be laid till the cuttings bavebeen carefully inspected . The termination of the tiledrains may be led into subterranean mains , nr into the shelvinc banks of open rivulets or sunk ditch ™ ; but in : the latter case , their mouths will probably require to be protected from 'he intrusion of vermin , er from external injury . In planning the lines ; . t drains , the straightest side nf the field should be selected , the first bein * laid off as parallel as possible , and the others formed at the distances thought
necessary . In some pla ^ ei " , from the extreme levelness of the land , or from obstructions in the subsoil , it will he found difficult to carry off moisture by drainage in the regular manner , and the leading of conver ^ inu drains to a pit in a low part of the field , will be the only course open for adoption . The drainage of sheep pastures is often not hit necessary than land for tillage ; it improves th grass , and , by drying thusnrtace , renders the ground more salubrious—drv pasturage bi-ins indispensably for sheep . The mode of draining adopted for hill
sheep-walks is very simple . On the sidt s of hills , open drains a foot in depth , and from eighteen inch * . * to two feet broad it the top , a * e cut , with a genti slope toward ;; a rivulet , into which they are to di-. charge themselves . They are made to slope in different directions , and thus form to many furrow ., which draw off the trickling moisture of land spring * , and the superabundant rain which falls . In thsouth of Scotland , the sheep-walks have buen pro * digiously improved by these simple and unexpensin drains .
SUBSOIL PLOUGHING . It has been seen , in treat in ; of mosses , that ground chiefly composed of inert vegetable matter , or peat , may be greatly improved by supolying a due proportion of sand or gravelly material , carted , from a distance or raised from the subsoil . The same thing may be said of all lands which have been deteriorated by repeated cropping . A time comes when the Rilinx and other earthy bases are found to have been abstracted in the crops , and fresh materials must be added .
The process of earthy restoration may ho accomplished by scattering new materials upon the fields ; and this might be easily accomplished in many parts of the country , so far as silica or fine sand is concerned , but the readiest and cheapest process in most situations will consist in trenching the subsoil , and gradually assimilating it to the mould above . The subsoil , or that portion of the under stratum which lies out of tho reach of the ordinary plough , may already be so good as t « be available for bringing towards the surface , and in such ca « es it admits ot easy and profitable management ; but in most instances in our country , the subsoil is hard and stony , and will require to betrenuhed , and lie for a time in its underground position , belore it is ready
for mixing with the upper mould . The most efficient instrument for trenching the subsoil on a large scale , is the subsoil-plough , invented by Mr Smith of Deanston . When a field is to be trenched , a common plough , drawn by tiro horses , goes before , throwing out a laree open furrow of the active soil . The subsoil plough follows in the wa ' se of the common plough slits up thoroughly and breaks the bottom , and the next furrow of active soil is thrown over it . This largpsnb'oil-plongli is a kind of hone-pick , breaking up without raising the under stratum to the surface . The atmospheric air being by this means freely admitted to the subsoil , the most sterile and obdurate till becomes gradually meliorated , and the common
plough may ever after be wrought to a depth of from ten to twelve inches without obstruction . For thin heavy ploughing most likely three horses yoked abreast will be required . The charge for subsoil ploughing may be estimated at twenty-four to twenty shillings per statute acre , being one fifth of what » similar depth with the spade would cost , and , upon the whole , be as effectually done . The expense el ¦ uWoil-plouching is no doubt considerable , but iti advantages are incalculable . " All who have ever studied or experienced the most common gardening , mustbo aware of the important advantages of deep working ; and when it can be attained in the broad field of farming at ao small a coat , they may easilv
believe that the whole will be more than doubly repaid in even- succeeding crop , and abundantly even in pasture . When land has been thoroughly drained , deeply wrought , and well manured , the most unpromising sterile soil becomes a deep rich loam , rivalling in fertility tbe best natural land of the country , and from beine fitted for raising only scanty crops of common oats , will bearcood crops of from 32 to 48 bushels of wheat , 30 to 40 bushels of beans . 40 to 60 bushels of barley , and from 48 to 70 bushels of early oats per statute acre , besides potatoes , turnips , mangel wuwel , and carrots , as green crops , and which all good agriculturists know are the abundant producers of the best manure .
. LIMINO . Lime is the most important earthy substance which !• usually applied to land . It is found in the form of rooky material , in which condition it is in combination with carbonic acid cas . On being burnt , th i * ms is expelled , and it assumes the form of a whitish brittle mass , easily reducible to a powder . On beinc exposed ^ to the atmosphere in its soft powdery condition , it has a strong tendency to imbibe moisture from the air , and soon becomes as heavy as it was previous to burning . It also recombines with itielf carbonic acid from the air .
The use of tins artificially-preparcd earth in agriculture is well known ; but certnin peculiarities in its action have never been satisfactorily ascertained . It possesses the power of decomposing animal am vegetable matter , and enters as an element into the fabric of plants ; in certain oases it only alters the constitution of the soil , and in some instances i t * application will be positively injurious . Speaking of this remarkable fos « l , Sir Humphrey Da \ t observes : — " When lime , whether freshly burned or slacked , is mixed with any moist fibrous vegetable
matter , there is astro > g action between the lime and the vegetable matter , atid they form a kind of compost together , of which a part is usually soluble in water . By this kind of operation , lime render * matter which was before comparatively inert , mitri tive ; ana as charcoal and oxygen abound in all vegetable matters , it beoomes at the same time converted into a carbonate of lime . Mild lime , powdered limestone , marls , or chalks , have no aotion of this kind upon vegetable matter ; by their aotion they prevent the too rapid decomposition of substances already dissolved , but they have no tendency to form
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soluble matters . It is obvious from these circiimstancos 'hat the operation of quick lime , and marl or chalk , depends upon principles altogether different . Quick-lime , on beint : applied to land , tends to orm ? any hard vegetable matter that it . contains into a state ot more rapid decomposition and solution , so as to render it a proper food fir plants . Chalk awl Zn . Vpifffc' ° M of lime - *« l only impi' -vc tie E wW ? ?? K ™ ° f it 3 "Wr ingredicrls Qi . i-k F ^ BSSW SSkSS 1 »« the qursti , n , whether mar ° S S \\ me ov'tl'Ci limestone , ousht to be » PplUd / c ? pWBnS quant ty of cicareous matter alSj in tl " . oi ° All so . ls are improved by mild lime , and uSaS , by qutck-hme , which do not effmesa with iu ? vid sands more than clays " acWM > ( To be tontinued . )
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Drunkenness is stm , as w mamiesi from inu »; tent to which the revenue returns prove that intoxicating liquonaredrunk , and from the multi p ly ) beer-shops , a national sin , impoverishing many families , and deprivingthe whole country of iond ' that is thus perverted from a wholesome nse . IWorkin * men , annihilate this " besetting sin , " or ' . vear for ever , an iron chain . ] A Cork paper 'ays that twohnndi-pd tenants of the nuke of Devonshire in the connty of Wate-fnrd , li . w determined to throw up their leases and emigrate this sr . rme to America . ; m n ! le Frc i " * Chambm have U in contemp l ation to impose a dop-tax . lSb 1 ind . PttP ndCafa " d dumb l and one in IV full moon reflects npon the earth only about one three-thouaandth part of the light of the nun
. The finpst cosmetic discovered since the creation of the world consists in the following mixture : —Ear ' y risine , exercise in the open air , temperance in eatme and drinking , cleanliness and good humour . The Inverness Courier mentions a singular feat ftf a cat . which leaned into Loch Ness , and seized a fino trout , which it drew ashore , and triumphantly devoured The fortune left by M . Martin du Ned . tho lato French minister , is estimated at £ 70 , 000 -tterlin } :. The cost of the funeral was defrayed by the State . For many yearn . Mehempt AH has adopted the svstpm of moving about to different parts "f his territories , accordine to the periodical chanpes in tbe temperature . By thns continually moving about and avoiding extremes of heat and cold , tha Pacha has prolonged his life to what may be already termed a gond old nee .
Lord Ashburton stntpd in tlie House of Lords a ¦ fiw dava oincp . that £ 94 . 500 . 000 sterling were nnnually lost to the trade of this country by bad debts , in aomp shape or other ! Mr Cnbden ir at present in Naples , wherp . Baron < 1 f . Rothschild , the h-ad of the house in that citv , bas ? ivenhira ahanquet , which Prince Oscar , of Sweden , honoured with his presence . On Monday , the bellnof Ripon Cathedral rani ; a merry peal . « n the occasion of driviner the first pile of he now viaduct of the Leeds and Thirsk Railway . The necf > s « ity of a penny postage is now being canvasspd at Rome . The public are again cautioned that thnre are many liehfc sovereigns and half-sovereigns , as * ell is counterfeit crowns and half-crowns , in oircula-Mnn .
The new model prison for the detention of persons remanded from police offines and awaiting trial , is Htmlied . It contains one thousand separate cells , ' 0 keep persons entirely apa * t whilst under detenion . Out nf 3 000 barristers named in the Law List , it in "ltd . that not more than 200 are sufficiently emp loyed to earn a decent maintonanne A paper has been published in Boston . ( U . S . ) on 'he phonotvpic principle . It is entitled the Anglo-\ acsun . devoted to the difyjznn of nolej and riuK , The naper is able and interesting . Thp annual income of Eneland and Wales is e « ti-• nated at aboir two hundred millions sterlin ? , and ft , of the adult population , no more than forty in ne hundred can wri'e their names . A leveller , perceiving two crows flying side bv "de , said , " Ay , that is just how it should be ; I hate to see one crow over another . "
The Q , « pen held a drawing-room ( the fir * t this eason , on Saturday afternoon , at St James ' s PaWe . It . has been siid of birds that they are the poor ¦ "an '* music ; and we miy observe of flowers that p are the . poor man ' s poetry . Certain Russian physicians , now in Ecypt , inve * . tigatine the . nature of the plasne , experience no diffit ! t ) lt . v in findine persons who , fora trifling era uity . differ themselves to be inoculated with it . The French tavaru inoculate themselves . There are now in Pittsburtr , U . S ., nine daily cwspapers . Fifty years ago , the place was a wilder * loss . A new rolleje . on a large scale , is t » be erected at Leamington , and arrangements have been made for ' aving the foundation stone with the customary ceremomals on tbe Thtirxdav in Easter week .
Tier Ma . iC 8 tv and the Queen Dowager have each contributed £ 20 towards the erection of a schoolroom for the education of the boys of the parish of Slnneh . arcordine to the " National System , " and also a house for the master . Thoreis an awful increase of infectious disease in the'own of Slteo . A remarkable luminous areb appeared in the heavens , at Cambridge , on the 19 th ultimo , and attracted much attention in this and the neighbouring counties . The Earl of Oxford has made an abatement of fifty per cent , on the rental of all his allotment tenants in Dorsetshire . M . Soyer ' s soups have been called the " warmwater cure . " There was . a short time ago , a man named Cain Able , keeping the " Adam and Eve" Tavern , in Norwich .
One . day last week , therailway train rutnins from Courtrai to Ghent narrowly escaped a serious accident . Some wretches had laid several blookso * ' wood across the rails ; but the engine-driver saw them in time to stop the train , and have these ob taoles removed A private letter from Madrid mentions that the Queen and . her husband walked for some time on Sunday evening in the promensid * d'At » cha , without being accompanied by any person but an attendant . Sir A . Dnnbar , Bart ., the representative of one of the oldest Scottish house * , died on Monday last , at his seat Northfield , Elginshire , aged 75 . The authorities of Havana have imposed fifteen days' imprisonment on any person calling for an enfcore , and demanding the presence of an artiste before the curtain at the theatre .
Several vices , destructive both to mind and body , are inconsistent with the habit of cleanliness . The deatbs in tho Cork Workhouse , last week , wore 175 . Connected with the house , there remain S . 224 paupers ; in hospital , C 28 ; extra patients , 1 , 656 . It is a mark of the soundest wisdom not to pry into a secret , and when found , of the purest honesty not to reveal it . Good manners have this advantage over ' pood morals—that they lie more on the surface ; and there is nothing , I own , inclines me to think so highly of the understandings or dispositions of others as a thorough absence of all impertinence I in not think they can be the worst in the world who habitn ally pay the most attention to tho feelings of others , nor tho'e the best who are endeavouring every moment to hurt them— Hazlitt .
The general drill and field , days of tho army will commence on the 10 th of April when all offioers on leave must return to their duty . The carriage makers , smiths , and labourers em » loyed in the Great Western Railwa ) Gimpnny ' s carriage department at Paddingtnn , have , voluntarily "ubscribed each a day ' s pay towards the fund fer the destitute Irish . The sum amounted to £ 60 . The number of Irish poor landed at Liverpool in February was 26 , 348 . Three of the relieving officers have < lied of typhus fever , caught in the discharge of their duties . The distress among the middle classes in Paris , es pecially the retail traders , is extreme ; busiaess is almost annihilated , and bankruptcies are of hourly
occurrence . A married woman at Fall River , fifteen years old , was delivered of twins ( boys ) lust week . The father is seventeen years old . They are all doing well . — Newport ( American ) Daily . A real admirer for " the Statue" bas been found at last . The intelligent Hindoo wlio sweeps the crossing by the arch says , " lie really like do Statty , ' case him berry 'high caet ( e ) . '"—Punch .
THE BLESSINGS OF ETBEB . A Bladder of Ether , oh ! fill , fill for me ! Let those who prefer it fed pain ; But I'll have out uiy tooth , though a molar it be , And it never shall plague m-, - again . Tho dentist his forceps displnysto my eye , I feel no emotions distressing ; Inhaline my Ether , the wrench I defy—Oh ! E'lur indeed is a blessiug Punoh We understand the Caledonian Canal is now open lrom Inverness to Gairlochy , and will , in a few days more , be opened from sea to sea .
TUP . UMNO GENERATION . . Juvenile .- " Ah ,- it ' s all very well ! Love may do or boys and gals ; but we , as men of the world , know ow ollowitis . " -i \ mcft . A gentleman in Hull , who proposes to form an Antin ay mL Cnr 8 efc Company , would wish ladies to be iwc lhompson ' s Lavinia , who had " noBtay save innocence and heaven . "
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Fokmrr Scarcity . —In 1800 , a . yenr of great scar * oity , an net w ; is passed prohibiting bakers from offer * jut their broad for sale until twenty-four hournafter it « a « baked . I-LiNfiTON Nkw Cattle Market . —We rr ioi . ;» to find ac-mpftiiv formed for the purchasenndr ' stabli * hn . eut of this excellent market . Tho names of the rhirf proprietors , nninng 6 t whom is S . Gurney , Esq ., area sure guarantee that this great ni-ject « f ri'lievinis or r < movinsr tbe Smill ) Held nuisatut ; , wiU hontl'M'Gtli whieved .
Ni-. w Fomck Station at Pimlico —The B division of pn'iee have taken poswssion of the new station and station liousee , recently crcctcdjn C ' ttaftn-rf : ad , EaMin- ! -q » are The nfcw btii'ding is both cai si ioul and cnnvi'iiitnt , and affords well-ventilated H '< : ; 'Hing apartments for thirty-five roen . ^ The cells an : ylso csci ! cdii ! sly well-conHtriicti'd , with facilities t' ; r ventilntinp 'hem un » n « n improved principle . 'I III ! INTENSIVE FoRGBklKN IN LlJKBS — GrfiJif vi ^ i . lancu has been tis"d by die police for the purp so of discovt'viii ? the iMessrs Glover , brothers , wlm stand i-har cd with committiriu fornerieR to a consider ; ble aminint ; but n > infor-ntntimi free from doubt Iihh yet bi-i-n ohminrd as to the quarter to which t-lif y have He-1 . I is , howevey , generally supposed , that ihey wuifil tor \ merica , in the Mi hernia .
RhiTun Muskum —Dr Buckland , Dean ot Wi-stmini-t'i , lias bi-i-n elettid a trustee ol the British . Mtispuni , in the room of tho l ate Duke of Nort .. umlicrland . We liok UDon this appointment «« one likely to advance the general interests of the mtiucum . Mastfr in Chancery . —The lucrative office M ' l-nfl of the Masters of the High Court of Chancery is now viicant , Master Lynch having sent in hisresitc ' don in ooi , sequence of ill health . Eclipsr of tiik Moon . —A partial eclippp i . f the moon , vi-ible in this country , occurred on
Ww'nesday laet . The first contact was at 8 h . 3 ra . in th « p' -ciii ? : . ; the middle , 9 li . Cm . : and the last ccatact , I 01 i . 0 m . by the rsean time nt Greenwich . Nathan Bkman , n Revolutionary Hero . lately died at Ciiiitoaugay , Franklin Co ., in the 90 th * year of liis si ., m :. The Albany Evening Journal cays : — " Mr B . was Ethan Alen ' s j tiuide at the capture of Ticondt-rii'in . He was intimate in the Fort , and conducted Allen directly to Capt . De la Place * ! room , lie wan at Allen ' s side when he to ! d th » astounded officer bv whose authority he demanded tho surrender of tho . Fort . "
Very like a Wn&i . K . ~ The New York Tribune reports the di . sp < ivery of the following mare ' s m ;» t : — " It is discovered tl : at the citv of London lias been sinking fradiially for some years : tbe water in tha Tlmmea is riinc in tlio Bame ratio . " [ Thjtt ths Thames is rising may be true ; but if London ii "sinking" it is very " gradually" indeed . ] " Oily Men of Goo . "—A volunteer writing from I Parras . Mexico , says that he attmded service in one ! of the Catholic Churches there , and after tho ceremonies' wi-re over , was politely invited into the sacristy hv the attending priest , there he invl hii brother offiflciswrre regaled with cigars , wi-, e and brandy . The prieBt was talkative , jovial nnd very coud company . The "boyB" will certainly "join his ehtiivli . "
Ancient Sculptuuk . — -A few days since , in open * ing a passage from the deanery gardm to the dark entry , in the Canterbury precincts , and winch lias long l' < : en rinse , a . handsome gtimeavchway was discovered , which had been plastered over to correspond with the wall of the ; : ntry . It is of very elegant proportions and beautifully sculptured . It is uow fitted with a n «? w oalson door , and forms a near and conver . k- !> t communication from the deanery to tho cathedra ] , Tbs Steam snip Gbhat Britain . —The breakwater to tho GrwatBritain still continues to attract attention . The sea rolls along her deck in awful gran * dour , occasionally breaking as high as her nwatg . The noise of the sea rebounding and meeting is distinctly he . ivd amid tli « .- roar of the wind and wise of the breakers on the beach The tides , with tha wind at the south , are expected to be the highest of the year .
Montaoue IIousb . —The Duke of Buccleut ; a contempi nes pulling down the family mansion at Whitehall , and erecting on its site a residence of considerable architectural magnificence . It is said that th « works will be commenced early in the autumn of this yrar . Falkland . —Thrvk Livks Lost . —An accident of a very larcentahle nature occurred at Fortbar Lime Works on the al ' tenn on of Friday laBt , whereby three men were instantaneously railed into eternity , wSiilst a fourth was so injured that he is not expected to recover . The accident was occasioned by the failing of a huge mass of rock from th ? face of the quarry ia wliic ^ i they were employed . Upward ? of two hour * elsps ^ d before the bodies of the unfortunate men were £ "t out .
Litkrakt Patronaok . —We are happy to learn that the Marquis of Clanricarde has presented one of the sons of Mr John Keraud with an appointment , in tha secretary ' s department , of the Post-office . Extkaordinabt l . AMBiso—Mr IlesloD , of Barmby Hall , near Batn « ley , has three ewes that have lambed ten lambs ; tnro of the ewes have three lambs taoh , and the other f . mr lambs , all of which are doing well . Old Bob . —In the Baltimore Prison there is an old neero who was convicted forty years ago of the murder of his master , and was sentenced to be hunt . * , but which * as commuted to imprisonment for lit " © . Old Bob , as they call him , seems not desirous of liberty . A Nick Legislator . —B . F . Walker , a member of the Mi-souri House of Representatives , bas b&en < xpelled from the House for indecent and insulting conduct to a female in the public streets .
Cubiovjs Accident to a Skipe . —At Hertford , a dead snipe was found latfly in one of the Castle meads . It had evidently been starved to death with food in its beak . The upper part of its long bil ! was jammed into a piece of Hollow reed about an ii . oh leng , and in the lower jwrt , towards the point , was enclosed a small beetle . The Mrd had no doubt been borine into the reed for the bet tie , and the stump of a reed lad broken , leaving a portion fitted so tightly round the upper part of the bill as not to be remove ? by any efforts the bird could make . The bird y i been stuff d , with the beetle within , and the n , i around its bill , as a cur ' umitv .
Origin of the Word "Nkws . "— " News" is not , as many imagine , derived from the adjective Niw . In former times it was a prevalent practice N to put N over the periodical publications of | the day the initial letters ot the cardinal E W paints of the compass , thus : —importing i that thtise papers contained intelligence S from the four quarters of the glob * ; and from Una practice it derived the term newspaper . Mr Krakns' Family . —Wo are happy to learn that at a meeting of tha committee who managed tlit > eoncert for the benefit of the widow and large family of the late Mr Kea > ns , it was ascertained that th « eoncct had realised % nett sum amounting to £ 240 .
Gknkral Theatrical Fund . —The eighth a linker , sary of the foundation of this institution wa * celebrated on Monday evening by a dinner at the London Tavern W . C . Maoready , Esq ., oocupied the chair , supported by C . Dickens , Esq . About 200 gentlemen were present , comprising all the most celebrated names in the various departments of the dram . i Relief w Highlanders . —The sum of £ *) Q lias been remitted to Edinburgh for the relief of the IliKhlandei'R . as the proceeds of a private fancy \;; at \ m held at Stratheden House , by Lady Stratheiieu and Campbell , with the assistance of her frionds . Alleged Murder oh tub Hig h Seas . —The trial of Captain Thorp , for the murder of John Grijf . iilio , terminated on Tuesday last at Liverpool . and resulted in his acquittal . Stmptomatio — " I don't say as how missus drinks , but I do know the bottle in the dai'k closet don't keep full .
Puhniwi by DBaRBKa .-MissEdgewerth , hearing a lady say , "I cannot xing , positively , " replied , " TrHe . we all know you cm sing suj erlMielv * Dreadful Explosion . —A dreadful explosion took place in a coal-mine near MonB , on " . tlfc Bud ult ., at a time when fifty men we > o in it . Twenty-six were killed . An explosion also took place oa the 23 rd , in one of the coal-pits of La Graine , in Alg »« e . Twenty-four workmen perished , and twelve aro seriously burnt . Seventeen of the bodies have been got out
, but the other seven still remain in the pit , it I eing impossible to reach the spot where they wure lying , in consequence of a portion of the coul-bed being on fire . East SussBX .-Lord Cantilupe has announced himself as a candidate for the eastern division in place of Mr Frewin , who has signified his intention of retiring from the representation . Berwick . —It is stated that Mr Alwyn , an eminent East India merchant , will come forward at the next election in the Conservative interest .
Theological Error . —Our proof-reader , beir - a confirmed Protestant old bachelor , allowed one of our items yesterday to speak of the Pacification of tho Virgin Mary . Without irreverence we say , that such a slander upon the sex was the last thins ; that » * , iT , 5 * ° ' he could ever voluntarily be guilty of . — i » . / . Tribune . A Prophecy . —The Herald is on the tripod . With an agitation of manner corresponding to the astouuding nature of the announcement , it lucidly says : — " The future is full of something ! " Dreadful , isn'tit ? -iV . F . Tribune .
Thb WxAinsR and thb Cnors . —Accounts from various parts of the country lead us to infer that the fine , genial weather is superinducing healthy and rapid vegetation . But we trust none will ' remain idlo—Nature is ever prolific ; and man , especially when famine impends , should and must do his sluira Hampstead Heath . —Uampstead has still a gooa deal of romantio beauty . I was told it was tho favourite sketching-ground of London artists , till the railroads gave them easy means of spending a few hours to advantage further off . But , indeed , there is a wonderful deal of natural beauty lying in untouched sweetness near London . Near one of our cities it would all have been grubbed up the first thing . —But we , too , are beginning to nowwi » er .- < CorrvpondM of tht Ntw York Tribune .
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James Sheridan Ksowlbs . —During the past few days a memorial to Lord John Russell has been in course of signature in Leeds , in favour of a pension being granted to Mr J . S . Knowles , as a reward for bis genius and talent as an author . The memorial has received the signatures of many of the most respectable inhabitants of the borough . [ The metropolis will not be behindhand in joining in this the "labour of love , " in endeavouring to secure to worthy man and truly great writer a suitable pension , to cheer the declining days of one who hat to largely contributed to the literature of the countryone whose name , we do not hesitate to say , will live ** for all time . "]
Return of Mrs . Nisbett to thb Stage . —All lovers of genuine English comedy will be gratified to learn that the stage is about to regain one of its brightest ornaments — our British Thalia , Lady Boothby , or aB she is better known to the theatrical world , Mrs Nisbett—having relented of her stern determination never to revisit the pale glimpses of the foot lights . We cannot but rejoice at this—Mrs Nisbett ' sjoyous , silvery laugh , her winning smile , the rich mellow tones of her voice , her pleasant sunny look , and her charming , natural acting have all been
too long wanting to the mimic world of the stage , where her absence has created a void that nene but herself can supply . It forms no small part of our gratification in makiHg this welcome announcemest , to be able to add that it is to the enterprising spirit ^ f Mr Webster , the manager of the little theatre in the Uaymarket , that the world of playgoers are indebted /? I ¦ n nexpe i PIeasure . Mrs Nisbett appears at the Uaymarket on Monday week , as Constance in the Zwe Chase , one of Sheridan ivnowles ' s molt delightful comedies .
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April 3 . 1847 . \ THE NORTHERN STAR
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 3, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1412/page/3/
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