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      « The Buroubt in ths Rkqent ' s-pabk . — William Djson , Sl , _ James Mahon , 31 , and John Mitchell , 29 , were indicted for a burglary in the dwellingf , on 36 of James Holford , and stealing part of a candelabra , his property . Mitchell and Dyson pleaded Cfnilty . Mr . Ballantine and Mr . Huddlestone conducted the prosecution , Mr . Wooiletfc and Mr . jletcalfe appeared far the prisoner Mahon . —Mr . Bal la nt i ne ha ving br i efl y opened the case , the following evidence was adduced : —Mr . J . F . Paul deposed that he wa 9 butler to the prosecutor , who regided at Holford-hoose , Kegeni ' s-park , and who was at present in America . On the night of Sunday , the 13 t h Octo b er , he went round the house , and saw

      jfcsiifc -was safe , and left it so before he went to feed . His bedroom was over the banqueting-room . After he had been in bed a short time , he beard a noise which he could not account for , in the banqneting-room , Ifc wa 3 about two o 'clock . He got up and listened , and then looked out upon the lawn , and heard a doe parking , and he observed what appeared to be the shadow of a man upon a tree . He put on a blouse , and awoke the footman and the groom , and armed fcimse lfwith a double-barrelled pistol , which had a fcajonet . He gave a sword and a gun to the other two servants . The footman had the gun . It was loaded with ball , shot , and slags . They then all three went to the banqueting-room door . The

      ¦ windows of that room reached nearly to the ground . Upon looking into the banqueting-room through a sashed window he saw a light , but could not distinguish , the person of any individual . He awoke the two coachmen and they got up , and one of them took the gun from the footman , and the other had s pitchfork . He sent the coachman to the sontb side of the house , and himself went to the nort h side , accompanied by the footman and groom , and almost immediataly he heard the report of a gun from the south side of the house . He went round , and saw a man running in a direction from the banqueting-room . He followed him , and the man threw idmself under a bush , and witness immediately aimed at the bush , but the pistol missed fire , and a

      -voice called out from the bush , " For God ' s sake don ' t shoot me . " He fired again and the pistol went off , and he was sure it took effect in the side <> f the man ' s head . He then found tbat the prisoner Dyson had been taken into enstody by the Other servants . He subsequently discovered that a portion of a candelabra that was in the banquetingroom had been broken off , and it was afterwards found in the garden . His forces consisted of four persons . They had a gun , a pistol , and a pitchfork , and the groom was armed with a sword . Two Of the servants were stout men , stouter than himself . He fired at the man directly after he exclaimed , " Tor God ' s sake don't shoot me . " His object was to disable as many of the thieves as he

      could . Witness had the charge of the whole of his master ' s property that was in the house . He saw three men upon the grounds during the transaction . *—George Bennett , coac h man to the p rose c utor , deposed tbat he was called up on the night in question , and he armed himself with a fork , and went round to the south side of the house . While he was standing near the banqueting-room , he saw three men co me out of the bow window . John Sail , another servant , was with him . He had a gun , and he fired at the men , and witness ran after one of the men , who turned out to be Dyson ; he knocked him down , and he was secured . He saw a crowbar near the window the men had come out from . —John Hall , also a coachman to the

      prosecutor , proved that he fired the gun at the men , and beard one of them cry out the moment he did so . He aimed at all three of the men . He got the gun from Mr . PauL—Other witnesses having been examined , Mr . Woollett addressed the jury for the defence . —Mr . Baron Martin summed up , and the jury returned a verdict of Guilty . The prisoners were then sentenced to be transported for life , Fblosious Assault . —John Cady , 17 , and Thomas Smith , 17 , who were convicted on Saturday last , the former of assaulting , and the latter of wounding feloniously a lad named Edward Bafcchelder , with intent to do him grievous bodily harm , were sentenced , the former to be kept to hard labour for sis and the latter for twelve months .

      Coxspibact . —William Daniel , 30 , and Cornelius Denter , 27 , were indicted for a conspiracy to defraud . —The evidence went to show that the defendants had leagued together to plunder any unsus-- pecting persons who might fall into their clutches , cy means of tossing with " capped" or false com . The niode of operation appeared to be almost the same ia every instance . The prisoner Daniel was in the habit of prowling about the town , and on his meeting with a person whose appearance seemed to answer his purpose , he entered into conversation , and induced him to accompany him to a publictionse , where they were soon joined by the other prisoner , and b y some contr i v a nce or ot he r toss i ng was introduced , Daniel being always the winner . At length , in the a b s e nc e o f Dent e r , the person intended to be plundered was shown a coin with a cap so contrived as to enable the party using it to

      . show either head or tail , as he might choose , and upon the representation that it was impossible for fcim to lose , ths victims were induced to stake money in one instance , and two watches in others , against money posted by the prisoners , and of course when the arrangement was complete , the prisoners were sure to be the winners , and the parties were , f > v this means , deprived of their property . Pour distinct cases , all of the same description , were clearly established against the prisoners ; and , upon their being taken into custody , the " capped " piece , and also a quantity of medals , intended torepresent sovereigns , were found in their possession . —The fury found tie prisoners Guilty . —They were then charged upon another indictment with stealing a watch , the property of Clifford "ffm . Gould . — The jury again returned a verdict of Guilty , and the prisoners were sentenced to be imprisoned and fcept to hard labour for fifteen months .

      Cbtuso asb Wotodiso . — Samuel Richards , a black sailor , was indicted for cutting and wounding Tinley Mackie , on the 21 st of November , at St . < J eorgeVin-tbe-East , with intent to disfigure and isjure him . —The jury found him Guilty , and he was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment . Rktdbsixo from Tbasspobtation . — William Stevens , 23 , tailor , pleaded Guilty to returning from transportation . —Mr . Platt said the prisoner hat l » en transported for seven years , and had received a ticket of leave ; that he came home to visit some -one , intending to again leave the country . —The Court ordered him to be imprisoned for six months , and again transported . Ch abgb of Embezzlement . —William Gheeseman , 52 clerk , was indicted for embezzling six halfcrowns , the monies of Thomas Thome , his master . —The jury having heard the evidence , acquitted the prisoner

      . E « BBzzLEME 2 fT . —Bichard Hammett Drake , 2 s , clerk was indicted for embezzling the sums of £ 80 -and ; £ 5 , the property of Messrs . Abraham Wildey Bobarts and others , his masters . —Mr . Bodkin , in Statin" the case to the jury , sa i d th e circumstances -eutofwhich the charges arose were these : —The proseentors were Messrs . Hobarts , Curtis , and Co ., fee well'known banking firm , and the prisoner hat ¦ been a clerk in their firm for between eight and nine years , and his empl oyers , knowing the respectability of Us famil y connections , and having a iugh esteem for him , had continued to advance him until he became cashier of the provincial banking department , a separate department in the firm . He had one assistant under him , and his duties were to

      receive the various sums paid into the bank for the various banks in the country . THe practice wa 3 for the prisoner to take whatever money c * notes were brought in , makeamemorandum of them , wrap the amount so brought up in a piece of paper , place it in a till , give the party bringing it a receipt for tie amount , and at a later period ; of the day make no and enter the amount received , and send off the customary letters of advices to such provineii tanfci as the sums sent in were credited to and made payable at . In the present instance the two aums bad been paid in to the prisoner on the 18 th « Tid iQth of October , and had never been entered SS ^ forTand on the M * iJOJjta the « ri «« niw had eone away somewhat before his usual

      tuneTaUeg tagtbathewas unwell , and never maae JSffS ^ WB . 'Hffi -friends in Devonshire . His reason for leaving ' in ¦ the hurried manner he had was that the nrm naa what was termed an agreement balance every three weeks , which was a general making up of the casn accounts ot the firm , and then , unless falsification had been resorted to , his delinquency would have teen discovere d , and this balance was to have been ¦ Struck on the day subsequent to his having absconded . — "Witnesses were called whose evidence -confirmed the prisoner's guilt , and he was sentenced

      to be transported lor ten years . The following prisonei's , upon whom judgment was respited , were brought up for sentence : — As Ikpast Thief . —J . Jackson , aZtos Connor , whose age was stated in the calendar to be nine years , and who had been convicted of stealing a purse and tnoney from the person of a woman named Smith , -was sentenoed to be transported for seven years . Robbiso Cbtldbes . — John Clerk , 16 , was then -placed at the bar . Ifc will be remembered that this prisoner had carried op a most artful and extensive ^ system of robbery upon poor children who were sent out with property of any description . The p risoner was sentenced to be transported for seven

      years . ¦ pxisz Bepbesesxahoxs . —Henry Reuben , a res-> nectable young Jew , was indicted for obtaining by ' ' fate pretences from Mr . Edward Mappin , a quantity of cutlery , and from MeaBrs . EUarby , of Hug-. ging-lane , some Cashmere scarfs , shawls , and other goods , amounting in value to . nearly £ 12 . —It appeared that the prisoner ' s father , a highly res xSctable looting old Jew , is in business at Dover , « od was in the habit of dealing with the firms in goss&oo , Jiwpriwneirhadbeea employed by him

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      and had occasionally come to London and bought for him , but some short time since had absconded from his home . On the 4 th of October he obtained the things _ f rom Mr . Mappin , which he said were for his father , and on the 25 th of the Bame month got the things from Mr . Ellarby .-The Jury found torn Guilty , and he was sentenced to six months ' imprisonment . Well-caught TniEvBs . —Two men , named Wilson and Rivers , whose names were not entered in the calendar , were indicted for breaking and entering the house of Dr . Mayo with intent to steal . — The prosecutor lives in Wimpole-street , Cavendishsquare , and on the evening of the 20 th had a dinner party . On that evening the prisoners were observed to go up to the door of the house . ' Wilson went in , and Rivers walked away down the street . Shortly 3 t « _ ' «»— _ _ . '— ~

      afterwards Wilson came out and joined Rivers , and a police-constable came up and took them . When River 8 was searched some keys , two of which fitted Dr . Mayo's door , were found in his outside pocket . He said to the officer who searched him , " How you have got all you want ( meaning the keys ); I have nothing else about me " and when before the magistrate , he said he hoped they would be merciful to him that time . —The jury found them both Guilty . —It was then proved that Wilson had been imprisoned for twelve months ; and Rivers had been transported in 1 S 43 , for seven years , and had since then had two years' imprisonment for cutting and wounding a constable with a life-preserver , and had only been out about a month preceding this occurrence—The present conviction being only a misdemeanour , they were sentenced to two years *

      imprisonment . Trtejg Street Dooks . —Henry Chalk , a l ow , ruffian ly-looking fellow , was convicted of a similar offence . —Mr , W . J . Payne stated that the prisoner had been watched by the police to go to nearly all the repectable houses in Stamford-8 treet , and whilst pretending to scrape his shoes try the locks of the doors . He was followed into Tennysonstreet , York-road , where he let himsel f i nto the house of a lady named Duke , and went upstairs an < tried to get into the rooms , but not succeeding , came down , and was coming out , when constable 6-5 L took hjm .-Ifofc being known , the Court sentenced him to nine months' imprisonment .

      A few other cases of a wholly unimportant cha racter finished the list , and the Courts were ad jouraed until Monday , the 10 th of December .

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      ^ ESCAPE OF A CO 2 JVICT FROM THE PEJSTOSYILLE ( MODEL ) PRISON . A convict of the name of George Hacket , who obtained considerable notoriety amongst the police in the metropolis , and who succeeded in getting out of a cell at the Marlborough-street Police-court a short time since , contrived on Sunday evening to escape from the Model Prison under circumstances that at present appear most mysterious . The prisoner had been confined in Milbnnk Prison , where , we understand , he planned an escape . For his . better security , however , he was removed to the Model Prison at Pentonville , and after two attempts he succeeded in getting out of the gaol under circumstances that have led the authorities to suspect

      that some of the turnkeys had been tampered with . It appears that since his confinement in this gaol he was placed in one of the usual cells or dormitories , under the immediate surveillance of the prison officers . We cannot state what opportunities the convict had of ascertaining the construction of the cells , but it was certain tbat shortly after his incarceration he devised a scheme to release himself . By some unexplained means he managed to obtain po s s e ssion o f part of the blade of a knife , and , with other appliances , he someweek or so since contrived to cut through three massive iron bars which secured the window of his cell , and it is presumed that he was on the eve of preparing to escape when his position was detected . He was at once removed

      to another part of the gaol , which proving to him impregnable , he proceeded to devise other means of accomplishing his object . At length he selected the chapel as the most favourable place to carry out his design , and no doubt of late , during divine service , had been experimentalising as to his chance of success . The chapel is situated on the top or central portion of the prison , an d th e interior is s o constructed that the convicts cannot see each other . The seats are on raised galleries , and partitions div i d e them , the clergyman and the prison officers being the only persons who have the full view of them . On Sunday evening Hacket attended divine service in the chapel , commencing at half-past six concluding at eight . Service being finished , the

      usual mustering of the convicts took place , when it was found that Hacket was missing . Search was made , and on examining the walls of the prison it was ascertained that he had escaped , an d got cl e ar off . At first it was a matter of great surprise how he could have got out of the chapel , having been seen to his seat , and it was only by finding the sheets of his bed , a rope , and his clothing , on the parapet wall , that his mode of escape was detected . It appears that by some means he managed to wrench off the spring of the door of his cell , which he formed into a jemmy , and contemplating some hazardous task , h e conceale d about h i m , a large weight and the sheets and rope of his bed , which he never used , wrapped round his body under his clothes . As soon as he was conducted to his

      seat , he must have slipped down off bis seat on to the flooring , an d by th e j emmy an d we i g ht forced out the boarding . Having got under the gallery he met a serious obstacle in the shape of a zinc ventilator , but this , armed with his jemmy , soon g a ve way , thus enabling him to descend to a small closet beneath . A window , with trifling protection , afforded him access to the parapet wall , some few feet below . Gaining it , he proceeded along one of the main walla , fifty or sixty feet long , communicating with the governor ' s house on the north side of the prison . Reaching the end , he got on the roof of the house , a height of more than six feet from the wall . Having obtained this point , all obstacles were apparently at an end to him . He divested

      himself of the prison clothing , save his trousers and blue shirt , and with the jemmy , rope , sheet , 4 c , left them on the roof , and by sliding down one of the gable-walls got clear of the gaol . The moment his escape was discovered , the governor despatched officers to the different police stations with a full description of his person . The most vigilant search was made for him throughout Monday , but up to the present time not the least tidings had been gained of his whereabouts . It may be mentioned that having heard that the authorities had ^ discharged the turnkeys of Marlborough-street Police-court , after his escape from thence , Hacket endeavoured to screen the parties by declaring that they were innocent of aiding his

      escape : adding , that he got out by shoving the bolt of the lock back by pieces of a knife and spoon which he had in his possession . T h is d eclarat i on coming to the ear of Sir George Grey , Mr . Cope , the governor , received instructions to interrogate t h e convict , and he persisting in the statement , and that he would convince Mr . Cope of the practicability of it , Sir G . Grey sanctioned the experiment , and the lock was taken off the cell-door from whence he had escaped at Marlborough-street , and placed on a cell-door in Newgate . He was allowed to have another instrument which lie required , and furthermore a reward of £ 10 was offered him if he succeeded . He tried several minutes , bui failed in ooenin ? it . and he at length gave up the task , saying

      that it wa 3 not the same lock . This convinced the author i t i es t ha t he ha d been telling an untrut h , and that their decision in discharging the turnkeys was correct , it being shown that the convict and his fellow-prisoner had been let out by a party , who had unlocked the door from the outside , "and who represented himself as the turnkey , the convict telling his mate ( at the first examination , in the hearing of another prisoner , ) that it was all rig ht , and that a clear gangway could be managed for them next time for twenty " Californias" sovereigns ) . TJp to ten o clock on Tuesday night the authorities of the prison had not learned any tidings of the convict . In the course of the day the government

      inspector of prisons visited tee establishment , ana instituted an inquiry into the circumstances attending the convict ' s flight . The investigation was conducted in private , but it appeared that the escape was one of the most hazardous description , for a slip in scalinz / tlong the wall from the chapel to the governor ' s hwise would have terminated in his destruction . In illustration of Hacket ' s character we may b e permitt ed to m e nt i on t ha t i n t h e course o f Mond a y n ight he sent a letter , throug h the post , addressed to the governor , the contents of which , it is said , are to the following effect : — " Monday , Dec . 2 , 1850—George Hacket presents his compliments to the governor of the Model Prison ,

      Pentonville and begs to apprise Urn of his happy escape from the gaol . He was in excellent spirits , and could assure the governor , that it would be useless or his men to pursue him , that he was quite safe , and in a few days intended to proceed , on the continent to recruit his health . " Backet is desoribed as a stiff built man , about five feet six inches m Kht , large features , nose slightly . turned up , Sef eyes , a scar on his cheek , light hair , pale com-SoS and twenty-two years of age . . All the coSff hehad was a shirt , a pair of stockings , and ? stJSrs No person answering his description waVS durhVg the nig ht . The dangerous character of Hacket , and **» fearfd ^ ? J ? tK out to the officers what he would **** & ** when he got his liberty , has ""^ . ft alarmed them as to their personal safety while he is at large . .

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      If Sir G . Seymour ' s opinion that the giving of good dinners is the soul of diplomacy is correct , " what a glorious ambassador , " says the Fretton C k rom c U " would M . Soyer make . His mag ic stove would beat protocols hollow , and his York soup and Exeter podding for ever dim tie glories Of a wljteyrand era Koraanby . ' »

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      MR . MECHI ON AGRICULTURE . Mr . Mechi delivered a lecture at the ordinary sessional meeting of the Society of Arts last week . He confessed that be had a very mean opinion of the present state of our general agriculture , and a lthou gh some advances had been made , we ought not to forget that f orm e rl y , as now , the self-gratulation of supposed perfection had been annihilated by the necessity for providing food and employment for a trebled population . There was still in the United Kingdom a wide and untilled field for agricultural labour and investment , a 9 was shown by our statistics of moor , b o g , and waste ; snd that th e recl a m a tion of was t e l a nds mi g ht be p ursued with profit was a matter beyond dispute . The first i ¦¦ - n i ,

      and most direct evidence of the low state of farming was the gross acreable produce of the United Kingdom . The very largest estimate per acre , taking into account the poor grass and arable lands , and leaving out market and other gardens , did not reach £ A an acre . A reference to Spackman's Occupations of the People , to the agricultural reports of parliamentary committees , and other statistical works , would show that the rental of the United Kingdom ( excluding towns ) would certainly not reach 15 s . per acre . Taking , therefore , as a gross return , five rents , it was clear that £ 3 15 s . worth of produce was far too liberal an estimate . Wh a t each acre might produce by the application of more drainage , more manure , more labour , and deeper

      cultivation , more live stock , and better buildings , might be inferred from facts constantly obtruding themselves . As extreme case 3 might be instanced , the production of eighty tons of mangold wurzel per acre , sold at £ 1 per ton ; of large productions o f veg e ta b les , worth at least from S 100 to £ 150 per acre ; of six to nine quarters of wheat , per acre , wort h , at only 40 s . per quarter , from £ 14 to £ 18 . It w as qu i te c lear , however , that the mere increase of labour and production to the extent of only 10 s . per acre would afford us all food and employment , and obviate the necessity of having recourse to foreign imports . He was not one of those who preferred scarcity and high prices to abundance and cheapness ; and he held it as a principle that a

      nation which could supply itself abundantly with f oo d an d manu f actures , and still have a large surplus of the necessaries of life to exchange with other nations for luxuries , was in a happy and prosperous condition . It was a disgrace to agricuP ture that it produced no superabundance , nay , not even abundance , b ut le f t us to th e mercy o f la rg e foreign importations . This was the secret of the poverty of agriculture , and he ventured to predict that agriculture would never be rich until it produced superabundantly . This could be' done , would be done , and must be done ; for the concurr e nce of incr eas e d em p loyment a n d foo d w i th a multiplied population , could alone prevent anarchy and confusion . He might be asked where the

      capital was to come from which was to erect new buildings , steam-engines , and carry out an improved system of drainage for the purpose of inoreaBing the fertility of these islands ? He replied , from that long list of bankers , merchants , shipowners , manufacturers , traders , and professionals , who had become owners or cultivators of out * soil . These , not having the agricultural precedents or prejudices of their p re de ce s sor s , were devoting their powerful energies and energetic common-sense principles to the amendment of our agriculture and the increase of em ployment and food . "A painful question is often asked ? " said Mr . Mechi , What is to become of the poor farmer ? ' I reply , What has become of the poor hand-loom weaver—of the four-horse coach

      proprietor—of the road-side innkeeper—of the turnpike trusts—oi the Gravesend sailing-boats —( hear , hear , and laughter , )—of the old hackney coaches ? ( Hear , hear , and laughter . ) These are days of movement and progression . Individual interests are no longer permitted to interfere with the public good . ( Hear , bear . ) Mighty steam has worked , and will still work , great changes . Plenty and cheapness have superseded Boarcity and monopoly . Agriculture can no longer withstand the common fate . The poor farmer and the poor landlord , or rather those who are in a wrong position , will necessarily make way for more useful members of society . ( Hear . ) The lecturer insisted upon the necessity of attending to the moral and physical

      condition of the agricultural labourer ; the expediency of procuring good farm and parish roads , and of pursuing deep cultivation after drainage . Mr . Mechi then entered into a technical description ofjhis feeding cattle on open boarded floors , illustrating the subject a 3 he went on by means of a small model of a farm lying belore him . Having done this , he proceeded to a comparison of the prosperity of an English farm upon which no purchased manure or imported manure was used , with tbat of th e Au ch ness f a rm i n Scotlan d , upon which a different system was pursued . In the latter the animals were housed , warmed , ventilated , groomed , and their food was cooked , and the utmost made of it . chemically and physiologically ; in the former

      was observable the usual mode of turning out , and consequent waste and misapplication of food . The publication of my agricultural proceedings ( continued Mr . Mechi , in conclusion , ) has naturally exposed me to public criticism . All sorts of motives , good , bad , and indifferent , have been imputed to mo . Of this I do not at all complain . I considered my farm i n its orig inal state neither creditable nor profitable . I expended my capital in its improvement . The result of that expenditure was a decided benefit to my fellow-creatures . ( Hear . ) . My agricultural opponents say the money was thrown away , the property not improved , and that I am losing much money by farming . In order to test

      the correctness of these opinions I have , under the advice and suggestion of my friends , submitted to a valuation by three eminent surveyors , whose character and capabilities are beyond cavil . 1 am informed ( though I have not yet received the official document , ) that they have fixed my rent at 36 s . per acre , adding another 7 s . per acre for the use of my machinery , &o . Now , as plenty of land such as mine was in its unimproved state can be hired for 12 a . per acre , I might say 10 s ., it follows clearly that the fee-simple of my estate is more than trebled in value , leaving out of view altogether the extra expenditure for my own personal convenience . In reply to a question from a member ,

      Mr . Mbcbi said that in one year bis farms had been remunerative . In one year the produce of the wheat crop yielded £ 1 , 050 , but in the following year the crop sold for £ 500 less . This was owing to the fluctuation of prices , and to the fact that the second year was not a wheat season . The thanks of the Society were then moved by Mr . R . H . SoLLT , seconded by Captain Ibbbtson , and accorded unanimously to Mr . Mechi for bis interesting communication ; after which the meeting separated .

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      THE FLAX CULTURE MOVEMENT . There is now an active movement for the extension of the cultivation of flax in Great Britain and Irelan d , b ase d on soun d princi p les a n d f u ll of promise . The view taken of the question , as it stands , is this . In addition to the quantity of flax grown at home , our linen manufactures require an annual supply of the raw material from abroad amounting in value to £ 8 , 000 , 000 ; there is an annual importation of linseed to the amonnt of £ 1 , 000 , 000 , and of oil c a ke £ 600 , 000 : making a total importation of the produce of flax cultivated in foreign lands exceeding nine millions and a half sterling . There ave large tracts of land in this kingdom well adapted for the growth of flax ; its cultivation and preparation would afford employment to a large

      number of the population ; it bids fair to make a profitable return to the cultivator , and its extended cultivation would increase the certainty of supply of raw material for an important' branch of manufactures . All these considerations givo impulse to the movement . The per-contra side of the question shows that the successful cultivation of flax , owing to its exhaustion of the soil , and its subsequent preparation , require peculiar management and skilled labour different from that of ordinary agricultural operations . These obstacles to the general introduction of the culture would , however , only arise at the outset . The successful results which

      have attended Mr . Warnes ' s exertion in the northeastern part of Norfolk should remove the doubts that have been entertained of its practicability , and English farmers mi ght be guided by his experience . It is an important consideration also , that the labour require d for t h e prep a r a t i on o the fi br e would afford employment to numbers who are now supported in idleness in the workhouse . It is stated , in a recent pu b l ica tion by Mr . Warnes , that one acre out of every hundred under cultivation , if sown with flax , would give employment to double the number of the redundant population , and yet not supply half the demand .

      The view thus presented is limited to the existing state of the linen manufacture ; but an extensive future prospect has been opened , the length and breadth of which are too vast even for the powers of speculative vision to determine . Some new processes for the preparation of flax have been recently invented , which , if they realise half the advantages predicted , will give an immense stimulus to the manufacture of linens . The Morning Chronicle , which takes the lead in the flax-culture movement , and which seems te be in the confidence of the inventor , announces that b y the new modes of preparation

      much of the labour and time now required to dress the flax is saved ; that the fibre is improved in beauty and strength ; and that it may be spun by the ordinary mechanism of the cotton-mill . By another improvement the quality of the fibre may be so altered as either to diminish the heat-conducting property of linen fabrics and produce the warmth of cotton goods / or to impart the glossy appearance of silk . The cost of the raw material is stated to be not more than half the cost of cotften wools : and if the process of preparing the fibre-can be cheapened , and its facility of roanufactraabe increased 80 as to giro linen the advantage-over cotton eyea u price , a great change wo , atf ensue-m

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      g direction of industry at home , " and many thou-. anas of acres now lying waste would bo brought nto profitable cultivation .. Apprehensions of limited supplies from the United States would cease to disturb ; the cotton plant of India would be disregarded ; and the slender stalks of the linum mitatissimm waving over the broad lands of Great IJritam and Ireland would supplant . the " bloodstained cotton" that so shocks the sensitive Ferrand , This sketch of the future of flax-cultura and

      improvement may be tinged with roseate hues , and may prove as airy as the creations of a Turner ' s pencil , but there is enough of substance in the present prospect to found a reasonable expectation of important results from the extended cultivation of the plant . Among the means of p ractical a ppl iance may be noted the formation of a company for the growth of flax on a large scale iu Ireland , which has so far received the approbation of government that the conditional promise of a charter of incorporation has been given to the promoters . —Spectator .

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      RE-ORGANISATION FOR AN EFFICIENT FACTORY BILL , WITH THE RESTRICTION ON THE MOVING POWER .

      A few earnest men , most of them workcv 3 in mills , after meeting together to consider tbc cxi-ting condition and future prospects of the manufacturing population of England , especially in reference to the probable consequences of recent alceration 3 in the Factories' Regulation Acts , have unanimously agreed to submit to the calm and deliberate judg ment of tlicir friends and fellow-countrymen the substance of their united deliberations . M ost heartily do they hope that others may see eye to eye with them in a matter so seriously affecting the personal and domestic interests of all , whoao lot it is to earn their daily bread in works where the sleara engine compels . the human agent to keep

      time and speed with the inanimate machine . It is needless here to recapitulate the manifold evils , economical and moral , which have resulted from the indiscriminate' and unrestricted employment of men , women , and children in wonilcn , cotton , silk , and other factories . The sti'upgks of two succeeding generations of millworkors to secure for themselves and their families the protection of the law , prove , more convincingly than any more words could do , how intolerable they feel the burden of their state to be , a nd h o w resolute o f purpose they are to persist until they finally obtain the ro-isonnble object of their moderate desires . They mu > t , indeed , cease to b e men , before they can relinquish an enterprise upon which depends the only true worth

      of life itself , and the well-being of those , whose happiness , in the estimation of every true-minded man , oug ht to outweigh all else that this world has to offer . Alas ! how much has the factory system done already to blunt the feelings , break up the hom e s , corrupt the morals , and degrade the character of the once domestic , peaceable , and contented Englishman . We are not what our fathers were , nor are our children likely to be better than we have been , if the present course of things be permitted to go on unchecked and unrefoi'med . In certain respects , and to some extent , an improvement in the condition of the people has taken place since the attention of the legislature was first directed to the injurious tendency of factory kbotin

      But in other hoints of view , h erea f ter to b o state d and di s cu s sed , th e ir con d itiou is more abject , more pitiable , and more perillous , than at any former period ; and the repeal of tho Ten Hours Act- in the last session of parliament is alarmingly indicative of the injustice about to be sustained by the l ab ourer , whom it is evidently the design of the capitalist wholly to deprive of the shelter and defence of the law , in order that eventually nothing may intervene between the insatiable thirst of gain and greed on the one hand , and the prostrate impotence of poverty on the other . This terrible consummation of the doctrines of the philosophy of selfishness is visibly approaching ; Is it impossible to escape or avert it ? We would fain believe thera is yet a

      way whereby the threatened evil may be stnyed , and a more rat i ona l , more h umane , and more beneficial system established in the stead of that , which for many years has desolated the fair face of our form e r l y t h riving an d me rr y fatherland . We , therefore , propose to ourselves and to othei' 3 to postpone the consideration of all other questions until the great question of Capital and Labour , or more properly the question of the right of tho workman to the means of life , be more thoroughly understood . It will henceforward be our endeavour to concentrnte the thought arid action of labourers of every class upon this one all-important point , being thoroughly persuaded that , unl e ss some un i te d an d simultaneous effort be made to turn aside the im

      pending danger , it will soon bo too late t' > grapple with the giant enemy . In the meantime , and as regards ourselves , we propose : — To re-open a : id re-discuss the Factory Question , as well in detail as in its general principle . We are of opinion th » t the cause of the factory labourer has been materially-injured by tho concealment oi var i ous mo d es o f fr a u d , oppression , and cruelty , in general . practice , by meang of which the condition of the mill-worker has become almost insupportable . We shall urge both upon masters and men the disgrace and scandal of such a state of-things , and where acts of tyranny continue to be committed we shall appeal for justice in the higher courts of law . Whilst thus attempting in our several towns ,

      through the agency of local committees , to awaken and foster a kind and manly tone ol sentiment Hiid behaviour , and to draw attention to every prevalent abuse , we shall , above all besides , invoke the old spirit of resolute , determined , snd invincible resistance to the further encroachments of wealth and might upon poverty and weakness , and once more unfurl the flag whereon our fathers wrote the glowing- words— " God and our rights . " We demand A Ten Hours' Bill for all ; and to ' ren d er suc h a measure operative and efficient , one of its clauses must provide for the uniform restriction of the steam engine or other motive power . A p l a in , practical act of parliament may easily be drawn so that all masters may be alike restrained , and all labourers alike protected and benefitted by its provisions . Future papers will unfold the details of our plan more fully ; this , h ow e ver , will suggest with sufficient explicitness what we really intend . T }»/\ flim « a -f ^ iAtifla nnA noin-hVinnl'a 4-Viinlr nvov AIAVA&MM bWVWUkUl

      VI V I / I . V * W . . HUH UV' VIIIUI . WI «>* what we have aaid , and if you leel as we do , set in a l ong with u s , and let ua all work together . Up and at it , one and all , with warm heart and ready hand , and trust to the God of truth to bring what wo seek to pass . Right will forward , Then let us on , believing we shall win the day . Having read what is here written , and weighed it well over , pass our littie paper on , that it may run round amongst your workmates and acquaintance . Tou will hear more from us by and by , for we are earnest men , and mean to do what we can . A copy of this tract will he sent to influential persona in every manufacturing town . All who wish to know more of us and of the object we have in view , are requested to apply personally or by letter to either of the undersigned . On behalf of the General Committee , Joseph Wardlow , Davies-street , Dukinfield , President . John Avisos , Brierley-street , Stal ybridge , Secretary .

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      TIIE CENSUS OF 1851 . The schedule intended to be left at every house i n Great Britain , to be filled in on the 31 st of March nex t , has been completed and approved by the Secretary of State . The following are the general instructions : — " This schedule is to be filled up by the occcupiqr or person in oharfoofthe house ; if the house is let or sublet to different pei ^ ons or families , in stories or apartments , the occupier or person in charge of each such story or apartment must make a separate return for his portion of the house upon a separate householder ' s schedule . " T h e i nstructi on s for fi ll i ng up th e column headed " Rank , profession , or occupation , " a re a s follows

      •—The superior titles of peers and other persons of rank to be inserted , as yrell as any high office whioh they may hold . Magistrates , aldermen , and other important public officers to state their profession after their official title . —Army , Navy , and Civil Service . —Add after the rank " Army , " " Artillery , " "Royal Navy , " "Marines , " "East India Company ' s Seivice , " as the case may bedistinguishing those on half-pay . Persons in the civil service to state tho department to which they are attached aiter their title or rank ; those on the superannuation list to be so distinguished . Chelsea , G reen w ich , and ot h er p e ns i oner s , to be clearly designated . — Clergymen of the Church of England to return themselves as " Rector of , " " Vicar of , " «« Curate of , " &c ., or as not having cure of-souls . -They are requested not to employ the indefinite term " clerk . " Presbyterian ministeis and Roman Catholic priests to return themselves as such , and to state the name of the church or chapel in which they officiate . Dissenting ministers to return themselves as "Independent Minister of ¦ Chapul , " " Baptist Minister of Chapel , " &o . Local or occasional preachers must rtturn their ordinary occupations . —Legal Profession . —Barristers to state whether or not in actual p ractice ; offi ce rs of a ny c ou r t , &c , to state the description of office and name of court . The . designation " a ttorney " or " solicitor" to be confined to those whose names are aotually upon the roll . Persons in solicitors' offices should distinguish whether " solicitor ' s manag in g , articled , writing , or general clerk . "—Members of the medical , profession to state the university , colle g e , or ihall ,. of which they are graduates , fellows or licentiates—ako whether they practice as ph ysi c i a n , sur' g eon ,. or general p ractitioner , or a re " not ! praofeing . / --l rofessors , teac h ers , publio writers , ia ' uthors , and scientific men , to state the partijoutor branch of science or literature wbiok

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      they teaoh or pursue ; artists , the art whioh they oultivate . Graduates should enter their degrees in this column . —Persons engaged in commerce , as merchants , brokers , agents , olerk 3 , commercial travellers , to Btate the particular kind of business in which they are engaged , or the stap le m which they deal . —The term farmer to be applied only to the occupier of land , who is to be returned— " Farmer of [ 317 ] aores , emp loy i ng [ 12 ] l ab ourers ; " the number of acres , and of in attd out-door labourers , on March 3 1 s t , being in all cases inserted . . Sons or daughters of farmers employed at home or on the farm , may be returned— " Farmer's son , " " Farmer ' s daughter . "—In trades the master ia to be distinguished from the journeyman and apprentice ,

      thus—'' ( Carpenter—master employing [ 6 ] men ;" inserting always the number of persons of the trade in his employ on March 31 at . —In the ' case o f workers in mines or manufactures , an d genera lly in the constructive arts the particular branch of wor k , and the material are always to be distinctly expressod if they are not implied in the names , as in coal miner , brass founder , wool carder , silk throwster . Where the trade , is much subdivided , b oth trade and branch are to bs returned , thus— " Watchmaker —finisher ; " " Printer—compositor . " — A person following more than one distinct trade may insert his occupation in the order of their importance . —Messengers , porters , l a b ourers , and servants to be described according to the place and nature of their employment . —Persons following no profession , trade , or calling , and holding no public office , but deriving their incomes chiefly from land , houses , mines , or other real property , from

      dividends , interest of money , annuities , &c , may designate themselves"Landed Proprietor , " "Proprietor of Iron Mines , " "Proprietor of Houses , " " Fundholder , " " Annuitant , " &c , as the case may be . Persons of advanced age who have retired from bus i ness , to be entered thua— " Retired Silk Merc h ant , " "Retired Watchmaker , " &o . —AIhibpeople and persons in the receipt of parish relief should , after being described as such , have their previous occupations inserted . Women and children . —The titles or occupations of ladies who are householders , to be entered according to the above instructions . The occupations of women who are regularly employed from home , or at home , in any but domestic duties to be distinctly recorded . So also of children and young persons . Against the names of children above five years ef age , if daily attending school or receiving regular tuition under a master or governess at home , write " Scholar , " and in the latter case " At home . "

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      D 1 NSER TO JOSEPH HUME , ESQ ., M . P ., AT SOUTHAMPTON . A most gratify ing d emonstration , in honour of this veteran reformer , took place here on Monday evening . Advantage was taken of Mr . Hume's temporary visit to the town ( to witness the departure of his son by the West India mail steamer ) to invite him to a publio dinner , wh i ch the old En g lish patriot accepted , and the banquet took p l a ce at the Victoria Rooms . Although th e a rrangement ha d been only a few days in progress , 400 persons were present , including men of all classes—from the borough magistrate down to the humblest working man . The respected mayor of the borough , R . Andrews , Esq ., filled the chair . Mr . Sheriff Payne , Mr . Aldevinan Laishley , and several other members of the Town Council were present . The toast of Mr . Hume's health was drunk with every

      manifestation of honour and delight—the ladies m their gallery waving their hannkerchiefs as those of the sterner sex ( all standing ) shook the building with their loud cheers . Mr . H ume in responding said , that it might probably be new to many present if he stated that he wai the first man in the House of Commons who declared himself a Radical Reformer —( applause)—and at a time , too , when a Radical Reformer was thought little better than a wild beast . ( Laughter and cheers . ) But he made up his mind . He sawfearful abuses existing in our institutions ; he saw the necessity for reform of those abuses—that there must be no mere patchwork-no mending bit by bit—but that they must remove as speedily as possible those abuses and that injustice from which the

      nation was suffering . No country in tho world was richer than England . Her inhabitants were a finer race of men than any other country could boast of . For skill and persevering plodding industry , none could rank with Englishmen . Such were his observations forty years ago . The question , then , arose i n h is min d , wby there should bo so much misery in a country which possessed materials amply calculated to make her people prosperous and happy ? He believed one great reason to be the abuses in our constitution—political evils—that , instead of ruling for the benefit of the many , those in authority too much consulted the mere interests of the few . In the abuses in the House of Commons was the foundation of much , if not all , the evils from which they suffered . In his early days

      he attached himself to the Whigs , because they appeared to be greater friends of liberty than the Tories , and he had generally been a follower of that party . He had in those days witnessed certain members of the present government toast the people , whose power , he regretted to see , t h e y now appeared to dread . They abused the people who had brought them into power . Every Englishman had a right io a voice in sending members to Parliament ; but was it so ? Out of a population of twent y millions , there were only some 950 , 000 ' electors on the register ; and , after deducting double a nd tre b le qu a lifications , he believed the actual number of individual electors would not exceed 800 , 000 . Referring back to the commencement of his career in 1811 , he repeated that he found the

      root of all these evils to be in the House of Commons ; and to the work of reform , and a change for the better , he had devoted his life . ( Loud Cheers . ) No country in the world had more reason to b e prou d o f h er i nst i tut i ons than E n g land , if they were only properly carried out . No man was more anxious than he was to see the abuses which had creptinto them removed—none more anxious to preservethe good and destroy the bad . (? ' Hear , " and cheers . ) And therefore he had , in the two last sessions of Parliament , introduced a measure to give the people a registered suffrage , the ballot , the abolition of the property qualifications for members

      of Parliament , equal electoral districts , and triennial Parliaments . ( On each of which several points Mr . Hume dilated at some length . ) He had gte&t confi d ence in the future , and although he did not expect to live to see them all carried out , he believed the day was not far distant which would witness the advent of many great and wise changes . After a few complimentary references with respect to the conduct of the Mayor of Southampton , who , Mr . Hume said , had always proved himself a true friend of the working classes , Mr . Hume proposed the " Health of the Mayor and Corporation of Southampton , " and sat down amidst enthusiastic cheering . • ¦

      _ The toast was drunk with much app lause , and briefly responded to by the Mayor . " The Magistrates of the Borough" was acknowledged by G . Laishley , Esq ., who paid a high tribute of admiration to tho conduct and character of Mr . Hume as a consistent and unflinching reformer . " " The Members of the Borough " and other toasts were drunk and . amongst others , " A free and unfettered Press . "

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      SOIREE TO MR . \ V . WILLIAMS , M . P ., FOR LAMBETH . On Wednesday evening a s oiree was given by the electors of Lambeth to their represestative , Mr . Williams , at the Horns' Tavern , Kennington . The hon . gentleman , on entering the room in company with Mr . Hume , M . P ., and Mr . H . Vincent , was moat cordially received by the assembly . The chair was taken by Mr . C . Jones . The example set at several meetings of auxiliary reform associations in providing musical pieces was followed on this occaaion , the first being the "The Peop le ' s Anthem . "

      The Chairman said , Mr . "Williams' past course was known to most persons present , and his future course would no doubt correspond with it . Could a better man have been found he would have been presented to the electors : it was because the committee believed that to be impossible that they had recommended him for acceptance . ( Cheers . ) Mr . John M'Leod then proposed the following sentiment : — " William Williams , Esq . May be long live a consistent and able ^ advocate of all useful reforms , and thereby commend himself to the continued approval and support of the electors of the borou gh of Lambetb . "

      Mr . W . Wir-tiAMs , on rising , was received with loud cheers . He said , at the period of the election he made many promises , but never should it be said that the committee had introduced a matt who had violated his word . He might fail in talent , but they should have no fault to find with his acts . ( Cheers . ^ One of his promises was that he would come before them at the end of every session , and tbat if they disapproved of his conduct , he would resign his seat . So short a time elapsed last session , that it was scarcely necessary for him to

      appear at the close ; but he had the pleasure of opposing the Coercion Bill , and even of raising his voice against it , and thus inducing some one to say that the new member for Lambeth had made bis maiden speech . ( Laughter . ) During the progress of the election there were but two points raised , namely , financial reform and the best medna of seeming it ; secondly , the giving the people e share in the representation . He had joined with Mr . Hume in a great many divisions , and on no occasion had they been disunited . They wen told that next session the Chancellor of tho Exchequer

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      would have a surplus of about £ 3 , 500 , 000 . He would tell them what use ought , in his opinion , to be made but of this surplus . ( Hear , hear . ) The most objectionable of all taxes was the window tax —a tax on the choicest gifts of heaven , light and air , without which neither animal no * vegetable life could exist for a single instant . He would use his utmost efforts to sweep away from the statute book that impost ; It amounted to about £ l . 800 , OOQ . The soap tax affected the cleanliness and health of the masses of the people ; it amounted to £ 1 , 000 , 000 . and he would urge its abolition . ( Cheers . ) The next tax which " he proposed to

      abolish was the tax on paper , amounting to about . £ 800 , 000 . With that he would unite the taxes on newspapers . ( Cheers . ) Would any one suppose that the duty levied upon newspapers and advertisements—a duty which impeded the diffusion of knowledge amongst every class of the communityonly amounted to £ 360 , 000 ? ( H e a r , hear . ) The abolition of those four taxes would just about absorb the expected surplBS . But , further , the whole system of taxation required to be arranged through out . ( Hpar , hear . ) There was not a single tax , except perhaps the income tax , that wa 3 not unjust to the great body of the people . It was a remarkable fact that a reduction of taxation was

      generally followed by only a very small diminution in the amount collected . The fallinc ; offtonsfquent upon the reductions made since 1815 had seldom ^ amounted to more than a third . Immediately before the great reductions which took place in 1846 , the taxeB were HI . 000 , 000 per annum leas than in the last year . ( Hear , hear . ) The abolition of the bread tax would , perhaps , explain that anomaly . He repeated , however , tbat they stood in need of a revision of the entire system of taxation . "W by should the inheritance of the duke be exempted

      from the probate and legacy duty , while the poor man who inherited more than £ 20 bad to pay ten p er cent ? ( Hear , hear . ) Were that tax made applicable to land , the duty on tea might be reduced at least one-half . He might mention the malt tax as another public burden which required speedy re . duction or abolition . Neither these alterations , however , nor others which were loudly demanded , could be obtained without & change in the representation , and to that object their efforts should all be directed . Again he thanked them for the honour they had done him .

      Mr . J . H . Slack proposed the next sentiment , which was an aspiration of the success of Parliamentary and Financial Reform . They all liked Financial Reform , and therefore they should support all those movements by which it might be attained . The true base of Financialwas Parliamen ' ary Reform ; without that , if taxes were removed by Whi gs or Tories they might be put on again ; but once let Parliamentary Reform be secured , and sucli a result would be impossible . Mr . Hume , on rising , was received with great cheering . If a public man desired reward , be said , Buch a reception was an ample one . He had come there to thank the electors of Lambeth for having

      preferred the best man , and enabled him to take part in promoting the object to which his ( Mr . Hume 's ) life had heen devoted . ( Cheers . ) Hewas often spoken of as a veteran reformer . Would tbat be could throw his glance fifty years forward : for be had seen so much improvement in the last fifty years that he could see no limit to the advantages which , if men were true to themselves , might be realised within half a century . ( Hear , and cheers . ) There was no country in the world so famous for its wealth as England ; none which had more skilful workmen ; a greater number of patriots or better women to aaaist in efforts at amelioration . Why was there so much wretchedness where there " were such , capabilities for affording happiness and contentment ? The labouring people of Eng land

      were more indefatigable , more continuous in labour , than tbose of any other country in the world . Why , then , should they be unable to enjoy the fruits of their labour ? That the Jand of Eng l and was worth , more than that of Poland was owing solely to the fact that greater industry was employed upon it . ( Hear , hear . ) Wby , then , should those who were so useful and so patriotic be in a worse condition than the labouring population of almost any other country T These were questions which had for forty years pressed strongly upon bis mind . Mr . Hume then , g lanced at his political lif e , paid a tribute of respect to the memory of Sir Robert Peel , whose merits , he said , were much undervalue d , and concluded by calling on the people to be their own regenerators .

      The next lentiment , which had reference to the advancement of reform , was spoken to by Mr . Doulton . Mr . H . Vincent proposed " The spread of civil and religious freedom throughout the world . " By reli gious freedom he meant the freedom of every man to Worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience . The Church of England people wanted to kn o w wh a t wa s to bec o me o f t h em ; a few dissenters thought there was danger ; and a statesman , who ought to be the guardian of all the public liberties —( cheers)—a statesman whose chief glory consisted in having fought the battle of reli gious freedom , bad now tarnished his character .

      ( " No , no . " ) Those who cried " No , no , were , he presumed , firm believers in the right of private judgment —( hear)—and every man who rudely cried " No , no " when another spoke had a Pope ia his heart . He maintained that it was unstatesmanlike for any man to use the powers which he possessed as a statesman to brand with scorn the faith of any . It was contrary to the spirit of the constitution . It was said that the Pope claimed infallibility . Had the Church of England never claimed infallibility—never refused to bury the dead ? ( Hear , hear . ) Truth never sought royal protection , or sheltered itself under a Prime Minister ' s letter ; she

      asserted her supremacy openly , and in spite of all opposition . If laws bad been violated let them be put in force , but he warned them , lest in the excite * ment of the moment they should gi ve encour ag ement to coercive measures , which , if they struck the Romish cathedral on the left , mi ght also strike the Dissenting chapel on the right . ( Hear , hear . ) Legislation on religious matters was the bane of the State , and he regretted that men whom be respected should stand beside the vicar of their parish and say tbat which mig ht be p leaded in parliament in favour of the most arbitrary measures . Anything like a retr o ga d e cour s e w ould b e f a ta l to t h e cause o f c i vi l and religious freedom ; ( Hear . ) The company did not disperse till a late hour ia the evening .

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      Intended Literary . " Retreat . "—Our readers know how often we have pointed out the pressing urgency which exists for the establishment of some form of provision for the literary man , established on more intelligible principles and clearer responsibilities than the literary fund , —and available to the unfortunate of that class who are strangely excluded from the benefits of the fund in question by the present interpretation of its statutes . Some suoh institution on a broad scale , which might be partly self-supporting and partly endowed , would probably develope itself out of any good beginning earnestly mad © : aud we have , therefore , heard with great satisfaction of a munificent oSer

      made by Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer at the close of some dramatic entertainments which he has been giving at Knebworth , —the performers consisting of the company of amateurs who usually play under the managerial directions of Mr . Dicb ' ms . Sir Edward proposes to write a play , to be acted by that company at various places in the United Kingdom : —the proceeds to form the germ of a fund for a certain number of houses to be further endowed for literary men and artists , —and the play itself , if we understand rightly , to be afterwards disposed of for the added benefit of the fund . Sir Edward will likewise give in fee ground on hia

      estate in Herts for the erection of such asylum , rest , retreat , or whatever else it may be determined to call the residence in question . The actors—to whom a conspi cuou s s h ar e in th i s go o d wor k will bo due—hope , we understand , to take the field in the spring of nest year . Here is the first step which we have so long desired to see taken ; and as onequality of liberality is its infectiousness , an d one move suggests another , we will hope that out of this beginning will grow a shelter for the failing liter a ry m i n d proportioned to the wants of the class and to its more than common claims on society . — Athenmum .

      A Gallant Dbkd . — The "Welcome , of Xewry , Majtin , m a ster , laden with coals for Mr . James M'Makon , of this town , which went ashore in the Bay of Dundrum , during the severe gale on the 80 t h nit , has been got off and brought round to this port without having sustained w ^ jJfS She had spent her sails and sP r » n fch a ; S us ted whenaheatruok the crew were ao muoheshanated F *^ w ^ w 2 ^ X £ 5 £ launch their boats . In tbw ^ vrv 0 Me and car £ named John » wg . Jjft ^ "SS S through atremen i ° V tin g ofthe master and four cued tH 7 h « iSS position , thenoble horaa ^ hrfniSSd immutable principles of t £ KSft fcrPW sacred than &e laws of ft rtate-jKjpforfw *

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 7, 1850, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1603/page/7/