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LORD BOSSE * S GIGANTIC TELESCOPE . At the close of the meeting of the British Assoeia fion , Dr . Robinson , the eminent astronomer , gave the following interesting account at toe gigantic telescope ¦ with a tax feet * pecnlnm , preparing by the Earl of Bosse . The processes employed > y his Lordship have Jjeen aescribed before , bat jibt bo « teaiiy . Ske expected tesulte are splendid as Uib leader will see by glancing at the last sentence but on © of the article . Thd powers of the six feet speculum when finished ought to be four times as great as those of the three feet one , -which suffice , it seems , to Tender an objeet in the moon no bigger than & church -risible to us :
" Ths eye feila to pereeto distant objects for two res-wns—their apparent minuteness , and their taint . seas . Both these are obviated by the telescope ; its object glass , or mirror , forms a highly illuminated picture , as in the camera obacuxa ; and-this can bamagnified by the eye-piece in proportion to its brightness , proportion depending on that which the otgective part feeara on the pupil of Hie eye . Therefore , with instru-Bents equally perfect in execution the power depends ¦ on the- diameter , and all improvements ultimately relate to that Now , in the refracting telescope , when lie objective part is of glass , we Tery soon reach a limit , from the impossibility of obtaining this substance in large masses sufficiently perfect for optical purposes There is not in existence an object glass of sixteen
inches aperture , nor we believe four of twelve ; and their cost might be estimated from the fact , that a disc Of nnwronght flint glass was now offered for sale , eight Inches diameter and one inch thick , at the price of eighty guineas . We are therefore obliged beyond these EmiU to avail onraelreaof . the principle of rtfl * ction ; tut here also we meet with ^ iffienlties that seem Kacely surmountable . The material of specnla is « ajdly procured , iufc it is perhaps the moat TUltract&ble With which a workman ever meddles ; harder t ^ rti steel , bnt so brittle that a slight blow trill shiver a large lock of it to fragments , and a slight trisuration grind it to dust , it can scarcely be shaped by the common process of the founder , and a "very small warmth Incautiously applied t » IH split a large mirror . And the
delicacy of the necessary / or perfect action , is scarcely to be conceived ; Quantities of space , which would elnde all other measurement , are in this way made evident , so that the precision of the operation must be almost infinite . T 7 p to the size of six , or perhaps nine j-ncliFw diameter , the difficulties are overcame "by skilful Workmen ; but -very lew have ventured beyond the latter limit , and still fewer have succeeded so that in that field Xord Rosse stands alone . Even Sir William Henchel himself is so exception ; his twenty-feet telescopes , of sixteen inches aperture , being comparatively diminutive i and the ferty-feet , of four feet spertore , however honourable to the astronomers and the " King who eonstroctad it , must be regarded as a failure .
"The improvements made by lord Basse might be described as four , including" a multitude of minor points , of which it might be said that none were the result of accident ; they flowed from a series of experimental inductions , perfect in their kind , but which time win not permit >» rp to detail . The first was in casting the specula . From what he said before of their materiel , it would easily be conceived , that -without especial precautions it would infallibly crack in cool ing- - Of the three attempts by Sir Wm . Herschel to cast the four feet speculum , two foiled , though it wbj far below the true slandard of lour chemical equivalents Of copper to one of tin . Others wb > have operated en 17 have sot beezr * more fortunate ; It either cracks in the mould , or has a dull and porous snrfac # , which
mikes it nselesa . lord Bosse forms that Burfaee of the jnoald which give the reflecting face of iron hoops , packed on edge , and turned to the spheric figure of the speculum—so ^ ow that they retain the liquid metal , * o porous thai the air -which it entangles can escape It chills and solidifies at once a small depth of the face ; the aides of the mould , -which are ef sand , cool it more slowly , as 3 the ultimate and dangerous contraction acts only on the back , which is east open . The arrangement seems excessively simple ; bat it never fails . Of course , the speculum , -which is tough at a high temperature , is transferred before it comes to an armfwling furnace , and gradually cooled . The second Change is in the position of the speculum-, all other opticians , as far as Dr . Robinson knew , had it above
she polisher . By reversing it , iord Bosse gained many Important advantages—he e » nld gTMnjnft its flgare as the polishing proceeded without removing it te the telescope—no trifling jab , -when it is near a ton weight —by placing it in a dstern of water kept at the mean temperature , lie made the process free from the uncerfainty caused by the friction , heating , and softening the pitch Of the polisher ; and by supporting the speculum on the identical levers which were to bear it when acting in the telescope , he avoided all change of figure-Were a mirror accurately figured with its face down * ward , the mere act ef reversing will unquestionably injure its performance , for it bends by-its own weight The « Hrfrf » l . fc local pressure will turn a -well-defined Star into a blot or a comet ; and this absolute
identity of support in the two eases is of essential necessity , theugh sever before thought * of . The third is the machine which gives the movements requisite to obtain the parbolic figure . It is a remarkable Xact , and sn evidence of the correctness of the result that Er , Green .-a native of this city , should have been led by his experiments to tfefi same combinations . They consist , according to Xord Bosse , of—1 st , a stroke which carties the polisher one-third of the diameter of the mirror : 23 , & transverse stroke 21 times slower and 0 . S 8 o ! the same diameter of the mirror ; 3 d , a rotation of the speculum , performed in the time of 37 of the first strokes ; and 4 th , a rotation of the polisher in the same direction , abonULB tames slower ; and if those proportions be observed the machine will do the rest ; it
scarcely requires to be watched , and if it be only arrested when the polisher cavers the surface , it is found that whether that be six inches diameter , or three feet , the figure is true . But as the curvature of the surface is not uniform , the shape of the polisher must shangB wiDe it is produced . This instrument la made of cast Iron covered witft pitch , and coated with peroxide of iron . The change can only occur by the lateral spreading of the pitch , and to allow of this it had been -usual io cat it in grooves regulated by the experience of the optician , and renewed as they fin Bp . Trustful of this arbitrary plan , Xord Bosse has grooved the polisher itself , bo as to break it into Isolated and definite portions , and thus he reduces , every part of the operation to precise conditions
Dr . Robinson apologised tot such an imperfect sketch of those invention * , bat he regretted still more that he could sot venture to detain his hearers by telling them : of the -wonders they bad -unfolded , and of the three-feet telescope actually employed at Parsontown , the most powerful that has yet been pointed to the sky—of the light which it has already thrown on Borne of the mysterious objects in the heavens . Never , wherever directed , had he looked into it without see Ins its Beld crowded -with stars ; those wonderful Clusters , - when a whole nniveise is converted into a speck , keeome in troth a ' heaven of heavens ; ' and the dim and problematic nebula break up into stars , and show indented and irregular outlines which even the Herschels , -with their until now unmatched instruments , iad failed to perceive . The moon must be seen
with this telescope to conceive its power ; the spectacle could not be described ; bat be hoped that some of the great geogolista before whom he spoke would avail themselves of the opportunity of studying in . our satellite some of the works of that mighty agent whose workings in our own planet have been less powerfully manifested , and narked by other influences . The counsel -Slight seem strange to some ; bat it would cease to surprise when he told them that with this telescope a baading the size of the one in which they were sow assembled would , tinder favourable circumstances , be easily visible on the lunar surface . Be had hoped to be able to announce to them stSl more remarkable results from the six-feet telescope , but nnfortnnately it is sot yet completed ; - that pleasure , however , be tmBted -wasxesexred lox Mm at "X " ori . "
I 56 KHI 0 US Coktwtasce . —In a "Canadian paper we Sod mentioa of a T&rj ingenious contrivance— " One of the most remarkable specimens of mechanical ingenuity exhibited at the great annual fair of the American Institute last -week , in New Tork , was a " life-preserving coffin /* the invention of Mr . Eisenbrant , of Baltimore . The object of this sew cofBn is "to prevent fhe temble . hsKrd of burying a person aliva ; and for Oils purpose the coffin ii fitted with springs and levers inside , which , on the slightest motion of-iha person within , win instantly throw up-the coffin lid . [ What « sc will this be , when the coffin is buried ? Will the lidriae"then ? Qi ii it be consigned to a -vault : is the " lid" to " open 1 ' just to import to the imprisoned one -8 knowledge of the nature of his prison ? Is not this *• coBtflvance" science and art" run mad ? 3
CoPPEinsG Ships by Galtajtish—A patent has recently been granted for applying the electrotype process to coppering ships . The inventor proposes to float the Teasel in a . dock containing a saturated solution of snlphate of copper , and . by means of a powerful -voltaic battery to deposit a coaling © f copper on the wood , ¦ Which must be previously robbed over with phuBbago , to eaose the metal to adhere . Assuming that sufficient electric force cosld te obtained to effect the deposition ¦ ef the copper on so large a surface , the project is praeiicable , but the expense Would prevent its adoption unless the
-requisite quantity of electritafcy be generated at much less cost tlam by the present plans . The cost tf the sine consumed- in exdting voltaie batteries , has operated as ' * serious drawback on an attempts to form copper ntenilli by the electrotype process , which at first Bueatenea toftrow an coppersmiths and workers in aetal-GUi of employ . If tfeat difficulty can be overcome ij s cheap mode of exciting electricity , there appears notbiBg to prevent the depoaifcba of metal Teasels in lieu of manufacturing them ; and sot only may ships be coppered by the process , but metal ships themselves Slight be constructed is the same manner .
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UtKsisojnrssT pos Debt . —An * insolvent named Mary Smith , made be * appearance in the Court at Partojal-sfcreei on Tuesday , stn h about eight years of age I
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Mambban * . Gbnbbositt , —The following liberal trait is the lamented sysen ' s conduct deserves to be rev corded . In ' Jane , 1836 , Mr . John Parry give bis first benefit concert at the Hanover Rooms ; he engaged Malibran ( whose terms were twenty guineas ) , to sing for him , which she did ; and , at her own request , Mazzinghi ' s lively duet "When a little farm we keep , ' which had been repeatedly Bung by her and John Parry at Naples , was sung on tbat occasion , and vociferously encored , fany waited on her the following morning to pay ; she took the money , then seizing him by the hand , and , returning it , she said , in her own energetic way , " Take that as joy mite far you to commence life with ; I have passed many happy and merry hours with you in Naples—prosperity attend yon . God bless you , John Parry ! " Peace to her m&neBl—Drcwwfto cmd Musical Review .
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LONDON . Somers Town . George Humphreys John Harris Thomas Edwards John Boxtey Thomas Laurie James Symonds , District Coun oilman Jotiu Hornby , sub-Treasur&T
William Davoc , Barclay-street , Somers ' -Town , sub-Secretary . East-End Shoemakers . —Cannon Coffee House . George Greenslado Thomas Mills Benjamin Ison Charles M'Carthy Luke King , District Councilman John Richards , sub-Treasurer Samuel Clarke , Butter ' s-Alley , Crippleeate , sub-Secretary .
Standard of Liberty , Tower Hamlets . William H . Wiltons James Finnett Benjamin Newley Francis Brien Joseph Newton William George , District Coon * oilman William Drake , sub-Treasurer William Baxter , 82 , Silver-streeti Bethnai Green , sub Secretary .
Cambeneeli . Richard Sewell William Ingram Henry Applegarth John Jeans Edward Marshall John Simpson , sub-Treasurer and District Councilman John Sewell , New Kent Road , sub-Secretary . Weavers Arms , Pelham-street ,
Tower Hamlets . Thomas Buck , ion . William Hillier James Hart John Over . James Slater , District Councilman David Cordon , sab-Treasurer Thomas Buck , sen ., 27 , Pelhamstreet , sub-Secretary . Crown and Anchor . Waterloo
Town . George Wilson John Pickersgill Edward Piekersgill William Wright ^ George Cooper James Pickersgill , District Councilman William Simpson , SHb-Treasnrer Frederick Lefevere , 7 , Hart-street , Mile End , New Town , sub-Secretary . West End Shoemakers , Gelden
Lion . William Smith William Parks George Shackleton George Waddington William Grover William Cuffy , District Councilman . John Dobell , Bub-Treasurer William Rogers , 24 , Great Crown Court , Golden Square , sub-Secretary .
City of London Locality . Joseph Dunn William Allnutt Jeremiah Caughlin John Overtoa Edwin Mantz , District Counoil
man George Rathbone , snb-Treasurer William Dear , 22 , Fleet-lane , Old Bailey , sub-Secretary While Horse , Mile End Road . Nathaniel Cameron George Hill George Ramstead Samuel Perkins William Godwin William F . Shaw William H . Bain , District Councilman William Docksey , snb-Treasurer James Knowles , S , Windsoretreet , Bishopsgate-street , eub-Seoretary .
Chelsea . William S . Vincent James Corbet William Dalebar William Diion George Gomm William Matthews WUM&m Dunn , sab-Treaswer John , Dowling , 44 , Lower Georgestreet , sub-Secretary . Lambeth . "William Humphries William Bateman William Mallard John Cooper Hngh Edwards John G . DroD , District Counoil
man - Benjamin Rogers , Bub-Treasurer Jehn Moy , 4 , Paget-place , Waterloo-road , sob-Secretary . Circus-street ^ Marylebone . James Pakes George Aldous Frederick Hunt Wm . Pattenden , District Councilman John Detherage Charles Hatchings , sub-Treasurer Vincent Pakes , 35 , Easter-street , Lisson Grove , sub-Secretary .
Kmg of Prussia , Bermondsey . Richard Hesket Charles Jeans William Law John Pearcey William French , District Councilman John L . Daran , sub-Treasurer John Gathard , 16 , Grange Walk , sub-Secretary .
Greenmch and Deptfori . John Cox . Joseph Morgan . George Floyd . James Jenner . Thomas Paris . Robert Bomungton } sub-Treasurer : Simmonds Sweetlove , John-street , Chnroh-slreet , sab-Secretary . Working Men ' s Hall , Mile End , Road . Robert Wells Henry Thornberry Robert Stokes Every Locality and every Lectui spondence . We trust that we fhi in all the places now omitted . The
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Mile End Road ( continued . ) Richard Bridgerman William Bridge John Whiting , District Councilman John Sherrsrd , sub-Treasurer Henry Gale , 4 , St . Mary ' s-Btreet , sub-Secretary .
Clerkenwell . William H . Fox Philip Johnson Alexander Sharp Robert Flazzen John Rainsley ' William Gardiner , Disttiot Councilman Michael Weedon , sub-Treasurer William Snowseell , Brook-hill , sub-Secretary .
The Woodman , Waterloo New Town . ' ' William Wagg William Piokford M'Grath William Lake ' Lockwood J . Sheen , District Councilman J . Harris , sub-Treasurer — Govey , 4 , Little Manchester street , Bethnai Green , sub Secretary .
Lewisham Kent . John Richards Charles Parker Joseph Hinves Robert Mann Frederick Hinvea Henry Hillman , sub-Treasurer Charles Abbott , Hanover-street , sub-Secretary .
7 Vuro . Edward Tregenzer Francis K . Rowe William Farr Edward Stevens : Edward Rowe , District Councilman John Jory , sub-Treasurer John H . Loogmaid , Higher Town , Bub-SeoretaTy .
Sheffield . John West George Evinson Joseph Cartledge James Goodlad Joseph Hud Thomas Brings , sub-Treasurer James Green , 2 , Vine-yard , Harts head , Bab-Secretary .
Tavistock . William Bennett Charles Arnold Henry Horsewell William Reynolds Moses Symonds John Stephens , sen ., sub-Treasurer John B . Ellery , West-street , sub-Seoretary . '
Sower by . James Mitchell William Normanton James Lumb William Wilson Israel Wild ^ Mark Carter , sub-Treasurer Thomas Crossby , Spring-house , Sowerby , sub-Secretary . Coventry ., William Hosier William Parker John Dobson Philip Jones John Gilbert Samuel Wyles , sub-Treasurer George Freeman , St . Joha-streei , Bub-SecretaTV .
Hull , R . Priestly Mason Samuel Jameson William Dale Henry WeBterby George Baraett , District Councilman ' Luke Smallwood , sub-Treasurer Charles Kirby , Shambles-square , Market-place , sub-Secretary .
Oxford . William Druett James Harwood Giles Longwood Philp Smith William Rogers John Bridgwater , eub-Treasurer Robert Warner , 8 , New-street , Bull-street , eub-Secretary . Northampton , Charles Wilmer Richard Garratt George Wats » n John Barker John Robbins ] George Bass . sab-Treasurer Christopher Harrison , Greyfriarsstreet , sub-Seoretary .
Carrington . John Haskard Daniel Gregory Abraham Middison William Burrows Thomas Caunt John Moss , sub-Treaaurer Richard Hankin , New Inn Yard , sub-Secretary .
Lower Warley . David Culpan Jonathan Teale William Mitchell John Wrigley John Lawson , District Councilman David Lawson , sub-Treasurer Job Whiteley , Upper Longbottom , sub-Secretary .
Carlisle , " . James Hirst Henry Gatie Robert Graham Henry Bowman John Gilbertson William Coulthard , sub-Treasurer John Lowrie , Broad Guard , sub-Seoretary .
Manchester . George Johnstone John Nuttall Maurice Donovan Robert Booth Edward Clark Edward Swire , sub-Treasurer John Murray , 43 , Brook-street , Garrat Road , sub-Secretary . Hanky . James Taylor William Honeorof t Harvey Leigh Enoch Mayer Joseph Heath er should preserve this US' I U Boon have to publish tb nam ( j should sep . d their uomis- Aiiom u
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Hanky ( continued , ) Thomas Shirley , sub-Treasurer Henry Foster , Etruria New Road , Skelton , sub-Secretary .
Preston . John Weight James Davis James Brono William Mattenson Joseph Hutchinson William Liddle , sub-Treasurer James Brown , 71 , Park-road , sub-Secretary . Siddle , near Halifax . Samuel Bottom ley Joseph Greenwood Thomas Jennings John Higgins John Murray , District Councilman William Riley , sub-Treasurer George Lomas , eub-Seoratary .
Ovenden , near Halifax . James Hope James Stanfield Esau Thomas Abraham Wiggles worth James Booth , sub-Treasurer Gibson AthwoTVh , Forrest-lane , sub-Secretary .
Todmorden . Robert Bark Henry Hel ] iwell John Crowther Samuel Whitham William Helliwcll Robert Brook , sab-Treasurer John Sutcliffe , Dobroyd , sub- ^ oretary . Oldham .
Samuel YaTdley John M Donald John Taylor John Unsworth Robert Bell Richard Greenhalgh , District Councilman Leonard Heslop , sub-Treasurer William Hamer , Lower ; Moor , sub-Secretary .
Merlhyr-Tydvil . William Tailor David Jones William Philips Benjamin Havard George Morgan William Evans David R . Morgan , Malt-mill square , sub-Secretary .
Bristol , Bear-lane , John Rogers Harry Fink Charles Rebeok Joseph Reed William Simeon , Distriot Councilman John Newman , sub-Treasurer F . Chesney Evans , Marlboreugh Hill , sub-Seorotary .
Bristol—Cannon-street . Harry Myles Joshua Bragger William H . Clifton Charles Clark Thomas Frankham R . H . Williamp , sub-Treasurer Samuel Jacobs , 18 , Upper Maud lin-street , sub-Seoretary . Halifax . Richard Holt Wm . Wallace James Sum roan John Akroyd Joshua Burns , Distriot Council man George Thompson . sub-Treasu
* er . James Chippendale , South-street , sub-Secretary .
Bradford—Little Horton . William Shearman John Waddington Joseph Caudry William Stott James Walton Richard Els worth , sub-Treasurer John W . Smyth , 2 , Thomas-street , Manchester Road , Distriot Councilman and sub-Sec . Bradford— Central Locality . Wm . Jackson Thomas Cole George Domain George Howett Richard Gee Allan Cameron , District
Councilman John Leadley , snb-Treasurer John Thistlewaite , Cropper-lane , eub-Secretary .
Sowerby—Helm Locality . Stephen Jennings Ely Riley David Carter George Leaver Wm . Staacliffa John Helliwell , Distriot Councilman John Normanton , sub-Treasurer Edward Sufcoliffe , Mill-Bank , sub-Seoretary .
Mansfield . Wm . Jelkin J . G . Hibbard James Renshaw John Liuuey John Hamilton Mark Leaveley , sub-Treasurer . James Bramby , Lawn , sub-Secretary . Dundee . Robert Kidd Thomas Anderson James Myles George Turnbull Charles Will William High , sub-Treasurer Fran . M'Donald , Small ' s Wynd , sub-Seoretavy .
Dmmfrus . John Wilson James M'N- ' . el Andrew V / ardrop Robert V / eish George Lewis Alexy ader West , sub-Treasurer Peter- Gray , Nith Place , sub-Secretary . Paisley . Andrew Gemirielv Thomas Brown . Pdter Logan James Watson Peter Cameron James Hatohatd , sub-Treasurer Duncan Robertson , ? , Storie-street sub-Seoretary . will be useful in conducting comof Members of the General Council to the Exeoutive .
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North Stapfobdshibe District—The delegate meeting of the Miners Association was holden at the Plough Inn , Hanley ; Mr . Booth in the chiir ; " when the following sura ' s of money Were paid in , to the rtis tricfc fund .- —Cock :, at Poley tane End £ l 13 ^ 7 . 1 - Wild's Lodge , do . 17 s 7 d ; South Lodj ? e , do . ^ 1 7 s 1 < M ChiOtije and Dragon , Chesterton 17 s ; Old Oik , Cheadle 139 7 d ; Bayley ' slLodRe , Burslem £ 1 2 j Id ; Plough Inn , Hanley £ l jla 4 d ; Sneyd Gteen 6 s 3 d ;" Black Lion , Burslem 3 s | lOd ; Prince Albert , Tunstall 6 s 4 d ; Crown and Anchor , do . 163 10 ( 1 ; Bradley Green £ 1 49 lljdj Kingeley 10 s 2 d ; Knutton Heath ^ 2 fia lOd I Norton £ l 5 a Id ; Harrishead £ 2 10 8 d ; Aisager ' s Bank £ 2 3 s 9 d ; Audley 16 s 5 d ; Talk o'th Hill 13 a 3 d ; SmaJlthorn 5 s 2 d ) Golden fiiU £ 2 15 s 5 d —Total— £ 23 16 s Hid .
The following euma of money were paid in to support those that have been anfferen from Coal King tyranny : —Cock at Poley Lane Bad ; £ 1 la io § d ; Wild ' s Lodge , do . 17 a Id ; Lovett ' s Lodge , do . £ l 13 a 34 ; Cheadte , £ 1 7 s ; Bayley ' s Lodge , Burslem , £ 2 7 s 94 ; Plough Inn , Hanley , 6 $ ; Sneyd Green , £ 1 is 9 i ; Black Lion , Baratem , 3 s lid ; Prince Albert , Tunstal , £ 1 7 s lOd ; Grown and Anchor , do ., £ 1 18 s 8 d ; Bradley Green , £ 1 la 8 d ; Kingsley , £ l Os 6 d ; Kautton Heath , 2 a 64 Alsager ' a Bank , 5 a 9 d ; Sniallhora , 8 < s 2 d ; Golden Hill , 12 s 6 d / Total , £ 15 16 s 2 ^ J . The following resolutions were agreed to : — " That " there be 8 , 000 appendisea printed to the " MonthB of Grace " that have been issued to the Miners who have not joined the Union in this district . " " That a list of all
the men that are jout of the Union be prepared , and handed to the several Secretaries ; and tbat the Secretaries aend the same to tha next delegate meeting . " " Tbat the men in the North unite with their brethren in the South , of Staffordshire ; and that the lecturers exchange occasionally with each other ; and that Mr . David Swallow go for one month the first " " That Richard Butler and Joseph Edwards , who have been appointed lecturers by this meeting , go into Shropshire to establish the Union in tbat district ; and tbat friend Lomax remain with us in the Potteries , to be aasiated by local lecturers . " The Association is like fire among dry stubble , driving all before it . There has been an increase of nearly six hundred members this fortnight . May it spread through all the land . It was also agreed tbat we should apply to the next Conference
to have tfae following alterations made in the general rules : —1 . " That the executive be reduced to five instead of eleven . " 2 . " That the Executive Council be permanent for ; the time they are in office ; and when there is no regular business for the Executive , they shall lecture in the surrounding districts . " 3 . " Tbat the agents be appointed to their respective districts by the Conference , and not by the Executive . " 4 . " That the various items in the balance-sheets be explained / ' o . " That the Executive be chosen as follows : — two out of the counties of Durham and Northumberland ; two for Yorkshire , Lancashire , Nottinghamshire , Leicestershire , Derbyshire , Shropshire , Staffordshire , and Cheshire ; and one from Scotland or Wales , uniting- with the South . " The- thanks of the meeting was given to the Proprietor and Editor of the Northern Star for advocating the canse of the Miners , and giving publicity to their movements .
South Staffordshire . —A public meeting of Miners was held at W&ls&l , in the house of Mr . Griffiths , Lamp Tavern , Mr . Bridgit in the chair ; Messrs . Scott and Pyle both addressed the meeting , at tfae close ot which several took ont cards of membership . Wolvekhampton . —A public meeting was held here on the 5 th ] of December , in the Mitre Inn , Mr . Pritchard in the chair ; Messrs . Scott and Pyle both addressed the meeting at considerable length . A good many took oat cards of membership . On Dae the 6 c& , Measra . Scott and Pyle held a public meeting at the house of Mr . Leechsmith , Etgle Inn , A good many of the hardy sons of the mine enrolled themselves as members of the Miners * Association . On Dec . the . 7 th Messrs . Scott and Buttler addressed the Miners of Kate's Hill on the important subject of general union . Worcestershire . —A meeting of Miners was held at Delph on the 9 th of December , in the Black Horse Urge room , Messrs . Buttler and Scott both addressed the meeting . Several took out cards of membership .
all persons j wishing to communicate with the Secretary of the j Miners' Association , South Staffordshire , must address , post-paid , Mr . John Todd , Newstreet , Darlaston , South Staffordshire . A large open-air Mbeting of Coal Miners was holden at Hey wood on Moniay last , when the usual trade resolutions J were passed by acclamation . The meeting was addressed by Messrs . Price , Meade , Bell , and Dlxon . ' A Meeting of Miners was held at the Boat Inn , Brockmoor , on Dec 1 th , Mr . Wm . Weod in the chair . Mr . Butler explained the principles of the Association , to the satisfaction ! of all present , and every one took out cards of membership . Kippax—The ! good work is going well . We had a glorious meeting on Monday night last , at the Green Oak Inn , Kippax .- It was well attended by the hardy sons of the mine . Thirty-nine members took cards . The meeting separated highly gratified .
Miners' Union . —A delegate meeting of Miners was faeld at the house of Mr . Samuel Rowbottom , Unicorn Inn . Adwalton , on Saturday , Dec 9 th , Mr . John Herbert in the chair . The following resolutions were discussed and agreed to : —1 st . " That a public meeting be held at Wibsey Slack , Dec . 26 th , 1843 , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon . " j 2 nd . " Tbat a public meeting be held at Honley , Due ; 27 th , 1843 , at twelve O'clock at noon . " 3 rd . " That public meeting be held at Barnsley , on New Tear ' s Day , Jan . 1 st , 1844 , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon . " Mr . Roldgate , and other friends will address the respective meetings . 4 th . " That the Secretary and Treasurer continue their office three months from this date . " 5 th . " That Samuel
Mann , of Halifax , and George Wood , of Barnsley , be the representatives to attend the General Conference , to be held at Manchester , Jan . 2 nd , 1844 . " 6 th . " That this meeting adjourn to Jan . 6 th , 1844 , to the house of Mr . William Robshaw , Good Samaritan Inn , Dawsbury . " The following sums were paid in : —Halifax , No . l-13 sl 0 d ; Ambletborn—7 fl ; Kippax— £ 1 Is 4 d ; Barnsley— £ 2 4 s 2 d ; Rothwell—14 s 3 jd ; Four Lane Ends—7 s ljd ; Bees ton—6 ^ 8 d ; Bradford Moor—£ 1 43 6 ^ d ; Bowling— m l % & ; St » incliffe--4 fl < Jd ; Halifax , No . 2—16 i ; Thornton—14 s 7 d ; Heckmondwlke—33 8 d ; Stainbro '— £ 2 3 s 2 d ; Churwell—12310 d ; Bradsbaw— £ 1 5 a 4 d ; Lockwood , 63 8 d ; Daw green—7 s 3 Ad ; EUand , 6 s ; Birstal , 8 b .
WhiteuatE . n—The following sums have been received from jvewcastie-npon-Tyne , on tb » 8 th Dec-For tbe Cumberland Miners , the amount of £ 57 17 b . viz . Haswell £ 3 6 a 3 d ; Woodhouse Close 153 ; Pernberton ' a £ 2 ; Shiney-row 13 s ; Sheriff Hill £ 1 5 s ; Cowpen £ 2 143 : 6 d ; King Pitt 17 a 6 d ; Etimore £ 1 lla 3 d ; Lumley £ i ; WaldridgeFell £ 2 Is ,- Cock-Held 17 s 2 d ; Qaarrlngton Hill £ 1 5 ? ; Coppy Cooks £ l ; Black Boy , £ 2 10-j WestHetton £ 114 a XOd ; He-worth 15 s 3 d ; South Wingate £ 2133 9 d ; Lampton £ l 6 s Id ; Hunwick £ l ; Sbotten £ 2 3 s 3 d ; New Durham £ l 2 s 6 d ; Coxhoe £ 1 12 a 64 ; North Hetton £ l 2 9 d ; Sberbnrn Hill £ 3 Is 4 d ; Bedlington district £ 12 6 s 9 d ; Oakwellgate « a 6 d ; Heaton £ 2 6 a 5 ^; Hubburn £ 1 12 s 10 d ; Raven / worth 17 s 3 d ; Wylem £ l 4 s 3 d . John Modine , Secretary .
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Liverpool Cobn Market , fbiday , Dsa 8 . —The daties continues without alteration on all sorts of foreign Grain , except Rye , reduced to 10 s . 6 d-, and Colonial Rye to 2 s . < Jd . per quarter . We have an average supply of Wheat and Flour fresh in from Ireland , but only a moderate quantity of other articles thence and coastwise , the arrival of Oatmeal being less liberal than UBual ; while a few parcels of Canadian Wheat Peas and Flour , ' form almost the only imports from abroad during the ! past three days . There has been no activity observable in any branch of the trade since Tuesday , but upon a retail demand generally prices have remained tolerably steady . At this morning ' s market , which was thinly attended by either local or country millers , considerable dulnesB prevailed , the
few buyers of Wheat taking only sufficient for * immediate purposes , with , however , scarcely a variation from the currency of our last circular . The Float trade was also without animation , and we quote the same prices for all descriptions of British as well as Foreign . No English malting Barley remainingunsold , the first arrivals will command a ready sale and full prices , there being no Irish or Scotch of a quality suitable to supply the deficiency . Malt , * Beans and PeaB , in slow request , but unaltered in value . We had little country demand for Oats to-day , but the moderate quantity o& ' aripg prevent ! any present depression in prices . Choice new Oatmeal still reaches 21 s . to 21 s . 6 d ., and we have a moderate sale for good old parcels at 20 s . per 250 lbs . No bonded transactions are reported , besides a few parcels of Egyptian Beans at 169 . per 480 lbB .
Liverpool Cvtm-b Market , Mok » ait , Dec . 11 . — We have had rather a smaller supply of Cattle at market to-day than last week , which met with dull sale , at a shade of advance in price from last week's quotations . Beef 4 jd to 53 ; Mutton 4 $ d to B ^ d . — Cattle Imported into Liverpool , from the 4 th to the 11 th Dec .: —1 , 565 Cewa j 36 Calves ; 3 , 466 Sheep ; 20 Lambs ; 6 , 831 Pigs ; 9 Howes . manchestebIcoen Maeket , Saturday , Dec . 9 . —The Flour trade during the week has remained in precisely the Bame state na we have had occasion to notice for several " weeks put , the dealers and bakers merely purchasing for their present wants , whilst factors have evinoed no disposition to press sales , and
prices were consequently unchanged . For Oatmeal an improved Inquiry vraa experienced from consumers , and rather higher rates were in some instances realised . But few transactions occurred in Wheat at our market thifl morning , and except for good dry samples the previous currency was barely sustained . The demand for Flour was extremely languid , but no alteration in the value of choloe descriptions can be notscl : inferior and low qualities were unsaleable . Oats met a tolerably steady sale , at former prices . With a fair inquiry for Oatmeal , an advance of 3 d to 6 d per load was generally demanded and obtauftd on the sales effected . In tbe value of ! Beans or other articles oo change can be noted .
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York Corn Market , Dec . 9 . —We have a good supply of Grain to-day . Wneat is dull sale , at lost week ' s prices , but not lower . Fine Barley is scarcely so well sold , and inferior qualities are bad to qu ' . t , at a decline of Is per quarter . Losdos Corn Exchange , Monday , TJgc . II . — Since this day fortnight the arrivals of English Wheat have been tolerably exte sive , while an increase has taken place In those « f most other kinds of grain of home produce . The stands were well supplied with samples of wheat from our own coasts , yet its quality was somewhat beneath an average . The attendance of bnyers was . on the whole , nnuierous . and selected qualities of Red and White English Wheat ' were taken off steadily , at prices fully equal to those obtained on
Monday last . In the middling and out-of-condition pacels , very little business was transacted , and in some instances the rates had a downward tendency , without a clearance being effected . In free Foreign Wheat the sales were limited , but -we have no alteration to notice in the quotations . Bonded grain was a mere drug . Notwithstanding we had a good show of Barley samples ; the demand for that article—especially malting descriptions—was active , at an advance of Is ., per quarter , and nearly the whole of tbe receipts found buyers . The sale for Malt was rstber languid , but prices were supported . Of Oats we bad not a large supply on offer , yet as most of the dealers are well in stock , the Oit trade was slow , at late rates . Beans , Peas , and Flour moved off slowly , at previous
curren-. London , Smithfield Cattle Market , Monday December 11 . —The great Christmas show having been appointed to be held here te-day , the market exhibited a degree of animation and bustle seldom , or never , before witnessed in this or any other similar place of business in the United Kingdom . Not only was the attendance of London and conn try butchers large , but tbe market was crowded throughout the day by agricultural and other visitors , who expressed themselves highly gratified with the stock brought forward . In particularising the stock we shall commence with the Beasts , as is oar usual custom . In taking a comparative review of it we may safely venture to inttmats that a finer , more symmetrical , a heavier , oi
betterconditioned supply of those animals was never witnessed by the oldest grazier living . In many respects , it was decidedly superior to tbat exhibited at the corresponding period in 1842 ; while , if we take its average quality , we must give our opinion in favour of this day ' s show . For a series of years the Hereford breeds have beld the first position on these interesting occa sions ; and we have to observe that that position was never before so marked as to-day ; in fact , without detracting from some of the Hereford' s shown in the yard at Baker-etreet , and which carried off prizes , we cannot but express our surprise and regret that some of these beasts shou'd not have entered tha lists for competition at the Smithfield Club ' s Show . Take , for instance , the twenty-five , pure Herefords and Sussex beasts
brought to this morning ' s market by Mr . Senior , of Broughton House , near Aylesbury . These wonderful creatures , five years old , were estimated to weigh , on the average , two hundred and fifty stones each . Foe weight of fat and symmetry these , we unhesitatingly affirm , were never before excelled by any grazier in tha kingdom ; hence worthy of our special notice . Even these , however , we did not consider the prodigies of the show , as we accord that honour to Mr . Terry ' s seven Hereford Steers , bred and fed by that gentleman on his farm near Aylesbury . These beasts were wonderful , indeed , —showing , in our judgment , the greatest weight in the same compass ever observed in any similar kind in the world . And this , by the way , is not saying too much for them ; therefore , we place them as the
first and most valuable beasts—in other words , as the wonder of the market . The next , in point of excellence , we consider tno twenty superior Davons shown by Mr . Chanelin . The twenty-six Devons » the property of Mr . John Somers , of Saltmore House , Britigwater , were very wonderful animals , aa will be perceived when we observe that their weight was from one hundred and forty to one hundred and seventy stones each , and that some of them found purchasers at £ 36 per head . Mr . H . Brown , of Stawell , near Bridgewater , had also some remarkably good Devons , bred by Mr . John Birch , of Bridford , near tannton , and by Mr . Thomas Danger , of Trunstill , near Bridgewat 6 r , which elicited much approbation . We have also to notice favourably the twentysix Devons shown by Mr . W . Bond , of Bishop Lydiard ,
near Taunton , Somersetshire ; as also some by Mr . E . Bond , of Oak Farm , near Taunton , and which reflected the highest credit upon those gentlemen's skill et breeders . The 20 Devons exhibited by Mr . Human , of Barrow , near Bridgewater , were well made-up beas * - ? , theugh not such heavy weighers as those above noticed . Mr . Gurrier had also an extraordinary fine show of Hereforda , Davons , runts , and Scot *; while Mr . Collins had two of the best short horns ( bred and fed by Mr . Simpson , near Cambridge ) we ever saw , they exceeding in weight 170 atone each . The 10 Herefords , the property of Mr . Lay ton , of Thorney ,, near Petersborough , and offered for sale by Mr . Collins , were first-rate enimals . Mr . Robert Morgan had also 20 very snperio * short-horned and Hereford oxen , grazed by William
Goodall , Esq ., of Market Deeping , Lincolnshire . Thece beasts were greatly admired by the butchers , and allowed by judges to be the twenty best beasts shovj in London of any one gentleman ' s feeding . Mr . Morgan bad likewise some very good oxen on sale , the property of W . Wlsman , Esq . of Moulta Ganget , and some remarkable fine Scots , belonging to Cr < Hay , Esq ., of Aberdeen tN . B . ) The short horns and Hereforda last referred to weighed quite 200 stones each . Mr . Vorley had on show 14 Herefords , sent by Mr . B . Simpkins , of Oby , Leicestershire , and which were jostly admired by all present . Having new given our readers a faithful statement of the quality and condition of the bullock supply , which , aa we have before observed , were never before excelled , we snail now refer
to the aggregate numbers and general demand . With respect to the tonnes they were quite as large as those brought forward on any similar occasion , during the last six years ; but we certainly consider there was more weight of flesh , both leaa and fat , than we before recollected . It la true , we did not see quite so many good Scots as formerly , the beat in the market belag those shown by Mr . Maidwell , of Leatherhead ; but this comparative deficiency was more than mode geod by the Herefords and Devons , not forgetting Some unusually fine pure Burhams . Such being the state of the bullock supply , "we could have wished to report equally favourable of the beef trade . Notwithstanding t&e Jarge attendance ot buyers , it ruled heavy , and tbe prices realised were certainly beneath those that could
be considered remunerative . For instance , though a few of the primest Scots , Devons , Herefords , and Durharos were disposed of at 4 a fid per Slbs ; the highest general figure for Beef did not exceed 4 s 4 d per Slbs . The trade with the best qualities—and for which scarcely any comparative advance in value was realised , considering their extraordinary excellence—was by no means brisk , yet a good clearance of meat wes effected . For the middling and inferior kinds of Beef—of the latter of which scarcely any was on offer the sale -was likewise slow , yet their currencies bad an upward tendency . In comparing the rates of Beef obtained to-day with those at tbe same market in the year 1842 , a present decline in value must be observed of nearly sixpence per Slbs , some of the Scots
and Herefords last year producing as much as 5 s per 8 lbs ., and that , too , at a period when the supply wm not , taken ' as a whole , so good as that shown this morning . Although the epidemic is still complained of , we did not observe scarcely a stogie instance to-day in which it had committed any serious ravages ^ the stock being mostly well on its legs . The arrivals of Beasts from Lincolnshire , Leicestershire , Northamptonshire , &c . consisted of about 3 , 000 short-horns , &c . ; from the Western and Midland districts * 600 Herefords , Devons , Durhams , Ac . were received ; while from other parta of England the numbers were rather over 800 ; those from Scotland amounting to 125 Scots , by steamers . We now come to the Sheep ; in which , with some exceptions , to which we shall presently allude , there was a slight falling off in quality , bnt not in numbers ( the latter being about the average of those shown on this occasion ) . Prime old Downs , being scarce , were taken off somewhat freely , at currencies fully equal to those
obtained on thifl day se ' nnight , or from 4 s to 4 s 41 pe * 8 lbs . ; but with polled and other breeds , the tirade was in a very depressed state at barely stationary prices . In glancing through the supply of sheep , we perceived same unusually fine creatures amongtt it . Mr . Weal having on offer 16 polled sheep , the property of E . F . Wfaittingstali , Esq ., of Langley Berry , Herefordshire , an also 20 remarkably fine dawna bred by the same gentleman . Some of tbe former produced £ 6 jaer head . Mr . Weal likewise shewed two wonderful downs , sent by Mr . Addams , of Wan , Herts , and which were justly admired . There were shewn by other salesmen some remarkably fine downs , bred and fed by Mr . Tnckwell , of Signett ; Eve polled sheep , bred and fed by idr . C . Large , ef Broadwell , and some exceedingly fine downs belonging to Mr . Faulkner , of Berry Barns , which were certainly the prodigies of the supply of sheep , the number of calves waB seasonably good , yet the sale for th em was tolerably steady , and the late improvement in their quotations was well supported . The
Show of Pigs was good , but not quite equal to that of rome former years . Ne t small Porfcera sold freely other kinds of Figs slowly , at late rates . There was no foreign stock on offer to-day , while no imports [ of consequence have taken place since Monday last . Wool Maekkt . —The imports of wool during the past -week have been on a moderate scale . With , tha exwpUon of prime qualities of both English and colonial wools selling steadily at MI prices , the demand may be considered heavy at barely late rates , arising in a great measure from the large stock ° » ° ^ . .. . Borough and SPiTAXFiBtDs—The amvais of poSceshave counted of about ^^ J ^^ land , 200 ditto from Yorkshire , ^ 300 ditto from the Channel iBlinas . 90 ditto from Devonshire , and 400 O $ M % S * SirfW * - . V » weather conttnuing S for the season a » descriptions ^ ne ^ slovrsal ^
BOROUGH Hop MARKET-Comparatively speaktag , we have a very moderate supply of hops in our market . ? he Sand , however , is not to say brisk , but previous ^ iSw ^ SS ^ wket is nnnsually dull and ina * Hve for the time of year . Tbe demand for the trade £ very limited , as U shown by the continued small deliveries . Some persons , however , are stilt sanguine of an increased demand , and rather higher prices after the turn of the year . Town Tallow is plentiful at 41 s 6 d nett cast .
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Vert Good —Keep him at least three paces distant who hates music and the laugh of a child . —Lavater ^ Old Pake . —Old Parr has been spoken of si a " longevist , '' a doctor , " and ?* a man of research ;" but how Beldom ( if at all ) is he talked of as a bene . factor . " And yet if we are to pronounce a man a benefactor according to the benefit which his services confer , a greater benefactor it would be difficult to name . , He has discovered that , which is in itself the source of all benefit j he has availed and conquered disease , that destroyer of human happiness ; he has lengthened oat the term of existence , and strewed the road to death with decorating flowers . In every point of view , we have a gracious benefactor in the venerable Parr , A Disconsolate Widow . —A few weeks ago the husband of a young woman died in the vicinity of this city , being quite inconsolable for tbe loss of her late partner , she was called upon , before the funeral , by a male friend , who did everything he could to console her , and finding that nothing else would do , he made her an offer , plump , to supply the place of the deceased . After a good deal of ill suppressed Bighing , the poor widow sobbed out . "O , Richard , you ' re very gude — very con-con-siderate , indeed—but I pro-promised myself to our puir John ' s coffin-maker last night I—Glasgow Constitutional .
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TO THE JOURNEYMEN TAILORS . _ TO THB EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAR , wBAR ^ siB , —In yoar report of the exposure of the system of Sweating before gfir Peter Laurie , I am made to say that Mr . Kaye , of Aldersgate-street , has his ^^» asw ell made for ls 6 d , as Stultz for 7 s . As tw » has , to the Trade , an appearance of exaggeration , I aia J ? si » on . of setting myae / righfc What I said was , that X bad seen trousers as well maaeatKaye ' sfor uM , bb I had Te 6 e \ yed 7 a for at the West-end ; the fact being that Kaye ' s highest price ror waistcoats is Yd , well made , and doable breasted , his prices varying from 4 d ; treusero from 10 d per pair . The mistake , as regards the word watdcoat is trifling in itself ; bnt tbe statement has a bad effect upon the trade . I trust yon win receive this as an apology for troubling you « A word to the Journeymen Tailors of tbe United Kingdom , in answer to a letter of mine , hi a former number of the Star . I have received communications from Somersetshire , Leeds , Bishopwearmouth , and Dundee , expressing a desteeto co-opejaieln the proposed National Delegate Meeting of the trade , && ; and aathe tailors of London , in a public meeting of between two and three thousand persons , have unanimously agreed to the proposition , the central committee of the Metropolitan Tailors * Trade Protection Society respectfully solicit their brethren ia other towns to forward their opinions en the matter , as soon as convenient , as no steps can be taken unless they feel themselves authorised to do so . There can be but one opinion as to the necessity of a general Onion of the Trade , both in town and country , for the purpose of protecting out labour against the capitalists , who are the authors of our preseafc degraded and Impoverished condition , through their awful and calamitous system of competition . I am , yours respectfully , j . W . Paekbb . Suffolk Coffee House , Old Bailey , Dae . 11 th , 1843 .
Executive Appointments Of General Council Fob, The National Charter Association.
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" We cull the choicest . " The Abbe be ia Mennais . —If your star ever conducted you into one of those hotels Trhich form the Rue de Rivoli , and yen found yourself in the presence of a little man buried in a vast morning gown , spotted with blue squares ; if yon saw this personage of frail body , and pale emaciated face , stamped with tbe impress oi suffering and resignation ; If you saw him troubled almoit at your presence , lifting from time to time towards you a timid eye , speaking with a voice so -west that it -scarcely reached-your ear , sinking
down , as It were , occasionally npon himself , as if plunged In profound meditation , looking inioarxl * , slipping his shoes { on and off , or taking handfolls of zanS from an immense box , you would have had some difficulty in recognising , under this sorry mantle , one of the greatest agitators of our epoch ; a priest who Jirts the minion , with no other lever than his pen , ¦ without any other foothold than bis ardent soul , and -whose pages excite as many storms as did formerly the fulminating bulls of Gregory TIL the factious theses of Luther , or , as now , do the unbridled harangues of O'ConnelL—Living Characters of France .
M . AB . AGO . —Do you ¦ wish to satisfy yourself respecting the indolence of the savant , ask for information from the yonng astronomers attached to the observatory . They trUl tell you tbat never did a human brain encounter a more enormous mass of labeur ; that Arago deems every one an idler Trho does not work fonrteen hours a day , and that days « f this kind are for him days of repose . They will tell yon that this formidable man busies himself with politics , chemistry , physics , mechanics , astronomy , natural history , philosophy , literature ; and that on a pinch he "would make tragedies at least as good as those of ^ onttnelli ; that he is in constant correspondence with all the savants ot Europe ; that be is upon all tbe political , scientific , and useful
committees of the world ; that his cabinet is daily crowded -with plans te be examined , memoirs to ana-Ij 23 , petitions to advocate ; that all this passes regularly through his hands ; and that , on the following day , the work is to be recommenced ; tbat the Government , the municipality , -the establishments of public ntility , and even private interests , find in him & counsellor and a guide as active as disinterested ; that his time is at trtery one '« disposal ; that , vhilxt he has one eye on what Is 4 j » ssing above , he has tbe other fixed on what iB going on here below ; and that , amid all his varion » and absorbing occupations , lie finds time to play tbe part of one of the most brilliant and delightful talkers of the saloons of Paris . —Living Characters of France .
W 1 NTEB IS C 0 MK . Ik rich men ' s hallB the fire is piled , And ermine robes keep cut the weather ; In poor men ' s huts the fire is low , Through broken panes tbe keen Winds blow , And old and young are cold together . OI poverty is disconsolate ; Its pains are many , its foes are strong : Tbe rich man hi his jovial cheer , Wishes twas Winter through the year ; The poor man ' mid his wants profound , With all his little children round , Prays God that Winter be not long ! Mabt Howiti
MaDSBSS OF Was . —May ire ask tbe reader to behold Trith us a melancholy fihovr—a saddening , miserable spectacle ? We Trill not take him to a prison , a workhouse , a bedlam , "where human nature expiates its guiltiness , ita lack of worldy goods , its most desolate perplexity ; but -will take him to a wretchedness first contrived by wrong , and perpetuated by folly . "We will show him the embryo mischief that , in due season , skall be born in the completeness of its terror , and shall be christened with a sounding name , Folly and Wickedness standing sponsor * . W& are in St . James ' s Park . The royal standard of England burns hi the summer air —tbe Queen is in London . We pass the palace , and in a few paces are in Birdcage-walk . There , reader , is tbe miserable show we promised yon . There are some
fifty recruits , drilled by & rerje&nt to do homicide cleanly , handsomely . In Birdeage-irelk , Glory atta npon her eggs , and hatches eagles 1 How very beautiful is the sky Above us i What a blessing comes with afresh , quick air ! The trees , drawing their green beauty from the earth , qaieken onz thoughts of the bounteoumess of this teeming world . - Here , in this nook , this patch , -where -we yet feel the vibrations of surronndiag London , —even here , nature , con-Btant in her beauty , bloom , and smiles , uplifting the heart of man , if the heart fee his to own hex . Now look aside , and contemplate God ' s image with & musket Your bosom still expanding with gratitude to God for the Hessinsshe has heaped upon you , behold the crowning glory of
God ' s work managed like a machine , to slay the image of God—to stain the teeming earth with homicidal blood—to fill tbe air with howling anguish 1 Is not yonder row of downs a melancholy sight ? Tet are they the Bucklings of Glory—the baby mighty ones of a future ga&ette . Reason beholds them with a deep pity . Imagination magnifies them into fiends of wickedness . There is carnage about them—carnage and the pestilential vapours of the slaughtered . What a fine-looking thing ia war ! Yet , dress it at w « may , drew and , feather it , daob it with gold , hczss it , and drink swaggering songs about it—what is it , nine times ont of ten , but murder in uniform ? Cain taking the sergeant ' s shilling ? And now we hear the fifes and
drums of her Majesty ' s grenadiers . They pass on the other side ; and a crowd of idlers , their hearts jumping to the music , their eyes dazzled , and their feelings perverted , hang about the march , and catch the infectionthe love of glory ! And true wisdom thinks of the world * age , and sighs at its alow advance in all that dignifies man , the truest dignity being the truest love for his fellow . And then hope and faith in human progress contemplate the pigeant , its real ghastlinesa disguised by outward glare and frippery , and know the day will come when the symbols of war will be as tbe sacred beasts of old Egypt—things to mark tbe barbarism of by-gone w&r ; melancholy records ot the part perversity of human nature . "— The Illuminated
Magazine . The Mechanic— "Tbe mechanic , sir , is one of God's noblemen . What have mechanics not done ? Have they not opened the secret chambers of the mighty deep , and extracted its treasures , and made the raging bniowx their highway , on which they ride as on a tame steed ? Are not the elements of fire and water chained to the crank , and at the mechanic ' s bid , being compelled to turn it ? Have not mechanics opened the bowels of the earth , and made his products contribute to his -wants ? Tbe forked lightning is their plBjtbing , and they ride triumphant on the Wings of the mighty wind . "
Watbb Flansel— "A friend put into my hand the other day , " writes a correspondent of tbe Athenceum ' a yard or two of what seemed a coarse kind of flannel , grey on one side , greenish en the other , and a full quarter of an inch thick , which bad been thrown up by the liver Trent , and washed ashore in vast sheets . It was pronounced to be a manufactured article , and so it was : bat by the hand of Nature . This substance , when handled , is harsh to the touch , although composed of finest threads . To tbe naked eye it presents no character by which it may be known from any coarse and ltosely woven doth . The microscope revetla its nature . It is then found to eensist of myriads of joined threads , whose joints are compressed -alternately sideways and
vertically : they are here and there transparent , but for the most part opsque , and rough to the eye . The water flannel-is composed of jointed threads , secreting carbonate of lime on tbeir surface , and forming seeds composed o ! starch within them . And when we consider that the joints are smaller than the eye can detect , while each contains from 50 to 100 seeds , it may easily be conceived with what rapidity such a plant is multiplied : sod , as their contents consist to a great extent of Etarch , the most readily org&nisable of all vegetable materials , the means of growtif with -which tbe plant is provided are far more ample than any thing we know of in tie higher orders o ! tbe vegetable kingdom . This curious substance has of late yean attracted the attention of people in various parts of England . "
EFPCTS OF HUHGEB . OK MISD AND MOBALS , — Certain it U , that in the endurance of cold and hunger , both the intellectual and moral faculties suffer ; not merely in the sense of physical pain , but do actually undergo 3 deterioration : tbe clearness of theTose is dark * ened , the preventive and stimulus of the other are partially neutralised , and Bermona and psalms won't mend them ; their buoyancy and elasticity are stultified ; intelligence in hunger and wast , though " sharpened , ' * moves only in feverish leaps , or in ferocious impulses XTBeiess it -wm be found , as it ever has been , to preach " be resigned , content , submissive to the will , decrees , < fca" Strike a discord on the belly , and all the harmony of thought and feeling responds a fitful howling . Pinch the toes and fingers with nipping frost , and tbe melody of a healthy heart and mind will ' * jangle out of tune and harsh . " My greatest fear , ; next , is , that knaves will employ this season -of distress , in making dupes . —Life and Remains ofC . Pemberio * .
THE CEKTUR" * BEFOHB THE REFOBMATIOH . —It would be difficult to select from the pages of history a century more rich in important inventions and discoveries than that immediately preceding the Befornution . Tbe route to India , by the way of the Cape of Go # d Hope , was discovered by Yasoo de Gtema , 1488 . Tfae date of the discovery of the mariners' compass is uncertain , bat it had become in general use by aboat the middle of the fifteenth century ; and this leads us to notice that great event , which , witho » i the compass , could never have taken place—the discovery of America by Colnmbns , 1493 . The giant art of printing
—Lnther ' j jreai auxiliary in effecting the Reformation —was invented by Guttenbnrg , who had printed his Bible by 1455 . And to this period also belongs the invention of clocks , gunpowder , fire-arms , and papermaking . Of the men of genius and learning who flonrished about this time , we may enumerate Machiayel , celebrated for his political writings j Ariosto , the Italian poet ; Sis Thomas More and his friend , ihe learned Erasmus ; Copernicus , the astronomer ; Rabelais , the satirist ; Gavin Douglas , the poet and divine ; and the Reformers Luther , Metanctoon , and CalTin , —Druids ' Quarterly Review .
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Re-obgaNization of the Militia . —A bill will be introduced next session of Parliament to remodel and place the militia on a more efficient footing , with a view to complete and train tbat force next year .
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