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, March 13, Iw. _^ The Northern Star. 8
, March 13 , iw . _^ THE NORTHERN STAR . 8
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Let the base sycophant Of wars and heroes sing ; ' Land ttie despot' cringe and bow To Emperor or Kin ; : I scorn such fulsome themes , 1 sing of the patriot brave , Buncombe , tha friend of Liberty ,
And Labour ' s worn-down slave . Choecs . —Let all as one nnite , And join in Freedom ' s cause , Shouting for " Buncombe and our Rights ; Free , just , and equal laws !" When the Whigs and Tories join'd The labourer to enslave , Buncombe crush'd their monster Bill , And consigned it to its grave . The Post-office espionage Pursued in Graham ' s plan , Buncombe nobly did up « et , And expo ? ed that hateful man , Cnoacs . —Let all as one , Ac . The poor in Bastiles doomed Their wretched lives to spend , —¦ The toiling slave—the factory
child—Buncombe has been their friend ; He has their wrongs denounced , He will their rights demand . And Labour would emancipate From the grasping tyrant band . Chobxs . — Let all as one , Ac . He will defend the oppressed , The Irish or the Pole ; The deeds of despots are deplor'd By his patriotic soul . Buncombe they caanot bribe— . He ' s honest , firm and bold , And , as the leader of onr cause . His worth cannot be told . Choscs . —Let all as one , Ac . Let the Tories tell of Peel ,
The Whigs a Russell boast , Buncombe is our champion . And this shall be onr toast : — " To Buncombe and the Trades , Buncombe and Liberty ; To Buncombe and the Charter , And may we soon be free !" Cuoacs . —Let all as one unite , And join in Freedom ' s cause , Shouting for "Buncombe and our Rights ; Frae , just , andeqn-1 laws ' . " isomers Town . JohhAbnott .
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Talt's Edinburgh Magazine,—March-Edinbur...
TAlT'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE , —March-Edinbur gh : Sutherland & Knox . London : Simpkin & Marshall . This is an excellent number of this old-established magazine . Seldom have we seen a number less open to objection and so worthy of praise , as regard * its contents generally . From the " Political Register " of the month we extract the following sensible notice of
THE TEN HOURS BILL , It appears that l ' jin 13 of all the Manchester mills are Standing ; that one . third of the number ara working short time ; that 1 in 15 of tb » operatives are idle ; and enr-third of the remainder are on short time . The operation of tbe ten hours' bill wonld equalise this state of siattsrs , and wonld take no more from the aggregate working hours , or the collective wages , than the recent speculations in cotton and the stagnation in business have taken already . Politically , or , rather , socially considered , the most valuable article in this number is that on " The Cause and Cure of Crime . " The writer of the article , after briefly showing up the Draco like atrocities « f our past criminal law , and the slow progress of its amendment , proceeds pithily but pointedly to exhibit the enormous folly and evil of the present system of transportation . He next exhibits the awful evils of
JUVENILE VAGRANCT . The Moabites who made their children burnt offerings to idols had an infatuated hope of accomplishing a great object by the sacrifice . The Hindoo mother committed her child to the sacred river , trusting that its waters would float her infant to Elysium . How many British mothers , more enlightened , withoat any similarly vague expectations , submit their children to the raoit fiery erdeal!—and no effort is made by the public authorities to restrain the iniquity ; for this crime may be more frequently chargeable to the State than to the parent . Juvenilestret-t-begging Is the precursor of juvenile crime . Oar common pauperism Is the grand nursery of oar too wnmon guilt . It is not possible that an infant can be tnined to all the artifices of alms-seeking , and exercise them from its earliest years without contracting the contamination of crime , if left without any intellectual or moral instruction ; and this ' n the case in almost every instance of juvenile pauperism . Death interferes , in the Brett majority of cases , to save tha public from an
intolerable burden . The vest majority of children , wfio re exposed from any causes to the miseries of streetbegging , die early . Those alone who are of the ttoutest mould can withstand the vicissitudas to which they are ( objected . Bat it U surely a miserable comfort to find ear mode of treatment fatal to so many individuals , whe might have lived to usefulness in a yet half-peopled world . It can be no great recommendation of onr present system that it shields the public from an overwhelm . i » jr mass of crime , only by throwing those who seem to be regarded as the refuse of time into eternity , without the experience of a single real kindness , or an hour ot proper instruction . Those who are desirous of reducing the crime of the country muit begin with the very loweit depths of society , and improve them . They may demand an alteration in our Poor-laws , and they may setk for legislative improvement ; but we have the utmost reliance in the disposition of tbe Stats to do good by halves and quarters ; and so it will be ultimately found that the work , to be done well , must be done by the people themselves .
'flic work is being done , at least has been commenced . The " ragged schools" ( odious and abominable name , a disgrace to those who invented it , ) of London and other tewns , are steps ! taken in a tight direction . But these schools are very imperfect : they should be schools of industry as well as learning , and , moreover , aylumns where the destitute may find sustenance as well as education , for we fully agree with the writer in Tail , that" the elements of reading and writing will not supply the immediate Want of a quartern loaf ; and it is ' little less than mickery to lid the destitute be taught , unless they are afco invited to be fed . " This Dr . Alison sees , acd therefore demands bread as the first necessary for destitute and vagrant children to save them from becoming criminals ; on tbe other hand , Dr . Glial .
mera advocates the Bible as all-sufficient . The writer in Jui ' f advocates a combination of both . For eur part we think the less children are pestered with what even grown-up people are puzzled to comprehend , the better . The elements of morality are to be found in connexion with all religions ard independent of all religions . Food , education ? nd instruction in the arts of industry , are the grand requisites for popular schools , leaving the scholars to study Bible or Koran when they have their minds brought to something near the standard of rationality . But of course such a common-sense system is not practical . Even in England the miserable children of the multitude are left to
perish bodily and mentally , because savage sectarians tinnot agree to even fairly compete with each other , but must needs insist upon each bavin ? a monopoly of " souls . " While this is the case iu England , it is in vain to expect that Scotland will exhibit greater liberality . If , however , we cannot see things yet y ' icedupona common-sense footing , it affords us f asuretoknow that even in Scotland far better iban ragged schools already exis ? -: we allude to the " schools of industry , " which , commenced at Aberdeen , bid fair to extend over the country . It appears that for the first of fhtse schools the British public « c mainly indebted to Sheriff Watson , of Aberdeen . The following extract describes the system of the
JBEBDEEN SCHOOLS OF 1 KDUSTKY . The children hare three substantial meals a-day ; three ht-nrs of lessons , and five hour * ot work suited to their ages . All the boys ( and girl *) return to their homes very evening . On Sundays , they receive their food as wt other days , and attend public worship , and they have also religious instruction in school . A part of the time on week days is occupied very properly in recreation . The schools were commenced in the year 1841 , and have ahead ? almost totally annihilated juvenile vagrancy in the town and county of Aberdeen . The expense of educating seven children in the industrial schools is the same amount
as that paid for the punishment of one trunsrotted criminal . " Economy and humanity are thus happily combined in pleading for the general establishment of these institutions . " _ As good in intention and calculated to mitigate existing evils , we applaud tfie establishment of these schools of iudustty ; but * e cannot blind our eyes to the fact that juvenile T ** rancy , ignorance and crme , are but symptoms ft ? a great overwhelming disease , which mere schools aanot eradicate . The monster evil is the present social order of things . As long as there are hordes f aristocrats , profltmonger * soldiers and the almost
, , endless m . iss of idlers and schemers under various Barnes , who at pretest prey upon the industry of the country—as long as these reap all the enjoyments of society and consign the people to unreou , ted toil , denudation and competition with each other for the laie means of existence—so long will the rank evils which curse this nation continue toflounsh in all their appalling hideousnesa . Tho children reared in schools of industry may , for the kme , be saved from ruin , but whtn launched on the World they will be exposed to that horrible competiturn which produce * poverty , skiery , misery , aud
Talt's Edinburgh Magazine,—March-Edinbur...
Vice ; and not even Dr . Uhalraers ' s " Bibles" will save them from that lot which is the doom of so many thousands in that city , whose boast is , that she flourishes " by the preaching of the Word . " Gilfillan contributes a rather interesting paper on "George Crabbe . " Wo looked for the writer ' s Bsual abuse of Byron , and , of course , soon found what we sought ; this time , however , he is rather moderate , not coine bevond the likenim ? of R yron to *' a demoniac exceed ^ fierce , and dwelling among the tombs ! Those who can appreciate the idiosyneracyoP the English Opium Eater" will enjoy his papers in this number on " Joan of Arc , " and " Orthographic Mutineers . " From the last-named of these articles we extract thefollowin » joke : — " Ho " AKD " T £ S . "
I am , myself , next door neighbour to Westmoreland , being a Lancashire man ; and , one day , I was talking with a Westmoreland farmer , whom , of course , I ought to have understood very well ; but 1 hadnochance with him : for I could not make out who that So was , con cerning irfioro or concerning which , he persisted in talking . It seemed te me , from the context , that No must be a man , and by no means a chair ; but so very negative a name , you perceive , furnished ue positive hints for solving the problem . I said as much to the farmer , who stared in stupefication . " What , " cried he , "did a far-larn'd
man , like you , fresh from Oxford , never hear of So , an old gentleman that should have been drowned , but was not when all his folk were drowned V " Never , so help ms Jupiter , " was my r « -ply : " never beard of him to this hour , any more tbaa of Yes , an old gentleman that should have been banged , but was not , whea all his folks were hanged . Populous So—I had read of in the Prophets ; but that was not an old gentleman . " It turned out that the farmer and all his compatriots in bonny Martindale had been taught at the parish school to rob the Patriarch Noah of one clear moiety appertaining in fee simple to that ancient name .
A well-written , candid , and altogether interesting review of Howitt ' s * ' flaunts and Homes of the Poets ; " a most attractive review of" The Romance of War ; or , the Highlanders in Spain ; " and stories by Hannah Lawrence , and the celebrated Zsehokke , of Germany , complete the principal contents of this admirable number of Tail ' s Magazine .
The Family Herald. Part Xlvi. London: G....
THE FAMILY HERALD . Part XLVI . London : G . Biggs , 421 , Strand . " Good wine needs no bush . " and the " Family Herald" needs no praise . Not having room for extracts , we can only ' say that this Part is as instructive , entertaining , and interesting , as any of its predecessors .
Tue Musical Herald. Part X. London: G. B...
TUE MUSICAL HERALD . Part X . London : G . Biggs , 421 , Strand . A choice selection of music and " musical literature " graces this Part . The following extract discloses a history mournfully similar to that of the ill-fated Rt . Emmett and the daughter of Curran : —
THE LAST MELODY . OF FESTEL . The Emperor Alexander was dead . His eldest brother , the grand Duke Constantine , was his natural succeasor to the throne of Russia ; but , by a deed till then kept secret , Constantine , in Alexander ' s lifetime , had renounced the crown in favour of his younger brother Nicholas . The accession of the letter , therefore , excited general surprise ; an nnsettled feeling manifested itself among- tha people and the army . The time appeared favourable for the breaking ont of a conspiracy which had been forming for several years . An insurrection took place at St . Petersburg on Christmas day , 1825 ; bat the movement of the conspirators was too hasty : and their attempt , not well seconded by the troops , failed through the energy of the Czar .
A hundred and thirty-six leaders of the insurrection were seized , tried , and condemned ; and almost all of them were sentenced to perpetual labour , < , r to exile in Siberia . The five principal chiefs were condemned to be broken on the wheel , but did not undergo that horrible punishment , the gibbet being substituted by an ukase of the Emperor . Among these five chiefs the first and most remarkable was Paul Pestel , colonel of the infantry regiment of Wiatka . The long and arduous task to which he had devoted himself had not wholly engrossed the mind of this brave and persevering conspirator . Alive to the charms of the arts , he cultivated them with success ; and , in particular , was an excellent musician .
The young and beautiful Catherine W had conceived a devoted attachment to Pestel . Gifted with an exquisite voice , she loved to sing his melodies . The passion with which she inspired him was equally fervent as her own : and if ever the deep conspirator could forget hii gloomy reveries , it was when seated by Catherine ' s side , and dreaming of love and happiness . On the eve of the day when tbe insurrection was to break out , Pestel , more reoccupied than nsual , scarcely answered Catherine , and at times seemed not to hear her . " What ai ' a yon to-day V she said , ' taking his hand , " you do not look at me—yon do not speak to me . I never saw you so cold , so absent , when jou were with me . " Peatel looked at her sadly— " What wonld you do , Catherine , were yon never to see me again !" "I should die ! " eried f Catherine , with enthusiasm ; and then added , in a voice of terror ,
" Bat , good G * d ! why this question ! Paul , can you tbink of forsaking me i " Pestel was silent . " But it cannot be . "said Catherine * . " yon have sworn to love me till death . " " Yes!— while this heart heats it is yours , Catherine BuV'headded , embracing her with melancholy tenderness , * ' promise ma , if 1 die , that you wiil live for the sake of your old father , and that , even when dead , 1 shall never cease to occupy your thoughts . " " I promise to live as long as my grief will allow—But , of ns two . Paul , it is not I who shall have this cruel trial to undergo . " " There are presentiments which do not deceive , " said Pestel , declining his head on his breast ; " an inward voice warns me that I mast abandon my two happiest visions , the bliss of living in the enjoyment of your love , Catherine , and the glory of assuring tbe welfare of my countrymen . "
" What do yon mean ! " cried the young girl , whose fear and agitation increased every instant ; " what mean these mysterious words , these gloomy predictions J Paul , you are concealing a secret . " "Yes , Catherine . " " A secret from me , who never had one from you !" "Yon hare bad all mine—bat this one does not belong to me . " " And if I may judge from your looks , your words , your thoughts of death and parting , it must be tomething very terrible !" "Terrible indeed !" After a moment ' s silence , Pestel continuer —• " Hear me , Catherine ; when I shall give you this evening my farewell kiss , it may perhaps be the last you trill receive from me . Bat whatever may be my lot , whenever yon are told , ' Paul is dead , ' come , and you shall find a remembrance of me ! for , 1 swear to you , my last thought shall be of you . "
Pestel's presentiment did not deceive him ! he saw Catherine no more . The day after the execution of hi ? sentence , a young girl drowned in tears , obtained from the keeper of the prison the favour of being admitted into Pcstel ' s cell . After a long search , she discovered soma lines of music pencilled on the wall . Above them , there were only the two words , "For Hei ! " Underneath was Paul's name Two years afterwards , there died in a lunatie asylum a poor maniac , whose madnessconsisted in singing , every day , and at the same hour , tbe same little melody . The madwoman was Catherine—the hour was that at which she was admitted to her lover ' s dungeon—and the air was tbe last melody of Pestel .
Pcstel ' s melody has been preserved and is given in the present PartTof the "Musical Herald . " It is simple in the theme , and of a tender and melancholy expression . Pestel , whose name , together with the names of his heroic comrades , " Will be
A watchword till the future shallbe free . " was one of the first victims of the tyrant Nicholas ; thousands have since added their testimony against that murderous miscreant . How long ! how long I
The People's Journal. Part Xiv. London :...
THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL . Part XIV . London : J . Bennett , 69 , Fleet-s reet . The articles on " Democracy in Europe , " by Joseph Mazzini ; " Household Education , " by Harriet Martineau ; "The Chamberlain and Cheap Theatres , " and " People about One , " by A . B . Reach ; " Poetry , and the Duties of the Poet , " by Charles Mackay ; " An Earthquake in the Abrnai , " by L . Mariotti ; and " How to feed the People , " are well worthy perusal . As our space is very limited , we must confine ourselves to giving merely the following extract , as another illustration of TBI CAPABILITIES OF THE SOIL .
SaXMGNPHAX Spadk Hcsbakdh ASSOCIATION . —This society was first noticed in the People ' s Jeurnat , vol . ii ., p . 41 , Annals . It may be recollectsd that there it was stated that it was an association which cultivated a farm , which its members had purchased by £ 5 shares , by spade husbandry , and an account of its successful first year ' s progrers was alio given . We have since received a letter from on * of its active promoters on the spot , which reports further progress . From it we gather that , notwithstanding the last year was dry , and not at all favourable for light land , of which they have several acres , which , under the ordinary system of farming , produced but little over the seed , yet that , under the improved agriculture of this association , these very acrei produced on an average seven-and-a-half combs each , while other farms nearly adjoining did not realise more than three combs per acre . This fact bat caused much inquiry among the farmers In the neighbourhood ; and , on the whole , our correspondent thinks that , without
exaggeration , the society made at least between £ t or £ 5 per acre more than their neighbour ! , who occupied pr-cisely the same quality of soil . On their betttr land , however they grew ten combs peracre , and had likewise ^ reat quantities of clover and other crops , with the exception » f peas , which were a general failure last year throughout the kingdom . Great enthusiasm prevails among tbe members of the society , who are to thoroughly convinced of its advantages , that they would not give it np fer double the amount which they have pud .
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Without having made a regular valuation , they estima their last year ' a profit at least at £ 100 . These fac ™ speak volumes tor s : > ade husbandry , and in favour o agriculture by association . —6 . B . Without asserting that the poetry contained in this part is " first-rate , " we may safely assert , that it is much superior to the poetry of similar publications . The conclusion of the translated extract from the Polish poem—the " Dziady , " and Charles Mackay ' s " Phantoms of St . Sepulchre , " are pieces deserving special praise . The engravings in Nos . 58 and 59 are well executed .
The Truth Seeker. March. London: Chapman...
THE TRUTH SEEKER . March . London : Chapman , 121 , Newgate-street . "A Working Man , " writing to the American slaveholders , in this magazine , among other arguments for negro emancipation , sajs , '' it has been proved that free labour is better than slave labouris cheaper / and with this fact staring you in the face , there is no shade of fear , mercenary as you are , that it will lessen your gainr .. " This looks very like an argument for making the slaves worse off than at present , giving them a nominal liberty , but making them the stillcheaper tools of the capitalists , and , therefore , slaves ; released from the whip , but subject to the scourge of starvation ; miserable victims , tremb'ing before tyrants who bid them" Work for this pittance , or die ! " This number contains the usual quantity of " fine writing , " which the select few who follow the " Truth Seeker" may understand , but which we must confess is beyond our comprehension .
The Midland Florist. Conducted By J. F. ...
THE MIDLAND FLORIST . Conducted by J . F . Wood , F . U . S . March . London : Simpkin , Marshall , and Co . The good word we gave to the first and second numbers of this publication | s equally deserved by the number before us . Its appearance is much improved by the adoption of an appropriate coloured cover .
The Herald Of Redemption. Isle Of Man: W...
THE HERALD OF REDEMPTION . Isle of Man : W . Robinscn , 60 , Athol-street , Douglas . This ( monthly ) publication is the organ of the Leeds Redemption Society . In January last the society numbered 600 members . Although the firgan of the society , "the Herald , " says but little of its movements , the March number has no " report of progress . " The February number did not reach us .
Mackenzie's Monthly Railway Time Tables;...
MACKENZIE'S MONTHLY RAILWAY TIME TABLES ; ADVERTISER AND STRANGERS' LONDON GUIDE . March . London : E . Mackenzie , III , Fleet-street . In the present number of this sheet we perceive a great improvement in the arrangement of the Tables : thev are no longer indiscriminately mixed , each partbeingheaded"West , "" South-east . " "North , " or independent lines , in distinctive black letters , taking London as the starting-point . Thus a traveller wanting to reach any branch or distant railway , will find by which terminus he must leave the metropolis . As far as possible , also , the branch lines are given , in their true position , and the main lines continued io their utmost extent . We trust this will reduce the complication bo much complained nf , and be thought one step towards unravelling the iron network of roads , now t-pread over the surface of the kingdom . The "Time Tables" ranks new as one of the best vehicles for publicity ; and , from the admixture of anecdotes and receipts , is preserved for reference , and tendered to friends , as an interesting pastime .
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Astley's Amphitheatre. On Monday A Varie...
ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE . On Monday a variety of new attractions were added to the performances at this house , the first being "Sir Walter Scott ' s historical , equestrian , and powerful dramatic spectacle , " entitled , " Kenilwortb : or , The Golden Days of England ' s Elizabeth . " The plot ends , not as the great novelist makes it , in the death of Amy Robsart , by her falling through the treacherous flooring of the building , for , in this drama she is saved , and Richard Varney is , instead of her , destroyed by the means he had contrived for her murder . With this exception , the original tale is tolerably well followed ; and the mode in which it was acted , with the grand processions
and the splendid reception of the sovereign at the Castle of the Earl of Leicester , the morris dances , & c ., gave a striking stage version of '' the chivalrous scenes of July , 1575 , and Elizabeth ' s progress to Kenilwortb . " Varied and astonishing feats of horsemanship in the circle followed , much to the delight and surprise , oftentimes , of the spectators ; and then came the second novelty of the evening ' s entertainments . This consisted of the first appearance of the equestrian artiste , Mr . Pablo fanque , and of his wonderfully tutored steed , a fine black and exquisitely formed animal . In this creature , it is most truly remarked , " the capacities of the horse are displayed in an entirely new character . " His paces , of the most elegant and ( if tho term raav be so used )
delicate kind , were reduced and extended it the will of the rider , and tbe nature of the music that accompanied his several performances . The Minuet de la Cour , Gavotte , Cachuca , Waltz , and other dances , were really astonishingly executed by this remarkably trained steed , almost inducing the beholder to agree in the assertion of the animal ' s movements " indicating an ingenuity and even sentiment" in his steps and paces . At all events , it is a peculiarly curious and pleasing display of what the horse may bo taught and may become ; and all who are interested in such performances should witness this , and they will be sure to be highly gratified as well as astoni-hed . The " Royal Fox Hunt ; or , Life ' s Course of Man and Steed , " concluded theevening ' sentertainments . The house was crowded .
Sadler's Wells. We Confess We Have Had O...
SADLER'S WELLS . We confess we have had our fears that the drama would all but " vanish into thin air . " The want of public patronage as regarded the management of that meritorious actor , Mr . Macreatl y , was most discouraging to the lovers of the " legitimate . " But better days have dawned ; witness the performance at this house . Sadler ' s Wells has become famous for the revivals of Shakespeare ' s plays and the other deathless productions of our elderdramatists , and Mr . Phelps has selected a company in every way capable of imparting to the auditor a proper conception of the imagination of the author . We are then glad to congratulate the management of this theatre as to the success of their efforts : it is but justice that so laudable an undertaking , viz ., —the regeneration of the legitimate dreroa , should meet the liberal patronage of the day , which has hitherto been too tardily withheld from the proper quarter .
Not only as the management given shelter to Shakespeare and our other great dramatist !" , but they have nourished and brought before the public talent of the present day ; and the very successful production of the author of the " King of the Commons , " will evidence as to the truth that there are writers , who merely wait the nod of public approval , and who possess capabilities of a very high order . Mr . White , the author of the new play , " Feudal Times , " has completely succeeded;—and , upon a general review of his work , we think few will hesitate in subscribing to our very humble opinion , that it contains beauties of moro than average merit , imparting considerable interest to an historical incident in the reign of the third James of Scotland . The greatest praise we can award is , that there is nothing commonplace ; and this we deem highly complimentary to dramatic authorship now-a-days .
The collision which is set forth m the tragedy is that between the man of high blood and rude personal courage ; and the man of low birth , but with the advantage of superior cultivation . The details and filling up of the whole is most complete ; carrying the interest of the auditor throughout five acts , which , however , is played in nearly three hours . We recommend our readers to see this play . The antagonism of the characters , we think , will vastly suit their tastes , and afford them much gratification . Mr . Phelps , as the noble-minded Cochrane , well
sustained the courteous bearing of the educated plebeian , and where violent expressions of passion were required acted with great power . Mr . G . Bennett made a complete study of the stern unbending Angus , and the sullen air of his by-play was excellent . Miss L . Addison ' s conception of Margaret Randolph , haughty from birth , and proud from the consciousness of her own nobility of mind , is highly to be commended , though she should be rather more sparing of her emphasis . All , indeed , acquitted themselves verv creditably , amidst much applause .
The scenery and dresses arc in excellent taste , and , to keep up the impression of the whole piece , the intervals between the acts arc filled up by Scotch national air * . The house has been crowded every evening during the representation of "Feudal Times , " and we have no doubt will continue to be so for some weeks to come .
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( Frem the Gazette of Toes-lay , March 9 . ) William Henry Hodding . Gloucester-place , Portmansquare , surgeon—Samuel Cubitt , Colchester , clothier—James Law , Fnvcrsham , Kent , coal merchant—John Furby and Robert Stockton , Sackville-strcet , Piccadilly , tailors—William Bull , Little Levc . lane , Wood-stivet , stock manufacturer—Joseph Prust , Stratton , Cornwall , tanner—James Morgan , Wedmore , Somersetshire , dr ; ip « r —Anthony and Richard Hailiicy , Wig-ton , Cumberland , calico printers—Itobert Elliott Huntley , Ncwcastle-upon-Tyue , wine merchant—Peter Burns , iun ., Liverpool , bookseller—Thomas Stocidale and Jchn Btoekdale Liverpool , soau boilers .
These Are The Chambers's Of 1845 ! 1 7 E...
THESE ARE THE CHAMBERS'S OF 1845 ! 1 7 ^ Q ^ ] read / shown to our readers tho Chambers s of 1847 ; we now refer to the previous opinions of these changeable economists . Whence this wonderful change ?]
IMPROVEMENT OF WASTE LANDSSPADE HUSBANDRY . ( From ihe Inforrmtion for the People , No , 72 ) According to the boat authorities on the subject , it appears that tho British islands contain upwards of thirty millions of acres of waste lands . Much of this largo division of our territory is situated at an altitude which places it beyond the possibility of improvement ; but at least one half is believed to be improveablc . and capable of being rendered suitable , if not for tillage and grain crops , at , least for the feeding of cattle . The question as to the propriety of improving the really improvcablo waste lands of the country , is , in any individual case , to bo
satisfactorily answered by ascertaining at what expense , in relation t- > the probable profit , the process may be performed . A barren rocky desert may be rendered productive by covering it with soil and manures brought from a distance of miles , aidrd by years of skilful tillage ; but will the cost of these operations he fairly returned by the profits of the produce ? Giki itself may be purchased too hi ghly , and SO may agricultural improvements . We do not throw out this idea for the purpose of discouraging , but of cautioning proprietors and farmers of lands . In all projected improvements , they will require to ascertain , in the first place , what will be the probable return within a moderate length of time for their outlayalways keeping in view the prospective prices of
rural produce during the period . Such , at least , is the principle of calculation which ought naturally to guide all proprietors of extensive tracts of waste ground . ^ the outlay on which is to be strictly pecuniary . With reference to those who propose to improve wastes chiefly b y an expenditure of time and personal labour , the calculation will take a similar turn ; and the question will bo , whether that time and labour could not have been employed more profitably in another line of pursuit . Leaving this , however , for further discussion in tho sequel , we proceed to point out , first , to those whose situation in life and inclinations lead them that way , the means to be adopted , according to the best principles of science and lights
of experience , for reclaiming large or small portions of waste lands , and the results which may be expected to reward their enterprise ; and . eecjnri , the best plans which may be followed for improving pajclies of ground by spade husbandry , and establishing thereupon small cottage farms , suitable for the support of a comparatively humble class of families . In tho _ treatment of these certainly not unimportant subjects , we shall of course refer chiefly to the condition of wastelands in the United Kingdom ; but the improvement of wastes in the colonies or in foreign countries will also be understood to be included , and in each case we will endeavour to adhere closely to practical details .
IMPROVBMKHT OF MOSS LANDS , The greater portion of what are usually called waste lands , are stretches of peat-bog or moss , covered by a thin benty ^ grass and tufts of heath . This remarkable species of land is found to a very great extent in Ireland and Scotland , often in the midst of beautiful and productive tracts ^ of country , but uenerally in high-lying districts , which are somewhat defective in point of climate . Peat-mosses are supposed to be occasioned by the destruction of ancient forests , either by the hatchet or from natural decay . The trees found at the outskirts of these mosses appear to hare been cut down , while those in tbe interior appear to have decayed by the gradual process of time . It is believed that
the trees thus left upon the gtound would soon become covered with moss , lichens , & c . ; and the free drainage of the land teing obstructed , aquatic plants , such as reeds , rushes , horsetail , and marsh trefoil , springing up and decaying , would leave a strata of soft vegetable matter , which every succeeding year would increase . These plants grow in greater or less abundance , according to the quantity of moisture on the ground ; and this may account for mosses being deeper in some parts than in others . The hollows wonld naturally retain msisture in lamer quantities than the level ground , and here the aquatic plants would be most prolific , and the hollow gradually become filled up . The peat , which has been in this manner formed , is therefore a
compound vegetable substance , which , although it has undergone a change , has not been entirely decomposed ; probably the cellular tissue or transparent vegetable matter has decayed , while the woody fibre still remains . Water is indispensable in the formation of moss ; and according as the ground is very wet , or only so to a certain extent , different plants will be produced . On ground completely saturated with water , various species of moss grow , to the almost total exclusion of other plants ; but if the land should in any way become drier , reeds , rushes , « fsc ., and other plants , spring up in place of the moss . The quality of the moss may be judged of from the plants which grow upon it ; all the moss-tribe , the horsetail , and other plants , spring up in the place of
the moss . The quality of the moss may be judged of from tho plants which grew upon it ; all the moss-tribe , the horsetail , and the marsh trefoil , are fibrous , and difficult to decompose , while reeds , rushes , and sedge , are comparatively easy of decomposition . Peat-moss possesses an astringent quality , which has the power of preserving bodies immersed in it , and even keeps itself from entirely decaying . This power is supposed to arise from the carbonic and gallic acids which issue from decayed wood ; and vceetablc gums and resins will also have the same effect . The tannin principle exists , as is well known , in the oak ; and the pino contains much both of resinous and astringent matter . Many mosses are formed upon decayed trees , and the wood
mo t commonly found is either pine , birch , hazol , oroak ; and in these cases the presence of the tannin principle is easily accounted for . It is also highly probable that the plants themselves , by the action of ULtural agents , may have acquired an antiseptic or antiputrefying quality . It is certain that acids of ctn ^ derable strength exist in some mosses ; and it is mentioned by Lord Meadowbank , that in preparing peat-moss for manure , he used lime to destroy a vitriolic salt of iron , which he says abounds in peatmosses . In some cases , lakes and pools of water have been filled up by the accumulation of moss ; and it has been observed that fermentation occurs where this has taken place ; Gaseous matter is evolved ,
and tho neighbourhood of such a moss is generally unhealthy ; but true peat soils are always salubrious . The reasonable question has sometimes occurred to inquiring minds — whence the substance of leat-mosses ? for stagnant water alone could not have produced many feot deep of solid matter . This question is answered by chemistry . The vegetation which springs up in tho form of aquatic plants absorbs carbonic acid gas from tho atmosphere , and a carbonaceous deposit is made in the i ' i r n of vegetable fibre , or dead vegetables in the f rni of mould . Mr . Johnston , in his Lectures on Agricultural Chemistry , makes the following observatioiisoi ! titis suMcct : —
" When lainia me impoverished , you lay them down to grass , and thelongtr they lie undisturbed , the richer in vegetable matter does the soil become . When broken up , yon find a black fertile mould where little trace of organic matter had previously existed . The same observation applies to lands long under wood . The vegetable matter increases , tho soil improves , and when cleared and ploughed , it yields abundant crops of corn . Do grasses and trees e ' erive their carbon from the soil ? Then how , by their growth , do they increase the quantity of carl )( nac ous matter which the soil contains ? It is obvious that , taken as a whole , they must draw from the air not only as much as is contained in their own substance , but an exccssalso , which they impart to the soil .
But on this point the rapid growth of peat may be considered absolutel y conclusive . A . tree falls across a little running stream , dmus up the water , and produces a marshy spot . Rushes and reeds spring up , mosses take root and grow . Year after year new "hsots are sent forth , aud the old plants die . Vegetable matter accumulates : a bog , and finally a thick bed of peat , is formed . Nor does this peat form and accumulate at the expense of one species or genus of plants only . Latitude and local situation are the
circumstances which chiefly affect this arcamulation of i eatable matter on thesoil . In our own country the lowest layers of peat are formed of aquatic plants , the naxt ot mows , and the highest of heath . ' In Terra del Fuego ( says Darwin ) , nearly every patch of level ground is covered b y two species of plants , which , by their joint decay , compose a thick bed ot elastic peat . In the Falkland Islands , almost every kind of plant , even the coarse grass which covers the whole surface of the islands , becomes converted into this substance . "
Whence have all these plants derived their carbon * The quantity originally contained in thesoil is , after a lapse of years , increased ten thousand fold . Has the dead matter the power of reproducing itself » You will answer at once , that all these plants must have grown at tho expense of the ait—must hava lived on the carbon it was capable of affording them , and as they died , must have left this carbon in a state unfit to nourish the succeeding races . " In otl . er words , the substance of peat-mtsscs is a deposit from the atmosphere , which is evidently a universal source of subsistence to vegetable life . . { T « U eontinued . )
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Capabilities op Soil . —A member of tha Walworth district of the Land Company desires us to publish the following . In 1830 , Mr . Jordan growed from one root or grain of wheat fifteen good ears , and hid therefrom 505 good corns ; and replanted the same in 1831 , m a garden , on nine yards and three cct of ground , the produce of which was 1 , 634 ears of corn , which yielded 17 , 535 good corns , and mea sured live pints and a half imperial measure , -which ¦ rill aire sixteen pints and a half to a rod of ground ; realizing iorty-one bushels two gallons to an acre . Robert Underwood witnessed the experiment , and I e jrs witness to the truth of the above .
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Meeting At Leeds In Support Op Th* Gover...
Meeting at Leeds in support op th * Government Plan op Education . — On Monday evening a public meeting ef those persons who approve generally of the plans for the extension and imnrovement ot education lately laid before Parliament by the committee of her Majesty ' s council , was h < M in tha Court-house at Leeds , " for the purpose of expressing their sentiments in regard tothe measure , and taking such other steps in furtherance of it as may aopear expedient . " The meeting was ea'lod by the at the
Mayor requisition of the committer appemtcd at a recent preliminary meeting held at the Philosophical-hall , to support the government in opposition te Mr . Baines , and the independent dissenters . Long before the hour appointed for business ( seven o ' clock ) , the large Sessions Room was inconveniently crammed ; and it was stated during the proceedings that there were four times as many waiting without as were within . The Mayor took the chair . The first resolution , moved ' by J . G . Marshall , Esq ., seconded by Alderman Tottie , was as follows : —
that the notorious and deplorable defi lency of means for tbe good and efficient education of large numbers among the poorer classes in this country , causes the existence of a great amount of ignorance and crime , is an evil of alarming magnitude , and calls for prompt and energetic remedial measures on tho part of all classes of the community , This resolution was carried by a great majority , only thirty or forty hands being held up against it . John Gott , Esq ,, moved , and Alderman Stankfield fccconded the motion , — That this tncnting desires to reeognise the duty of the State to facilitate and encourage the education of the whole body of the people . The resolution was carried . The Rev . C . Wicksterd moved , and S . Ilsr , Esq ., seconded the motion , —
That in endeavouring to promote the general education of tho ptople , the policy of the government should b » to stimulate , not to supersede , the voluntary efforts of the people ; and to make its aid equally accessible to sll , by avoiding constraint upon tbe religious convictions of ihe receivers . Mr . Councillor Brook expressed his opinion that education should , ns in America , be free from the trammels of both church and dissent ; that the instruction should be wholly secular , and that it should be left to tho parents of the children alone to givo them such religious education as they might deem proper . He was opposed to all centralisation , and was ready to go for a separation of Church and State . The resolution was carried . The Rev . J . Fawcett moved , —
That the position and prospects of the masters , as well as the quality and character of the initruetion givsu in many of tha elementary schools in this country , are equally unsatisfactory ; and that it is of th « highest Jmportance to improve the one and to elevate tho condition of the other . The Rev . Dr . Hook , in seconding tho resolution , Said , I stand here as an advocate for the education of the people on the most extensive seal j . I stand not here as a supporter of the government , or as an advocate of the present meisure ; but , having myself suggested an education on an extensive plan , I care not whether my plan is condemned or not ; I say , " Bring torward another ; bring forward a better , and I will support it . " ( Cheers . ) And here
I find that her Majesty ' s Ministers have brought forward a measure , which does not propose to go so far as I would go ; but because they . won't go with me twenty miles , I see no reason why I should not go with them five miles . There is an attempt to confuse the matter —{ hear)—to make it appear as it it was a contest between church and'dissent . Now , we might oppose the educational scheme of the government as churchmen , or we might oppose it if we were dissenters ; but the first objection now brought against not only this , but any measure , is the interference on the part of tho State , ( lleac . ) But if you are convinced that the education of the people ought to be improved , why then take your Stand boldly upon that . and demand that an
improvement be made , demand that aid and assistance shall be given . I am perfectly well aware that a few years ago the Church was unwilling to allow that the state should interfere . The Church then took the samecourse that the opponents of this measure arc taking now . Ten or twelve years ago I took that course myself . I was desirous to see the experiment tried as to voluntaryism . I gave tbe Dissenters credit for all their exertions in this cause ; but we have tried ourselves to the utmost , and the observations I have made satisfy me that though we have not failed , we have not , by our united exertions , been able to meet the evil . I call upon you at the present time to prevent the cause of education from being retarded in its progress , to prevent sectarian
influences from throwing any impediment in its way . I call upon you to assist the government to do what will add lo the comfort , and respect , and intelligence of the working classes . I call upon you to assist them in doing what will enable you te educate your children , so that they may be able to exercise any constitutional privilege with which they may afterwards be invested —( loud cheers ;)—in a word , gentlemen , I call upon you to allow the government to empty the gaols by building schools , ( Loud applause . ) The Mayor then put the resolution , and it was declared to have been unanimously adopted . The following resolutions ( together with a petition ) which were spoken to by a number of influential gentlemen , were also adopted : —
That , without pledging itself to all the details , this meeting believes the scheme for extending the operations of the Committee of Council on Education , recently luid before Parliament , to be founded on sound principles , and to combine efficient means for developing and improving the existing means of education , with the observance of perfect fairness to all sections of tho com . munity . That the necessity of an annual vote to provide the requisite funds , and the constant attention of Parliament iherehy secured , from a constitutional check , which appears sufficient to control the possible abusss of patronage , and an undue expenditure of public monfy ; and that the vigilance of the House of Commons may be relied on for the investigation or redress of any grievances that may be alleged .
That as tbe benefits of government aid are proposed to be confined to those masters and mistresses whe have bren trained in Normal schools already under inspection , this meeting would beg l * ave respectively to suggest that these benefits might , for the present , be extended to teachers who have not had that advantage , but who shall he reported to be duly qualified by competent examina < tion .
Meetino to Oppose the Government Plan of Education . —A meeting was held on Monday evening at the Eastern Institution , Commercial-road , with a view ol opposing the government plan of education . The Rev . Andrew Reid , D . D ., presided , and several dissenting ministers addressed the meeting . The Government plan , it was argued , is utterly adverse to the most important of all liberties—religious liberty . It was contended that religious instruction ought not to be the business of the state , and that , therefore , education ought not to be so , since , if worthy of the name , it must include religious instruction—they cannot be separated . The necessity of such a plan was also denied , on the plea of there being as many as 1 . 876 , 000 children now educated at Sundayschools , and that therefore it could scarcely bo needful to lay out a million and a half of money annually for a similar purpose . These objections to the plan of national education were also set forth in a scries of resolutions , which were unanimously adopted .
Printers' Pension Society . —Tho annual general meeting , and the twenty-filth election of this society for the relief of aged and infirm printers and their widows , was held on Monday , at the London Tavern , Bishopsgate-strcet , for the purpose of receiving a report of tho committee for the past year as to the society ' s affairs , appointing the officers for tho year ensui-. g , electing four pensioners on the general funds , and the candidate , fifth on the poll , to bo entitled to the Whittingham Pension . Richard Taylor , Esq , F . R . S ., treasurer , in the chair . Mr . J . S . Hodgson said , one great source of annual benefit to their funds , the anniversary meeting , which was presided over by Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart , had been very productive , the sum of £ 2 S 0 having been received on that occasion . Other auxiliary aids in the course of the year were alluded to , viz ., the day fete at Vauxhall-gardens , and an entertainment at
Bromley , in Kent , the former yielding a profit of £ 16 , and tho latter of upwards of £ 50 . The committee further reported that a legacy of £ 100 had been bequeathed by the late J . Harris , Esq , bookseller , St . Paul ' s Churchyard , to tho funds of the society , such donation being free of duty . The report having been received , the appointment of officor . then took p lace . Richard Taylor , Esq . was re-elected treasurer . Tho other officers were then appointed . It was announced that another theatrical amateur performance would shortly take place , and a hope expressed that it would be as liberally supported as on the last occasion . The result of the poll was then declared , and the successful candidates were—Richard T . Childs , 3 , 894 ; Francis Wagoman 2 , 005 ; Catherine Newman , 2 , 588 ; Edward Turner , 2 , 375 ; and Thomas S . Banbury , 2 , 310 ( Whittingham Pension . )
Goino ! Goino !—The Hon. And Learned Mem...
Goino ! Goino !—The hon . and learned member for Cork , whose precarious state of health has excited so much interest , left the British Hotel , Jermyn-street , on Saturday last , for the country . The medical advisers of the learned gentleman have recommended a total cessation from business , and a change of air , as absolutely necessary . It is understood that tho hon . member will sojourn for a lew weeks at Hastings , and will thereafter prooced to France , anil from thence by easy kt iges to Italy . We regret to learn , from unquestionable authority , that Mr . O'Connell has not only become enfeebled inbuly , i > nt that his mind has become dejected in an extreme ¦ legreo , and that the conviction of the near approach of death , with which the learned gentleman is said to be painfully impressed , leaves little hope of his raaovery . — S ' . ob ®
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^ amwb —The Rev . J . Coghlsn , parish priest of Ktl rirro in Mayo , seeing 5 , 880 people , of which n » parish is composed , dying hourly before his eyes , in the agonies of hunger , or of disense generated by starvation , and having no other earthly means of saving his parish , from utter extermination , from amidst the death secnus by which he is surrnimdad ; as a last resource , invokes in the name of Ho . - sven , any charitable gift which benevolence may be onabled to spare , to save , ere too late , the remainder of lii « flock from famine , pestilence , and death . Any contribution to arrest this overwhelmins roi « . < vy will be immediately forwarded , if paid to the > V' -tem Branch of tha London Joint-Stock Bank , 00 , Pallmall . . . .-
Bad Mon-ht . —Counterfeit crowns and half-ci > wns , well executed , have lately got into circulation . They bear a head of Queen Victoria , are dated in 1 S 14 , and are brighter in appearance than tho genuine half-crown . Litbrart Prize . —The Russian government has Nuececded in obtaining , at Pekin , for the price of 'Ify . iOOf , ( £ l ,. 560 ) a copy of the two vast Buddhist collec tions , forming 1 , 3021 volumes , known as the Gaudjour and Dandjour . Skins . —A vessel arrived in London from the Capfl of Good Hope has brought an exceedingly various cargo of skins , including some of goat ? , buihleos , z : bras , tigers , the rhinoceros , and other animals . A Bonn . —A new play by Alexandre Dumas , c liled In Rtine Margot , which was performed a ft'v days since in Paris , is so long ns to occupy ci ) . ; ht hours and a half in representation .
Scousdrels . —As regards speculators on the starvation ot the poor Irish , it may be useful to make it known that frauds in Indian meal for shipment are becoming rather common in America ; Uw fraudconsists in grinding the corn and eob together , In the first instance—then kiln ' drying the produco , again grinding it , so as to make it resemble pure inoal as much as possible . Yankbk Bombast . —Silsbee , the American comedian , in one of his farces , says that the Unit-:, ! States ate bounded on the north by tho aurora Uorcalis , on the east by the rising sun , on the west by tho horizon , and on the south by as far as they choose to % >• ¦ > . Workhouse Schoom . —There aro upwards of 700 workhouse schools in England and Wales . Coai ,. —A single block of stlid coal has benn raised ' n ' Fraace , of the extraordinary weight of o . OOO'h .
^ Tub Grsat Wbstbrs . —It isstatsd that Hie gove . nraent is negotiating with the owners for the purchase of the steam-ship Great Wentern . This Bhikpless . —Out of the 3 , 000 barrister ? named in tho law list , it Is said that not more than Jware sufficiently employed to earn a respectablo
initiatenance . Worse than Flogging . —A punishment ustv ! in the French navy consists in hoistinu a man , to . v lose feet weights have been fastened , to themaiuy : ird of his ship , whetioo he is allowod to fall into the sea . He is then drawn out by the rope attached to him , and either dismissed orsubjeeted toa repetition of the punishment , according to the nature of hig offence . This punishment is termed the eu ^ t ) di eal mouille . Vhkt Trub . —Dinner long deferred ruakclh the heart sick .
Ah industriou * Womah . —Talk , indeed , of pantomimes and gaudy shows , your precessions , and installations , and coronations 1 Give me , fur a beautiful sight , a neat and smart woman , heating her oven and setting in her bread . And if the hustle does make tho sisjn of labour glisten on her brov ., whuve is the man that would not kiss that off rather than the plaster from a duchess?— Cobbelt . Rough Method of Ybntilation . —Dr . Gregory * of Edinburgh , in visiting the poor , used often to . v ^ in his prsscription by breaking a pane or tv ,-o « . ( ' the window with his walking stick , which h' ? rn &>! c v ; ood again at tho end of the illness . —EvidWii of /> . R , Willis , before the Health of Tmvns Commmihi :. W ' iuLKs . —Last week the islanders of Eday , Orkney , captured , out of a large flock <> f wha' . vs lr .. l . in Fierceness Bay , after very little trouble . They hare since sold them in town for £ 21 G . The ; ' buttle noses" aro very fat at this season , and the above lot is thought to be a good * ptc for the purchasers .
Opunino ov New Oxpobdstbbkt . —On Saturday evening the thoroughfare ot New Oxford-struct was opened to the public . Death o ? Mr . William Astbix , M . P . pok Bbd » FonnsniRE . —This venerable member of the Lower House died on the afternoon of Sunday , at Ever tonhouse , aged 73 , after a brief illness . H ^ TT The LatbMurdkrat Daoenuam . —The government have issued instructions for the prosecution ef Sergeant Parsons and the other constables belonging tothe K division , for aliened perjury committed by them in their evidence before the coronet when he held the inquest on the body of their comrade Ckrke , who , it will be remembered , was found in a cornfield murdered in last June .
Jknny Likd . —Jenny Lind has finally arranged to come to London and sing at Her Majesty ' * Theatre , Mr . Lumley giving her an indemnity against all actions for broach of contract with Mr . Bunn . The batt ' e in the courts will therefore be foudit , if at alL , between the two managers . AMAIBURPliRFORMANOESATTHBST . JAMV . s ' sTntATRK . —Two performances by distinguished arantanrs are to be given at the St . James ' s Theatre . It in seated that . Mrs . Butler will sustain the principal ehai ai .-ieis , but no oth ^ r member of the profession . vi ! l be included in the casts .
Death o » Mr . Hall , tub Poblisiisr , —This ; ontleman breathed his last on Sunday , atti-v sirugpiag for some time with the mosi severe suffering . His name , together with that of his partner , Mi -, (; impman , has been for many years associated with the most successful literary works in tho department of fiction of the present day—those of Mr . Charles Dickens . The success ot the " Pickwick Papers , " which were published by Messrs . Chapman ami ( Jail , gave them a celebrity in their profession , which has since increased .
The Nkw Modul P rison . —Thw prison « i | j be finished , lor the detention of person ? rennttnloj from , police offices and awaiting trial , on the 2 r > . li iiuc . It contains 1 , 000 separate cells to keep porsons entirel y apart whilst under detention . Libhrationof Convicts .- —It is said ; ii . ; t lur Majesty ' s pardon is about to be extended to a great number of convicts at the hulks at Woolwiek , whose sentence to hard labour has nearly expired , and whose exemplary conduct has recommended tln-iii to the Royal clemency . —Globe , Nkw Church , St . Gkorgr ' s , I 1 amh-imi- « . ; . ; - uns . — A new church is about to be erecteu on the > tnuii , or Piccadilly , side of the parish of St , George , ihttioversquare . Tub Cuckoo . —On Monday morning the v-ice of the cuckoo was repeatedly heard in the plantation of Markeaton , near Derby .
PonToouBsK Soldiers . — The Tin j ; covro « pyndent describes the Lisbon volunteers as no better than stage soldiers , and dresscd-up supornuiiicraiy c . ' . ndle snuffers . Nkw Convent . —A piece of land in Far JVk- ! ane , Loughborough , has recently been purchased as a 4 te fo ' . * a convent . „ , The Jew a Dealer in Swinb . -O .- ! . saturu . iy last , at {? haft « sbur . v market , a Jew of iat name of Marcus Lewis exposed four pigs for salt-, and afbi great laughter among the dealers , he ultimately sold tiicra for two pounds—the first instance ve ever hiwtrd of an Israelite dealing in pork , v , being also his sabbath day .
A Long Word . —The " Allgemeiiie Zeik , ; i ;; " informs its readers that a society has been established in Hull for discouraging tight lacing , 'flu- I ' . erman editor pleased to inflict on this haniiiw association the following formidable title : — " Jrnyfrwnsimmerdttrchfchwmdauchuoedtungs . gegwerein , '' Otherwise the " Anti-killing-young-wofficn-hy . a . liti ^ ering ; death-society . " Force of the Sea . —A rctaiiiin « wall of solid masonry on the Chester and Holyhead Kai ' . way , at Penman Mawe , has proved wholly i nsuflieirnt towithstand the shock of the sea , and the goiicral opinion seem * to bo , that no seawall can be depended upon , whrh has not a good slope and an chsUc body . The Electric Telegram . —The Lord Chancellor
has refused to grant an injunction against Nott ' s electric telegraph . It has been suggested that Mr . Hyde Clarke ' s electro telegraph coniposin" machine can bo worked in connection with Notts system , so as to make it a printing telegraph . A company is being formed to work Professor Morse ' s American printing telegraph in this country . Editorial Troublbs in Canada . —The odilorof the " Toronto Herald " excuses hinisoH tor th- non-publication of a recent number of his paper , on the ground that the paper on which it wa « to have been printed , after it had been wot down in the usual manner , had beou frozen into a solid mass , and could not be used until it was thawed . Adsurd Law . —The Paris Court of CoxBatien has decided that a person who was one * n ltoumu Catholic clergyman , but has for many yesi ' s Genua Protestant , cannot marry .
Shut tour Mouth . —The New Yuik Tribune , " alluding to the fatal consequences which often occur from inhaling steam when a boiler bursts on hoard a stesm-boaf , recommends all steam-boat travellers to remember the following advice : ¦— " Keep your mouth shut when the boiler bursts . " Scotch Wisdom . —The Scottish fanner .- . ire substituting boans and turnips on tho land hitherto employed for potatoes . " What ' s in a Namb ? "—Surely th . ro » something in a name , when the inventor of a now casto * describesit as the Idrotobolic Hat ! Explosion op Portable Gas .-1 ho haron D Alicet a French gentleman , lost his life at itio , on the 18 th December , owing to tho bursting of a vessclcontaininc portable gas , with willed hu servant was feeding a lamp . Tho unfortunate gentleman was in bed when the explosion took place , and was burnt and scalded troin head tofuot .
Tiic Great It . iuak IWonMua . —Thc Pope has removed some of the insulting roguUtions to which tho Jews of Home have been subiect time out of mind .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 13, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_13031847/page/3/
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