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THE LAS » ASD THE CHARTER . An Epteo ' ary Bctogve t ! jBORESiSD TO FEAaCCS O ' COXKOB , ESQ . ! .. * nd thou wast filled as a river with wisdom , and thy ^ jl cove -red the earth . Thy name went abroad to the Suds af 'v <¦ * . ^ wast beloved in thy peace . The flniries wondered at thee . Iircanse thou hast oeen a ^ KfV-tb < ° iu" l > ,, n , ¦ * strength to the needy in his dis-Lfsf Thns Onius answerinr , said , "This is a lover of 2 ! bre tfcren , ai : d of the people of hritl . "—Eccies . xrii—J ,. iiv-M « - - " «
Of all tbe wonders of this wondrous age That cheer the peer man and exalt the sage ; Of at- 'he treasures that are daily given j ! v God to man , to fix his thoughts on Heaven ¦ jjlfK ' s none that Prudence wisely rcconuneiuS , To all her children and to Fr . edomV friends , So much as oae that all should learn to know , vrho lore the people , or regret their woe—On ? that must soon reform a nation ' s laws , Pro voke the sanction , and the world ' s applause On ? that shall hallow a bright patriot ' s name , And add new glory to his deathless fame . Thine , s ; reat O'Connor , thine , i ? Iusrricu < chief , The helm now offrred for a nation ' s grief ;
K ind Heaven has raised thee for a noble end , To be the father and the people ' s friend : Thy Land and Charter are tut God ' s decree , To make men happy and all nations free . Thine ; be tbe glory , which thy works display . Thy lasting monument * cannot decay : Tbe people ' s rights , before condemn'd to toil , Ar j now inscribed upon tbeir native soiL He who did once a houseless stranger roam , Hat ni'W a dwelling and a happy home . The s ? ats where once oppression rais'd her head , Sow Labour cheers , and Indolence has fled : There hamble cottages in myriads stand , Invite back health and decorate the land .
Plr-nty and essr with affluence unite , To sweeten eomfort and increase delight . All man can wish , when from ambition free , Surrounds his home , in mild simplicity . Secure from want , with freed / naeter blest , His hands may labour , but his heart ' s at rest . Remote from envy and devoid of care , He smiles at fertane , for he has his share . So useless dainties crowd bis frugal board , His best repast it what bis bands afford . Amidst the pleasures of a rural life , He rears his children , andbe loves bis wife ; 'Well pieas'd with these , content with petes and health , He wants no more , for happiness is wealth .
Hail ! mighty man , to thee the world must hew , Admire thy virtues and thy claims allow : The time is eeme , whsnthpy who sccSM before , Must own their folly , and their faults deplore . Thy greatest foe , who once could-crowds command , And rule his rivals with an iron hand , Has f ror'd , by reasons lighter than his purse , A . na & m ' s beggar is a natiotCt curs * . For freedom too he ftewfji reasons found , Kot worth the shillines that make op-one pound .
But let him go , the tmteft ! I must not blame , As nautbt survives him but a traitor ' s name . Pore-1 , forget , since he has ceatM to live , Inn icy spare , in pity now forgive . Unlike to bis , thy name shall proudly stand . The Ciorter ' * pride , the glory of the Lend . Great is thy task , thy ronrse with zeal pursue , To tne-nd old manners and reform the sew . Safriene the work , as grand the priM shall be , A dedJJtts trow * of touaortoKtjt , London , July 16 , 1617 . Ah abishhah .
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The following lines find & place in our column * , because , as poetry , they are worthy of that distinction , and because the poetess is equally worthy of alJ honour . But we most dissent from our friend's remedy for national ids . Instead of flying in despair fh-m the * land of their birth , we trust that the people —resolved with Robert Sicol to " Mas' the warH better yet "will remain at home and win back their right—the land of their sires . If there must he a general emigration , k-t it be a driving out of the dn . nee of the hive—an English "edition" of the " emigration" ot 1189 93 . The earner plunderers and id / era "^ quit , " the better ; bat let honest men stay at hones and stTn » g ! e to get" their ain again . "
SONG OF THE EMIGRANT . bt na . s . r . fostex . Up up and away ! Why linger we thus f What is our country now ! Unknown is the patriot ' s glow to us Men ot the furrowed brow ! Up . up , md be stirnng . ' we must not hear , The nhisprring voices of all we revere ; From h ^ -m es oi the living * nd groves of the dead , F » r lead is the cry of our children for bread . ' -Why weepest then , lov'd one f "Alas ! " she replied , - ' ily muther she cannot coaie ; And l : ow 'hall I feel when I hear she died Alone , in a workhouse home f L ? t us stay till she rests in the slumbers « f death ,
And ,. ur sail shall be filled by her parting breath . " * But hark thee , my wife , to that infant ewy—Oh . ' which of the twe is tbe strongest tie T •• Up . up , we must go—for poverty ' s smarts hitn the bosom stealing , Dilleth the love of the wannest heart , Ooillettt its noblt-st feeling—Affcceii . n for country , for parents , and friend * , Saon . ' a its dirtfal influence ends ; And hie for oar children- ab , who dare say , That holiest thing will resist its sway ! " L ? t u-. fly—let us fly ! there are other climes , 0 v . r the bi i jy sea .
Par off from tbe sound of our village chimes , But where , t » the bold and ftee , The n- Id of ambition and hope is outspread , And toil is rewarded by daily bread . Whir- Lvss are not measured by sorrow alone . And ci . il Ji en are blessings we blush not to own , "Awjy then , away ! In Australia ' s land , Will palices seldom rise , To shadow the sp-tt where the cottages stand . An 1 ? ii-ie the light of God's skies . So c ?«! off the fibres that cling round the heart . Ere nii ** Ty rends the m away part by part ; And curat I wtio will tremble at dangers to be , vVt . at Britons once aire— independent and free !"
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THE WESTMINSTER eJJD FOREIGN QUARTERLY REVIEW . Jcxt . London : G . Luxford , TVhiteinans * sirtet . _ This nuthbor , though containing some valuable and iute < e-ling anicies , is to tmr view—inferior to some recent i > sue . < . Its principal drawback is the very sieatre notices ot foreign literature which may be intended to u < hold the title af Foreign Review , but which cei lainly will not have that result . Questions oflor «!^ n politics and productions of foreign literature demand mucn greater suace than is afforded in this pubtfcatiiiii . 1 he Convocation of the States General of Preia-ia , the pr-gress of peaceful revolution in
Italy , the critical state of Switzerland , and the signs of the coming hurricane in France , are subjects which sbeuld employ : he pens of writers in a " Foreign Review , " to say nothing of the boundless flow of Yrev . c ' i and German literature , very inadequately represented at present in this periodical . The article oa " International Law " reads very like a defence of the right of tbeas ~ asinsef Poland to confiscate ( -rae-vw ; and is really a laboured apology in their behalf . Thank Heaven , the time is coming when this "international law "—founded on the usurpations of kingcraft—will be blown to annihilation by the uprising of the nations against their tyrant * and their ty rants * Jaws . Speed the day J
The article on " Currency Principles , " is one wellcalculated to mislead . It is the production of a man who has attempted to be profound , and achieved only the lessor triumph of being plausible . Those really acquainted with the science of government must know that many theories which look well on paper have the disadvantage of beinei impracticable in actual life , our '' reviewer ' s" article is of this class , as the fox said of the ma * -k "It is a fine head to look at , bat there are na buius . within . " He ia in fact a notice at his trade , who cannot understand the most Ordina > y principles of currency , or detect the difference between actual and apparent wealth . He thus states the convuMm which fallowed the railway panic of ISio : —
The year ltla - . as characterised b y an extravagant spirit fspeeruljstion . surpas . inK in wildness not only that of 1825 Vat any mania for munty-making witnessed lathis conn , try since the days of ths celebrated South Sea bubbleaow moie than a century back . The cold fit , or panic ,, whie-h fol-ontd tho railway fever , was of course its natural attcn-fant ; but sabs « quently , asd long after its symptoms had entirely subsided , whm . 'peculation in railttajs was entirely at aa end , and railway shares had reached apparently ihtdr lowest poist of depression , publie credit sustained a 'h ock unprecedented in this conn .
try , mepiing at a time of war . eir of apprehended invasion or revolum-u . We have seat the funds foil 1 per cent , perneek . i-, r -is « eks in succession ;—the scrip of n gOTen . nK . ci loan at £ 2 discount within a month of its issue ;—tic riee- » f interest rise in a fortnight from 4 to 6 per c « ut , on L-lls of e \ change of tbe first class , and of shon d . t-s ;—privat- acce pt-mces t ; f the ordinary mercantile t-liaract , r r n < e-re « i seiicily neROciable uron any term- - of a-.- ui . t ( J | and as raucl » s 15 per cent , having m some- i :: M .. i : ctc bt < n paid ) ; and the Bant refusing to m ik « : iu ¥ ., il ,-is .. fi . u ;«& iki > tfi EsrL . eiutr Bills , and even apoii Miv . rliuiliun .
Niiw hire-in iir s the first of the many fallacies of this anii-ic ; the great commercial deprcsssion was the naturai : ; i !«! inevitable result ot the enormous pn . vions S | ti-uiatiiin . The lunds fell—the public credit w . * s r-n-eken bv the total absence of private credit and stability . It was iho fashion amongst all
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classes of railway speculators to talk dnrroir the height of the mania , of having made so many h „ n i dreds , or thousands in a week : but it muVt beborae tT ^ th *? Y ^ dually dmn v & l had indeed acquired certain nieces of n * *» u * - I . ^^ ^^ fiden . ^ ftSJ ^ K chanye tor that amount , and thxwr . A a-a quired it ; butthe ««»« £ Si 2 jii 52 rum of tneopnnsite nartv hi . P , nc « flT • tne eases , had JLJl ^ Jj ^^ a ' J ? "" S ^ SSSTCK w & JSffiSS ; %££££ ; £ >• whai nu ac , uai wcai * k ^ c-1 inI \ T ? r < , ? i "' I P ^' P ^ -Sir R . Peel ' s Bank-! nnt !« L / J hatthe Ba » k of England shall •? terW K nf , tCS , ST . * ami , unt of £ 14 , 000 . 000 I sterling , beyond the bullion it may possess . To this IZ r ^' e > » " « the antibulliouists object , on the ground tfeat tuey may have other security than
money—that govemmeu- securities and even private pfperty may bemade w answer tho purpose . For the ttrst otthese we may remark . that though apparently "Sale investment , ge : vernment securities are by so moans exempt from that po . « sibili'y of change erhich vtsitscyerything on this earth : —For the second , —if the reviewer did not know , he ought to have known , that a bank was established in New York on precisely tbat footim ? : that the title deeds of private property were considered as security , and notes issued to the amount only , of less than half their value ? What was the result ? though kept within these limits , the whole thing was a failure—property altered ia estimation , and finally the title deeds were sold for Jess than one-eighth of their professed value .
If it he objected that this , or greater restriction ot the paper currency , would injure the trade of our merchants , ic must not be forgotten that it is to the undue accomm <> dation . gramed , fespecially by private banks , that this trade has out-stepped the limits of their legitimate capital . Had the merchant been compelled to confine his transactions within the amount , ot his own bullion capital , it would have been impossible for him to have suffered the reverses described . But he had been trading on that which had no tangible existence , on notes tor which he had no correspoadent value , and < m a fictitious and temporary prosperit ) , and it was fortunate for ail members of the community that the crash was net longer in arriving , « face , eviias its effects were , they would afterwards have been more difficult to overcome .
We see nothing in this article but oft-refeied fallacies , asaisst which it is oar duty , as honest critics to protest . The labour of the people isthe only legitimate B- 'crce of wealth—and bullion is the only true representation of it . A bank-note issued beyond the amount of balKon is but the-promissory note of a company , instead of a private individualtbe value of both to be determined only by our confidence in their honesty . We have now done w-th what is ever to nsan unpleas & Bttask—thatof findingfault . lt is a relief to turnto articles which we can generally approve-of , and
commend . Tbe "TriaUfDhe Earl of Somerset" is an interesting abridgment < rf that curious -story the ••*< Jreat-Gyer of Poisoning . " The lightuevr thrown upon the facts of that -revolting history , has somewhat mitigated the blackness of darkness which has hitherto enshrouded tbe name of Carr ? at the . same time that light has served to still more clearly reveal thediai . 'u-itins character of the beastly Uames 1 st , and the-general iniquity-of tbe aristocracy ef that day . The whole article is well calculated to inspire the reader with a wholesome horror of -courts and kings .
The "Life of George Fox , " the founder of the Quakers , details many interesting facts in the history of this very remarkable , and in-eonse respects great man . But we cannot join the reviewer in unqualified praise of his hero . Fox did oioc wholly escape the fanaticism of his age , and some . of his ' ' canscientions" doings savour strongly of the ridicuhmi ; for instance , -bis refusal to takeoff his hat in a court ot justice . This folly of the Quakers we have always regarded in the light of an offence against good manners . : We must confess that , little as we-respect many of our judicial usages , we should no more think of entering a court of justice ^ covered than we should think of-doine the same thing in a church , or the house of any person—friend or
stranger . Bv-the > by , we remember that when at Dunfermline we visited the cathedral or church where lies buried -all that remains of Robert the Bruce , instinctively we une-overed as we crossed the threshold . A Scotch friend accompanied as , and between Aim and the person who showed us over the church there passed a jocular remark on one English fashion ot unosvering en entering -a plac « of warship ;( whether or net religions service was being performed , ) and we gathered from the said remark that our " canny frisads " considered the said custom decidedly " popish , " and " more honourediin . the breach than in the observant e . " We must confess that , "popish" or not , we-very much prefer the custom generally punaed in England by all save
the Quakers . But at the grave of , -Rebert the Brace . we should have uncovered , though that grave had been oa the bleak hilU * ide , instead of wit & in a " religious sanctuary , " as we did nasover in the shade of Wallace ' s oak at Elderdte . The graves ofB-.-rna , and Byron , ;& sd Shakespeare ; the humble cottage on the banks of Dood , and theJordly balls of . Newstead ; and « very spot hallowed hy ^ o ? try and patriotism , it has been our good fortune to visit—has not found us wanting In this mark of homase which thegreatness or the past extorts from us , whether in Westminster ILall , or tie filthy and miserable haunts made by the once human tread of Goldsmith , "holy ground . " Butte return to George Fox- In the article before us there are certain facts revealed of tbe double doings
' of Mr Cromwell , net at / ill redounding to his credit ; facts , which even that sword-worshipper Thomas Carlyle—one-half a great man , and one-half a great humbug—will find it difficult to explain away . One thing we admire in Fox , his preaching against all priesthoods . This one feature of Quakerism—the absence ef a priesthood—is its redeeming feature in our eyes . We have no special liking for the drabcoloured gentry , rather the reverse , but we must confess wedo well like their refusal to support either priests for themselves , or other folks' priests . As long as the people will havp . spiritual mediators between themselves and Heaven , they will be " led by the nose as asses are , "—the prey of speculators in human credulity , and traffickers in human ignorance and folly .
Pleasing articles on the " Birds ef Jamaica . " and the clever but dainty Fanny Kcmble ' s " Year of Consolation , " will repay perusal . Last , not Isast , we direct attention to a charming article ou a cliai-ming subject , — "Persian Poetry , "' rom which ^ we shall give an extract or two ; the first briefly tells the sad story of the career of Persia's Homer : —
pirogei . He was born at Sbadab , a village in the district of Tus , in Khorassan , about the year 910 , A . D ., some forty years after our brave Alfred had finished the work that was allotted to him , aud had closed his eyes on a kingdom now beginning under his rule to manliest tbe various elements of future order and strength . Tradi tion reports that his father was a gardener , in the service of the governor of Tus . Both he and bis brother worked for many years as husbandmen ; and perhaps th * poet might have continue *? there to his death , keeping his wild thoughts to himself as he toiled with his spade , had not the repeated insults of a neighbour , who had quarrelled with them , roused his latent spirit . After in vain urging his brother to accompany htm in search of
another home , Firdusi departed alone , ; n a gh omy mood of stera Dante-like decision , and bent his steps towards Ghuzni , where Hahmoud held bis court . The Sultan was renowned asa patron of literature , and had gathered round him all the best poets of tbe land . An old ehrcnkl ? , called tht B-i : ' . a : i-namcli ( something similar to that trit-cti'jin-d in Esther vi . 1 } , had been lately dis covered , wlni-b purported to giro an account < -f the ancient history of P < rsi 4 , previous to th- invasion of the Mohammedans , as related in tfj « lost national ballajs ; and Habmoud was ambitious ef leaving , as a monument of his taste and patronage of letters , a poem begun ander his auspices , which should embrace all these legends , and be a standard national history . Tbe best poets of his court had already been employed in various
episodes , and oae n > med Unsari had pained the palm . Firdusi beautifully describes how many a day of sorrowful longing he spwit after his arrival at the city , vainly hoping thst some opportunity for displaying bis talents mig ht present itself ; till at length a friend obtained for him , after much trouble , a copy of the Bastan Nameb . and ( as hesays )" eiili ! ht ( : ned my darkened soul . " He forthwith prepared sone episodes from the chronicles . fcnd such was his success that he was soon appointed by Habmoud to tinJtrtalte the great natisnal work . A thousand gold pieces were promised for every thousand couplets , and according ly he commenced his task with golden pros , peers of fame and wealth opening on every side . He completely gave himself up to the undertaking , and laboured at it unremittingly for thirty years . At length the work
wascompleed ; but during the thirty years that had hven spent on it many changes had occurred . Old friends had died or groira cold , and tbe court swarmed with new faces , who looked icornfully on the old poet , grown gray and infirm in bis study . He had al-o had themisfurtirae . to incur the enmity of Aiyar , tbe sultan's favourite , who used all his influence to poison the royal mind against him , representing him as disaffected to the empire , an-i to the national faith , in consequence of some passages in his poem describing the ancient religion of Zoroaster . These efforts had not failed . Mahmoud , with all his excellences ( and they were many ) , w & 3 proud and suspicions , and only too ready to give credit to the suggestions . He received the copy of the
completed epic with studied coldness ; aud in vain Firdusi waited for the promissed reward , with which he had fondly Lcped for so many years ta beautify his native city , Tus . After months of anxious expectation he sent an epigram , to the Sult an , in which he compares hi < liability to a sea , " and what though I have dived in it and found no pearls , it is the fault of my nature and notoi the tex . " But , as sir \ V . Jones says , " whvre on ep ic had failed , what could be expected ot an epigram !" Mahmoud resdved to add iasult to neglect , and he sent tie poetC'J . OO'J enrrnsiw instead of the pieces of gold . Firduii was in the bath when the money arrived , aud the-pr-. ui spirit , evhich nei years could chill , tired at once , as it had done more Ihanjtbii ty years befor at Tus . He d « ti-ibuted tlie mon ' -y among the attendants at the
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baths , and inveighed bitterly against the sultan ' s mean ] ness . His words were repeated with exaggerations to Mahmoud , who , in an evil hour for his fame , gave way to his resentment , and ordered bin to be trampled to death by an elephant ! Firdusi , after many entreaties , obtained a remission of his sentence , but liplabour of thirty years was lost , and all his hopes were blasted . He walked home alone from the court , mid there , in tbe bitterness of his heart , wrote a withcrin ;' satire against the sultan , heaping nil the invectives that his injured spirit could devise , not forgetting the blot In Mabmoud ' s escutcheon , that he was the son of a slave
This he sent sealed to a courtier , desiring him to giveit to his master whenever be was more than usually disturbed by state affairs . In the meantime he flad from Ghuzni , and sought shelter in Matindaran . But Mabmoud ' s wrath knew no bounds , and his emmissarics followed Firdusi everywhere . He next took refuge in Bagdad , where the caliph , Kaelor Billah , received him for a time ; and he added in his praise a thousand lines to the Shah-namth (^ s his great poem is called , i . e King-book ); but the caliph was too weak to dispute Mabmoud ' s will , and a stern message from Ghuzni once more hurried Firdusi into exile . He was then more lhan
seventy years of age , aud for several years he wandered from plane to place in constant dread of Mabmoud's vengeance . At length , wearied with poverty , sickness , age , and the ingratitude of his friends , be bent bis steps , aMompauied by his daughter , who was his only stay , towards his native Tus , in hopes to gladden his old eyes , ere he closed them for ever , with a sight of the haunts of his childboed . There amidst the scenes of his early life , when he had been tbe poor gardener of Shadab , he died and was buried , Soon after his death , Mabmour * , touched perhaps with remorse at the sad fate of him who had once been the glory of his court , sent tbe long
withheld 60 , 000 pieces of gold : but his daughter , with the true spirit of her father , nobly refused the gift , saying , " what have I to do now with tbe wa dth of kings V We would gladly give specimens of Firdusi's poetry but want of apace forbids . The same cause prcvente usnoticieg the other great poets of Persia ; even Sadi , Jelaleddin , and Haf « . We must , however , make room for , and conclude this notice with , the following anacreonatic effusion from the pen of the last-named of those Persian worthies : — - The rose has come forth ' . Oh ! my friends , 'tis the hour
To fill the bnght goblet , and drink in the bower ' . Come , seize the sweetseason , —who know ; not , too wefl That not always the pearl can be found in the shell ? Love ' s path is a desert-of doubt and dismay , Where none but the foolish would willingly stray ! A truce to your volumes—your studies give Ver , — For books cannot teaeh you love ' s marvellous lore ; Come , listen to me ; $ e shall learn it apace , If you'll fix fast your thoughts on your mistress ' s face , My mistress ' s image , that idol divine , Has found in my bosom an altar and shr ' me ; There she rules like a queen , with a crown on her brow , Though sbe scenes her poor subject , and laughs an his
WOB . ¦ Come , open the tavern ; why longer delay ? And bring us the wine to chaw sorrow away , — Sot Cuther ' s * fcir stream can so gladden the soul , As the liquor that dances and laughs in the bowl . Come , friends , fring the wine , for thetnomentsftitfly Ere the week is well ended the roses will die ; And may fortune look smiling , and shield us from sor
row , Hot send us an echeand repentance to-morrow I And do thou , too , ray fair one , be here with thy smile , And scatter thy glances , like jewels , the while ; For none but the bigot will ever reprove The passionatefervour of ffafiz's love . "
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She Theologian . A Reoiew of Ancient and Modem XHvinity , etc ., & c . July . London ; W . J . Cleaveti -Baker-street , Portraan-square . This bi-monthly publication seems to be the advocate of c rtain shades of opinion , more nice than wise , between "high church" acd "lowchurch /' some " goldenmean" which istounttethe distracted members of oer plethoric " establishment . ? ' we say that this to us " seeauj 1 ' so , for we confess we have lacked tbe necessary courage and patience to wade through the ponderous contents . One article we have thoroughly-read , because the perusal of the first few lines sufficed to show us that the author is a warm-hearted friend of the poor . The article is entiled "Ireland , as viewed by Hie < 5 race .
theArchbishop of Dublin , " and is , if we are not greatly mistaken , the production of a philanthropist well-known to our readers ftr the incongruity of his politics" old-fashioned Toryism , " combined with an « arnest and life-long advocacy of * . he interests of the working classes . The heartless Malthusianism and ignorant flippancy exhibited by- " His Grace , " in the course of the recent discussions in the House of Lords on the Irish iPoor Relief Sill meet with a juet exposure and well-merited castivation , and we must congratulate the writer on having achieved a complete vindication of the principle of the old English Poor Law , and a triumphant defence of the moch-abused and muchcalumniated working class of England . The writer draws largely from , public reports of the horrible "famine " and pestilence which have reeen ly
desolated Ireland , and his comments thereoa show sot merely the sympathy of his heart but also the soundness of hia diead in suggesting measures to relieve and ultimately remove the misery be deplerea . We are glad to-observe that this article has been reprinted for distribution , independent of the Theolo gian . We consider that all advocates of Justice aa opposed to Malthusianism will perform a public duty in giving their aid in making better known' Ireland , as viewed by His Grace the Archbishop ot Dublin . " Tbe curious in such matters wiH Sod lengthy articles on " The Education of the Middle Classes , " and " . MaskelTs Ancient Liturgies . " " The Country at tbe Dissolution" sets forth Protestant and Protectionist views for the benefit of tbe electors , and , of course , " dashingly " assails Sir Robert Peel .
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The Udond Hamlet and othtr Poems , by Spencer T . * Hall . London : W . S . Orrand Co . " The Upland Hamlet" exbJbits . in addition to the author ' s usual powers of' * rhyme , " occasional gleams ofrealjHWfry . ' Most of the other pieces are characterised by sweetness and simplicity , and form veryagreeable reading . There are better things than the lines on Burns to be found in the volume , but we extract this piece , as most fitting for our columns .
BURNS AND HIS FAME . Recited to a meeting of Scotsmen , in Sheffield , on the anniversary of their poet ' s birth , 1811 .
Men of thelandof" flood andfel , " And deathless song and matchless story ! Men who , where ' er ye roam or dwell . Point back unto a home of glory ! Though in Old England ' s heart my home—A lone and lowly brown . thatch'd cat—To-day in Burns ' s name I come , And feel myself with you a Scot ! Burns—Burns 1 0 . not in name alone Is present here that spirit bright : Iu many a song we hear its tone , And feel its throb and see its light In many a heart and many an eye , Nor is it to our circle bound , But , far as fancy can descry , Is cherished , reverenced , and renowned 1 Wide over Scotia ' s rugged laud ,
This hour ten thousand inglvs blaze , Eonnd each of which a heart-warm band In rapiure cbauts his glorious lays ; While the lone packman far away , Toiling bis evening inn to gain , Starts on remembrance of the day . And chords in fancy with the strain . Remote in wild Columbian woods , The emigrant with moistening eye , Sees " Burns "in those vast solitudes Upon bis " big ha' bible " lie : H « takes the book—the " wee things " throng Around , and list with deep delight , As in his thrilling native tongue He reads the Moasgiel ' s " Cottar ' s Night . "
And where by some Australian stream , That sweetly fulls the drowsy noon , The uiiplaid-dshepherd lores to dream Of winding Ayr and bonny Boon ; His brother herdsme-n wandering by , Perchance the day to mind will bring ; And Scotland to their hearts come nigh As " days of auld lang syne " they sing Yes ! gather'd here or gather'd there , Britannia ' s sons , the wide world o ' er , Will hail him each returning year
With offerings wort ' iier than before : Yet , though more tuneml eastern rain , And richer in poetic flowers , No lay names Burns ' " d « ar-loved name With more devote-dness than ours !
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Tub UsiiEn Patriots' and Pa triarchs Societies . —The first anniversary meeting of the Birmingham branch ot this society was held on the 12 th instant , at the Dolphin Inn , Broomsirove-str . ct , when the members and thrir wives sat duwn to ari excellent dinner . Charles Fulford . Esq . surgeon of Paradisestreet , occupied the chair . - Alter the c !( J " withdrawn , the chairman proposed « ProspeiitylU the United Patriots' and Patriarchs Society , ami congratulated the members upon the thriving sw of the society ' s funds , and the increasing attention that its admirable ptovisionband rules was gradual : > attract-ng in Birmingham . Wolverhampton , ami elsewhore . The health of Mr . Harris . se « rotary , was next proposed and drank wilh yreiat applause , Mr Ikeiltiston proposed the health of the surgeon . Mr Fulford , and observed that the luembL -rs M \ much pleasure in mcotin : him at the annual festival , aud btsins able to exnress to him their great
satisfaction of the manner with which he had uniformly fulfilled his duties . The health of the patrons , T . Dutitomue , T . VVakley , and Luke Hansard , E ^ qrs ., was drank with great applause .
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i a ir !?*^ ai , tie ) e is abridged fre / m thelW . ; . ' burgh VceB y Register :-Sit ALL HOLDINGS . It is a subj-ct o congratulation that tho Scottish Pairiotic Society have undertaken in right earnest the . - auvocacy of small , ! irm , . Tlla a ) 1 ^ . ^ lUat , e ( ter . Settc and industrious family , with propersltill , will raise more pr- 'dncefrom five acr-. s by the spade than can be rawed hylavge farmers b y meani ef the pleUBh , IB FO supported by experience , and by reason , that it U diffi . cult to understand the hostility shotm by many to tht ; general introduction of the system . It has , how-ver . been tafen up practicall y by so many landowner * ami societies , and is daily home out by so many fresh exp ? riments , th . t its ultimate success cannot be d . ubted
. Small farms c / tnnot . if course be- cultivated to profit evnhout shell and ktioivliidgoeif the principles of farmlim , and jet it is to crofts « rcclicdly miin ^ Qd by iialf . 3 UV « l > e tenants , that the opponents of the system have l ., olte-d fur their illustrations . Even large farms will proveruinous if unskilfully managed .. In J > ., w ,, shirc th r « :. rc 14 . 000 farms under live acres ; the tenants aro prosperous and high spirited . In Limerick there are onlj half the number , with poor and apathetic tenants . Tne dif . erence lies altogether in the ammnt of agricultural f > kill .
Nothing is better established than the profitableness of small crofts , when wtll cropped , manured , and managed . Dr Mackenzie , in an admirable address to the Gairloch crofters , pointed out a proper rotation of cropping , and made an ostimatc of profits . Four acres and a half are alloted for eaeh crnft . as t . eing quite enough for the bodily labour of one family . The half acre is allowed for house , corn yard , nardtn , . fee . The ft . ur acres are laid out in four fields as Mbwa : — 'No . 1 is oats for hay ; 8 , grass ; 3 , bear and grass seeds ' ; and 4 , green crop—as turnips , potatoes , & c . & e . The acre of oats is made into hay , and immediately after nwils planted with cabbages , which have been prep & rinR for that purpose In tbe garden . No . 2 is in clover to be-cut for the cows in the byre . No . 3 is in bear nnd cluvjr
seed sown with it , and No . 4 is iu potaeoes and turnips . Supposing , then , the lot to be in pood order , awl fairly nnde . r its regular crops ; an acre of gooil clover in sufficient to keep three ordinary cows in a full supply ol fooil . if cnt and carried to the bjre during themnntlm oi June , July , August , and September , with a little help from the house and garden ; and frem SeptemberTiH-iTune of the following year , these cows will easily fe ; - kept upon the hay , straw , turnips andoabbanes , Ac ,, which will then be ready for thesn . These three , cows , supposing them to be properly fed and attended to and -properly cleaned and rubbed down dally like lurccs in o gentleman ' s stable , will be bud milkers indeed if they do not average of
five ^ ints ifiilk eaeh d » ily f .. r the foupmonth * they are on grass , three pints dtily for the next four month .-, and ' one pint and half daily for the restofthe year , allowing them a month to run tfrj before carving . This com--s in all to 3240-pints in the year , an acre of pood bear should yield not less-tban five Quarters , deducting seed . Suppose half an acre of laud under 'potatoes , it -should yield at least Sfteen'bolls , or sixty barrels . At . preient prices a Scotch pint of milk , - -if-made into but = er aud cbeeso , is worth 3 d . ; so that 3 . 240 pints amouEtM ... ... .... £ 40 40 -0 5 quarters of bsar , at 30 s . ... _„ 7 U 0 O 15 bolfe , or GO barrels of potatoes , ' ^ 4 s , 12 0 0
Showing a return of .... £ 60 o 0 for theyear's produce of thecroft ; besides the utie of the garden and several other little matters , and notcouutine any return from the hill pasture attached to teach ¦ lot ;' Such-is' 3 ) r Mackenzie ' s estimate , aud it hf > s been-found not an extravagant one . The population on the estate already resembles a ' hive of bees , ' to use tlie phraxeoh'g . t ' of the "Industrial Magazine ;' The tendency of the evidence is exactly the same from all part- of the-country , where experiments bare bei-u fairly and fully-tried . ' Of course It da necessary to raise the habits of the « rofters . Not the least important element in this process is the improvement of their dwellings . This may be effected by witting proprietors at tar less cert than is generally-imagined . Dr Mackenzie- has . erected cottages on a new , mode ) , which take up no mure room than a common croft , but
contain—Living room , parents' bedroom , girls' bedroom , boys ' bedroom , milk room , store , . water-closet , p iggetty , byre , and barn . A . plan is given ' ¦ Ihe " 'Industrial Jd ; irariiiej" for ^ a ; ., It adds— ' With ihe excejitJon of a few ; id'itiuyal doors and windows , and some ' cut and-clay ' partitioning , > be coitage is as cheap !) constructed as the usual ones Tlie doors and windows are so arranged as to ensure light and well ventilated rooms . The slops and draining ot the house , water-closet , byre , and pit ; . st ; e , instead of spreading in front of the house , areicarefully conducted nttheback into a liquid-msrauretank , built with scour--,
like an inverted bee-hive , and rendered water tight by a puddling of clay , or a coating . of asphalte , leirmi . d by mixing boiling tar tvith fine sand . Instead of the whole family being crowded into oae room by d » y and night , a kitchen with a hanging . chimney is prondeil , which , by the adoption of an iron jplatu at the back , imparts tvarrath to the parents' and girls' l > -ilrooms . The masonry of such a cottage , for walls , cost £ 2 10 s ; the wood work , about £ 4 . The cotter first covers the roof with turf or divot , and in time tliatche * all of -H with straw or rushes ; a roof of that description 'being calculated to Inst out the ninetcan . yeare lease on which crofts are set , '
The essential and primary requisite Is , however , agricultural skill ; and for this the S lf-supportlng Agricultural School-i , in the course of institution , will form valuable machinery . In these , in return for three hours ' rural labour by tbe boys on bis croft , the schoolmaster crofter gives three hours' instruction . In England , tbe pupils cheerfully pay a penny ahead iu addition . Such a school has been established at Cairloch . iTijor Wray , in Kent , has carried out the principle still farther . In a national school there , he obtained a neat and clover workman to make models , iu apart < -f the school-cround , of the best methods of draining , dig . Ing , trenching , fencing , tie . This man ' s services were required only twice afterwards in teaching the boys how to beg in-their work , and also the proper use of their tools , which tbe committee had handsomely provided .
Lessons were subsequently given in tne easiest mode of taking land-levels ; and as Kent is a county abounding in wood and hop plantations , the boys mere taught how ; o set out land for planting in the triangular f . nn as well as the square system . Three lessons were deemed quite sufficient to enable the boys to comprehend ( he principle , and to work afterwards under the superintendence of those persons who took an interest in their progress , without any additional aid ; more , especially as the master of the school , a very intelligent man , had in the mean time made himself quite competent to direct their field operations , These works are resumed twice a week in spring and summer ; aud such is the proficiency of tbe boys that many of them can not only perform all tbe work without assistance , but even give instruction toothers , although their average ages do not exceed 10 £ years ' .
« At tho examination , ' says the' Labourers' Friend ' s Magazine , '' which we had the pleasure of attending last week , all that is here stated was verified to the letter . Three several troops of little urchins were mustered on the green , tools iu hand , who speedily and accurately ex . hibited their skill in taking levels , calculating the weight of earth to be moved , and the expense ; also in planting , both on the square and triangular system . T 7 e al ? o saw specimens of their skill in fencing , draining , and trenching , in all which operations they displayed a proficiency very rare indeed among the even experienced agricultural labourers . These valuable arts have been acquired at a comparatively small sacrifice of attention to the ordinary school duties ; they are highly creditable to t'i « school , most beneficial to the boys , and rodosnd greatly to the honour of those who have promoted them . We cannot wish anything better for rural schools generally , than that tbey should bo as well and as usefully conducted as that of Bearstead '
Wo are happy at all times to notice the success of any attempts to apply tho labour of the people to the land , which only requires such application to supply food more than sufficient for all ,
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Berangbb . —The first chosen retreat of Beranger was in the neighbourhood oi Tours , and . here he spent several successive years . But whether tho spot was inconveniently far from his friends of the capital , or whether any other cause intervened , is not known to us . However , certain it is that the poet ha ? more lately been located at the village of Plassy , within a few miles of Paris . So the recent memoir of Mr Anderson informs us . That gentleman visited the poet in 1844 , and found him inhabiting a neat little mansion , altogether such as might have been supposed congenial to hia tastes . The personal manner of Beranger , it is stated , is full ol unaffected urbanity . In person the poet is " a little man , " continues his Scottish visiter , " not more , I should say , than five feet five inches in height , of a
firm make , and apparently robust and healthy . Ho has a high , intellectual forehead , regular and rather handsome features , and a quick sparkling eye . The principal expression of his face is , I think , that of kindness combined with shrewdness . He talks rapidly and earnestly , pouring a flood of information upon whatever subject occupies his attention , be it political , biographical , or literary ; and possesses in an eminent degree the power of commanding the attention of his auditory . " He is well acquainted , it appears , with the works of Walter Scott ( through versions ); and he knows onongh of our true Scottish national pnet to prize highly the title of a' trench Burns . " Thus quietly , in a pleasant retreat , are passed and passing ihe advanced years of Pierre Jean do B
eranger . „ , „ . „„„ Accident ox thb Losdos and Nobth-Wkstkhn ttutWAT .-Oa Tuesday afternoon as a passenger trail from London arrived near the Inng station , the cBgine-drivw , it is static ! through not regarding the signal omtionin ; him ot danger , van into a l u ? - gagi-traln which was on the lino . Thecomina HI train was a very long one , and tho shock of tourse very great . Manv of tho passengers , it seems , were severely bruised , but nothing of a more serious nature occurred . . . . The harvest in the empire of Morocco is ended , and the produce has born so abundant that corn lias fallen to one-half ot the price at which it was previ ously sold .
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A farmer , describing the efT « ct oi' the present fa-/ ourable weather , and the progrcssof the crops , Paid , — " Wccemld i-. ot have TOJm . it » e < l it bpUcr ourselves , if wis had had i ! um : uii in oiulnunl am ! a watcriescan in the other ! One » f the steamers arrived fi-oiii B 3 u ! o » ne hits brought a numbcroflivefoxesot French production , tor sale in this country . W hope the importers v .-jtl have to export the vermin . A Hull paper states that an association has been formed in that town for tho purouse of " kcenliii ? journeymen shoemakers honest . " * ' The Boston Post , U . S ., mentions a very impressive and solemn funeral in Water-street . A barrel of porter had fallen from a truck , aud v-mno fiftv mourners were standing round . the leer . [ Oh ! oh il Tho Conference of the Wesleyan Society for 184 ] will beheld in Liverpool .
Professor Wilson has published a letter disclaiming all present connection with Blackwood . A fow days since in a quarrel , tho mate of a vc « : I lying in the docks at Liverpool bit off the nose of a seaman , and forced a finger into his eye ; but the s . nmnn preferred'a charge of assault against his brutal offi ' .-er , who has bceti committed for trial . No leiathiin eighteen gallons of whisky and twelve doz , < n of wines were required for the Kilkenny hospital during the past wee k . At tho lato meeting of the British Association for the Promotion of Science , it was stated that the potato rot had appeared in New Zealand . Mr Disraeli now advocates an alteration in the Game Laws . Ac a recent sale by Messrs Puttick and Simpson , an autograph letter of Lord Bacon , dated August 4 th , 1606 , and addressed to Sir Thomas lloby , sold I for eighteen guineas .
I he Russian government has sent a quantity of coin to England , in order that it may be assaved at the English mint . Sever *! English anglers have lately visited Norway for tbe purpose of enjoying the sport of salmon tishinj ! in the Norwegian vivers , and they are said to have been very successful . Ihe commissioners of tho Northern Lights have purchased several tons' weight of lenses , ot French manufacture , for the use of the lighthouses under tlieir management . A medal will bo struck in order to commemorate the ir-stallation of Prince Albert as Cfeancellorof the ¦ University i > £ "Cambridge . [ When will the eycoplianticsni'bsatthid seat of learning discover a Jittle < coniraon sense ?]
Mr T . Lennon Hunt has been appointed Vice- ; ' ¦ C onsul of England at Monte Video , in the place of Mr Hood , recently appointed { kmsul at Buenos Ayres . A return procured by Sir'H . TV * . Barron , M . P ., ¦ sh ows that the sums granted by 'parliament for Irish 1 isherit'B ,-in 1846 , amounted to £ 50 , 000 , and for Britishfithorier to £ l'l , 000 . i he Grand Duke ot linden has allowed lodges of freedoms to be established in -his dominions , where tney had been forbidden during the last thirty-four yean . Anold-womanin Largo ( Fifeshire ) , named Hannah Duncan , hasijust finished the 102 nd year of her age . A le v-. uV . ys ago -ehe took a walk on tho seashore accompanied by her d au ghter . She in now blind . A cargo of sugar from the West Indies is soon expected-tei arrive-in the Islemf Man , « heresupr has neverhefore been imported directly from the countries iu which'it has grown .
Among the importations 'which have lately taken place from the ^ United States of America are some dried apples ,-which are out into small pieces , like slices ot- cimdied orange or -lemon peel , and ' form an aureeilbledishfor dessert . On the pers'tn of a young man , committedifor burglary , at Stockport , was found a hook called" The Honest Man ' s' Guide . " Considerable" . quantities -of chicory are-now grown in the sandy lands in theaeighbourhood of barton , near'Black pool . Tiit--- (? ate « A « id . -OosemerflaystUat a playful whirlwind betook inself to haymakingt & e otlierday in the ifiebVrsvnt'if "vritu «¦ quantity « f the crop 500 feet ifeigli-in the air , and theiraaortively scattered it over it . i fellow bayntaiera .
A modal has : been struck m honour of Viscount Bardiiiiie , and in commemoration of his-victories < wer the-Sikhs .. < On one wde is a likeness of Lord Hardinge , and on the obverse isaaigiue of Minerva reooivii g il ' iom an-armed warrior ctbo lowered sword and the unrated olive branch , as the symbols of a '' conquered pen «<• : " il-Let . us trust the time will arrive wlk-ii cue honour shall be-meted to those who w eV . d the pen—naoee powerful than the sword—and whose omission is- ' pxace , and good will to mfn ? 1 A few days aim e a -sn ; . ke entered a dairy . at St Osyth , Essex , and emptied a pan of milk , but was killed by the farm er , whileeBdeavouring to make its
. Offinifil returns f » ' » r Massachusetts bIioti that with roau >* i ( b . icheiws ) ti \ e average duration of life was thirty-six years , but £ fty-sk withsjjmarried men . Bachelors , then , not ia a fortune-kintiug sense , sh'iuld nmrry , to Ivoe . The Doncaster Chronicle says : —Mr Smith , the gardener » t Brodswortti Hall , took up one potato , root , the other iu » y , which had the extraordinary numbi r <> f fine hundred and eighteen full-grown potatoes ai tuolied . VV e are happy to learn that the sample was ntirely free frem disease .
The ownei * of Van Tramp , one of tho favourites for the Derby , for six weeks before the race , had two policemen gunnling hi- * horse ' i stable , one at night and the other in tho day time . 'Me kl'd of Bavaria hn < allowed the statue o [ Ltilher to be placed among the statues of other illustrious ; Gtrniiiti g in the Wnlhalla , whence it had nithef lo be < -n excluded i n account of the king ' s religious prejudices . An electric telegraph has been established between Amsterdam and several i . f the principal towns in Holland . A G ' .-rm .-in joun alataies that shambles are about to be established in Berlin for the public sale of horseflesh . A swallow ot a pure white colour has been caught in Renfrewshire . Stops have been taken to establish an Athensum at Birininuham .
Some of the land bousjht at Birkenhead at four pence , has lately been sold at four guineas per yard" G . j baek to tho first period of man ' s existence . —Wnatshall eve find trere ? Nothing but one wide coramon ; a wilderness , on which man , for the first , 'ime , has imprinted bis footstep" . Of course it bolotii-s to all equally . "— Thomas skidmore . The house in which the great German poet Schiller lived at Weimar has been bought at a public auction , for the sum of 5 , 025 tnalers , by the corporation of the town , which has purchased tho dwelling in order that it may be preserved as a memorial of its former illustrious inmate , | We trust our countrymen will take this hint , mid bear in remembrance the immortal bard of Avon . 1
The last descendant of Martin Luther , now living in Germany , and very poor , lately abjured the Reformed , and adopted the Roman Catholic religion . It 1 ms been asked why the ladies with whom Prince Albert dances at the balls in Buckingham Palace or elsewhere , are always married ladies ? So many recruits have lately been raised for the artillery , that the barracks at Woolwich are unable to hold them , and snme of them have consequently been forced to encamp in tents . The Cheltenham Examiner suggests that all the Smiths in the kingdom , estimated at a million , should subscribe one penny each to a testimonial to the distinguished Sir Harry Smith . As the present mode of branding deserters has been found ineflu-ient , the Duke of Wellington has given orders that the operation shall be henceforth performed with needles and gunpowder , so as to make tho letter D indelible .
The American Anti-Slavery Society elected Frederick Douglass president of the recent Auti-Slavery Convention . The National Association for the reform of excise abuses is prosecuting a vigorous agitation throughout Scotland . Mr Lassclf , of Starfield , Liverpool , assens that lit has ascertained the existence of a satellite to Neptune . The government of Bavaria has ordered that from the 1 st of August next , the journals published in other German states , Bremen excepted , shall no longer be subjected to the censorship on arriving within its territories . The Nairn Mirror mentions that a labourer lately found on the beach a large codfish , which had unsuccessfully attempted to swallow a grilse weighing more lhan eight pounds , and had been choked by its
111 * 6 V § Alabourin » manofthe parish of BnuUorthy was last wee-k working in a field , and dug up a coin ; ho looked at it , and threw it down , thinking it of no value , hut fr om curiosity picked it up again , and on rubbing it , found it be a guinea of James 11 ., dated 1688 . A few years since a guinea of the same date was found in a similar way in the same field . Take a fork , fix it in the wall , and on its handle place a cork ; walk up to it with one eve shut , and try to knock it off . You will generally miss it . Tilth is an amusing optical delusion . A tradesman in Bath has the following printed upon his shop-bills : — „ My books are so cramm'd aud debts I ' ve so many , I ' m resolved that in future I'll not ttustit penny
Giving credit to friends ofttn friendship endangers , Aud I hope ne ' er ngnin to br cheated by strangers . " The Bible Souiety of Now York is said to have declared that it will not give bibles to slaves , even if they are able to read . Of 60 , 000 persons who made the last pilgrimage to Mecca , not less tlu : n 20 , 000 died of the cholera . The will of Mr O'Connell has just been proved in tV-. e Prerogative Court . The personal property is sworn to be uuder £ 25 000 , and he has , among other bequests , left £ 1 , 01 ) 0 to Mr Ray , the secretary to the Repeal Association .
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The Late Murder and Svicide . —An inqv . ^' - ' £ 8 been held on Matilda Griffin and Henry Thorn " -a Packer , whose tragica- lute we recorded in our hi-. i' impression . Evidence was j ; iven that the you-itf ' ?•' ' *• man had declined to " keep company" any Sorter with Pirkcv , aud that ho had b ; -en very agitated and despuneiiiig ever since . The jury found "tfcs » t &' -vtilda Griffin was wilfully murder , d by Henry Tennis Parker , and that he did feloniously destroy his oiva life , ho being therefore guilty of / efo di sf . The coroner ordered the beadle to tako charge of I ' arker ' i body ; nnd to have it placed in a plain sbr ! - ! for intermtnt without Christian rites . The -uneral , which took place shortly before midnight , " t-as attended by an immense multitude .
Au , EOEn Death fbdm ViouNOB , ~ Our readers will remember that < t few weeks since , wo aotiyed the death of James Burden , an inmate of the Suvroy County Lunatic Asylum , who , it was staged , b : d died fiom injuries received from oneof tkekeeysrcot the above institution . An " extraordinary speeul meeting" has been hold to inquire into the circumstances . After a patient , investigation the eonvtoitlae lonsulted for a few miaules , and express ; their opinion on the case in a resolution that "tlirct-ia * mitteo are not enabled i » decide whether the Injury
from which the deceased died was occaioned b \ a blow received on or abtut the hi of June , in & ae ^ file which took place between him and aJuna'Jv eo ' tiio name of llobarts ; whether it was from \\ k iaiwy received in a fall which he got in attempting to $ & through the ventilator over the door of his vfivd , ¦ ' * from the blow stated by him to have been inflated >> f some of the attendants . They regret the unsatisfactory manner of this conclusion , but they fel that it would be unjust to the attendants to throw apoo them , or any one of them , a stigma which is n' ) t borne out by the evidence . "
CtJLTIVATiOS OP TAB BtACKBERBV . —It IS pfOpI'Ssd that theblackberry shall be brought into general cultivation . It is highly serviceable for domestic purposes , and very economical aud abundant , as al ! our country friends are aware . We are glad to n & reeive ¦ that the Committee of Agriculture have CM-sidcicd the matter ; vnd recognised tho vast benefit and utility which would accrue from the propagation af Hiis berry . The committee deem it highly desiviibio experiments should be made ; and they would be glad to receive specimens of the fruit from the cnitmrted plant . Every encouragement will be offered tc sue-• ceasful growers ; and improved specimen . " , accompanied by a plainly-written statement of all
particulars relating to growth , should be sent to thesecretary of the Society of Arts , Adelphi , London , W « feel assured these ( acta require only to be knows to meet the attention they deserve { com coitagra cad others , whose interests and comforts will be so greatly advanced . The DiGENUAM Murber . —Mr Boron far ' sn , in passing sentence upon Kimpton and Uickum , tha Dagenham policemen , said , that , upon a further consideration of the points of law , raised by counsal in their case , he should not give effect to it by postponing judgment , but leave it to the prisoners in aaoot a writ of error , if thoy thought proper so to do ! The prisoners were then sentenced to pay a Sue oils ., to be imprisoned for a week , and then to be trau » p \ -rio 4 for seven years , Parsons is not yet in custody .
Violent Storm at Southampton , July 17 th , — This town and its environs were visited at halfpast « me o ' clock this" morning with one of iho ir ^ st violent storms of thunder and lightning , accompanied with rain , ever remembered in this town / The lightning was terrific , and the thunder most awfully loud . The storm continued with very little intermission until ten o ' clock . At Shirley , about t-vo miles from the town , a house wasentirely destroyed by the electric fluid , also nine sheep in the neighbourhood of Pear-tree-green . DrAbnolo on " Toriism . "—Of the two besetting sins of human nature , selfish neglect and selfish agitation ( in politics ) , the former isthe more common , and has , in the long run , done more harm than the latter , although the outbreaks of the latter , wbihi they last , are of a far more atrocious character . So I have in a manner vowed to myself , and prayed thftt , with God ' s blessing , no excesses of popular
wickedness , though I should ba myself , as I expect , th * victim of themi no temporary evils producer by revolution , shall ever make me forget the wickedness of Toryism , of that spirit which has , throughout the long experience of history , continually thwarted-the cause of God and goodness * * * and has > jmm on abusing its opportunities and heaping up wrfttU by a long series of selfish neglect against the day of wrath and judgment .- Dr Arnold to Chevalier Bunten . 1833 , A Faithful Messbhokr . —Mr Solomon Hoy as , who is in the service of Messrs Livingston and Wcl ' . s , express forwarders , has travelled on railroad and river since 1829 , without accident , 482 , 500 miles ; He has never missed a tri p , and has carried safelyfor his employers , at a moderate calculation , during those eighteen years of service , 558 millions of dollars , without the loss of a single cent . —Ntzu York Journal of Commerce .
Funeral op Mr 0 ' Cornell A letter dated Genoa , the 13 th inst ., states that the body of Mr O'Connell had at length been removed from that city on the preceding day , a large coach , styled a fowgon , having been purchased for the purpose , and tin ? funeral setting t : ut by an overland route for Fr . iucr , The Soham Fires . —Josiah Munson , indiV ;* d for setting fire to a stack of straw , the property ol Thos . Peck , on the 1 st of November , at Soham , has been acquitted , the jury returning a verdict of " Not Guilty . " Miss BimoBiT Coons' New Church . — 'JWlay being the day appointed for laying the fou minium stone of Miss Coutts ' s now church , there was a large and fashionable attendance to wifnfcss the ceremony . The church will be dedicated to St Stephen , and is situated in Rochester-row , the most dense ! " populated portion of Westminster . The Maoistract . —Mr Broughton , of Worshipstreet , has succeeded the late Mr Rawlioson at Marylebone police-office .
DBSTRLCriO . V OF THE Snip PALLADIUM BT Flu * . — Letters dated St Helena , June 10 th , receiT-.-ii July 21 , communicate tho loss by fire of the ship Palladium , 400 tons burthen , Captain Ravilly , wfiik- on a passage to Bourbon . The ship left Nantes on tho J 5 th of March , with twoladies on board as passengers , the crew , besides the master , amounting to fourteen men . On the 4 th of May , in lat . 23 52 south , bug . 25 50 west , smoke was discovered isiuing ft-i « n the lower hold , which eventually proved to come from the cargo near the bottom of the hold . On account of the inflammable character of the good-, chiefly pitch , oil , turpentine , oakum , timber , Ac , there was but little hopes of saving the ship from destruction , nevertheless the men worked incessantly on the pumps , but in less than an hour they were forced to cease their efforts , the smoke and heat becoming
unbearable . The boats had already been got over the ship ' s quarters , and the two lady passengers placed in them , into which all on board retreated , but all the provisions they could get at was a small bag of biscuit and a keg of water , together with a compass , a chart , and the ship ' s paper ? . Within half an hour after they quitted the ship she burst into flames , aud continued burning until midnight . The sufferings of the passengers and the crew were subsequently fearfully severe . They were ten days before Unweighted a ship . At length the Sutlej , belonging to Liverpool , bound to Calcutta , picked them up , the master afforded them all the comfort and attention himself and the crew could bestow . A few days afterwards , the Sutlej meeting with a vessel bound of St Helena , they were transferred to it and safely reached that island on the 9 th of June last . The loss is stated to be little short of £ 16 000 .
Fire at CHAinm-On Tuesday night , about halfpast twelve , a fire broke out in the premises of Messrs Thompson , boot and shoemakers , Highstreet . The fire was observed to issue from tho top of the house , and on the door being broken open the passage was found to bo ono body of flames . Tho inmates , however , had ( scaped from the roof to the adjoining house . The military from tho garrison were soon in attendance , a « d the garrison and other engines speedily arrived , and were supplied with water from Colonel James Bests brewery at Chatham , which was brought m beer barrels in dray from that establishment . Ihe fire shortly communicated to the establishment of Messrs Magnus and Son , and to the house of Mr James Buncle , and was not got under till four o ' clock . Tbe damage done is vary considerable ; the amount a « yet cannot be estimated . The Messrs Thompson are insured in the Phoenix £ 250 , and in the Norwich
ill , 000 . The Eoo Trade . —No less than 5 , 000 dozens ot eggs were sent from Wick , one day lately , by the Sovereign steamer for Leith . A large number were also dispatched for the south by a clipper . Some conception may be formed , from this fact , of the ex . tent and value of the egg trade of the north .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 24, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_24071847/page/3/
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