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j ^ » n W *'^ . "V ¦ ¦ " '"' ^ " ^^^^^^ Wwww *^ We commence oar summer "feat" with » uonaUe poem from the pen of » popular fcw THE SOTO OP SUMHBB . i ~ BiffSixciiBxamF . ; . Amid tie he » th of northern hflli , Where early sonrite shone On verdsatvoodi and « bio ! ng ( trams , And rammitc gray and lone , A minitrclfirom his mountain horns With nude ljrt came forth , And tho » In native numbers gang The Summer of the North : — ' -
<< We see the glory of thy steps Upon our hOls once more ; Oh , thon , the hope of every heart , The jo ; of every shore ! Oar sUes haTe gained their deepest blae , Our waodi their vernal prime , For Heaven and Earth rejoice in thee , Thon gloriem summer time ! Thine are the long and cloudless days , Ths evei of golden light , tTboee lingering glorias meet the morn , AndluTBnoroom for night !
Ihefreshnea of the early d « w , the glow of breathless noon , And the showers , for which the woodlands wait , As for a promised boon . " Thy rosessend their sweetness forth rromleafy bower and brake , And thy lilies spread their floating snow Upon the sunlit lake ; To the old forei fa lonely depth . Toy presence joy imparts , And reaches , through the clouds of care The depths of human hearts .
ti Well hath our dreamy hUdhood loved To wander forth with the * , To leafy grove and grassy gl en Ana fountain fresh and free . Bat where are they that in those fair And pleasant paths had part , And when will it return to us Thatsummer of the heart I «• lor hope has changed to weariness , And lora hath changed to strife , And few , of all those early friends , Have been the friends of life ; Aad we hare left the sunny track Of childhood far behind , And see it ojgy through ths thorns That afteryean have twined . ' " ¦ '
u Bat ibooari bright and chongelets StQI , Qneen of the circlingyears ; Tbj brow hath known no touch of time , Thine eye no trice of tean ; Tor still as bright its sunshine falls Upon the woods and wares , Asif that light had never shone On broken hearts or graves . " M less seasonable , and as welcome , will be th < fgDoffing simple butcharaing lines , from the pend isrther popular poetess : — ITBICS OF IIFE . —BY HART HOWITT . A SUHDAT . " Our six days' toil is over ; This is the day of rest : The bee hums in the clover ,
The lark srrings from her nest . All living things are cheery Upon this Sabbath morn ; The blackbird cannot weary Of singing on the thorn ; The sheep within the meadow , lake driven snow they look ; The cows stand in the shadow Within thewUIowy biotk . " Tis file that famous ! picture Which came from London down , — .
You must go and see that picture * When next" you ' re in the town !—And then there ' s that engraving I . told you of hut spring—I ' ve been these six months saving To buy that lovely thing ! Well , both of them resemble This view at early day , When diamond dew-drops tremble Upon the dog-rose-spray ; In both there is the river . .
The church spire , and the null ; The aspens seem to shiver ; The cloud floats o ' er the hill ! " As soon as breakfast ' s over Well forth this merry mom , Among the fragrant clover And through the summer corn ; In the great church of Hature Where Sod himself is priest , Well join each jojfnl creature , Flower , insect , bird , and beast . The birds praise God in singing Among the leafy sprsyt , And a loving heart is worship , A joyful soul is praise ! Come then , this day of seven , Sod ' s gift to toil , shall be A little bit of heaven
On earth to thee and ma ! 'Tig I the babe will carry—My youngest , darling boy—And Bess and little Harry , They will be wild with joy ; For them the wild rose mingles With woodbine on the bough , And birds in leafy dingles Shout welcome to them now ! Sweet wife , make haste ! down yonder , Down by the miller ' s farm . Through old field-paths well wander , Thy hand tntfain my arm ! " For Sunday leisure heeding . The books Fve bought are these—The very books for reading Beneath the summer trees ! Thei ' reby that brave young poet
Who wrote of Locksley Hail-That charming verse!—you knew it—To * saw it first of all ! And 'neath the lime-tree shady , Among the summer corn , I'll read of Burleigh ' s lady—A village maiden born . — Haste , haste , and get thee ready , The morn is wearing on ; The woodland l anes are shady ; The dew dries ; left be gone !" A dish of Scotch " parritch , " though a plain , is a woksome dish , and " not to be sneezed at . " If our s ^ era consider a like compliment to be doe to the tsthor of the following lines , he will , no doubt , feel % satisfied .
IKES SUGGESTED BY A LETTER PBOM A FBIEND . "They are turning Arbroath commen into a railway * nninns , and the quiet of pastoral simplicity gins way * thegiant marches of Steam . " "Wed , Tam , there are many changes , An * unco wonders no w-a-days ;—Is * t progression ' s varied ranges , That leaves nae gowans on yon braes f Philosophy , that healin'balm , Kindly comes te soothe our pity 5—Bat spite o * a * your brither Sam , Maun rhyme his random ditty . Toa common , hallowed be the word . As dear as Oka childish joy . Does every pleasant thocht afford , SsSected sweets without alloy . Oft in the mom a barefoot loon ,
I I ' ve left my daddy ' s name sae sly , Drap out unkenn'd aa left the toun . To herd on it , grandfather ' s kye . I There to meet some schoolboy cronie , Thochtless an'brither laddie like , I Aye ready to match wi * ony , I To loup owre whins or climb a dy ke . ' There first we felt Ambition ' s aim , I An 4 aped at Life ' s varied courses ; 3 How dignified our place we'd claim , I And gag * d , wi' strings , ran like horses . I We'd stand upon the rising hill , I An' stop to wonder on owe track : I We'd change ourvolces rough and shriD , I To hear their changM soon' echo back . I Thereon we ' ve lain on at dewy e ' en , I An' seen the lsvrock kiss its breast—I Unmov'd we're gai'd upon the scene , I An' watcVd the songster to her nsst . I Oh , plague that thocht ! let conscience speak , I We ' re imitated savage men—I The strong oppressor of the weak —• I Wve robb'dthee wi » ' tyrant Ban * . I Sweet bird , yon chanted poorfith ' ssang , I An ' mourn'd thy loss in waesome measure , I An' we vile doers o' the wrang , I Exulted in our stowm treasure . I But oft sin sjne we've rued the deed , I When snffria " neatb a tyranft ban , I We ' ve call'd to mind thy mournfu * meed , I An' sympathU'd wi' brither man . I Pub bird , your heartfelt note o * grief I Was but thepareut's anguish cry , I ? ne heart that bursts to give relief , I To children cag'd in slavery . I Proud Avarice hears not thy plaint , ¦ I But droi&s thy voice in warldly dowV , I Wi' conscience lull'd looks like a saint , I Tfao' robbin' Nature ilka hour . I But fareweel ! for they'll hack the clod S Whare weha « run in early days , I W pick an ' spade they'll brak the sod , 1 5 or think o ' gottMS on jonrbmi .
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• • " - ¦¦ " • ¦ ¦ : .- : ¦¦ ¦• ¦ ¦ -: > f ' - -- , , " ~^^^ SS 22 ! - Sea yon cute chap wi ' cunnln'leer , * ' ' Parchment and pencil at his * U 1 , : - J - : Helsthecraftyenginetr , - . : , ,, -: . ' Aa ' plans i t a ' wi'read y skill . An ' yon braw bailie wi ' his cash , Hods his head in ken'd content Gowans an'braes cost him nae fasb : IfsillerbringsiUfiveper cent . ' " ° ™ LT £ S T *> " ^ oiourhvm ., When I theyellow g earamfillln , ' We * U moralize some ither time ' ' Just noo I ' ll pouch the ihillin' / V Sahoel Ktdd . gtttggii SELECTED FRAGMENTS . n JOSUH H . BOXUK . From an unpublished Drama . _* tlT .- { Htrcoin Prison . ) : . " Were the . e cursM chains but Off I might dLtont A passage , and escape before the dawn : ^ Tins ib the lot of him who serves a tyrant ! When e did not chaia , JRX !?^ = T Bg
Become the portiin of the fool who placed His faith outhem ! Thtir words are brittle stuff ! And when we hope to gain their , lofty favour ., .,-They snap the tender thread that holds us up And down weyall-off times to rise no more ! U Freedom I thy immortal sunny ray •' Qiveslife untotheheart . The blood of thou Who die in thy great cause shall , never sink Into the earth , _ and every spot where fell Thy brave devoted bands shall be a shrine Worshipp'd by pilgrims till the end of time . Rivers may change their course , and " mountains - sink . , . . . In the dread earthquake . ' But the ' sairedgreund Where Liberty was bought with noble blood Shall not be Wotted from the page of time ! n . —God ne ' er made a bondman , He ' er made one man to be his fellows' rieffm , He er curs'd the earth , that its fair breast should - . Jield ' .- . " . tfntotheprondlordmilk , butto thepeastat Nothing but poison ! , . ..:
m . —Think not Freedom ' s won - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ With genUe smiles and yielding blanduhmentl She spurns jour dainty , wooer , , ' And turns to sinewy arms and hearts of steel . The war-cloud is her couch—her matin hymn The battle-shout of freemen ! it . • • ¦ ? ¦ • Tnere never was a lovelier star , „ ¦ Bosomed in the vast realms of spate , Than was our earth , ere savage War And mad Ambition came to chase The smiling form of Peace away , And blot with cloud the face of day . Then kings and tyrants rose to berth
Ruling with iron sway the earth , Oppression too was born . When wrong'd—the poor men cried in Tain . ' Still galled the oppressive , cruel chain , Bed glowM the fields with battle ' s stain , In the bright eye of morn . . Then rose proud thrones in glittering pridt , With countless cost of gold , . And monarchs fleets swept o ' er the tide , And—men were . bought—and sold ! Whae , boundless as the ocean ware , Ambition made the world a grave— ' Building a shrine of hmman bones , And glorying in the wreck of thronii . * * • While nations at ths drum ' s loud thrill , Ruth'd like the Siroc , strong to kill , Then fell the ponderous hammers' blows , To form the tempered sword for foes—And the dread caanons ' month sent wide Its globes of fate—while roU'd the tide Of Ira and fury—far and wida ! * . * * Extreme of dread 1 must despots rule , And man be still their wasted tool ! No—set upon the freeman ' s thigh The scourge of tyrants glittering high , And strong in God—and his right hand He rises—for his natire land . . . Since maltcrnatire remains .
He shtdshisblood to burst his chains , By the free Switzer ' s sparkling rills , Or on your heights , gray Tyrol ' s nflls , Or in the Spartan ' s mountain pass , — Where died the erave Leonidas , — Or on some desert wild and stern , A Uarston moor , or Bannockburn ! Or for Columbia ' s rising sun , Beholds some infant , Washington !—He built no steps of human bones , , To rise to power on gilded thrones ; It was a holy sword he wielded , A holy cause his buckler shielded , And every stream and mi ghty river Shall murmur of his fame for ever ! The subjoined most beautiful and affecting lines were written by the late William Motherwell , and first published in Taitt Magazine ; observing a re print of them in a recent number of a provincial contemporary , we booked them for our "feast . " Who will question , who can doubt that the following poem is " one of the truest and teiiderest effusions of the Scottish lyrical muse , which modern days { we will add—or ancient either—] have produced . "
JEANIE MOBRISON . I ' ve wanderM east , I've waader'd west , Through many a weary way ; But never , never can forget , Ths Inve of life ' s young day . The fire that ' s blawn on Beltane e ' en , May well be black gin Yule ; But blacker fa' awaits the heart ' ' Where first fond lave grows cool . Oh ! dear , dear JeanieMorrison , The thoBghts o * bygone years Still fling their shadows ower my path , And blind my e ' en wi' tears . They blind mj e ' en wi' saut , saut tears , And sair and sick I pine , As memory idly summons up The With blinks o ' lang syne .
'I was then we luvit ilk ither weel , T was then we twa did part ; Sweet time—sad time ! twa bairns at ichule , Twa bairns , and bnt ae heartl Iwastben weiaton ae laigh bink To leir ilk ither lear ; And tones , aHd looks , and smiles were sh « d , Bemember'd evtrmair . wonder , Jeanie , aften yet , When sitting on that bink , Cheek toHching cheek , loof lock'd in loof , What our wee heads could think t When baith bent down ower , ae braid page Wi ae bulk on our knee , Thy lips were on thy lesson , but My leison was in thee .
Ob mind ye how we hung our heads . How cheeksburn'd red wi' shame . Whene ' er the schule-weans , laoghin' saidj We decked together name ! And mind ye o * the Saturdays ,. ( The schule then skaiTt at noon ) When we ran aff to speel thebraes—Thebropmy braeso * June ! ] fy head rins round and round about , My heart flows like a sea , As ane by ane the thoughts rush back 0 ' Kchule-tlme and o' tbee .
Ob , mornin'life ! Ob , mornin'luve ! Oh , lightsome days and lang , When hinnied hopes around our hearts Like simmer blossoms sprang . Oh ! mind ye , luve , how oft we left The deavin'dinsometoun , To waader by the green burn side , And hear its waters ctoon ; The simmer leaves hung ower our heals , The flowers burst round onr feet , ' And in the gloamin' o' the wud , The tbrossil whusslit sweet . The throssil whusslit in the wud , The born sung to the trees . And we with Nature ' s heart in tune Concerted harmonies , And on the knowe abune the burn , For hours together sat In the silentnens o'joy , till baith Wi ' very gladness grat ! Aye , aye , dear Jeanie Morrison , Tean trinkled down yonr cheek , Like devrdrops on a rose , yet nane Had ony power to speak 1 That was a time , a blessed time , When hearts wera fresh and young , When freely gush'd all feelings forth , Unsyllabled , unsung ! I marvel , Jaanie Morrison , Gin I ha ' e been to thee As clorely twined wi' earliest thochts As je ha'e been to me ! . Oh ! tell me gin thtir music fills Thine ear as it does mine : Oh ! say gin e ' er your heart grows grit Wi' dreamings of ling syne ! I ' ve wasder'd east , I ' ve wander ed west , I ' ve borne a weary lot ; But in my wanderings , far or near , - Tfe never were forgot . -
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. Ths foant that first burst fra « this hewt , ''''' ' " " 8 tiU travels on its Way ^ ^ - >• • . : And channels deeper as it rins ¦ . , ,: ¦ . The luve o'life ' s young day . . " ; . . 0 dear , dear Jeanie Morrison , aince we were rinder'd young , ' I ' ve never seen jour face , nor heard " ¦ •¦¦¦ ¦ Themusioo ' your tongue ; . ¦ ; But I couldi hug all wretchedness , ; And happy could I dse •' Did I but ken your heart still dream'd ¦ 0 'bygone days and me ! . . ¦ Asis universally known , the Duke of Wellington is in the habit of giving a grand banquet annuall y on the 18 th of June , to the surviving chiefs of the Bntistarmy who shared with him the perils and ¦ Blory » of Waterloo . Last year ¦ the National Vraris paper ) exhibited an unseemly display of illtemp er because of the Duke ' s dinner ; treating his Dukeship ' s "feed" as a natiokd insult to France ! e ho e ™* National will show better sense this year The Duke ' s banquet , is merely the stuffing match of a few old mUitary aristocrats , who once a year aeet to " fight their battlesVer again , " without reference to the feelings or views of the : Englbh people ; the English people being quite as indifferent towaruBthem . This year , loturn therecoUectionof a gigantic tragedy into a " present ' farce , Prince Albert attired in a Field-Marshal ' uniform
, s , honoured" the Duke with his attendance . The £ rrace wasaccpropanied by the Marquis of Abercorn , "Groom of the Stole to His Royal Highness . " We are not sufficiently acquainted with the world of "flunkeydom" to be able to tell our readers what are the duties of a " groom of the stole . " When the hobnobbing began there was of course the usual loya \ palaver concerning v Her Majesty " and Vffis Royal Highness ; ' this caUed up ( " Field-Marshal" , Albert , who in returning thanks said , "He felt highly flattered ' at being the only officer not present on the ever-memorable field of Waterloo ; who had the honour of a seat at their banquet table . " No doubt" His Royal Highness " does feel exceedingly comfortable , or , as he saya— "highly flattered "' that he was not at Waterloo . Byron Bays : — :-.. ..,.- .... ¦ ,
" 'Tis sweet to win—no matter how—one ' s laurels ;" and ;• the Prince" seems to be exactly of the same opinion . We are told that on the Prince rising to address the company the band played the "Coburg March , " which meant the march from Pimlioo to Windsor , and back again . To ' " Greatly , daring dine , " is also one of the toils of hisField-Marahalship , and " war to the knife" andforh is , we believe , his usual and thrilling battle-cry . ' ' "" " Two years ago we commenced our
BEAUTIES OF BYRON , by giving that magnificent and matchless description of the erents preceding the battle of Waterloo , with the final catastrophe , from Childe Harold , commencing : — : - "Stop!—for thy tread is on an empire ' s dust t An earthquake ' s spoil is sepulchred below !" Subsequently we "honoured" " the Duke" by republishing the exquisite satire from Dm / ua * i , commencing : — , , . "Oh , Wellington ! or VUlainton '—for fame Sounds the heroic ' syllables both ways . " A few more words from the pen of Byron ( in " honour" of the recent . ¦ ' . ' banquet" ) will no doubt be welcemed by our readers . The blood of the most stagnant-hearted slave might run fire at the trumpet-like sound of the following lines : —
WATERLOO . ODE F&ok THE KERCH . I . We do not curse thee , Waterloo ! Though Freedom ' s blood thy plain bedew ; There't was shed , but is not sunk—Rising from each gory trunk , Like the water-spout frooj ocean , With a Btrong and growiag motion-It soars and mingles in the air , With that of lost Labedojere—With that of him whose hononr'd grave Contains the " bravest of the brave . " A crimson cloud it spreads and glows , But shall return to whence it rose ; When 'tis full ' twill burst asunder—Never yet was heard such thunder , As then shall wake the world with wonder-Never yet was seen such lightning As o ' er heaven shall then be bright ' ning ! Like the Wormwood Star foretold By the sainted seer of old , Showering down a fiery flood , Turning rivers into blood .
The chief has fallen , but notty you , Vanquishers of Waterloo ! When the soldier citizen Swaj'd not o ' er his ( ellow . men—Save in deeds that led them on Whtre Glory smiled on Freedom ' s son—Who of all the despots banded , With that youthful chief competed ! Who could boast o ' er Franc * defeated , Till lone Tyranny commanded ! Till goaded by Ambition ' * sting , The Hero sunk into the King ! Then he fell : —so perish all Who would men by man enthral !
n And thou , too , of the snow-white plume ! Whose realm refused thee ev ' n a tomb ; Better hadst thon still been leading France o ' er hosts of hirelings bleeding , Than sold thyself to death and shame For a meanly royal name ; Such as be of NapleB wears , Who thy bloed-bought title bears , Little didst thou deem ; when dashing On thy war-horse through the ranks , Like a stream which burst its banks , While helmets cleft , and sabres clashing , Shsne and shivered fast around thee—Of the fate at last which feund thee :
Was that haughty plume laid low By a slave ' s dishonest blow ! Once-as the moon sways o ' er the tide , It roU'd in air the warrior ' s guide ; Through the smoke-created night Of the black and sulphurous fight , The soldier raised his seeking eye To catch that crest ' s ascendancy . .:, And as it onward rolling rose , So moved hiB heart upon our foes . There , where death ' s brief pang was quickeit , And the battle ' s wreck lay thickest , Strew'd beneath the advancing banner Of the eagle ' s burning crest—( There with thunder clouds to fan her , Who could then her wine arrest ir itu wuiu bucu
— * uu w * ug arretft" ** ' Victory beaming from her breast ?) While the broken line enlarging Fell , or fled along the plain ; There be sure was Marat charging ! There ha ne ' er shall charge again ! IV . O ' er glories gone the invaders march ,. Weep ' s triumph o ' er eachlevell'd arch-But let Freedom rejoice , With her heart in her voice ; Bnt , her hand on her sword , Deubly shall she be adored ; France hath twice too well been taught The " moral lesson" dearly bought—Her safety aits not on a throne ,
With Capet or Napoleon ! , But in equal rights and laws , ' Hearts and hands in one great cause-Freedom , such as God hath given . Unto all beneath his heaven , With their breath , and from their birth , Though Guilt would sweep it from the earth ; With a fierce and lavish band Scattering nations' wsalth like sand ; Pouring nations' blood like water , - In imperial seas of slaughter ! ' ' " T « . " But the heart and the mind , And the voice of mankind , Shall arise in communion—And who shall resist that proud union ! The time is past when swords subdued-Man may die—the soul ' s renew'd : Even'in this low world of care Freedom ne ' er shall want an heir ; Millions breathe but to inherit Here for ever-bounding spirit-When once more her hosts assemble , Tyrants shall believe and tremble-Smile they at this idle threat ! Crimson tears will follow yet ! .
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PROSPECTS OF THEi DRAMA . Jm $ 1 ^ V ^ ort generation has for some time past I JS" 5 W r * w » « f a durelish for entertainments S i ! c . { - ' few Pewons who have been anything u £ W ficalotaervewcan d < mbtv The appetite for t ^ $ ' < »< w « . as it is the cant of the day to call the productions of Shakspere and the elder dramatists , Lw - a JJ ? tteana nationally vigorous ^ popiilar f ™ £ i ! thl 8 res Pect , as in everything else , appeal SSL j J 80 Ugnt other oba » i «> ls f <> ' » t » expresBion . « , I ! 7 °£ , tne Avonian bard , and the worship-Sf * e Bhrine of Otway and Massinger , cum ™ Vh ? , \ lam en ? th' 8 general apostasy , and sigh rfffofc *^ l lorie 8 ° ^ Drur y ' and ^ e deseoration of the home of the Kembles , forgetting that it is tne nature of most sublunary matters to be siibiect to cl » ange ,: and thatpublic tastes and amusements ^ are bynomeanBexemotfromthiaiinivfiKHiiw n ™"
h » S ' I 1 . ? dran » a may be safely said to ha 5 " n obtaining for some years , to the prejudice ' lSanWTt j and ^ K i 8 be y ° «« f "inFrt- -l Ca 11 ^ l dlac u ss the why and the . where-SSSS ^ -l -T * evidentt 0 the most commonfir ^ rW * W those who are the convenient seape-goats for all theatrical grievances-mana & hffi . S T tanM broognt about the change . A few eeheral nCI in thw matter ; and that the vox populi has decreedat alUvents for at me , the suSion of anyrel prejentatipn of the poetic drama ; -whether a rt aetion mits favour may take place , is quite another question . : > ;; : ' . ¦; ; ¦ , . ¦ ;; j ,, ^ . <; .,, ; . ( ,, ii 1 . ™^» Macready , and Oabaldistpn at the national theatres , as it is the fashion te nomenclature those huge mistakes , have proved to a demonstration that
Wng : *^ ' , legitimate " ¦ has been . the most rapid road that could Jw taken to arrive at the Bankruptcy J- j ^ e fir 8 t-riamed Has therefore very wisely discarded it .-theex- eminent" manager is content to star itin themetropoliB ' and the provinces ; and the last serves ; up the palatable and profitable diBh of domestic melodrama at a transpontine establishment . Mr and Mrs Keeley tried their hands at it on . one or two . occasions during ' , their regime , and invariably burnt their | fingers ; -Sadler ' s Weus appears to be its last and sole abiding ^ place in the metropolis , and the secret of | its success here has arisen from the selection by Mr Phelpsof a good workingcompany . the non-engagementofstars . the low rentof his house , and tke limited extent of his expenses . It has intermittingly gleamed at the PRivnimd ' a with o fltf ., i i ;»> . f
but then everyone went to see the last , of the JLombleB , pr the great tragedian —the face of the one not being exactly familiar—and the '' points " of the other proving always attractive . It is now , since the closing ' of its aBylum at Islington , virtually without a home , and under these circumstances Charles Kean and hia talented wife return to Eng . lana > report assigning them to the i Hatmarket . Charles Kean was always the fashion with the description of people who frequent Mr Webster ' s establishment , but the prestige even of his name and that of . bis all-accomplished partner will not ; in our dpinion , ba sufficient for a revival of a past taste , and we confess we do hot exactly ^ see how the lessee of the " little theatre " is to suDDort these artittit with
his present company efficiently in the line of character they have been accustomed to play . It should also be borne in mind that tragedy was never a staple attraction at this house , and we incline to the opinion that after the novelty has worn off , a return even here must be had to the usual bill of fare , and we shall then find the Keans treating with Maddox , and finally provincializing . = ¦ . -..-. . The supporters of . the " legitimate" are big with the hope that IJunn has been ousted from Dburt Lanb , and in anticipation have asBigned its direction to the Keeleys , Mr Spicer , Macready , a Committee Of Management , and , in fact , every one doubtless but the right individual , who , if he possess one . particle ot common sense ; will never attempt to run counter
to the popular taste . Should Bunn resume the reins of management ( which we believe will really be the case ) he may give his patrons a taste of the Keans , as he was anxious to do of the Kerable , but he will be too wise , to present them with toujoure perdrix , and the admirers oi Shakspere would be sorry to see his resuscitation entrusted to such hands . Madame Veatris and Mr Charles Mathews take the Lyceum , where , of course , the lightest description of dramatic vol au vent will be the order of the day ; so that we are almost atraid the restoration of the poetic drama must await the completion of Mr Buckstone ' s new theatre in Leicester-aquare , or the opening of Mr Macready ' s long talked-of model establishment-things not very likely to come to pass just yet . ¦ . - _
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A lament on the death of the Liberatof , published in the Cork Southern Reporter , commences with the following , lines : — . . ¦ ; . . " The greatest on earth has departed : The Moses of Ireland is dead !" Since last vear , says the Oxford Chronicle , flour has doubled in price , and labourers' wages have advanced one shilling . A North American traveller describes a nocturnal insect peculiar , to the Prairies , as originating in a cross between the bull-dog and a house-fly . The following was lately exhibited in a cellar win .
dpwof this town : — "Anew Skool held hear every nite , but Sunde nite , tuppuns a weke , them as lerns manners tuppuns moar . "—Preston Chronicle . The editor of the New York Dispatch thinks that no persons can look so supremely , utterly , and hopelessly simple , as two lovers caught in the poetical act of kissing . They look , he says , like detected sheep-Btealers . ; , ;• . , . - . Seamen generally leave a portion of their wagei to be drawn by their wives . One woman , says the Hampthire Independent , went so often to draw her huaband ' s wages , that suspicion was awakened , and sue was found to be the wife of five Bailors '
Jenny Lind , on the closing of the Queen ' s Theatre , will appear for the first time in the provinces before a Manchester audience ; this extraordinary songstress and actress is to give two performances in the Theatre Royal , at a salary of £ 600 a night . A Cumberland paper gives a list of 40 individuals interred at Cockermouth church between the 1 st of January , 1846 , and the 1 st of June , ; i 847—a period of 17 months , whose united ages amount to 3 , 291 jears ! being an average of more than fourscore years each . Much astonishment has been lately created among the . Venetiaa populace by the circumstance that the water of an Artesian well , which was lately sunk at Venice , burns brilliantly when brought into contact with a flame . This-seemingly wonderful combustion is caused b y the carbureted hydrogen gas which the water contains .
A negro boy was drivinga mule , in Jamaica / when the animal suddenly stopped , and refused to budge . " Won't go , eh ? " said the boy . " Feel grand do you ? I s ' pose you forgot your fader waa a jackass 1 " William Stuckley , who was present at the battle of the Nile , is now , at the age of 101 , a pensionerof Greenwich Hospital . In November , 1834 , the price of a bushel of flour in this city was 6 s . 6 d . ; on Monday , May 17 , 1847 ! it waa 17 s!—Hereford Journal .
The overseers of the parish of Birmingham have made return of the fair annual value of the property in that parish at the sum of £ 441 , 142 3 s . 6 d . The income of the East India Company amounts to twenty millions sterling . .. •' In the night of the 15 th the residence of the Count de Goerlitz , at Darmstadt , was , in great part , burnt down . ' The fire broke out in the chamber of the countea ? , who perished in the flames . An American editor expresses his satisfaction that a sick friend is slowly recovering .
'" Cut and come again , " as the eook said to her lover , when- the mistress discovered them in the laxder . In China , when a married lady is in an interesting situation , the husband hires a musical band to entertain her , that the infant may be of a harmohiouB isposition . , .... . ... What is gained by philosophy ? A capacity of conversing , without embarrassment , with all classes of men ; the courage to exercise our right of speaking the truth to all the world . Wisdom consists in arming ourselveB with fortitude sufficient for enabling us to support hardships when they unavoidably happen . . Those persons who educate their children well are more to be honoured than those who merely give them birth ; for the ability to live well is the benefit of instruction . , -
....-The lords of the treasury have ordered Mandisca flour to be admitted without paying duty , until the 1 st of September next . The Norwegian silver mines at Konigsberg h * ve lately become more productive , and their produce during the first three months of this year has been sold for more than £ 22 , 000 . A German newspaper Btates that the potato rot has appeared near Heidelberg , and that the potatoes affected by the disease become decomposed sooner than was the case last year .
A correspondent of Herapath ' s Journal estimates the amount of railway calls for June , at £ 3 , 896 , 756 , vis ., English , £ 1 , 908 , 678 ; Irish , £ 193 , 750 ; Scotch , £ 154 , 323 ; and Foreign , £ 1 , 550 , 000 . The calk already advertised for July amount to £ 3 , 00 , 000 . The Prussian eagle , says the Sheffield Ins , has waved fromseveral masts in the Trent of Gainsbro ' , during the last fortnight . Half a dozen Prussian vessels had arrived at that-port laden with timber for the railways , About a year ago a cargo of 500 broomsticks arrived here from a port in Germany , and not being claimed by the consignee were conveyed to the Queen ' s warehouse attached to the Custom-house . Last week one of the sticks was ac 6 identally broken , whenjo ! it was found to be partly hollow , and to contain a considerable quantity of manufactured tobacco . The top of each had been perforated , the tobacco pressed in , and secured with a peg , which , smoothed over , gave all . the appearance of solidity . — Liverpool Paper .
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We have inuch pleagurejn transferring to our C i ??? . * the Allowing able and excellent article by 'he Editor of XheNotlingham Review ' : —
THE DOCTRINE OF INTERVENTION . We presume Lord Palmer » ton it at last satisfied , for the dash of aims is onco more heart—the " met « or-flag " of war is hoisted , and Britain practically pledged to the suppression of liberty , and the vindication of a despot . HiB warlike predilections we therefore likely to be gra . tified for a while , his murWd taste for oontDBt will be pampered;—he has meddled , and fwtted , « nd provoked to some purpose . Driven by the spirit of the age fronts more icausT arena ; his restleas geniui has taken refuge in the TiQCB ; . end there he ecems likel y to luxuriate in a little of that bloody work which bi » 8 T 4 tesman soul loveth , though Britain is thereby thrust into a position most ignominious , and while her Foreign Secretary dances , ihe must pay the piper ., We lay Lord
Palmtrston Is doubtless satisfied , but is England , is justice , is liberty , satisfied also ! - Wi \ l England applaud the yet further draining of her coffer * , to gratify the whiroj to carry out the policy , and pamper the weak-minded pugnacity . of antiquated diplomatists ! Will justice be ¦ erved by a crusade against tho man who have manfully revolted against a doepotiim , to submit to which- were to play the part of DisTAltDs 1 And as to freedom , has it not been mangled snough already by the world ' s alljad tyrannies ,, without being yet further trampled on by the hireling bullies , who how move forward , as so-calied heroes , under the bandit flag of intervention ! And what , we Would ask , is this ) nterveBtlon , about which Whigs in office are now babbIing "' tp ? emptHy , whidh has startled thepeace-lotiugeMBof thefligewith'Us ds ' mbn / notes of preparatien , and been allowed to constitute a pretext for
an expenditure of the national resources in the old , and , we had hoped , bankrupt trndo of Woodiheddlug ? Intervention is nothing more than an armed laterfertRee with the affairs of other nations , under the cover of arbitrary treaties made Between certain powers . It ie meddling , sword in hand , with business with which we can justly have nrf concern . It is waging an aggreBsive war against some country , which may dure . iri lu own vlndVcation , to . violate Borne of the leaden rules of diplomacy , and enforcing its submission , at the cannon ' s mouth , of a despotic combination of forces , against which resistance were vain because fruitless , . Intervention . is nothing more than a specious name given to any unrighteous and despotic crusade , in which stbono nations may choose to engage , for the purpose » f repressing the rising spirit of freedom , and checking the progresi of the great principle of democracy . It is a worn . out watchword of an
ukmlightened conservatism . It is a figment of the all but diacardea thing called aggresBive war , and , if affirmed ns a principle , mutt effectually prevent the internal development of nations , and guarantee the stability even of the most despotic thrones . . : We would ask then is it not high time that England repudiated a principle so hostile to the spirit which now animates her masses , and refused to defile her sword by it in company with the agencies of despotism , and wielding it for tke slaughter of the rising genius of freedom f Have not thedays gone b y when such twaddle as ' was recently talked by the Premier could excite aught else than disgust ! In fine , are the people of England will . Ing to be taxed to carry on tne out-of-date policy of an out-ofdate Foreign Secretary , or to become . the patient and
willing abettors of the tyrannical designs of the crowned trickster of France , or the . imbecile cabinet of Spain t We have no doubt ; in our minds as to the answer which England will return to these , questions—an answer which will we trust be thundered in the ears of the members of the war party , when they raak <> their appearance on the hustings at the next general election . However successfully Lord Falmerston may defend himself and his policy in the punctilio-ridden Common ' s , or the anttquity-fovfa ; Lords , he cannot , ' we are assured , appease tbe popular indignation which his warlike dabbling has excitod;—he cannot persuade the English people that it waB either just or necessary to plunge them into the vorte * of warlike ' intervention , for the purpose Of coercing Portugal into submission to a despotic v ' rago , against
whose tyranny she is now in arms ; he cannot invoke their respeet for arbitrary treaties , to which they were not consenting parties , which are violated , or abided by , as may best suit the policy of rulers ; and which can only become venerable by becoming accordant with the spirit of nations , and the convictions of the age ; and hence , in spite of all the quibbling and special pleading in which his lordship may indulge , he to all intents and purposes stands convicted of a compromise of peace—a sacrifice of the nation ' s wealth , and a violation of its wishes , for the sake of observing a mere punctilio of diplomacy , and conserving the title of a despot to a crnwn degraded , and a power abused . Every well-wisher to th « cause of national progress and freedom is called upon to examine the real nature
and tendency of the thing known as intervention , for unless it be disoarded and discountenanced by Britain , she must remain an aider aad abetter , instead of a con . sistent antagonist of the > varied tyrannies of the world ., Let an j man look into tibia question for himself , Pnd be will find that this intervention 1 b nothing more than a cunuing devis » of despotism , to prevent the tide of progress rolling on too fast . It holds over all nations a sort of moral terrorism , which hampers tbeir endeavours to work out more full y their idea of nationality , and to arm all sections with a healthy , virtuous , and well-directed power . Every step taken which is hostile to the wiBhes of some jealous rival , may bring down upon them the thunders of aggressive warfare ; and their contemplated revolution for the better may be quenched at the onBet in blood . Admit the principle of intervention , and you in point of fact admit the justice of a nation , or clique of nations , commencing an aggressive war on some rival ,
whose policy and objects . may be hostile to their prejudices and ambition , —and are pledged to the infamy of drawing the sword to drive back freedom—of subjugating states by the power of hireling armies—of resisting the tide of improvement by the erection of » barrier of aere physical force . Why at this very moment Prussia ishampered by a fear of Russian intervention . Spain ' s Queen is menaced and enslaved by France . The shadow of Austria falls witb a deadening influence on tbe spirit of down-trodden Italy uni the ghost of Pokna stalks through Europe , to proclaim the achievements of intervention . Yob , the slaveryof this principle is felt through the wide world of civilization . The iron of this foul instrument of tyranny is fast entering into the soul of nations ; and never , never can Freedom advance with its wonted power and majesty , until this principle is discarded , and empires left to pursue their own career of interminable improvement , without the menace of jealous and rival powers to startle and retard them on their
way . . - . .. ¦<¦•; . . : We call , then , on every true friend of freedom to repudiate this reinnuut of a more barbarous past , and aid in driving it from the couiieiUchamberi of statesmen . We call upon the free , the liberal , the advanced minds of England—wfeo are placed , alike by their spirit and their sentimeatB , at the head of the hourly augmenting farces of improvement , to declare that no longer shall Britaiu remain the abettor of the policy and designs of the dtBpot , or be allowed to fling one barrier in the way of that national progress , whichiB necessary to the moral health , the happiness , and the dignity of communities .
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It requires no comments of . ours to expose the flimsy excuses put forth by Lord John Russell , Mr Macaulay , rod the other apologists for interfering between the Queen of Portugal and her dissatisfied subjects . If the practice of foreign intervention is admitted as justifiable in . the case of Portugal , then it . is equally justifiable when the people of any other nation we arc in alliance with attempt at anytime to vindicate their right to selfgovernment , and take strong . measures for reforming the abuses of their governors ., The carrying of Catholic emancipation was only effected by popular intimidation . The p « 8 siBg of the Reform Act was notoriously a case where the King and the nobles of this country were compelled against their will to submit , under threats of
physical violence—as the Qaeen of Portugal would have been , had it not been for the interference of the British fleet at Oporto ; and , consequently , the Emperor of Russia , or any other deBpot on the Continent , would have been qulto as much justified to interfere and suppress the accomplishment of the popular wish here , either on these occasions or on the repeal of the Corn Laws , as the ministry of the day have felt themselves free to sup . preBBthe popular deiire in Portugal . This foreign intervention , it should be borne in mind by those amongst us who support it on this occasion , applies in two ways ; and if we are to-day allowed to put down liberty abroad , foreigners , who choose to take the same trouble , are thereby afforded an equal pretext for interfering to put down liberty at home . —Renfrewshire Reformer .
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hflSS , fArni ^ . R : rn 0 M MuK .- ; Th 0 COWKSrSi ln ^ St ^ S process . very simple . After S / clSfie-i tb ! whey , , t is poured into a cask with aome aromatiS plants and elder blossoms , as it fluits the fancv ; md exposed in open air to the sun , where it soon acquires an uncommon degree of acidity . Smart Aphorism . —Examinations are formidable even to one best prepared ; for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer . Royal Psalm-singing . —All the domestic servants of tbe royal household are instructed in psalmody , under the care of Mr Hullah , ' and assist at divine service in the Queen ' s private ohapel . , . . Forgery on a Sisier . —At the Central Criminal Court , Eliza Williams , a lady by birth , was sentenced to seven years' transportation for forging a cheque m the same of her sister . ¦ : ¦ . ¦¦ ¦
. Affectionate— vsni!—Last ' week , a woman at Stockport , who had had some disagreement with her husband , tied his legs together while he was asleep , Md emptied a gaucepan ofboilingwateroverhw body , new at the Infirmary , in a very precarious condition . ¦ ¦ •¦ ¦ ' . ' - ' ¦¦¦ x Dbaths of Eminbnt Mbn ir the Month of Mat .-Napoleon died on the 5 th of May . 1821 . Sohillcr on 9 th May . 180 o The Earl of Chatham on the 11 th W ™ . The Earl of Strafford was beheaded on the 12 th May . 1641 . Cuvier died 15 th May , 1832 . r ^ 4 i k &H - Pale y 23 rd Ma y 1805 « n "Hlh M ? l , E ¥ ?; ' Grattan l « h May ; 1820 . Darnel O'Connell 15 th May , 184 ^ ¦ Sciohhs bt a Gazeiie .-a curious instance of oxtreme affection in the animal , which ended fatally , took place last week , at the countrv ; residence of Baron Gauci , in this island . A female cazello
having suddenly died from something it bad eaten , the male stood over the dead body of his mate , butting every one who attempted to touch it , then , suddenl y making a spring , struck his head against a wall , and fell dead at the side of his companion .-Matta Times . '¦• iKCOKORuiTY .-In No . 9 of the competition pictures of the Baptism of Christ , allied to in ow columns a few weeks back , a portrait is introduced , ( according to the Literary Gazette , ) " an exaggerated figure , almost a caricature resemblance" of Mr Douelas Jerrold . -
; Encouraging Rising Merit . — " An ye ' re at the schule now , are ye ? " was the interrogatory of a countryman to a little nephew , who had a short time before commenced his education . " An' d ' ye like the schule , n > y man ? " leB , " whispered the boy . " That s right , ye'll be a braw scholar , I ' se warrand -hoo far are ye up hinny V " Second dux . " - Seconddux ! say ye ? od man , ye . deiserve something for that "—thrusting two whole penny pieees into the hands of the delighted urchin ; "An boo many ' s in ye ' re class ?"— " Me an' a lassy !" ^ / n 0 ? ' 8 1 A 9 T MiRAOLE .-The Tablet publishes the following extract from a private letter from Rome : — "f he Pope has wrought a miracle . He went to Subiaco , and as there was a great want of ram the people asked him to pray for it . He accordingly went to the shrine of . St Benedict , and prayed therean hour , and immediately the rain came / and lasted six hours . "
Food Disibrbaucbs is HusGART .-The value oC the gram earned off in the late riots at Grosswardein . in Hungary , amounts to 65 , 000 florins ( W . OOOf ) . The mob had thirty persons killed and several wounded , by tho cavalry charges , before they dig . persed . Five Jews were found assassinated in their houses . The animosity of the people against the Jews appeared to increase after the disturbances in the streets , but the latter conjured away the storm by subscribing 10 , 000 florins for bread for the poor . The last accounts state that the garrison wastripled , and that everything w » b tranquil . Getting Readt . —Orders have been issued by the Board of Ordnance to convert the curtain which connects the platform battery with the King ' B bastioa on these walls into x formidable battery for the heaviest metal , by raising it three feet higher ( iU
neignt from the footpath being now about five feet ) , and cutting embrasures at proper distances the entire length . ' The raising the curtain of the King ' t bastion is being rapidly proceeded with , and the saluting battery will shortl y undergo similar altera * tion . —Hampshire Telegraph . Mr Leigh Hunt—The literary amateurs , whose ) performances have been go . highly applauded for their instrinsie excellence , as well as for the charitable motives which suggested them , are , we are told in the AthauBum , about to give four representation * —two in London , one in Manchester , and one in Liverpool . The proceeds will realise , it is believed , a sufficient sum , or , at least , the basis of a fund , to purchase an annuity for the declining years—which ftW fase running out—of one who IS & large creditor on publio esteem and gratitude—Mr Leigh Ilunt .
Worth Trtino .-A Pittsburgh paper Btatesthat a field of potatoes was wholly destroyed by the rot , but waB permitted to lie over to this season without culture , and it was discovered to have produced a fine crop of potatoes , without a single symptom of disease . Let this fact be looked into . —New York Herald . CotuoBS Case of Infanticide . —The Court of Assizes for Yonrie , a few days ago , condemned & young woman for the murder of her illegitimate twins , to twenty years of hard labour at the hulks . Her father , who was an accomplice in her crime , and who earnestly pleaded that he did it only to save , the character of his daughter , was sentenced to death . , . .
The Accident at Woiverton . —In the course of the day it was mentioned by one of the officials of the company that the unfortunate event will involve the company in an expense of between £ 20 , 000 and £ 30 , 000 , and it may be stated that the policeman w » accompanied to the gaol by his betrothed , to whom he waB to have been united last Friday . Some of the . friends of the unfortunate deceased complained to the coroner of their bedies having been plundered of the moneys which were in their possession . The company promised an investigation in the matter . *
The Proposed New Bishopric for Bedford . — The serious attention both of the clergy and laity in this district has long been directed to the establishment of a bishopric for the surrounding counties ; Bedford being the centre ; and there is now a growing desire to see this accomplished . Wooxd You Like to Know ?—A country woman asked one of the letter-carriers the other day if ha had got a letter for her . After much interrogatioa as to her name , residence , and other particulars o address , tbe prying impertinent nature of which , aa it seemed to her , was beginning to nettle her , he discovered that he had none . " Do you think then , " she said , " you will have one to-mor . row t '—hvemets Paper .
Rat-Killing Extbaordinabt . —On the 11 th inat ,, Mr Joseph Jenkins , of Blaenplwyf fstrad , near Lampeter , and his two brothers , both under twelve years of age , killed no less than 107 rats in less than half an hour . The modus operandi was as follows : —The three brothers poured boiling water , or cold water and quick lime , into the rats' holes , and on their attempting to escape they were knocked on the head with the batons which the youths held in their hands , . Aw Oistek-Shellfor a Razor . —A man ia Philadelphia attempted to cut his throat with an oystershell a few days since , but he did not injure himself much . —New York Mirror .
_ Baron HuMB 0 iDT .-V 7 e regret to find the follow-!? l v th * raBkfort P"nts of the 14 th inst . t—Berlin , June 5—Baron Alexandra de Humboldt is so dangerously ill that his physioians despair of his recovery . " _ A Sad Titum-Of all kindnesses it must be confessed that of lending books is the one which meets with the least return!—( Communicated by a gentleman who has only the third volume of Guy Mannerng left , out of the entire Waverley Novels , which he once possessed . ) A Fatai . Pinch .-A New York journal states that a boy , having got his father ' s snuffbox , indulged so immoderately in the titillating dust , that he sneezed himself to pieces . 'His remains having been gathered up , a coroner ' s inquest was held over them , when , the enlightened jury returned a verdict of "Snuffed Out" '• :
A Queer Advebtisement . -A New York paper publishes the following :- " A young lady , petfectlv competent , wishes to torm a class of young mother ' s and nurses , and to instruotthem in the art of talking to infante m such manner as will interest and please them . She flatters herself that her peculiar taEt and great experience m this most important branch of So ? dUtlM Wi " enaWoher t 0 B »' "K satis t > , J « ? imE 0 P , MA ? st « a <> .-On the 14 th , being ! fatrTw , ° f the b ? ttle of M «™* eo . » colossa 1 ^ oleo inaugurated on the field oi this great victory , by M . Jean Delavoof Alexandria
. , a passionate admirer of the Emperor , who had purbased the ground , and with it the cottage in which JVapoleon rested and wrote to the Emperor of Austria . Lms humble dwelling has been restored , and in it M . Delavo has carefully collected all the fragments of arms and other relics of the great fight , that could be found . The statue , executed by one of the first aitists of Italy , is placed on a spot facing the road from Turin to Genoa , and commanding the whole of the field , The cottage is surrounded by a richly cultivated garden .
Painful Necessity—During the long drought oi last summer , an Amorican paper says , water becam . < so scaroe in a parish , that the farmers ' wives were obliged to send their milk to town genuine . Dsath by Lightning . —Two persons , a man am woman , who sought refuge in a barn along with i crowd of personsinTamwevth , a few days ago , durin i a thunder-storm , were struck dead by the eleotri fluid . . . Lord Dundosald a Scotch Rbpresbntativ Peer . —We understand that at the approachin general election there is every probability that th Earl of Dundonald will be proposed as one of the ifc teen representative peers ,
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. . « w . Panel suggests that the name of a propoied elub I forfootmen in London , shall be the Snte Pluih Ultra Club . ' Four couples were married , April 22 , aboard the packet-ship Baltimore , from Havre for New-Yprk . Within the last year more than 1 , 200 tador g landed at New York from England . ; , The £ 1 , 000 prize for the best picture of the "Baptism of Christ in the River Jordan , " has been awarded to Mr John Wood . The term " pettifogger" is grounded upon two French words peti and vogue , signifying a person of small reputation , or very little known . Two stockjobbers have been apprehended at
Marseilles , for endeavouring to bribe tae man empioyeu at the telegraph , to obtain more speedily the quotations of the public funds at Paris . Mr Robert Owen , at the age of seventy-six , left New York for England last month , with a plan , which he intends proposing to the British Government , for the permanent relief and elevation of Ireland . During tbe last three years a workman atfludaersfield had suffered extraordinary and violent pains in his arm ; but the oause of these pains remained undiscovered until a few days since , when , after a paroxysm of excruciating agony , a needle made its appearance , and was extracted .
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Melancholy Pit Accident , —The other day three men , named Brown , Merry , and Nelson , descended No . 4 Pit Drumpellar , for the purpose of commencing the operations of the day . Merry had charge of the Davy lamp and of the pit workings , and on reaching the bottom of the pit , Merry ordered Nelson to proceed in one direction of the pit , whioh ho considered clear and Bafe , while he explored a different line . Nelson , had not proceeded far frcra where Brown was seated , when a tremendous explosion took place , bringing down roof and sides of a portion of tbe pit in its ravages . Brown was killed , while Merry and Nelson escaped with several contusions and burnings . Merry ' s ordering Nelson to advance in a doubtful direction , before being tested by the Davy lamp , was the cause of the accident .
Liverpool . —On Tuesday night last , about eleven o ' clock , afire broke out on the extensive premises of Messrs Henry Jump and Son , Vauxhall Mills , Liverpool . The premises are spacious and lofty , being ten stories in height , and completely crammed from the basement floor with India corn and meal , Six en gincs wer £ Bpeedily upon the spot ; but a very small portion of the contents could be secured , and in less than an hour from , the commencement of the fire the , building ; was reduced toa mere shell The insurance , it is understood , will fully cover the loss . ¦ Immensk . Import o » Food inio LivERP 00 L .-The customs bill of entry at ' jLiverpcol reports on Tuesday the Mowing great import of provisions , almost unprecedented forone day :-Wheat , 11 , 600 qrs . ; flour , 13 , 249 barrels ; rice , 18 , 201 bushels ; Indian oorn , 1 , 180 qrs ., 18 S 28 bags , 10 , 000 bushels , and 6 , 110 sacks , Steps are being taken to found a new University I at Ilamburg .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 26, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1424/page/3/
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