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      Thbw0bki5g.Hafs Song. Bi 1wmt Joseb . Th...

      THBW 0 BKI 5 G . HAFS SONG . BI 1 WMT JOSEB . The land is my birthright—the beautiful land ! By the promise that God gave to man , When creation first came from the Lifegiver ' * hand , And the arc of the rainbow the watwwaste spanned , And the green earth to brighten began . They have torn me away from its mother-like breast , And forth on a wilderness cast ; A slave , or a trampler of slaves , at the best ^ To conquer theearth at a master ' * behest .

      Ana die as a pauper at last . The citie » of England are grand to behold . Her harvests their plenty reveal ; On channels of iron roll treasures of gold , And argoaies proudly their banners unfold : We see them—from gaoland Battile ! When thefiwioen of England were thick on the sea , And their legion * were lining the shore , Who caaie to tha tescaee t-The conguerors are we ! The tainers are tamed ana the captives are free ! And we ara but slates as before ' .

      la the mart and the mill where the foreigner tried To outvie u » with glittering store , We poured in our labour—we humbled hie pride , And where is a nation can march by our side * Yet we are as poor as before ! The noble may chase—and the farmer may reap Oar woods and our fields o'er and o ' er—The king and the courtier their revels may keep , Aud the noble on pillowj of eider may sleep , Bat where is the bed of the poor t Fourplanks and a place ia a parish church-yard , Where they bury a skeleton thing ; But they soon dig us up from the niggardly sward , To make room for other ; , who straggled as hard For the glory of— " Country and king . ** God moulded and quickened , the Church bids us learn .

      From the green earth man ' t wonderful frame ; Then , since ' tis our birthplace , our cradle and urn . The source that we come from—to which we return , 'lis burfit we should live by the same . The land is my birthright—then on—in a hand , Battalions of progress ! advance , I take my invincible armour in hand , for the spade , afttr aU , is thetord of the land , And the sickle shall baffle the lance .. lot now wehavelearn edthe great lesson aright , That Frank—Briton—Teuton , are one ; That their interestii not to compete—but tmile ! Till nations combining leave tyrants to fight By the light of young Liberty's sun !

      In Clearing Off Old Scores, We Must Not ...

      In clearing off old scores , we must not forget two « r three poets who have committed themselves to cue tha gauntlet of criticism by -venturing on publishing their poems in" a collected form , " and whose volumes we have had by as for some months past . We hare first to introduce Poems by a Colonist . London : Simmondsand Ward , 6 , Barge Yard , Bncklersbury . _ _ These poems bear date "July , 1845 , the Basks of tbe St John , New Brunswick . " Coming from over the sea we would fain bid them welcome ; but , unhappily , our "Colonist" has mistaken confusion of language for poetry , and although we are in no humour to criticise severely , or condema nncharitaily , we can find bat little worthy of commendation in this volume . The first two poems , "Francis

      Tamo" and " The Indian Girl , " we can make neither lead nor tail of ; "Moncachtape'Vis more readable ; jmd * ' The Traffiquer'' is the best of the four . Some beautiful thoughts , and occasionally a few lines Breathing genuine poetry , are to be met with , but the author seems to hare had no settled purpose in view when he sat down to write , and losing sight of simplicity , the first requisite in poetry as well as prose , ha seems to have fallen into the not uncommon hot very egregious error , of " piling the agony ; " labouring to supply the want of genuine power by tbe use -of far-fetched words , tremendous epithets and mystified sentences . From the " Miscellaneous" poems towards the close of the volume we extract the following somewhat favourable specimen of the Colonist ' s poetry : —

      STORtt 05 A FOREST LAKE . Te loud irinds ! y « proud winds ! on — oa in your might—Bear on , ye dens * eloudi , weigh ye down in the . night'tis pitchy aud dark—come , thou terrible roar I I hear thee—I grasp thee from tha far forest shore . There ' s a roice in the h-11-tops—a toics on the lake—X win stand by thee , flood ! I will hear thy waves break : Come thou on in thy strength , roll thou , on in thy power , With the mud of this night—with the voice of this hour ! See how they roll crested before the strong Martina wares of the lake , —how the dark waters cast ! And they roll and they burst up along on tbe sand , And they sound where they dash—let them break where I stand !

      The rhythm of the Winds ! the Elements'strife ! The deep suQen dark—the driven rain rife ;—Terrifical-moment !—sublimity fraught , Bow it swells in my soul , how it bursts on my thought ! I look on ye , Heavens ! and behold ye in night , JLnd dim forms and distant , faint , fall on my sight ; Andhigh thoughts arise , and conceptions axe gives , -Great—glorious—full , as tbe mast ' ry of Even . The strong gust bears by me and howls in its play , . And the heavy rain strikes me , driven sidelong away : Bnt * ru breast thee , thou Storm ! and stand by thee , thou Lake ! While thy proud waters foam , and thy far forests shake .

      There ' s a falling of gay leaves along the thick wood ; The glory of autumn is spoH'd in thy mood , Thou Tempest ! — tbe stubborn trees bend to thy might , And hark ! how that sultan crash boom'd on its flight ! There ' s a warring of winds , and the old forest roars ; There's a bursting of wares up along the loud shores , And a roaring of torrents away from yon hill : ISut I love thee , thou Lake ! and excitingly , stUU . Sound on in thy greatness , thou terrible rain ! There is depth in thy tone , there is power , in thy strain ; Te Golemn-roiced billows—ye winds tuned of Goo—* Yes , I love ye , great Minstrels ! and tread where you ' re trod . Next , irom . the "Land of brown heath and shaggy wood , ' Land of the mountain and the flood !' -comes

      Itemsrand Snatches of Prose . ByT . Disam . London : Smith , Elder and Co . Edinburgh ; J . Menries . Whatever be the faults of these poems , criticism is disarmed by the touching story of their author : — ' t On the night of the 29 th ot October , 1844 , and after a day ' s Texatiou ;( with » aebI am well acquainted ) , we , - —that U , my wife , myself , and children—were in bed . They slept , I could not , but lay revolving many painful ¦ things in mj mind , wondering would I ever get a blink -of hale-hearted happiness . I had often thought ' of Prolessor Wilson ; had eren written two letters to him ,

      which were given in despair te the flames—for I am a aan ef no education , serer being farther than the Testa--ment when at school . I am , even now , at the writing ; hava bought " Chambers'Arithmetic / ' but my mind is too unsettled to make progress , and caa but find delight in the attempt at verse-making , which I write with almost 'the facility of prose . Well , I wondered if I might show him some of my pieces—wondered if he would read them , or laugh at them ; wondered again if it might be possible ha would think them decent ; and if I might print a volume , get as much profit as would clear my debts , and enable me to taste , for the first time in seven years , aneasynuhd .

      Professor Wilson read MrDeaham ' s verses , and praised what he read . Encouraged by the Professor ' s kindness , the poet ventured to launch the present TOtane on "the sea of Literature ; " the success , however , has , we fear , not been equal to his hopes and the good wishes of his friend , the greatNerthern « nuc . We lament this , for Mr Denham has given za thu volume evidence of a manly spirit and eonsif !» ffi , ^& !? r of *» tt" fate than that 2 S J" ? JftSW to existence . In some stomas , entitled "Wha think yelis the neatest condition , hot that . of thousands of other "Freehoax Britons : "They speak o * stares in ither states ,

      Audmnckle gear they gie them But 01 there ' s some within our gates We ' re owre familiar wi'them , ' Wha , think ye , is the greatest slate ! It ' s nothe man o * jet , sirs ; It ' s him amang the tree and brave— . The honest nan in debt , sin . Prom a poem of considerable power , but bearing a baffly-chosen title , we select the following stansas , which weentitie PRIESTCRAFT .

      Beligion , 0 ! what deeds of shame fall tyrants buckle oa thy name-E ' en yet we ' re creeds of varied frame Wha'd barn an' kill , An' hunt their fellows dean like game--They hae the vSI . God kindly gae us Season ' s gift , But not for priest to riddle , sift—0 ! weel we see their schemes an' drift An' feckless nonsense ; Sat seekna Truth , or nneo swift

      Iheyll daud your oenscfeaoe Ay , still some ftnatics will tall ' Ihat ' otacr ecteds are doomed tohtaJL

      In Clearing Off Old Scores, We Must Not ...

      They waatna truth , but try to quell Inquirin ' mind ; An' he wha baudly think * for sel ' . They ca' him blind . But let a gomeral grunt au * pray , Ha ' scoftthe knack tha howls to play , Wi "kyte weel panged he'll strattin' gat , Au ' jogm'braw ; While honest worth gangs sad an' wae , Wi ' mouieafa ' . The law protects ye frae their burnin ' , Bat no frae a * their cant an' scernin ' , Still powerfu' wiles an' monie a turuin ' They can display , To spoil jour trade , and set ye mournin ' For bread away . Unseen , within its stifled urn . The honest heart may swellin' burn , Hopeless , hapless grief to cbura

      Though nobly brave ; Its only chance , for to sojourn Beyond the grave . 0 ! weel micht that high-minded man , Proud Scotia ' s hard , wha kent tbe clan , Say—marking how they seized tbe scran At ilka turn"Man's inhumanity to man , ' Oars thousands mourn . " Was the poet revising his writings we doubt not that he would see the propriety of omitting many things in this volume , including the whole of the prose from page 100 to the end . We sincerely wish that a happier future may enable Mr Denham to correct the imperfections of his first attempt as an author , adding thereto a few more such pieces as the following : —

      BLUE BELL BRAES . Wi * a heart fu' young , And wi ' care unsung , I hae ranged by mj mountain take-Where the torrent sped frae its rocky bed , Bounding wild and glad , over bush and brake Those happy days are fled . Those sunny gleams Still seem in dreams-Will I e ' er see the auld cottage again ! Lives my mither noo ! Is Mary true ! Oh I those youthfa'thecals , theyaye bring pain ,

      Iu my youtbfu pride , Ah ! and wae betide , I sought me a summer shore ; Among Indian isles , woo'd fortune's smiles , Giving health for weoWt—stttlrioninj / or more-Lei a vietim by golden wiles . Oh ! what heartless dross—What yean of loss : Affection and friendship and lore ' s pure rays , Now shrivell'd and shrunk , A sapless trunk , Never mair to climb o'er the blue-hell braes .

      Oh ! my heathery hills , And your blinkin' rills , Once again on the briny deep . Gladly , sow , I come , e ' er the mighty sea , To my thistle gleu—faint , I come to weep—And to my fatherland—to Dee . r My sad heart clings , As mem ' ry brings , The revolving views o' auld langsyne days ; Each dear scene thronging , Wild thocats longing , For the freshening breexe » ' my heather braes . Another Scottish poet ; their name is Legion Here we have

      The Straihmor * Melodist : a Collection of Original Poems and Songs . By Jons Nives . London : Snutn . Efderand Co ., 65 , Cornhill . These poems are the productions of a journeyman baker , the fraits of leisure moments snatched from his toilsome occupation . He dedicates his book " to William Thom of Inverury , as a tribute of esteem for a man whom the buffets of the world could not subdue—whom poverty and neglect could not discourage , and whose genius has raised him from the humble ranks of life , to a respectable rank in Scottish literature . " These melodies possess considerable merit their principal fault being that not merely the

      thoughts expressed , but the mode of expression , too often very closely imitate Burns . Thus the most careless reader may at once see that the poem entitled "A Wsion , " is a rather close copy of "Death andDr Hornbook , " and "Cupar Fair" bears the same suspiciousresemblance to Burns ' " My Fair , " both , however , wanting the genuine poetry of the originals . Despite this John Niven is not destitute of poetical power , and indeed exhibits most power when , not trying to iaritate Burns , he trusts in his ownresources . We select two favourable specimens of our poef s compositiens , —the one a lore , the other a liberty song : —

      THE SWEETEST FLOWER OK ATHOL BRAES Ais— " Oh , Nanny , witt thou gang w ? me ?" Ah ! no , ' tis not those ringlets fair That cluster round thy marble brow , Like mists that shade , but to compare The hue ofAthol's mountain snow That voice , though soft as purling stream , Is not the subject of my praise . That makes young Mary shine supreme , The sweetest flower on Athol braes . I know full well the poet ' s strains Hath spread they outward beauty far ; I knew full well ' mang Athol ' s glens Thou shin ' st a bright and peerless star . But ' t is not meet that I should dwell Upon those charms , tho' bright and rare , For , ah ! thy worth they canna tell Wha only know that thou art fair . Had I not known that heart sincere ,

      Where warmth and innocence combine ; For guileless lore is centred there , Within a pure and spotless shrine . Had I not knows that thon possess Such worth of mind and happy glee , As might enhance an angel's bliss E might haveerr'din loving thee , Ob , who would say that thou couldst rove Like butterfly in garden hower * Ob , who will say that gentle love Is fading as the summer flower t That hearenly flame , for ever bright , Too pure to mix with mortal clay ; Will shine with unabated light , When beauty's charms must fade away , Italia ! land of lore and song , Sweet are thy bright and sunny sides ; Thy lays are melting , sweet and strong ,

      And sweet thy daughters' sparkling eyes ; And sweet the midnight serenade That murmurs o ' er the moonlit sea ;«* But sweeter is my native glade , '"• - And Athol ' s lovely flower to me .

      The Iahd Of Liberty. Air— « Scol>An& Yet...

      THE IAHD OF LIBERTY . Air— « Scol > an & yet . " I < aw poor Scotland sair oppressed , I heard her children mourn , While tyrants lived in luxury , And held her wants to scorn . And oh ! it grieved my heart fa * sair Auld Scotland ' s wrangs to sea , — Whose sons have shed their dearest blnid To keep their country free ! Where's now the land , the boasted Iand ,-The land ef liberty !

      There was a time when plenty smiled Within the peasant ' s cot ; And then , though poor , the peasant lived Contented with his lot . But now Oppression ' s iron grasp O'erspreads the land with vtos ; And priests , with despots , have combined * That things should thus be so ; For those who seem the people's friends , Have proved their deadliest foe . Bat , hark ! what means that murmur deep , Now wafted on tbe wind ! It issues from the toilers' homes , --The millions are combined ! And louder now I hear their voice , —• The shout is Liberty ! Till , echoed from a thousand hills , It rings from sea to sea ; And thus , the cadence of their song , — We shall—we shall be free !

      What theugh the despots , in their rage . Our bravest men should doom To pine in cheerless solitude . Within the dungeon's gloom f The victims' chains shall yet be Ioos'd , For this is Heaven ' s decree , —* That discord with its jarring strife . Shall shortly cease to be ; Aud this again shall be the land , — The land of Liberty . The lastef the publications we have had on hand for some time past , waiting our editorial praise or censure , is a play in five acts , entitled , Gristlda , ; or , £ oi < e andPaHenee . By John Waikins .

      London : Strange , Paternoster-row . This " play" is dedicated to DonpJas , Jerrold as a ^ en ofte apectfor his genius , and of gratitndefor tnetavonrable opinion which gave the author confidencetolaytheworkbsfore . the public . Griselda may be read by the fire-side , but is not likely ever to find its way to tiie stage ; it must , therefore , be viewed as a dramatic poem . Though feeblein many parts , thereare passages of considerable beauty . The plot or story is slight and founded upon one of Boceaetos stories . . Walter , King of Mercia , weds GnseJoa , a shepherd girl , whose Heart he had previously wooed and won , in the disguise of a woodman . The nobles , dissatisfied with this choice , intrigue against tbe Queen , and , at length , succeed in inducing the King to divorce her . The King next pays hUderotions to a fair dame of the "higher orders , " wli ^ lW , repulses ' aim , she being ia tore with

      her own page . ' She opens theI eyes of the King to the intrigues o * which Griselda has been the vie tim , and thereby awakens all his former love for his ill-used wife . The conclusion gives the usual awards of " poetical justice" —Griselda is reinstated in her former position as wife and Queen of Walter ; the lady who loves her page is made happy with him , the page being ennobled at the expense of one of the rascally aristocrats ; and , finally , the enemies of Griselda are set to the ; "right-about , " to do pe * nance in banishment for their misdeeds . The " play "

      is intended to show the exceeding love of woman , and patient submission to wrongs inflicted by the object of her lore . Some of these wrongs are , however , such as no one but a brute would inflict , and no woman with any spirit would submit to . Air Watkins would hare made his heroine more attractive , had he endowed her with less patience , or her fickle husband with more ) feeling . As anot unfavourable specimen of tbe poetry of this play , we give the followingextract ; Griselda is speaking while yet unconscious that her lover is a king : —

      Oris . Another morn , the last new birth * f Time ! I rise with her to live the foremost life ; For see , she brings fresh graces to reward Those that salute her earliest . Oh , sweet morn ! Heaven ' s banatasia thon tbat patte ' t nigbVa towky havr , And with salubrious breath dost sweep away Her vapours foul , to clear the earth for sunshine . Now thy attendant star bath done its vigil , Aud the veil'd vestal modestly retires : Forlo ! the sun comes forth and d » y begins . The birds sing those same matins Heav ' n did teach , When first Creation painted this green world . The lark ; whose topping spirit leads the choir , Soars highest up to make himself first heard . How earnest in his praise—a few glad notes

      Beiterated o ' er and o ' er untied ! Ah , happiest they who likest him can live , To wake with light , and drink the watery air , Catching the sun ere he descends to earth . E ' en now'bis uplsud beam walks down the vale , Chasing the gloom before him : gentlest glory ! That not alone the trees , but smallest blade Gladdens with its own green , normissss aught . Thou that dost make our river flow in geld , And now dost tend my sheep , whose woolly fleece , Wash'J by the holy dews , uy white beams bleach , Th « while they crop their bed of f oodral flowers . But hark ! my father comes—his morning voice Ties with the throstle whistling as he walks . Oh , blest are we that hare no wish save one , Bat that I must not breathe save in my prayers .

      Although Mr Watkins is not likely ever to become a poetical star of the first magnitude , be is betteremployed writing dramatic poems than dabbling in politics—clearly not his vocation . When last our readers heard of John Watkins , he was " as busy as the devil in a gale of wind , " snarling at everybody , and making himself ridiculous ; his present work is at least harmless—may please many , and can give offence to none . • :

      "Jtahfc Amusements; .

      " jtaHfc amusements ; .

      - Sadler's Wells.—The Tempest Continues ...

      - SADLER'S WELLS . —The Tempest continues to draw crowded and admiring audiences to this legitimate theatre — now almost tbe sole refuge of . the divine Shakspere . These of our readers who witnessed this beautifully " got up" and highly poetical play at Coveatgarden under Macreauy's management , will deem it high praise to award equal merit to Mr Phelps , who sustains the character of Prosper © with great dignity . Miss Julia St George , as Ariel , does her spiriting gently , and , for so young aa actress , with considerable talent , singiog the difficult music with much judgment and care . We never saw Mr 6 . Bennett perform so much to our taste as be

      does in the extraordinary character of Caliban . In the hands of eny other actor we are fearful that nice discrimination exercised by this clever actor , in catching up the poetry in this remarkable creation of the immortal bard's , and so imparting the feeliags of the man , where the rough exterior of the brute is painfully visible , would degenerate into valgarity and buffonery . Indeed , tbe various characters are generally well sustained , and the scenery is altogether very splendid andhigbly picturesque . We sincerely hope the management will not , through lack of public favour , confine their energies to tbe present revival . We consider tbe really intellectual playgoer owes avast debt of gratitude to Mr Phelps ; aud surely this gentleman will not go unrewarded .

      Metbopoiitan Delegates' Tbeatbical Bbnifit . — The benefit in . aid of the funds of this active body took place at the Pavilion Theatre , on Wednesday evening , April the 28 lh . Tbe entertainments were the melodrama of the " Gypsey Sing , " the singing of five of that very numerous race , yclept "Ethiopian Serenaders , " the evolutions of " Dancing Master Wilson" and his pupils , a " New Divertissement , " and the domestlcjdrama Of the " L & WteSS Witness . " All the performer * acquitted thenuelres admirably , but special praise is due to Miss Marion Lacey , Miss Watting , Mr * T . Phillips , Mr . C . Freer , Dancing Master Wilson and the Tenessee Serenaders . The bouse was well attended by an audience evidently delighted with the entertainments of the evening .

      Polttechnic—Several interesting and instructive lectures have been recently delivered at this establishment to crowded auditories . Amongst those which struck us as peculiarly deserving notice , was that given by Mr Joues , on Animal Mechanism , and in which the talented lecturer proceeded to describe that wonderful insect , the gnat , which , although it only lives in the air for a single hour , exists in the water for a period of three years . Mr Jones observed that while in the water it was necessary for this insect to breathe occasionally the fresh air ; but , having neither feet nor fins , it was impossible f » r it to gain the surface . Nature , however , had surmounted this difficulty , by placing a hollow pipe at the extremity of the tail ; to this pipe was attached a small paddle , which raised or depressed the insect at its will , and thus it was permitted to breathe . On its near arrival to tbe winged insect , the pipe at the end of

      the tail dropped off , and was replaced by two pipes fixed iu tbe centra of the back : these caused the insect to be constantly on tbe surface of the water , tbe skin became soft and thin , and , after a short time , the gnat came forth . The skui , although untenanted , was not allowed to perish , for , on the insect leaving , it formed a perfect miniature life-boat : this natural boat was used by the gnatas a repository forits eggs , and not even the roughest weather nor the strongest wind could overturn it . It mightbe asked why should tbe gnat be so short-lived , or a ( ringed insect at all ! In answer it might be stated , that the reason was in order te allow the insect to deposit its eggs in different parts , so that one place might not be overrun with them . The lecture was copiously illustrated by beautifully coloured drawings , and was received with much applause . These and similarly instructive lectures will , we hope , meet with tbe encouragement they so well deserve .

      OLYMPIC . —On Saturday last the printers in connection with the daily newspaper press , gave an amateur dramatic performance at this theatre , in aid of the funds of the Printers' Pension Society , The pieces selected for representation were Colman's comedy of "The Poor Gentleman" and "Luke the Labourer . " It would be as uaasual as unjust to attempt a critical examination of an amateur performance entered upon with motives of such an admirable character as the present ; but , were wa inclined to be hypercritical , a close observance of the performance satisfies us that it would be difficult to take exception to a single item in the whole entertainment , "The Poor Gentleman" was especially well supportad , and while awarding a fall meed of praise to all , it is , perhaps , but justice to particularise the efforts of Messrs

      Ryan , Philp , Green , and Bishop , who maintained their respective characters with an ability which we have seldom seen passed . Emily Worthington found a chaste and pretty supporter in Miss £ . Lloyd ; Mrs Furzman enacted with much ability the somewhat difficult part of Miss Lucretia Mac Tab ; and Miss Kelly threw an unusual piquancy and zest into the small part of Mary . The house was densely crowded in every part , and it gives us pleasure to add that one of the private boxes was especially reserved for Prince Albert at his own request . The following address , written for the occasion by Mr Angus B . Beach—a gentleman already favourably known in the lighter walks of literature—was delivered by MrForster , previous to the comedy : — " Last year we tried our fortune on the stage .

      We played for woe-worn Want and tottering Age ; Our cause , and not our merits , made us bold , We won your plaudits , and we gained your gold ! So sow , once more , your favouring smile we claim , Our drama different , but our end tbe same . We're bolder , though , than when we tried our hand In that dramatic band-box ' yclept" Tho Strand , " * Yet , in a cause like this , it is » ot well , To pay an inch by asking for an ell ; A growing web demands a widened loom , Your spreading charity needs elbow room . And changes so your natures , that e'en devils-Printers' , I mean—demand " Olympic" revels . How to commence , then . ( Looks at theplay-bill . ) Here ' s our bill of fare-May ail enjoy some savoury morsel there .

      First comes the comedy : —be Its Are acts , To those who reap the produce , five great faeti ! Bid our "Poor Gentleman" a loud ' God speed , " For , wanting your applause , he's poor indeed ! Whatfs next ! Our actors htrt will please , I woW These failing—we can try those who art not . You doubt f—But in our play the mimic ' s art Can even make the absent take a part . Some moments more let joyous song and dance Ring in the ear , and twinkle to the glance : With " Luke the Labourer" to close the day , A stirring , hearty , good old English play—i A play that cold indifference cannot brook , One must be heated—not luke-warned by " Lukel Itysdonel All ready ! { Looks of . Prompter nods . I , ¦ Qf our venturous host .

      Is Every Warrior Fairly At His Post! {Pr...

      Is every warrior fairly at his post ! { Prompter again . ) 'lis well .. ( To wings . ) Be hold , and think tho * but beginners , Who on anight like this would be tbe sinners—The hissed , or hissers f Why , of oeurse , the latter : What J Hiss the food from off a poor man ' s platter ? Berishthethoughti Mngupatoncel Begin I The course is clear ! My lifenpon't wo win I" ,

      * A Performance, In Aid Of The Funds Of ...

      * A performance , in aid of the funds of the same society took pfcee last year at the Strand Theatre .

      These Are The Chamber* Of 1848. - Iwehav...

      THESE ARE THE CHAMBER * OF 1848 . - IWehave already shown to our readers the Chambers of 1847 ; we how refer to the previous opinions of these changeable eoonomistek Whence this wonderful change ?! . . : >¦

      Improvement Of Waste Dandsspade Husbandr...

      IMPROVEMENT OF WASTE DANDSSPADE HUSBANDRY . ( Fromihe Information for the People , No . 12 . ) [ Continued from our last . } If a rivulet can be ma . de to run upon a meadow , ' as previously describad under the head Irrigation , the cottager will add prodigiously to his stock of grain , fodder , and bay . From a single acre , well irrigated , as much as 200 stones of sweet nourishing hay may be gathered every year ,-besides a quantity of green stuff . The proper saving of this meadow hay requires considerable tact ; if any way spoiled , the cattle will probably not touch it ,

      In the scheme of working a cottage farm , it should be an object to make the very moat of every day out of doors , when the season and weather permit , and to occupy the dead of winter and days of bad weather at work in the barn or house . The Swiss small fanners do much by working at some handicraft employment , particularly weaving and making toys , during those seasons when prevented from labouring out of doors ; and fnmany instances they keep one member of the family at the loom . In short , hone must be idle ; the grown-up children , when not at school , bdng made useful as far as their capacities willadmitof .

      It is calculated tli at an active spadesman would find little difficulty in bringing half an acre annually into an improved state ; for as 80 rods make the halt acre , and there being 313 working days in the year , to accomplish this it would require little more than a quarter of a rod to be trenche ) daily , whereas a moderate day ' s work , even where the soil is stony and difficult to trench , would considerably exceed a rod . But where there is a boy or two to assist , an acre might with perfect ease be brought into an improved state yearly . \ Whether it would be preferable to . i evote a cottage farm to a mixture of green and grain crops , as in ordinary husbandry , or make it chiefly a dairy farm , in which the raising of green crops for fodder is the principal if not the only object , must depend on local

      circumstances . If near a city , where iresh dairy produce could be profitably disposed of j dairy farming might be most suitable , although the large rents usually exacted near populous towns would prove an obstacle . Several experiments have been made in order to ascertain the quantity of produce in roots , artificial grasses , & c , that an acre of gronnd , under this sort of culture , could be made to yield ; and the result has been that even less than 80 rods , or half an acre , will produce food sufficient to maintain a cow . This calculation is founded upon the wellknown fact , that 100 lbs . weight of green food , a considerable portion of it roots , is a sufficient daily allowance for an ordinary cow .. But cows kept upon such oroducemust not be allowed to pasture on those

      portions of the ground that are devoted to grass crops , such as clover , lucern , tares , Ac . ; but for the better health of the animals , they should have an open space to move about in adjoining the shed or out-building , where they find shelter fcom the storm and cold ; for in soiling cattle during the' hottest part of the summer , an open shed ,, with a rack for their food , is to be preferred to shutting them up in close stables . Mr Allen , in his " Colonies at Home , " very properly remarks— " Whenever it is possible to make a rod of ground produce SOOibs . of the artificial grasses , in the several cuttings during the season , 1 greatly prefer it to anything else , for cows thrive best upon grass and hay . " lie afterwards observes , in reference to this sort of food— "As it sometimes

      suffers much in dry seasons , we must entirely depend upon it ; but 1 have proved that it is possible to keep a cow all the year round unon the produce of half an acre of land , it it be properly cultivated . ' ^ He then proceeds to give a list ot the produce he raised , which consists ; of lucern , cabbage , tares , mangel-wurzel , potatoes , turnips , parsnips , and carrots ; and as a portion of bay is indispensable along with some of tbe root-crops during the winter season , he did not attempt to grow it , but sold a portion of his potatoes , and laid out the sum he received for them in hay . We need only add , that whatever number of cows be kept , they must be fed entirely within doors , and only suffered to go out in any small enclosure for the sake of airand exercise .

      PLAN OF A TUBES-ACRE FARM . With the view of keeping up in the country a certain number of peasant families who should be able to assist farmers at particular seasons , the late Sir John Sinclair planned a system of cottage farms of three acres each ; these were individually to bo cultivated entirely by manual labour , and by the cottager and his family . Prom the account of the method of managing these cottage farms , which he has given in the second volume of the Farmer ' s Magazine , we select the following particulars : — Course of Crops . —The three acres proposed to be cultivated should be divided into four portions , each consisting of three roods , under the following system of management : —

      Roods . Under potatoes , two roods ; under turnips , one 3 Under winter tares , two roods ; spring tares , oue 3 Upderbarley , Wheat , or oats ... , 3 Under clover , with a mixture of rye-grass ... 3 Total 12 Other articles besides these might be mentioned ; but it seems to me of peculiar importance to restrict the attention of the cottager to aa few objects of cultivation as possible . It is proposed that the produce of the two roods of potatoes shall go to the maintenance of the cottager and his family , and that the rood of turnips should be given to the cow in winter and during the spring , in addition to its other fare .

      The second portion , sown with tares ( the two roods of potatoes of the former year to be successively sown with winter tares , and the turnip rood wiih spring tares ) , might partly be cut green , for feeding the cow in summer and autumn ; but if the season will permit , the whole ought to be made into hay for the winter and spring food , and three roods oi clover cut green for summer food . The third portion may be sown either with barley , wheat , or oats , according to the soil or climate , and the general custom of the country . The straw of any of these crops would be of essential service for littering the cow , but would be . still more useful , if cut into chaff , for feeding it . ' The fourth port unappropriated to clover and ryegrass , to be cut green , which , with the assistance of

      the orchard , will produce on three roods ot land , as much food as will maintain a cow and her calf for five months , namely , from the end of May or beginning of June , when it may be first cut , to the 1 st of November , besides some assistance to the pigs . It is supposed that an acre of clover and rye-grass , cut green , will produce 20 , 000 pounds weight of food for cattle . Three roods , therefore , ought to yield 15 , 000 pounds weight . A large cew requires 110 pounds weight oi green food per day ; a middling cow , such as a cottager is likely to purchase , not above , 90 pounds ; consequently , in five months , allowing 1 , 320 pounds weight for the calf and the pigs , there will remain 13 , 680 pounds for the cow . Were there , however , even a small deficiency , it would be more than compensated by the rood of land proposed to be kept in perpetual pasture as an orchard .

      Mode in which the family may be maintained . —It is calculated that three roods and eight perches of potatoes will maintain a family of six persons for about nine months in the year , but according to the preceding plan , it is proposed to have but two roods under that article ; for , however valuable potatoes are justly accounted , yet some change of food would be acceptable ; and the cottager will be enabled , from the produce of the cow , and by the income derived from his own labour , and from that of his family , to purchase other wholesome articles of provisions .

      . Manner in which the Slock may be kept . —It appears from the preceding system of cropping , that ten roods of land , or two . acres and a half , are appropriated to the raising of food for the cow in summer and winter , besides the pasture of the orchard ; and , unless the season should be extremely unfavourable , the produce will be found not only adequate to that purpose , but also to maintain tbe calf for some time , till it can be sold to advantage . It is indeed extremely material , under the proposed system , to make as much profit of the calves as possible , as the money thus raised will be a resource , enabling the cottager to replace his cow when a new one must be purchased .

      For the winter provision of the cow , which is the most material , because the summer food can be more easily procured , there is the produce . 1 . Of about three roods of tares made into hay . 2 . Of three roods of straw , deducting what may be necessary for litter ; and if dry earth be put into the cow ' s hovel , and removed from time to time to the dunghill , little or no litter will be necessary . 3 . Of one rood of turnips . The whole will be sufficient for seven months in the year , namely , from the 1 st November to the 1 st June ; and during the remaining five months , tho pasture of the orchard , some of the winter tares , and the produce of three roods of elover and rye-grass , will not only suffice , but will furnish a surplus for the calf , if it is kept for any length of time , and some clover for the pigs . The inferior barley , potatoes , Ac , will of course be given to the pigs and poultry . ( To be continued . J

      Pdoilmm. —On Tuesday-A Fight Came Off In...

      Pdoilmm . —On Tuesday-a fight came off in the Kentish Marshes , on the London side of Greenhithe , between J . Hazeltine and R . Williams . The former was the victor , the beaten man being severely punished . ... ¦¦ The CnAMMOHSHir . —In reply to the letters from Wm . Perry , the Tipton Slasher , which have appeared , Gaunt states that he will fight Perry , for * 300 a-side , according to his challenge , and deposit £ 100 as a first instalment . The event to comeio $ in five months from tfee Boning of , ajttwte * .

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      - » , , — EMiQH ^ riON tfr'TEX & s ; ' ; - Mr Rowed , the manager of the British Mutual Emigration Association , is very fond of appealing to Mr Kennedy ' s statements respecting Texas , as the pnneipaUuthority for bis own descriptions and predictions . The value of Mr Kennedy ' s evidence , is fully egchibitod in the Mowing extracts from Hooton s Rides , Rambles , and Sketches in Texas , " the oramencement of which ( copied from ffimmonctV olonial Maganne ) appeared in the Star of April IT . UNHEALTBIHISS or TEXAS . T 7 e had not been located many hoursafter our arrival

      , , in the habitation of an English lady ( MrsS . ) whose husband was then iu England on business , than accounts begau to pour upon us of the utmeaUhtnest of the climate ; and no trifling fund of anticipatory pity was exhausted upon us for tbe . disappointments and miseries which we all were doomed to endure . The almost inevitable fatality of the main land , and ef those parts of the interior—Brazoria and the Brazos , for instance—where at present the greatest quantity of cotton is produced , was strongly dwelt upon ; unless tha northern emigrant who purposed settling on the land had takes the precautionary measure of becoming " acclimated" by a year or so ' s residence oa the island . Abundant illustrative

      cases not of doubtful signlncancy were quoted in support of these representations ; nor , in fact , did that kind of ocular demonstration derived from an inspection of tho crowd of people we daily saw , appear iu the very least to deny them . Mast of the men , particularly such as had spent much time up the country , walked with a loose , dangling gait , as though no tensity existed In the muscles of the body , and each joint of the bones had been separated , and subsequently reunited with bad wire , after the fashion of au anatomy . While with literal accuracy it may be said that real Texan complexion generally are of a yellow kid-glove colour—or , let us in other language say , of a sort of wltch-like and superhuman buff .

      Notwithstanding all this , we coald not believe . The books said otherwise ; ana individuals might speak from misinformation , from partial observation , or from pwjudice because they were home sick , incredulity had taken hold of us , and we were willing , Besidss , we were in glorious spirits—In excellent health brought fresh from home , and breathed from off some thousands of . miles of tbe great life-giving deep ; and we felt that nothing could hurt us , that we could live anywhere , and go throuzh anything . Alas , alas ! , what a different tale did nine months tell amongst even our thirty passengers ! What hope did that brief period blight—what magnificent prospects demolish ' , What manly strength did it tear down to the flarthaa though it had been very weakness—what

      weakness reduce to an after-life of misery , and what misery hurl into the grave I ¦ IthinkI see now the glad , active , and hopeful band as it landed on that anticipated shore of earthly happiness , fall of eagerness , and spirit , and life , and contrast it with the wretched remains of that same band , when , heart-aick of glorious Texan promises without realisation , drooping over their own losses and sorrows , clad in mourning for the prairie-buried dead , and bidding a final and everlasting adieu to the bones of those who had once b « = n "flesh of their flesh and blood of their blood , " they slowly retraced their steps to the same , but aow melancholy shore , in the last faint hope , in too many instances , of possibly once more reaching the home of their birth alive . .. . ¦

      I would now earnestly call the attention of all readers interested iu Texan matters , and particularly of that class who may bemigratorily inclined , to the brief facts which follow . They certainly contradict , not the infereaces only , but the very words , of certain visionary bookmakers , wh « have gone beforeme , but on that very-account , I think , if on no other , ought to be the more este « med . Upon this qu « stion of salubrity of climate , ' truth is stranga : " with Hamlet , let us " therefore , as a stranger , give it welcome . " That Galveston Island is the most salubrious portion of the whole Texan sea-board , or low flat country , appears to be : universally conceded . That is , it is more healthy than any othsr portion of the confestediy unhealthy coast ranging from seventy to oue hundred miles

      inland from the borders of the Gulf of Mexico , Yet within that range are comprehended all the towns , cities , and locations of any importance at present existing either in positive log and plank upon the soil itself , in the round marks made on the maps at the discretion of the surveyor , or in the prophetical imaginations of the Rev . Mr Newoll , of New York , tbe Rev . Mr Lawrence , of New Orleans , or of—Kennedy , Esq . of our own country . Austin , the capital of the Republic , is certainly laid down b .-yond that line nearly another hundred miUa from the ocean ; that remote ( and , with reference to the hostile Camanche Indians , unsafe ) spot having been selected by the wisdom of the Texan Congressas-only sufficiently removed from the coast ( it is 200 miles from Galveston ) just to ensure the perfect safely of the health of its inhabitant * . in

      Of all this immense district then , comprehending , a general sense , the whole of the most . thickly-located and populated parts of Texas , Galveston Island is admitted to be by fat the most healthful . Citizens come from these places on the mainland to the island to recruit their health ; the sick from all quarters of the world are Invited to it for the recovery of their wonted life aud vigour ; and the inhabitants of New Orleans particularly have been wooed to pay It a loving visit , while " Yellow Jack , " the dreadful fever of the south , wa « playing his mortal game of bowls amongst the unlucky wights whose destiny confined them within tbe influence of the vapours arising from tbe cypress swamps of the Lower Mississippi . In fact , at one time " Galveston Island" was aa nlveraal a medicine as Is now , or ever was , Dr Moriaon'a pills . Under these circumstances , I ask , how comes it Galveston swarms with doctors ? that doctors find plenty to do amongst a population of from two to three

      thousand 1 ( I guess at it , since the authorities literally cannot afford to pay for the taking of a census ;) that yellow fever and mitigated cholera are no strangers there ? and that the visits of Southern Americans and Orleanians for tbe sake of health have totally ceased , after only one or two experiments ? Perhaps Messrs . Newell , Lawrence , and Kennedy , who know so well the healthful properties and the virtues of Texan air , will endeavour to reconcile these facts to the satisfaction of that public whom hitherto they have so wofully misled . At the same time , the charges of doctors ( eight in ten at least of whom never bad their diplomas ) are enormous . It is no uncommon thing to hear a labouring man state something to the effect that , " It ' s of no use working here ; for if one contrives to save up seventy or eighty dollars beforehand , and then gets' chill and fever' for two or three weeks , it all goes lu physic , and then one ' s just as forward as wheu one started . "

      The reason why aU th & Uow flat portion of the mainlaud before alluded to should not only be less salubrious than the island—and , indeed , that its anhealthineas should increase in some given ratio to its distance from the sea—is plain enough . It is almost entirely attributable to the fact of its being less under the influence of those fine sea-breezes which almost constantly blow from the south , tempering the burning atmosphere as they pass , conferring most life where most strong , but dying away altogether long before they have reached a hundred miles inland , and thus leaving the dead , swampy level to reek and steam in a sweltering calm , and under an almost vertical sun , between which and the rank earth below , perhaps , not once a month is seen a single passing cloud . To any man who knows what kind of soil and temperature are required for a good rice-land , the

      simple fact that all these levels and bottoms are considered eminently fitted for tho cultivation of that hot and wetgrowing grain , will suffice as a more than necessary proof of its generally total unfitness as a location for emigrants from any temperate region , and most especially for the natives of such a climate asthisof Gres « t Britain . Even southern planters , men born to the climate , and upon similar soil , —in Louisiana , Florida , the Carolinas , or any of the States neighbouring Texas , who do not work in the fields with their own hands , and avoid expo , sure as much as possible , —whose circumstances are easy , and who suffer none of the privations which multiply so unexpectedly about the uncapitalled emigrant , — find quite enough to do to maintain their health , and that of their families , through a continuance of seasons

      in these latitudes , and with such a face of country , The immense annual migration which takes place amongst this , as well as all other portions of the great populations of the south , —thousands of miles , perhaps , up the Mississippitothe Lakes . or by sea to the great Atlantic cities of tbe north—sufficiently attests tbe sense which they entertain of tbe anti-consumptiveand invigorating nature of the air from which they first drew the breath of life . "Ob , but , " exclaim Messrs Newell , Lawrence , Kennedy , and a whole host of land-speculators , whose highest earthly interest it is to gel a population into the country by hook or oy crook— " Oh , but Texas is quite different . There are no wooded swamps like those of Louisiana andFlorida in this delightful country . Rolling prairies , fine uplands , swelling lawns—"

      Yes , yes , gentlemen ; it is a very beautiful country , beyond all question , to loob at ; but that is not the point at issue . Neither are there very fine uplands In the swamps , nor rolling prairies on the sea-board level . And as to all the rest , the difference between that part of the coast of tbe Gulf within the boundaries of tbe United States , and that comprehended under tbe general name of Mexican , is much more political than physical . Let the reader take a glance at a good mop , and he will find the low sea-board of Texas just as full ofinlets , straggling arm * and bays , lagoons , and the like ( all indicative ef a flat , pestiferous country ) , as is tho adjoining coast of Louisiana , Alabama , & c , '

      Is it reasonable to suppose that a British farmer , an agricultural labourer , or a ** pale-faced " mechanic , can ;' with the least security of health or life , be transported from a cold , moist climate , in which all his previous existence has been passed , into a sultry and burning » ne like this , in which southern born and bred citizens are barely fitted to dwell 3 Above all , is it to be conceived that upon any extensive scale ( individual exceptions amount to nothing , ) a Jpopulation of such immigrants oan work in the sun , and perform all those out-door labours now performed only by native or slave soil , with perfcctjimpuulty to health ? Tho idea is preposterous in the extreme .

      It has been said that Galveston abounds in "doctor * , '' who find plenty to do , although that town Is more healthy than any other place of sisa ot note in ths wbole country . Glad indeed would the inland settlers be to have one of these medical gentlemen amongst them ; or even within the very reasonable reach of fifteen ortwenty miles : but they are not excessively fond of running greater risks than necessary , and especially in localities where—although their practice , ^ far as prairie . crossing ii concerned , must be very extensive | au « t *—ttoj yet no

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      not contrive ti » get enbugh , ' with "; aU ( th ' elr ¦ Imouttrous ex . tortioning , to warrant thom iu putting their own beads in rather doubtful pickle . Tbe consequence is , that tha lonely settlers of tbe country generally cannot , in cases of auy extreme of necessity , obtain medical assistance of any kind or quality , " Every man his own doctor" U just as needful ai that every man should be bis own farrier , or his own footman . The solitary squatter in these magnificat solitudes ni'ist either patch and physic poor diisased nature according to his own knowledge aud discretion , or leave , her altogether unplastered , unanolnted , unanaealed , " to conquer the enemy , with her own wea pons , or to sink under tbe conflict , just as circumstances , under Providence , may decree .

      TBX » H DISEASES , Bilious fevers , of differeat degrees of intensity ; ague and fever , producing irrecoverable prostration of tbe syg * tern , delirium , and eventually death ; with cholera , id different mitigated stages , constitute the general diseases in Texas of a formidable character . At the town of Houston , which is admirably situated in a swamp , tha latter malady most extensively prevails , and numbers die there every season . The filthiness and corruption of the water , which there is execrable , appear to bo one main cause of this periodical summer mortality ; aided , doubtless by the miasma of the pestilent surrounding neighbourhood . A tolerably correct idea may be formed of the nature of the locality of Houston , from the fact that after the setting In of the rains the town becomes next to totally inaccessible save by water ; neither carriage nor horse being able to drag or flounder through the deep miry ground by which it is at that season , as it were , entrenched .

      Houston is seventy or eighty miles inland ( a long distance within the " narrow , strip , " ) and yet Mr Kennedy Bays that " parsons who arrive in summer will be quits safe by retiring fifty or sixty miles inland . " To " retire " to Houston in summer is exactly the same to a stranger retiring to a churchyard to see his own grave dug . Tako newly-arrived emigrants on the average , and not two in ten would survive twelve months . - ' " Perhaps , after all , the best proof that can be adduced : in evidence of the essential and radical unheaHWness ot the country that "requires no physicians , " is to be found in the following curious fact : —The disease , if it be properly termed such , is common enough in Galveston , as many a limping hero and heroine there can well attest . Should an individual chance , especially during the burning summer months , to knock off , or graze by accident , any portion of the skin of the hands or tegs—parts most liable to such petty disasters—the chances are suro to

      be very much in favour of the injury , however slight , becoming at first difficult to beal , and eventually a kind of running ulcerous sore , eating into the flesh deeper and deeper , until rest and sanative applications so far avail as to arrest the progress of the complaint . It might be supposed that this corrupt state of the system originated in an evil mode of life , or from excessive drinking . The fact is not so , Females . as well as men . people who totally abstain from all vinous or fermented ; drinks , equally with those who make constant use of both wino and spirits , are liable to it , Nay , I have known' worsa cases amongst tbe former class even than tbe latter , and ) hence am partly induced to conclude that the atrocious compound of liquid matter , vegetable essence , ancjinsect life and excrement , there . termed " water , " has ' more to do with it than is ordinarily suspected . The . slight est mishap of this kind will frequently confine a pafteht to . his house for weeks together , and generally : c ^ tinue , from first to last , during a period of several monUs .

      f ATE OF EMIQBAHTS . . , T Out of the thirty individuals who went out in the same ? ship with me , not more than three entertained for a moment any other views than those of obtaining land ) either by purchase , or through the medium of the government grants , —of squatting upon it , and becoming for the remainder of their natural lives good , citizens of the new Republic . Look at the result . Of alt this numbtr , hot one succeeded in eff ctlng the object for which he had left home ami country , crossed thousands of miles of ocean , and gone to Texas , Before Christmas of the same year , some of them had returned home . br gone into the United States ; some were dying , some dead , and some almost perishing from sheer want , either because they could get nothing to do , or were too sick and reduced to work at all ; and some others , alas ! were imprisoned upon tbe island , merely because their resources being completely exhausted , they had not left the means wherewith to get away .

      May I never again see such ruin of body and fortune , such wreck of heart , as it was my fate to witness in Texas !

      Ifereuam'esu

      ifereUam ' esu

      Food And Mbdicink Without Mokbt.—At This...

      Food and Mbdicink without Mokbt . —At this season of the year , young nettles , when boiled ,- are a most excellent table vegetable , and as a purifier of the blood they are unequalled—they are more nutritious than most of the greens in common use ; Vert Iia Opp I—The Joan 0 ' Groat Journal says , "While we now write , our county has neither sheriff , sheriff substitute , procurator-fiscal , sheriffclerk depute , nor superintendent of police . The town is in an equally deplorable state . We are minus provost , senior bailie , town clerk , a- 'd town-officer I All these officials are off in a lump to the Justiciary Court at Inverness . Now is the time for a row !"

      The Dukb in a New Character . —A few days since , at the early service at the royal chapel , the absence of the clerk embarrassed the clergyman ; but the Duke of Wellington immediately took the prayer book and read the responses in his stead . Clubs at Romb . — Clubs have become very fashionable at Rome since the accession of Pius IX ; and besides German , French , and English clubs , several have been established by the Romans themselves . Foubbibrist CoNSPiRAcr . — -The Jersey Impartial states that the French authorities in the department of the Calvados have discovered a conspiracy , m

      which several thousand persons are implicated . The conspirators are sai d to be all Fourrierista . [ Fudge !] Cat and Doo Life —The dissensions between tha Queen of Spain and her husband have caused such scandulous scenes in tbe palace , that the political chief of Madrid is said to have entreated the editors of all the newspapers published in that capital to refrain from making any allusion to them . Dbstruciivenkss . —A few days since , a little boy , living near Preston , broke a looking-glass with a stone , that he threw at the reflection of his own form , which he mistook for another boy that threatened him . He then triumphantly cried to his father , that he had broken the face of his supposed

      enemy . American- Navai Forcb . —The largest naval force which the United States have ever had afloat , is now employed in the war with Mexico . This force comprises 46 ships , 24 barques , 56 brjgs , and eleven steamers , which have been hired as transports , and the regular vessels of war , added to these , make a total of 164 ships . SroRMr . —The line of telegraphic wire between New York and Philadelphia was lately much injured by the falling of sleet , which froze till the ice on the wire was nearly an inch in diameter . The wind rose atthesametime . and the ice-cased wires were blown about with such fury as to overturn , and even break the posts . Mad Dogs . —Three mad dogs were shot last week at Inverness .

      SiHouirAB Suicide of a Soldier . —A few days agon soldier was about to cross the Pont d'Arcole , when the usual charge of one halfpenny was demanded . He appeared surprised , made the sign of the cross , and threw himself into the Seine . WnisKr . —There is at present in bond , in Leith , upwards of 69 , 000 gallons of malt , and about 33 , 000 gallons of grain whisky . Mr O'Cosnell ' s Progress . —Thehon . and learned gentleman was sufficiently recovered on Friday to leave Lyons , by steamer , for Valence . The" Nelson Column . —The works at this column have been resumed after a lapsejof nearly two months . The masonry , with the exception of the pedestals at

      the south-east and west corners for the reception of tho lions , is complete ; aa also the basso-relievo ornaments intended to the sides of the pedestal . SiiipwRKciv—On the 13 th a Russian steamer , called the Irrwtsch , left Curisch-IIaffBay for Tilsit , notwithstanding the sea was full of ice . It first of all made its way through the ' numerous floating pieces , but on arriving before Windenburg , where there were some large masses , it sustained some serious shocks , which did it great injury , and at the same moment & fire broke oat on board . The vessel went down in about a quarter of an hour . The passengers and crew , thirty-two persons in all , were saved by the exertions of the inhabitants of Windenburg .

      Captain Warner ' s " Loss Rakqe , —On Friday , a parliamentary document was issued respecting the public money placed at the disposal of government to obtain a trial of Captain Warner ' s "Long Range . " It appears that 41 , 300 was set aside for the purpose mentioned , and Mr Warner and Lord Ingestrie entered into a bond to make the experiment , and gave a promissory note to secure payment of the money . The government , after the failure of the experiment , cancelled the . note given for the repayment of the money . Captain Warner had declared , that the money had been expended , and there was no reason to doubt that it was as stated . North Polar Expedito * -. —The plan of an overland expedition to . tlw North Pole , under the direction ef Dr Sir John Richardson , of Haslar-liosiiital . has been submitted by him to the' government and

      approved of . Burial of Sir Walter Scow .. —Tbe body of Sic Walter Scott was brought home- in tho Wellesley , and is now on its way for interment in the grave of the author of " Waverley , " . ia Dryburgh Abbey . Abbotsford does not pass at once to the son of the editor of the Quarterly Review : ^ Lady Scott ; by'her marriage settlement , has a life interests in the estate . Very Disagreeable . —A maiden in the . north of England , the other day , took a fancy to try on a pair of handcuffs , which had b « cn left by her cousin , a police-officer , on the table . She contrived to fasten them on her wrists , and meauwhile'her cousin departed onrtf Song journey , with the key of the clasps . She *' was suspected as an eseapau prisoner and locked jjp , hut afterwards released 5 hat more than' twentyfOur hwtrs elapsed before the fetters could bo kmoved * ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 1, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_01051847/page/3/