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      Atoust 14,1852. The G Tae 0f Feeedom. 15

      Atoust 14 , 1852 . THE g TAE 0 F FEEEdom . 15

      Gardening Calendar. Kitchex Gauuf.X. Eve...

      GARDENING CALENDAR . KITCHEX GAUUF . X . Every day shows Hie hopelessness of trusting to the Potato as a root crop awl ike neceessity of growing increased breadths of Parsnip :-, Carrots . Artichokes , and whatever may reasonably become a substitute . Our former directions for planting largely the different kinds of winter groons , & c . should be acted on whenever the opportunity of vacant ground occurs , Insowin * crops at this season winch do not come into perfection till spring , and which are expected to grow more or less through the winter , the cnmnd ' should not wily be well manured , but trenched to a considerable depth ; that the rains and snows of winter may pass quickly beyond the reach ' of their roots , and that a comparative dryness and warmth may be thus maintained around the roots of growing plants . These remarks will apply to Spinachof which a

      , goud plot of the true Flanders for winter use mav now be sown ; as may two or three kinds of hardy Cos and Cabbage Lettuce ; the latter will he useful for transferring to frames in February . Endive should be sown for February and March consumption , and Tripoli Onions for early spring . Still continue planting out Cauliflower and Walcheren Brocoli ; before earthing up the main crop of Celery , remove a few of the lower leaves and any suckers which may ba fouud ; tie up slightly with matting , and well water ( he trenches with liquid manure , in which a small quantity of salt has been dissolved ; this will kill slugs and worms , and assist the plant to a quick growth . When th « plants become dry , the earthing up may be liberal , taking care , however , not to reach the heart of the plant . Cardoons mav be treated in the same way ; water freely Peas , Artichokes , Cauliflowers , and succulent-leaved plants . ¦< 4 ^> j ' —

      Science And Art. The Panopticon, Lhicbst...

      SCIENCE AND ART . The Panopticon , Lhicbsteu-kquaur . — This chartered institution is designed for scientific exhibitions , aud for promoting discoveries in arts and manufactures . To carry out this intention , the council have called together men of the greatest eminence in their several professions , for the proper development of this truly national and important scheme ; and it is gratifying to hear that the most lofty in science aud the arts have readily responded to the invitation . The council to form a large collection of apparatus suitable for lectures in every branch of natural and experimental science , which will be lent out on hire upon very moderate terms . In addition to the usual routine of optical experiments , the council has secured for this institution an exhibition of a higher character in the patent optical diorama , a recent invention of Mr . Clarke , the inventor of ( ho hydro-oxygen dissolving views .

      Tin : scenic representations exceed in size anything of the kind yet exhibited . There is scarcely any movement in nature which may not be represented by this process , and it is anticipated that the optical diorama , under the co-operation of men of ability , will prove a powerful dispenser of useful knowledge . The musical department of the institution is under the direction of Sir George Smart . Th :- building of an organ oi surpassing pow <; r and compass has been intrusted to Messrs . Hill , whose names are known as the builders of the organ at Birmingham . The one for the Panopticon will , it is said exceed the provincial organ in all its attributes , and if so , it will be the finest in the metropolis . Schools are to be formed , to illustrate practically , apart from t ? w lectures , the leading features of astronomy , chemistry , ontics , and mechanics . The steam-engine , the telegraph , the lathe , aud the loom , in all their modifications will here work their wonders ; and as at . tins period

      general attention is so much drawn to the wonderful properties of electricity , the council have judged it desirable , for the more clear exhibition of such experiments , to build a gigantic machine with a plate of glass of ten feet in diameter , a size unprecedented in the annals of science , and all the scientific apparatus will be on a similar extensive scale . It is intended that the laboratory should be practically efficient and placed under the direction of Sir David Brewster and other ? . There will likewise be a separate department for teaching mechanical engineering , including the principles and construction of agricultural implements , under the superintendence of a practical engineer . " Females in the middle ranks of life are to be taught various light trades , such as watchmaking , & c , to which they are eminently competent , and thus will an additional path be thrown open to them to attain a livelihood , now so truly difficult for even the most accomplished in the more elesant arts .

      [ But what of the mule watchmakers already suffering from foreign competition' ? With the addition of female competitors they can hardly hops to escape the level of Spitaltields weavers . —Editor . ] Progress o ? Machinery . —Tuiai * of "Reaping Machines . —This trial was made at the show of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland , at Perth , on Friday- The competition of the reaping machines excited the most intense interest among all classes oi * the community . It had become generally known that the directors of the society had arranged for a fair competition between one of Hussey ' s American reapers and a new machine , invented by the Rev . Mr . Bell , of the parish of CarmyNie , twentyfive years ago , and which ivis been iu use on the farai of Mr . B ? U , of Inchmichael , Carse of Gowrie , for the last fifteen years . The competition being limited to these two machines , the contest was popularly viewed as Scotland

      v . America . Th ** whole population of the city , and many of the inhabitants of the neighbouring counties , appeared to have turned out to witness this trial . To those who have not seen a reaping machine it is difficult to convey a tangible idea of its appearance . Most men are now familiar , however , with The look of those exhibited by M'Cormack iu the Great Exhibition , aud by Hussey as improved by Garnett , and now in use at Tiptree and on some other farms in England . The principle is the same in Deli's , but the details are essentially different . Hussey ' s machine on being put to work requires a dear space " on the right hand of the standing corn for the horses to draw it . Ball ' s cops right into the corn at once , the cut'ing apparatus being before the

      horses . "Hussey ' s may be illustrated by supposing two men drawing a scythe down one side and through a standing crop , with the handle for a po ! e ; Bell ' s like two men cutting forward with a Dutch l ; oa . When Husky ' s machine takes the field one man at least is required to sUnd on it , and with a hand rake throw off the cut corn for the gatherers and binders ; Bell's machine is supplied with a canvass apron on rollers , rising at an angle of 45 degrees from the cutters , aud worked by a concentric motion , to as to lay the cut corn in line to be gathered . Hussey ' s machine cuts the crop as it stands ; Bell ' s has flying arms in front , which lay the corn to be cut exactly as a newspaper printing machine lays hold of the sheet of paper to be printed . Hussey ' s machine goes to work with a rumbling noise , Bell ' s in silence .

      The " first trial was by Bell ' s machine on a neld of oats , m th ? presence of the judges . It went along very smoothly and laid the corn with the utmost ease . The " stubble left , was about three inches high and very even . Uijjht women and two men were scarcely able to gather it , which gives some Ilea , of its speed , and the horses , two Clydesdale greys , seemed quite equal to their work . ' Hussey ' s machine was then tried . It cut two or three breadths with ease and very * speedily , but , getting to a piece of rouuh ground , by the furrow of the field , or the " rig" as it is called in Scotland , wiiere the grass had grown about a third- part up the straw of the oats , it got choked , and came to a dead stand . So far as it had cut here the stubble was very uneven , and the corn much spoiled . On being cleared , the rest of the breadth , if cut at all , was not a satisfactory performance . The second trial was on a field of bailey . The late heavy rains had " laid" the barley in several places , and in some parts it was so twisted that but littl « hope was entertained that it could be cut bv the one machine or the other . Bell ' s machine went in first ,

      and cut a breadth verv smoothly . Here the practical value of the arms became apparent . They laid hold of the crop so as to put the most twisted parts of it in order for the * scissors , aud when the breadth was cut the stubble was as good as that of the sickle . Hussey ' s machine worked much worse among the barley than among the oats . It cut smoothly and speedily where the straw was straight , but whenever it came to a portion that was laid at an angle from the machine the cutters missed , or tore the corn up by the roots , leaving a very uneven stubble on most parts of the ground . The third trial was on a field of wheat in beautiful order for cuttln « . Bell ' s machine mowed thestrong stubble and laid it in order very fre « dy for the first twenty yards , but it then got loaded with the cut corn and stuck fast . The rainva « apron QVnot appear to have power or velocity enough to throw off the wheat as quick , y as the cutters laid it on , and this deficiency in the working of the 'nath . ne occasioned its coming to a standstill three or four tunes in f ^^ i th trial Hussev ' s machine went , into the wheat with great ease and power it wasLot evident that its forte lay iu cutting straight wheat on smooth land ,

      while for oats and barley it is ill adapted . The " ompetition ended about half-past four o ' clock , when the a mosphere , which had been most oppressive and sultry during the day , was relieved l > y a heavy thunder storm . . , . fo ..., „ . * In * the evening the judges gave their award unanimously m tJ \ o « r oi Bell's machine . They are to publish a detailed report ot t » e 8 ™« " which thev have given it the preference , which we were given to jndcisu » nrt would he simpl r these i-Emiiomy of time , the grain cleanest < " « . ' . "« ; £ shaken , laid with Veatest regularity , less liabl- to interruptions frun cuo * . > in case of grass , requires !<•*; power fo cover the same breadth , i equi u , i . o open side to the fidd before commencing work , has a power ot Ujn „ on grain on either side , which Hussey ' s wants , a power of depositing gram in rows without manual labour , and saves by mechanical power the cost ot wo menwhich Hussev ' s requires in the pmce .-s of laying for the gatherers .

      , The difference of cost of the two machines was a subject of consideration , Bell ' s being 435 , and Hussey ' s only £ 18 ; but , in estimating the cGmnarattve saving of labour by Bell ' s , to say nothing of other advantages , they found that , though the dearest machine at first , it is cheapest in the end . Hie expense of machine reaping lias been found not to exceed 3 s . 6 d . per acre .

      Science And Art. The Panopticon, Lhicbst...

      Axgib . vt Architecture-Discovrries at Athexs . —A letter from Athens sta ' e * that on the prfvious day the King of Greece visited the Acropolis to examine the antiquities recently discovered there by M . Beulfe , a Frenchman . Some of tke excavations made under his directions hare brought to lisiht the last steps of the staircase which led to the principal entrance and the surrounding Avail of the citadel . The steps are in Pentelie marble , and not a joint of them has been displaced . The door is twelve feet hish , and of the Doric order . The lintel and the casing of the door are in a single block of marble . The wall is twenty-one feet in height . It is composed of different kinds of marble . At its b-tse are pedestals and fragments of the Roman epoch . The upper part , on the contrary , comprises the entablature of several Doric temples anterior to Periclps . Above the architrave is placed the frieze , with its trfcliphs in stone and its metopes in marble , in the same style as the first Parthenon . The cornice does not crown the wall , hut is in its turn surmounted by an elegant attic formed of fresh architraves and cornices which belonged to the interior of the temple . Several fragments of architecture awl sculpture , aud twenty-three inscriptions , have been discovered . A bas-relief , well executed , represents eight young Athenians dandnar .

      Guide To The Lecture-Room. Literary Inst...

      GUIDE TO THE LECTURE-ROOM . Literary Institution , John-street , Fitzroy-square . —August 15 th { % ) , a Lecture . Hall of Science , City-road . —Aug . 15 th ( 7 §) , Henry Tyrrell . Wisdom and Morality of Shakspere . National Hall , 242 , High Holborn . —Aug . 15 th ( 8 ) , P . W . Perfllt . 'Prince Rupert . ' South London Hall , Webber-street , Blackfriars-road . —Aug . 15 th ( 7 i ) , Charles Southwell will lecture . Sadler ' s Wells Discussion Society , three doors from the Hugh Myddelton . —Aug . 12 th ( SJ ) , Discussion . East London Literary Institution , Bothnal-green . —Aug . 16 th ( 8 ) , Mr . Taylor , < Punch and its Writers / Areopagus Coffee and Reading Room , 59 , Church-lane . WhitechapeLEvery Sunday , Monday , and Wednesday ( 8 ) , a Lecture or Discussion . City Forum Coffee House , GO , Red Cross-street . —Everv Sunday , Monday , and Thursday ( 81 ) , a Lecture .

      Commercial Hall , Philpot-street , Commercial-road East . —Aug . 15 th ( 11 a . m . ) . Charles Southwell will lecture . —Theological Discussions every Sunday evening \ 7 ) , Tuesday ( 8 ) , Thursday ( 8 ) , and Saturday ( 8 ) . Social Institufon , Charles-street , Old GarraU , Manchester . —Aug . 15 th ( 11 a . m . ) , Discussion ( 7 p . m . ) , a Lecture . Progressionist Hall , Cheapside , Leeds , —Aug . 15 th ( G *) , a Lecture .

      Maeylebone. The Results Of Betting.—John...

      MAEYLEBONE . The Results of Betting . —John Hollingshed , charged with having stolen a quantity of silver plate value 180 L , the property of his master , Mr . James Tilyer Blunt , of 3 , Dorset-square , was on Monday committed for trial . While heing- conveyed from Hammersmith to Molyneux station-house , Hollingshed told the officer that betting upon races had brought him into all the trouble .

      THAMES . An Old Beast . — Thomas White , a tall old man , aged 70 , and who is nearly bald , was brought before Mr . Ingham , on remand from Friday , charged with violating the person of Mary Kennedy , aged 14 years . Mr . Ingham said , that three assaults were proved against the prisoner , and they were of a most aggravated description . He had no doubt whatever that the prisoner decoyed the girl into his room for the worst of purposes , and that he was a very wicked and profligate old man . He should fine the prisoner 51 . for each assault , or , in default of payment , two months' imprisonment in each case , the second term of imprisonment to commence at the expiration of the first , and third term of imprisonment to commence at the expiration of the second—in all six month ' s imprisonment . Mb . Disraeli has secluded himself from public gaze ever since the nomination for Bucks , and is undeistoocl to be busy con coctino * his firs t original b ud ^ et .

      Working- Tailors' Association, Csrwebtmlmtep, Bridge Road, Lambeth.

      WORKING- TAILORS' ASSOCIATION , CSrWEBTMLMTEP , BRIDGE ROAD , LAMBETH .

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      The Star Of F Reedom

      THE STAR OF F REEDOM

      Published Every Saturday. Terms (Cask In...

      Published every Saturday . Terms ( Cask in advance ) : — Per Year , ' 19 s . 4 d . j Half Year , 9 s . 8 d . ; Quarter , 4 s . lOd . j Single Copies , 4 £ d . As an Advertising medium the Star op " Freedom : affords a sure and widespread channel of publicity among all classes .

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      Scale of Charges for Advertisements . Six Lines , 4 s . j Ten Lines , G * . „ ., 1 Insertion . 2 Insertions . 4 Insertions . 13 Insertions . jyieealm . es £ 0 7 s . QcL ... £ 0 lis . .. £ 1 5 s . ... £ 3 10 s . fwenly ditto 0 9 0 ... 0 1 G ... 1 10 ... 4 0 Thirl // ditto 0 12 I ) ... 1 0 ... 1 15 ... 4 10 Quarter of a Column 10 0 ... 110 ... 2 10 ... 5 5 Haifa Column lis 0 ... 3 0 ... 5 0 ... 10 0 'Whole Column 3 0 0 ... 5 0 ... 7 10 ... 15 0 Each Advertiser supplieihcith a copy of the Paper containing his Advertisement ( The First Edition of the Star op Freedom is Published on Friday at Three o clock , and is immediately circulated extensively throughout the Country . The . Second Edition , containing all the latest information , is Published at Two o ' clock on Saturday . OFFICE , 183 , FLEET STREET .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 14, 1852, page 15, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_14081852/page/15/