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      ( UKDENING CALENDAR . I KrrcBEX ( UBPBSKG ,-Few more things wfli squire planting after tMs •• » h , it . whenever opportunity permits , attend to growin g cron

      m fo far the husks to dry : tuey may afterwards be packed in baskets , and placed L n situations just dry enough to keep the husks from getting mouldy , and w sot sttfucieatly so to cause the kernel to shrivel —Gardener ' s Chronicle '

      Statistics Of The Week. Births And Death...

      STATISTICS OF THE WEEK . BIRTHS AND DEATHS III THE METROP OLIS . The Wrrhs of 718 hoys and 720 girls , in all l , 4 § 8 children , were registered i ia London last week . The average manner in seven corresponding weeks of lS 43 ~ 5 l was 1 , 291 . The deaths registered were 918 . In the ten correspondi in ^ weeks of the years l & fci-ol , the average number was 1 , 039 , which if a , correction is made for the increase of population , will be 1 , 143 . The highest number registered in any corresponding-week was 1 , 981 , in the year 1849 during the cholera epidemic , the lowest number occurred in 184 * 2 , and was < o 0 . Deaf a > : d Brora is Irfxaxd . —At the meeting of the British Association M . W . R . Wilde read an abstract of-the report upon the number and condition

      of the deaf and dumb in Ireland , taken in connection with the Census Commission in 1851 . From this paper , it appeared that there were in Ireland 4 , 4 S 1 deaf and dumb persons , and that of these a number were insane , or in some of the public institutions of the country . The average deaf and dumb in Europe was 1 in 1 , 539 , while in Ireland , in different districts , the average » vas from 1 in 1 , 449 to 1 in 2 , 560 . Many details were given , and , from inquiries instituted , it was found that the result of persons being horn mute was to be traced to the close consanguinity of the parents of the children , and that the disease was found to prevail for generations in particular families . Of the number of persons furnished by the census returns , 737 were educated or under education , and 3 , 359 were uninstructed .

      Irish Flax . —The quantity of flax grown last year in Ireland amounted to 128 , 019 acres ; of which 123 , 726 acres were grown in Ulster , and the remainder , 34 . S 93 acres , was furnished by all the rest of Ireland . imonjEUED Estates . —The number of petitions lodged for sale of estates iip to July 31 st , , 389 . ' dumber of absolute orders for sale to same date , 1 , 714 . The number of conveyances executed to August 9 th is 2 , 310 . Prom the first sale under the act , which took place February 19 , 18-50 , to the end of July , 1 S 52 , not quite two years and a half , 772 estates , or parts of estates , liave been sold in 4 , 062 lots to 2 , 355 purchasers , so that the number of proprietors has been more than trebled . The quantity of land that has already changed hands is about ro-50 , 000 acres , or one-twentieth of the surface « . f the island , the total area , exclusive of water , amounting , according to the ordnance survey , to 20 , 177 , 446 acres . Tlie total proceeds of the sales is upwards of £ 7 , 000 , 000 , and the amount distributed , inclusive of about

      £ l 00 , ( " 00 , 000 allowed to incumbrancers who become purchasers ,. 4 , 248 , 708 lis . Id . or nearly two-thirds of the produce of the sales ; not only realising this enormous amount of capital , hitherto locked up in barren mortgages or Chancery litigation , hut quickening its circulation , and facilitating its reinvestment in tbesoil . The purchasers at and under £ 2 , 000 are two-thirds of the whole lHuaber . thns exhibiting the practical tendencies of the act to establish an independent agricultural middle class , which is so much wanted in Ireland . The greatest amount of sales has been in Galway—nearly £ 1 , 000 , 000 ; the least in Londonderry , only £ 7 , 015 . There have been only two purchases exceeding 100 , 000 , one in Galway , and one in Queen ' s County . English and Scotch purchasers have purchased in every county in Ireland except Clare , in Munster , Sligo hi Connaught , and Down , Armagh , Cavan , Fermanagh , and Londonderry in Ulster . The total amount invested by Englishmen and Scotchmen was £ 1 , 100 , 126 .

      Science And Art. Tfi£Pvailt.Oat>Srcspess...

      SCIENCE AND ART . Tfi £ PvAiLT . OAT > SrcspEssi < ys Bwdc . e over the Niagaha . —The bridge will form a single span of 800 feet in length . It is to serve as a connecting line between the railroads of Canada and the State of New York , and to accomodate the common travel of tlie two countries . It is established , by ample experience , that good iron wire , if properly united into cables or ropes , is the best material for the supuort of loads and concussions , in virtue of its great absolute cohesion , whicl / amounts to from f' 0 , 000 to 130 , 000 lbs . per square inch , according to quality . The bridge will form a straight hollow beam of 20 feet wide , and 17 deep , composed of top , bottom , and sides . The upper floor , which supports the railroad , is 2 i feat wide between the railings , and suspended to two wire cables , assisted by stays . The lower floor is 19 feet wide and 15 feet high in the clearconnected with the upper one by vertical

      , trusses , forming its sides , and suspended on two other cables , which have 10 feet more deflection than the upper ones . The anchorage will be formed bv sinking S shafts into the rock , 25 feet deep . The bottom of each shaft will be enlarged for the reception of cast-iron anchor plates , ot 0 teet square . These chambers will have a prismatieal section , whien , wnen filled with solid masoury , cannot be drawn up without lifting the whole rock to a conriderable extent . Saddles of cast-iron will support tlie cables on the top of ihe towers . Thev will consist of two parts—the lower one stationary , and the upper one moveable , resting upon wronght-iron rollers . The saddles will hare to support a pressure of 600 tons , whenever ^^ . ^^^ train of maximum weight . The towers are to he 60 feet high , lo feet umaie at the base , and Sat the top . The compact hard limestone > used in the inasonvyof the lowers will bear a pressure oi oOO tons upon every foot square .

      ~~~ L Ectures!!!

      ~~~ L ECTURES !!!

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      HERALD MASSEY . will deliver Lectures on the Uf following subjects :- „ " Illustrious instances of the Toiler-Teacher , or the Hero as Vower . "An Evening with our Living Poefe ' "Tho . curse of Competition and the beauty of Brotherhood . " John Milton : his Character , Life , and Genius . " Russell Lowell , the American Poet . ' ' The Ideal of Democracy . " , ; The Ballad Poetry of Ireland . " *„„*•„„ - » " ' Mesmerism and Clairvoyance , with practical Bsmo . Uifttions ^ ' The writings of Wordsworth , and their influence : on the . Age . * American Literature , with pictures of transatlantic Authors . fi ^» n -i „ + „ r-nvoi / J ifi

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      AX ANTIDOTE , TO CHRISTIAN SLANDER . Jmi PuUishd , price One Penny , beautifully Printed in Two Colours . Sixpewx per Dozen for Distribution , THE Death-beds of Thomas Paine , Voltaire , and DAYID HUME , intended to be circulated in Christian Comma ** Also— - , T Any of fte ^ ove " sent Free of Post by the Publisher on receipt of Two postage Stamps . SOmXGHAM : PUBLISHED AT 8 , SOUTH-STREET , gWESTOlf . buousgham : sold by w » ht , 2 , Suffolk-street .

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      Just Published , Price 3 d , 72 P p , Foolscap 8 vo ., per post , Is . 2 d . 4 HPJFV INQUIRY INTO THE NATURAL A « V" « . « trXr w ; c nnties and Interests ; M with an outline of $ r ! S ? Ss ^ «? 22 * s £ «* , crty , , and Fraternity may be realised throughout the ^ oim .

      Ad01509

      CENTRAL CO-OPERATIVE AGENCY . No . 76 , CHARLOTTE STREET , PITZROY SQUARE LONDON . Trustees : E . Vansittabt Neale , Esq . j Thomas Hughes , Esq .

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      ASSURANCE FOE ALL CLASSES . LONDON AND COUNTY ASSURANCE COMPANY . FIEE , LIFE , ANNUITIES , ENDOWMENTS . ( Incorporated by Act of Parliament . ) 4184 , OXFCimP gfEEEl MMIM ( Near the British Museum . ) TRUSTEES . W . C . Cabbojweuv , Esq ., Manor Home , Westbourne . S . Betteley , Esq ., Tottenham . L . Jessopp , Esq ., Salden House , Fenny Stratford , Bucks .

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      WORKING TAILORS' ASSOCIATION 68 , WESTMINSTER BRIDGE ROAD , LAMBETH . TBUSTEES . Lord Gommen , \ A . A . Vaxsittart , Esq As working men organized for the management aud execution of our own Business , we appeal witli great confidence to our fellow-working men for tneir Hearty support . We ask that support in the plain words of plain men , wituout the usual shopkeeping tricks and falsehoods . We do so because we know that we offer an opportunity for the exercise of a sound economy , but we make our appeal more particularly because we believe that every honest artisan in supporting will feel

      Ad01511

      < b £ ®! il > » © OIj © J & OMM MATIONAL GIFT EMIGRATION - ^ SOCIETY . TO AUSTRALIA , Oil ANY OTHER PART OF THE WORLD Many can help one , where one cannot help many Office , 13 , Tottenham-court ( thirteen doors from Tottenham-court-road \ New-road , St . Pancras , London . The late gold discoveries in Australia , and the great want of labour ex perienced in both the agricultural and commercial districts consequent on that fact , calling loudly for an extension of the means of emigration , it is proposed that a number of working men should associate together , and , by the gifts of J

      The Star Of Freedom.

      THE STAR OF FREEDOM .

      Published Every Saturday. Terms (Cash In...

      Published every Saturday . Terms ( Cash in advance ) : — Per Year , 19 s . 4 d . Half Year , 9 s . 8 d . ; Quarter , 4 s . lOd . i . » A * an Advertising medium the Star op Freedom afords a summ . and wide-spread channel of publicity among all classes .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 25, 1852, page 15, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_25091852/page/15/