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      May 15,1847. The Northern Stabl 3

      May 15 , 1847 . THE NORTHERN STABL 3

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      ODD 50 TIOS .. To hear some prate of noble birth , Of their high lineage boast , _ ou'd think they came not of the pair Who lovely Eden lost ;—That Eve , in tlieir first parents' home , _Wasjust a servant maid ; And Adam was by tbem employed , A gardener with bis spade . The struggling tradesman thonmay _' st rob ; Seduce tby neighbour ' s wife ; May work some hapless maiden ' s fill , Tben take her brother ' s life : And "high society" will not -t ) n thee e ' er set it ' s ban ; A . cheat , seducer , murderer , thou , And still—a gen _' leman . Bo-ifs Journal . S _ M-EL L __ -G _ _...

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      • llic . NbW ( _. UAttTiSKLY K _ . Vl _ . \ y ; or , Sam , Foreign _. and _CMiial Journal . April . London : J . Gilbert , 49 , Paternoster-row . "We did not receive this number of the New _Quartttiy nntil some- time after publication , and since its _receio tour columns nntil now have been occupied with " other matters which conld not be set aside . We are but little acquainted with this Review , and , therefore , cannot speak of its merits generally as ¦ _comp-tred with tho Old Quarterly , the Edinburgh , WaiminHer , & c . ; bnt judging by the specimen before ns , we are disposed to rate highly the literary and critical talent of its writers . The politics of the New Quarterly , although evidently" Tory , " seem to us to be not Tery clearly defined . We fancy , however , tbat its Toryism is rather that of Br Hook and Richard Oastler , than that ofthe _Sidmontiu . and Eldon ** ofthe ** good old d _* ys . " Io tbis * age of progress , " even Toryism must march with the time , evidences of which are plentiful in the publication

      _binder notice . Reviews ofa vast number of new publications -fords- the readers ef the New Quarterly with a mass of ably written and highly interesting articles , displaving , for the most part , sound and searching « io cism . Tne review of ThirlwaU _' s' Grotes , and St John ' s tr-rkson " Ancient Greece , " is a delightful pipei filled with channing passages , some- 'of which we would gladly quote , but must reserve onr space for other matters . Although extending to forty pages , we must express our regret thatthe " review in questi _. n did not extend to fonr times forty . An article entitled "Poetryand Criticism , " containing extra .- ) fr * m several new works , is followed by a review ofa number of .. usances : a notice ot the

      posthumous " Works of Ariosto ; " and two excellent review * « f recent historical works , the one "The Life of H- ' . ry the Fourth , Kins of France and \ Na-V- rre . _** by James ; the other Mi _* __ P _ rdoe- " Louis the Fourteenth and the Court ot France , " Ac Both these reviews woa'd supply us with extracts , could we find room for them , exhibiting the insincerity , _proflk-ty and blood-dyed villauy of Kings , Priests . and _Nobles , those legitimate cheats and brigands who have heretofore kept mankind in awe- While the admirer- of monarchy , the supporters of ehurckes and the champions ot privilege , declaim against the possible evils of popular supremacy , and conjure np train-sick visions of democratic despotism , the apostles of progress have only to lay their fingers on history , and from

      "The sin and slaughter ofthe C __* s _ r _»* school , " . raw damning facts to strike dumb ! the men who ehuge upon us the design to commit the crimes whicli themselves or their idols hare already enacted . We hasten to the next article—" Chartism I" We request the reviewer of Chartism to look again at the title of this journal , which is not" TheNorthem Star ¦ a nd National Free Trades' Journal ; " a mistake calculated to create a tery erroneous impression of Chartist _views on ,-. very important question— that of protecti < _-n or non-protection ot industry . It needs "' no ghost come from the grave" to inform ns of the personal identity of the writer in the New Quarterly . Any one who has read the reports of the discussions at the John-street Institution and the South London

      Sail , on " The People ' s Charter , " may at once see that Mr Archer Gurney and the " Reviewer" of Chartism , " are very closely related . Precisely the same arguments already combated on the platform -are again put forth ; and the fact that the objections urged against Chartism have already been answered , renders lengthy reply from as unnecessary ; nevertheless , as "to see ourselves as others see ns" is a privilege not always obtainable , we shall make a few extracts and append a few remarks . The Reviewer of " Chartism" is evidently not well verse , in the history of the movement he treats et , otherwise he would have enlightened the A _' eio Quarterly readers on some points of Chartist history

      anterior to Aus-st , 1816 . Neither Chartist nor _Anti-Chartist will object to the space devoted to the selections from the speeches and poems of Ernest Jones ; on the contrary , some from admiration , and some fiom curiosity , would no doubt be glad to have had considerable additions to both speech and verse ; but we must , nevertheless , remark , that an article on ' 'Chartism " which gives the merest passing notice -Of Feargus O'Connor , without a _ y quotations from what he has said , or _woathe has written , or any account of what he has done , is very like " tho play of Hamlet with the part of Hamlet omitted ; " bat ' thankfn' for sma' mercies , " as tiie Scotch minister said , we most take onr Reviewer as we find him . Here is his accountot

      chabubh _ s n 13 . The Chartist body then is stated by its organs to con . aist of more than a million Englishmen , is subject to strict rules and regulations , and divided and subdivided into almost numberless town and country district societies , _ _H of which send depeu . es or representatives to the Chartist Convention , or Parliament , which meets a _____ y , and are farther subject to the authority of the londou or Central Society , which is located in Sean-Street , Soho , and is the real focus of all Chartist agitation . The so-called Executive Committee of the Central -Society , and indeed of the entire Chartist movement -are five in nnraber _, and consist of Messrs Feargns O'Con -nor , Dojle , Wheeler tho secretary , _il'Grath , and Clarke . Mr il'Grath is the nominal chairman . Ur O'Connor , however , is the real head of the executive , and indeed virtual monarch of the entire movement , by the common consent of all the Chartists . These five are the

      . recognised leaders of the movement ; but Ur Julian Harney , acting editor of the Northern Star , ( the weekly organ of Chartism , ) Holyoake the notorious atheist , Kidd , Dr M'Douall , ( a medical man , ) and others , may be mentioned as highly-important actors in this democratic drama . A gentleman and a barrister , whose genius is incontestable , and whose powers of oratory are great , must be conspicuously referred to here : we allade to Mr Ernest Jones , whose romance of " Ths Wood _Sprit , " and poem of "My Life , " ( published anonymously , aud noticed as so being , ) together with his notorious " Chartist Lyrics , " have been reviewed from time to time in the pages of the "New Quarterly . " Although no member of the executive , he is certainly one of ths most influential leaders in the Chartist movement , and in point of popularity may probably be ranked next to Mr Feargns O'Connor . He conducts , _together with Mr O'Connor , the Chart-it monthly magazine , The La bourer .

      On this extract we shall only make one-remark , j leaving our readers to make otber corrections . Mr ; Holyoake , although adopting the abstract principles , of Ch-rti . m _. and although he has occasionally assisted I at Chartist meetings , is sot a recognised "Chartist leader . " Chartism can neither claim the honour of Mr _llolyoike ' s acknowledged abilities , nor be at all held responsible for Ms peculiar opinions on theology . The v-lanous " conspiracy of silence , " entered into by tiie " press-gang" to burke Chartism , is very _commendably exposed by the " Reviewer : - — So hermetically is the press , as a whole , doted to ths

      records of Chartist proceedings , and so ignorant , in con--sequence of this , is the gensral public of the Chartist movements , that Chartism is believed , by almost all men not to pertaia to the labouring class , to be very much on 'the decline , and to have In fact no longer a recognised -existence amongst ns . We fear , however , thai the num . ¦ _herof Chartists was never so great as at the present -moment , and we know that inch talent has never been -displayed in the defence of their cause as it even now _ex-^ united . We may add that they have never before presented , as a whole , such a formidable aspect of reality , and that the evil of their existence is greatly aagmenUd hy the ignorance of the general public of the fact .

      Tb _« existence , t _ e _ , oftheinovementm _» t _ ndsb 8 nld 69 recognised : » t is dangerous to tamper with snch matters : the Chartist body U exasperated by this apparently contemptaons _-dence , an _. the masses , generally _ •* persuaded that justice _mestbe en the tide of Chartism , since its adverssiies have nothing but _sileace to oppose it . This silence proceeds from various causes . The Conservative papers consider Cliarfsm beneath their notice - the Whig journals are afraid of it ; theRtAmt , such at the "Weekly Dispatch , " the organs of tha shop-keeping chutes , are violently opposed to it , and sot-ink it mi » -to say as little as possible about it . It is ___ Sc _ ltin _ ee _ for the ultra-radical to oppose democracy on principle * he has no standing ground , from which to assail the ad . _vocates ofthe so-called "People ' s Charter , " and thus his only resource is silence , which he imagines a most _efficient weapon of defence

      , Theloveoff __ r * -p __** y 8 nfliepartofonr"Reyiewe _^' _ 3 manifest throughout , notwithstanding his antiquated prejudices and . Mid-like fears of the effects of democratic ascendancy . We shall not repeat the extracts from the speeches and poems of Mr Jones , for thesufficient reason that the said extracts iave been selected from this journal . We will , however , notice a few of the Reviewer ' s objections to •" Chartism . " He sets ont with the following definition of "Liberty : "— "The power of using the faculties , mental er bodily , which the Creator has thought fit to bestow upon ns , according tothe dictates of conscience , or even of will , save only when that ) will , if put into action , would injure the _ttfaifte _* -

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      or otherwise deteriorate the condition of onr fellow-creatures . All so-called liberty of action passing this just bound , would be no longer libe _ ty , _3 > _nt licence . "' Very good , if rightly read ; by which we mean another sort of reading to that which the " Reviewer" won ! -sanction . But we will helo our " Reviewer " to another definition of liberty the same in spirit as his own , but far better , because plainerand notadmitttng o ! doubtful interpretations . The definition unot onr dwn , _itsaut _ . r was one who was . and _» . greatly wronge ., but to whose memory posterity willdo justice . Here is the " revolutionary " definition of «• Liberty : "_« Liberty is thepower which belongs to a man of exercising all his faculties atpleasure . It has justice for iu nils , the rights of others for tis boundaries , _nalure-for its origin , and the law for its safeguard . "

      m After affirming that " the British Constitution " lsthe perfection of hum __ n wisdom for combining social and political freedom , with order and a due reverence for authority , the " Reviewer" admits that , __ nnder this blessed _system ,. social want and nnhappiness has so grown up as at length to give birth to the hideous monster , Chartism . But how is it tbat this social want and _unhappiness exist ? Because , says tbe "Reviewer , " - 'Government does not protect the right oi Labour against the almost despotic might of Capital . " And why is this ? Because ( we say ) Government is th . gov / rnment of the capitalists , and , therefore , tbe enemy of labour . Quite sufficient reason why labour should be represented , that it may protect itself .

      After enumerating the " six points" of the People ' s Charter , tie ' Reviewer" takes up the cudgels against Universal Suffrage , which is intended , says he , to establish " absolute and irresponsible despotism—the will of the majority . " It appears to us that making the government the reflex of the mind , and responsible to the majority of the people , is a curious sort of " ' " -ref-. oons . bfe despotism 1 " Some " constitutions" have commenced with the declaration that ' allmenare by nature free and equal ;" bat oar blessed British constitution is , according to ths "Reviewer , " based upou the great and simple truth— " All men are fallible—liable to bedeceived . "

      We dispute thi 9 ; that is , we dispute that any British Constitution exists . Certain institutions exist ; some for the maintenance of class poweras the Monarchy and House of L _** r _ s ; others won by the people in their straggles to free themselves from the gallingyokeof king and noble , asthe Ilouse of Commons and trial by jury . Anything like a defined Constitution does not exist , and never has existed . We have said that the institution of the Commons sprung from the efforts of the people to free and protect themselves from oppression ; that

      house has , however , become the great oppressor ; this has been _brought about by the combined Cunning am ! cruelty of the middle-classes . After employing the might of the masses to break down the power of the monarchy and aristocracy , the _middleclasses triumphant in 1-3 * 2 , have , like Young Ambition , kicking away the ladder by which they climbed to power , since that time sternly arrayed themselves agaiust Chartism , which would make of the third branch of the legislature a veritable Ilouse of Com mons , and not as now the embodied despotism ofthe shopocracy .

      But accepting our Reviewers " simple truth , ' that " all men are fallible , " we need no better argument to prove the justice of universal representation . If all men are liable to . err , it wonld clearly be most dangerous to place all power in the hands of one man , as in Russia . Classes , to ., being liable to err , it follows that to place sovereign authority in the handsofcertaincIas . es to the exclusion of other classes is equally as dangerous to the rights and happiness of tbe excluded . That no class may suffer from the liability to error of any other class , it is requisite that all should partake equally of the sovereignty . Each is liable to error—granted ; therefore each shonld be controlled by all . True , the people as a body may for s time err , but they would be

      interested in retracing their steps as soon asthe evil effects of the first false more were seen ; while , on the other hand , when kings and privileged classes employ their power unjustly , they usually do so not to their own iojury , buttheinjury of theclasses beneath _thjHtf . The privileged classes have an interest in _ooing wrong to others , and , therefore , are inclined to persevere in the commission of wrong ; whilst the people have clearly no interest in wronging themselves , and , therefore , would not be likely to persevere in a course of foolish or wicked legislation . But our " Reviewer" will have it , that the people are already _represented ; here is his version of the " Three Estates , " or rather four : — "At present tbe Commons may be said to represent , primarily , the middle-class * .. ; and secondly , the nation , including the masses not possessed ofthe suffrage : the Peers

      represent the aristocracy , and the nation ; the Sovereign , the Crown , and the nation ; public opinion , directly , the nation . " The people mnst be gluttons indeed to want more representation , when , according to our ' * Reviewer , " they are already represented after four different fashions . The Queen , the Lords , and the Commons severally represent' « the nation , " and the masses forming part of "thenation" are , therefore , represented by Queen , Lords , and Commons ! But there is a • fuurthestate _, " called Public Opinion , whH _* _ directly represents the nation , and , therefore , directly represents the masses 1 Curious , that with all these schemes of representation in active operation , the people are nevertheless dissatisfied , and Chartism rears its threatening front to "fright tha isle from its propriety . "

      Sismssing the transparent fudge of the "three _estates' * representing " the nitien , " and , therefore , tbe masses ; let ns offer a word or two npon that system of " direct representation , " which our "Reviewer" says already exists , and which he calls " Public Opinion . " We have an idea that what is ealled "Public O pinion " often represents anything but the majority of the public . We might offer several illustrations ef what we mean , but one will suffice . The Press is usually spoken of as tiie principal mouth-piece of public opinion , but all thinking men must admit tbat the Press is as much the creator as the exponentof " Public Opinion . " As a general rule , publie journalsrepresent not the public , but the clasess and parties whose yearly payments

      and regular advertisements make the property ot each journal . We do not dispute that journalists , generally , do not hesitate to assail domestic abuses , and lend their support to many philanthropic schemes for the amelioration of society , withont having asy mercenary motive for so doing ; but in any straggle which involves a conflict of classes mere justice is _nottheguiding-star ofthe public journals . Previous to the establishment of the Northern Star there w __ 3 not a journal in the kingdom that faithfully reported the proceedings of the masses , and it is the same now , with the exception of this one paper . Wben the first Chartist Convention assembled in London , in 1839 , not a paper would report its proceedings nntil a bargain was entered into with the

      Sun , by which the proprietor of that paper undertook to give a column or two of * ' reports" dai l y , in exchange for a stipulated remuneratios , which the Convention , having ( at the outset ) plenty of money at its disposal , was enabled to offer . When , however , the funds ran short , ami the Conveation could no longer afford to pay for reports , the reporting ceased , and from that time the Press has been closed agaia 3 t Chartism , except when occasionally amusing the enlightened shopocracy by burlesque reports of Chartist proceedings , or uttering a wolfish bowl for tbe blood of Chartist leaders . How different was the treatment the League experienced ! Wherever those impudent impostors , Cobden , Bright , and the smaller fry of leagued liars and cheats , held

      their court , there attended the reporters of the liberal press , and that same press contained , day by day , and week after week , columns upon columns of the dreary political economy and bouncing lies , spouted by those public _deluders . All this was bought and paid for . In every town where League meetings were held , not only were lengthy and highpriced advertisements thrown as sops to the liberal journals , but , there was superadded , where more direct payment was not given , a bargain to this effect : — " You will report our meeting to the extent of so many columns , and we will take so many hundreds , or thousands of your paper . '' Thus , as regards Chartism , has " public opinion" been stifled by the Press ; and thus was " public opinion" manufactured for the League . Our "Reviewer . " fine theory is exploded . " Public opinion , " as manifested through the public journals , is " made to order , " and , of course , only made for those who can afford fo

      pay for the manufacture . The privileged classes have the suffrage-, and can , besides , command the " public opiuion" of which the public journals aro the exponents . The unprivileged are denied the franchise , but kindly referred to " public opinion ;" but they cannot bribe the journalists , and so publio opinion is not for them . We admit that there may be _oecasions when the " opinion" of the masses becomes the overwhelming opinion of the hour , but that is only in times of revolution , when the " mighty multitude , " rising , resolved to" trample down the handful tbat oppress them , " compel by terror a recognition oi those claims which were beforetime refuse- to their appeals and _prayew . Such , at least , has been hitherto the rule ; however , there is some hope that , as the self-education of the people progresses , they will , through the working of the co-operative principle , build up for themselves a power which may morally command attention to their claims . May it be so !

      The "Reviewer" is hat imperfectly acquainted with the course of policy pursued by the Chartists towards the League agitation . The opposition of the Chartist party to the League schemes was wisely directed , and was as wisely withdrawn when change of circumstances dictated a change of action . In . opposing the League , the Chartists did so , not _berau-e tbey had any fellow-feeling with ** Richmord Ml Co ., " but because tbey knew that the profititonge . _* - ing enemies of the aristocracy were themselves ibe most cruel , grasping , and sordid oppressors . The Chartists are "Protectionists . * but not of the school of "Bentinck and Co . " When the aristocracy talk ot " protection , " they mean the protection of themselves ; and so mean the Chartists , and ft tkftt end $ hey seek , Jhe Charter , Whea _? w " & _e-

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      viewer" talks of the Chartists seeking a political remedy ( metoing by that the Charter ) for sooial evils , he talks nonsense . The Charter is merely an instrument of power , whiob , once obtained , wonld enable the people io find social remedies for social evils . ' Practical remedy forthe wrongs ol Labour , " says our ' 'Reviewer , " "the Chartists have none ;" yet , further on ,, he briefly notices the "Land Scheme , " which , he admits , may tend " to raise the condition of _the-labouring classes generally by draining the market of superfluous labour . " Let him accept the land Scheme as evidence that the CharttBts are not fools , clamouring , for power they would not know how to use when won . If , with all the power of aristocracy and shopocracy , military and civil forces ,, wealth , privilege , pulpit and press

      arrayed against them , tie Chartists- have done that which their _titree-million-signed Petition a _ d their thirty thousand pounds Land Fund testifies to , what could they net do if once possessed- of power ? If these things are done " in the green * wood , what may be done in tha dry !" There are several other " points" of our " Reviewer ' s " _aogument we might notice , not for their importance , but to exhibit their fallaciousness ; but we can well afford to pass them . over . His grand point is , that" A Division of Power" is essential for the existence and preservation of the rights of all , and , therefore , that the present system of " checks " and " o . nter-ch . _ ks , " facetiously entitled the British _Cteutttu / fon . is _all-perfeet . Thomas Paine , long ago , showed up the humbug of this check

      system ; a _ d if our " Reviewer ** will refer to the report of the discussion at the Soufc-London Ilall , he will find his own arguments , as- uttered by "Archer Gurney , Esq ., " completely checkmated by Mr Ernest Jones . We > h all not , therefore , trouble ourselves about the "checks ; " hut a word as to the "Division of Power , " a phrase containing much more ot sound than sense . We can understand a division of power whieh would give power tt the masses , as well as to the aristocracy and middle class , but tbe share awarded to the masses by our " Reviewer ' s" favourite system , amounts , to ——nothing ! Such a " division , " which ensures for the master-class all the benefits , and for the slaveclass all the penalties ot a stato of society , is " a mockery , a delusionand a snare . " Our " Reviewer "

      , is awfully afraid that in the event of the Charter becoming law , the Monarchy and Aristocracy would be overthrown . We shall reply straightforward , without beating about the bush . If , indeed , the monarchy is "based upon the affections of the people / and the " historic services" of our "timehonoured aristocracy" claim the gratitude of the nation , why fear to commit either to the guardianship of the entire _community ? If worthy of preservation the people would preserve them ; if not , they ought not to exist . Are the Aristocracy afraid that with Universal Suffrare the working man would become more powerful than the noble ? They have a simple remedy—let them renounce their Sybarite sloth , and become workmen also ; let them cast from

      them their usurpations as aristocrats , and take upon themselres the glorious functions of citizens . A "division of power , " forsooth ! What need , if society contained , neither idlers nor plunderers ? Gentlemen of tbe privileged orders , "form a nation apart and govern yourselves , " only be sure that you work for yourselves . We ask for nothing more ; we do not desire to change places with you , to inflict upon you the ills you have inflicted upon us , or the transfer of power irom one class to another . We desire the annihilation of classes , and instead the formation of a " People . " Privilege and slavery are alike odious in our eyes . We demand the substitution of right and citizenship : " all for each , and each for all . " We ask no more ; but we wiU not be satisfied with less . Such is CHARTISM .

      An article entitled "Dangers of Communism , " disappoints expectation . We had expected some extraordinary revelations of a party beginning to attract much attention , and , we are confident , destined to attract much more , uf Communism , however , the " New Quarterly " reveals nothing . The article is a not very clever review ot the Hungarian Baron Dercseniyi _. "Researches for a Philanthropic Remedy against Communism . " As the Baron ' s book ha 9 not come nnder onr notice , we shall sot attempt to judge of it from the extracts in the "New Quarterly . " But a word on Communism—and just now , for we have already exceeded our limits , only a word . In spite of the police of France and Austria , in spite of persecution waged alike by Prussian King and Swiss Bourgeoisie , Communism has of late

      marched with rapid strides over a large surface of Europe . If this uro can withstand the assaults of the powers of privilege from Emperor Metternich to King Rothschild , our readers may rest assured that mere denunciation or misrepresentation will fail to arrest its progress . Communism may be something very terrible er very absurd ; one thing is certain , that it has formidable opponents , even in the ranks of Democracy . A system to which _( _Lammenais , Mazzini and Feargus O'Connor proclaim their hostility , shonld be well investigated before receiving the adhesion of men engaged inthe pursuit of truth and justice But , we must add , that a system deemed worthy of attack by such powerful names , most be itself formidable , and , therefore , worthy of _seriou . 'investigation . The English Demrerals , whether ealled as in ' 93 , " Jacobins ; in ' 19 ,

      " Radicals ; "and in ' 39 , "Chartists ; " have suffered so mueh from wilful misrepresentation from the enemies of free discussion , that sure we are , they , tbe friends of free discussion , will not do to others as they have been done by . We would give the devil his due ; and surely we may show the same fair-play to men , who , whether they be wise or foolish , we are sure are both earnest and honest in thoir avowed attempts to put an end to social injustice and political wrong . For ourselves we are not to be allured or frightened by the word "Communism . " Our motto is— "Be just , and fear not ; " our rule , — ' * Prove all things ; hold fast tbat which is good . " We hope to meet our Tory cotemporary , the "New Quarterly , " again ; hoping also that the Reviewer of " Chartism" will yet become a convert to the true faith , asd go forth to preach the gfed tidings to all ranks and conditions of men .

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      MARYLEBONE . HE _ _. R , _ . —The new nautical drama , " The Jack . 'Lantern ; or , the Orphans of the Beep ; " continues to attract crowded audiences . The clever acting of Messrs Douglas , Riyner , Davidson , and Biddies ; reaps the merited reward of public approbation . Mr Eugene Macarthy , the eccentric comedian , Mr T . Lee ( who has returned to this house , } and the Mademoiselles Pauline and D'hafayette , all contribute to render the performances * at this theatre highly agreeable . In accordance with the fashion of the time , there are " Ethiopian _Serenades "here , male and female , who , in tbeir way , are certainly clever enough . Tha enterprising lessee misses no opportunity of furnishing bis patrons with novelties . Be labours most zealously to win success , and deserves to find it .

      THE COSMOEAM A . —We recommend all our friends wbo may bave the opportunity , to visit tbe collection of Cosmoramic Views in Regent-street . The subjects are eight in all , comprising tbe Ruins of Palmyra , tbe Valley of Chamouni , Ostrog-, wifh Klootchefsky Volcano , Tiroli _, with its cascades ; a gorge iu the Va ! de Maurienne , Savoy ; Etna , with the ruins of Taormina ; the Interior ofthe Cathedral of St Gadule , Brussels ; and a View of the terrible Catastrophe at Fampoux , on the Great Northern Railway , in France , which happened in July , 1816 . This last is frightfully accurate in picturing tbe awful crasb , and confusion of the doomed train , with its dying , wounded , and agonised passengers . . The Interior of the Cathedral at Brussels is beautiful in the extreme , indeed it is difficult to believe that it is' merely a picture , it is rather . in appearance ,-he Cathedral itself . The scenes at Tivoli , JSina , and the Tal de Maurienne , are veritable pictures of Nature . The Ruins of Palmyra is a glorious

      view of cloudless shies and architectural magnificence * still supremely beautiful , though fallen . This is a view to be gaied upon again and yet again . Wonderfully contrasted with Palmira is the scene in _Kamschatlca . ThesVyls of a sunless iron-grey complexion , looking down upon a region of eternal snow . The wretched huts of tbe natives a traveller posting in a sledge drawn by a team of dogs , and the enormous burning ' mountain towering aloft , renders tbe whole a most effective representation of this dreary scene . To add to the illusion , the Volcano is pictured as in a state of eruption , and se cleverly h this managed , that the smoke and flames are _ssen to rise from the crater , reflecting tbeir shadows npon the surrounding objects with most natural-like fidelity . In tbe forthcoming holidays we know of no place better deserving of a visit than the Cosmorama , or better calculated to leave lasting and gratifying im . _pressions .

      SURREY 10 . LOGICAL GARDENS . —This delightful summer resort is again opened to the public , and the new grand pictorial representation outvies its predecessors , tbe subject being the town and bay of Gibraltar , modelled by Mr Sanson , ( by the express _permission of the Hon . Board ef Ordnance , ) from the splendid models in the Rotunda at Woolwich . A correct view of tbis important fortress must at aU times possess paramount interest , and at a workofartitis altogether unrivalled , although tbe attractions of previous seasons have been exceedingly well deserving ef the highest patronage . The indefatigable and spirited proprietor has been lavish in every department—and that public must be fastidious indeed who are other than delighted , amused , and instructed by a visit te these Gardens . Ur Godfrey hasbeen indefatigable in increasing and _anrang

      ing his musical repertory ; and we are quite certasatb e reputation of this gentleman will be mueh _enhanted ' Dy his -Sorts during the recess . The menagerie , too- -always an object of interest , especially so to thayO _' jBghas been considerably increased . Anaccuxat . xf presentation ofthe celebrated Porcelain Tower at ¦ _Sf ' nkin ha ! been erected in a picturesque part of the gar . ' . n >| whicl is brilliantly illuminated at night witb _g __» _, Jn Chinese lanterns * , and the grand pyrotechnic dispV _, y representing the Siege of Gibraltar has , we under jtand , occupiet the Me 3 sra So . thby the entire winter ! . \ f 6 have nol space to enumerate all the attract * - __„ _, offered ; bu ! we must not omit to add that dur _' _, ng _theBeasonM _JilMe _. will give a series of concert- _ , 0 I _fiMt . rate excel ler . ee , tbe band consisting of 100 p _it { oTmttB i Comprislnf the . names of a « s « ved _* _y _^' _ptaj faTQWiteli Ml

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      new entrance is an elegant structure , and forms a handsome improvement ' to the ' exterior . We cordially con * _, gratnlate the proprietor in having formed se attractive and _magnigceuta series of rational snjoymeuts forthe people _^ _-oombiningheaHh with amisement ; and trust a succession of fine weather will draw together crowded , and , we ane convinced , ' , _'delighted' assemblages , to compensate for so considerable an outlay and _s _« n" _* ch anxiety _.

      Thb __Tz W. Lkman Rede. —A F« *W Friends...

      Thb __ tz W . Lkman Rede . —A f « _* w friends and admlrers and- ; admirers of the late Mr VP . 'L . Bade having learnediwith deep regret that the widow and orphan ot the deceased havo been left wholly . - unprovided for , propose _,, as . the means of raising a sum for their permanent relief , inthe purchase ofa small annuity , to take a Benefit for tbem at the Haymarket Theatre , on Wednesday , the 26 _t _> of May . The case is on .-in which no morbid _sympathy is sought to be excited—it is simply one of real _diuvess . The claims of Mrs Hede and her boy rest solely upon the state in which , by . the sudden death of a

      husband and u father , they have been unexpectedly plunged ; and the friends who now make this appeal . in their-behalf do so in the _hopefujitrust that tbe literary and dramatic brethren of tbe late Mr Rede , and' the public-generally , will come forward in this the hour ofneed j , to lend a helping hand to those near and dear relatives of a man whese _talenVa as a writer in various branches _o ( literature have been universally ae-nowledged . Full particulars of the performance will be announced in a f _.-w days . 2 ommunications _ i _ y . be m- de to Mr John K . Chapma _ ,. 5 , _Shee-lane , _Fleei-strear ,. b _** , whom subscriptions will be receiired .

      These Are The Chambers' Of 28___. I We H...

      THESE ARE THE CHAMBERS' OF 28 ____ . I We have already shown to our readers _the-Chambers' of 18 . 7 ; we now refer to the previous opinions af these changeable _economists . Whence this won * « . . . . 1 _ 1 M

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      * '' ; — IMPROVEMENT OF WASTE LAND--SPADR HUSBANDRY . ( From the Information for the People , No , 73 . ) _LCon-towd / i-m onr lost . ] HOW TO KEEP A COW AND _FIQ UPO ** AN AGS- OF LAND . A society was formed in London , in 1833 , called fhe Labourers' Friend Society , for the purpose of _procurine ' allotments of small portions of land to the _labouri-if poor , and whose operattoas , we believe , hive been on the whole beneficial . The land , however , is let only from year to year , which , as a general principle , is pernicious ; for no . land will ever be properly cultivated when the holder of it is liable to be dispossessed at the end of every year . - In cottage , as well as large farming , the husbandman must be ensured a continuance in his possession for at least ten or twelve years . Perhaps the above-mentioned society ensures a renewal ofthe annual lease _, provided a certain fixed rent is paid , which would be reasonab ' e and beneficial for all parlies _.

      The Labourers' Friend Society has published a cheap magazine of popular information on rural subjects , and from one of the numbers we extract the following advices , beaded— "How to Keep a Cow and Pig upon an Acre of Land . " "I . Never let the cow out of the cow-house . 2 . Carry her food and water to her . 3 . Do not keep one foot of land in pasture . 4 . Dig your land instead of ploughing it . .. Never throw away anything that can be turned into manure . 6 . Keep your land well weeded , and collect a large dunghill . A small cow , which is best for a cottager , will eat from seventy to eighty pounds of good moist food , of the following kinds , in a day : —Lucern or clover _. _and the leaves of yellow beet or mangel wursel , from the beginning of spring to the end uf autumn ; and the roots of yellow beet or mangel wun . el , Swedish turnips , potatoes , and straw , from the end of autumn till the beginning of spring . It- the cow is curried

      once a-day , it will mcreast the quantity of milk . To procure the above-mentioned crops , you must have plenty of manure , which you will obtain by careful management . Rushes , potato-stalks , and weeds before they seed , should be industriously collected for the cow ' s litter . iticern requires a good and deep Boil . The ground for it should be well dug , two spits deep , and the manure deposited at one spit deep . __ It must be sown very early in the spring , in drills nine inches apart . The quantity of seed is one ounce and a quarter to the perch . It must be kept carefully free from weeds and watered with the liquid manure from time to time ; ashes also are a good manure for it . It sometimes admits of lour cuttings in the summer , and , with attention to the foregoing rules , will continue productive for ten or twelve years . It will not do well upon shallow or boggy land , in whioh case red clover will be the substitute .

      _Swedith Tarn * " * .. —Prepare the land as if for drilling potatoes ; open the drills about twenty inches distant , tbe deeper the better ; fill them with manure , cever them with four or five inches of earth , make the top smooth and level , then with a dibble make holes two inches in depth , and about twelve inches apart , and drop a seed into erery hole . Keep them free from weeds . Three-quarters of a pound of seed will sow twenty perches . The time for sowing is in May . Mangel _Wwnel or Yellow Beit . —The ground to be prepared the same way as for Swedish turnips ; irom the 20 th to the end of April is the best time for sowing ; _half-a-pound of seed will sow twenty perches . in August and September pull the leaves for the cow ;

      these will last till you take up and store the roots , which should be done before the frost sets in . Red Clover ( to be used only where lucern will not suit the soil ) will afford a large quantity of green food as well as hay from ten square perches . It ' will ast from two to three years on the same ground ; one ounce and a quarter of seed is sufficient tor a perch . The ground should be well and deeply dug , and made a 3 fine as possible . The time of sowing is from February till April . The seed put in immediately afteryou have sown your bats half an inch deep in clayey soils , and one inch on loose soils ; a coat of manure should be put on in spring and autumn . It may be cut two or three times in the season , and should not be given to the cow till it has been cut some hours , or she would be in danger of bursting . Some dry food should be given with the roots : The

      daily supply for a cow lor the winter ( about 180 days ) may be as follows : —301 . 3 . of mangel wurze ] , or yellow beet—30 lbs . of Swedish turnips—Hlbs . ol straw . " The writer adds , with respect to the rotation of crops— "That , supposing the land of the peasant to consist of four roods , in the first year he devotes a rood for oats , a second rood for potatoes , a third to lucern , and a fourth to beet and Swedish turnips ; in the second year he puts potatoes on the first rood , beet and turnips on the second , luoern on the third , and oats on the fourth ; in the third year he puts beet and turnips on the first , oats on the second , lucern on the third , and potatoes on the fourth . By thi . mea-8-e effects a proper rotation of cropping , advantageous in keeping his land in heart . It will be easy for him to devote spare borders to the raising of onions and seeds . "

      8 P . DE Hu-BAltDRY I . V OS-Oil ** -. ' As a picture of rural affairs under , a well-conducted system of spade husbandry , we , present the following from the report of Mr George Nicholls respecting Belgium , laid before Parliament : — "The extensive manufactures which at no very remote period flourished in Belgium , appeared to have congregated a numerous population of artisans in and around the great towns . As the scene of manufacturing industry changed , this population was deprived of its means of handicraft employment , and was compelled to resort to the cultivation of the soil for subsistence . This seems to have been the chief , though possibly not the sole , origin of tbe system of the small farms which still prevails , and which are

      cultivated by the holder and his' family , generally without other assistance . The farms in Belgium very , rarely exceed one hundred acres . The number containing fifty acres is not great . Those of thirty and twenty acres are more numerous , but the number of holdings from five to ten and twenty acre . » very considerable , especially those of smaller extent , and to these I chiefly confine my inquiries . The small farms of from five to ten acres , ; vthhh abound in Belgium , closely resemble the _su-klli holdings in Ireland ; . but the small Irish _cultivate exists in a state of miserable privation of the commom comforts iind conveniences of a civilised life ,, while the Belgian peasant-farmer enjoys a large potttiott of those comforts . The houses of the smaloulti'V-toi

      in Belgium are generally substantially built ,, and in good repair : they have coB-caonly a sleeping room in the attic , and closets for beds _cohnaotedi with the lower apartment , whieb is convenient , in . sice ; a small cellarage for the dairy , and stocafer the grain ,, as well as an oven , aid an outhous » fo _ tha potatoes ,, with a roomy cattle stall , piggery , and poultry lof t * The house generally aoatains de _ - * __ . furniture , _t-e bedding Bufficien- ia quantity , and although ___» scrupulous cleanliafls . ol the _Daleh _. may not Se overy where observed , an air of comfort and propriety ' -pervades the who _» _establishmenk In the cow house the cattle _aresappiied with _emv for _bodding _, the dung and tnoistui- are _carefallj collected in the tank , the ditches had been scouted to collect _material for manure , tho dry leaves , potato-tops , dec , had . been collected in a moist ditch , to undergo the process of fermentation , and heaps of compost were

      i _" n course of preparation . The premises were kept in neat and compact order , and a scrupulous attention to a most rigid economy was everywhere apparent . The family were decently clad , none of them were ragged or slovenly , even when their dress consisted of the coarsest material . The men universally wear the blouse , aud wooden shoes are in common ubu bj both aexes . The diet consists , ' to a _larise extent , of rye bread and milk ; the dinner being usually composed of a mess of potatoes and onions , with the occasional addition of some pounded ham or slices of bacon . The quantity " of brown wheaten bread consumed did not appear to be considerable . I need not point out the striking contrast ofthe mode of living here described , with the state of the _Bame class of persons in Ireland ; _and __ it _ appears important to investigate the causes of this difference . In the greater part of the flat country of Belgium _tMUuftiit _wlsiuifo wi m _$ j _wto 4 but

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      its . productive powers are certainly inferior to the general soil of Ireland , and the climate does not appear to be superior . To the soil and climate , therefore , the B . _leinn does not own his superiority in com * fort and position over the Irish cultivator . The _ditference is rather to be fohnd in the system © f cultivation pursued by the small farmers in Belgium , and in the habits of economy . and forethought of the people . I __ e cultivation of the small farms in Belgium differs from the _Irish-lst , In the quantity of stall fed stock which is kept , and by which a supply of manure-is regularly secured ; 2 nd , In the strict attention-paid to the collecting of manure , which is most skilfully managed ; 3 rd , By the adoption ofa system of rotation of five , six , or seven successive crops , even on the smallest farms , which is in _striking contrast with the plan of cropping and fallowing the land prevalent in Ireland . ( To be continued . )

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      Sir B*Nbert Peel, In His Speech Against ...

      Sir B * nbert Peel , in his speech against the Faotory Bill , said he knew ten persons at least who were now worth £ 100 , 000 each , who at one timehad only 2 _C _ . to 30-. a week . [ Sir B ,. Peel ' s ten friends are ten robbers . Honest mea , if they lived to the age of Methuseleh , could never accumulate a hundred thousand pounds , though they worked their Sneers-flesh off ! I The British colonies _ocenjy an area of 2 , 119 , 708 sqnaee miles , with a total population ofl 07 , 708 , 323 . Their exports arid imports , amount to £ 55 , 633 , 500 _^ The Duke of Wellington and the Rev . Dr Wellesley now only remain ofthe * five sons of the Earl o _* S _Metnington . The parliamentary reporters have contributed nearly one hundred guineas for the relief of tbe Irish . In 1810 , the total c _. re of herrtngB in the United Kinedora was only O _0-, < _" «_ barrels ; now it exceeds

      It is said that Tom Thumb has carried off about £ 150 . 000 of John Bull , money . .. : A reading room , w _. U supplied with _newspapers and magazines , has been opened at Paisley for the poor , who are admitted gratuitously . Active preparations are in progress to give effect to the ensuing meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science at Oxford . The Lord Chief Baron has decided thai funeral lees cannot be demanded for the burial of the workhouse pauper .. [ Did the insatiable priest wish to rob the dead " pauper ? " ] A new Chinese work , on the geography of tbe western world , bas been written by Commissioner Lin , who conducted the negotiation with Captain Elliott ; and this book has been sent to Shanghae to be revised for publication by a British _missionary .

      The constabulary force in England and Wales amounts in number to 10 , 009 officers and men ; of whom 0 , 338 belong to the Metropolitan and City of London police , 4 , 528 to municipal corporations , and 142 to other boroughs . It has been observed , when the ash tree opens its leaf before the oak , a wet summer usually follows ; and when the oak tree opens its ¦ leaf before the ash , a dry summer usually follows . This is about the time of noticing tbis interesting indication of the approaching season . Typhus fever is raging to an unprecedented extent in Dundee—the deaths in the infirmary hare amounted to the extraordinary average of forty a _* day . The once celebrated Brook-Green fair , after being closed for twenty-five years , was re-opened on Monday .

      The Sheffield Athenaeum was opened on Wednesday week , and an inaugural _discourse was delivered on the occasion by Mr C . Knight , of London . Alderman Johnson intimated , on Saturday , at Guildhall , his determination to stand for the City of London , at the next general election , u » on the Tory interest . Amine of rock salt has just been discovered inthe envir oni of Lemberg ( Gallicia ) , which is even richer than that of Wieiiczkn , in the same province , hitherto considered the richest in Europe . Accounts from Muhlberg , of the 3 rd , inform us that the Elbe had overflowed its banks near that town , and threatened by inundating the country to destroy the crops . A riot took place at Tubingen , in Wurtemberp , on the 5 th . 'Who mob attacked a flour mill and a flour store , but tne students ofthe University , on the appeal of the local authorities , rushed to the spot and dispersed the rioters .

      _JENNY-LINDEN . _ DBE _ DrCL ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN TBB SWKDISS NIOHTINQALE AND THE POST BONN . On Lind , when Drury ' s sun was low , And bootless was the wild-beast show , The lessee counted for a flow Of rhino to the treasury . But Jenny Lin ., whose waken ' , sight Saw Urury in a proper light , lUfuued _, for an ; sum per night , To sing at the Menagerie . Witb rage and ire in vain display'd * Eacb super drew his wooden blade , In fury hulf and half afraid , For bis prospective salary _.

      Bunn in a'flaming frenzy flew , And speedily the _gooscquill drew With which he is accustomed to Fen auch a deal of poetry . He wrote the maiden , to remind Her of a compact she had _signed , To Srury Lane ' s condition blind , Aud Jhreaten'd latv accordingly . Fair as in face Id nature , she Implored the man to set her free ,. Assuring him that he should be Remunerated handsomely . Two thousand pounds she oSer'd , so That he would only let her go : Bunn , who would have his bond , said Ho j : With dogged pertinacity . And now hli action let him bring , And try how much tbe law will wring From ber , to do tbe _handsonw thing ,

      Who had proposed so readily I The Swedish Nightingale to cage Ho fail'd ; she sought a fitting stage , And left him to digest his rage , And seek his legal remedy . Then shook the House with plaudits riven , When Jenny ' s opening note was given , The sweetest songstress under " heaven Forth bursting into melody . But fainter the applause shall grow , At waning Drury ' s wild-beast show , And feebler still shall be the flow Ot rhino to the treasury . The Opera triumphs 1 Lumley brave , Thy bacon thou shalt more than save ; _Wuv » London , all thy'kerchiefs wave , And eheer with ail tby chivalry .

      'lis night ; . _nnd still yon star doth run ; But all in vain for treasurer Dunn , And Ur Hughes , and Poet Bunn , And quadrupeds , and company-For Sweden ' s Nightingale , so sweet , ' . . ; Their fellowship had been unmeet , ' _..-. The sawdust underneath whose feet Hath been tbe Drama ' s ep _ _lri" »» . —J _' lixflft A destructive murrain is very prevalent among swine in the counties of Hereford and Monmouth . On Saturday last some large potatoes were sold at Barnsley at tbe rate of 2 Jd . each . _ ' On thelsi . of January last , the number of persons imprisoned for debt in Ireland amounted ! to 550 .

      New potatoes wero sold last week in Lancaster market at the price of _S * _. a pound . The D __ e of Argyle proposes to ship _ahovo-one thousand persons from , his estates iaithe Highlands to Canada . . The German papers state thai the rait . k-. pal authorities of Saxe-Weimar have forbidden the-sale of bread- which has not been twenty-four _houtts- out of theown . Th . 'natives of the Sandwich Islands prefer raw to cooked fish ; aa ! . consider a _ a delicaoy _afeeshlycaught fish , w _ i ___ they devour while yet living , an * , literally eat , to . deatb . , On Thursday week ,-Lord Mm _Russeliwa . _chosta & fellow of the Koyal Society * It is said that Mr _Crosse _v _whoseresejufehesoa - te _saojectof _ekstfieity are . wall known _% has succeeded io obtaining pute water fitoai sea water ,, by m _&___ of electricity . ¦ _- .. ' ... ¦

      . .. _ A Gema * - . paper slates that a _discovery has teen made ofa' conspiracy , entered iato by the pea * santsof _AustrianGallieia , to set fiieto _Podgorw and Cracow . . _, .,..,, _ Several oahnon shot and some ancient mill-atones have been found by the labours * , employed on' the Poulton . branch of the London and _North-Western Railway . _, , . ¦ ' ¦ , A . Scotch paper mentions that a Komancamp _ . et _, tie , which had probably served _. to cook the food of somo Roman soldiers , was lately found by a ditcher , employed on the estate of _Glammis , in File .

      At the end of April , the lakes and rivers near Stockholm , together with the port and _roadstsad , to the distance of four leagues , were so solidly frozen , that carts heavily laden could pass over . The professorship of natural philosophy in the university of St . Andrew ' s has been oft ' ered to Mr Adams , ' whose claims to the discovery of the new planet , Neptune , nre equal to those of M . Leverrier _.. * * _...-. - ¦ . ' . ¦¦ The Union Monarchique , a Catholic paper , published at Paris , asserts that before the end of the year , the English government will accredit an ambassador to Rome , and the Pope a nuncio to London . Favourable accounts have , beenreceived from tho Greenland seal fishery , and it is stated that several vessels have already obtained full « M _ c _ a of Bkins All - Dili

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      Tawhorj-S'Bill.—The.News Of The Passing]...

      _TawHorj-s'Bill . —The . news of the passing ] of this bill through the House of Commons caused great rejoicings among tbe factory workers of Bradford . A Spbcvlativr Salb . —A few days age the following unusual property was offered for public competition-,. - * the Auction Mart , by Mr Marsh .-It was a judgmen t debt of £ 6 , 823 10 s . against the Double . Francis Henry Fitzhardince Berkeley , M . P ., for Bristol , at the suit of T .. Q . H . Leroux , banker , of Calais . The cause which led to the recovery of the debt was tried at the Sussex Spring Assizes , afc

      Lewes , in March , 184 ., when the verdict was given for tha plaintiff , with interest thereon , at the rate of four per cent , from the 25 th of May , 1844 . The lot _wau-unsold .- [ We should think so !] _ . Nice Pair . —Jacfc Dean , a notorious Bedfordshire _horsestealer , has been safely lodged in Woburn gaol on several charges . His wife betrayed him , _andiclaims a reward of £ 20 , which was offered for his apprehension . I-SEcra . —Apple-tree blossoms and flowers in many gardens are infested with a small black insect . To destroy them :- _* To one gallon of gas liquor add eight gallons of water ; dissolve balf a pock of limo in the liquid for two hours ; then pour it off , and apply ifc with a syringe or engine .

      A New Substitotb for Cor- * . —From authent _' . information , recently received from the province of Pernambuco , it appears that Farinha de Mandioc * ( or Casava ) may be obtained in any quantity . This article forms a hi . hly nutritious and , when properly prepared , an extremely palatable description of food . In Pernambuco it is eaten by all classes of people , without exception , and its price varies from £ 1 12 s . . id . to £ 1 1 . 3 . 8 d . per imperial quarter . Novel Combination . —A society has been formed afc Smith's coffee-house , Low Pavement , under the title of '' The Nottingham Importation Society , " for the purpose of importing from America flour and other provisions for the consumption of its members . Thb _Enoltsh Lakou . ob . —There are in the English language 20 , 500 nouns , 40 pronouns , 9 , 200 adjectives , 8 , 000 _verhs , 2 , 600 _abverbs , 69 prepositions , 19 conjunctions . 68 interjections , and 2 articles , in all above 40 . 000 words .

      Tn . Parsnip . —We insert with much pleasure the following important fact . Those who have influence over the peasantry , nnd who take an interest in their welfare , wil ) no doubt direct their attention to tbe importance of not being wholly dependent upon the potato : —• _'Luscombe-gardens , _Dawlish , March 23 , 18 _ 7 . — 2 . 200 feet of land produced 1 . 660 lbs . of parsnip ** , bein . after the rate o 00 , 258 lbs ., or 25 tons 18 cwt . _ ibs . per statute acre , which valued at 1 farthing per lb ., would return £ 62 l . s 4 . d . If we say 25 tons per acre , we shall get tbe return £ 58 6 s 8 d . Herman Richard Saunders , gardener to C . Hoare , Esq . —Mark Lane Express . Thb Hbro of Wioram . —The Vienna Gazette announces the death of the Archduke Charles .

      A _FuJNKBrop _Finb _Fkelixo- _- . — " Why did you quit your last place ? " said _( a gentleman to his groom , who presented liimself for the service of his cab the other day ; "did Captain R . discharge you ?'' ' ¦ N > . " "Was he a bad master- " "On the contrary ; gave good wages ; plenty of liveries , and as mueh help in the stable as one wanted . " "Then why leave his service ?' ' " To say tlie truth , sir , I found it very disagreeable in winter time at Melton . Captain R . . did not belong to the right club , or live in the first set , and _^ then ho ' was so very dull in the tilbury , I really could not stand it !" Foroert . —At the _Glascow Spring Circuit Court , Mr John Henry , confectioner , was convicted of altering notes of the Glasgow Banking Company to * denominations of a higher value , and sentenced ta 20 years' tr . in . « portion .

      Singular Occurrence . —As Mr Brisbane , the _younaer , of Makerstoun , was returning from fi < _- _ * ng on Wednesday last , and passing along the walk towards the Mansion House , two paitridges , male and female , suddenly started up within a few yards of him . After taking a circuit , the birds flew towards each other with such violence that one of them was killed instantaneously , and the other , whioh was picked up by Mr Brisbane , _. utvived tke shock only a few minutes . —Kelso Chronicle . A Bbb Alive Embbddbd in Turf—A few days since , as the daughter of Mr J . Smith , North-road , Preston , was breaking a tuif , sho discovered a large bee embedded in a small ceil not larger than the animal itself . The bee was alive , but did not attempt to take wing , though it commenced humming ; but the girl , I eing afraid , unfortunately killed it .

      Fonbbal of Sib Walter Scott . —The Edinburgh Courant gives the following account of interment . Although considered private , it had more the appearance of a public funeral . The tradesfolk of Melrose , _dressedindeep mourning , met the cortege , which consisted of twenty carriage * -, at the church , and preceded the hearse to the Cross , where they drew up in two lines , and uncovered while the raoutners _parsed . All the shops were shut , not only , in this village but in Darnick . Mr \ V . S . Lockhart , 16 th Lancers , was the chief mourner . The funeral service ( an in Ihe cane of the author of" Waverley" ) was performi'dby Archil . Williams ; and the day being beautiful , the ceremony , amid the ruins , was highly imposing .

      Amosbmbnt on Railways . —To calculate the speed at wliich yon are travelling on a telegraphed railway , multiply by 2 the number of telegraph posts you _pat-8 in a minute , by 4 thoso you pass in half a minute , or by eight those you" pass in a quarter of a minute , and the result , in each cese , will be the number of miles you are then travelling per hour , the postbeing arranged 30 to a mile . Lola Monies —The Augsburg Gazette publishes the following from Lola Montes , dated [ Munich ,

      April 29 th : — " Worn out with being made the marK of so many secret and malicious reports , I denounce as infamous calumniators all who speak , write , or print evil against me without being able to provo it . " Admission to view the House of Lords . —On Monday the public were a knitted to view the House of Lords without tickets , and will continue to ba admitted on appeal days , which are Mondays , Tuesdays , and Thursdays , from 11 to 4 . The admission on Saturdays will still be by ticket , to be obtained at the Lord Ch & mberl-i - ' a office , on Wednesdays only .

      Death of Gen . W . _Dtott . — This , one of the oldest Generals in ihe British Army , died on the 7 th inst . at his seat Fairf « rd _, near Lichfield , after n lengthened illness , and at the expiration of more than 67 years ' service . Militaet Savings Banks . —A return showing the sums deposited in , and withdrawn from , military savings-banks during the year ending 31 st March , 1846 , announces the former to bave been £ 36 , 234 and the latter £ 24 , 563 . Preston Peerage . — A claimant for the Preston and I-sk peerage has made his appearance in the person of Sir R . Graham , Bart ., as will be seen by the

      following entry upon the journals : — 'Petition of Sir R . Graham , Bart ., praying her Majesty to declare and establish the right to tbe title , honours , and dignities of Viscount Preston and Baron Graham of _Esk to belong tothe petitioner and his heirs . " It has been referred to the Committee of Privileges . _Pribonbbs for Debt is _Irkland . —It appears that the total number of persons incarcerated in the various debtors' prisons of Ireland amounted , on New Year _' s _* day last , to 7 , 865 , of wlmm 154 were confined for debts not exceeding £ 2 ; 1 , 881 for debts offer 1 . 257 ' for debts of £ 10 ; $ 82 for debts of £ 20 ; and 2 , 142 fordebtsabovoJE 20 _' .

      Turning . One ' s Cototenancb to Account . — There is an old maid in Walnut-tree Court , who can look so sour , that sbe goes eut by tbe day to make p iektes . It savesaheapof _vineuar . E-ku Rising . —A man in Missouri planted some beans late one afternoon , aad next morning thoy were up—thanks tc * his hens . HOW TO ACQUl _ B . T __ " S-OllttSH DlAL _. CT . _—Itt New York there i . a man who . has some whisky so goo __ that alter dr ' _-iking a glass of it you speak broad Seoteh . A Pair of Boo _ _-k-- * A' Mrs Boots , of this State ,, has Sett , her husband , and strayed to parts unknown . Vf » cannot say , however , tiat Mrs Boots is rightbut there is no mistake that JV 1 r Boots is left _.

      Extensive R . 3 ber _ ur a C 1 » eb _ .. —On Wednesday information was received by the' police that John * _Beeson , clerk and collector to Abrahams and Co ., wholesale _fcroms , No \ lo \ Middlesex-street , Whiteehapel , had aieconded with AiS _© , the property of hisemployers . . . Robber . : _« _. Pos . a _ e Stamps . —On Wednesday information was received by the police that the house of Ur Boar , . katkmer , _AVimborne , had been plundered ef twelve thousand postage stamps , valued at _wo . ' . ::: ' . ' . , Anotbir Risa _ n ths _Pnics of Brba _** _- — On Wednesday a furth ' er advance of one halfpenny in the price of the 4 ft . of bread took place throughout tbe metropolis , the lowest price noiv being _lftjd ., and the beiit is 13 . the _& ,. loaf ..

      Dutch Potatoes . —The Commerce states that thera hf * 8 been so great a quantity of pot _ toe _ plahtcd ia Uoils . d this year , that if thecrop prove a moderateaverage , one-fourth will be _sulficient mr the consumption of the country , and the remainder may be * exported .. _» ., „ Militar _. . P . _iasoN at Windsor . —A new prison ie * . in course _bf _^ joction near the cavalry barracks at Spittal , intei _? sled as a place of _punishment for offending soldiers iingarrison at Windsor , instead ol sending them to ' the Penitentiary , a * heretofore . The new prison wiil contain eight _selitsi-y cells , tand a spacious yard for occasional _esftro' . se , or tho " hard laV » _. r" ordered by sentence « i «» iuvt- - _iMtial . Swii-Sriai- ) . —We learn , ibut a > very well-known known superior Swiss _ofikev intends , in cue of a breach between the Por , - . and Greece , to take to the assistance of the latte e an auxiliary corps of no fewer than 8 , 000 Swiss . France will guarantee the pay , and convey the koopsin steamers , iu dttachments of

      600 men . . Impbrial Amu-b't _.. —The Emperor of Russia has j > . ppohrtedhisgrandson , the Grand DukeVladi m _> . V-Alexa _ drewiteh , who is not above a few days old , comma- __ er of the Imperial Dragoon Guard ..

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 15, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_15051847/page/3/