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      ; . " ouiiFuimE . ' ,. ; .. . ' ; ¦ "Redeunt Saturniaregna . ~ ' - Vow hear him on Mb favourite golden theme , ' ¦ ¦ ¦' ¦ ¦ * « A time win come . '" . . . - ¦ ¦•" ¦ Legend of Florence , Act-IT ; Scene I Test e ' en now the xoice is heard ¦ : . O ' er the waters ca'm apd clear , "Ses , e ' en now the wave is stirred With an angel presence near , And a better Age of Gold ' . Cometh as the bard foretold . Not to us the fature beams , As to those of years gone by , ; When the poet ' s golden dreams Longed for joyons Arcady . ^ . Hopefal ever ' midst earth ' s pain Tor old Saturn ' s days again— .

      For a world in beauty drest , Rich in myrtle and in vine , Glades with sunshine ever blest , Rivers ever crystalline , Nymphs and' Dryads spotting too , Oa the flowers wet with dew . Bnt to us the morn is breaking , Of a glorious coming day , When old prejudice forsaking , Men shall own a better sway . When no more shall rise the cry Of unaided poverty . When no war shall bid men bleed . To over throw a hostile throne , Or to change a people ' s creed That may differ from their own . Bnt ' neath Truth ' s unclouded sun Bight and Power aye be one .

      When the good alone shall ; thrive , Those of fearless mind arid pen , "Who in thoughtful spirit strive To assist their fellow men , And with hand and heart engage To bring back a " Golden Age . " Cl Ha B »

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      The Defenceless State of Great Brtlatn . By Sir F . B . Head , Bart . London : Murray . - Three years ago , all the old women in the island , both-in breeches and petticoats , were panic-stricken bj the publication of a letter from the Duke of Wellington to Sir John Burgoyne , on this subject . According to the " iron duke , " nothing would have been more easy than for the French to take possession of the country . We might have gone to sleep at night the loyal and contented subjects of Queen Victoria , and , on rising in the

      morning , find the tri-colour floating over the entrance of Buckingham Palace , the Horse Guards in possession of a French general , and the Bank and pnblic offices sentinelled by French troops . Lord Ellesmere drew a frightful picture of the household troops quitting London by one side , as the French army entered in at the other , with the consequent loss of life , property , and chastity , -which -would follow the withdrawal of their protection . Of course , the object of all this was plain enough . The officers , naval and military , not in active eerrice , longed for full pay , and wanted to frighten John Bull into an increase of his armaments . Bnt John was at that time terribly pressed by the Irish famine , and the

      railway panic , and could not afford to " make ducks and drakes of his money in that -way . " SirF . Headhaschosenamoreprop itiousmoment to revive this " raw head and bloody bones . ' ' "We have , it i 3 said , plenty of money ; and there appears to be some foundation for the rumour , when we Bee that even a Whig Chancellor of the Exchequer has a surplus . "The army and navy "—meaning thereby the aristocratic gentlemen who hold commissions in these services , and the aristocracy , ¦ w ho make them sponges by which they extract wealth from the toiling classes—think , so doubt , that this is a capital time to increase the pretests for dipping a little more deeply into the national purse . Hence , the present Work .

      The nominal division of the book is into three parts ; but it really consists of many more , being , in fact , a lot of articles not exhibiting any peculiar knowledge , or a peculiarly trained mind applied to the consideration of known facts , bnt of that common kind which consists iu sacking tooks , ~ pamphlets , and newspapers , and reproducing the information ; which in this case , however , is poorly done and stuffed out . That portion which , strictly

      relates to the " defenceless state , " is really no more than a spoiled expansion of the Duke ' s letter , -with quotations from pamphlets by nautical men . " The account of the French in London resembles a paper that Punch published at the time the Duke ' s letter ; was running the round , the points being left out .: The following account of the treatment of a contumacious editor might really have done for Punch , had the first of critical rules been followed , and the manner been proportioned to

      the subject : — Besides providing food and comforts for the army , one of the first duties of the commissaire ia to send for the editors of the leading jonrnals ; whom-he briefly informs that it will be requisite that they should state , " that , although the aristocracy are Buffering severely , the people at large offer no complaint , and that , on the whole , the ^ morafe appears to be favourable to the new system . " If these orders are not complied with , the comvtitsaire , either by word of moutb , or by a very Blight movement of one eye , directs that the offender be made an example of . Accordingly , with the butt-ends of muskets the invaluable printing apparatus is smashed , the type cast into the street , and

      the editor , falling into the hands of tne soiqiers , undergoes treatment which nothing but the ingenuity , ferocity , and frivolity of a Frenchman could devise . For instance , they will perhaps , first of all , cut off one or both of his mustachios—strip himplanter him over with thick printer ' s in £ —curl his hair with it—dress Mm up in paper and jack-boots made from the broad sheet ; if he opens his month — " liens , petit ! Haul" feed him with pica ; in short , by a series of innumerable and ever-varying Etrange methods of what they call joliment arrangeing any refractory subject they wish to victimiseour military readers will , we are confident , corroborate these facts—they would so intimidate the press , that , like every other power in the country , it would be obliged to bend to the storm .

      The facetious baronet musthave been thinking of French , not English editors . Mustachios are fey no means extensively patronised By the latter ; and we suspect that , if aFrench man was to make that a sine qua nan , or even look for them as an indication of the " men who write , " the English editors would entirely escape the treatment which is bo pleasantly pourtrayed in this passage . One of the sections contains an account , after Alison , of the three invasions associated "with Napoleon Buonaparte ; the first of which 2 fapoleon refused ( the Directory ) to

      undertake , as tooriskral ; the Eecond was a mere ruse ; the third , if he ever did contemplate it , has no bearing upon the present case , because steam , we are told , has changed the mode of operation—for both parties , be it remembered . Then there is a review of kelson's battles and tactics , and their inapplicabilit y to the systems of America andFrance since his time : but as we have changed our system too , it seems a mere " bit o' writing . " Then there are statistics , common enough , of the Continental armies compared with the British , but

      not a word of the difference in circumstances , and of the impracticability of moving the greater portion of them . But to come to the main point , the author anticipates an invasion by 150 , 000 men , to be followed by 50 , 000 during or after the march to London . To obviate the risk of this , he proposes a permanent increase of 100 , 000 infantry , and an increase of 100 guns in the artillery , fully horsed , with sundry lesser matters , at a cost of from four to five millions a year ; a proposition which , so far as its attainment goes , might abo have been put in Tunch .

      It is perfectly clear that , in the event of hostilities between France and England , the resources of Cherbourg would be instantly employed against us ; and instead of permitting au Eng lish army to follow the example of for-

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      mer-wars , and < ajma Wow ^ fc . the 4 emtoEy ~ of France , tymakfi ^^ " £ . on Spain ; it would , he the Md object , of the French government , to / . compel England to assume , a purel y defensive ajttitude ,, ; ! fbr the protection of its own Bhores . There are obviously immense facilities at Cherbourg for the rendezvous , arid protection of an invadingfleet and army ; and the practical position on which Sir Francis Head insists is , a short and summary one . He says : — " Given the high state of preparation on thepart of France , and the ow state of preparation on the part of England , I maintain , that within a week of the declaration of war , it is highly probable that we should find a French army of 150 , 000 men on the high road to London . " ii Tumi ii 111 I Mm I i i

      If all the premises of the question should fall out precisely as Sir Francis Head has placed them , perhaps we might .. But his suppositions are preposterous . He assumes that our fleet would be unable to make its appearance in the Channel—that our land forces would bo unable to fire a shot againt the debarking crews of the enemy—that we should be unable to contest an inch of . the counties of Kent , or Sussex , or Hants—that London would be surrendered to the first

      summonsand that the conveyance of the invading army between Cherbourg and the point which they were good enough to select as their landingplace ,, would proceed with all the regularity of a pleasure excursion . There can be no serious argument with a writer who indulges , in license of this character . . , Hitherto the main defence of this country against French invasion has been our Channel fleet . We have swept the Channel of all hostile vessels—we ¦ have sealed up every French port of consequence , by a rigorous blockade—we have annihilated , the mercantile marine of the enemy ; and , in consequence of these measures our . shores have remained inviolate .

      It is certain that substantially we must continue to be indebted for our deliverance from a foreign enemy to the naval defences which have hitherto served us so well . It is very true that the , distance between Cherbourg or Boulogne and the coast of Sussex , is very trifling ; still it is a distance which cannot be performed , and a navigation which cannot be encountered , by an enemy not perfectly master of the sea . It matters little to the result , whether the invading force were closely packed in boats or in steamers , so long as a hostile fleet of superior strength can be brought against it . The force of this consideration was fully admitted in the gigantic and scientific scheme of invasion formed by Bonaparte in 1803 . The

      first condition of that scheme was , that for a- few days , or even for a few hours , the French should be complete masters of the Channel ; and Bonaparte intended to accomplish this object partly by force and partly by stratagem . It was intended that the French fleet should secretly rendezvous at Martinique to the number of fifty or sixty sail of the line ; and that in the meantime having endeavoured to decoy the British fleet to distant stations ,- the French admiral should appear in full strength in the Channel and convey the army of Boulogne to the coasts of Kent . Admiral Collingwood had the sagacity to divine this scheme ; and in pursuance of his advices Sir Robert Calder was

      stat ioned off Cape Finisterre , —and , asis so well known , succeeded in dispersing and capturing the ships of YIHeneuve . Not emitting other plans of defence , the most efficient means , therefore , of defending the southern coasts of England is the maintenance of our superiority at sea , and especially in the Channel ; and even Sir Francis Head does not venture to affirm that our navy is inferior to the navy of France .

      The strongest point of the book , is the defenceless state of our cities , in the event of an invading army succeeding in efiecting a landing . The suggestion of the Duke of Wellington on that head is the cheapest , the most feasible , and , he adds , the " most const itutional "—embody the militia . We would only add , byway of advice to the Government , treat the people in such a manner as to make them feel they have institutions worth guarding . Do justice ; and we shall then never want efficient defenders of Great Britain ! .

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      my / haveraack . -This-did 1-nofc appVat to me / good counsel ; forl knew that , ^ siould . i bei stopped by the Croats , they would ransack and turn inside out everything likely td cohfciin food , my letters would , thus [ be "discovered , nnd ^ mya elf inevitably put to'death : 'I had determined * to make , the journey . in a peasant ' s carfc , asMt ' -Vbuld ' expose me' to few . er inquiries and " etoppageaUhan a vehicle of more imposing" appearance ^ I . caused one of the planks ' of the cart , to -be . hollowed out af the end , without breaking the surface of . the side , and placed all my letters in the space thus formed . The plank was then replaced , and the joining at the end rubbed over with clay . I now felt perfectly- certain that they could not be discovered by . even the prying Croats . ' . ,

      On the evening of December the 5 th , I left Presburg , . and soon reached Wolfethal , where Jellachioh ' s corps was posted . As usual , 1 was seized at the outposts , and subjected to a rigid , examination . In anticipation of such an event , I had provided myself with papers from a well known fruit warehouse at Presburg , and represented myself as an agent of that house going to . Vienna to collect in some debts . In spite of all my precautions , however , I was placed under military surveillance' as far as Sommering . I was stopped and examined six-andtwenly times , but in all cases my papers proved a sufficient passport . ' At length , early , on the 6 th , the cupolas and towers of the once gay , but . now humbled and mourning , city of the Kaisers appeared in view .

      I entered Vienna . It appeared to my imagination invested with , a sombre and tragic hue , and the ruins which marked the fierceness of the recent struggle against tyranny seemed fraught . with solemn admonition to all despotic . rulers . The figure of my slaughtered husband came before my mind ; but the thronging memories which accompanied it I cannot , even did I desire to , depict . It was now exactly a month since I had left the city , but the exciting events which I had passed through triade . it appear a much longer period . I repaired to the Hotel of the ¦ Embassy , where 1 was re *

      ceivedwith the greatest attention , and an immediate answer promised to Kossuth ' s despatch . From thence I proceeded to Schonbrun , with the letter to Prince Windisch ' gratz { 'but was informed " that lie was gone with Jellacbich to the Imperial Court at Olrautz , and would nonreturn till , the ; next day . His nephew , Count Wkidiscbgratz , whom I saw sooa after . with Count Thun and Prince Licbtensteih , confirmed this .. information . I returned , therefore , to Vienna , and occupied myself in delivering the various letters with which I was charged . - In the evening 1 received the promised answer of the —^ - —Ambassador to Kossuth ' s letter . - ¦ . • -

      ¦ On the next day I again visited Schonbrun , and was . admitted to an interview with Windigehgratz and Jellachieh , —the two pillars of the houseof Hapsburg . They received me with distinguished courtesy . Could they have defined the thoughts that filled my "heart , how different would have been my reception ! I handed my letter to Windischgratz : he read it , and seemed struck with terror at its contents . I confess it was not without a secret feeling of satisfaction I saw this man taste some of the bitterness of that misery into which , with a remorseless hand , he had plunged myriads of his own , and of my countrymen . He went into his cabinet to write an answer to Motoschitzky . and Jellachieh

      remained standing in the presence of his deadly enemy . I now looked , for the first time , upon the calumniator of Hungarian honour—the plunderer and destroyer of Vieiina . I could scarcely refrain from giving utterance to the feelings of disgust and scorn that swelled within me ; but I could serve my country more effectually , and was silent . He questioned me as to the number abd condition of the Hungarian troops . I represented them as double their actual force . "Upon which he said , with apparent carelessness , that those divisions which I had not seen were probably still stronger . His drift was evidently to draw from me some

      information respecting the position of the various corps , but I defeated it by taking refuge in the general ignorance of my sex upon such- natters . Windischgratz now returned with his written answer to Motoschitzky . He thanked me again for the trouble I had taken on his account ; and what pleased me much more , he directed Count Thun to make put an order , giving ine liberty to pass , wherever' I chose , unmolested by the Austrian troops , to which he appended his own signature . I took my leave ; my object was accomplished , and the two great Generals—the conquerors of Prague and Viennawere outwitted by a woman .

      In such dangerous expeditions as these—in fact as a spy—when death would have instantly followed on detection , did this enthusiasticand brave woman pass the entire time , with scarcely a few weeks rest , from November 1848 to the end of 1849 . So extraordinary an instance of passionate devotion to a cause , and of perfect indifference to danger when a service could be rendered , we scarcely recollect to have heard or read of . Certainly it has never been surpassed .

      During this anxious and busy period . the Baroness Von Beck passed repeatedly through the very midst of the Austrian and Russian armies . Some half dozen times she penetrated into Vienna-itself . She . was present at two great battles , those of Moor and Branitzscka . She took part in the surrender at Vilagos , and the evacuation of Comorn . At one time we find . her stirring up the Poles to insurrection at Lemberg and Cracow ; at another she is intriguing with Germans at

      Dresden , and Cseks in Prague . She was now feasting the conquerors of Buda or dancing with the heroes of Kapolua ; and now dressing the wounds of the patriots , or superintending the hospitals and prisons . At one moment she draws out plans of campaigns for Gorgey , and gives counsel on state affairs to Kossuth ; at another she is steaming down the Danube listening to the silly boastings of Welderi , or engaged in pleasant conversation with Paskevieh himself .

      Her masterpiece , however , was her visit to Haynau . In the desperate hope of saving the life of a friend , this intrepid woman actuall y bearded the tiger in his own den ; and that , too , at the very time when he was revelling , in the blood of his victims . Had she been discovered , she would not have had twenty-four hours to live ; yet she actually placed herself of her own accord in the power of the hangman , and escaped unsuspected !

      Of all the multitude in the Neugebaude , the only one to whom I could bring any comfort was Danielis . nis affairs were in a fair way of arrangement , but his personal danger was still great . He begged me to see Haynau , and to prevail upon him , if possible , at least , to hear Sanielis in his own defence . The prisoners knew of the death of Bathyani , but as yet the fatal tidings from Arad had not reached them , and every one made it a duty to conceal these atrocities from them . ¦ I left this place of mourning , and retired to my hotel . I . had pledged myself to see Haynau on Danielis ' s behalf , and my promise must now be fulfilled . I went to Haynau ' s residence , and , after

      waiting a long time , was introduced to his presence . He received me politely , and I felt encouraged . I told him that I had come on behalf of Colonel Danielis , and mentioned that he was the father of a helpless family ; that he had not fought against Austria , and -dwelt particularly on his having saved the royal estates from destruction , of which , I said , I could bring him satisfactory evidence . Haynau said that the chief bailiff of the crown property had been already with him , and had represented the services of the prisoner upon that occasion in a very favourable light ; that this afforded sufficient ground for bis pardon , but still he could not be liberated until it came to his turn to be examined . This was

      very satisfactory . I felt emboldened to present a petition which Kossuth ' s mother had entrusted tome , praying that his children might be placed with herself . He took the paper and read it , and his natural character returned : he was Haynau once more ; a dark frown , like a thundercloud ,, gathered upon his brow . " What ! " said he , in a voice hoaree with passion , " what ! do you want the children to receive the same revolutionary training as their father ? The women of Hungary have the devil in their hearts ,

      and are guilty of infinite mischief . No , I tell you ; the girl shall be placed in a convent , and the boys brought up in Vienna under surveillance . Go : tbat is the will of his Majesty . " He asked me how I had become acquainted with Kossuth and his mother ? I told him what I thought proper , and lie left me with a volley of filthy abuse against the illustrious exile and bis family . These were bad tidings to bring to the aged mother . I tried to comfert her as well as I could , and after this visited her much more frequently than I did before . -

      A narrative of such miraculous escapes , such dangerous enterprises , and such a spirit-stirring period , would be sufficient to give interest to the driest manner and the most commonplace style ; but the Baroness adds to the charm by a warmth and vigour in the manner of her description which testifies eloquently to her own enthusiastic love for the cause she has adopted .

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      Austraiun Bon-Bn Beep . —The vessel Cornwall , arrived in the docks from Sydney , New South Whales , bas brough 10 , 000 tin packages of boiled beef as part of her cargo , consigned to order .

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      wiS 2 l ^« ; » ° ^» P ™ bre *; you 1 ™! 7- I hei 1 ^ ™ d which von , of course , will do in about six Weeks . tbSSs SgJSg ^ M Put on resuEiE ^!? ^^» Mfifer . ¦ *> gWeit nmS . ^?' t 0 » e ' ^ before it be-Thb ° m n'f £ S est . f vidence of g ° od farmin * the / are ^^ > J » alarmed to leorn tnat " logarithffls ft ; numl ) ered ; at fhe ; ne « ' census by fvSliF r ^™^ tm ' ^ that there wiH be such w 5 iS ; ! t S B come back agin , ihjfn P ^ heidlfferenoe between a schoolmaster asrjtssc ^ trains the mba '

      n ,, 3 ^ ° 1 m -f re of tho babie 8 ? " artlessly in-2 » i i ttle glrI 'on bearinS ne « - mother say that all people were once children . . h . L - « - S , ? , t that when an : Indian swears , TnZn"f 1 B El J gIi 8 h - There are no . oaths in the Indian vernacular , i ,: ¦ . ,: . An bxpbrimejjt has " been made at the Arsenal of Mete r of mortars , hand grenades , and bombs made of zinc , which has completely succeeded . n ^ BtiTi KTT ! , baU aaked * gentleman who was adjustingher tucker , if he could flirt a fan ?— "No , 25 & . SP red he > proceedinff t 0 use u - " but l

      A doctob claims for his quack medicine the power of curing love-sick folks , in addition to all other diseases . We think a Doctor of Divinity , ig the best doctormsuch cases . . ; ' . ' -. Isn ' t it decidedly aggravating , when you are about to imprint the " cheery ripe"'kiss upon ; your lady loVe , to have some one pop in ? Or , after it is done , to observe some one in the corner of the . room ? "Knowledge is power ! " complacently exclaimed a dandy , the other day , when , two strong men having failed , ; he released a lap dog from the teeth or » huge mastiff , by quietly administering to the latter a pinch of snuff !

      Thk tovno man . who was crossed in love last week , says , if it were not for getting wet he would drown himself ! He will probably compromise'matters by shooting himself in a looking gloss .. ; . . »¦ To Prevent Burglary . — A plate , of iron , no matter how thin , upon that part ; of each accessible door , or window-shutter on which a lock or bolt is fixed , will foil the operation of a centre-bit , the implemerit ' at present most in use with burglars . Lame Jim Jones : gays , when he was in South Carolina , one summer , it turned very cold , and snow fell on the 9 th of August , at least six inches deep , and when the sun came out , it was bo hot that the snow never got a chance to melt , it cooked a brown crvstonit ! A Raven . —He that visits the sick in hope of a legacy , let him be ever so _ friendly in all other ' cages , I look upon him in this to be no better than a raven that watches a weak . sheep , only to peck out the eyes on't .

      Effects of Wealth . —He is a great simpleton who imagines tbat the chief power of wealth ig to supply wants . In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred it creates more wantsthan it ' s supplies . The French Pmsbidbnt . —At the recent reviews in France , which have caused so much alarm to the Republican section of the ministry , the principal portion of the entertainment , provided at the expense of Louis ' Napoleon , consisted of Ham . sandwiches . A waggish friend of ours says , the very idea of Ham must have been ' sufficient to cause some very cutting recollections in the President ' s mind . A Clergyman , who was noted for his affected pronouneiation , went to a shoemaker , and ordered a pair of boots to be made .. A few days after he called , and inquired if they were ready , and was answered in the negative . " "Will they be ready by next Cheusday ? " asked the clergyman . " No , " said the shoemaker , " but you shall have them by next Satchewday . "

      DEFINITIONS . Jealousy . —Love ' s brain fever , from which he oftener dies than recovers . Dream . —X holiday the mind takes from the body . Despair . —The dark starless night of the soul . Remorse . —The key that locks out Hope . Truth . —The Great Unfound . Why is Exeter Haiti or the Gorham controversy , or the National Debt during a Whig Administration , or the king in a five-act tragedy , or a supper of cold Irish stew , like a person getting inside an omnibus that is going to Kew ?—[ An interval of ten minutes is allowed to enable the reader totaJcebreatli . J—Because it ' s an incubus ( In-Kew-Buss J—Punch .

      Too Forward . —Scarborough clocks are , or at least used to be in olden time , celebrated for being always too fast . There is a pretty little tale told of a Yorkshire lass , who , being fairly tired out with her sweetheart ' s never putting the necessary question * at last pluraply and plainly made the venture herself , and asked him whether or not it was his intention to marry her : when , Torkshire-like , he cooly replied , "I think , my dear , you ' re like the Scarborough clocks—you're rather too forward !"

      Irish Hue and Cry . —From some extracts given by the Tippdrary' Free Press , it seems that James Neary , of Dunbell , near Gowran , isadvertisedas having lost a bay mare , " with a few gray hairs on her forehead , which has a long tail ! " Joseph Griffith , who absconded from Keswick , is described verbatim as follows :- ^" - ] jittIe or no whiskers , which are very much marked with smallpox . " If the subject of the following is not detected , it ' s no fault of the graphic police pen which describes him : — " He has light hair and hazel eyes on a . turned up nose . "

      Talk after Church— " Well , Laura , give me a short sketch of the sermon . Where was the text ?""Oh ! I don't know—I have forgotten it . . But , would you believe it , Mrs . V , wore that horrid bonnet of her ' a ! I couldn ' t keep my eyes off jt all the meeting-lime . Miss P . had on a lovely -little pink one , and Miss T . wore a new shawl that must have cost , at least , ten guineas . I wonder her folks don ' t see thefolly of such extravagance . And there was Mrs . H ., with her short figure , in one of those shaggy paletots , called Vegimias ! It is astounding what a want of taste some folks exhibit . " "Well , if you have forgotten the sermon , you have not the audience . But what preacher do you prefer , this new one , or Mr . A . ? " " Oh , Mr . A ., decidedly ! He is so handsome and so graceful—what an eye , and what a set of teeth he has !" Digging . —In digging a square perch of ground

      in spits of the usual dimensions ( seven inches by eight inches , ) the spade has to be thrust in 700 times ; and as each spadeful of earth , if the spade penetrates nine incbes , as it ought to tio , will weigh on the average full seventeen pounds , 11 , 900 pounds of earth have to be lifted , and the customary pay for doing this is twopence halfpenny . As there are 100 perches or rods in an acre , in digging the latter measure of ground the garden labourer has to cut out 112 , 000 spadesful of earth , weighing in tho aggregate 17 , 000 cwt ; , or 850 tons , and during the work he moves over a distance of fourteen miles . As the sp 8 de weighs between eight and nine pounds , he has to lift , in fact , during the work , half as much more weight than that above specified , or 1278 tons . An able-bodied labourer can dig ten square perches a day , or even more if the soil be light , and sufficiently moist to cling well together . .

      Consumption of SMOKE . —The Town * Council of Manchester are putting to a practical test their powers of compelling the manufacturers to consume the smoke of their furnaces . A report of the Sub-Committee contains this very encouraging summary by Councillor Howarth , who says , " He lately waited on Mr . Hugh Beaver , aad ascertained that the quantity of coal formerly used per week in his manufac ; tory was seventy-eight tons , whilst by the consumption of smoke and the improvements consequent on

      the adoption of tfie " system a weekly saving is effected of twenty-eig ht tons . I visited Messrs . George Clarke ¦ atid * ' Sons'" manufactory , ? ' continued , Mr . Ilowarth , "ind they told me the saving they effected by consuming the smoke from their fires was upwards of forty tons per week . They formerly used " 140 tons per week , now they consume less than 100 tons . They have expended upwards of £ 1200 on new boilers to their steam-engines , in order to abate the smoke nuisance ; arid they expect the outlay will be re-paid by the saving of coal effected in a year and a half . "

      A Dictionary Wokd . — " John , " said a master tanner , the other day , to one of his men , " bring in some fuel . "—John walked off , revolving the word in his mind , and returned with a pitchfork . —' don't want this , " said the wondering tanner ; I want fueh John !"— " Beg your pardon , " replied the man , " I thought you wanted something to turn over the skin . " And off he went again not a whit wiser , but ashamed to confess his ignorance . Much meditating ( as Lord Brougham would say , ) he next pitched upon the besom , shouldering which , he returned to the counting-house . — "What a stupid fellow you are John ! " exclaimed bis master in a passion ; " I want some sticks and shavings to light the fire . "" O-h-h-h ! " rejoined the rustic ; " that ' s what you want , is it ? Whycould ' nt you say so at first , master , instead of a London Dictionary word ?"—And wishful to show that he was nob alone in his ignorance , he called a comrade to the tanner ' s presence ,

      and asked him if he knew what fuel was ? " — " Ay !" answered Joe i " ducks and geese , and sich like . " War and its Cost . — " The number of men employed for military purposes , hoth by land and sea , in Europe at this moment , is no less than 4 , 000 , 000 . The population of Europe is 267 , 000 , 000 , of which 128 , 120 , 000 are . males . And taking away from this number those who were unfit for service , one-half of the remaiuder ( the flower of the people , between twenty and thirty years of age ) are engaged in warlike purposes . Tho average value of a year ' s labour may be taken at £ 9 , and thus , by taking away 4 , 000 , 000 of men from their ordinary occupation , the loss of produce would be £ 30 , 000 , 000 eterling . To this may be added certain amounts paid in connexion with the same loss , making a total of £ 117 , 150 , 000 , or nearly one third the amount of all the budgets of the European governments , The expen ses of war during the last thirty years have been £ 243 , 500 , 000 . ; ¦ -.. . y •¦''¦ -

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      Personal Adventures during the late War of Independence in Hungary . Comprising an account of her Missions under the orders of Kossuth to the different Posts of the Hungarian Army during the Contest . By the Baroness Von Beck . Twovols . Bentley . This is a most extraordinary narrative of spirit-stirring adventure . We have here a heroine who tells us of more dangers , courageously braved and triumphantly passed through ty herself , than those of all the seven champions of Christendom put together .

      The Baroness Von Beet , by birth an Hungarian , saw her husband fall when cheering on his men to defend a barricade during the October Revolution in Vienna . Brokenhearted and desperate , she determined thenceforth to devote herself to the good of her country ; aud , on the invitation of some members of the Austrian Diet , undertook to carry a message to Kossuth and the Hungarian army . She persisted , in spite of extraordinary difficulties and dangers . She was stopped at the

      frontiers by the army of Windischgrate , and turned back three or four times . At last she managed to give the enemy the slip in the guise of a fisherman , and arrived safely at Presburg , "where she declared her message to Csanyi . Hereupon Gorgey , who was present at the time , requested her to undertake a mission to the north of Hungary , to ascertain the strength of Simonich ' s army . In two days her preparations were made , and she was again on the road . But we will let her tell her own tale : —

      On the loth of November I received my charge , namely , to obtain accurate intelligence concerning the strength and position of Simonich's troops . I immediately took the railway to Trynau , and travelled thence by post-carriage through Nadash and Senitz to my own estate . My people were in the greatest terror and anxiety , expecting momentarily a visit from Simonieh ' s soldiers . Their fears , however , proved happily unfounded . I remained here until the 21 st , and having received and returned the visits of my neighbours , took my departure for Seutra , where I fell in with the first division of Simonich's corps , and an uncouth mob of peasants ,

      under the command of the Pastor Hurban , a fanatical Sclavish priest . The division was on its march to Senitz , and was about two thousand strong . Having ascertained , by calculating the quantity of provisions they consumed , that the whole force of Simonich amounted to about six thousand men , and having made accurate observations on their position , I returned to my residence , where I made such arrangements of my most necessary affairs as a hasty visit would permit , and set out once more for Presburff , to give an account of my mission . At Senitz , which Jay in the route , I found the head-quarters of a Hungarian division , commanded by Colonel Ordody to whom , as it imported him especially , on account of bis proximity to the enemy , I

      eommunicated all the information I had obtained , and authenticated it by my papers . I then started by post carriage for Presburg , and waited upon Gorgey at once with a full report of my mission . He thanked me for the services I had rendered to the cause of Hungary , and banded mo a letter which hadcomebyexpress fromKossuth . Heal 8 oentrusted me with a despatch for the Embassy at Vienna . Baron Motoscbitzky requested me , at tne same time , to bear a letter from him to Prmce Windischgratz , containing the intelligence that his newl y-purchased estate atleska had been reduced to ashes by the Hungarian bombardment . I was glad of this last commission , as a letter to the Field-Marshal would be a sufficient passport for me throuch any narfc of flip AIIRfr 5 an encamnnient . And

      should I be fortunate enough to receive an answer from Windiscb gratz , it would protect me from all interruption on my return . . . . ,- „„ . „ W 5 ™?™* - ^ e preparations for my in ^ , !? Yt Vienna were finked . I had now entrusted to me a letter from Kossnth to the ——• Embassy , a letter from Baron Motos-SJ / fl r « * aUchg » t * , and many private SffilJf ? 5 ° f «» ¦ *« Persons in Vienna , ily military friends advised me to conceal the letters in

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 16, 1850, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1600/page/3/