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      THE MOTU ER-TOSBTJB The mother's namely b »« ijy sound Asfarastbeblue sky bendeth ; TheSer ' svoice casts gladnessround Where the iciest realm extendeth . Sweet in pleasure and sweet in woe , IS in life and in death also , . And sweet in recollection . ¦ Oar mother ' s voice was the cradle song That soothed us beyond all other ; And sweetly soundeth the mother-tongue "When the first-born lispeth " Mother ! Oar-mother tongue is that in -which

      Our young souls first found expression ; And the lover knows no other speeck To pour out his fall heart's passion . 'Twasspoken by all those kiug 9 of old Bound whom our homage gathers , An < l by those warriors true and bold Whom we proudly call our fathers . Our mother-tongue , in the people ' s mouth , With words of power it liveth ; 'Ti 3 loved in the North and in the South , And its echo the greea-wood givetti . Oar mother-tongue , like a flowery wreath , Botb high and low it enfoldeth ; Through it the souls of our fathers breathe , And the trae heart fast it holdeth .

      Our heart ? speak only our mother-tongue , They know no foreign translation ; 'Tis it alone , whether written or sung . Which from sleep can rouse a nation . Our motber-toneue , by the sea-shore wild , And in deep woods , s-ummer laden . How svreetlj it sounds , from man or child , But sweetest from the lips ot a maiden . Sweet in pleasure and sweet in woe , Sweet in life and in death also , And sreet in recollection . fB « Grantvig . Translated fa Ifonitt ' s "Literature and Romance 0 / Northern Europe" )

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      Walks and Talks of an American Farmer in England .. London : Boguc . If the author of this work is a fair specimen of his class , it would appear that in literary and general attainments it is far a-head of the same class in this country . Few farmers in England , we venture to say , from a pretty extensive knowledge of them , could lave produced a book so marked b y general aud Tailed intelligence , and by the power of judicious observation and equally judicious reflection . One of the peculiar features of the book is the vividness jrith which the traveller conveys to the reader the

      manner in winch English ideas , customs , habits , and Scenery , strike the American mind . There is a perpetual recurrence to America , as a kind of standard of comparison , which indirectly helps to a good conception of the state of things in the Transatlantic Republic ; while the contrast helps to bring out all the more clearly the English part of the picture . The journey would appear to he incomplete in the present volume , which is confined , to the Mersey , Liverpool , and its vicinity , a ramble through Cheshire , and an excursion into Wales . The traveller and his companions took the only way to see a country—namely ,

      to perform their journeys mainly on foot , and to mis freely with the people ; from whom American inquisiiivenesa and Republican frankness elicited information not accessible to those who ride in first-class carriages , and put up at first-class hotels . Nothing can be more graphic than the description of their first view of an English rural landscape . It enables the reader to enter into , and enjoy almost as much as the writer , the peculiar enjoyment and novelty to the stranger of the beauties of our home scenery . The travellers had stopped at a small station , to begin their pedestrian tour to Chester : —

      In a few minute 3 they so off in carriages , and room is left us in the little waiting-room to strap on our knapsacks . The rain slackens—ceases , and we mount by stone steps isp a bank of roses and closely-shaven turf , to th ? . top of the bridge over the cutting . -Thera we were in the midst of it . The country—and such a country — green , dripping , glistening , gorgeous "We stood dumb-stricken by its loveliness , as , from the bleak April and bare boughs we had Wt at home , broke apon us that English May—sunny , leafy , blooming May—In an English lane ; with hedges , English hedg s , hawthorn hedges , ail in blossom ; homely old firm-houses , quaint stables , and haystacks ; the old church spireover

      , the distant trees ; the mild sun beaming through the 'Watery atmosphere , and all so quiet—the only sounds the Inm of bees and the crisp grass-tearing of a silken-skinned , real , nmmported Hereford cow , over the hedge ! No longer excited by daring to think we should see it , as we discussed the scheme round the old home-fire ; no longer cheering ourselves with it in the stupid , tedious ship ; no more forgetful of it in the bewilderment of the busy town : but there we were right in the midst of it ! Long time silent , and then speaking softly , as if it were enchantment indeed , He gazed upon it , and breathed it—never to be forgotten ! At length we walked on , rapidly , but frequency stoppmg , one side and the other , like children in a garden : hedges

      still , with delicious fragrance , on each side of us , and on , as far as we can see , true farm-fencin ? , hedgi-s ; nothing trim , stiff , nice , and amateur-like , but the verdure broken " tufty , low , and natural . They are set on a rid < je of earth thrown ont from a ditch beside them , which raises and strengthens them as a fence . They are nearly all hawthorn , which is now covered in patches , as if after a slight fall of snow , with clusters of white or pink blossoms over its light green foilnge . Here and there a holly-bush , with Iranehe 3 of scarlet berries , and a few other shrubs , min « le with it . A cart meets us—a real , heavy , big-wheeled English cart ; and English horses—real , big , shasgyhoofed , sleek , heavy English cart horses ; and a carter—a

      real apple-faced , smock-frocked , red-headed , wool-hatted carter—breeches , stockings , hobnailed shoes , and " Geenp Dobbin' * En-lish carter . little birda hop along in the toad before us : and we guess at their name ? , first of all electing one to be Robin Redbreast . We study the flowers under the hedge , and determine them nothing else than primroses and buttercups . Through the gates we admire the great , fat , clean-licked , contented-faced cows , and large , white , lon « -wooled sheep . What else was there ? I cannot remember ; but there was that altogether that made U 3 forget our fatigue , disregard the rain , thoughtless of the way we were going—serious , happy , and grateful . And this excitement continued for many days .

      As a contrast to this picture , take the followin g of town life , as it struck the traveller on landing at Liverpool : — ° The broad promenade oniside the deck-walls was occupied ny the police , stevedores , watermen , boarding-house-keepers , and a crowd of women , waiting to help in the ships , or to receive their crews when the tide should , haveris ^ n enough to admit them . I was snrprised at the quietness and decency of these " sailors' wives , " as they called themselves . They were plainly nnd , generally , neatly dressed , and talked quietly and in kind tone 3 to each other , and I heard no loud profanity or ribaldry at all . "Whether this was owing to the presence of the police , I cannot say , but I am sure that it would be impossible to find in America vice shame , and misery so entirely unassociatcd with drunken !

      ness or excitement and riot . They were not as youn" as girls of the same sort in the streets of 2 few York , and in the strong gas light their faces seemed expressive of a quite different character . Generally they were pensire and sad but not ill-natured or stupid . It occurred to me that their degradation must have been reached in a different way , andjhad not brought with it that outcasting from all good ' which they would suftvr with us . As they stood , companioned together with each other , but friendless , some with aot even hats to protect them from the rain , others with their gowns drawn up over their head , and others , two to-? « T * Under a scantv shawl , it would have been difficult , I thought , for a woman , who is always found most unforgiving of her sister ' s sin , not to have been softened towards tnosoabandoned thus to seek support of life that night .

      We shall conclude our notice of this interesting volume by two pictures-one of the Park at Birkennead belonging to tbepublie , — the other of Eaton Jf V , L nDCel y residence of the Earl of Grosvenor . At Uirl-enhead the impression was that usually made * pon Americans by our public grounds : — thrInS V r v distance up an avenue , we passed Sd d £ ; S a ™ Sate » int 0 a thick « luxuriant , S 2 f < / we minutes of admiration , and a SL 25 *?! » . frying the manner in which art had SSWJ ? ) W ^ V toron " «* beautv . and I 5 SS £ SSliX ^ r Democrat * America there was < £ Kf 1 * r \ ° f ^ Parable with this People ' s tktIh ^ IndCed i F aTd ^ Ulghad here reached a perfection denH . L ecfcof somuch fc" * 8 andskill as had evi-SSfc a ° 5 * " **}* *» . « 5 we passed ^ S £ \ ° Xer a c" and a cr « , with a constant * tJ . ? . « ace , whereon all sides wpw . «; n » th

      ^ SSSL ** , *™* ^ - "atVag ^ i e 1 iS ^ rffiI f ne 8 t < ? j ! * aild *» lk « th a nule from Tk te neatnes s- A * » Stance of a quarter of hri iht grZ ™ gfta . *» came to an open field of clean , ^ s pite Qed ** « c } osek mown , on which a large tent lentle men j ' *™ P" ^ bo , in one part , and a party of *? W t 2 f' -T W 6 - £ la 5 U > g Cricket BeTond WO * & * AfftT ° - gr ° T ? f , trees > under wni < * jataa woSiJJS W ' , v elrls , wonien ™«» 7 ^ eatSedS * l * * ? . ms lbe c ™ ketters , £ ?**• ih 1 r ^ f T- ' andhas i enedback to i " * J ^ oached h ' ™ wefonndin * pagoda , on an island ap-& ^« £ 2 ! KSP- ?* 30 ° nfilledas wefe ^ utBel ^ W ^ gi ^ yacrowd of those ' who . ' "W * overtaken m the grounds by the

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      11 ¦ Min ; and I was glad to observe that the privileges of the garden were enjoyed about equally by all olaSSOS There were some who were attended by servants , and sent at once for their carriages ; but a large proportion were of the common ranks , and a few women with ' children , or suffering labourers e evidently the wives of very humble The mauner in which an intelligent Republican regards our aristocracy comes out in this description of Eaton Hall : — We were kindly shown through all its parfc 3 , including muci not ot dinarily exhibited to > strangers ; and I confess that I was not more interested in those parts which were its peculiar features as a feudal stronghold , than in those that displayed the sumptuous taste , luxury , and splendour of a modern aristocratic mansion . The state apartments were truly palatial , and their garniture of paintings , Sin ' wL 2 l& £° ! l ZZt ^?™*? l ** •* *!

      sculpture , bijouterie , furniture , and upholstery , magnificent aud deli ghtful to the eye beyond any conception I had pre . iousiy had of « uch thincs . let no one say it will be soon reproduced , if it is not already excelled , in the mansions of our merchant prinoes in America . Excelled it may be , but no such effect can be reproduced or furnished at once to the order of taste and wealth . There was in all never a marvellous thing , or one that demanded especial attention , or that proclaimed in itself great costliness ; and while nothing seemed new , though much was modern , most « f the old things were of such materials , and so fashioned that age was of no account , and not a word was said by them of fleeting time . The tone of all—yes , the tone—musical to ail who entered , was , Be quiet and comfortable ; move slowly , and enjoy what is nearest to you , without straining your eyes or your admiration ; nothing to excite curiosity or astonishment , only quiet zsstbetio contemplation and calm satisfaction .

      I liked it , liked to belin it , and thought that if I had come honestly to tue inheritance of it , I could abandon myself to a few months living in the way of it with a good deal of heart , But in the first breath of this day-dreaminp , I was interrupted by the question , " Is it right and best that this should be for the few , the very few of us , when for many of the rest of us there must be but bare walls , tile-floors , and everything besides harshly screaming , scrabble for life ?"

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      Ob the Study of Words . Five Lectures addressed to the Ptqrils at the Diocesan Iraining School , Winchester . By E . C . Trench , B . D . London : Parker and Son . We have rarely met with a book so overflowing with valuable and varied information as this little volume . The object of the author is to show how much instruction may be elicited from some of the commonest words , even when standing alone . To the discharge of this task . Mr . Trench has brought a cultivated and richly stored mind , and a power of analysis combined with a graceful style , which renders what

      would , in the bands of an inferior writer , have been a dry and abstract subject , as attractive and interesting as books professedly aiming at amusement rather than instruction . The importance of the study is forcibly shown in this extract from the second lecture on the moral lessons to be learned from single words : "Words being the symbols of ideas and feelings , show what has been going on in the minds of those who used them , and to give a clue to the moral character of the age when they were in fashion . The subsequent changes which have taken place in their meaning indicate corresponding changes in the habits of the people . Mr . Trench says : —

      Seeing then that language contains so faithful a record of the good and of the evil which in time past have been working in the minds of men , we shallnot err if wo regard it as a kind of moral barometer , which indicates and permanently marks the rise or fall of a nation ' s life . To study a people ' s language will be to study them , and to study them at best advantage , where they present themselves to us under fewest disguises , most nearly as they are . Too many have had a hand in it , and in causing it to arrive at its present shape , it is too entirely the-work of the whole nation , the result of the united contributions of all , to allow any successful tampering with it , any making of it to witness other than the actual facts of the case . The frivolity , the triviality of one nation or of one age will find their expression in the using of earnest words in comparatively trivial the nobleness

      senses ; , the high moral sentiment , the contempt of au » ht which is base , of another , will as certainly in one way or another stamp themselves on the words which they employ ; and so on with whatever good or evil they may own . Often a people ' s use of some single word will afford us a deeper insight into their moral condition and habits of thought than whole volumes written fxpressly for this end . So too the modifications of meaning which a word has undergone , as it had been transplanted from one soil to another , the way in which one nation receiving a word from another , has yet brought into it some new force which was foreign to it in the tongue from whence it was borrowed , has deepened or extenuated or otherwise altered its meanin;;—all this may prove profoundly instructive , and may reveal to us , as perhaps nothing else would , the most fundamental diversities existing between them .

      In the third lecture Mr . Trench treats of the historical information connected with words ; and , after contending that a thoughtful student of the English language may , by analysing it into its component parts , learn a great deal about the changes which our nation has gone , he gives the following admirable illustration : — We might almost reconstruct our history , so far as it turned upon the Norman conquest , by an analysis of our present langua-re , a mustering of its words in groups and a close observation of the nature and character of those which the tvro races have severally contributed to it , TllUS We should confidently conclude that the Horraau was the ruling race , from the noticeable fact that all the words of dignity

      state , honour , and pre-eminence , ( with one remarkable exception , to be adduced presently , ) desoend to us from them —sovereign , sceptre , throne , realm , royalty , homage , prince , duke , count , (" earl , " indeed , is Scandinavian , though he must borrow his " countess" from the Xorman , ) chancellor , treasurer , palace , castle , hall , dome , and a multitude more . At the same time , the one remarkable exception of " kin »" would make us , even did we know nothing of the actual facts , suspect that the chieftain of this ruling race camera not upon a new title , not as overthrowing a former dynasty , but claiming to be in the rightful line of its

      succession ; that the true continuity of the nation * had not , in fact any more than in word been entirely broken , but survived in due time io assert itself anew . And yet , while the statelier superstructure of the language , almost all articles of luxury , all that has to do with the chase , with chivalry , with personal adornment , is Norman throughout ; with the broad basis of the language , and therefore of the life , it is otherwise . The sireat features of nature , the sun . the moon , the stars , the earth , the water , the fire , all the prime social relations , father , mother , husband , wife , son , daughter , these are Saxon . The palace and the castle may have come to us from the Norman , but to the Saxon we owe far dearer

      names , the home , the hearth , the house , the roof . His " board , " and often probably it was no more , has a more hospitable sound than the other ' s " table . " His sturdy arm 3 turn the soil ; he is the boor , the hind , the churl ; or if his Norman master has a name for him , it is one which on bialips becomes more and more a title of opprobrium and contempt , the villain . The instruments used in cultivating the earth , the flail , plough , sickle , spade , are expressed in his language ; so too the main products of the earth , as wheat , rye , oats , here , i . e . barley ; and no less the names 01 domestic animals . Concerning these last , it is not a little characteristic to observe , and Walter Scott has put the observation into tho mouth of the Saxon Swinehird in Ivanhoe , that the names of almost all , bo long as they are alive , are thus Saxon , but when dressed and prepared for food become Norman—a fact , indeed , which we mi <> ht have uetorenand

      expected ; for the Saxon hind had the charge and labour of tending and feeding them , but only that they might appear on the table of his Norman lord . Thus ox steer , cow , are saxon , but beef Norman ; calf is Saxon , but veal Norman ; sheep is Saxon , but mutton Norman ; so it is severally with swine and pork , deer and venison , fowl and pullet . Bacon , the only flesh which may ever have come within his reach , is the single exception . Putting all this together , with much more of the same kind , which might be produced , but has only been indicated here , we should certainly gather , that while there are manifest tokens as preserved in our language , of the Saxon having been fora season an inferior and even an oppressed race , the stable elements of Saxon life , however overlaid for a while , had still made good their claim to be the solid groundwork of the after nation as of the after language ; and to the justice of thisconclusion allother historic records , and tho present social condit . cn of England , consent in bearing testimony

      We close our notice of this interesting and valuable work with an illustration of the felicity with which the author finds sermons in words ;—Let us a little consider the word " kind . " We speak of a kind person , and we speak of man- " kind , " and perhaps , if we think about the matter at all , we seem to ourselves to be using quite d . fferent words , or the same word in senses quite unconnected , and having no bond between them But they are connected , and that most closely ; a " kind" person is a fanned" person , one of kin / one who acknowledges and acts upon his kinship with other men , confesses that he owes to them , as of oSe blood with himself , the debt of ove . And so maniud is manlianed . In the word is contained a declaration of the rela ionshin which exists between all the ffiembers of the humS family ; and seeing that this relationshio in a racenow

      scattered so widely ana divided so far asunder can only be through a common head we do iu fact every time we use the word " mankind , " declare our faith in the one common descent of the whole race of man . And , beautiful before , how much more beautiful now do do the words " kind" "kindness appears when we perceive the poor out ofwh , ch they grow ; that they are the acknowledgment in deedsof love of our kinship with our brethren ; and how profitable to keep in mind that a lively recognition of the bonds of blood , whether of those closer ones which unite us to that whom by best right we term our family , or those wider ones ^ which knit us to the whole human family , that this is the true source out of which all genuine love and affection must spring ; for so much , is affirmed in our daily , hourly use of the word ,

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      ELECTION INTELLIGENCE . Harwich . —On Saturday Sir Pitzroy Kollv wia nion *» j for Harwich , without opposition . The S jt £ & e f made a very short speech on the occasion , anfthe To ceedings passed over tamely , all excitement or contort being reserved by general consent for the general eSn Shrewsbury -Three candidates are in the fie d : foj T ' borough-viz ., Mr . Tomline , Mr . E . II . Ba dock and M Heathcote . Mr . Tomline avows himself a Free TvJll ' and declares that he i . adverse to any fBrftePpnnn . «?« n to the Roman Catholic church . On tho otho S Mr Ba dock entertains totally different sentimen s on th ' Z ' - jeot of Free Trade . He also pronounces against thl !! tinumceof the Maynooth grant , niln tfi ^ JtZi Siment ° ^ ^ **«»•* wf c ^ JX . NoTmoiUM . -The following handbill h . is been extensively circulated through the town and nei ghbourhood - " /? " ! BLBCI 03 ASD "ro-IMCTOBS OF ^ eleotionIntelligence . ~

      « . " NOTmouAM . " GHnwn .-If ever there waii toe ta , wr hSow when it became you to be firm in your re olves 1 US and wise in your deliberations , thot time has nS JJJivS The Liberal Party , ' as they call themselves , par lSZe have held several meetings ; but so far from prSKhSSl ' in the just sense of that term , they are as ilKSVrroi minded and exclusive as ever . More than one ndWA ^ l proposed to hand you over , without anv furrW » to the kind care of Mr . Thomas ^ OwSSTXTS Walter ; but , to the credit of the majority of the »™ " presen they would not agree to be thai eoSIiJSK " Men of Nottingham , are you so infatuated with ft . S , S ' still policy of the Whigs , that any of the old hacks of tSt body , whom a few individuals may select , will do for voS representatives ?_ or , will the retrograde movements of'Z £ " !! " * " » « y » o « in unison with vouE fS iuuhwh 5 not

      Ave you , tired of both factions , and do von not desire a Radical change of the whole XT thTlJL ! 7 °° : T ! 1 ^ nm of ' 'Do ™ 6 UivM ™ tue . Liberal mtere 3 t ; —• ' It is ft haHlp r . t t > 1 ' or no Protection . ' I tell you it is I reality iS the , tod , but a party contest for ascendancy between Si . and Tory anstocrats ; both meaning to uso the Smle 2 ft ^ l ? l Uheir own seIfi 9 h enii 9 > a * d pmeJt fffa ! lta M % , f ^ " ?^ B K My p « wttA ^ SE | »^ -Sots ^^ tt ? g todSrfiJ ^ TJr ' f ° penot ( Wllat ' Sen £ mS brinlKTS , lntf' 2 ent Progressionist ? Is it not to nortion JfS 5 H "' ^ C ! mdldate ' atld 8 We ^ e ^^ portion of the electors an opportunity of reoorrfin * « h » iV

      ^ WA ^^ r ^ ' jsra nofchrih . ' ^ Tf ^ ' f- ° ^ Albans bef ° them ; dare not bribe ! Tis not m mortals to command success , but you may do cum more , endeavour to deserve it " Radicals , Electors , and Non-Eiectors do " vow dutv at ^ SSi ^ rtrS'S YoBK .-. On Monday evening a verv nnmo ™* „ .. (!„„

      ,, tTv ^ TZ eSVe tP ' ected to thVeo topic -Pr e Sn 'J ? I lame ? . Ref ° rm . ^ d readjustment of tatZrtfl ^ T ? T ° . ? " fr « wM « e , he . should have foftnS S " R ° W ? ., bill L for Mr " Hume ' s bill , and for Lord John Russell ' s bill , though each was defective The franchise might be sofely givfn to the StortS ffi municipal franchise mail towns , without distinction between the occupier of the whole and of part of a house He ra-gosted , also , that depositors of 120 in saving banks that the test of knowledge mieht alsn ho nsM nmi «* * . ?¦„_

      , cnise be given to members of various classes of literary and SJ , *? . professional men , & „ ., when not en-K 3 « ?« "tnerwise . In counties he would give tho fran-1 ft 40 s . a-year leaseholds or oopyhokfs , as well as SSS « ' p ° . t 0 40 \ W i « ^ e funds , railway Shares , &c . By such extensions the electoral body would be increased from 890 , 000 to nearly three times that number . He was opposed to a Militia Bill . Aylesbuby . -A numerous and influential meeting of tho Liberal voters of Aylesbury have resolved to ask Dr Layard to come forward as a candidate at tho next general election m the room of Mr . Bethcll . DmuuM ( City ) . _ Mr . Atlierton , a member of the Northern Circuit , as a candidate for the representation of ¦ ^ of r , . rbam . on liberal principles , in conjunction wth Mr . Grainger . '

      Burt , Lancashire . —Mr . Frederick Peel addressed the electors on Monday evening , in the Town Hall , A vast multitude of persons weva assembled outside the hall , hooting and groaning , but only auch as were provided with tickets were admitted . Mr . Peel ' s speech chiefly referred to Free Trade and the income tax . lie said , he would take an addition to the regular army in preference to the force sought to be levied by the new Militia Bill , believing it impossible to draw a force of 80 , 000 men from the industry ot the country without great derangement to trade . He was averse to touching the Maynooth grant ; thought , education and intelligence , . 19 well as property , should be recognised in the franchise ; but though anxious to see bribery and corruption prevented at elections , doubted if it would be cured by the ballot . A resolution in his favour was carried . HEREFORB . —Sir A . Price , in reply to resolutions passed by the Liberal electors in reference to Parliamentary

      Retorm , says , that he is favourable to an extension of the suffrage , and not averse to shorten parliaments , though he thinks Triennial Parliaments too short . Ho is not favourable to the Ballot , but if the Bill for Preventing Corrupt 1 rachces at Elections , and auen like measures for remedying tho great eviU complained of , shonld fail , he would yield to the wishes of the electors , and no longer oppose the introductionof the Billot .

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      SURREY ADJOURNED QUARTER SESSIONS . These sessions commenced on Monday at he Session Bouse , Newington-causeway , before Thomas Putckle , Esq ., and a full bench of magistrates . H Charles Pedgrift , 28 , was indicted for stealing twelve £ 10 w-n- of ™ gland notes , and 10 ° sovereigns , the proporty of William Ingram Rawlings . Tho prisoner was found Cruiltv » and sentenced to twelve months hard labour . Highway Robbery .-Theresa Kensell , 32 , Edward Conolly , 36 , and Robert Edwards , 43 , were indicted for stealing a silver watch from the person of George Wyatt , at Lambeth . Prosecutor stated that he was a solicitor ' s clerk , and about eight 0 clock of the evening of the 3 rd of March , lie went down Kennington-lane to meet a friend near the

      windmill put ) ic-liouse . While standing there he pulled his watch cut of his pocket to ascertain the time , and after ho had replaced jtinMs pocket , the female prisoner came UP and accosted him . Sh e asked him to cross over to Esherstreet , and having togo that way he did so . He then stopped talking to her , when she suddenly pulled his gwaistcoat and ran away . Conolly then cameup to him and asked him the way to Vaushall , and while he was telling him , Edwards came up and called out be was directing him the wrong way . Ihey both went down a bye street , when witness ' s suspicion was aroused , and on putting his hand to Wn waistcoat pocket be missed his watch . He instantly went to the police-station and gave information of the robbery . He saw the prisoners eight or ten days afterwards in custody , and instantly identified them . The jury found the prisoners Guilty , and the Chairman sentenced Conolly to three months' imprisonment at Wandsworth ; Edwards having been previously transported , to ten years' transportation , and the female to seven years transportation .

      Juvenile Hocsbbrbakers . —Henry Thomson , 18 , and Uenry Holland , U , were indicted for entering the dwelling house of William M'Cluer , and stealingtherefrom a writingcase , his property . —Amy M'Kelland , daughter of the Drosecutor , said on Tuesday night , the 6 th inst ., she left the writing-case on the table of the front parlour , and secured the house when the family retired to rest . On the following morning at six o ' clock shu entered the room , whtn she was surprised to find that the window had been forced open and that the writing-desk had been stolen . Shortly after ! wards a neighbour came across to her , ami said that ahe had seen a lad enter the house by the window , steal the writing-case , and hand it to another boy , when they both ran away . Information was given to the police with a description of the thieves , and on the following day the prisoners were apprehended . —The jury found the prisoners Guilty , and former convictions having been proved against them , the court sentenced each to seven years' transportation . "

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      Easter Term . —On Wednesday on tho openin » of the law offices after the holidays , the arrears for Easter Term commencing on Thursday , were exhibited . The present term will be remarkable , as tho first in which Baron St Leonards will preside at Westminster-hall as Lord Chancellor , and also in which Mr . Justice Crompton will take his . seat in that ancient hall . The arrears of the three common law courts number only 100 . In the . Court of Queen ' s Bench there are fifty-five , consisting of twentythree special cases and demurrers for argument , seventeen enlarged rules , thirteen rules for now trials and one for judgment , and one county court appeal . In the Common Pleas there are only seventeen matters entered—seven demurrers , three enlarged rules , six now trials for argument and one for judgment , whilst in tho Exchequer there is one county court appeal , three cases in the special paper for judgment and six for argument , and eighteen new trial rulos for argument . In the equity courts there is a diminution in the number of the arrears .

      Hops srom Head Quxrtbrs . —The Earl of Derby is in a fair way of finding unqualified favour in the eyes of that large and influential section of the Irish gentry , who , merging all differences of creed , political or religious , have united for the purpose of obtaining tho easiest possible termsfor the settlement of the long standing account between those parties and the Lords of Her Majesty ' s Treasury , A ray of hope has been afforded to the debtors by the tone of the reply of the Prime Minister to a memorial presented to him and the Chancellor of the Excheauar on the subject of the vexed " Consolidated Annuities , signed by seventy Irish members and forwar-iad ' hy Sir Lucjua . f / Bjrjep , - ^ -. i ~ £ j .

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      THE GOLD CROPS IN AUSTRAL ^ ~ I Perhaps the most extraordinary event uunn n , nnhA 1 the « Expulsion" is the discovery of th enefZus £ """ in Australia . Differing from all other . SSTofffl ?? in her Fauna , in her Flora , in her zoology V W ° U « i ! £ aboriginal humanity , Australia is now shown to differ from them still more in the normal productions of her soil . Tn no country of the wprld-not even excepting California— 8 gold , that most precious of minerals , scattered so " broad cast" over the surface of the land . The quantity sent into Melbourne , for instance , in three successive weeks ( which it will be borne in mind , was not necessariall y the whole quantity collected—indeed , very likely not more than half that quantity ) within a day ' s journey of that town , amounted in the aggregate to 5 , 542 lbs . troy -weight , which , at the ^^^^^^ r ^~ ' ===- :

      average rate of * 3 1 / 3 . per ounce , or £ 46 per : pound troy , would give a sura not far short of £ 360 , 000 sterling as the value , that is to say , about £ 120 , 000 for each week , taken in the round . These are the " lowest figures" at which the return from the Melbourne diggings have been rated ; but there is clear and distinct proof that the yield is not * less than £ 140 , 000 per week , and there is sufficient reason to suppose that it had actually reached £ 30 , 000 per diem on the average . "Two or tbree tons" a week was no unusual return to Melbourne at the time the last ships for England left that land of promise ; and by a calculation made on the spot , with every accessible element at the command of the calculator , it would seem that ten tons of gold , value about three quarters of a million sterling , have found their wav into that town and been there duly registered , within the short space of three months—namely , from the 29 th Sep . temb ^ r to the 20 th December , 1851 .

      The results of this immense addition to the mass of gold already in existence are every day more and more difficult of predication . Une effect has doubtless been to sustain the rate of wages , which in this country at least , would have necessarily undergone a reduction , bad it not been for the discovery of this precious metal in California . Wimt its further discovery in Australia will produce can only be very vaguely guessed ; but it may be looked upon as " possible nay , probable—that , by leading directly to a reduction in the value of money , as sucb , it will lead to a reduction of the heavy burden now borne by the public , under the form of interest on the national debt . So far it will be an advantage to this country . In England , notwithstanding the alarms of deprecation , commodities are said to be too cheap . The mercantile aud shipping interest , agriculturists ,

      landowners , every party profess to be selling at a loss , and all hope of improved prices has apparently been abandoned . Of the Continent it is scarcely necessary to speak . Empty treasuries and impoverished and discontented people are the one universal rigid rule . Whether there be abundance or scarcity , therefore , is a matter of indifference , for prices , where not kept up by raouopoly , as ) in the case of best-root sugar , are low enough j and where bread is dear , bad seasons , and not the abundance of gold , are known to have caused the rise of prices . Nevertheless , the possibility of an overwhelming supply of gold is not to be overlooked ; and certainly the supposition that gold may become as abundant as tin and iron is somewhat startling , and causes a species of involuntary alarm . Would gold then become as cheap as iron , or as any of the inferior metala—those at present re . garded as inferior , at least ?

      The " process of exhaustion" in logic has been applied to this question , but the answer is scarcely satisfactory . It is of course not possible to say what quantity of gold must he obtained to produce the equality of value " involved in this proposition , but it is possible to prove the quantity that will nor , produce it . For instance , £ 62 , 000 , 000 from Calilornia in less than three years . £ 10 , 000 , 000 from Russia , and probably £ 30 , 000 . 000 from other sources , altogether £ 105 , 000 , 000 , or £ 38 , 000 , 000 annually , have not equalised gol-J , in point of price , with iron , nor even wiih the next metal in respect of approximate value , silver . Considering , however , the accelerated proportional increase in the population as compared with that of the past century , it is probable that not less than £ 50 , 000 , 000 of gold per aununi over and above the present amount produced will be absorbed in the purchase of increased commodities , the extra production of whieh will be no doubt enormously aggravated by the increased demand . So far the negative .

      It is not probable that any rise will take place in the in . terest of money ; on the contrary , it is almost certain lhat the interest will range lower and still lower . This , however , must have one inevitable consequence , that of reducing for . tune 3 to a more even figure . Fixed incomes will certainly fall in value , whether they be derived from the interest of money upon mortgage or dividends in the public funds ; but , on the other hand , the value of lahourand of the products of labour will proportionably rise in price . Thus , in aU likelihood

      will be brought about the solution of that" vexed question . " as between capital and labour , which has been thesturab . ling block of ethical and social philosophers in modern times . In the meanwhile , pending this solution , it is imperative on the government of the country to " take such order" as that the golden crop in her Majesty ' s dominions in the South Seas shall be gathered in with the greatest possible advaniage \ & those whom they are supposed to representnamely , the general community known under the designation of her Majesty ' s subjects . —Ohener .

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      THE EASTER BANQUET AT THE MANSIONHOUSE . The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress , according to the custom of the season , had a very large party at the Mansionhouse on Monday night '; and the preaence of the new Premier among the company gave more than usual interest to this year s Easter banquet . Covers were laid in the Egyptian Hall for 350 . The walls were decorated with banners , and the tables glittered with massive and elegant plate . After several toasts had been given , the Lord Mayor proposed , The Health of the Earl of Derby and her Majesty ' s Minis , ters , and warml y thanked the noble Earl for the honour of his presence on that occasion . ( The toast was drunk amid loud cheers . )

      The Ettvl of DKttBY , who was received with much cheering , returned thanks , and said it would be inexcusable in him to give , in his reply , anything in the slightest degree of a political character . Having alluded to the change of ministeis , the Premier proceeded to say : —Well it is known that no Minister can direct the affairs of this country permanently or for any lengthened period unless he enjoy the confidence and support of bis fellow countrymen , ( Hear , hear . ) Whether wo do enjoy that confidence as a government no distant time will clearly and undeniably prove . ( Hear , hear . ) If we do not possess that confidence , I , for one can say with perfect sincerity that I shall resign office , and with it the labours and anxieties of public life , with far more of readiness

      and tar more of comfort to myself than I have undertaken the arduous and painful respousibiluies which a sense ot duty imposed upon me . . ( Huar , hear . ) But if we should bo honoured , as I confidently trust we may , with the support of the intelligence of the country- ( a bu « tof cheering drowned some words which the noble earl added ) , then I know I may say confidently tor every one of my colleagues , as I say without hesitation for myself , that no sacrifice of time , of comfort , of health , of life itself , will be deemed too much to prove ourselves even in the slightest degree worthy of the favour of our Sovereign , and of the support of the people of this great empire , whose mighty interests are committed to our charge . ( Great cheering from all parts of the hall . )

      Upon the " Health of the Foreign Ministers present , " being given , Ins Excellency the American Minister responded on behalf of the other representatives of foreign powers , and said : —We take a deep interest in the prosperity which exists here ; the countries we represent are deeply interested in the prosperity of London . ( Hear , hear . ) The glorious links of commerce have united us—I speak now of all foreign countries—in bonds Btrongev than those that can be made by treatise —( cheers )—and we desire , we hope , and we believe , that if we are agreed upon nothing else , we agree that it is for our moral and our material interest that peace should be

      preserved , not only with all the world , but particularly with Great Britain , and especially with the heart of Great Britain—the city of London . ( Cheers . ) My Lord Mayor , I beg on behalf of my colleagues and myself to offer you our thanks for this renewed opportunity of visiting the city on this festive day , which has been so long celebrated here . ( Cheers . ) The toasts of " The House of Commons , " " The City Members , " "The Solicitor-General and the Bur , " 11 The Magistrates of the City , " "The Sheriffs , " and " Prosperity to the City of London , " followed ; ' the Lord Mayor and his guests , tnen retired to the drawing-rooms , and the party oegan to break up .

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      Common Schools in Ohio . —Tho number of townships in the State of Ohio is 1 , 316 , of which 1 , 121 have reported on the number and condition of their common scho' Is , They contain 9 , 783 whole and 1 , 520 fractional school district ? , having a total of schools , 12 , 664 ; male teachers , 8 , 350 ; female teachers , 5 , 706 j scholara enrolled , males , 238 , 426 ; average numbers in daily attendance , males , 203 , 407 ; females , 159 , 760 . The amount of wages paid to teachers from public funds wa 3 , to males , 398 , 744 , 27 dols . ; to females , 135 , 335 96 dols . ; amount paid from other sources , to males , 111 , 759 47 dols . ; to females , 40 , 254 20 dols . ; number of months schools have been tau » ht by mules , 29 , 041 , 3 . 4 ; by females , 16 , 064 34 ; number of school houses built , 300 ; cost of new school houses , 109 , 303 77 dols . ; amount of building fund raised , 102 811 41 dola . ; amount of school taxes on county duplicate , 322 , 020 55 ; total amount of school funds received by reporting counties , 587 , 050 51 dois . The total amount of school and trust funds paid out of the State treasury durin * the year was 298 , 268 41 dols .-A ew / York Sun .

      "Wb learn from an authentio source , " says the " Cincinnatti Gazette , " " That Governor Kossuth has vented a large warehouse belonging to Mr . Keck , near Plainville , nine miles from the City , in which it is arranged to furnish employment for numbers of Hungarian refugees , who aro now idle , in making saddles and accoutvements for those who shall join in the battle for the independence of Hungary . " Highusd Roads and BiHDQKs .-Qn Saturday the 33 th report of the Commissioners on Hi « hland JRoadg and fridges ( presented to parliament ) was " printed , extending to , thirty pages . The whole of the assessments on the counties of Scotland" for the year 1851 amoii ^ pd to £ 4 , 04843 . 5 d .. only , showing a decrease of £ 655 ; below thoss of 1850 ,, and £ 1 , 74 $ I « il 0 * those of : 184 & .

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      Shootiso Certikicatks . —Last year £ 135 .-1 S 2 was paid for shooting certificates in the United Kingdom . Cons . —Why are seeds , wlien sown , like gate posts ?—They are planted in the earth ti propagate ( prop a gate ) . _ Wlmt part of Scripture would two young ladies fulfil when Kissins ; each other ?—D > ing to each other as they would that men should do unto them . Sadies of a certain age may perhaps envy the Emperor of ^ i » na one of hi s luxuries : —his birth-day is celebrated but on ™» ten years . Gi 7 ° n 5 T i ° J ! P' « S 3 Es .-It is estimated that 110 less than Grp ' nt r i . vartl ! " printed cotton were manufactured in **«* t Britain in 1851 . ato " 8 v » H M ' ° " — ! t 5 s found by calculation that heieht nt aZ- Wl } " has t ! 'e appearance of one third his ucigut , at < U | yards on « . f ,,,,.. n 1 . ' 1 „ , « tn nna . atth Iike

      to servant girls iffi r » ' iltul is conn ' ned Principally " b-ngwef r ^ t . SJ S / ^^ ' ead SUlUy l ° clT ^ l ^ &H ^ holiday aSunday garments must set the eiie tilU ° CaSy > y ° Gaming at Hamhurg . — 'pt , " „ ,,. Ikmbuvgiskept byacompiiny oflh , , , nn " V * ! Vt just received , from last year ' s r ctutS ,. ' -7 ?' ? ha four per cent . ! re » wn 3 , a divilend of forty-Thb " Preserved Meats . "—Til * q , . from the Mediterranean station L w p 8 rb ' just arri V ed demned , upwards of 4 , 000 canisters of qSiS * u ° ™ ' °° ' i meats" ( about 34 . 000 lbs . !) Waer 8 reserved A curious mistake lately occurred inn m , « . ,. . It was its first number , yet , in iu " NotioaTM " 10 lcaIt dents" appeared the following : " The letter 0 P tn' ^™' - Readkr shall appear in our next . " A ^ -onsiant Women Voting , —Talking about women votW n , o " Burlington ( U . S . ) Sentinel ; ' says .- •« Cradles are he ballot-boxes for women , 111 which they should deoosit nnt vote ? , hut voters . That makes a Warwick of every mother of ' em . Tub Monet Order Office . — The revenue of * ue Money-order OfhV . e exceeded its expenses , in the year 1851 by more than £ 7 , 000 of profit . The same office , before the

      important improvements of the last few yean had beea ettmetl , cost the country a loss of £ 10 , 600 . Quadruple Birtii . —A . youns ; woman was lately delivered i » Cork of four living children , two boys and two girls , who , with the mother , are reported " to ba as well as can be expected . " Quadruple births are somewhat rare , out u is sull more rare to find thai all the four children survive . —il / ecJical Tima . A Disconsolate Husband .- " How is your wife today \ uui a tnend to a French gentleman .- " Oh ! moche lirM ^ f l f e L ? hcisnobettare ' and [ atn 'fraidver ' little waa 3 If She 13 gon to die , I wish she would do it soon , 1 feel so unhapie-my mind is so mocl . e unset-tie , Ven she die , I shall not be so moche dissatisfy . " JNot Eupit .- " It is a great pity that you come dangling at my I eels , Mr . Nonentity , " said a consequential lady to ers-nt . raenial adorer ; 'you remind me of a barometer that is filled with nothwg in the uppcv story . " - " Most amiable ot your sex , " said he , -for so flattering a « , mBH .

      ment , let me remind you that you occupy it entirely " An Irishwoman once called upon an apothecary with a sck infant , when the apothecary gave her some powder , of which he ordered as much as would lie on a sixpence to be aiven every morning ; the woman replied , " Perhaps your honour wilt lend me a sixpence tRe while , as I havn ' t got one at all at all . '' A Quakrr ' s PoN .-Not many months ago , a " Friend , " wno r . j . ucetl in the name of Comfort , paid his devoirs to a youn » and attractive Quaker widow , named Rachel H bather her griefs were too new , or her lover too old ; or from some otter cause , his offer wns declined . Wherenpen a Quaker Inend remarked that it was the first modern instance he had known , where " Rachel refused to be

      Com-Thiv Gheatest Sinner . -A clergyman wishing to know whether the ohidren of h » s parishioners understood their Bible , asked a lad that he found one day reading the Old restament who was the wickedest man . "Moses , to be sure , said the boy . '' Mom . ! " exclaimed the parson , Moses ! how can that be ?" - " Why . " said the h ' . d , "he broke all the commandments at once . " Vauietv of Siukspumie . —I must repeat to you an opinion I have long held , that no man had ever more than one conception . Milton rmpti-d his mind in the first part of Paradise Lost ; all the rest is transcript of self . The Odyssey is a repetition of the Iliad , When you have seen one Clauds , you have seen all . I can think of no exception but Sliakspeare ; he is always varied , never mannered . — Archdeacon' Fisher .

      A DA . BBLBR in literature and in fine arts , who prided himself on his knowledge and proper use of the English language , came upon a youngster sitting on the bank of a millpond , angling for gudgeons , and thus addressed him : — " Adolesoens , art thou not endeavouring to entice the finny race to engulf into their denticulated mouths a barbed honk , upon whose point is affixed a dainty allurement «"—11 ' siid the hoy , 'Tni / whin ' . " Foot Rack . for the Champion ' s Belt . —Lately a race between John Levetr ., of B . ittersea , against James Frost . ( ' he '' Suffolk Stag" ) for the champion ' s belt and £ 50 , came off at Copenhagen grounds . The pedestrians had togo thirty times round the ground for the ten miles . Levett went in a winner by at least twenty yards , thus taking the belt from Frost , and winning the stakes . Time taken to do the tea miles , fifty-one minutes fifty-eight seconds , the faBtest footrace ever ran .

      Thr late Colonel Fordycr op the 74 th Hioh-LA . NDKRS . —In the mention made of this gallant officer in the " Friend of the Sovereignty , " we observe the following acts of liberality , which we do not remember having elsewhere noticed : — " On his arrival at the colony ( Cape oE Good Hope ) , he presented every man of bis regiment with two pairs of shoes adapted to the country . In his last will lie bequeathed . 1 pension to the widow of every sold'er who should fall under his command ; a shilling each per day to all disabled Bolufcrs of his corps : and left the means of purchasing commissions for his five most deserving sergeants ; and , it is said , himself met his death in his attempt to rescue tlie body of a favourite sergeant . He was indeed lovely in his life , and in his death should not be forgotten . " American Editors . —The "New York Sun" says : — " The following is a specimen of the letters which we receive daily . Penple seem to have very extended ideas of the duties of Editors , and very enlarged ideas of their knowledge :

      ' Editor of the N Y Sun Dear Sir as your very useful paper publishes the Arrivals and Destiny of vessels—and as your Subscriber is desireoii 3 to hear from J , J , Shearer who sailed from N , York on Saturday the 24 th of last January , hor < a sail vessel mimed the Georgia fur Shag > ees or San Juann I do not know which you would confer a great fnvorif within your power by informing about that vessel what kind or class vessel she is , and a brief history of her voige and how many pBssengers on board and the No . of days to the place of her destination and whether the young Man J , J , Shearer arrived safe &c and write me at your earliest convenience and send me word the amount for your trouble and it will be sent you with pleasure as I am very anxious to hear from him as he-went to N , York to ta ^ e the Mail Steamer for Callfonia , and I have been informed that ho could not oMiiiu a ticket on a steamer and hence took passage on ihe Sail vessel Georgia the 24 ih , Jan last—and that is the last I have heard from him—The young man is , 13 years old of good character and 1 long to hear from him Plymouth THOMAS MOODY

      Wayne co , Michigon '" Lola Mostks has published an " appeal" in the New York journals . She glances at the history of her marriage at thirteen years to an old man whom she did not love . She invokes the justice of heaven upon her Jesuit enemies who plotted the ruin of her friend the good old King Louis of Bavaria , as " virtuous and kind-hearted a gentleman as lives on earth . " She is proud of her love for him , which is not of a kind to be ashamed of . and will be his fiiend while he lives . Lola asserts that the Bavarian Prince , Minister d'Abeland Metternich of Austria offered her four millions of francs and the title of Princess , if she would aid them in their plans to control the King . Being- concealed , at her request , he overheard the offer . By tho Jesuit and Austrian power Lola says she has been depu ' ved of her property , aud she is now but a poor danseiist seeking a livelihood . "I have b ou in vain , frivolous , ambitious , proud—but never vicious , never cruel . "

      New Amkuican Rielf .. —Among the remarkable inven tious lately brought into public notice is a rifle invented by Mr . Porter , of Nashville , Tenuessee . I was present yesterday when it was examined by a scientific and practical man , who knows a good deal about guns , and has made rifles himself , with his own hands . He was rather favourably impressed with it , and intends to give it a trial . It will be submitted to a trial liy the War Department . It has been already patented in the United States , in England , and in France . It is a repeating vifle with avengeance . It loads and primes itself , solecism as it seems . To use the rifle as a revolver , you put on a cylinder with eight loads , and discharge thera in succession . Yo \\ may put on another cylinder . No caps are us « d ; the gun being primed on Maynard ' s principle . As a repeater , this rifle has another movement . Discarding the cylinders , you may drop over the lock what Mr . Porter calls the " magazine , " which contains sixty chargeB of powder and ball . These sixty charges you may fire as rapidly as a watch Kicks . —American r « perr

      EXTRACTS FllCM " PUNCH . "The Rous 6 or all the PAPBRS . " -The "Globe . How to Clear tub Ilouss fob a Division .-Tell Reid to ventilate it . , . n u p » u *— . t The Protectionists PBO-TEMj ; --ri , e Derby . Cab net would , if it could , put us on low diet , ih . s consideration prevents us from calling it a P ^ 'T ^ S'Sdi ; afraid The Last Charge op Sianibv . - ^ o aie and r afraid that the last charge , of Stanley will be five shilhnga-by way of duty upon foreign corn . , . Tnp SnvWirv i » B ori . B .-Of aI 1 t ? sovereign people there «? i « eSTo » * &' deser , ° ^ - ^ f the « in AnrtreH ^ nd CaHfornia-for there it is the fault of every make him sovereign before the evening .

      a \» g 7 «»»« «» BALLOT .-It is said that the ballot would afford no cure for bribery ; but who would buy a vote if he could not be sure of it ? Adopt the plan of secret voting , aod though the constituency might be bought , it is probable that the candidate would bs sold . W . Ho ' iivtf the bhst of it ?—The only difference between the freton . Chamber and our House of Commons is this : In the otft , Ministers will not allow the members to say anything '; ' and in the other , members cannot get the jxiinister ^ to ' say anything . " . ' . . •

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 17, 1852, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1674/page/3/