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      ~ " £ wion 9 summer is with us once more jso vre can-» tetter commence our ' Feast" than by trans ""vJTtooor columns the following beautiful lines ^ talented contributor to the pages of our contempt * the Brighton Herald : — P ^ " TO SUMMER , ( jh 11 dearlv lore the summer With its bine skies and bright flowers , iu balmj airanflpensiretone , In the evening ' s gentle hours : ¦ ff hen the glory of the sunlight itsTjrigh * and cloudless noon , - , ; A nd tic blossoms on the bending trees , Whose fruit shall crown them soon ; The green crass of the meadow—The wild flower blossomingfj , e p ie bird and the butterfly . Alike on careless wing—All speak in tones of gladness

      Till the inmost heart is stirred , And the spirit casts its cares aside . And carols like a bird ! Oli J 1 dearly love the Summer , When the stars are out on high ; To -wander on . far many an hour , Beneath the glittering sky—While the rippling of dear -water And the sighing of the breeze Call up and waken happy thoughts And precious memories ; _ While nature ' s tinjpleuiusic

      Soothes erery care to rest—For we would not mar that hoi ; calm By onepassion of the breast , Oh ! then I love the Summer , For the title she doth bear Of queen of all things beautiful , And glorious and fair ! The Autumn hath her glory . Her soft and saddened light , But she whispers of the perishing Of lovely things and bright . Her steps are on the sere leaves , " \ V 7 i ? rJi fiirm ^ the smumei ^ s Bride :

      ' And the wind sighs low and moumfuHj O ' er the blossoms « hich have died . And the winter hath his pleasures , Bui his hreath is chill and bleak—Tho'he may girehealth unto the frame And roses to the cheek . But his tokens are the snow-wreath , And the dark and leafless trees—And the glorious Summer banishes ' Even out iiougUs of these ? The Spring hath many a promiss Which would the heart hegnile : The very sunbeams are hut hopes Deceiving while they smile . -Thro'the lion reign of March , And the April ' s driving showers , Still look we forward to the time

      Of Summer ' s beaming hours , Of blossom , fruit , and fragrance , Of all the eye wouia meet In garden , forest , or in field , Of glad , and gay , and sweet . Oh ! I -welcome in the Summer With a joyous , grateful tone ; And I envy not the heart vrhich gives 3 Jo echo to mine own ! P . SLS . If our readers will look through last Saturday ' s number of the People ' s Jour nal , they will find therein

      an article entitled " The Progress of June , " from the pen of WiiuAM Howrrr , which we are sure cannot 62 to delight them . We know of no writer who pictures nature in all her varied charms , so faithfully and powerfully as Wuxum Howiit . Indeed , he more ihznpicturcs nature , so real arehi < descriptions that Ms readers universally must feel as we have felt , that they are sharers with him in the enjoyment otthe scenes he pourtrays , and actual partakers of his pure delfchts . How truthful and beautiful is the following description of

      A JUXE SIGHT . But if the days of June are now warm , and brilliant , Bid beautiful , —ahj how soft and beautiful is a June night ! Oh ! what is there that can equal its pleasant ofeenrity , which is yet not darkness ! What can equal the calm , dear , lofty beauty of the sky , where the moon beams like a celestial creature , as she is , and the evening jtar burns with a radiance of immortal youth . Thereis sbdmysoftnessintheair . The trees s tand in shadowy masses , that seem to listen to the still and musing sky above them . Thertis a soft gloom beneath umbrageous hedges , or as you walk through shrubberies and plantations , that is peopled with all the tender feelin ? S of the present and the tendt-r fnemories of the past . "What wonld we not give to so band in hand again with those

      with whom we have enjoyed such hours , and talked of aeath , and wondered who should first explore its mysteries—and they were those first ; and we walk en through deepening shadows , and wonder riot and tciere tfcey now are . How everj place and scene on this still and thoughtful nijrbt seems to unlock its secret essence . Every spot has its own sentiment and its peculiar odour . Here the leafj aroma of trees , there the stron . s forest turf ; here the earthys-nell Of deep , rich soil , and there the fragrant breath of sweettoiar , or delicious effusion from a clover Or DCan-fiuld . Sear the hamlet , the warm , rich odour of peat , or of the wood-fire , announce that the weary labourer has suppea , and perhaps now sleeps , unconscious of the cricket that &igsin the garden hedge , or the nocturnal thrush in the

      da dm that over-canopies his dwelling . How delightful is the meanest sound of a summer night 1 How the moth , dashing against the cottage pane , or fluttering amongst the garden-leaves , enriches the stillness ; with hat a loraly hoom the soaring cockchafter mounts past yonr ear into the flow « ry lime ! How the smallest runnel murmurs aloud ; how palpably the mountain stream sounds along ; how deeply sonorous is the distant water-SsU er mill-weir . The frogs in the marshes seem to he taming a thousand wheels ; and the dorhawk , the cuckoo , and the nightingale give to wood , and meadow , and tree their different charms . The quails pipe from die green corn the curlews from the far moorlands ; and if you be near the ocean , what a voice of majesty is that ! full of the meanings of ag « s , ana of the poetry of the infinite . Ay , walk , happy youth , in the flush of thy happiness ,

      slong the dusky margin of that old , old sea . Mark the soft waves break in flame at thy feet ; hear the stroke of an oar somewhere la the dim obscure ; list the wild and thrill cries of um and plover , that , never sleeping 6 oundly . come wheeling past , and plunge onward unreen : there is not a sound that , heard to night , shall not mingle -with thy thoughts and hopes of life , and may , years hence , pierce through thy memory followed by as ocean of tears . But hash I there are voices , shrill and laughing voices ; the musing young man springs onward , forgetting the poetry of the ocean and of night in the more Trod poetry of hope and love , let him go . Por young or for old . for every human being that has a soul alive to the impressions of God in nature , the calm ana the gloom , and « ery sound and sensation , of a summer night are holy . From the same article we extract the following beautiful verses : — WHERE ARE THE SPUING FLOWERS I But , oh , ye spring-flowers ! oh , ye early friends . ' Where are ye , one and all ? Tlie sun still shines , the summer rain descends , They call forth flowers , bat'tis not ye they call . On the mountains , By the fountains , In the woodland , dim and grey , flowers are springing , ever springing , But the spring-flowers , where are they ! Bat , oh , ye spring-flowers ! oh , ye eaily Mentis !

      Where areje ? I wonld know "When the sun shines , -when summer rain descends . - " Why still hlo 7 r flowers , tut 'tis not ye that blow ! On the monntains , By the fonntains , In the woodlands , dim and ; : rry . ^ lowers are sprin ging , ever springing , But the spring-flowers , where are they f Oh , then ye spring-flowers ! oh , ye early friendi ! Are je together pone Up WJlh the soul of nature that ascends , !

      U p with the clouds and odours , one by one OVr the mountains , O ' er the fountains , O ' er the woodland , dim au < 3 prey , Flowers are springinK . ever springing , On heaven ' s highlands far airay ! Hotter and hotter glows the summer sun , - Bat yon it cannot wake . Myriads of flowers , like armies marching on , Blaze on the hills and glitter in the brake . On tlie mountains .

      IU . nnd the fountains , In the woodlands dim and grey , Plowcrs arc springing , ever springing , But the spring-flowers—where are they ! Oh ! no more ! nevrr , never more ! Shall friend or flower leturn , Till deadly Winter , old and cold and frore Has laid all nature lifeless iu Lis urn . O ' er the mountains , And the fountains . Through the woodland dim and prey , Death and Winter , dread companions , Have pursued their destined way . Then oh I je spring-flowers ! oh ! ye early friends ! Dead , bnritd , one and all . TVlitn the sun shines and summer rain descends , And call forth flowers , ' tis ye that they shall call . Oa the mountains , liy toe fountains , In the notnilaid dim and ; rey . f lowers arespringiufj , souls are singing , On heaven ' s hills , and ye are ihey ! W . H . * Froni a considerable number of original pieces with which oar political friends have favoured us , we hare selected the best . We commence our selection with the following porm which too truly pictures the withering Influence of jhe accursed factory system ; the author is *! r < ady a favourite with our readers , his name is sufficient iniroduclion : —

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      THE CORN FIELD AND THE FACTORY . ( By Erneit Josei , author of ?• The Woodgpirit , " "My Life , " etc . ) Oh ! What is so blithe as through corn fields to roam When the lark is in heaven and laughter on earth ? . Oh I what ia so blithe as the glad harvest-home When the lads are all frolic—the lasses all mirth f Oh ! What is so fair as ' mid breezes ot June To watch , the long corn billows sweep ? When the fields in their bloom sway like tides to the moon . And from slender stalks drooping the soft whisper creep , Ai though angels walked through them , and prayed o ' er

      their sleep . Oh 1 what is so gay as the harvesthome dance , When the moonbeams troop on the grey church-roof , And the old men smile a 3 they stand aloof ; The boys and the girls ' round them riot and race , And the moon seems to laugh till 'tis redin the face , At the goblets that clank ; and the jo ankers that prance . And the Tillage girls glance—at theirpartners askance , As though heads and hearts , too , could be proof ? Oh ! What isso sweet as the Sundaj morn I When the bells on the breezes flow , And the peasant lad walks with his bride through th «

      corn , As churchward they go—Oh!—how slow . ' Bce * u $ e . the blue corn flowers along the path grow , Aud he and his lass—bless the corn as they pass , For they speak with a glance—Of the harvest-home dance . Oh ! What is so calm as the old man ' s joy When he walks by tlie field in its pride . And talks of his feats in that field when a boy , To the young boy who walks by bis side ! How lie mowed it down in one long summer ' s day , When the labour wasdone how he knelt down to pray I See ! the flashes of boyhood from aged eyes glance , For he thinks of his bride at the harrest-home dance . Trai merrj in England in times of old When the summer fields rolled—Thw long billows of gold ,

      And the bright year had climed to its aoon ; The earth was song , laughter , and joyauce and love , And the spirit of heaven sat smiling above . From the orb of the red harvest meon . But where has it flown '—Why less bright than of old Does summer turn emerald fields into gold i Aud the harvest-moon struggle through mist faint and dim , Like a pale ghost who peers round the eharnel-shroud ' i rim ! On the fair brow of woman a shadow is bent , From the wild eye of man flashes forth discontent ! Say ! te £ ence comes the change ?—Whence the curse hat been sent 1

      What is it , next the church-tower climbs the eky , How more frequented far , and scarce less high ? What plague-cloud rolls along the darkeu'd land , Aud hurls the sun away with shadowy band ! What wheels revolve in dungeons hot and black , Of modern tyranny the modem rack ! What horrid birth from that unnatural womb ! Jhe demon god of Factory and Loom ! Fierce , with a yell he bounds upon tbe land . Writhes his thin lip , and waves his yellow hand ; And points , where man ' s volcanoes , through the skies His thousand temples' burning altars rise . Curses and groans , his ear , like anthems , greet , And blighted lives are cast beneath his feet . His sable banners through heaven ' s glory roll

      The shades that blast the heart and reach the soul Care-stricken forms the streets' long darkness fill , Embodied dreams of misery and ill ! A more than Gain-like mvfc their foreheads bear , For siu ' s their only respite from despair ; And in each sunken eye ' s unhallowed cell The fever flashes , not of life , hut bell . Oathsvjxjninfant lips , and , loatnesome sight ! The eyes o { cuiUhood without childhood ' s light . The laugh of youth a gibbering of art ; Loves of humanity without a heart ! Tlie very suu shines pale on a dark earth , Where quivering engines groan their horrid mirth , And black smoke-oBsritigs , crimes and curses , swell From furaace-altars of incarnate hell !

      The demon laughs , and still his arm he waves , That thins the villages , but fills the graves . Through hleak , deserted fields he loves to roam , Where soiuestue furnace on hell ' s harvest-home . 'Tis this has stili'd the laughter of the child , And made man ' s mirth less holy , but more wild ! Bade heaven ' s pure light from woman ' s eye depart , Aud trodden lore from out her gentle heart . 'Tktius that wards the sunshine from the sod , And intercepts the very smile of God !

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      Many of our readers know Allen Davenpobt personally , and all will be familiar with his name . A very little book , narrating the leading events in the life of this ill-used . long-suffering , but still hope-inspired brother of the bardic band , was a short time since published , and is now before us . We shall not attempt to review Mr . D . ' s auto-biography , as for sixpence our readers may purchase and read it for themselves ; we content ourselves with the following extracts : —Mr . Davexpskt never had one hour ' s schooling , he learned the alphabet by catching a letter as he best could from other children , who had learnt them at school of some old village dame . Tne way he acquired his knowledge of reading , while yet a child ,

      shows—THE I 3 . TXUE :. CE OF SOXG _ But as I grew older , my greatest ambition was to acquire the art of reading and writing ; and the method which I employed to attain tbat favourite object is hardly worth relating , only that it shows what ingenious devices an active mind , endowed with some sparks of Nature ' s inv , will have recourse to , in order to facilitate Us progress in the pursuit of knowledge , when instruction of erery kind is so denied . The plan pursued in the first instance , was this ; I learnt , as most children do , a number of songs by heart , and having acquired , as best I

      could , a knowledge of all the letters in the alphabet , I saved all my halfpence and bought up all the printed songs that I could sing , and began with those that appeared the most easy my new process of education . I proceeded to match all the words in my printed songs , with those I had stored in my mind , and by thus remembering the words thus learnt , by comparing notes , I knew them again whenever they met my tye . By this method the eye became the pupil of the ear . and with both faculties combined , I made such rapid progress , tbat I often surprised and astonished my young companions , who could not comprehend how I obtained m > knowledge .

      JnlTOi , when about 19 years of age , Ailes Davenpokt enlisted in a regiment of Light Cavalry , known by the name of the " Windsor Forresters . " While a soldier , he was one of an escort who had charge of several

      IBISH KSBilGE . N'TS . In 1799 , I was one of a party appointed to escort a number of state prisoners who had been tried for high treason , having been concerned in the Irish rebellion of 17 SS There were fifteen in all , and occupied five coaches . Among wliom were the celebrated Arthur O'Connor and General Ault ; the former , uncle to Mr . Feargus O'Connor , the Cbardst leader , and proprietor of tlieiVbrtfterJl Star , radical newspaper . The ) destination of these prisoners was fort George , a strong " fortress in the very heart of the Highlands . During our march we had an extensive view

      of the CaMoien huh . And when tie arrived at the fortress , I think we could family discern the city of Inverness . The fortress , as we approached it , had somewhat the appearance of a green hill , and seemed quite harmless ; but when the drawbridge was drawn up , and we entered the ponderous gates , the interior presented a little town , with inostformidable foi Ufications . Our prisoners were conducted along the ramparts , till they came opposite their place of confinement , where a temporary bridge was suspended from the rampart to the second floor of the building over which they were carried , where lve lost sidit oJ thein for ever .

      We recommend this little b . ok to our readers . The verses given below are from Mr . Davenport ' s pen . Our friend , in a note accompanying the verses , says , " My time is now suort , but I wish to do my duty as a man and brother of the great human family , as long as life remains in my body . I firmly believe tbat nothing short of making the land national property , will destroy the horrible system of' lord and lave . ' '

      LAXI ) , THE PEOPLE'S FARM . When by almighty nature ' s hand . The floods wtra parted from the ;! and , The race of animals began , And lig ht aiid iieat gave birth to man ; The earth then wore its brightest charm , The land , the land was the people's farm . The God of nature at his birth , Gave man his title to the earth ; Then let us sh ^ w our title-deed , United , and « e snail suc cvd ; And prove , if need , with our rieht arm , The land , the land ' s , the pi-ople ' s farm . All were supplied with daily bread , 'Till proud usurpers raised their head ; Who trampled , on the law Divine , And substituted "Mine" awl " Thine , " Wfcich through the wi . rl . i spread dire alnrm , They robbed the people of their farm .

      Unite ! Unite !! for God decree ? , Though Justice works by slow degrees ; That all tbe land shall he restored ; And God is faithful to his word ; TLa < ky iui& hour is cow at hand , To repossess the stolen land . The savace has his freehold home , And . hunting park wlitreiu to roam ; Ho laws of" trespass" th < -te restrain , The child of nature scorns the chain ; Jf . ) " Game preserves" spread o ' er the land , All game is free ta every hand .

      Shall Christian governments destroy , Those rights -nlitch ravages tnjcy ; And reijin supreme o ' tr field ami flood , And traffic with the people ' s blood ! Oh , no ! the millions now mu < t make a stand , And add to ths Charter , tlu-ir claim to the land

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      We have another poetical piece of Mr . Davenport ' s which will be given in our next number . We fear that inheriting the name of "Bonnie Prince Charlie , " the author of the following " Ode " has also inherited something of the exclusive spirit of national patriotism which distinguished his forefathers , and which was all very well in days gone by but is quite out of place now . We quite disagree with " Charles Stewart " as to Scotland or Scotchmen languishing beneath the influence of England ; the very reverse is the case . We honour Wallace ,

      Bruce , and other Scottish worthies as great and useful men in their day ; but our working-class friends must remember , that the days of Scottish glory were days of slavery for their order , and although the Scottish people are not even yet free they are much " « arer freedom Mian in the davg nf Wauahr . and much more likely to obtain their freedom now they are united to Englishmen , then they were when the working-men of the two countries were made * use of as the cut-throat tools and instruments of rival kings and aristocrats .

      ode to scorn . Air , " Exile of Erin . " Dear Scotia my country once sacred to freedom , Of many a hero tbe birthplace and grave ; Ah ! surely they deem'd not a race should succeed them Would vie in the b isfness of despot and slave . '' Thy bleak craggy hills , thy dark glens , and thy valliee , Once hallowed retreats of a Fingal and Wallace , Of oar forefathers' worth still in majesty tell us , But echo the anthems of freemen no more I And what though we boast of our forefathers' glory , Of deeds they achieved while invaders pursued ; Like aliens we stand all eclipsed in their story And languish beneath the proud arm they subdued . No birthright have we save the fetters of slavery , No chieftains in power save the minions of knavery , Appall'd is the spirit of candour and bravery ,

      And friendship and love are exiled from thy shore ! 'But yet as the land of my birth I will love thee , My harp I'll devote to the theme of thy woes ; And if my compeers should disdain to approve me Thy lonesome recesses shall gire me repose . And there though unblessed with a kinsman or brother , I'll deem myself lock'd in the arms of a mother , Recollection ' s sad throes in my bosom I'll smother , And drown my last lay in the cataract ' s roar S Then , lovers of freedom , awake from your slumbers , And load with your voices the breath of the gale ; Your accents combine with my harp ' s soothing numbers To float on the echoes of mountain and dale . For though in lone exile you ' ve . long been deserted , Your cause by ambition ' s wild phantoms averted , Tet dear is your theme to tliepatriot-bearted , Who sigh like their fathers your reign to restore ! Charles Stewart , Shettleston , A Correspondent sends us the following : — TEMPERANCE SONG . While misery is rending The echoes with its sighs—While sorrow s wail ascending , Doth stun the vaulted skies , Ope truth ' s celestial portal To blaze on error ' s night ,. And point to man immortal , The way of life and light . For dark destruction sweeping , In desolating wrath , With sin and death is reaping A harvest in its path , While man to vice surrenders , The victim of its wiles , Estranged to all the splendours Of virtue ' s blessed smiles . The cup which nurtures madness , Despair and sorrow deep , That fills the heart with sadness , And bids the bright eye weep , — Humanity is quailing , Beneath its demon power , While bleeding hearts are wailing—While darkest tempests lower . Yet shall its reign of error Be to oblivion cast ; Yet shall its night of terror , Be buried in the past ; While man to virtue turning , A priceless prize shall win , And soar with triumph spurning , The vassalage of sin . Then hearts that droop and languish , Again will ne ' er deplore , Ten thousand cries of anguish Will then be hoard no more ; But lov e and joy delighting , Shall bid their sorrows cease , With sweetest smiles inviting To pleasures and to peace . Then temperance shall nourish , Supreme delight on earth , Then happiness shall flourish , Around the poor man's hearth . Unnumbered gentle pleasures Shall flow without alloy , And life shall glow with treasures , Of purest sinless joy , Glasgow . Aurora . ¦

      A contributor , whe has some poetical talent , which we should be glad to see cultivated , has sent us two orthreepieces from which we selfct the "Song " given below . The other pieces contain some spirited lines , but on the whole are too imperfect to allow ol their publication . A SONG . We raise no battle axe nor brand , We raise no warlike cry ; With reason ' s weapons in our hand ; All tyrants we'll defy . And one and all to free from thrall , Of hopeless poverty ; We raise tbe voice , and araspfhe pen , For blast Democracy , No warrior shall our homage claim ,

      Though lie has battles won ; We worship not the cannons flame , Nor musket , sword , or gun ( The blazing town , the ravished maid , Shall not have our applause ; And never will we give our aid , Except in Freedom ' s cause . The rivers may run red with blood , We will not sing their praise ; The dead and dying choke the flood , No triumph shout we'll raise , Tis glory more enduring far , And truer to my mind ; To see man deprecating war , And to each other kind .

      Oh ! may the senseless clamourerslearn , In either atmosphere ; That though for slaughter they may yearn , We shall not aid them here . Oh ! heaven speed the happy day , When war shall ever cease ; And freedom spread her sweetg alway And all the earth be peace . ALFBED FENNELt . Here is something in the same spirit as the above , a spirit we desire to encourage , strengthen , and propagate : ~ WE ARE NOT MEN OF WAR . BIB . WEIGHT , ABERDEEN . We are not men of war and guilty strife ,

      "Who dai'e to mar the beatueous works of God ; Who lift the arm against a brother ' s life , To blast fond hopes and leave the widow'd wife , With orphan babes , and desolate abode . Whose deeds of blood , and war with all its spoil Make angels weep , and none but demons smile ! We are not men of war who fight for fame , And vain distinction with the proud and great , Whose highest boast is but a titled name . To g ild the deeds thnt demons might condemn , And mark them hireling minions of the state . Who court his smile and dread the tyrant ' s frown , Who stain their hands to serve a guilty crown ! We are not men of war , whose laurels wave

      Nursed in the life-strearus of their fellow-men ; Thoug h those who need theiraid may call them brav * Their brightest deeds point downwards to the grave Their proudest boast is of the gory plain . With pompous titles on the state they live For guilty deeds that God will scarce forgive ! We are not men of war : we love the vale , The hum of nature , not the cannon ' s roar . Where flowers are blooming in the verdant dale , We love their fragrant beauty far too well To stain their pearless purity with gore . Where rivers flow we will not swell the flood , Nor stain the rippling streams with human blood ! We are not men of war , nor yetso hold

      As do the deeds that boasting heroes do , Whose swords are stained , whose very lives are sold To aid opptessors , for their paltry gold To crusu the many and exalt the few . We will not praise the minion tools of war Who fight to keep the people as they are ! We are not men of war , but we will fight—Though not -with swords or cannon's deadly sboWGl 'With " moral weapons" in the cause of right That men may see with intellectual light How fteblnis the tyrant ' s hireling might , How mighty is llw people ' s moral power , Against the "Rights of man" tyrants may vise , But moral might will yet obtain the prize . A number of other pieces we have not room to even notice this week ; for the present we conclude with TIIE VOICE OF FREEDOM , BY 3 . EDWARDS . Sweet freedom's voice I hear , Ilesounding- through the sky In tones distinct and clear , She says tlio da ; is nigh When joy and harmony will reign Through nature ' s boundless wide domain .

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      , She says man much too long Has worn oppression's chain , But tyranny and wrong Will soon begin to wane , And right will one day ' rect her throne , And slave and tyrant be unknown . And base hypocrisy , Priestcraft , and slavish fear And aristocracy Will fade and disappear ; And discord dire , and war ' s dread roar , And strife will cease—be known no more . Aud that the glorious time Assuredly will come , When men of every clime In happiness will roam , When justice , truth and liberty Throughout the world will practised be .

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      THE WESTMINSTER REVIEW .-June . —London : G ; Luxtbrd , Wliicefriars-street , Fleet-street . The majority of the articles contained in this number fully provethe writers to belong to the Utilitarian school of politicians , although there are not wanting articles of a light and agreeable character which vary the content * , so that the number is any thing but dry or heavy : the titles of several of the articles are not ; very attractive , bufc the mafrer they herald will be found as interesting as useful , . The " Researches on Magnetism " describe in a clear an'l impressive manner the progress of the wonderful discoveries in electricity and magnetism , from the earliest ages to the present time . The writer remarks , that "in the electric telegraph of Wheatatone we have one of the most wonderful inventions

      of modern days , realising to their fullest extent the wild * st dreams of the Arabian romances . In the electrical clock we have another instance of human ingenuity , ia binding the ethereal principle , gathered from the earth itself , to note upon a dial the revolutions it performs . In the one case , by its actions time and space are annihilated ; in another , it slowly and silently guides the seconds-beating pendulum . " This very interesting article is followed by one not so much to our taste , on the " Tendency of Puseyism . " in which the Ayriter labours to show that the teridency of this fan is not towards Roman Christiariism but to German Rationalism . A valuable digest of the " Legislation of 1845 " gives a descriptive list of all tbe public and private Acts pased during that session . A review of Harriet Mar ?

      tineau ' s" Forest and Game-Law Tales" contains some admirable reasoning against the continuance of those relics of feudalism—the abominable Game enactments . The reviewer well says— "We are continually crying out against the Americans for retaining in some of their States , amidst all their bluster about liberty and equatky , the ' peculiar instilution' of slavery ; but we are apt to lose sight of the necessity ol blotting out iVom among the statutes of our own conntry certain laws which have caused and are daily causing , more crime and more misery than American slavery . The number of convictions under the Game Laws has lately increased in the ratio of about 50 per cent , on the ayeragea of three years . If this does not point out the necessity of a changewe know not what will be sufficient to do so .

      , A change indeed must come , and that a radical one . No modification of tlie game laws will be of the least avail ; the iucrease of poaching , and of . crimes incident thereto , since the modification which legalized the sale of game , is a proof of this . The game laws must be totally and for ever repealed" " The Oregon Question " is discussed at great length , and in that temperate spirit wliich we teel much p leasure in commending . Tiie next article on " Fairy Mythology , " is an attractive ( review of ' " Mr . Wright's Essays on subjects connected with Literature , Popular Superstitions , and History of England in the Middle Ages . " The only fault we have to find with the reviewer is , that his article is too brief to do justice to

      so interesting a subject . Perhaps the article on " Railways and Metropolitan Improvement" will be considered as by far the most important , at least by London readers . This article , which is accompanied by maps and drawings illustrating the improvemenbs suggested by the writer , is exceedingly interesting . The writer has some magnificent ideas which . if realized , and we cannot see why they should not be , would go far to make London the most magnificent , as it alread y is the largest and wealthiest city in the world , i'he reviewer is strongly opposed to the mighty monopoly now in course of establishment i y itailwny proprietors and speculators ; he thus f' -rcibly pictures the new order of things to which we appear to bo last hastening : •—

      A NEW DESP 0 IISM . It is a comfortable doctrine that all apparent evils nre blessings in disguise , and therefore that in some way or other all errors in legislation will work their own cure ; but before we guile resign ourselves in this persuasion , to the stream of events , it may be as well that we should inquire to what paradise , or what precipice , we are hasten , ing tvith the current . One thinff is certain , that , without an entire change of system , there is an end , on the part of the public , of all opposition to old railway companies connected with the great trunk lines . Be it their pleasure that we travel round about , in zigzag directions , or

      6 y the nearest course , the question is already decided , and must so remain while left to depend upon length of purso . We confess our doubts of the wisdom of rostoring tbe Saxon Heptarchy ; but that we are practically doing this creating new dynasties to the number of about seven , aud dividing the broad realms of Kngland among them —is a sober , and an incontrovertible fact . Already the power of one railway monarch is greater than that of Sebert , King of the East Angles , and Sunderland will not be the only illustration Oi wliat railway influence may do at elections , when the time comes for the birth of that new child of the Titans , a Jtailway league .

      The world has seen iiiany changes ; but , in all ages , those who have contrived to concentrate its recources to the greatest extent have been the rulers eif mankind . The power of the Shepherd Kings grew out of the possession of large flocks and herds , and exclusive rights of pasture : the power of the feudal aristocracy out of the laws of primogeniture . Free Trade legislation has destroyed the power conferred by monopolies nf food ; but a monopoly of the means of locomotion may prove a more formidable influence than any power which has yet . been tolerated in tlie hands of the tow . We doubt not that the Chancellor of the Exchequer will be left in possession of Downing street ; but what if in Capel-oourt a railway cabinet should one day moat to discuss the affairs of the

      nation 1 Imagine a Trades' Union , represented by tlie chairman of half-a-dozen grtat fimsilganinU'd companies , directing a gross revenue larger ( as the railway revenue will be in a few years ) than that which now pays the interest of the National Debt and defrays the whole public expendi ture of the United Kingdom;—a Tradi s' Union , omnipotent as a monied corporation , in the Bank par lour ; controlling' ihe fun-Is , and dictating the terms ofgovernment loans by operations in the buying and selling of Exchequer hills , or 3 per cent stock , on a more extensive scale than the Rothschilds ; a Board dispensing n larger patronage than that of a French minister ; with an army of paid agents to collect or diffuse information at every accessible point between the Land ' s End and the Orkneys , and the electric telegraph to transmit it !

      The whole article deserves the serious attention ol all men , but particularly those who belong to or can influence ths Legislature and Government . We quote the following 1 ' iom the writer ' s remarks on , and advocacy of

      SANATORY REFORM . ' Several of the objects which it was presumed would bo forwarded by the appointment of the Metropolitan Improvement Commission have Since been embraced in the inquiries of the Health of Towns Commission , assisted by the indefatigable industry of Mr . Chadwick ; and a mass of valuable information has now been collected upon subjects of a most serious import to the community , which has led to the following conclusions : —1 . That the annual mortality from fever is to a great extent caused , and is always fi-arfully aggravated , by defective drainage . 2 . That other prevalent causes are the burial of the dead among the habitations of tbe living , the overcrowding of the population in narrow streets , the bad ventilation of dwelling houses , and deficient supply of water in the poorer districts . 3 . Th / it the present cost of an

      efficient sewerage may be greatly diminished . 4 . That the expenses of funerals to the working classes are equal to a heavy load of taxation which might he greatly relieved by public cemeteries . 5 . That water might be rendered cheap and abundnnr , with a constant supply direct from the mains at hi gh pressure . G . That the leading public thoroughfares might be daily swept bj water hose , and be kept permanently as clean as after heavy rains , without the intervention of cartage , and at a more economical rate . 7 . That the health and cheerfulness of dwelling-houses ( especially in regard to basements aud closets ) would be promotud by a modification of the winnow duties . 8 . That the serious nuisance arising from the unconsunnd amolte of furnaces might bt gri-atly abated . 9 . That existing municipal laws rclnting to the foregoing class of objects require revision and improvement .

      Upon this wide basis for useful legislation we might reasonably have expected some practical measure to have been founded . But no ; "the state oi ' public business " is always such that no att . ntion can be paid to this branch of the public service . We fear , however , that the trut ? reason is a want of earnestness on the subject . Tin-Premier may i ' airly plead Ibe repeal Of UlO COl'll lllWS US enough for his share of active labour and responsibility ; bnt not so his colleagues . What is called " public business , " apart from one or two great party questions , means the passing every session of at least Ubo hundred enactments , all of less importance than the life and health

      of town populations , or the redress of municipal grievances . Every one must have been struck with the reason assigned by ( he Chancellor of lhe Exchequer foe refusing to modify the window duties , so that , without dimioishing the burden us a house tax , the temptation to block out lijjht and air to evade the tax woiili ) hi- removed , llu ssdd that out of 3 , 500 , 001 ) houses in Gre > t Britain 3 , 000 . 000 worn oxompt from thu window dutii'S ! Exempt because thu owners of 8 , 000 , 000 houses coutrivr to make seven openingsfor lightatiduir sufiinc instead often or fifteen ( leaving cellar .- - , passages , and closets dark )—un eighth window rendering the whole chargeable . We

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      know not a more startling fact , as indicating the straitened accomodation of (! -7 ths of the population of England and Scotland ; and yet this very fact was held to be sufficient evidence that no change of system was required . At the very time this argument was used , plans and experiments the completion of which it is said will cost £ 100 , 000 , were set on foot for the ventilation of the new HouseBOlF Parliament ! . . We make ihese observations more in sorrow than in anger , and with no feeling of party hostility . We could count on our fingrers the number of leading liberals who have shewn auy serious interest in the questions of local administration we have from time to time discussed , and have therefore no bitterness to indulge against our conservative opponents for their indifference . The time has not yet arrived for the vast ' social beneBts which might be realised by a sound municipal organisation , and an efficient local administration to be deemed worthy objects for the ambition of statesmen , —but it wilt come . Our mission is that of humble pioneers , and we nlmll continue to work on . with faith in the future .

      We had marked ibr extract several portions of the very interesting review of Dr . Kitto ' s work on " The Lost Senses , " but we are compelled by want of room to omit them . Altogether this is a very excellent number , aud fully sustains the well-won character of this useful and liberal Review .

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      Altbiutj o . v of Sentence on Hknry Norman . — This prisoner- —who , it will be recolltuiteil , on Thursday last pleaded guilty of robbing his employer , M' \ Uoop , of £ 51 , and was sentenced to 9 « ven year ' s transportation , was again brought up and placed in the dock of the Central Criminal Court on Saturdiiy , before ^ the Common Sergeant who tried him , w .-o tokl him ,, that as there were several other prisoners this session who had committed similar offences to his , and had only received sentence of one year ' s imprisonment , he thought it would not be just to pass a heavier sentence on him , and should , therefore , niter the sentence of transportation to one year ' s imnriBonraont .

      Fearful Occurrence in a Menagerik at IIbdrutii . —A dreadful accident occurred at , Retiruth ou Monday , under very strange and peculiar circumstances . IlyJton ' s travelling menagerie had arrived in that town that morning , and the evening ' s exhihHioD drew a gfreat concourse o f speetn tor .- * , it is supposed numbering several thousands , "f all ages and ranks . of life ; there were also numbers outside . About ten o ' clock , whilst the crowd was greatest , some lads foolishly began teasing a blind hyena , a very savage brute ; the animal , much , irritated , by their treatment , commenced a fight with another hyena , con lined in the same cage . This aroused the lion , who soon lashed himself into a terrible mood , and r » ared most awfully , The spectators naturally

      became much terrified , when all at once a cry was raised chat the lion had broken loose . The panic became awful , and the confusion terrible . Tbe most piercing screams were heard , and a simultaneous rush was made to the entrance . The pressure was tremendous ; the old and feeble were thrown down and trampled on , and at length the side of the menagerie was burst open , and the spectators rushed in the wildest terror into the street . The panic was at once communicated to the crowd outside , and tlu ; ury raised on all sides , "the lion has broke loose . " The people ran madly away , . and rushed into private lousfis , up-stairs , and into all imaginable places ,

      expecling the wild beasts were at their beds . The shrieks and cries of murder were most piercing , and at one time it is supposed that nearly 200 were lying on the ground . Many persons were trampled on , and picked up in nearly a lifeless state . The surgeons of the town were at once called into requisition , and afforded most valuable assistance . A great many persons were very severely bruised , and were taken up almost insensible , their eyes suffused with blood , and several cases of fractured ribs and collarbones were also reported . Happily no lives have been lost , although it can scarcely be said tlwt all the suf * ferei-3 arc out of danger— Western Times .

      Population and Religion of tub World . —It is calculated that there arc IMO . 000 , 000 souls in the world ; of whom 153 000 , 000 arein Europe , 156 000 , 000 in Africa , 500 , 000 , 000 in Asia , 150 . 000 , 000 in America , and 7 . 000 , 000 in the islands of the Pacific . Five parts of the population are Christians , six are Mahometans , eighteen are idolators , and the Jews form one part . Summary Justice The penalty of rolling the walks in the gardens of Hampton Court Palace , for auy delinquency in plucking the flowers , lias tieen twice enforced within the last ten days . This regulation , optional to those who wish to avpid le < ral punishment , lias had a very salutary effect in diminishing the offence of purloining the flowers .

      Curious Plea , — A person , recently sued by a tailor for a suit of clothes , defended the action on the plea that they had covered buttons , instead of metal ones , as required by the Birmingham Act , still unrepealed . Chinese Umbrellas . —A vessel called the T . arperjt , which has arrived "' at the port of Liverpool from Shanghac , C'ina , in addition to an ex ensivw carsro of ' tua , silks , and other productions , has brouirlit 100 umbrellas of Chinese manufacture . So singular an importation is remarkable , not so much for the extent , or the value of the ai tides , as for the novelty of their supply from that distant country .

      Death froji Slipping Down Stairs . —On Saturday , an inquest was held before Mr . Payne , at the Crown . Bow-lane , on the body of Ann Rachel Winter , nerd forty-five . Tlie deceased was employed on Friday last , at No . 9 , Busing-lane , and , while carry-Ing a basket of clothes down the kitchen stairs , she slipped and fell to the bottom . Surgical assistance was inimefliately obtained , but she died in two hours . Verdict , " Accidentaldeath . " Kirr at a PusopnnTE Maker ' s . — On Saturday evening , at eight o ' clock , a fire broke out on the premises of Mr . Bridgoway , of Noel-sfcreof , Soho . It originated in the workshop on the first floor , and speedily communicated with the rest of the building . The firemen were quickly in attendance , who went to work so effectually that at half-past nine the fire was extinguished . The damage done is not yet

      known . The same premises were destroyed by fire about eighteen months ago , when they were used as a coach factory . A Government Seizure . —On Saturday morning , a notice was posted at the Excise Office , Broadstreet , that a sale would take place at twelve o ' clocl < of " about five dozen eggs" which had been seized and condemned as connected withsonie illicit works . Egjrs are now sold at twenty a shilling . What they f-tched at the sale is not exactly known , as it was over before many could set in to bid for tbe " lot . " . Fauiwp Fair . —On Saturday , at a meeting of the magistrates for the hundred of Bcacontree . held at the Angel Inn , Ilford , instructions were issued to the police to prevent the holdinir of Fairlop Fair , on

      Sunday in July , and ! estri « ting it two days , viz ., the first Friday and the Saturday following . Scarcity of Hatmakb 3 S .--Thb Pomcj ? in a New Character . —During the past week hay-making in that part of the county of Essex nearest the metropolis cms been commenced , but so scarce are labourers to get it in , that » t Wnnstead , Walthamstowe , Woodford , Ilford , &c , the police constables of the N and K divisions have been turned into "haymakers , " during the intervals they arc not on duty , malting " over time , " and earning 9 s . or 10 s . per w < -ek . in addition to their salary . The " mowers " in this part of the country are receiving from 69 . to 7 s . per day . and " pitchers" and " rakers" from 4 s . to os . with an allowance of beer . Fatal Fall from a Hay Rick . — On Saturday afternoon , Mr . W . Payne held an inquest at St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , on the body of Richard

      Street , aged fifty , who died in the institution . On Tuesday afternoon , the deceased was at work on a hay rick in the farm of Mr . Peterson , Durnfonl Lodire , Wimbledon , when he slipped off , and fell a depth of about twenty feet . He was taken up , and svas unable to walk , having lost the entire use of bis limbs : He was removed the following day to the above institution in a state of complete paralysis of all bis limbs , and died there on Thursday night . Oil a post mortem examination the vertebrae of his neck were found dislocated , which cau-rd death . The Choleka in India . —We regret very much to loam that the ravages of the cholera have begun to extend themselves over to this island . Yesterday two of the wounded men who escaped from the battles of Moodkee and Ferozesbah . and who lately arrived at Bombay , and were to sail for England in the ship Herefordshire on Tuesday next , fell victims after a few hours' illness .

      Murdkr ur Two Boys at Manchester . — Tivo boys , named James Scildon anil Joseph Dean , were yesterday . committed at Manchester on suspicion of iiaving deliberately murdered a boy named George Wray . thirteen years of a « e . The prisoner ScdJon is seventeen years old , and Dean fourteen . Both seem to have led a sort of . vagabond life . Cholera in the Caucasus . — It is stated in a letter from Constantinople that tlie cholera had broken out in the Russian army in the Caucasus . Tnsanitv ik France . —Some statistical

      information on the « reat increase of insanity in France has jus 1 been given by tbe Minister of Commerce , from which it appears that the number of insane , taking t ! i (> annual mean of seven years , from 1835 to 1841 , iimoun eil to 1 S . 350 ; this number inchuks all those confined in public and private estabWiinent . i . The ¦ idmissions amounted to 3 , 647 in 1 S 35 , and in 1841 reached 5 , 841 : in the same ppriod of time the number of insaii " . which in 1835 was 14 486 , has incrca-cd to li \ W 8 , It would thus appear tliat insanity is vre tlyot t ! ie increase .

      The Plao . i a , l . Quarantink . —The French government have just published the re-port , of the Royai \ cadcmyof Medicine on thU most important subject ; the conclusions come to by the commission ordered to ¦ n vfistitinie and report , on the question us to itHbbivijj ¦ ontngmiis or non-contagious is , that the plague is not contctfiious . A Frightful Numbkr of Deaths from Drqwxisq have nccured in various parts of the country during ihelasttt-n days . Every provincial paper has now ts small tragedy—in some n . ises the fattier of a

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      family being suddenly cut off—in others an only son , and in others , again , one brother seeing another sinfe before his eyes—and all whilst , bathing in the unsafe places now used , for want of accommodation for the purpose . Storm at GnAVESEND ;— -On Saturday ; bright as the sun shone in the metropolis , there was a heavy fall of ram , accompanied withtliunder and lightning in the neighbourhood ^ Northflect and Gravesend . Towards the middle of the day the rain fell in torrents . Eiposube to ihe Su . v . _ 'fhere are few points which seem less generally understoodor more clearly

      , proved , than tbe fact that exposure to the sun , without exercise sufficient to create free perspiration , will produce iilness ; and that the ( same ) exposure to the sun , witk sufficient exercise , will not produce illness . Let any man sleep in the sun , lit , will wake perspiring and very ill—perhaps he will die . Let the same man dig in the sun for the same length of time , and he will perspire ten times as much and be quite well . The fact is , that not only the direct rays of the sun , but the heat of tlie atmosphere , produce abundance of bile , and powerful exercise alone will carry off that bile . —Popular Errors Explained .

      Shocking Suicide . —The Lash . —A most melancholy case of suicide occurred between twelve and one o ' clock on Thursday , night , or early on Friday morning at the Royal Barrack , Dublin . Tim . unfortunate victim was a young man named John Perkins , a private in the 34 th Regiment , and who , it appears was driven to this desperate act through tear of punishment , he havine disposed of some of his clothes . The unfortunate yminsr man placed the muzzle of a musket in his month , and pressing the trigger with his toe , blew out his hniins . The Cholsra at Hull . —We ( Hull Packet ) have it in our power to give the most unqualified contradiction to a report inserted in the Manchester Gunrd ' wn of Saturday , to the effect that the Asiatic cholera had broken out ; in Hull . The statement fell witii surprise on all parties here , the public ns well as the proiesainn . ' The town , like moat other places just now , is much

      hotter than usuril but , menzles and hooping coughs oxcepted , to which juvenile " Hesh is heir . " is capable of affording the roo ^ t satisfactory bills of hpalth .-Thk Convict BAniinn . — From voluminous letters and papers recently received from Bavbev , " now iu Norfolk fslaml umlpr « pntence for the will forgeries , it appears that ho still ardently clings to the hope of ultimately es'ahlishingj his innocence and obtaining emancipation . He appears to hnve used the most unremitting exertions far such objects , and has succeeded in excitin" nwb . aymnathy . and of enlwting in his favour clergymen , maaistratps . military officers , and Other persons of rank and influence , through whom investigations have been conducted , and certificates given declaratory of their conviction of his innocence , 'tbe particulars of which have been transmitted to Sir James Graham , with a view of obtaining an ofh' cial investigation .

      'I ' he OonFELtiOws are , perhaps , the most numerous and important body enrolled together for niutu . il assnrnRce in Great Britain . On the 1 st of January , 1846 , theyliad -J . SSi Wises inSSC districts , and their members numbered 259 . 374 . Charge of Mubpkr . —A painful case has occurred at Sheffield . Some'lightermen quarrelled at tbe White Horse Inn , at Bigpleswade . and a fight between two of t . li # > m aff'Wardfi v ..: >) the result . After the fight , a young man of the name of Gray , one of the combatants , was leaving , when his adversary gave him a kick in the abdomen , and caused instant death . After killing hi'N the fellow was about io throw the body into the locks , but was prevented .

      Am Guns . —It is a curious fact , that although the air-pump is a modern invention , yet the air-gun , whirl ) is so nearly nllied to it in the construction of its valve and condescending syr'nse . should have exis ; ed long antecedent to it ; for it is recorded that an air-sun was made for Henrv the Fourth , by Martin , of Liseau , in Norm-wly , as early as H 08 , and another wa * preserved i > i the armoury at Sclimetau , bearing the date o ' 14 V 4 The air- « un of tlie present day is , however , wry different from that wlnon was formerly made , and which discharged but one bullet afW a long and tedious procpss of condensation , while it , now difoliarees five or six without any

      visible vnria'io o \ force , and will act upon a dozen , though wiHi Iprs effect . —Mechanics' Moqazine . A'Bnnire Fbstfval in New South ; Wales ? . —The Port Phillip Herald of 27 th . January last , contains a b < ng accountota . f '«« i . { val in memory of the . Avrshivd bard , held on t ! . e ore-ions evening in the Q . uren ' s Theatre . Povt . Pldlip . whifh wa * specially fitted up for the . occasion . A ' out 300 sat down to dinnes ' , v-hile the dress cintie ofthp theatre was fi ! M with Indies . Music and speeches filled up the evening , and the festivities wore proloneed to a late hour , tt is interesting to find the nnnm of the Scottish profc thus honi > nri ; d in the most distant quarters of the gl'ibe .

      Sitpposko Death from a Sun-smoke . —On Mon . day .-Mr . G . J , Mills , deimty-cnroner for MuMlesp . v hell an inquest ut tho Old Ship , Hammersmith , o the body of John Lsissie . arcd 41 years , who v . -a found dead in a wherry , on fie Rivet ' ThamPS , on the afternnun of Saturday last . The deprased , while ia alioat by himself , was struck , according to the medical re ^ tiiriony . by a strokeof apoplexy , and a verdict accordingly wn ? returned . Fatal Kffrcts op the Hot Weather . —A man

      of the name of John Lewis , who was mowing in a field on the farm of Pantyrathro , near Llanstep . T ., on Thursday died front tlie effects of the incense b ^ A . t . He had been mowing in company with soma others , durine the greater part' of the day , and M 3 scythe being a very bad one , he was obligp . d to exert himself to keep up wi < li his nnmpanions . till at length tlie heat , overcame him , and he fainted ; a little water was giren him and he seemed to revive , but shortly after he fainted again , and died almost immediately .

      Tne Mile . —There is a great difference in Mi 3 number of yards in a mile , in different counires The following table will be useful : —England , or , America , 1 , 700 yards ; Russia , 1 , 100 ; Italy , IA 7 G ' Scotland and Ireland , 2 , 200 ; Poland , 4 . 400 ; Spain » 5 . 026 ; Germany , 4 . 8 G 6 ; Sweden and Denmark , 7 , 223 : Hungary S . 800 . Thunder Stohm-at Birmixgjtam , Monday Evexin'c . —Between six and seven o ' clock this evening , the toivti was . visited with a heavy thunder storm . " Tho rain descended in such torrents that many o > llfii-a ia the lower part of the town were flooded : the lightnine , too . was of tbnt peculiarly forked and dangerous kind from which so many casualties proceed , but at present we have heard of no accidents resulting therefrom . The stovm after raginsr for about an hour , passed over into Staffordshire and the miiiev . . l districts .

      Storm op Thunder a . vd Lightnikg in" the Metropolis . —Between el » v « n and fciveJveo'doelc On Monday night the metcapaUs was risked by a pretif smnrt thunder-storm , which lasted for s'boutan hour . In the early part of thn evening the atmosphere vn 3 heated to the most . suffocating degree , and full warning of the coming htorm was }> iven towards the close of the evening by the brilliant corruseations of sheet lightning which continued to illuminate the horizon for two houi' 3 . Shortly after eleven o ' clock it bees mo more vivid and intense , and rapidly assumed the character of a decided thunder-si onn . For half an hour the lightning was exceedingly vivid , accompanied or loud peals of thunder . The storm was attended with

      a very heavy fall of rain , which though but of short duration , produced the most grateful coolness , / v few more hours' rain would tend much to the comfort of the haplesi mortals do «» ned to tll 6 Metcnpivlis , fof our climate for the last week or two has been woraa than tropical . DreadfulTuundek Storm . —This town was visited last Thursday night with a most terrific thunderstorm , which continued for several hours . The lightning was awfully grand ; rain fell in torrents for the . space of an hour , which has done much gond to the crops ; but tlie fruit trees , which had been partially injured by previous lightning , have been completely blighted , We havo not heard of any injury to life or property . —Balhishi . mnon Herald .

      Tiik Notorious Joseph Ady . — At the Central Criminal Court on Monday , Joseph Ady , the quaker , whose name has been so often before the public , was placed in the dock on a charge of obtaining money from Mr . William llorrasby , uuder false pretences . Mr . Bullantine , for the prisoner , submitted that there was no case ajjainst his client , as at the bottom of each receipt Uu-ro were words to the eftecfc tlmi i . l no benefit was derived l ' r » n ! the information whioh he s > avc to the parties Ady w . is in communication with , he would return the money wliich he had received . The prosecutor in this instance had not applied for

      the money back again , and that bcinf > the case , tbe charge could notbe sustained ngainst his client . The Common Serjeant told the jury to return a verdict of ' Not Guilty , " at the smite time observing tliat no ease of this kind could bu made out aeainst the prisoner , until the nartics who had paid the money , not deriving any benefit from the communication applied fur its return and were refused by the prisoner . 'J'ho prisoner , after being discliaraed , came bank and appliucl for an order for the money wliich the officer found in his possession . The Common Serjeant said , in such cases it was the custom to give the money , to the amount lost , to the prosecutor .

      Sale op the ivr . Jamks ' s Club House . —On iuesday the St . James ' s Club House , belter known as Crockford ' s , was sold by auction by Messr--. Christie and Manson , liy order of tlie executors of Mr . Crockford , for the sum of £ 2 , 900 , It whs held on a lease , iif wliich 32 ye . irs were unexpired , subject to ft yearly rent of £ 1 , 400 . It was said at the sale tbat the decorations alone of tho building cost the late proprietor i 04 , 000 . Lord Fiuscih Egertox is , we understand . * o us elevated to the peerage by the title of Lord Miesmere . Sir James Graham , we hear fiv . it > { juod authority , will be immediately elevated to rU « peerage by the title of Lord Preston . The Nkw Oblbaks Pansus nearly all apnlogiz . * tor a "Jack of matter , saying that their printers h : it « tali en their " shootine sticks" and S ™? to Moxi . < o .

      " IIsmjsa Auobsta Viciottu" are to be the names •) f the infant Princess . Amongst the sponsors is the Duchess of Orleans , the only protestant member of the French royal family .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 27, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1372/page/3/