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London, England, 1840-03-31 00:00:00

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The state of public opi., as ,
going a very significant change, and we 100
with great satisfaction to the consolOation
masses ir46.4,4011yt1141 ieek with
party-designation, and shall sele,
of public business such men aka'
are ready to upport every` t iacasure upon its own merits,
without • refer o private or party interests. It
has bee t üblic 'ter, who afli is that I.e
writes rot his o • rson• obs ation a experie
—that tino er eof speec mere en p
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declarna on t tevereace or istnu ons,
sim ecause they re ancient, ha' all •' eru
into ruin in the hearts and feelings the E'OPI • 'foe
process has been long going on ; but we hve ralaut
proof that the ruin is nearly ;Imp e . Niajt
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deep•thinking men, who arc standing aloof
given, "'from t'titua
from mere party association, will be heedfully regarded
by our Statesmen. If you use the words "Tory,"
Whig," " Conservative," or " Radical," or pin your
faith to the sleeve of a public man's reputation, and
speak out in a mixed company, as if you were a decided
partisan, you may immediately provoke a collision of
opinion, or a war of words, and immediately it may up..
pear as if parties were determinedly united, and eager
to swallow one another up. But talk in a quiet vgit,
y
with Conservatives, or Whigs, or Radicals—that is,
with men who take these names as badges, but have a
direct association with any partieular party—and 3.-ou
will elicit much which tends to show that party namta
are losing their force and significance. It is eikerinfg; iK
great power, into the hearts of the people, that Go,
cording
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the hardworking people—we are not writing rashly
or unadvisedly—care very little about Magna Charta,
B:II of Rights, or Act of Settlement ; and their ideas
or reasoning may be truthfully expressed in the follow-
ing manner :—Here we are ; our forefathers are dead ;
we must livea we want to live and let live ; how is this
to. be effected ? Certainly, they say, not by blindly _
•a, ..toise:preseriptions or advice of our forefather;,:'
'who did not know under what circumstances we mig,lrs
e placed, but by taking care of ourselves. We do not
-say that these very words hayeteen used in our hear-
ing , but we say that it expresses a very universal sen-
mimeo, and that we have heard such opinions coaiing
from the lips
.of men, who, if questioned as to• their i
political .ereeris ,would have attached themselves, by
name, to very different parties. We rest perfectly satis-
fled, that in the course of a very few yeariand how
much has been done in the last ten !—that mass of the
people whom we may term the million will have
it as an all-abiding and all-operative portion of
their political faith, that Goverment exists soleiv
on account of its ratibnality,
,and not at all of its
antiquity ; and 'that 'they Will put forth . hands
to mend or mar, according to the degree of their intel-
ligence or their ignorance. Chartism is a signal. pl,OOl
of this ; and let no maeLling himself into the belief that
it is extinguished: •"Like the whale of the Southero
Ocean, it has rc.ceiv9d the harpoon, ttnd fOr a season
may run down into :the'. deep ; but it may, re-appear
once more on the iutlace, and e'veal if it dies, may stii,
in its dying agonies,--sWeep destruction around it. Oh,
:that our public men: were ‘yge! that they would drop
party strife and personal animosities, and unite to pour
'the benefits of a just and generous education througfh
the entire mass ofigle people! „But the thing is ap-
parently hopeless, At, least in slur day.,; and% all- trua
friends of the peOple, instead of wasting their time rawi
strength in application to Parliamcpt, should work as
they best can in the instruction of their fellows. If
Britain is to flourish king and well, it must be by she!,
combieed and conjoined intelligence and moderation of
her middle and worletng-elasses ; and we are not with- •
out, strong hope, ..that, a sad and foolish dissociation oft
interests will be discarded, and wiser counsels fwelaiii in' '
'their stead.
UNIVE EaCk.l. •
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OXFORD, MARcil27-77.7i3Aveatebtaell7ewt eeanentd
eotifg:4invle‘cexretsnitteayStoa,,libecigL,lstleyo,
years of srdoleaftptachAs,aenf,"°.afri
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Preferenceni ver slt ,
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to the son of a clergyman. Applications to be made to
the master on or before Tuesday, May 19.
A convocation was 1;oldin on Thursday afternoon, at
which it was unanimously agreed that 5001. should be
granted out of the general funds of the University ;A a
donation to the Society for Promoting the Edulcatiosi
the Poor throughout England and Wales, in the prinet4cs
of the Established Church.

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forest ; and, beyond the waters, rich grassy plains stretched
amongst the wooded hills, over which arose in distance the
grand outline cf the Matale mountains. On the plains
were scattered herds of elephants, buffaloes, and spotted
deer ; the rays of a level sun were shivering on the pea-
cock's rustling plumes ; the scarlet and pink of the flamingo
were multiplied in the watery mirror ; flocks of every va-
riety of wild-ducks and water-fowl rested on its surface ;
and apart f om the othrr , moticn'e s yet watchful, the so-
litary pelican reposed its ungainly form upon the glowing
waters. King-fishers arid fly-catchers, of many different
size.; and degrees of brilliancy, glanced along
the margin
of the tipped its surface, or flitted along its narrow
inlets ; the alarm-plover swept past, or wheeled around:
snipe rose in flocks, and the bright plumage of the jungle-
cocks might be seen along the verge of the thickets. As
I gazed on th!s scene, brrl i4nt in colour, refulgent with
light, and replete with animal life, I felt bow immeasurably
superior were the ever-changing glories of the land, corn-
parad to the vast monotony of the calm heaving ocean, or
the more threatening but still unvaried succession of its
foam-crested billows."
In the opining chapters of his work, Major Forbes
enters at some length into the history of Ceylon from
the earlieit recorded periods, and enumerates not less than
a hundred and sixty-five Kings and Queens—not a few
of whom appear to have been sad vagabonds—who have
held sway over the island. He then proceeds to describe
the religious rites and ceremonies of the natives, which
have little of interest to recommend them to the
reader's' attention. His volumes are illustrated with
several engravings ; and are penned throughout in the
[really and unaffected spirit—always looking to the
sunny side of things—of an enterprising British officer.

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The examiners appointed by the trustees of the mat V-c:,.
matical scholarships have elected Mr. John te
Brazennose, College, to the vacant scholarship.
J. Dickenson, Esq., patron, has presented the IL-v.
Oliver Ormerod, of Brazennose College, to the incumbency ;
of Birch. in Warrington, Lancashire.
The Lord Bishop of Worcester has instituted the Rev. 1
Edward Addenbrooke, of BFinity College, to the Reateiy '
of "eilial I • War wic stiktei,;s4l tht: ke.s cntatipn
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C aoab eisT-Eso77Sr`llLxani, OirOrdshire.
The Lord Bishop of Peterborough has instituted the
Rev. Charles Blencavve, of Lincoln College, to the Vieth_
age of Marston St. Lawrence, with the Rectory of Wark.
worth annexed, Northampton, on the presentation of J. J.
Blencowe, Esq., patron.
The Mayor and Corporation of Plymouth have unani-
mously elected Mr. P. Holmes, of Magdalen Hall, to the
Head-Mastership of the Plymouth Free Grammar School,
whose predecessor, the Rev. J. H. C. Bowell, of Queen's
College has been appointed Head-Master of Kingsbridge
Grammar School, by the same patrons.

FATAL CARRIAGE ACCIDENT.-011 Friday
an inquest was held, at the Middlesex Hospital, on the body 4:,f
Charles Herlock, aged 48, late coachman in the family of Mr.
Farr, on TLursday. The deceased got off the coach-box for
the purpose of opening the gate. On getting up to resume his
seat he stepped upon the forewheel, and laid hold of the ham-
mer-cloth, which sUpping, caused him to fall to the grotod.
This startled the horses, which are spirited ones, and they went
on, dragging the wheel over one of the deceased's legs, and
causing a compound fracture of the limb. The deceased was
picked up, and, having received immediate medical assistance,
was then conveyed to the above hospital, where he died frcru
the injury on Tuesday last. Verdict--" Accidental death.
THE POOR.—f—During Monday and Tuesday
last, upwards of 400 poor persons belonging to the parish of
St. M ry, appealed before the Magistrates, at the Public-office,
against the payment of the Poor-rates, on the score of ina-
bility ; and, upon the recommendation of the Overseers, nearly
the whole of them were relieved of the burthen of which they
complained.—Reading Mercury.
DISTRESSING CASE.—The Rev. William
Bubier resided in Reading about thirteen years, and in 18,30
went to reside at Banbury, where he faithfully discharged the
duties of a Christian 'Minister, and established a school for tire
support of his large family. In 1837, his wife having been
suddenly removed by death, the school, soon after Mr. B.'s
irreparable loss, declined, and the difficulties in which hr snub-
sequently became involved, had such an effect upon his health
and mind, as to resider it necessary to place him in an asylum.
His malady increasing, it was found requisite to remove him to
Bethlem Hospital, where he died on the 24th of December Last,
leaving six orphan children, only one of whom is able to support
himself. The other five are utterly destitute.
In our obituary of to-day, it is our painful duty
to record the death of Mr. Alexander Colquhoun, who has
acted for some time as Editor of this journal. Mr. Colqulicun
was a native of Paisley, and began his :üblic career in that
town as a teacher of modern languages, in which profession be
was eminently successful.—Edinburg4 Chronicle.
INFLUENCE OF TEMPERATURE ON ARCIIRIS.
—lt appears, from a paper read by Mr. Rennie, before the
institution of Civil Engineers, and founded on experiments, that
in winter arches contract and descend, the spandril join's opens- I
ing, and that, in summer, they expand, and rise, opening
joints at the crowns.

- Mr. WAICLEY.--The Coroner for Aliddleatx, ek
an inquest held last Friday on a young woman, who, having.
driven a nail into the top of the door, behind which she placvai a noose of the cord, and by that means prevented it slLi vim
off, hung herself, remarked, that though perhaps the eGMl.i.ue
was not sufficient to warrant the jury returning a verdts gif
temporary insanity, still he would not advise them to remrd clue
of felo de se. Such verdicts, he thought, were of no mtitt
htility, and did not tend to cheek the coinmisson of suiele.
They tended rather to entail feelings of pain and shame au the
families of parties against whom those verdicts were rani.
Verdict--" Temporary Insanitry."
DEXTEROUS SwiNDLE..-v-One day last week a
young man from the country went into a bank in Glasgow to
get small notes for a 5/. note, mg, having got four pounds in
notes and one pound .in change, Ire had been observed by o
sharpr in coining out, counting the money. When a little
way from the bank the sharper tapped him on the shoulder, and
sant lie had just come from the bank to mention that a mistake
had been committed, in giving him wrong notes, and if he
would come back with him he would get the right ones. TLe
simpleton accompanied the swindler, and
the noteswhenappr doaanchirxrt
bank the latter requested him to give him
fellow main outside,did.aikninodt
01
the
ewboa
nu go inand
bank
office,
anda
nd geti then af e right g
secondsh t on e s .
cunt i
out, and told his dupe to go in
the teller would now givc
trim
t proper notes. The reader must have anticipated the r,._
ui.
GREAT
a pedestrians 3es e
tEeD ES.T R 1 N Pt
rEdRa F Ou
undertook
for
task of walking twenty miles in
West, the celebrated
aryalnzlinngutes—a feat twice before attempted,
and for a further wager of Si., to pink yp
t (the distance being 2,550 yards), In
twhagreeerhoofurbs.
ealstarted at twenty minutes to three, and
the.
past four had walked the first ten miles
tbhuitrtwee-inthmouintuas ntuede: tredlel
inp;
with great perseverance, accomplishing the whole
this period he appeared much fatigued, but continued his
Aafi titteyigshttoeneensoa minutes:
twe minutes.
miles by two minutes to six, winning by
rested for a quarter of an hour, and won the other bet.
MWORTEI CORN-LAW PETITION.--- Last
He
'lebeontuhtrye
then
TA
week you recorded the instance of a landowner giving a pint
of ale to each man to sign a Corn-law petition. Worse maks
than that have been resorted to here to obtain signatures to a
like precious document. I was told by one upon whose serenity
I can rely, that when the Peelites hawked the villagesvgith it.
the farmers, without even asking their servants, signedin %heir
names : and last Saturdly the petition again lay at the Town Hall, at the same time, and in the same room, where lay the
address to her Majesty (noticed in your paper of last week),
and several people who went to sign that address signed the
Corn-law petition instead. And yet this will be presented as
the petition of people who wish the Corn-laws to remain as
they are!.—Staffordshire Examiner.
INTOXICATION—On Friday an inquest I
held at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the boilyt, of 'Thee
Godsall, aged seventy, for many years messenger
ruptey Court. Verdict " Accidental death o t
throuvli
toxication."

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