Star.
London, England, 1828-03-17 00:00:00

UNION HALL.

Saturday two men, named Crouch and Kent, were brought up on
a ch rge of stealing the bodies of four paupers from the dead house
of -Newington win khouse. The fact of the dead house bring entered
on Wednesday night and the bodies stolen was proved by an of-
ficer; who also stated, that having learned tram the nearest toll-
gate keeper that a go-cart with three men in it, and the name of
-Kesn painted on ir, had passed tkrough the gate towards Loudon
at au early hour sit Thursday morning, ke traced it to Smithfirld,
where he found the pioneer Kent in a public-house drinking; and
havitig made inquiry tat him, Kent stated that he had been hired
by Ctouch and a man named Fitzgerald to go to the back of New-
ington workhouse, where they put four sacks, the contents of which
he did not know, into the cart; he then drove them to Guy's Hos-
pital, where they left two of the sacks, and front thence to St. Bar-
tholomew's, where they left the other two. On this informatiosk
the officer apprehended :.'rritich, but Fitzgerald could not be found. 1
The Maxis:rate di-patched the High Constable to the Hospitals,
and at Bartholomew's one of them was found.—Tbe prisoners
wet e remanded.

MARCH.

FROM TUE COMPANION TO THE BRITISH ALMANACK.

BALDWIN AND CRADOCK.

There is an old proverb, "a bushel of March dust is
worth a Monarch's ransom." Our ancestors were care-
ful observers of the inflUence of the weather upon the
ait;erations of husbandry; and in this short sentence they
fully expressed the value of a dry. March. A month of
such weather removes the too great moisture which the
rain, of February have left us, whilst it mellows the
arth for the reception of seed, and enables the farmer
:0 get it in early. A late spring is generally a great
blessing. fur the succeeding harvest is in most cases
41,unclairt. There is little to be apprehended in such
cases from bl;ghts and insects, and the swelling buds
Ale trot too prematurely brought forward to be exposed
ta the severity of those frosts which so commonly ren-
der faithless the early promise of the year.
The activity which the farmer must exercise In this
month, to sow his barley and oats, has an example in
the motions of all the animal creation. The rooks are
noisil employed in the building and repair of their
neas ; the fieldfares and woodcocks, whose movemeta.,
however regular, are yet mysterious, return to the
canaries from whi.:ll they arrived at the commence.
meut of winter; the willow-wren and the stooc-:urlew
come to us, and the shrill cry of the latter may ofteir
be heard, mingling with the owl's hoot, by the nightly
traveller ; domestic poultry lay eggs and sit ; the wild
pigeon coves in the woods. One of the most delightful
appearances of the season is the sportiveness of the
lambs, in the sunshinny days; and a no less uleasing
indication if returning warmth is, the coming forth of
be s from their wintry hives, to remind us that the
ho;iied Mowers are beginning to show their heads again:
In our gardens the wall-flower cautiously puts on its
rich livery; the heart's-ease, celebrated All over Europe
by six or severs endearing names, shows its beautiful
vslvet spots ; and the great scented jonquil, the crown
imperial, and the narcissus, are in full splendour. The
mezereon, with its .pink flowers and leafless bushes, is
now.highly ornamental.
In the hedges; towards the end-of the month, two
bf the'Most lovely and fragrant of flowers offer them-
'wive.; to oar admiration. The early violet, commonly
called the .Mateh violet, gives the most delightful of
311 scents';' and from its humble and obscure retreat iii
some weedy bank, &aids a perfume to the air which
paises over it ; while the primroses are seen sprinkled
over the grassy slopes, peeping forth with a delicate
fustve from their green leaves. The daffodil, Shakspeare
as a charming descriptirin of flowers, enumerates--
dam:fits
That come before the swallow dares, and take
Tie wands of Alarch with beauty.

The pilew•ort and the red dead nettle become also
abundant in the fields. The apricots and peach bl,
soma exhibit their delicate coloins on the garden walls;
.ind.the edtly sulphur butterfly, and the red butterfly,
4)10 their wings in the still precati•;us sunshine.

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