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NOTICE

.totes on the Nobility, No. L : Sketch 4f the History of
the House of Russell. By David Ross, of the Liverpool
Chronicle: London : W. S. Orr and Co.
We owe an apology to the author of this little work,
and to our readers as well, for not having sooner directed
attention to it in our columns. Mr. Ross's sketch of this
illustrious house—illustrious for the talent, heroism, vir-
tue and patriotism which have belonged to its members
from the remote line of its first founder to 'the present
day—displays great genealogical research and historical
and biographical knowledge. It is written in an excellent
and impartial spirit; and conveys to the reader, in the
compass of a small volume, a store of interesting informa-
tion, which could only be gleaned by him from the pe-
rusal of many bulky records, some of which are beyond
the reach of the mass, whilst the compilation from them
of the details sought for would involve an amount of time
and labour which few have at their disposal. The plan of
these "Notes on the Nobility," which we observe are
intended to embrace the history of some of our most emi-
nent families, is an excellent and a happy one; and we
look forward with great interest to the continuation of
the series. The notes appended to the Sketch of the
House of Russell are very valuable.
We may remark, en passant, that there are few subjects
upon which Englishmen generally are more imperfectly
Informed than the history of our great ancestral houses,
connected although some of them have been so intimately
with the renown of our country, and with the institutions
under which we live. Mr. Ross's unobtrusive, though
most valuable labour, will go far to remove this reproach;
and may even urge the enquirer to a further pursuit of a
most interesting study.

VARIETIES

TUE .SONG OF DEBORAH AND BABAS.—This is one di
the noblest effusions of ancient poetry, and of poetry set
to music—sung as well as recited. The willing help of
the people is an homage rendered to those who did offer
themselves—for we find an exception made against certain
of the tribes. I cannot imagine anything higher than thq
state and sublimity wherewith this Ode of celebration is
ushered in, and the effect of God's presence, or at least
the manifestation of his forthputtings and his power, is
depicted. The song begins with a reference to God's in,
terposal in former times. There is a difference of opinio4
whether the reference is two-fold, embracing both God%
appearance for his people when they first entered the Holit
Land, and the descent on Sinai— or whether there be a
reference to the latter only, for which some countenance
is derived from Dent. xxxiii. 2, which is most intelligible
on the supposition that the approach o'.' the Divine glory
to Sinai was from the east. However this might be set+
tied there is soon a transition downward to more recent '
times—to the days of Shamgar, who effected a like delii
verance to that which called forth this song of celebration '
—when the Philistines overran the land and forced the
people into skulking-places. The inhabitants after thiS
had to retire from the unwalled and unfortified villages
till the days of our illustrious prophetess—so beautifully
designated as a mother in Israel, and which is still felt
and applied as the most characteristic description which
can be given of a venerable matron full of faith and good
works, and a signal blessing, by the influence of her exi
ample, to the country or neighbourhood where she livesl
The ode proceeds in the highest of all poetical strains te
its conclusion. The stars in their courses fighting against
Sisera is a truly sublime conception. Meroz was probably
some town which refuses its quota of auxiliaries. Not
can we imagine anything more picturesque, more Ossianic;
than the representation of the ladies looking out for the
return of their lord—while the blessing given upon Jaet
indicates a Divine command, or at least a strong and
urgent sense of patriotism in her mind—else it were. the
revolting barbarity of an Amazonian. Both the cruelty
and licentiousness of the age break forth in this effusion.
It were strange now for women of rank to describe, as is
here done, the spoils of the war ; but, making allowances
for all that appertained' either to the country, or to the
period in the history of the world, this must be confessed
to be one of the most elevated and heat t-stirring poems
that has come down to us from ancient times.—Dr. Chal-
mers' Daily Scripture Readings._

THORWALDSEN.—His life was a continued triumph
fettune and victory waited on him, and art was recognised
and reverenced in his person. The life of this happy one
—this triumphal march—may be painted in words, as with
colours. To represent the whole in painting, we should
• sketch three scenes. The first is a Danish beech-forest,
where the king stands before an altar of rude stone blocks,
surrounded by the priests, with a thick gold circlet on his AN AMERICAN SPORTSMAN.—Dr. Isaac Hamberlin, a
bead. This is the King of Denmark, Harald Hildetand. worthy man and old citizen of this county, came to his
His eye sparkles—his head is proudly raised—for the death, a few days since, in a most shocking manner. One
mighty gods have sworn to him that, after many centuries, day last week, Hamberlin, with two other gentlemen,
one of his descendants shall stretch out his sceptre from left Satartia for a bear hunt, and proceeded to Lake
the North Cape to the Pou th ern rn ost point of Europe— George, where it forms a junction with the Sunflower
ter towards east and west—and his name shall be re- river. A short time after they had landed from the boat,
corded in the book of nations. See the next scene ! the dogs entered the cane and immediately struck a trail,
Centuries have rolled by, and it is our own age ; a poor and Dr. Hamberlin followed them but a short distance,
boy, with a little red cap on his golden hair carries an when he came up with them and a very large bear in the
earthen pitcher, slung by a cord, through one of the thick cane. Dr. Hamberlin fired at him, the ball entering
marrow streets of Copenhagen—he is bringing dinner to his head at the upper part of his nose, without doing
his father, who works in the dock-yard, carving rude much injury other than to infuriate him, and he turned
figure-heads for the ships. But observe this child !he is and made at Dr. Hamberlin. The doctor endeavoured
the youngest of King Harald Hildetand's race, and in him to get out of the animal's way, but the cane being very
the promise shall be fulfilled. But how ? The third scene thick he could run but slowly, and had run but a short
will show. The boy has become a man—the yellow hair distance when the bear overtook him, seized him by the
white—but it hangs upon his powerful shoulders in rich thigh, jerked him to the ground, and completely stripped
D
profusion ; around stand noble marble forms—Jason with Dr. Hamberlin's leg of flesh and muscles. By this time
the golden fleece, the Graces, the Holy Apostles ;it is the the dogs again seized the bear and got him off. D.
King of Artists whom we see—the scion of Harald Hil- Hamberlin then attempted to rise but could not, being so
detpnd—the poor boy, who now as a man stretches his badly torn. He then got out his hunting knife, the bear
sceptre in the realm of Art, over the countries of Europe left the dogs, and attacked Dr. Hamberlin the second
—it is Bertel Thorwaldsen. It is not the imagination of time, and tore him very ranch. This time Dr. Hamberlin
a poet—it is reality—which has furnished the subject for succeeded in cutting one or two gashes in the throat of the
each picture.—Translation from the Danish of H. C. bear, but not deep enough to do him any material injury;..
Andersen, in Dublin University Magazine. The dogs again diverted the attention of the bear froth
" GOOD" CHILDREN.—In contradistinction to the sub- his victim, and he left Dr. Hamberlin and engaged with
ject of naughtiness, there is a word we have alluded to the dogs ; but in a few minutes the bear came at him a
before, which we must inquire a little into,—one oftener third time, when Dr. Hamberlin made a stroke at him,
taken in vain than any other in infant education, and but the bear seized the knife by the blade, wrenched it from
which, in our infant recollection, was the enigma of the Dr. Hamberlin, and threw it some distance from him,
little vocabulary. We mean that magic word good. In and seizing Dr. Hamberlin's arm mashed it into a jelly.
children of sense and principle, the vegueneSs of this term By this time the cries of Dr. Hamberlin brought one of
is most distressing ; implying, as it does, first one thing his companions to the rescue, and he, seeing the awful
and then another, and nothing long. Sometimes a strong situation of his friend, fired, and struck ti.e bear in the
exertion of the will ; sometimes a tote' abeyance of every neck, which caused the beast to leave his victim and take
faculty ; now a dryness in the atmOsphere, which keeps to flight ; but another of the company coming up it .an
their hair in curl ; and now a letter by post, or a hamper opposite direction encountered the bear and shot it. Dr.
from the country, which puts their mother in a good hu- Hamberlin had his wounds tied up and was then carried '
moue. With us this word is associated with very mixed to the boat, to be taken immediately to Satartia, but he
feelings. Certainly it was a pleasure, as all rare surprises expressed his unwillingness to return without having his
were ; but still it always brought nervous misgivings, formidable antagonist with him. His desire was gratified
and fearful lookings forward to a long future, in which and he and the bear were taken to Satartia, where eteinetit
more would be expected from us, and less on our part medical aid was brought to his assistance, but he died On
likely to be fulfilled ,• for how were we ever to be sure of the fourth day, after suffering during the time the most
being good again, when we never knew how we had con- excruciating pain. The bear was very large, though poor'
*rived to be so in the present instance ? From our own weighing 3401 b. with his entrails out.—Yazoo Whig,
recollections, however, and much subsequent observation, 21st of January. '
we should say that the real maternal beau ideal of the INSTINCT IN ANIMALS.—At the meeting of the Lite-
term consists in a keen power of discrimination between rary Society last week, Dr. Warwick, who was intro-
the value of a stuff gown and a silk one, accompanied by duced by a member, narrated some curious facts with re-
a general constitutional slowness of circulation. And a spect to animals. When he resided at Dunham, the sett
reference to foreign languages confirms this view. The of the Earl of Stamford and Warrington, he was walking '
French synonym is sage, wise ; the German, artig, polite ; one evening in the park, and came to a pond where fish,
-neither of them in the least childlike, but both corre- intended for the table, were temporarily kept. He took
sponding with the quality implied. Every wise child must Particular notice of a fine pike of about six pounds weight,
know the difference between stuff and silk, and no polite which, when it observed him, darted hastily away. In o
child would ever think of trampling
,it under foot. That's doing, it struck its head against a tenter-hook-in a poit
why stories of good children, who are always prudent, (of which there were several in the pond, placed to ere-
prim, and precise, are so distasteful to children of any vent poaching), and, as it afterwards appeared, fractut*l
promise at all. They feel the misnomer, and their natu- its skull, and turned the optic nerve on one side. The
ral instinct rises against it. Parents give themselves agony evinced by the animal was most horrible. It rushed
much trouble and their children much tormentin trying to to the bottom, and, boring its head into the mud, whirWd
enforce this many-headed term ; but they may rely upon itself round with such velocity that it was almost lost to
it, in nine cases out of ten, a good, open, honourable the sight for a short interval. It then plunged about the
naughtiness is a far better thing. Where there is really a pond, and at length threw itself completely out dl' the
good child, let us watch and pray, for it is a fearful gift to water on to the bank. He (the Doctor) went and exe-
a parent's heart. We have known one—meek, loving, mined it, and found that a very small portion of the brain ;
patient—the unconscious pattern of every Christian vir- was protruding from the fracture in the skull. He card- !
toe, with a conscience too tender for us weak ones not to fully replaced this, and, with a small silver tooth-pick,
offend. Oh I what would we have given for more of those raised the indented portion of the skull. The fish re-

qualities which others take so much pains to repress ? mained still for a short time, and be then put it agaiki
She was good, if you will—goodness personified—too into the pond. It appeared at first a good deal relieved,
good, alas ! to live.—Fraser's Magazine. but in a few minutes it again darted and plunged abo4t
SAMSON'S DEATH.—The time at last came when the until it threw itself out of the water a second time. A sa-
tianghters of the Philistines did rejoice, and the daughters cond time Dr. Warwick did what he could to relieve it,
of the uncircumcised triumphed. Both with his first and and again put it into the water. It continued for seve-
second wife Samson showed himself peculiarly alive to ral times to throw itself out of the pond, and with the ag-
the force of female importunities ; and apt to give way sistance of the keeper the Dr. at length made a kind Of
before the exhibition of female distress. In the former pillow for the fish, which was then left in the pond to its
attempt to extort a secret from him, it is said that his wife fate. Upon making his appearance at the pond on'the
lay sore upon him—in the present, attempt, that his soul following morning, the pike came towards him to the edge
was vexed unto death. It looks a marvellous infatuation of the water, and actually laid its head upon his foot. Tile
—the effect of melancholy weakness—that he should have Dr. thought this most 'extraordinary, but he examined
been thus got the better of in the face of former palpable the fish's skull, and found it going on all right. He then
designs to give him up unto the Philistines—evincing the walked backwardsand forwards along the edge of the pond
blindness of passion, and holding forth a most impressive f- ' the fiF" •

lesson to beware of it. The secret came out at last:
God had charged his mother before that he was born that
no razor should come_ upon his head—making this the

eonditior,

streng

th which he had naturally

or of the extraordinary visitations and gifts which lie
received of supernatural strength when the Spirit of God
same upon him. He gave up his conscience and his vow
to a perfidious woman, who on his locks being shorn off
began to afflict him—a process which I cannot distinctly

understand. At all events, his strength did depart from
him ; and he, when he awoke out of his sleep was un-
conscious thereof ; but the Philistines, in obedience to the
call of his treacherous and cruel wife, were upon him,
and the Philistines prevailed. And merciless was the
advantage they took of their success—putting out his eyes
and binding him with fetters, and forcing him to grind in
a prison-house.—:l know not if there be any natural con-

nexion between the growth of the hair and the recovery
of strength. Samson may have repented of his infidelity,
and the temporal chastisement of his loss of strength been
withdrawn. And this strength was made the instrument
at the last of a great and signal manifestation—a triumph
over idolatry—a vindication of the supremacy of the one
only and true God—and, finally, a most picturesque and
characteristic termination to the career of a great hero.
One recoils from the barbarity of the Philistines in bring-
ing in blind old Samson to make sport of him ; and pro-
nortionally to this, one feels a certain wild and natural
the avenging ruin which he brought upon
ugh himself involved in the common
all--both men and women—

atisfact'c

kis enemies, even

Destruction that fell upo

the most noted of the historical personages whom Scrip-
ture—so full of them—has transmitted .:ownward to future
ages. Dr. Chalmers' Daily Scripture Readings, .

Lor some time, ana ,n continued to swim up anti
down, turning whenever he turned : but being blind on
the wounded side of its skull, it always appeared agitated
when it bad that side towards the bank, as it could ndt
then see its benefactor. On the next day he took some
young friebds to see the fish, which came to him as usual;
and at length he actually taught the pike to come to him
at his whistle and feed out of his hands. With other per-
sons it continued as shy as fish usually are. He (Dr.
Warwick) 'thought this a most remarkable instance of
grat'4--

ude in a fish for a benefit received, and, as it always
came at his whistle, it proved also what he had previously,
with other naturalists, disbelieved, that fishes are sensible

BABYHOOD AND CHILDHOOD.—The nursery is a won-
derful world, and all that therein is ; but Baby is the
greatest wonder of all. That little separate thing in the
world,—uncommunicating with others, unremembered by
itself,—that royst-' state of 1--• before the dell

..erious s, aeing 4, eluge
of memory sets in, lying there, like a hermit in its cell, as
if gathering strength in passive contemplation for the
world's encounter. Who says that a baby does not think
or feel ? Have they never seen that strange smile break-
ing " through clouds of infant flesh," and then passing
away, as if it caught for a moment the harmonies of
heaven ? Or have they never heard that stranger sigh—
the first spontaneous language of one who is " born to
sorrow,"- as if it heard from afar the growing jar of this
earth,—incognisant, to our apprehension, as it lies pas-
sively there, either of this world or that, yet stamped by
that very smile and sigh, as the being who stands myste-
riously between both ? But the noise and uproar save
been too much ! The round lustrous eyes are wide operi,

which, like the eyes of the Divine Child in the Sistine
Madonna, seem to look at nothing, in gazing beyond all
tnings ; and baby is seated on nurse's knee. There it

us, . without speech or movement, though brothers and
sisters are screaming and running around it, looking so
serenely content, as if he knew how little either could
weigh in the balance with its own deep repose. There„is
no model like a lovely baby for true queenly dignity,—the
wide open gaze, the hands slow movement, the proud
drawing up if the usual etiquette be transgressed,—re-
minding us of the beautiful lines in the Lyra lanocen-
tiu 772 :-

" Why so stately, maiden fair,
Rising in thy nurse's arms,
With that condescending air,
Gathering up thy queenly charms 7
the round, portly form, moving slowly to and fro, im-
bedded in lawn and fine linen. And then, when a few
months older, the truly royal impatience of opposition, the
autocratic air with which the a

goon and rattle are dashed
down, the haughty stare if some monitory voice exclaim,
" Baby, baby !" and then the celestial smile, as if to for-
give you for having been angry with her. We have
dubbed the baby feminine. Babyhood seems so, with its
beauty, its softness, its helplessness, and its waywardnesS,
—ladylike in each of its attributes. But look now at that
little swaggering urchin, with scarcely more than two of
our abort years over its head, and it is a boy all over. The
reign of dignity has been succeeded by that of impudence.
Noise and movement are now his chief element. Up the
chair and down again. If you take him up he kicks and
struggles; the more comfortable you try to make him the
less he likes it ; restlessness is his rest. If he is not talk-
#n you, he is talking to I.:— - hammer-

annself—stamping,
mg, rattling, clattering ; whatever can make 'a name is
plaything to him. Like another Nero, he wishes all die
bells in the house had but one string, that he might ring
them altogether. Nothing but sleep can quiet him, and
then, if the truth were known; he dreams of bknging
doors ! Mischief and courage have begun together`; he'll
take a dog by the tail or a bull by the horns ; screams to
be held upon a coach-horse he can't stride, and kicks the
animal to-make it go faster; is all ready to, fire off a gun,
and roars because you will not let him ; struggles away
from the maid to run after the sheep ; tumbles down, is
picked up with a mouth full of gravel, and a " NCver no
peace with you, Master John ; ' is held double tight by
the maid all the way home, with an admonitory chuck,
now and then, which almost dislocates his shoulder, but
manages to put his feet into the puddles for all that !
Bless the child ! he is all right in his start for life, and
plague and pleasure alike he will give.—Fraser's Mao.
THE FISHERS AT THE EAST OF SCOTLAND.—The
boats that were at sea all morning return about noon,
and then the women who gathered the bait are ready
with their creels to carry the fish to the shed to dress
them. In the- first instance, the fish must be partql.
However large or small the take may be, the fish are

divided in lot;, each man having his lot determined by a
sort of ballot. Suppose, for example, that the crew con.

Isists of six men, the fish are parted in seven lots, one for
each man and one for the boat. Each fisherman chooses
a small stone, conceals it from his neighbour, and puts it,
along with the others, into the lap of one of the women,
r. who is bound in honour not to look down while this pro-
cess is in progress.' The woman then lays a stone on each
lot, and as every fisherman knows his own stone, he is at
no loss to decide which is his lot. There is no dispute in
this mode of apportionment, and it has this particular
advantage, it prevents disappointment when at any time
one or two fishes of more than ordinary value are caught.
The seventh lot is for the purpose of maintaining a fund
1 out of which the boat may be repaired so long as she is
fit for sea, and a new one built when the old one is wrecked
or useless. When the fish are carried to the shed, all
hands set to work to dress them. They are, however,
generally cleaned and salted, or cured, by the women, as
many only being preserved in a fresh state as may serve
to supply the neighbouring market or the nearest farmers.
In the evening, and for the first half of the night, the men
go to rest. The women now bait the lines, or rather the
hooks on the lines, all of which had been carefully exa-
mined and made secure by the men in the afternoon.
In this employment every one has a part to perform.
For sixteen at least out of the twenty-four hours of good
sea-going weather, the fisherman's family are busied with
something or other, and when the prevalence of bad wea-
ther interrupts the usual routine, the time is spent in
making nets, mending lines, and preparing stock-fish for
,the south markets. This description applies to what is
called home-fishing, which is conducted mostly in winter.
In the early part of summer, some five or six boats' crews
man their largest boats, and, accompanied by several of
their daughters, proceed to the Western Islands to pursue
the cod and ling fishery. When at the Lewis, or the
Harris, or at the islands of Tiree or Skye, these fishermen
pay a small sum of money, or a certain number of fish,
for the use of one or more huts, as circumstances may
require. The islanders have little or no communication
with them, and as their time is fully taken up either in
catching or curing the cod, the six weeks occupied in this
way are spent in comparative isolation. Having dried the
codfish on the rocks, they are carefully packed in the
boats about the middle or end of June, and carried to
Glasgow, where they are sold. The money thus obtained
is chiefly laid out in the purchase of clothing, coal, and
fishing-gear, all of which are to be had of better quality,
and at lower prices, in Glasgow than nearer home. Pass-
ing through the Forth and Clyde canal. the boats return
in the beginning of July. This is a merry time for the
villagers, when all has gone well during the season.
Every preparation is now made for the herring fishery,
' which is carried on at various points on the east coast.
To some one or other of these the fishermen now resort,
. taking with them, as in the former case, some of the
women to cook and wash for them in their lodgings. In
prosecuting the herring fishery, the men are at work all
night and the women all day. This fishery continues for
six or eight weeks, and in fair average seasons yields good
returns. The usual stipulation is to fish for two hundred
crans or barrels, at a certain fixed sum for each barrel
' caught. At the rates paid to the fishermen by the curer
last year, one boat's crew would receive for a full fishing
£230. On the faith of this, the fishermen often contract
debts, however, which they can seldom pay when the
fishery fails, and hence the practical advantages of the
system are in no respect to be compared with those which
result from the other modes of fishing either at the islands
or at home. In September, the fishermen are in their
own cottages again ; and, in prospect of winter, a club of
six or eight persons is formed, and a suns of money sips-
scribed, in equal proportion, for the purpose of buying
what they call a mart, that is an ox or fat cow to be
killed and salted as winter provisions ; the marts are ge-
nerally purchased at one of the autumn fairs, and in one
day they are all slaughtered. A stranger entering the
village on this occasion would almost fancy that he was
amongst a set of savage barbarians, every strand being
filled with blood, and the women carrying hither and thi-
ther creels full of beef and offal. In dividing the marts,
the same mode of distribution is practised as in the case
of 'parting the fish on return from sea. During the dark
season, the salted meat is used alternately with fish ; and
as every fisherman calculates on growing a few bolls of
potatoes, the ground for which he obtains from the near-
est farmer in return for his fish-offal, there is generally
no want of good wholesome food all the season through.
—Bogy's Weekly Instructor.

RIOT AND DESPERATE COLLISION WITH THE
POLICE, IN LONDON.

(From the Sun of Monday.)
When our reporter returned from Trafalgar-square to
The Sun office, shortly before three o'clock, for the pur-
pose of framing the report of the Income Tax meeting,
which appeared in our last edition, he was led to believe
that the people would quietly disperse : indeed, a great
many left the place, but it seems that as many persons as
the number mentioned in our last edition—namely 10,000
or 12,000 remained, apparently with no settled purpose.
No expressions, as far as we were able to ascertain,
escaped the crowd that remained after the termination of
the meeting, from which one might judge of the settled
purpose which they had in view. He heard one man cry
out—in French—" Death to Guizot," " Long live the
Republic," but he seemed afraid that any one should
observe that he was the utterer of such sentiments.

. At two o'clock, or a little after, a great number of the
police took up their position in different parts of the
square, and proceeded simultaneously to clear away the
crowd, who resisted the rather summary way in which
they began. to put their orders into force. In fact the
people—arid it is' right to state that a vast number of them
were young men and boys of the labouring class—did not
relish the interference of the police, who in order the
better to accomplish their object, smote with too much
violence right and left. They were assailed with the most
discordant yells, and we saw several stones thrown at
them. Some were severely punished, and the truncheon
of one was wrested from him and thrown into the basin
amidst cheers. A little boy was struck so violently across
the head by one of A division, of whose violence a great
many complained to us, that he fell, and the blood flowed
from beneath his cap. A young man was knocked down
like a bullock by one of the same division, and carried off
for dead.

It is right to mention that the tempers of the police
were sorely tried. When we saw them strike, they did so
with unnecessary force, and seemed altogether to have lost
their tempers. Many respectable persons with whom we
entered into conversation, agreed in opinion that if the
police had not interfered, no acts of violence would have
been committed. Between thirty and forty men and boys
have been taken into custody for assaulting the police in
the execution of their duty. Some of them are severely
wounded about the head. A great many were taken to
the Charing-cross Hospitals to have their wounds dressed.
Inspector Baker, 19 A, had his eye-lid severely cut
with a stone ; he received also a severe wound at the back
of his head, and was obliged imtnediately to go to the
surgeon of the force.

About three o'clock that portion of the palings of the
Nelson monument nearest the National Gallery were torn
down, and a number of men and boys got on the plinth
of the column. Two or three persons who stood on the
margin of the basins were pushed in out of sheer fun, and
did not escape without a severe ducking. Police constable
48 A had his eyes severely cut, and the police are more or
less injured. . . .

The greater portion of the police were withdrawn at
half-past five o'clock, and as soon as they went order was
in a great measure restored.
We have seldom seen a mob more inveterate against
the police. Had they not mustered in such large num-
bers some must have been killed, for there were bitter
cries of " Throw them into the basin." The people
were exasperated at being struck with their truncheons.
The tierce rushing to and fro of large knots of people
chased by the police, now closing upon them, then strug-
gling fiercely, and shouting with all their might, with the
batons striking away in all directions, had the appearance
of a formidable riot, looking down upon it from the steps
of St. Martin's Church. The club windows, and in fact
every available spot from which a view of the conflict
could be obtained, were crowded.

On Tuesday and Wednesday, mobs of the lower orders
again assembled in Trafalgar-square and the neighbour-
hood of Charing-cross. They were composed of the low-
est class, and of boys from sixteen to eighteen years of
age. The police were, however, on the alert ; and though
many windows and lamps were broken, and the streets
kept in continual confusion, no further outbreak took
place. At Bow-street police-office, on Tuesday, Mr.
Jardine was occupied the entire day disposing of no less
than ninety charges arising out of the disturbances, which
consisted of assaults upon the police by boys resisting
them in the execution of their duty, throwing stones and
other missiles, and other acts of violence and resistance.

DREADFUL RIOTS IN SCOTLAND.-THE MILI-
TARY CALLED OUT.

(From our Second Edition of Tuesday last.)
The unemployed opratives in Glasgow were last week
in rather an excited state, and assembled in very
large numbers on Friday, to be addressed by one of the
leading chartists. They, however, separated peaceably ;
but it will be seen by the subjoined copy of a letter which
has been received by the master of the Exchange News-
room, in this town, that their peaceable intentions have
not been of long continuance.

Extract from a private letter dated Glasgow, Monday
evening:—
" The city is in great confusion and excitement. Seve-
ral shops broken into and gutted, by the unemployed,
who are marching about with guns, ticc. The gunsmith's
shop in Exchange-square, and the goldsmith's shop in
Buchanan-street are forced in ; the former is cleared of
its contents, and the windows smashed. All shops are
closed, and the streets crowded. Several shots were
fired in Buchanan-street a few minutes ago..".

The following despatches contain the latest intelli-
gence

" GLASGOW, MONDAY, 4 P.M

" A. chartist riot is at this moment taking place in this
city. The mob are breaking open the gunsmiths shops.
The one next our office is now being pillaged. The cry
is, Down with the Queen !' The mob is composed of
1000 persons. Two policemen shot."
" HALF-PAST

through the head at the corner of Muslin-street. A
younger man was also shot, and three young boys, who
(lanced to be near the place where the people were as-
sembled, were shot, but were still alive. The excitement
amongst the working population from the mills, who by
this time were collected in crowds, was very great. Soon
afterwards a troop of cavalry entered Bridgeton at a can-
ter, and were received by the populace with great cheer-
ing. In the midst of the display, one of the dead bodies
of the men who had been shot was carried down Main-
street on a deal board, supported on the shoulders of six
or eight men, and followed by a concourse of mourners,
who ever and anon shouted " A military murder !" The
dragoons at once made way for the passage of the mourn-
ful cortege, by taking the other side of the road, so that
the body and its followers passed without interruption.
The cause of the disaster was, that a number of boys had,
in the first instance, commenced throwing stones at the
out-pensioners, that one boy was made prisoner for so
doing, that the crowd effected his/rescue, and that Police-
captain Smart gave orders to fire, when five individuals
fell after the first discharge.
By the evening the excitement increased to such a de-
gree that the shops and warehouses were closed. Large
bodies of military parade the leading localities in all parts.
The banks and principal public offices were guarded with

The police-offices of the city were, towards night,
crowded with prisoners to the number of 100. Upwards
of sixty guns and other weapons were taken from the
rioters, and on the persons of the prisoners were found
quantities of cheese, butter, ham, barley, as well as pow-
der-flasks and powder.
During the greater part of Tuesday night the mob re-
mained in the streets, but they were quiet.
Every thing was quiet on Wednesday, and business
proceeded as usual, though the town was in a state of
excitement.

A man named Campbell, one of the persons wounded
on Tuesday, by the fire of the pensioners, died on Thurs-
day, in consequence of the injuries then received by him.
This is the third death which has now resulted from the
fatal collision between the populace and those armed for
the preservation of the peace.

On Tuesday an attempt at disturbance was made in
Edinburgh, of the same kind as that of Glasgow. The
Riot Act was read, and the military obliged to be called
out before the mob dispersed. The town, at the latest
intelligence, was quiet, but considerable mischief was
done to property. About a thousand street-lamps were
broken. About fifty persons have been apprehended.
On Friday, a body of colliers paraded the streets of Air-
dree, about ten miles from Glasgow. They seemed dis-
satisfied,. and evidently meant to create a disturbance.
They were joined by one or two agitators from Glasgow.
LEITH.—A chartist meeting took place on Friday. The
following paragraph from the placard will show the cha-
racter of the proceeding Working men—To you espe-
cially we say come forward and hear what republican
France is now doing for the good of the sons of the soil."
The building was densely crowded ; but the people con-
ducted themselves throughout in a very orderly manner.

Etntral
Louis Philippe is in his 75th year.
The Rev. Mr. Thomas, formerly of Exeter College,
Oxford, has been admitted into the Romish Church.

During the year 1847, 27,093 men enlisted in the army,
and of these recruits 7,760 were afterwards rejected as un-
fit for military service.
DEATH OF MR. THOM, THE INVERARY POET.-Mr.
Thom, the poet, whose genius and misfortunes are so
well known, died a few days back at Dundee in penury.
A brigantine, supposed to be the " Earl Gowrie," Wa-
terford, was totally lost in Swansea Bay, on Sunday week,
and all the hands perished.
From a return, ordered by the House of Commons, of
the number of persons flogged in the navy, in 1847. it ap-
pears that the number was 860, and that the total number
of lashes inflicted was 26,288.
An old man named Sutcliffe was found drowned in the
canal near Wakefield, last week. He had several times
attempted to destroy himself on account of the dread he
had of being obliged to receive parish relief.
EXTRAORDINARYBIRTII.-Mr. Samuel Parkhouse has,
on his farm at Dry Drayton, a ewe which produced five
lambs on Monday last. The whole of the progeny, as
was to have been expected, are since dead.
_ _

William Pinnock,. of Throcking, died a few days since
from lock-jaw, brought on by Alfred Bush, another lad
of the same place, throwing mortar in his eyes in play.
It appeared to have been accidental on the part of Bush.
The Norwich Post states that the trade of that city is
now more brisk than it has been for many years ; and such
is the demand for fancy nets. which cannot be made by
the power-loom, that the number of hand-loom weavers
is not sufficient to meet the demand.

By a return just printed, it appears that on the sth ult.
the dividends due at the Bank of England and not de-
manded, amounted to £965,983105. 7d., of which £858,291
15s. 9d. had been advanced to the government under three
acts of parliament.
The present aggregate amount of imported grain in
Gloucester is estimated at 48,385 qrs. wheat; 1010 qrs.
barley, 11,279 qrs. oats, 8178 qrs. beans, 1270 qrs. pease;
making a total of all sorts of grain of 70,022 qrs. ; against
24,040 qrs. at the same period in 1847.
The Morning Post says that Don Miguel, of Portugal,
declined visiting her Majesty's Theatre, on Thursday, out
of respect to Louis Philippe, who, although he had done
him all the harm he could, was still a near relation of his
mother.

ot. Saturday evening a sumptuous banquet was given
to Sir H. E. F. Young, at the Albion Tavern, Aldersgate
street, London, previous to his departure for Port Ade-
laide, the seat of his new government of South Australia.
Sir Henry's appointment appears to have given the great-
est satisfaction to all parties.
BURGLARY.—The house of Mr. Thomas Newlove, at
Warthill, near York, was on the night of Monday week
broken into, and a couple of old guineas, eight sovereigns,
and about £6OO in Beverley, Bridlington, and York notes,
were stolen. £lOO reward has been offered for the dis-
covery of the offenders.

It is not perhaps generally known that. the tri-coloured
flag, as now hoisted at sea on the French packets, is not
arranged as formerly, blue, white, red, but is changed for
blue, red, white ; on coming into harbour, the old one
replaces it, as if the new one was not recognised by our
government.

RUGBY SCHOOL.—We deeply regret to announce the
alarming illness of the talented head master of Rugby
school, Dr. Tait. The rev. gentleman has suffered most
severely from rheumatic fever, which has brought on in-
flammation of the lungs, and but slight hopes are enter-
tained of his recovery. _ .

LOOKING OUT FORA STORM.—The New York Herald,
of February 20, states that agents of Louis Philippe were
in New York, investing property for him in case his
family should, after his death, be driven from the throne
of France ; and it was estimated that his ex-Majesty had
1,000,000 dollars invested in houses and American stocks
in anticipation of some outbreak in France.
EFFECTS OF PASSION.—On Friday week a fellow named
Edward Jarvis, in the employ of Mr. Gooch, of Cowlinge,
Cambridge, unexpectedly approached a valuable pony,
tied up in the nag stable, and it slightly kicked him, when,
possessing himself of the broom handle, he got into the
manger, and after striking it several times about the head,
with another blow felled it dead upon the spot. The
miscreant has absconded.

MELANCHOLY CIRCUMSTANCE.—On Saturday week,
the Rev. W. Slater, teacher of Walnev School, went to
Biggar, a village on that island, to spend the day, in cele-
bration of a marriage that had taken place. He returned
the same evening, and was accommodated with a lantern,
it being then dark, and proceeded along the sand,. and we
are sorry to say was lost in the attempt, for his body was
afterwards found upon the sand.
A few days since, while a shopkeeper in. Edinburgh was
pumping whiskey out of a cask at his door, he incauti-
ously placed a light so near the aperture as to set fire to
the liquid. On observing the flame, he hastily closed the
bung in the hole to extinguish it, when both ends burst
out with a loud report, knocking down and seriously
injuring a boy who was standing by, and spilling a con-
siderable quantity of spirits.

A lamentable instance of ignorance and superstition
occurred at a village in Bedfordshire, a few days ago.
With a view of testing, by a charm, the faithfulness of
their sweethearts, three young women had torn the heart
out of a torn cat when alive, stuck it with pins, and
burned it ; they were properly arrested for their inhuman
barbarity, were heavily fined, and, in default of payment,
now lie in gaol.
SERIOUS Loss of LIFE.—On Monday, in the celebra-
ted Benton Quarry, about four miles from Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, the quarrymen were engaged in blasting the
rocks and a considerable explosion having been effected,
they were removing the fragments in the usual manner,
when suddenly, and entirely unexpectedly, a large mass
of stone, with its capping of shale and earth, gave way,
and descended like an avalanche on the men below.
Eight were killed, and several others very severely injured.
A few days since, while some excavators employed in
the construction of the aqueduct of the Bristol water
works, were blasting rocks in the parish of Litton, a large
piece of rock struck the brim of a man's hat with such
violence as to drive it forty feet into the air. The narrow-
ness of the escape however, failed to disturb the imper-
turbable phlegm of the excavator, who coolly turned to
his alarmed comrades, and observed, " A miss is as good
as a mile, be'ant it ?"
During the last few days, some druggists in Derby have
received notices of exchequer processes, to recover from
them heavy penalties, for having sold unstamped medi-
cines, although such medicines were not patented. Per-
sons have been sent to purchase pills and mixtures, to cure
some named complaint, for which twopence or three-
pence has usually been paid ; and whenever the box or
bottle containing the preparation was without a three-
halfpenny patent medicine stamp, legal proceedings have
been immediately instituted.
THE ENGLISH WORKMEN EXPELLED FROM FRANCE.
—On Tuesday, the Mayor of Portsmouth received instruc-
tions from the Secretary of State relative to the disposal
of the people brought from France. His worship* is
directed to pass such persons to their own homes at the
government expense. A number left on Monday, and
nearly all the residue on Tuesday, for their respective des-
tinations, with food and money, by the Brighton and South
Coast Railway. The poor creatures seemed very grateful
for the kindness. _ _

"The city is now quiet, but from the number of guns
stolen it is feared that there will be fresh outbreaks during
the night. The military are posted in various parts, and
a large body in the Royal Exchange. The shops of jew-
ellers and gunsmiths have all been more or less pillaged.
All business is suspended."
"EDINBURGH, 11 O'CLOCK, P.M.
" 150 dragoons have just left for Glasgow. The mob
are increasing. They are pulling up the rails on the Pais.
ley and Airdrie railway. 600 of the 71st foot have just
left for Glasgow."
The turbulent mob renewed their hostilities on Tuesday
afternoon, though all appeared quiet when our last de-
spatches were _published. The riots were recommenced
in Bridgeton, by an attempt to stop a mill which waS at
work. Eighteen armed out-pensioners were en the spot,
and having been ordered to fire, an old man was shot

THE LATE ROBBERY OF THE :MESSRS. BOWRING.
RECOVERY OF THE SILVER.-Mr. C. •Bowring. we are
informed, has had an interview with the convicts, Lloyd
and Mahony, respecting that portion of the stolen pro-
perty which, up to the time of the conviction of the men,
had not been recovered, and has succeeded in inducing
Mahony to inform him where the money had been se-
creted in Cwmnaut-gwyn wood ; and so accurate was the
description given by the convict of the spot, that Mr.
Bowring. on his return from Swansea, rode over, accom-
panied by one of his. men, and -without the least difficulty,
discovered the-hidden treasure, amounting, it i 3 said. to
4:60,, tied up in fl .handkerchief.

The cattle and corn markets at Norwich were attended
on Saturday by a Russian nobleman, Baron F irks, wh
is exceedingly interested in agricultural pursuits, with
which he is largely engaged for the government in Cour-
land. The baron spoke of wheat being at this time, in
Russia, the same price as our own, and barley about five
shillings a quarter less.
EXTENSIVE FLOODS.—During the last few days, ow-
ing to the very heavy rains, floods have made their ap-
pearance about Reading to an alarming extent, and ex-
ceeding those for many years previous. All the meadows
along the banks of the Thames, as well as places adjacent
to the Kennet, are covered with water to a considerable
depth, and many bridges and roads are rendered impassa-
ble ; in several parts the grounds are completely swamped.
It is feared, also, that no inconsiderable portion of pro.
perty is lost, from having been washed away ; though, at
present, no loss of life has been heard of.

Hum--A. meeting of Chartists assembled onThursday,
when a chartist lecturer, named Kidd, and others, ad-
dressed the meeting in praise of France and republicanism,
and in special denunciation of our aristocracy. The people
were called upon to arouse from their apathy and to imi-
tate the noble conduct of the French people, and so en-
franchise themselves and their posterity. Hard words,
much noise, enthusiasm for everything French, and de-
precation of everything English, were the characteristics
of the meeting, which broke up in perfect satisfaction with
itself, and without any de facto outrage against the rest of
the world.

GROSS IMPOSTURE.—On Saturday last, John Dawson,
an able-bodied Irishman, about 30 years of age, was
charged at the Glasgow Western District Police-office
with stealing a halfpenny-worth of bread from a baker's
shop in Main-street, Anderston. On being brought to
the office he declared that he committed the crime from
being out of employment, and consequently in a state of
starvation; but, having been minutely searched, there
was found on his person six sovereigns, one Irish pound
note, one shilling in silver, anti 21d. in copper. Bailie
Brown, on hearing evidence, sentenced the fellow to 60
days' imprisonment.—Edinburgh Witness.
IMPORTANT MEETING.—On Thursday night a public
meeting of the most influential inhabitants of the parish
of St. James's, London, was held in the vestry-room of
St. James's Church, presided over by the churchwarden of
the parish. The meeting was addressed by the Earl of
Eglintoun, Earl De Grey, the Hon. F. Byng, and Mr.
D'Eyncourt, M. P., when the following resolution was
unanimously adopted :—" That they should assemble on
the first alarm, and act in conjunction with the police in
suppressing any disturbance against the public peace."
On Friday the Duke of Norfolk, the Earl of Surrey, and
other noblemen and gentlemen of rank and influence,
were sworn in to act as special constables.
The affairs of St. Stephen's, Walbrook, are at last in a
road towards settlement. The dispute between Alderman
Gibbs and the parishioners having been referred to Mr.
Justice Erle ; he has declared the select vestry to be ex-
tinct, and has suggested that the costs of both sides should
be paid out of the parish funds. At a meeting of the
vestry last evening a resolution was carried, that the
suggestion of Mr. Justice Erle be acceded to, in as far as
the parish agree to pay 5501. to Messrs. Flight and Rock,
and the like sum to Mr. Alderman Gibbs, towards his
costs, upon his assigning the parish trust property to
fourteen new trustees to be appointed by the parish. A
committee was then formed to carry out the resolution
and report ; and the meeting was adjourned.
MURDER OF A WIFE BY HER HUSBAND.—The village
of Twigworth, near Gloucester, was, on Friday last, the
scene of a murder. A milkman residing there, named
William Hall, in a fit of drunken fury, murdered his wife,
by kicking her in the abdomen in the presence of her four
children. An inquest was subsequently held on the body
by the district coroner, and a verdict of " Wilful murder
against William Hall was returned. He was fully com-
mitted for trial at the ensuing assizes. An unfortunate
accident, which may have a fatal termination, resulted
from this deplorable affair. A young man, named Hobbs,
who rode into Gloucester for a medical man, was thrown
from the horse he rode, and fractured his skull in the fall.
He is now lying dangerously

CASUALTIES''AT SSA.—A boat has been picked up at
West Kerby, with " Arrabella" on the stern ; also a
corpse with a lever watch in the pocket, supposed to be
the master of a vessel sunk during the night. The Lady
of the Lake which arrived here to-day took up the crew
of the " Agnes" of Glasgow, from Callao to London on
the 27th of February, in latitude 42, longitude 24, the
vessel having been thrown on her beam ends, in a hurri-
cane came on the 23d, her pumps being choked and in a
sinking state. The United States from New Orleans to
Liverpool, took off the crew from the Fair Play, from
Philadelphia to Barbadoes. The Ulbane from Lisbon
brought the crew of the Catherine from Ibrail to Constan-
tinople, abandoned, dismasted, and in a sinking state.
At Newcastle, G. Thompson, 23, was indicted for the
wilful murder of Philip Wallace, at Bywell, on Christmas
Eve. The prisoner and the deceased were poachers, and
on the night in question they had a most desperate battle
with the gamekeepers of Mr. Beaumont, who had with
them a large dog, half bloodhound and half Newfound-
land, used for the purpose of tracking. poachers. During
the battle, Robert Surtees, one of the keepers, got de-
ceased down, and held on in defiance of the blows he re-
ceived from the prisoner, who at last discharged his gun at
the keeper, who contrived to twist himself out of the way,
end the contents of the gun entered the body of the pri-
soner's comrade, and caused his death shortly afterwards.
The prisoner was convicted of manslaughter, and sen-
tenced to 15 years' transportation.
CnARACTERISTIC.—Mr. Waddington, surgeon, of
Margate, having written to the Duke of Wellington as
Warden of the Cinque Ports on behalf of the sailors of
Margate, with the view of getting some of them employed
as pilots ; his Grace returned the following answer:—
" London, February 23, 1848.—F. M. the Duke of Wel-
lington presents his compliments to Mr. Waddington.
He has received his letter of the 22d instant The Duke
knows of no impediment to any native or inhabitant of
Margate who can produce the usual testimonials of charac-
ter and conduct, particularly in relation to habits of tem-
perance and sobriety, who thinks himself qualified, coming
forward to be examined as to his qualifications for being a
pilot ; and, if found upon examination to be really quali-
fied, such a one will undoubtedly be appointed; otherwise
certainly not—Joshua Waddington, Esq."
THE MAMMOTH.—As the labourers employed on the
Stour Valley line were lately excavating in the parish of
Lamarsh, near Sudbury, they discovered, about 14 feet
from the surface, embedded in gravel, the head and tusks
of a mammoth, or fossil elephant. The tusks broke when
they attempted to remove them, but the teeth were taken
out tolerably perfect ; and, with the fragments of the
tusks, are now in the possession of Mr. Fulcher. The
teeth are about 10 inches long; the tusks, when whole,
measured 11 feet in length, and the breadth between them,
was 4 feet. On two or three of the teeth the enamel is
as fresh as if they had not laid in the earth a month.
Teeth of the mammoth have also, at different periods,
been discovered in the grounds of R, Allen, Esq., Bal-
lingdon-grove, and also in those of W. Baker, Esq.,.
Brunden-hall.
OPPOSITION TO LORD MORPETH'S PUBLIC HEALTH.
BILL.—On Tuesday a public meeting, called by the
Mayor, in compliance with a requisition presented to him .
from between twenty and thirty gentlemen, was held in.
the Leeds Court House, " to consider the measures to be
adopted with reference to the Public Health Bill now in
parliament, and introduced by Lord Morpeth." In the
absence of the Mayor, owing to his having to proceed to
London the following morning, as a deputation from the
town council, Mr. Ald. Luccock was appointed to preside.
The attendance was tolerably numerous, though the
Court House was by no means crowded. Amongst the
assembly was a number of women. The speakers ob-
jected to the bill principally on two grounds—first, because
it carried out the system of centralization, and next,
because of the large expenditure of money which it
would require in order to carry out its provisions.
POPULAR LOYALTY.—On Tuesday night, Drury-lane
Theatre, which has been fitted up similar to our Amphi-
theatre, was opened by the French Equestrian Company,
and when the performance of the first night was over and
the musicians were preparing to leave the orchestra, a
loud cry for " God save the Queen" was raised ; but the
musicians, apparently not understanding the summons,
went on packing up their instruments. The indignation
became general ; and the musicians, who seemed to be
suddenly enlightened, struck up the anthem just in time
to save a " row." Then came a cry of " Hats off;" and
some men not complying with this request had the satis-
faction of seeing the adornments of their heads pitched
into the arena. A shout of "encore" followed the con-
clusion of the anthem, which having been repeated the
bulk of the audience gave a hearty cheer on the strength
of their victory over obtuse fiddlers and obdurate hat-
wearers.

THE KIRTON MURDER.—Lincoln Castle, March 8.—
(Before Mr. Justice Maule.)—Joseph Travis, of Kirton-
in-Lindsey, was indicted for the wilful murder of Charles
Copeman, of Blyborough, farmer. A great number of
witnesses were called in support of the counsel's state-
ment, which consisted entirely of strong circumstantial
testimony, a great number of which facts led very forcibly
to bring the crime home to the prisoner, the principal
ones being that, a small piece of a penknife blade was
found in the blood in the place where the deceased was
found, and the other part of the knife, was discovered
about twenty-five yards from the body, and which knife
was proved to have belonged to the prisoner ; and the
tracing to the prisoner's possession on the following day
nearly the same amount of money as had been taken from
the deceased, it being shown that on the evening of the
murder he was borrowing small sums. The jury, after
an absence of one hour and a half, returned a verdict of
Acquittal.—The trial lasted the whole of the day, no less
than thirty-seven witnesses being examined.

THE RABY PARK MURDER.—On Wednesday, at Dur-
ham assizes, three poachers, named Thompson, Dowson,
and Oldfield, all young men, were tried for the murder of
John Shirley, the Duke of Cleveland's " whipper-in," on
the 2nd of February. The trial lasted the whole day, and
the Duke of Cleveland was on the bench all the time. At
the close of the case, the jury found Thompson and Dow-
son guilty, and acquitted Oldfield. His lordship, in pass-
ing sentence, said—" You have both been found guilty of
the awful crime of murder, committed without the slightest
provocation, upon an individual who had never injured
either of you. You were not content with shooting him
—not content with wounding him—not content with
leaving him in a state of weakness and pain—but con-
tinned beating him till you left him upon the ground half
dead. Whan he called out for mercy—so to speak—when
he called out to his companion, for God's sake, to come to
his assistance, or he could not survive many minutes, you
must have heard that cry from the wounded man upon the
ground, yet you still went on beating him, and showed
him no mercy. I find I can hold out no hope of mercy to
you—to you the day of mercy is passed. I see no ground
of distinction between your cases. I wish I could see any
ground for distinction. I can hold out no hope to either
of you," The prisoners maintained throughout the whole
of the day the utmost composure in their behaviour, and
scarcely-evinced (Thompson in particular) the slightest
symptoms of emotion when the awful ientoo 9f the law
was passed upon them,