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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-06-17 00:00:00

in the meadows

aetstone at morn,

A the mow

home wearily

kbout the green hedges
I convolvulus twine;
Drive kine to the sedges;
Give bloom to the vine ;
,ok plunge the peasant boy cheerily
lanes for,young lovers to stroll
by the light of the
hsw of my roses

dimness of e

Where t

Illumines the shade,

Yet vainly op

it a maid

,nd lovers ! you neer can commune

confidant secret as June

Ag
WI
He
WI

ich surrounde
shall dream o

for I bring him the joy
is thoughts and his heart when a boy
s porch of full fifty years gone,

...,Lener in woods, not alone—
at was fairer, with soul insincere,
oisonous balm in the coquetting ear
h adored, till fire flashed from his eyes,
ti ,tied the intruder, and bore off the prize ;
et magic his dreary thoughts brightening.
I have flowers for rough rambles ;
Gild the broom in the wild ;
I dry meads for the gambols
Of each dear happy child;
)nd of all Nature's love tightening.
My bloom-pencil streaking
Full orchards, I ply,
While hay-wains are creaking

he thras

To homesteads hard by ;
Awn and the leveret frightening.
fill the warm air with a myriad hum,
he dragon-fly bold to your horse-fold shall come
Where nightingale pineth,
id young squirrels grow,
And brown glow-worm shineth
'Midst fox-gloves below,

! come and attune
forests and pastures of June

LITERARY NOTICES

Nineteenth Century. Northern Division:
How and Parsons, London.
VI. if the Northern Division (Lancashire) is now
`, and he writer maintains the interest of his diver-
arrative with unrelaxing vigour, dwelling on these
of grandeur, antiquity, or beauty, in modern erec-
Ancient ruins, or inviting scenery ; and these traits of
ter peculiar to the inhabitants, which present the
.;st to those who may visit the localities
b igperates, or those who, debarred of that gratifica-
raise the work in the family parlour or the study.
, of the Ribble, with its ancient halls ; the ancient
n town of Ribchester, and the interesting and antique
of Stydd in its vicinity, are graphically described.
stract conveys a pleasing and merited confi-
celebrated brothers, William and Charles

I in Uzi

fted, and t'

,tractions

may pr

followi:

" Passing through Tottington we came to Walmersley, on
the banks of the Irwell, which exhibits the remains of a
beacon, erected in the days of Elizabeth to rouse the country
against the threatened Spanish invasion. In fine weather,
Runcorn, at the estuary of the Mersey, can be descried from
this lofty station. A tower stands on an eminence to the
left, erected by the Grants, who were the first manufacturers
of the district. William, the eldest has lately deceased.
Him and Charles we have seen now for some fifteen years
come in their carriage into Manchester on market-days, seated
side by side, looking of all things like a pair of brothers,
- in themselves and in each other. The sight is changed:
-..zs now alone, looking bereft and downcast.
father was a farmer in Inverness-shire. A flood
farm of his stock and very soil, compelling a

happ
Charles ern

pped

hange of place. He and his son William made their way
mthwards, and found employment in a print-works near
ry, where the youth served his apprenticeship. It is said
t when they reached the spot where they settled, they
doubt as to what course was best. They stood on a
ich overlooked the surrounding country, and gave
opportunity for making a judicious choice. The
t their feet, and through it the Irwell was making
Their well-practised eye saw the advan-
pot offered, yet other localities had their
What was to be done ? A stick was put
that fell, in that direction would they betake
a home. In commemoration of this event,
_bly as a kind of public thank-offering for the
rity they reaped, they caused a monument to be

them eve

ous wa

rin this place these remarkable men pitched their tent,
by years and days of industry, enterprise, and benevo-
Lce, accumulated a million of money, earning meanwhile
good-will of thousands, the gratitude of many, and the
;pest of all who knew them."

;raving

of the monument alluded to is given.
s of Bury and Bolton are noticed at considerable

length ; and amongst the illustrations are views of the birth-
place
of the present Prime Minister, Radcliffe Church and
Tower, Hall in the Wood, Turton Tower, &c., besides a re-
Itation (accompanied by painfully-interesting details)
execution of the Earl of Derby at Bolton, after he had
d the republican troops. The number is also

thence d

!,mbellished with two engravings from steel, one of the Vale
of Todmorden, and another of the far-famed ruins of Furness
abbey, on the west side of Morecambe Bay.

THE THAMES TUNNEL.

(From Blackwood's Magazine.)
lis extraordinary work is now on the point of completion ;
the boldness of the enterprise and the indefatigable labour
which it has been prosecuted, and the remarkable skill
h has been exercised in bringing it to this point of un-
tionable success, place it among the most remarkable
lific performances of the age. We know that anything
be laughed at, and that the world is fond of laughing

the most at the gravest things ; but we have no inclination to
join in ridicule of a work which exhibits so singular a cora-
-1 of the daring and practical—of the lofty speculation
profound science, both so characteristic of England,
honourable to the national character. It is true that

-6ineer of this stupendous work is a Frenchman ;
e see much less ground for national jealousy in his ori-
sin, than for national honour in his employment. England
and justly, of her attracting the commerce of the
Her still prouder boast should be her attracting the
-nts of the world. A nation can give no higher evidence
of its superiority than its disregard of littleness of all kinds.
The Roman never gave a clearer evidence of his being marked
for the master of the world than when he borrowed the arms
of the conquered nations—when he adoped the lance of the
Samnite, the shield of the Volscian, and the falchion of the
Tarantine. We only wish that our adoptions were larger and
::, that we had the power of calling to our coun-
..ients of every great sculptor, architect, and painter
arope ; and that we had thus nobly monopolised Thor-
Isen, Canova, and the builder of the Pantheon of Paris,
I the still lovlier Madeline.
tunnel has now completely reached across the river—
sce of 1,200 feet—and the projector and engineer had
'-ation, a short time since, of being the first who
I from bank to bank, to the shaft on the London side.
shafts on both sides of the river, which are intended
t passengers, are really grand things. They are a suc-
of staircases going round a vast circular excavation,
70 and 80 feet deep, and, when they shall be all
with gas, will be among the most extraordinary of
'e structure. Even now they strongly realise the
-,nception of the descent into the caverns of the
mysteries ; and the view of the interior, nearly a
,1 a mile in extent, lighted with a long succession of
.wly flames, would probably have suggested to a
the image of an entrance into Tartarus. But, in our
e sublime is well exchanged for the practical, andhis
t
d formidable-looking cavern will be stripped of its
-sociations by the passage of carters and waggons,
'ods and herds of bullocks. Still it would be al-
.:st ourselves of the recollections really attaching
,rk. We have before us altogether a new attempt
,aer nature—a great experiment to make rivers pas-
, without boat or bridge—a new and capable contrivance
expediting the intercourse of mankind. The stone bridge
is at all times the most expensive edifice in the world, and
the bridge of boats is always liable to accidents, and almost
certain to be broken up in every instance of a flood. Be-
sides this, the fixed bridge blocks up the navigation of the
river for all vessels beyond the size of a barge or a small
'ltem-boat. The expense of the stone bridge also is
_ll"tnous. Waterloo Bridge cost upwards of a million—
B
ridge about as much more—Westminster and
and iniria,_rs Bridges, which were built at a cheaper rate
the' times, so constantly demand repairs that the
but the' "live cost more than either of the modern ones;
side to aide 1 has the advantage of giving a passage from
river, a stoolitlhe Thames, where, from the breadth of the
than Lidte would have probably cost nearer two
across witheat7L.and where no bridge could be thrown
Thames, that -"'King up the most important part of the
)f London. ye-t-tr. which may be called the great wet clock
o more than £4 expanse of the whole has not amounted
san expense greatly * and even this is to be remembered
tperiment, by difficare eased by the utter novelty of the
several eruptions itiomforeseen in the commencement,
m's wages, arising from tier, by the dearness of work-
ure of the labour eortnect;de Peculiar peril and singular
at all hours, and wholly b an undertaking carried
with
light. All this, too,
instant hazard of an influx river, and the various
ulties belonging to working in
Body of water above, acting alike daring The weight of a
which at any moment might break summer
and
outside of
incursions it was as necessary to fortify in, and against
greatly to
gel as the interior, added
the difficulties of

boasts,

lighted

ptian r

cattle,'sli
lertaking.
Hnal object of the tunnel was to eon
4 ffeneral traffic from the rich counties
tlees on t
;rest mercantile region of the met°Pn
i don and East ar.i. West Indian Docks rlia--
How
v, - now effected, is a question which rem al—nsaw far
v,
..rience. There can be no doubt, that if the
ur
bt. . impeded by the fear of passing under the river,
The convenience of escaping the long
t be immense.
up to London Bridge, which, from the various ob.
ons in the streets, and the general difficulty of passing
A T TefnoEar
cMiianPiw:atinn_ Drelrv:lacpStoi
gh the most crowded portion of the city, must now
py many hours, would obviously direct thoeewxhpoeldeiecnutrrhenast
.re traffic into the tunnel. Hitherto,
nt
traffic ; and the
a adopted to shorten the passage
of
ther for at
ttrivance by which 1,200 clear feet are substitutedhUoranßteßidnECTlON 1N RHODE
st three miles of the most encumbered t oroughfares .
ISLAND.
laginable, must he adopted as a matter of Island,) has ti
rathereemt derived
es of the without
he 0
uotf
bloodshed,the Stat e s .
and (Rhode
the
rac-
hreasAsp .11 lett
palpable advan-
4e. Still, there may be difficulties in the way which p .
authority, instead of receiving attaint,
ice only can exhibit. But any fear of the structure itself vc e
both. The firm countenance tunnel
regard as altogether visionary. The building of the.dtb, from this attempt to overthrow
peoßle and magistratun-emace and conduct of the sound
fromunnel. seems to us solid as a rock. During the whole perm
and to dishearten the revolters • anSdtate, sufficed of themselves,
its commencement, we have not heard a single instance
of
its giving way, vast as the pressure was from above,
trying deral Government, as bound by ttiihee eecortnasitnittuyt,iothn:twthoeuldF,ei-f
as were the damps, the roundsg prings, and the extreme
difficulty of buildinginter o
roof necessary, pse to uphold the
is obviously as freeetlflroin
under water. At this moment the
nipped rebellion in the bud. government de facto,
and unless an damp as the roof of St. Paul's ! --
seems much more quake should burst it, the whole fabric COTTON MARKETS.
likely t
diversities of temperature,
o last than were it exposed to the We have advices from New Orleans to the
The special advantage orl, the heats and frosts, above ground. ,
The demand for Cotton had become all at Ti 2lst ultimo.
can be adopted in any the system of the tunnel is, that it don of specie payments, exceedinglyce, owing to the
even in its widest part (for
of the course of the river, and resump
ending the 21st, amounted to about 14 e, and in
few the week
breadth of the Thames at Ro European rivers exceed theweek 6417 bales. Cleared 19,772 bales." bales'
spread into marshes or lak therhithe, unless where they Arrived this
and board 96 5. bales. The Stock
to navigation. ea), and yet offer • • . warehouses on, i a latest Price
no impediment an 3
were for

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