EARL SPENCER NEW BOOKS, &C. 



:^D[ 



DEATH OF EAEL SPENCER. THE GREAT 

 ENGLISH FARMER. 



Ii has been trnlj' .said that the plow is of no 

 party, neither in it of any countrj'. Its uses and 

 its fruits ai'c of such universal application and 

 BO beneficent, that all friends of Asjriculture 

 may cordially join in mourning the death of a 

 patron so elevated in rank, yet so affable in his 

 deportment — so liberal in the u.se of his ample 

 means, and so influential by his personal exam- 

 ple as was Earl Spencer, whose death is an- 

 nounced in the last English journals. 



It seems but as yesterday that we received 

 his autograph letter, from which an extract was 

 taken in a note made to the memoir of Judge 

 Peters. By the last incident that we could have 

 expected or desired, we are now relieved from 

 the considerations of delicacy which then re- 

 strained lis from giving the name of the 

 writer — "It being impossible (.says he) that any 

 Englishman can desire more earnestly than I 

 do that the friendly relations between our two 

 countries shall be pennauemt." 



As the noblest oak towers in the forest, so 

 stood the deceased, conspicuous among his 

 brother Farmers. How slowly is^he chasm 

 filled which is left by the removal of such men 

 — and must ■we even say of them — good and 

 useful as they ai'e in their day and generation — 



""What thouL'h we wade in wealth or roll in fame ; 

 " Eiuth's highest station ends in ■' Here he lies," 

 " And '• dust to dust " concludes her noblest song ! 



European Aokiculture and Rural Economy 



FROM PERSO.NAL OBSERVATIONS. By HeNRY 



CoLMAN — To be completed in ten numbers of 

 not less than 100 pages each number : — Tenns, 

 .15 for the whole. 

 Of this valuable work we have just received 

 part IV. The contents relate principally to the 

 great Fairs and Markkts for Cattle in and ot.*t 

 of London — for Cattle and Grain ; Vegetables 

 and Fruits ; Dead Meat Markets, and Market- 

 gardens, with Chapters on Corn duties, and the 

 mode of adjusting Labor. 



Every one at all in the habit of reading Eng- 

 lish Agricultural papers, will have experienced 

 a desire to have a nearer view of these great 

 marts for the substantial bu.siness transactions, 

 and here ■will be found a 7)icture than all more 

 graphic and minute than ever, or could be had 

 in any way, except by personal inspection. — 

 The Chapter on Market-gardening is concluded 

 with an observation to which ■sve invite the no- 

 tice of the reader — the public mind in our own 

 eonntry is ardently taking the same direction, 

 and the time is coming when men seeking em- 

 ployment as Farmers and Gardeners, will have 

 to bring proof of having been in like manner ed- 

 ucated for the hiisiness. 



" The scicnceof Gardening," says Mr. Colman, 

 "iehere a substantial science, andi^oung men are 

 (511) 



as carefully educated in its various departments, 

 as in any of the sacred Professions, and receive 

 a patronage according to their skill and merit. 

 Under such circumstances the Market Gardens 

 near London are managed with a skill and en- 

 terprise worthy of all praise, and sure of reward 

 much more substantial." 



The N.iTioNAL Magazine and Industriai. Re- 

 cord. Edited by Redwood Fisher, New-York. 

 This work, which was commenced in June 

 last, completes the first volume of about 300 

 pages, with the November number. Mr. Fish- 

 er is well known to the friends of Domestic In- 

 dustrj- as an able writer in the cause, and the 

 numbers of his magazine which have appeare<l 

 contain many important articles on manufac- 

 tures and commerce from his own pen, as well 

 as contributions from some of the ablest writers 

 in the United States. One feature of the mag- 

 azine must be particularly interesting to all who 

 are engaged in manufactures ; namely, to notice 

 such places in this country as have been built 

 up by the interests of Manufactures or Com- 

 merce. Sketches of New Bedford and Lowell, 

 in Massachu.setts ; Paterson and Somerville, in 

 New-Jersey ; Chicago, Illinois ; Cleveland, 

 Ohio, &c. have already appeared in the pages of 

 the work. The Mining of Iron, Copper and 

 Coal in the United States have also been the 

 subjects of several important articles. We 

 wish success to this enterprise of Mr. Fisher, 

 commensurate with his admitted talents and in- 

 dustry. 



Dutch Cors-Law. — Tlie Hague, Sept. 15. 

 — The disease which has attacked the potatoes 

 in a great part of the kingdom has attracted the 

 attention of the government. It has iriduced an 

 inquiry into the causes and the character of the 

 disease, and the means of preventing a rise in 

 the prices of articles of subsistence. 



The Stanta Courant publishes a royal ordi- 

 nance, dated the 14th of September, stating the 

 measures taken by the government for the im- 

 portation of articles of food : 



•' We, William H., <fcc. &.C., seeing Article 2 of the 

 lawoflS>th June, 184.5; 



" Having taken into consideration the unfavorable 

 prospect of the crop of potatoes, which are one of the 

 principal articles of food for the most numerous 

 class ; and that the general interest, as well as that of 

 the conimei'cc and manufactures of the counti-y, re- 

 quires that we should prevent by all possible means 

 a rise in the price of provisions ; 



'• Having likewise taken into consideration that in 

 this respect the government should take no other 

 measures than such as may tend to encom-age as 

 much as possible the importation of provisions for 

 the working classes ; 



" On the report of our Minister of Finance, on the 

 9th .September. 184.5, 



"Having consulted with our Minister of the Inte- 

 rior, with iidvice of our Council of State, 



" Have decreed and decree — 



