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like logs of wood, which might be broken, but not bent ; pared 

 but a breath from her mesmerist on what is called by 

 some phrenologists the muscular organ, causes the 

 muscles to relax, the fingers to unclose, and the limbs to 

 fall into the attitude of sleep. During these changes, 



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the 

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the placid sleeping face seems not to belong to t 

 owner of the distorted and rigid limbs, till these last sli 

 into their natural positions, and restore the apparent 

 harmony. Not less curious is it to see her inextricable 

 gripe of the steel snuffers, or the poker, detached by a 

 silent touch of the steel with gold. When no force can 

 wrench or draw the snuffers from her grasp, a gold 

 pencil-case or a sovereign stealthily made to touch 

 the point of the snuffers, causes the fingers to unclasp, 

 and the hands to fall. We have often put a gold 

 watch into her hands, and when the gripe is firm, 

 her mesmerist winds the gold chain round something 

 of steel. In a minute or less occurs the relaxation 

 of the fingers, and the watch is dropped into the hand 

 held beneath. While grasping these medals she 

 sometimes complains that they have burnt her. I 

 have said nothing of Phrenology in connection with 

 Mesmerism, though it is thought by those who under- 

 stand both better than I do, that they are hardly 

 separable. I have no other reason for speaking of Mes- 

 merism by itself than that I am not qualified to give any 

 facts or opinions on phrenological phenomena induced by 

 Mesmerism. The only fact I have witnessed (probably 

 because we do not know how to look for evidence) in the 

 course of our experiment was amusing enough, but too 

 isolated to base any statement on. J. appeared one day 

 to be thrown into a paroxysm of order, when that organ 

 was the part mesmerised. She was almost in a frenzy 

 of trouble that she could not make two pocket-handker- 

 chiefs 1 e fiat and measure the same size ; and the pas- 

 sion with which she arranged everything that lay awry 

 was such as is certainly never seen in any waking person. 

 This fit of order was curious and striking as far as it 



by an assembly of 91 notables, convoked at 

 Bayonne. It was composed of 146 articles.— 2. The 

 constitution of 1812, sanctioned at Cadiz, March 19, 

 1812, by the Constituent Cortes. It was in vigour until 



May 4, 1S14, Ferdinand VIII., on his return to Spain, 

 having refused to accept it. It was re-established on 

 March 7, 1320, until September 29, 1823. It was re- 

 vived for the third time on August 15, 183G, when it 

 was in some degree modified. It was the most demo- 

 cratic of all those that Spain has had. It was composed 

 of 384 articles, of which a great number were purely 

 matters of form.— 3. The Eslaiuio Real, decreed by Queen 

 Christina, April 10, 1S34. It was composed of 30 

 articles, and was in force only to August It, 183 

 And, 4. The Constitution of ! 7, voted by the Cort 

 of July 18, 18;)7. According to this last constitution, 

 the Cortes are composed of 386 representatives, of 

 whom 241 are deputies and 145 senators, chosen hy the 

 queen, out of 315 names submitted to her. Besid 

 the 241 voting deputies, the electors name 134 supple- 

 mentary ones. The c uies are elected for three year 

 and the senators for nine. 



THE LAY OF THE LABOURER. 

 [From Hood's M< zinc, far Nov r.] 



went ; and this is all I am at present qualified to say." 

 The Troglodyte**— The Paris Globe states, that durir 



uring 

 the course of lectures on natural history delivered by M. 

 Geoffroy de St. Hilaire at the Jardin des Pontes, the 

 lecturer presented to his auditors several individuals (not 

 living) of the Pithesian race, known by the name of 

 Troglodytes. If we consider the organisation of thess 

 beings, their form, their facial angle, the disposition of 

 their eyes, we cannot but be struck by their resemblance 

 with the human face. The Troglodytes, as their name 

 indicates, live, in fact, in caverns in the forests of Ni- 

 gritia, or in huts covered with leaves. The negroes call 

 them " men of the woods." They are classed by scientific 

 men amongst the monkey tribe. To see them it might be 

 doubted whether they are not negroes reduced to the state 

 of brutes, or whether negroes are not themselves Troglo- 

 dytes of a superior race. 



Local Legislation. — The Gazette has lately extended 

 to the extraordinary length of seven sheets, and is almost 

 entirely occupied with "notices" for Railway Bills; 

 among which, some others of greater interest are not 

 unlikely to escape observation. The New Zealand Com- 

 pany are to apply for enlargement and amendment of 

 the powers conferred by their charter, and for the grant- 

 ing to them of " further and other powers, rights, and 

 privileges ; " and also " for regulation of the conveying 

 of lands in the Colony to and by the Company." Seve- 

 ral Inclosure Bills are mentioned — one for Nottingham. 



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There appear to be projects for erecting a new bridge 

 over the Floating Harbour in Bristol ; for enabling the 

 London and Birmingham Company to raise more capital ; 

 for the improvement of the harbours of Harwich and 

 Lowestoffe (in connection with railways) ; for regulating 

 further the Police of Birmingham ; for giving small 

 debt courts to Devonshire ; for the further improvement 

 of Bridgewater, Newcastle, &c. Among the plans con- 

 nected with the metropolis may be mentioned that for 

 forming an embankment along the Thames from Vaux- 

 hall to Battersea, one for building a suspension-bridge 

 at Hungerford-market, and one to annex so much of the 

 garden, ground, End buildings belonging to the Hon. 

 Society ot Lincoln's-iun as are locally situate in the 

 parish of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, to the vill or township 

 of Lincoln's inn. Also to stop up the present thorough- 

 fare for carriages, horses, and cattle along the eastern 

 side of Lincoln's-inn-Fields, to form a new footway, of 

 the width of 20 feet, adjoining the iron railing inclosing 

 the garden of Lincoln's-inn-Fields on the eastern side, to 

 inclose the remaining portion of the carriage way along 

 the said eastern side of Lincoln's-inn-Fields, and to annt 

 the same to that part of the garden, ground, and build- 

 ings belonging to the Society, and to the said vill or 

 township. Tuere is also notice of a bill to improve the 

 streets, squares, &c, in the parishes of St. Margaret, 

 St. John, and St. George, Hanover-square, in the 

 city of Westminstc r. New streets are also projected from 

 Westminster to Piuilico, abolishing the " Almonries " 

 and other low places in Westminster ; and from Lothbury 

 to London-wall, with some colonnades, and other minor 

 improvements. Notice is also given of an intended ap- 

 plication for a railway (called the Grosvenor Railway) to 

 commence in the parish of St. George, Hanover-square, 

 at or near the entrance from the Thames to the Gros- 

 Tenor canal, and then passing over the Thames by a 

 bridge near to the Red-house, Battersea. It is intended 

 that this railway should join the South- Western Railway, 

 and connect it with the Brighton Railway near Godsione 

 stone bridge. 



Constitutions in Spain. — In thirty years, Spain has 

 four times changed its constitution. She has had, 1. 

 The Constitu i of Bayonne, granted by Joseph 

 Napoleon, July G, 1 I. This constitution was pre- 



A spade ! a rake ! a hoe ! 



A pickaxe, or a bill ! [mow, 

 A hook to reap, or a scythe to 



A flail, or what ye will ! 

 And'here's a rcadv hand 



To ply the nee«iful tool, 

 And skill M enough, by lessons 

 rough 



In Labour's rugged school. 



To hedge, or dig the ditch, 



To 1<>;> or fell the tree, [field, 

 To lay the swath on the sultry 



Or plough the stubborn lea, 

 The harv stack to Mod, 



The vrheaten rick to thatch : 

 And never fear in my pouch to 

 find 



The tinder or the match. 



To a flaming bai n or farm 

 My fancies never roam — 



The fire I yearn to kindle and 

 burn 

 Ts on tiie hearth of home; 



Where children huddle and 



crouch [days, 



Through dark Ion? winter 

 Where starving children hud- 

 dle and crouch 

 To see the cheerful rays, 

 A-glowing on the haggard 

 cheek, [blaze 1 



And not in the haggard's 



To Him who sends a drought 

 To parch the fields forlorn, 

 The rain to flood the meadows 

 with mud, 

 The blight to blast the corn— 

 [ To Him 1 leave to pride 



The bolt in its crooked path, 



To strike the miser's rick and 



shovr [wrath. 



The skies blood-red with 



A spade ! a rake ! a hoc ! 



A pickaxe, or a bill ! [mow, 

 A hook to reap, or a scythe to 



A flail, or what ye will ! 

 The corn to thrash, or the 

 hedge to plash. 



The market team to drive. 

 Or mend the fence by the 

 cover-side, 



And leave the game alive. 



Ay, only give me work, 



And then you need not fear 

 That I shall snare his Wor- 

 ship's hare, 

 Or kill his Grace's deer- 

 Break into his Lordship's house, 



To steal the plate bo rich, 

 Or leave the yeoman that had 

 a purse 



To welter in a ditch. 



I Wherever Nature needs, 



Wherever L », 



No job I'll shirk or the hardest 

 work, 



To shun the Workhouse 

 walls ; 



Where savage taws begrudge 



The pauper babe its breath, 

 And doom a wife to a widow's 

 Ufe 

 Before her partner's death. 



My only claim is this, 



With labour st:ff and stark, 

 By lawful turn my living to 

 earn, 

 Between the light and dark— 

 My daily bread and nightly bed, 

 My bacon aud dn >t beer — 

 But all tmm the hand that boldfl 

 the land 



And none from the overseer I 



No parish money or loaf, 



No pauper badges for 

 A son of the soil, by right of 



toil. 

 Entitled to my fee. 



No alma I ask, give me my task: 



Here are the arm, the leg, 



The strength, the smews of a 

 man, 



To work, and not to beg. 



Still on? of Adam's heirs, [hirfh 



Though doomed byctum'" 

 Todrees so mean, and to eat 

 the lean 



Instead of the fat of tho earth ; 

 To make such humble meals 



As honest labour can, 

 A bone and a crust, with grace 

 to God, 



And littie thanks to man ! 



A spade ! a rake ! a hoc ! 



A pickaxe, or a bill ! 

 A hook to reap, or a scythe to 

 mow, 



A flail, or what ye will ! 

 Whatever the tool to ply, 



Here is a willing; drudge, 

 With muscle and limb — and 

 wo to him [grudge ! 



Who does their pay be- 



Who evciy weekly score 



Docks labour's little mite, 

 Bestows on the poor at the 

 temple-door, 

 But robb'd them orer-night. 

 The very shilling he hoped to 

 save, 

 As health and morals fail, 

 Shall visit me in the New Bas- 

 tile, 

 The'Syital or the Gaol! 



the way desen 1 ; and he now I the idea of tak- 



iog a boat. Duri the time tin Caledonia was in the 

 .Sound, he left the ship in a similar manner, and unat- 

 tended by a boat, landed at the Admiral's-hard, 

 Stonehouae, a distance of three miles. He car- 

 ries the bellows with him in case of too rapid an ex- 

 haustion of air. It has been told mt that during the 

 trial- cruise of the ships in the Channel, he passed br this 

 extraordinary means from one ship to the other. I can- 

 not vouch for this fact, but the truth of the rest may be 

 relied on. Should it be generally adopted, it wilt be a 

 very amusinz trip for half-a-dozen to take round the 

 Eddy stone Lighthouse." — Standard. 



The "Retribution" Steam Friyale.— This noble 

 steam-ship of w;:r is now lying in ihe basin of the East 

 [ndia Docks at Blackball, where she has attracted a good 

 deal of attention from nautical and scient n, and 



is been visited by many persons capable of estimating 

 her merits. She is a remarkably tine vessel, and a per- 



t model for shins of her cla <nd build. She is of 

 1GU tons burden ; her lei u, betv n perpendicular!, 

 is 220 feet, her ex ae breadth 71 I . the depth of 

 the hold being 20 leer. -1 inches. She has no ot her 



marts stepped, nor her armament on board, but her 

 paddles and engine are fixed. The en baa been 



manufactured at the establishment of Mi . Maudslay 



and Field, Lambeth. It is construct.. I afrer the patent 



of those ntlemen, cal : the patent double cylinder 

 marine steam engine, and is of the collective power of 80O 

 horses. The diameter of the cylinder is 12 feet; the 



ngth of the stroke 8 feet, and the number of strokes 1.3. 

 The diameter of the wheel is .">.» feet, the breadth 13 t , 



raught of water ; feet, the length of the engine-room 

 7"> feet. The gre.it saving of space by the introduction 

 of these engines is one of the principal advantages ob- 

 tained by their use. The fcdmiraity have a.. i them 

 in several stean aips of war be ties the K< mtion, 

 and there is one OQ board the Elattler Auiiimedeaa 



steam-shtp. 



New Life Boat. — A new life boat, invented by Lieut. 

 Walter, K.N., iras submitted a few days since to the 



ntborides of ion Dockyard, by order of the Admi- 



ralty. The inventor attended and explained the nature 

 and advaatag ot* the materials of which she was built. 

 It appeared that the keel, gunwales, and alternate ribs, 

 only have been instructed ot* oik, the planking and 

 stems being of the Karaptulicon, or flexible material 

 composed of cork and India rubber formed into planks 

 by mechanical means. The shape of the boat was 

 gr ly admired, and deservedly, as its appearance is very 

 pleasing to the eye. Both ends are alike, in outward form 



• mewhat resembling the boats used in whale fishing, and 

 it is constructed to pull and sail very fast, and to surmount 

 the heaviest seas. .Sixty-livemen entered the boat afterthe 

 lugs were unscrewed to let the water in to represent her 

 being filled hy a heavy sei, and she still possessed a 

 buoyancy by the aid of air-boxes equal to about 3J tons, 



Kclusive of the buoyancy of the boar, which ouly weigh 



V tons, although Si feet in length and 12 feet in 

 breadth, and capable of carrying on an emergency 10fr 

 persons. The advantage of submitting new inventions 

 to practical men was fully sho*n during the experiment, 

 Commodore Sir F. Collier hiving suggested to Lieut. 

 Walter, the propriety of adding pontoon pipes and an 

 iron keel outside to render it impossible to upset the 

 boat under any circumstances, and which the inventor 

 intends to apply before any further experiments are made 

 with her. 



Indian Surveys. — A survey to the westward of the 

 Arabian coast, under Commander Sanders, and another 

 of the Malabar coast, under Lieut. Montriou, are directed. 

 Dr. Cantor will accompany the former as naturalist. The 

 allowances formerly granted to officers on survey, as some 

 compensation for their extra fatigue, exposure, ai 

 labour, both bodily snd intellectual, &C, were— for cap- 

 tains, lis. 500 ; for commanders, Us. 5C0 ; second sur- 

 veyors, or first lieutenants, lis. 250 ; for lieutenants and 

 pursers, Rs. 180; the medical officer was allowed, Rs. 

 180 ; and midshipmen and clerks, Us. 60. These, it is 

 in contemplation, to reduce one-third. 



A "Fair" Pun.— I remember (says Lord Eldon) I 

 was coming away from the Queen's drawing-room in my 

 full dress as King's Counsel (Lord Clarendon, then "Mr. 

 Viiliers, was with me), and we came into the room where 

 the milliners were collected to see the fashions. Said I, 

 " Why Viiliers, I think that all the prettiest women are 

 here." One of the girls, and a most am ngly beautiful 

 creature she was, stood up, and said to another, M I am 

 sure that gentleman is a' Judge.' " 



Novel Feat. — A Plymouth correspondent furnishes the 

 following aquatic novelty :— u A great deal of curiosity 

 and surprise has been manifested during the past week 

 by those who have itnessed the manner in which one ' 

 of the officers of the Caledonia flag-ship, now lyii in 

 llamoaze, comes on shore. He descends the ship's 

 side to the water's edge, puts on a macintosh dress, aud 

 inflates it with air by means of a small pair of bellows. 

 He then steps into the water, and immersed nearly up 

 to the breast, with two small paddles very rapidly 

 works himself on shore. As soon as he lands he takes 



Ancnics Court.— Fuulkner v. Litcl 'd and Steam.— A. 

 faculty was in this ea^e granted, with the consent of the 



.urch wardens and the vicar, to I lir the church of the Holy 

 Sepulchre ot Cambridge. The minister, the Rav. Mr. Faulkner, 



-approved i f the election of the stone altar and a credence 



ble in the church. The Consistorial Court of Ely confirmed 

 the ! ; ty, and from that decision an appeal was promoted to 

 this court. After hearing Dr. Bajrford and Dr. Puillimore, the 

 lear; |ge haviq iid in the course of tl. ,g S that be 



oul' My go to Cambridge to see the alt or, s I. Jenner 



• said th it, of course, he could not be expe i to give 

 judgment at the present moment. He considered the qu n 



ins decision to Ik\ whether the structure which had beeu 

 erected was or was n a "communion table." He c - i not 

 say when he could give his opinion, but it would be ss sooa 

 as pes e. He must ask counsel for a list of the authorities- 

 they had quoted, and he feared that he must borrow some of 



th'. i books they bad referred to. 



York.— WW tarn Potter, aged 20, a jobbing bricklayer and 

 labourer found guilty, on very clear evidence, of having 



on the 9th Nov. last, at Wi.-tow, in the West Riding, felo- 

 ni .usly and maliciously set fire to the dwelling-hou of Wra. 



1 : lie was also further charged with having on the same 

 ay at Wistow set fire to a b in the occupation of William 

 D D, Another man, named Golton, had in the first instance 

 been charged as an accomplice, and both had been committed 

 by the ma'. . s. In coi. .ce of an application made, 



however, to the Court a few days ago, Golton was admitted ap- 

 prover, and upon his evidence the case for the prosecution 

 mainly depended. The verdict of Guilty having been returned, 

 Mr. Justice Coleridge, in a very solemn adores , passed sen. 

 fence of death, holding out no hope of any remission of the 

 sentence.— J" WKann was charged with the wiltul murd«r 

 of one Benjamin Gott, a musician in a band employed in a pro- 

 cession t-f the Orange Lodges at Bradti.rd on V traondav. 

 Another com indictment chargt ei with ntanslaugn- 



Thi '.se must bee vi-n yet fresh in the recollection ot our 

 readers, as it created at the time of its occurrence considerable 

 excitement. Five other pe . named Kogan, O'Urien, Do- 



novan, Quin, and Power, who had been concerned in the mat- 

 ter, were tried at the last . and were convicted of man. 

 ighter; but in consequence of some legal objections being 

 ra 1 to the form of the indictment, judgment was respited, 

 and those persons are still in custody. M'Cann at that period 

 was not apprehended. The » e was quite clear, aud the 

 jury, without he* ion, pronounced the prisoner "Guilty of 



"- - , , . k; _ ____ : r hi»ino- manslaughter." Sentence was deferred until the opinion of 



off his dress, and throwing it across nis arm, it ucmj, j the , 5 j lH j ges could be nJul upn „ tne i csa j objections before re- 

 very li°-bt, attends to his duty or his pleasure as it may ferred \o. — J„hn SUadm>m Madditan, late superintendent of 



be. On Monday last he landed twice at the dockyard in j the Rural Police, was tried on the chaige of having, on the 12th, 



