1842.) 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. ‘ 
his death was ‘caus sed. Thus it remaitis as doubtful 
n went t 
identify the body—partly by his own extraordinary con- 
duct and words that din p yt 
evidence of a co ble, who ore positively to having 
seen him on the night of Saturday, in the in 
eompany with other men, while, if ‘his own and other 
timo s to be believed, he was at home in be e 
test 
verdict, although admitted to be the only one that could 
be returned under the ah eWaN po and from the nature 
of the evidence adduced, has by no means allayed the 
painful sensation created in the public mind as to the 
actual b hich the y an came to his 
untimely r. O’Connell has published in the 
Cork Reporte r, a -, a long letter, on the subject of the Irish 
d by comments on its histor 
ntry. 
cation prevents the pos- 
The great length of this commun 
He considers, 
sibility 7 even a reasonable sridgement. 
c 
or =) a Pe +} } 
of the Union, a that one of the necessary consequences 
a of the Poor Law in Ireland must be the 
E. hei of out-door relief; especially if mendicancy be sup- 
ressed. In that case, he says, ‘‘ out-door relief must, of 
ter all, it is 
Law was e 
The scaout't is, to follow up that repea 
g the present me edi cal charities, and extending the 
be 1 per cent. a 5002. 
aT sropuuk 
ald, on my 
ectually protect 
f the Poor Law Com- 
‘om 
missioners £ 
Belfast t, Mr. Smith, of ba . 
Deanston, the fice of the Sbtaait plough, addressed 
a public meeting i own, in explanation the 
plough, and of his system of thorough draining. The 
Marquis of Downshire presided, supported by Lord 
Newry, R. Bateson 
ew Si : t 
nected with the agriculture of Irelan 
Galway.— A melancholy accident occurred i in this town 
on Chitetrnab -day. in the pari 
ere was an im 0 
4 ears that there was no da 
_ the gallery giving way ; it is very strongly built, and will 
bear f mes the weight that was on - 
_ though t ave been between 4000 and 5000 
_ people in it when the alarm was given. 
‘ SCOTLAND. 
Edinburgh, —Various contradictory rumonrs are afloat 
in regard t ent gtd, the 
moured th 
a bi nm sub- 
‘approval in which Lord 
0 is combined with Sir George Sin- 
clair’s additions, and that it will be introduced into Par- 
lament ir R. Peel. In other quarters it is rumoured, 
that Dr. Chalmers or Dr. Gordon has received a letter 
_ from Sir rt Peel, stating that a government measure 
will be j ed wh arliament meets, which 
is now devoting all his lei 
q raming 
the bill which is 
to meet the views of all parties, and 
ness season, certain trees are in 
full blossom in this neighbourhood. 
yr Te collirs strike has now been at an end for 
@ fortnight.” Perfect tranquillity has been restored ' 
d numerous gentlemen con- 
to the district ; and the yeomanry have been reviewed by 
nee Eglinton, preparatory to their neh dismissed. Th 
e four men in eenoes A oe shel Tordisiedias in 
the “esas otous sprav eedings w nee in the Hig 
Court of Justiciary at Ediabursh sek year the 3th inst. 
as, Bessy pa 
wing their calls for 
ree oma are Solan by the Go- 
munity. 
apers announce er Tarypee go 
umh 
af, at Edinburgh, for Hb with 
uff, grazier at pang field, in 
st, as noticed in this Paper a’ — e tim 
i erected to ~ 
African Traveller, who perished in the Interior of Africa in 
1805, 
Greenock.— 
urn Mary 
The following is the 
inscription :— to Genius and Love—to Burns and 
- | Highland Ma ary. sy 
ATRICALS. — 
Covent-GAaRDEN. wae Monday, the annual irs 
audience thronged to the great theatres to laugh at the 
The subject of that at Seren: Gardens “was 
; but it was 
acquired by works of its class. The first p 
pryae: representation of King John’ 's contests with the 
coating the ‘‘vanlt of the Black Diamond, common ly 
e Coal Hole,’ a ban net in Windso r Castle, 
nibus, to meet the barons at 
He rymede, and his igre reduced to such extremities as 
t his name to “es Mr. RE PL lata as the 
as a ely Judicrous. * the 
portion of the harlequinade was dull and diffuse, but it 
contained, nevertheless, some good hits at the passin 
events . One of the best m was at the 
West Mi ompa office of whi 
was represented asa showy building, with a huge polisbed 
brass knock 
ee They Solomons. _ Clown and Pantaloon are the 
ae 
iad manufactured out of sree, a berber” 8 ye —o 
io! 
passing events of the day included 
Srabeins oneness, 
e of 
other squibs at the 
ker ern nena y 
and the Chin 
no longer re 
means of bringing out 
mainbeer: In this it was co 
the close a Mrs. Shaw “4 
all 
gnised, w 
it is Aitred Shaw in a new 
J. Smith ee Set: mga ay PT 
Columbine, Mr, T. Mathews as 
as Panialoon. One of the best hits of 2 par chee 
ullah, 
day was the singi of Mr. H 
teetotal principles. The class is put to shame by the ‘aed 
T 
pearance of the greatest English singer, a gig: tea- 
kettle, and the whole stage is covered over with smatier 
ttles, each grotesque face, and sings 
Beile Assemblie, which yi infinite number of bells 
inging in every directio om ittle Bellboys to 
Bow Bells and , nog pong ea hit was the e 
of to ie, who, sound asleep 
with his bottle of ‘mouatain-der, runs off, too late to meet 
the @ he whole ended with a scene in the tea- 
gardens of the Hes iden, ike the Covent Garde 
Pantomime, this appeared to want life and ireely s the 
serious gravity of many of its parts was frequently so heavy 
that the audience began to grow impatien hf a hearty 
laug wanting to realize the true character of the 
Pantomime such as it existed oe rs since, when it 
re armed the audience by bur e absurdities rather 
an by the seniey aa stateless ‘of a spectacle. 
eo tene i 
ruption of Mount Etna.— Riige toh, 8 letter 
Pe Se "Caema. dated the llth inst., pie further parti- 
is taken from of long ago as the 17th ult 
summit of t Etnaexhibited extraordinary symp 
toms. Thes e ce which usually covers it and the crater 
became blacker and more se, and seeme hrown 
out with much greater force than usual : 8 there had 
been so indifierent weather, and 
Similiar p cneumena 
t changes s of temperature, oe 
1h 9 
attention was paid 
with which ny: atmosphere was loade d, ate 
d any distinct observation 
v. that 
smoke and showers of ashes 
pe 
nglish Hous d there 
On the 28th, the commotions of the mountain, a’ e 
frequent showers of ashes and stones mingled with flame, 
diminished ; but in the evening these threatening appear- 
ances retnrned with increased force. The lava, which had 
ased to flow. toward the south, was now divided into two 
torrents towards the a it rushed down in the di- 
rection of the ¥ Bronte, spreading destruction 
106 | 
through the beautifal eet which aduine the declivit of 
the mountain on that side. “tae the night of the 
new and wonderful spectacle w to our ante 
by the centre of the crater, which was at the moment 
ing out flames with Jess v e 
We observed 
of burning mater, which crombled 
nt pieces by the action of the fir n_ the at the 
e time clouds of burning mater vas thrown out, ad 
awed by rushing fiames, which seemed to set bead heaven 
on are, Jar. Walkenshaw, who "hed been for 
enga ged at history 
of Eins, aa gone. up. Ly. the eruptions am 
said that M. Von Waurstemberger, a Swiss in 
core service, was the first who observed th 
being at the time on his way to ncene the m 
nch Antiquiti 
22d jot published i in La Presse, state 
Druidical stone, a metres 
piece of ivory representi c 
i pees the consuls. e learn from Galignan 
Rom ie Excavations ne been made, 
directions of M. Denis, eputy, to the extent of be- 
tween 80 and 100 yards in a line from the seashore, 
there have been opened out a hypocaust of large dimen- 
sions, reservoirs, &c., and several walls faced with curious 
ings, one of which is semicircular. T! intings 
were at first very fresh, but on exposure to the 
light and air. They are composed of arabesques, figures 
of men and animals, flowers, and other “zoom cart gor 
tically arranged, similar to the most beautiful 
found at Herculaneum ai At le 
eyance ae eg 
