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NERS' CHRONICLE 



Kn A t he prosecutor stated that he had up to this 

 transaction >»>™ » ™°<1 character. " The Recorder 



thought it likely that he had I 

 this matter by Pickering; still, 



been drawn into 

 in a port like 

 the cit'i of London, where so much trust was reposed 

 in liq'h'erme»,his offence could not be passed lightly 

 over, and he should therefore order hmi to be 



• • m "• /r% — 2.1- ~ 



impn 



i — ^ « — — -» — — — — 



Of course, Long 



KJl COUrstJ, uvb%\j iuu U u ,..u-v« -- D — —- 



excellent character, and, therefore, he was let off 

 easilv ; but the test of character was to be sought in 



test, 



the man's acts, not in the opinions of personal 

 friend >, or in suborned testimony. Tried by this 

 Long was as bad as Pickering, or worse; he 

 was the thief, Pickering the receiver. Long 

 committed a scandalous breach of trust, for he not 

 ly .stole the guano, but he stole that which was 

 confidentially placed in his charge as a lighterman, 

 and he assisted afterwards in a nefarious fraud 

 ' ' * could only be carried to a successful conclu- 



We ' ,J ' , 1 Jl 



on 



which 



sion by his agency. We doubt extremely 

 the safety of property will be increased by a sen- 

 tence which lets the worst of two offenders, and 



precisely the one against whose acts there is the ., — - - ? , 



least protection, escape with nothing more than a is made easy and pleasing, divesting the affair of much 



short imp oument. difficulty, and realising those ends for which exhibitions 



We have viewed this prosecution with great are established, viz.. the advancement of the nurauit. the 



- » ■ fW% I • * ■ 



fixed, hence no uniformity can be obtained. I would 

 recommend that the upper side or face of the show- 

 board be 6 inches at the back and 3 inches at the 

 front ; with this carried out all stands would be the 

 same height, and have the same inclination. The size 

 of boards and distances from bloom to bloom * are 

 generally well known ; still, however, we now 

 and then find some one or other placing his flowers 

 contrary to regulations, but such mostly pay the penalty, 

 and rightly : for exhibitors should be the last to infringe 

 rules and regulations which are mostly carefully framed 

 with a view to their ultimate benefit. 



Never refrain from pointing out disqualifications in 

 the collections of your neighbour ; remember that one 

 good turn deserves another, and who can tell how soon 

 it may be your own case to require such service. 

 If you are required to attach names to the collec- 

 tions set up, have them fairly written : much interest 

 is created by a well-written list of names, which 

 should be secured by some means to the board 

 either by a wafer, a tin tack, or pin, for in judging, as 

 before observed, the stands get moved about and the 

 lists often become misplaced. A small tin or black tack 

 would secure both list and number card, and cause little 

 or no injury to the board. By a little forethought and 

 attention to these trifles, the working out large meetings 



September), unle^~thT^r~r 



then defers V,; c „;„:. .:,, VT 8011 «* 



out he has a fine ro^r "^ *kJ 



tom, and his activi&* 5 * ^S 



. make up f or other djfip**^ 



cations, too, are of no mean ™i Dci€s - HiS 



truth of the remark that XS?^ d * *SW 





a Ppearan Ce8 «L"5» » 



deceitful." 



I am aware that these HrrU i , 

 long as three years ; Mfo^SS^.^ 

 an unusually long period. As f a J^. ^J 

 he is not a bird suited for a cage v^ J°52 

 him tame and familiar, I gran \ '. . \°" toy* 



get sick, and to waste from atroohv u'* T ^ «i 

 is.-caterni!lar« nn ^ ;.,„„.. °P h J- Hia- 



*■* 



kitchen gardens. In these localities S "**• 



and the like, are fearful for a bird o?V ^* % 

 Ins appetite, it is, like an elastic bandit * 



lo compensate fov tW,* iun. _ >' en<u *l 



harm 



*s 





.-_ K 



anything like anger 



interest, knowing how important an effect it must 

 have upon the scoundrels who infest the guano- 

 market ; ior, after all, the chance of transportation 

 must have some influence over this class of male- 

 factors, who now see that they are known and 

 watched. We think, too, that the thanks of the 

 public are due to the agents of the Peruvian Govern- 

 A for the determined and skilful manner in 



is made easy and pleasing, divesting the affair of much 

 difficulty, and realising those ends for which exhibitions 

 are established, viz., the advancement of the pursuit, the 

 rewarding the aspiring exhibitor, and the general gratifi- 

 cation of a sight-seeing public. J. Edwards, Wace Cottage, 

 Jlolloway. 



first 



ment, 



which they have taken up the very nrst case 

 in which evidence w r as so conclusive as to render 

 a conviction probable. 



DAHLIA SHOWING. 

 Now that the Dahlia season may be considered as 

 having fairly set in, I make no apology for offering a few 

 observations on the subject of exhibiting Autumn's King 

 premising that what I have to say has been elicited by 

 witnessing the opening exhibitions of the past few weeks, 

 at the Surrey Gardens, Vauxhall, Birmingham Horti- 

 cultural, West of England, at Salisbury, Trowbridge, 

 and Handsworth Societies ; at each and all of whfch 

 faults were glaringly committed, which, by ordinary care, 

 mi-ht have been, for the most part, avoided. 



Lot us begin at packing-up time, previous to depar- 

 ture for the show, alter months of toil and watchfulness 

 In the first place, see that each bloom be securely 

 h . J in its plug, and that each plug perfectly fits 

 the tube, which must contain a sufficient supply of 

 water and no more. The plugs, if made of wood, should 

 have been well soaked in water, otherwise they will 

 absorb that which is placed in the tube, and the bloom 

 wiU the sooner perish, for the want of moisture. If the 

 tabes are too full, injury is sure to occur after a Ions 

 journey, to the lower tier of blooms. If you cut and 

 pack up over night, select young blossoms in preference 

 to more fully expanded specimens ; for how often do we 

 find a board covered with the petals of a flower on 

 which we had most depended, and the oft-repeated 



ll C lTVX • hear V ° h ! that I had ^e nice^g 



Greater attention is necessary to the state of the 

 show-boards generally than is usually given them 

 no one except those who are censors can be aware of 

 the shifts made to prop the boards up, both behind and 

 before j bricks, ties, blocks, in fact, every conceivab e 

 article but a leg firmly fixed in, is resorted to On a 



BRITISH SONG BIRDS. 



(Cage Bikds No. 27.) 



No. XLIII. — Marvellous indeed is the change which 

 has " come o'er the spirit M of all Nature within the 

 last few days ! Some two weeks since, we were gazing 

 from the hills upon the yellow hues of harvest, and 

 viewing the well-filled heads of Wheat gracefully bowing 

 to the lightsome breeze, as they were reflected on the 

 slopes, — u like golden shields cast down from the sun." 

 These have now all fallen beneath the vigorous efforts of 

 the reaper, who, under a cloudless sky, and a vertical 

 sun, has been pursuing his avocation, here and all over 

 the country, with unceasing toil. All hail to a happy 

 " harvest-home/* say we ! 



Meantime, weary of the din and smoke of a noisy 

 city, all who are blessed with the means and the leisure 

 have fled coastwards, to luxuriate in the pleasures so 

 peculiar to this season, — a season when nearly all the 

 world are of u one mind" : — 



" O, for a glimppe of Ocean, the wild roar— 

 The fluttering breeze, like breath of distant lands ; 

 The waves' glad riot on the rocky shore ; 

 The calm blue stretch of far-reposing strands! 

 Oh ! the fair scene where livingly expands 

 The waste of waters that, with heave and bound, 

 Rejoice in their sublimity— the sands, 

 Where the wild sea flocks piping blithe a?e found 

 Or send their lonely cries, blent with the billows' sound I* 



*«* 



" rw ? i8 i3 0t S ° me mortal wors fall 



His song is both long and loud. It m *L . 

 very low, and is, as Sweet remarks, not unir-* 

 of the swallow. It rises by degrees until ♦ 

 the song of the blackbird. When his voice i« „ 

 sunset— a case of frequent occurrence, it fS . 

 ear with the most pleasing harmony. * 



The description of cage I would recomnH* W*. 

 bird, should be precisely similar to that I de«L 

 best adapted for the black-cap. (See Ca»3fc 

 25.) It may be fitted up, too, in every St 

 same. He is equally fond of the bath, I shonkf 



Such joys as these being denied to some of us, at 

 this present time,— we will pursue our pleasures, still 

 among the woods and the fields. Just now, there is a 

 most delightful freshness in the wilderness of green 

 boughs and leaves that surround us on every side. 

 We have a new and glorious moon, too, just four days 

 old ; and which, when at the full, will this month shine 

 with matchless splendour. The plentiful rains of July 

 and the more recent abundant showers of August have 

 renovated the whole face of Nature ; and the varied tints 

 already observable among the foliage of the lofty trees 

 lend a charm to the season quite indescribable The' 

 Willows are in all their glory ; and " no tree," observes 





ffordeth 



ami ♦!,/««> • j — , — J myvcu "P ana down, here 



obtained vvi } ^ m , 0nI y can correc t results be 

 out fell the S f " e T the , b0ard and flowe *> were moved 



S tK^^K^^cJ in r ? lacin * the board 



the untbinkiV^ 'tor ^k^ al ° ne ^ 



bytSZTind Safe subject little considered 



importance ' ThtVilin f W \ P ° in J ° f the g"»te B t 

 largest flowers in front ill ^ d ° We obse ™ the 

 mens at the corners. " WhvTl'L?I ac f the best s P eci " 



Why? singly 



t 1 flours, and tt, er( 

 Look to good centres. 



form 



B y good I 



close compact and well regnlate'd 



not less than the ri^Tr£Z^. T^ ^ 

 opening, tier by tier nntil tlfl P j ?/ then Squally 

 be formed of faUvexJSS ? Sh ° ulder of the *Wr 

 petals. Th* Ser ?n« H and s >™etricall y arranged 

 will be prized /t Jt^ f ° f ^ fl ° Wer the ™£ it 



positions, that' flow" r °S be' ^ T'f b ° ld hl & 

 r_. .t__., « must be considered far from 



must 

 withered 



or defective back. Confused 



bloomed specimens*; t W i?°S? y the resu,ts of ove r 



Evelyn, -anoraetn so cool a shade as this Here 

 agreeably hidden/ you may often catch glimpses of the' 

 habits of the shyer and smaller animals,— traits which 

 have yet, perhaps, escaped the Naturalist, and which 

 may tend to eradicate those ignorant prejudices which 

 are so cruel and oppressive to many of the innocent 

 commoners of Nature." 



We may now observe unmistakeable signs of the 

 year s decline. There is a grateful freshness in the 

 morning air and a delightful coolness at the close of 

 evening both so peculiar to the season of autumn. With 

 our httle feathered friends, the business of incubation is 

 now nearly over ; their maternal and paternal cares 

 have for a time ceased. We observe that the migratory 

 symptoms of uneasiness have already partially com^ 

 menced, and that sundry communications are being made 

 between the several tribes. These « Masonic » signals 

 although unintelligible to us, are yet most unequivSy 

 understood by the various ornithological "Lodges -"ad 



intention to quit, at a day not very far distant. 



past week ; but the voW* nf n^ • ' «unng the 

 iraJr —ih»L .«u ™ r_™ lce8 5 the angers have been 



shown 



administered except m warm and settled weather W 

 cramp is a fatal enemy to the garden warbler in 

 general rule, I should feed him on German p^bi 

 boiled egg, and sponge cake ; supplyiDghimith^ 

 intervals with those little delicacies in which he»3j 

 delights. In addition to those I have already 

 would particularise Elder, Privet, and Ivy berria 

 bread, soaked in boiled milk. Cleanliness mustof 

 be studied with all the warblers ; but having bea„ 

 so minute on this, and other needful matters, k 

 unnecessary here to repeat former instruction! 



The proper place to purchase these birds, is the Sc 

 Dials — that great emporium for animals of ermkL 

 but be sure and bear the bird sing before you tib hi 

 away, and leave a " deposit " on the cage. Thesetfofe 

 creatures should not be handled. July and Angostf 

 the best months to purchase in. In the winter th 

 be kept warm ; and treated exactly like the blactap. 

 The garden warbler is a shy, cunning little iM 

 when at liberty ; but in a fruit garden, where li si 

 time is spent in gluttony, you will have little diffiolp 

 getting a sight of him ; and as there are plenty of 

 to conceal him, he will not feel disturbed in his ^ 

 by your close proximity. 



At this season, the « agitation " before alluded 

 observable in birds of passage at the spring and m 

 the year, will try your patience not a little, i 

 garden warbler being of a very delicate plumage. Mil 

 feathers very easily displaced, you must expect H 1 

 him occasionally exhibit a ragged front. As there 

 few of us ignorant of the power possessed \ 

 affectionate, and watchful nurse, to alleviate onr* 

 ings, whilst sick and ailing— let us "take a leaf J 

 the nurse's book ;" and by evincing some of her si" 

 tude, render the sufferings of our little prisoner? m 

 endurable, and their incarceration less irksome. 

 pleasing duty. William Kidd. 



BRITISH ASSOCIATIONFORME ADVAX* 



MENT OF SCIENCE. 



Section D. Monday, My 7th (contmMdjm* 

 533).— Report m the Physical and ^PJf jjj 

 of the Destruction of Tropical Forests in ^rTj^ 

 by Dr. H.Cleghorn.— Viewing th e question W^ 

 relations, the author drew attention to the c T^ 

 ences of the denudation of the surface otu* • 



he adverted to the known P he . n0 ^ en3 frirer =fl]iffc 

 springs, and the consequent diminution o^^ 



-- results of the entire removal of ^TJ^ t*l 



hat fhefl* 



as 

 collected on 



and while distinctly admitting 



1 



weak,— their efforts feeble 



amiability of disposition in their ZZ*™* ** , an 



originate,— and wnue aisunci^ "*""7° j^ - 

 the wanta of an advancing P°P" l8t T, or ?* f 

 clearance of forest lands, whether ^T^ ^it 

 tection of health, such clearance 15 to oe i 

 at the same time insisted strongly on JJ ^ ^ 

 exercising a careful vigilance, under *« .^0 

 lations, in all cases in which the above 



the 



In considering ^ gJ 

 T)r. Cleghom a^ * 



»ffe* 



green 



^ 



to remove them, i was 

 lita 



after 



informed 



»t tiie legs 

 md 3 inches 

 were to be 



ce in the 



hoInsTorThal Tt ^ % FaUVette W™ 



harden Warbler TlZ StokZ™*! 17 ^ d the 



outhern latitudes, J^td^A^i^SlntS 



largely of the labours of various "' 

 intelligent observers to illustrate t ^ 

 existing imperfect system of P rot *j" ^ #*" J 

 tendence. He recorded evidence as ^^op 



forests in Malabar, Canara, **?*£!,*$*&& ** 

 Tenasserim provinces, the Indian Ar . ^ ^^r 



wooded tracts which skirt the ^*f ° ithe r the GfJ ; 

 Irom this evidence it appears that n ^ for «- 



ment nor the community derive f ]&te i MjJJ 

 those advantages which they are c. the «p 



There are numerous products o; ■ ^ ^ 

 known and appreciated 





but 



