Extracts.

Auckland Chronicle and New Zealand Colonist, Volume 2, Issue 52, 1 August 1844, Page 4

Extracts.

Government Education. —The Privy Council ! nve ordered the plans of the first Industrial School ,i»der the new system of education to be published in their forthcoming report. This is to be erected M Kirkdale, neat Liverpool, from the designs of Lockwood and Allan, and is for the supi'mi and Education of twelve hundred children, livided into three classes —infants, boys, and •iris. The plans are remarkable for simplicity •f arrangement and capabilities for the Master's nul Matron's supervision of the charges to be eo•Misted to them. Well ventilated workshops for riie teaching.of carpentering, tailoring, shoe-making, .'cc, are found'upon the male side ; and upon the finale side are those of laundry work, straw platt•iik, &c. Some notion may be formed of the ex vnt of this edifice by mentioning that the space occupied by the masonry alone will cover upwards ,t six acres of land. An Infirmary, detached from ilic main building, is provided for all the diseases prevalent among the juvenile poor. The style is i udor Gothic, executed in red brick and stone •i reusing. The site i» on an open rising ground of '-.oiisiderable altitude, commanding the mouth of the 'Jersey.

Truth.—Truth has been thus eloquently des--rihed by M. Breton, who wrote in 1616—" Truth ■ • the glory of time, and the daughter of eternity ; o. title of the highest grace, and a note of Divine mine; she is the life of religion, the light of love, •iie grace of wit, and the crown of wisdom; she is ih< benuty of valour, the brightness of honour, the Messing of reason, and the joy of faith ; her •-nth is as pure gold, her time is right precious, h r word 5s most gracious, and her will is most glorious; her essence is in God, and her dwelling ? (Mi his servants, her will is in his wisdom, and her u- rk to his glory ; she is honoured in love, and ;•- -«ed in constancy ;in patience admired, and in Murity beloved ; she is the angel's worsnip, the •'.•rWs fame, the saint's bliss, and the martyr's " Vn; she is the Kinu's greatness, and his coun- • IVgoodnes; his subjects peace, and his king--1 -iii's praise. She is the life of learning, and the f»: Ist of the law •, the honour of trade, and the -•- ce of labour; she hath a pure eye, a plain hand, ' piercing wit, and a perfect heart; she is wis* " •m's walk in the way of holiness, and takes her ■•it but in the resolution of goodness; her tongue • vn trips, her heart never faints, her hand never t. ;i s, and her faith never feats; her church is with...it schism, her city without fraud, her court with,.:t v;mity. and her kingdom without villany. In ;. n. % so infinite is her excellence in (he construe- . .i. 'of all sense, that I will thus only conclude in I .:• wonder of her worth:—she is the nature of ~ . i«-i tion in the perfection o nature, where God in v n«t shows the glory of Christianity." ' •••■ lUitish Government have sanctioned a plan • '•*'• .migration of Chinese labourers into the 1 ' rl,i lies, who ate to be taken from the three -■•■*■■,, ipal lir tish settlements in the Straits of Malae'Uiotn 6000 Chinese gin search of employment snid to arrive annually at Singapore— princi- >•■ |t v from the Chinese settl. ments where sugar is |.--. Inced. The cultivation of sugar in Java is said 1 e carried on in a great measure by the Chinese. : |-i'v have the reputation of Being the most hardy - i industrious of Eastern labourers and are not <■ i ilv imposed on. he Madras Athenaeum has been favored with h first number of a Teloogo newspaper called the '*' \ n HA-UMAuCHjfRAcrjLAUNEDY," or the " Moon , ' " n■.'licence." This native publication, which h , .tit- d by a Brahmin, i* to be published once a • v,* 'Hid devoted chiifly in diffusing scientific i .. n.iion amongst the natives. v i.tssAL London. —All admit London to be i •., ..(I to the appellation of " the great metropoJ ,"' 7 i d vet few are perhaps aware of its really in.! .. i..-e and colossal extent. From a curious cal(ii ..i. nit has been estimated that, to make anotn r n.t-tiopolis, it would require 534 towns as large ;is Uui.tir gdon!—s34 towns to make one city 1 Further, sixy-nine of the principal cities and i whs of England, (including Liverpool. Bristol, .'Mii.ingham, Nottingham, &c.,) would not pro-,-.ea population equal to that of giant London. i'i s also calculated that a population equal to that ii the city of Salisbury, is added to London every. i ii e months.

The Scotch Settlement—-We have heard that endeavours will be made by the leaders of New Edinburgh to induce an extensive emigration of experienced fishermen from the North of Scotland, from which immense quantities of cured fish find their way to distant markets, which might well be supplied from the int xhaustible and various fisheries of New Zealand. It has been said by many voyagers, that in numbers, excellence and variety, the fish of New Zealand are not to be excelled by those of an# part of the world ; here, then, sure is the foundation of a large export, to which, attention cannot be too speedily directed. The New Zealanders must not wait for the realization of their schemes for the adaptation and export of flax. All that will curse, doubtless ; and Russia, and the Baltic (from which, by the bye, nearly a score of ships reached London last week laden with flax, hemp, and oil,) will find, it may be a large part of their occupation gone; what is wanted is an immediate occupation for capital and industry. The Australians, disappointed of a lasting market lor their wool, finding the value of their stock year after yeaj decreasing, and the colony going to ruin in consequence, have exerted their ingenuity, and from three shillings a head, have encreased the value of their sheep to ten and twelve shillings by boiling them down to tallow, instead of trusting longer to the slow and unremuneratlve pursuit of depasturing for the wool. The wool market and the flax market may look up in due time. In the meantime, tallow is in demand on the one hand ; on the other, China, India, and the Various markets in the East, are open to the traffic we would now urge upon the consideration of the intending set'ler, more especially in the hope that the experiment may be tried on a large scale from the coasts of Scotland The Scottish lairds are deeply interested in this question : and though we are aware that such men as the Duke of Sutherland on the one side of the channel, and Lord Lofton on the other, must, be piepared to encounter some degree of prejudice and odium in the endeavour to encourage a wholesale emigration of their wretched tenantry, the duty uns der present circumstances, of the state giving its high sanction to such a method of relief, is becoming less problematical. It is quite unnecessary here to enter into the consideration of the question of what might be done at borne by a wise, economical policy of which the Poor Law for illustration, may be taken as the reverse, for such wide and fearful poverty. One thing we know that New Zealand is open to enterprise, and if systematically developed, that its riches on every side will well repay theinvestmeut of money, courage, and Anglo-Saxon energy.— New Zealand Journal

Rebecca in London. — Removal of the University College Gate. —A few evenings since, Mr. Hill, the porter and keeper of the gate of the London University College, which crosses Gower-street, New-road, and which prevents Carriages from passing along the front nf the University College Hospital, received a letter with the signature of •• Rebecca" attached, declaring it to be the intention of herself and others to remove the " obstruction" called a gate on the following night. Mr Hill, believing the matter a joke, took no notice of the circumstance, but to his astonishment, early on" the morning following the night on which the threatened attack was promised, h» was awakened by the night Porter, who informed him that the gate {'a large wooden one, the ordinary was gone. On' examination, it was found that not only had the large padlock by which it was fastened been broken and carried away, but the gate had absolutely been filed off its hinges, and conveyed by the depredators into the College grounds, and hid by {some shrub3°set in one part of it. The gate has again been reinstated, but since the above occurrence Mr. Hill ba9 received another threatening notice, informing him that it is the intention of Rebecca and her daughters on Monday night next to effect its entire destruction. What is most extraordinary in connexion with the affair is, that the gate should be removed without the knowledge of the Police, tire beats of two constables joining close to the spot, or the night Porteis, either at the College, or at the Hospi= tal, — London Paper.

Useful Hint.—A farmer in the nighbourhood of Paisley, has, for some time past, put garlic in the bottom ot his grain slacks, and since he has adopted this plan, has never been troubled with vermin. Before adopting this plan on taking down a stack of grain, the assistants never killed less than from 15 to 20 rats, and above 100 mice. This is a very simple, cheap, and effective method of preserving grain in stacks.

The population of France, as shown by the census taken a short time ago, amounts to 34,494,875. The last/census, in 1830, gave 33,540,910. The department of the Seine contains upwards of 1,500,000. It would appear that in less than a century and a half the population of France has beeu nearly doubled, but this augmentation has been very slow indeed, as compared with what takes place in Great Britiin, Prussia, Austria, and even Russia.

A Large Spindle.—A few days since a large cylindrical mass of wrought iron, weighing no less than 22,400 lbs., was conveyed from the foundry of Messis. Fawcett and Preston, Liverpool, to the Clarence Dock, where it was shipped for London. This immense piece of metal is intended for the spindle of one of her Majesty's steam Frigates.

Value of Farming Property in Ireland.— By the voluminous compilation of the census commis.sioners it appear* that the estimated value of the rural stock of the entire kingdom is abont £20,671,0(53, and it is thus distributed in provinces:—Leinster £5,787,665 ; Munster, aboot £6,243,438 ; Ulster, £3,321,752; Connaught, £8,818,213.

Large Potatoes.—Mr. Sisson, of Plas Coch, St. Asaph, had three potatoes given him last spiingby a friend, which he planted in his garden, and which, when they were taken from the ground, produced the enormous weight of 4041b5. He had also, from one root of a different kind of pOs tatoec, the extraordinary number of 141, all fit for use.

Why is lightening like an ill-bred man? Because it does not know how to conduct itself. Keep the feet warm by moving about —the bands by labour—and the tongue by resi.

Foreign Corn.—Behold, how the Farmers are duped by the Corn-law cheat!—On Thursday last duty was paid on no le« than 320,000 quarters of wlitat at the port of London alone. At Hull, upwards of 60,000 quarters were taken out ot bond last week ; at Newcastle, upwards of 70,0C0 quarters ; and at Leith, about the same quantity. In all about 800,000 quarters of foreign grain has been thrown into the English Market during the last few weeks.— Leeds Times.

Death.—We have to record with deep regret the death of the Rev. Thomas Macarthy. This estimable ecclesiastic was professor at an early period in the venerable order of the Capuchin's, ol the instis tuteof St. Francis. Having completed his course of theological studies in Rome, he returned to Ireland . and in Cork, Kilkenny, and Dublin, hboured most zealously and effectively, to bring souls to the practice of a holy bfe. He was the beloved f.iend and disciple of the illustrious Father Mathew, whose consent to his departure for these shores was at first reluctantly given. The arflent desire, however, which the Rev. Mr. Macarthy expressed to devote himself without reserve to the salvation of souls, far from friends—from home aud country — obtained not his consent only, but his warmest admiration. The lamented deceased accompanied his Grace the Archbishop on his return to Sydney. During the voyage his amiable gentility, his piety and virtue, endeared him to all, but espeei Hy to tyis ecclesiastical superior—by whom bis loss is most severely felt. He returned some months since from Norfolk Island, in a delicate state of health, and was placed at Windsor. The most sanguine hopes were entertained of hh. perfect recovery ; /these, alas ! were too soon dissipated by the symptoms of fatal decline, The severity of long pros traded sickness was endured with the greatest patience, and in the presence of his dear friend and confessor, Mr. Coffey, and the Sisters of Charity, retaining his senses and self-possession to the last, he calmly resigned his pure sonl into the hands of his Creator about 1 p. m. on Wednesday, the 26th ultim. A solemn Dirge and Mass were celebrated on Friday, the 28th, at which the Rev. Clergy of Sydney, Liverpool, Windsor, and Campbelltown assisted. The Archbishop presided at the office, and performed the funeral service. Mass was celebrated by the Rev. Mr. Coffey. The procession to the grave was conducted with the greatest decorum. The large crowd attending seemed to be duly impressed with the solemnity of the occasion which had brought them together ; and it may be hoped that few retired without some desire of preparing by a virtuous life, for that happiness which it is our comfort to believe a merciful God has bestowed on that zealous minister, who left all things for his sake The Rev. Thomas Macarthy was in the 42nd year of his age.— Sydney Morning Chronicle, July 3. j

It is l A Fact. —Young ladies who are accustomed to read newspapers are always observed to possess winning ways, most amiable dispositions, in = variaWy make good wives, aud always select good husbands.

An American paper says, in an obituary notice, that " deceased had been for several years a director of a bank, notwithstanding which he died a christian, and universally respected." q aME ,—The late Lee Lewis shooting on a field, the proprietor attacked him violently ; " I allow no person," said be •* to kill game on my manor but myself aud I'll shoot you if you come here again." " What," said the other, " do you propose to Make Same of me !"

The Island of Lewis.—James Mattheson, Esq., of Acbany, M.P., has purchased from the family of Seaforth, the princely property of the Lewis, one of the largest islands in the Hebrides, with a population of about 15,000 and included in the county of Ross. The purchase money was ,£190,000. The new proprietor intends to devote £40,000 or 50,000 towards establishing a regular steam communication with the island, forming roads, and otherwise improving his extensive territory.

Instructions to the Chinese Army.—The following extract from the instructions of the Council of the empire to the General commanding their armies, will cause a smile ;—''Take notice of this in particular. You have to dealjwith a people who wear breeches so tight that when once the soldiers fall they cannot get up by themselves. Your first endeavour must be to throw them down, Paint your faces as fantastically as possible, and when you approach the enemy shout out and make the most hideous faces and grimaces possible to frighten them and make them tumble down. Once prostrate they are at jour meroy." Capital Punishment For Murder.—A Par* liamentary Paper has just been published, which presents considerable reason for doubting whether capital punishments haye the effect of diminishing the frequency of the crime of murder. The first table in the report is very gratifying, as shewing the Executions in England and Wales since the year 18121— Committals and Executions for Murder.

The second table gives four years in which all the persons convicted of murder were executed, and shews that in the years immediately following there was an increase of 12-9 per cent, in the commitments for the crime ; and it also gives four years in which the smallest proportion of those convicted for marder were executed, and shews that in the years immediately following there was a decrease of 17-1 per cent, in the commitment for the crime. This is just the reverse of what might have been expected, if capital punishments were effectual in deterring from the commission of murder; and it at least affords room for questioning whether such is the effect of executions. JK.eep him at least three paces distant who hates nvusic and the laugh of a child,— Lfivater.

Committed. Executed' Si* years ending Dec. 1818 444 122 99 1* 99 ' 1824 407 91 99 1830 411 75 9 y f 9 )»• 1836 413 74 >1 >» » 1842 351 50