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A THOUGHT FROM TBE RHISE . T ? fea as an eagle crying all alone ihove the vinevards through the summer night fmon" the skeletons of robber towers , — The iron homes of iron-hearted lords , v „ w crumbling back to ruin year by year , — Because tbe ancient eyrie of his race Ts trenched and walled by busy-handed men , \ nd all his forest-chace , and woodland wild , ^ herefrom he fed his young with hare and roe , which swell from
_ jre trim with grapes hour to lad toss their golden tendrils to the sua For ioy »* their own riches :- ~ so , in time , The great devourers of the earth shall ait , Idle and impotent , they know not why , Down-staring from their barren heights of state On nations grown too wise to slay and slave The puppets of the few , while ' peaceful lore And fell 6 w * uelpmake gkdths heart of earth With wonders which they fear and hate , as he , The Eagle , hates the vineyard slopes below . Chahleu Kisgslkt . From the Christian Socialist .
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THE BUGLE-SOXG . « The splendour falls on castle-walls And snowy summits old in story ; The long light shakes across the lakes And the Wild cataract leaps in glory . Blow , bugle , blow , set the wild echoes flying , Blow , bugle , answer echoes , dying , dying , dying O hark ! O hear 2 how thin and clear , Aad thinner , clearer , farther going I O sweet and far from cliff and soar The horns of Elfland faintly blowing : Blow , Jet us hear the purple glens replying Blow , Wle , answer echoes , dying , dying , dying
O love , they die in yon rich sky , They faint on bill , or field , or river ; Our echoes roUfrom sovl to sovl , And grow for ever and for ever . Blow , bugle , blow , set the wild echoes flying , And answer , echoes , answer , dying , dying , dving . " Tennvson ' s •¦ Princess . "
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Robert Owen ' s Journal . Vol . II . London Watson . Ix this volnme the venerable octogenarian expounds , with his usual consistency , the princip les of the System of Society he has so long propounded , and exhibits the same unwearied industry—the same hopeful and buoyant enthusiasm which has distinguished the whole of his useful and disinterested career .
Xo writer of ancient or modern times has denounced and exposed the existing errors and evils of Society with more truthful boldness , Ibaa Mr . Owen ; hut the spirit of charity , which has been at the saine time the invaluable characteristic of his writings , has preserved him from the violent persecution and personal suffering endured by many other advocates of human regeneration , whose views were far less comprehensive , and whose plans would , if adopted , have made not a thousandth part of the change in human Institutions . Mr . Owen has always attacked false principles of action , and the irrational and injurious systems which grow out of themnot men . The Classification and
Organisation of Society are , in his eyes , the irresistible aud predisposing causes of the anarchy , strife , malice , poverty and suffering which everywhere prevail . While men continue to be placed in the midst of such circumstances , and to he impelled to action by the motives vrhicb . they necessarily generate , there can he no real effective or enduring improvement in the condition of Society . Upon this fundamental proposition , Mr . Owen proceeds with a fearless logic to build up a new order of Social arrangements—all of them deduced from an investigation of the laws of human nature , and intended to harmonise with these laws , and develope that nature in a superior manner , both in its individual and collective
aspects . It will , we fear , however , be felt as a drawback by the the ordinary reader , that Hr . Owen , in the exposition of his views , dwells too much and too frequently on the fundamental princip le of his system , in language too uniformly monotonous , and of a somewhat peculiar kind . The reason for his doing so is the overwhelming importance he attaches , in his own mind , to the full understanding of tbat cardinal point of the New Views of Society ; and we have no doubt whatever , that if this be not the case at the
commencement of the study , no one can ever pirceive the completeness and perfect adaptation of the System of Society the venerable philanthropist proposes to substitute for the present . It is , in fact , what he terms it—the Science of Society ; and it must be , like other sciences , mastered in principle before it can be understood in detail . Once the key note is struck , however—once the reader perceives the full importance and bearing of the proposition with respect to the Formation of Character , which Mr . Owen , in all subsequent proposals , never loses sight of—all is as straghtforward and simple and beautiful as Mature and Truth . The incessant repetition of
this grand fundamental idea is perceived to le a necessity , because , until it is mastered and ever present in its full force and immensity of consequence , nothing whatever has been done towards the object of the writer . But it must be confessed , that Mr . Owen needs an interpreter to the middle and working classes . His sty le and mode of expression is too abstruse . His generalisations are so tapidly performed in his own mind , that in too many instances he neither shows the reader the successive mental processes by which tae conclusions were arrived at , nor states them in such precise and definite terms as their importance requires .
A popularl y written , consecutive , comprehensive , and practical development of Owenism is yet a desideratum in our literature , which will be both honourable and profitable to the disciple of tbe Philosopher who undertakes the task , and succeeds in it . In the meantime , the volnme before us contains an ample store of materials , for such a work . The encouragement given to Mr . Owen by the father of our present sovereign , and many of the most influential personages in 1822 , is fully narrated . His vigorous expositions of his views at that time—now thirty years ago—are contrasted with the opinions and the style of the man who has passed into his eighty-first year , with tbe mind of a sage
and the simplicity and hopefulness of a boy . £ ut , besides this recommendation , the volume contains many papers of great value and importance , from the pen of the learned and a-niable gentleman who has undertaken the duty of Editor as a labour of love ; and the matter included between the two covers of this half-a-crown book , take it altogether , may be safely pronounced to be of more importance to the present and the future permanent well-being of mankind , than all the books that have been issued from the press in theyear oftheGreat Exhibition . Ourreadersmaythink this enlogium is too great ; as some justification r ead the following admirable dissection of Parliamentary Government : —
To those whom nature Las first made competent to detect this error of errors , and to perceive these ail-important truths , bow melancholy a task is it to hear or read the speeches and observe the conduct of the men elected as the most wise and fit to make laws for aud govern Great Britain , the United States , and France , the three most forward and presuming nations of modern times . Hereafter to read the present speeches of the
members of tho British Parliament , of the Congress ' »} the United States , aud of the Chamber of JJepu lies in France , now deemed to contain the elite ol the human race , wiil be to discover how admirably these members confused their own minds and the minds of all others , iu vain attempts to legislate for human nature in opposition to their own nature , and to well govern their respective populations by discussing and passing laws directly opposed to the fusibility of governing rationally , and to all good
government . To hear these parties talk about the best means 1 0 suppress crime , to relieve the paying class of the
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burdens of pauperism , to prevent poverty , to remove ignorance , to give a religitfua education—of the necessity of education , of their ideas * of their own religion and of other religions—of the best modes of creating wealth , of producing charity and love or real goodness among mankind—or to hear them explain their notions of the laws necessary to produce good government ; or , indeed ,, to listen to them , upon any of what they call their grave and most important subjects , is truly , to those who have discovered the erroneous fundamental
supposition on which the'human character has been hitherto formed and all society hitherto constructed , to attend to language conveying no more ration * ality or consistency , if so much , as is every day to be heard among a similar number of inmates in any well-regulated lunatic asylum . The professed object of these three assembliesin Great Britain , ta the United" States of North America , and in France , is to well-govern their respective populations , and to ascertain their united wisdom .
Observe the condition in which their populations are at this day . To well-govern any population is to well-educate , well-employ , and well-place all its members , to unite them cordially in interest and feeling , and to instruct them how to live in peace aud amity with their neighbours and to speak the truth only on all
occasions . Each of these three assemblies , since their first establishment , has been occupied , at an enormous expense of time and capital , to attain these results . 'What are tbe effects which they have produced during this time and with this capital ? Are any of these populations well-educated ? No ! Has there been one individual in these three advanced nations of the world , trained aud educated from birth to become rational , that is , to acquire true ideas only , to think consistently , and to act naturally and of course rationally ? Ho , not one . dominions
There is not an individual within the of any one of these so-called most civilised nations , so placed that he can venture openly to declare the truth , however strongly he may be impressed with it , upon this vital subject . Are any well-employed?—that is , justly and in the best manner for the individual and for society . Not one . Many are over occupied , and many under occupied or idle ; but there is not one ' ustlv and the most beneficially employed for himself and others . Are any well-placed ? Sob one . The human race over the earth are to-day sadly misplaced for their own happiness and that of their fellows , far and near ; the greater part of them could scarcely be worse-placed for themselves and all society than they are to-day .
Are they cordially united in interest and feeling ? No ; they are strongly disunited in both ; and are trained and placed from birth to become and remain opposed to one another , and to acquire the most powerful artificial feelings of repulsion for those who differ from them in class , sect , party , country , or colour , and often for those of the same class , sect , party , country , and colour . Are they educated to live in peace and amity with their neighbour and with other nations 1 No . They are trained to wage a war of competition with both , and often to contend with the latter in senseless , cruel , and bloody conflicts , to the lasting injury of both— . as the existing national debts of nations and their jealous feelings towards each
other prove to demonstration . Is the language of truth the language of these nations ? No . They are all taught to endeavour to buy cheap , sell dear , and to overreach each other in trade and politics ; and are so educated aud placed , in a system false through all its ramifications , as to render the language of truth an utter impossibility ; and they will continue so as long as tbat system shall be supported by the go * veruing and religious authorities , and by the pre » judices of the ignorant made masses . Such are the natural and necessary results of these three assemblies , from their first establishment ; and to-day they are in a more confused and irrational state than they have been at any former time .
They have more means at their control now than at any previous period to prevent and overcome error , falsehood , and evil ; and they appear to know less how to apply tho means to attam those results . Could a remedy be introduced among these parties to overcome their present disordered intellect , to soothe their naturally irritated feelings when they first hear these disagreeable truths , and to induce them to think and act rationally , — -how delighted would they be after their anger had
subsided , and when they could see things , not according- to their present distorted imaginations , but as they really exist . Could this be done—and to me it appears now to be practicable—these three assemblies could do more—yes , very far more—for themselves , and for Europe and America , in three months , and for the world in three years , than tbey have done during their previous existence ; for , in fact , they have done nothing yet , except to increase the obstacles in the way of the population of the world becoming rational and happy .
The Home. Part 4. Office, 2, York-Street...
The Home . Part 4 . Office , 2 , York-street , Catherine-street . OUR old friend Richard Oastler continues to battle bravely in the columns of the' Home ' for those great principles of Protection to Native Industry which have been the guidingstar of his long and useful life . In the present part there is a series of articles from his own pen on the Lyons Rising of 1831 , which is peculiarly deserving of the thoughtful and attentive perusal of the working men of this country . The events were , perhaps , never more graphically related , nor their political and social hearing more
pointedly and instructively explained , ine selfish and unjust millowners , whose only object in life is to amass wealth as rapidly as possible , no matter at what cost to the labourers from whose toil it is extracted , or to the highest and most enduring interests of the nation at large , find a severe censor in Mr . Oastler . The pernicious nature of the theories by which they justify their unprincip led and ceaseless aggressions upon industry , and the fatal consequences which have ever flowed from giving snch a party supremacyin any country , are pointed out in that plain , pithy , and
telling style which constitutes tbe great charm of Mr . Oasiler ' s writings . "We do not pretend to say that we agree with all the contents of tho' Home , ' or in the general opinions entertained by its editor and proprietor on political questions ; hut we have unfeigned and sincere respect for the manly earnestness , good faith , and lofty patriotism by which he has been actuated throughout his long and arduous struggle on behalf of the toiling millions , and we are happy tbat such a man can speek for himself through a periodical like the' Home . ' It should be a welcome and a constant
companion to tbe fireside of every operative m towns , and the ingle of every peasant in rural districts . As a specimen of its contents , we take the following portrait , taken in the cotton mill by an experienced hand : — The Scavenger . — We have in our cotton factories little boys called " scavengers , " whose occupatien is confined to clearing away the dust and dirt which accumulate under the spinning frames , lou see the little fellows on their hands and knees , under the threads , as the spinner draws them out , as active as rabbits , following their wearisome occupation , inhaling the dust and cotton flue , and escaping before the spinner closes the machine , —the bystander wondering how they can escape .
. . , In vain will the visitors to the cotton spinning department of the Great Glass Douse look for this diminutive little creature , about whom so much uoise has been made , both in and out of parliament . Many are the inquiries made respecting him by the knowing ones , but generally some evasive answer is given why he has not been exhibited amongst the numberless curiosities at the World ' s Fair . Surely , the cotton lords are not ashamed of its being known that they have any connexion with him , since bis name has become so notorious ; if so , we may at once pronounce the Great Exhibition incomplete , and Calculated to deceive the world at large .
We , however , who know him well , will strive to describe him to our readers . Little is known respecting his infancy , except that -it was passed in the midst Of misery and want His mother and father , who both worked at the mill , had to leave him in charge of an old woman , who , for two shillings per vreek , nnraed him , and carried him to the mill twice a day , to be suckled by his mother , fatigued and exhausted as she was by the heat and labour in the mill- How he learned to walk no one knows ; but at tlie a ce of nine years he- was examined , and
pronounced a fine healthy youth , by the certifying surgeon , quite capable of being sent to work at the miu , wMtber wewillfoHpwhim . . It is a bitter winter ' s morning when he has to commence his career as a" scavenger " the earth is frozen hard , and covered with snow ; the wind is keen and piercing : but our little hero , nothing daunted descends into tbe dark , cold street , where his father lifts him upon his back , and carries his child now shivering and shaking , to the factory , which is already open and lighted up though it yet wants » quarter to six o ' clock : should they happen
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to be a few minutes too late , ; the fine of a quarter of that day ' s wages is inflicted . The gigantic steamengine soon begins to move the wonderful and ponderous machinery , and the child of toil is instructed to commence his task of creeping underneath the spinning mules , and with an old rag to cleanse away the dust and dirt that may accumulate there ; and this is repeated so often , amidst the unbroken noise of clashing wheels and almost ntoierable heat , tbat the necessity of constant action on the part of the child , in following the never-tiring machines , often proves too much for exhausted nature , when , inactive from fear OX weariness , he is trapped in the machine , which often lacerates his little frame . If spared these wounds , for five hours each day is he compelled to work , at the end of which period he 19 sent to school but oh , bow apt is he for instruction IHow fitted his mind must be . to receive anv
impressions that might prove of service to him in after life ! Poor fellow ! it is the schoolmaster ' s chief work to keep him awake , the short time he is under his care . —What a mockery ! The chief desire and wish of the poor wretch , when his work ceases , is to fall asleep , and , if possible , court forgetfuluess in peaceful slumbers ; and for four years tlu ' s goes on , until he is thirteen years old , when the now ( socalled ) educated youth is doomed by the legislature to labour ten and a half hours per day , for which he sometimes gets as much as three shillings and sixpence , per week as wages . . Wonderful boy ! he now imagines himself a man , when he is allowed to carry such a large sum home to his mother . Such is the monotonous life of the " scavenger" until he is either promoted to some higher situation in the mill or else , as is now often the case , flies from such a horrid state of slavery , to hurd with thieves and felons .
Wearisome as the poor " scavenger ' s" life now is , thanks to the labours of such men as Sadler and Fielden , it ia comparatively easy to what he had formerly to endure . In bygone days , at seven years of age , he was doomed to twelve hours a day ( nay , often longer , ) of such labour . It must never be forgotten , that the relief he has obtained , was wrung from the "liberal and enlightened" cotton lords , after thirty years' contest ; nor must the reader neglect to observe , that the enemies of John Fielden's factory act have already succeeded in obtaining its repeal , by adding half an hours' labour to the factory day , nor , that they declare their determination , never to rest satisfied , until every vestige of a factory regulation act is torn from the statute book . We warn the factory workers to keep a sharp look-out .
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The Two Friends i or , Life is Earnest By Marriott Oidpield . ( Parlour Library . ) London : Simms and M'Intyre . Unexceptionable in purpose and moral , but very indifferent in execution , is this addition to a useful and admirable series of cheap volumes . Within the range of the writer's own limited experience , she writes forcibly , thoughtfully , and pointedly , and the style throughout is smooth and well-sustained , if it never startles or excites by novelty of illustration , or originality of expression . She has lived more in the world of thought than action , and lacks the imaginative and inventive
faculty , which in the case of other female writers makes up for a want of a practical acquaintance with the stern reality and buffeting of its hard work-a-d » y life . The story is simple in its incidents , and progresses towards de velopment in an easy , natural way , -which ca ls for the exercise of none of these faculties on the part of the reader , required by the more highly spiced and intense school of fictitious literature . It is indeed one of character , rather than incident ; and is written from what may be termed a subjective , rather than objective point of view . The two friends are two young ladies who are perfected through
suffering . ' One high-minded , gifted , and impulsive , marries a man possessed of a fairexterior and many surface accomplishments , but at bottom thoroughl y selfish . Tbat selfishness , mingled with more pardonable excitements , has induced him also to be guilty of a great crime , which puts him . in the power of a gang of sharpers , who ultimately make use of their power to rob him of all the wealth he gained through the accelerated death of his uncle , aud to leave his wife and child in poverty while be is compelled to fly to America . It is , however , not the loss of fortune which constitutes the trial of Annie "Vincent . It is the
growing estrangement which results from a more correct knowledge of her husband's character , and tbe blank despair which succeeds a full perception of their utter incompatibility . Mary Brooke , the favourite heroine of the authoress , suffers through those around her , and also by the protracted absence and the misapprehensions of one to whom she has given her affections . "VYe need not add that all is explained and set right at last ; . But that 'last ! ' The tale ought just to begin when it is abruptly closed . * Life in Earnest ' commenced when Mr . Mornington began to support himself and wife , as welfas Annie and her son , by writing for reviews and magazines . How he did that , and managed to get back to his fine , quiet , old retreat at Monkshill , and
to enjoy so much happiness as we catch in a closing glimpse of him , we can't understand . Press drudgery is not so remunerative as the author of the Two Friends imagines , as she will yet find by experience , we fear . One feature of the tale , however , which most forcibly arrested our attention , is the manner in which many grave questions , connected with the present position of women , are discussed . There is evidently a powerful opinion on these subjects growing up among the other sex , which will , in due time , make itself felt in society , and produce some greater changes than mere alterations in the length of the skirt , or the substitution of ' pettiloons' for ' petticoats . ' Here are some thoughts worth pondering . Miss Watson , a strong-minded , active , charitable spinster , loquitur . •—
I did not mean to speak disparagingly of women , but I feel almost bitterly how much better they might , aud ought to be , than they are . In these days , when so many of us harp ou that hateful theme , the " rights of women , " as it is termed , we must all of us reflect on our position , and no one can deny it has many hardships : the indubitable , and , perhaps , the inevitable consequence of the fact , that men have made the laws which regulate society ; and of the no less important fact , that these Jaws , moat of them , originate from the time when women possessed , and deserved less influence , than they have at present . But I can never believe that these evils will be cured by clamour on our parts . We must begin tho reform with ourselves .
If mothers taught their sons true principles of equity , we should gain more than by being represented in parliament ; but to do that , mothers must first educate themselves . Every step we rise , as a sex , in moral and intellectual force , is a step towards emancipation where we need it . Brute force may be far more easily repressed than the spiritual force to which I allude ; and though this reform is a work of time , the result of which we shall probably never see ourselves , it may yet be advanced by each and all of us . Do you not think this noiseless , inward reform , is mote suitable , more dignified , more right for us , than any outcry which , impotent as we are to enact or repeal laws , is but too apt to sound contemptible ?
' I know how much we all need this ' inward reform , ' " replied Mary ; " hut you speak as if all the need is with us . Do you really think SO ?" " Let US leave men alone , " replied Miss Watson . " We have enough to do with ourselves and our children ; if we make them what they ought to be , the victory is ours , and oppression must vanish . " The evils of the governess system are also well pourtrayed , and the great question of the employment and independence of women is treated in a manner Which BuOWS the BUuject is ripening for action .
Publication Received. The Literary Samtl...
PUBLICATION RECEIVED . The Literary Samtler . Nos , 1 and 2 . October and November .
Kossuth's Deliverance.—We Have Been Info...
Kossuth's Deliverance . —We have been informed on good authority , that in the event of any untoward accident to the American steam frigate Mississippi having rendered her incapable of embarking Kossuth aud his companions in the Bospherus , tho Admiralty had ordered her Majesty ' s steam vessel Ooeron to be sent to Constantinople , to convey the llungarians to Malta . — United Service Gazette . A New Female Rrvomjtiox . —A singular fe « malepronunciainento bssjust taken place at GtDSVB , where the milk-womenhave sought to cause , by revolutionary means , an increase in the price of their commodity . They promenaded their doiiheySt dressed in mourning , through the streets , stopping from time to time , to * read a placard , proclaiming that the measure of milk would henceforth be 5 c instead of 4 c . >
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MR . GLADSTONE'S LETTERS OS THE STATE OF / NAPLES . - . hZl ^ lt ' d e 5 Ted theTwmwing correspondence between the Prince Castelcicala and Lord Palmerston relative to the communication , officially ; by the former to the Foreign office of a pamphlet pubi ! l 1 ° J" ?'' 011 ia re P ly t 0 Mr- Gladstone ' s letters to the ftirt of Aberdeen . mxcE CAsmciGALA TO VISCOUNT PAIMEBSTON . to , Princes-street , Cavendish-square , ««\ ft , Tn-j t "August Mb . u tw ? V . ' ~ In 8 re P which appeared in the n ^ i , t P P er of yesterday of the sitting of the House of Commons , I have read that your Exceltei ?^ ^ a ^^ iOn P « ti by Sir De Uey Mftns . relative to some publications of
MrGlad-. stone against the government of the King my august master , said that you considered it your SI ? " / . ? ? the 8 av » e to . the British Ministers at lh » various Courts of Europe ; and TZ W ^ l the 8 aid P ^ cation , grounded upon substantial documents , has recently made its appearance , I have the honour to send fifteen conies to your tocel ency , and therefore request your Excellency wilUake precisely the same means for their distribution as you have done for those of Mr . Gladstone . "The known maxim , ' Audi alteram partem , ' the courtesy of your Excellency , and , in the present conjuncture , jrhat is better , your justice , all lead me to hope that your Excellency will not fand my request indiscreet .
• ' CASTEtCICALA , " VISCOUNT mUERSTOH 10 PRINCE CASKJ 1 CICA 1 A . " Foreign-office , August 18 . Prince , —I have had the honour to receive your letter of the 9 th inst ., inclosing a copy of a pamphlet entitled " The Neapolitan Government a » d Mr . Gladstone , " and requesting that copies of that pamphlet may he . forwarded to Her Majesty's Ministers at the several European Courts . I have to state to you in reply that I must decline being accessory to the circulation of a pamphet , which , in my opinion , does no credit to its writer or the government which he defends , or to the political party of which he professes to be the champion .
" I should never have taken the liberty of addressing you on the subject of Mr . Gladstone ' s pamphlet , if you had not by your letter of the 9 th mst . rendered it necessary for me to do so , and I em assure you that it is not without pain and reluctance that I state to you my opinion in regard to those pamphlets and to the matters of which they treat ; but I feel that silence on my part , after the receipt of your communication of the 9 th , would expose me to misrepresentation . I feel myself , therefore , compelled to say that Mr . Gladstone ' s letters to Lord Aberdeen present an afflicting picture of a system of illegality , injustice , and cruelty practised by the officers and agents of the government in the kingdom of Naples , such as might have
been hoped would not have existed in any European country in the present days ; and the information which has been received upon these matters from many other sources leads , unfortunately , to the conclusion that Mr . Gladstone by no means overstated the various evils which he describes , but that Mr . Gladstone ' s letters were evidently written and published , not , as the pamphlet which you send me insinuates , in a spirit of hostility to the King of Naples , or with feelings adverse . to the parliamentary and monarchical constitution which his Sicilian Majesty has granted to his subjects and has confirmed by his Royal oath . Mr . Gladstone's object seems , on the contrary , to have boon the friendly nurpose of drawin g nubile attention to .
and of directing the force of public opinion upon , abuses which , if allowed to continue , must necessarily sap the foundation Of the Neapolitan monarchy , and prepare the way for those violent revulsions which the resentments produced by a deep sense of long continued and wide spread injustice are sure sooner or later to produce . It might have been hoped tbat the Neapolitan government would have received those letters in the spirit in which they manifestly were written , and would have set to work earnestly and effectually to correct those nunifold and grave abuses to which their attention has thus been drawn . It is obvious that , by such a course , the Neapolitan government would do more to frustrate the designs of revolutionists , and to
strengthen the monarchical institutions of their country , than could be effected by the most rigorous proceedings of the most vigilant minister of the police . But thegorernment of Naples will be much mistaken if it imagines that a pamphlet , consisting of a flimsy tissue of bare assertions and reckless denials , mixed up with coarse ribaldry and commonplace abuse of public men and political parties , will accomplish any useful purpose or render any real service to the government © n whose behalf < i appears to have been written . And I must take leave to observe tbat there are admissions , direct and indirect , in Mr . MacParlane ' s pamphlet , which so far to establish the conclusions which he professes an intention to overthrow . " PAIMEBSTON . ''
It will be remarked that the letters above given were written so far back as the month of August , but we understand , that it was only lately that they have been made known to the diplomatic world .
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MR . RAMSHAY AND THE LIVERPOOL COUNTY COURT-COMMUNICATION PItOM THE EARL OF CARLISLE . On Friday morning the 24 th ulj . the following communication , addressed to Mr , Samuel Holme , was received from Lord Carlisle , respecting the inquiry into the conduct of Mr . Ramshay , the judge of the Liverpool County Court , from which it will be seen that bis Lordship has decided that the inquiry shall be conducted in Preston , and not in Liverpool , as had been-requested by the memorialists . This will of course increase the expense , as well as the trouble of conducting the case ; but there is no appeal from his lordship's decision;—Duchy of Lancaster Office , Waterloo-Bridge , London , Oct . 28 , 1851 .
Sir , —I am now directed to acquuint jou , tothe infor mation of the committee appointed to prepare the late memorial to the Chancellor of the Ducby of Lancaster , that a communication having been received from Mr . Ramshay repudiating the charges made Against hira , his lordship has decided to hear evidence in support ot and against those charges , on Wednesday , the 5 th of November next , at ten o'clock in the afternoon , at the Courthouse at Preston , in the County Palatine of Lancaster , when Mr . Ramshay and the memorialists may be represented by counsel , if thought , fit . I am , sir , your very obedient servant , F . K . Dawes Danvees .
Immediately upon the receipt of the communica * tion , a meeting of the committee was called , when it was determined to present a memorial to the town council on Wednesday , praying that the council will undertake the conduct , of the case , conceiving that it is one of so great importance , and involves a question so deeply affecting , not only the due administration of justice , but also the persona ] liberty of every member of the community , that it should be conducted by the authorised heads of this community , and not by private individuals . Petitions from the burgesses of each ward to their respective representatives , urging them to support this opinion in council , have been prepared , and are already in course of extensive
signature . Notwithstanding tbe approaching inquiry , Mr . Rimshay took his seat on the bench on Monday morning " precisely at twenty-five minutes to ten o ' clock , and the ordinary business was immediately proceeded with . As tho morning advanced , the court became exceedin ly crowded , Meeting of tub Liverpool Town Council , —A meeting of the town council was held on Wednesday , when a memorial from the inhabitants very numerously signed was . read , calling upon tbe council to become prosecutors in the inquiry about to be held before th > : Earl of Carlise into the conduct of Mr . Ramshay , ihe judge of our County Court , —RJr . Councillor Holme moved that the council adopt' the prayer of the memorial , which ,
having been seconded , the town-clerk said he had written to Mr . Crompton , barrister , and that gentleman had forwarded an opinion to the effect that to apply the funds of the corporation as proposed would be against the spirit of tho act of parliament . Tbe town clerk then proceeded to say that , being satisfied of the illegality of so applying the corporate funds he should refuse to countersign the order for payment of the money , should tho council decide so to expend it . Ultimately Mr . Holme withdrew his motion , and substituted the following motion , which was carried by a majority of fifty-one to three , Mr . Holme remarking that , seeing the
impossibility of Carrying his original motion in the face of counsel ' s opinion , he had 80 modified It 8 S tO express the opinion of the council on Mr , Ram * Shay ' s extraordinary proceedings . The motion , as carried , was as follows : — " That in the opinion of this council , the circumstances which have taken place in relation to the course pursued by the judge of the County Court for this district are such as to call for an inquiry before the proper authorities ; but this council having been advised that it cannot legally expend the corporation funds in prosecuting such inquiry , regrets that it cannot comply with tbe prajor of this memorial . "
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MiMstkbial uhahoks , —we near that Mr . Hawes is about to resi gn his office of Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies , upon his appointment to that of Deputy-Secretary at War , in place of the Right lion . Lawrence Sullivan , who retires after upwards of forty years' service . Mr . Hawes is succeeded in the colonial department bv Mr . Frederick Peel . —Globe . Father Maiurw . —A tribute is collecting in America for Father Alathew , whose pecuniary . embarrassmontsare considerable . The £ 300 a year pension which he receives from the British government is appropriatd to his creditors .
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Con . —Why are military officers all literary?—Because they are st > fond of reviews . The United States take nearly fifty per cent , of ouv exports of earthenware . Cheap tailors are had enough , but the Water Companies are the woratof slop-sdlers . A Forgotibn Fbast . —A feast iu the Crystal Palace to the workmen who built it ' . —Punch . " Yov cannot possibly succeed , '' as the frying-pan said to the eel , when he tried to leap out . A live lobster , is a perfect puzzle , which can only be red , " inwardly digested , " and fully solved , after Usdeathi I » Genoa , out of a population of 120 , 000 , there are 14 , 000 monks , friars , nuns , and ecclesiastics of various orders .
MatchRSi— "Do vow . keep matches ? " asked a wag , of a retailer . — ' « Oh , yes , all kinds , " was the reply . — " Then I'll take a trotting match . " The Future . —It has been beautifully said that " the veil which covers the face of futurity is woven by the hand of mercy . " An old maid , who hates the male sex most vehemently , cut a female acquaintance who complimented her on the buoyancy of her spirits . To Remove Stains . —Repentance may renovate reputation , but it wont do fur shawls or silk dresses ; the only thing left in such cases is to dye / Leghorn Bonnets—In the GreaC Exlu ' bithn Were some exquisite specimens of Leghorn bonnets , one of which , the most valuable one , was said to be worth thirty guineas . . ' .
Thk Criterion . —Dr . Johnson , speaking of a well dressed lady says : — " The best evidence I can give upon this subject ia that one can never remember what she had on . " Fr & B Trade . — A Nottinghamshire labourer states that he remembers working three weeks for a bushel of wheat , then selling ai 21 s . lie now gets nearly three bushels of wheat for one week ' s labour , A Stow Man . —There is a man in Schenectady so lazy and slow , that his friends -say if death only wars . with the quick , tbat he will live for ever . He is first cousin to the man who invented laudanum .
Trouble Saved . — My dear , said a gentleman to a young lady to whom he thought to be married , "do you wish to make a fool of me ?"— "No , " replied the lady , " Nature has saved me the trouble . " A Sleepy Epidemic—In Galicia there is an epidemic of a very novel character ; . people are seized with so violent a disposition to sleep , that they remain often six or eight days in a state of perfect torpor . Grandmamma is supposed to have given Master Tom some Plums , —Master Tom ; "How , then . Granny , I ' ve eaten the plums , and if you don ' t give me sixpence , I'll swallow the stones !" —Punch . The Flowbr op Yankek-i , and . —It is natural to inquire what sort of flower is the Bloomer ! An American Aloe , probably , as it is of transatlantic origin , and is hardly likely to come out in bloom oftener than once in a century . —Punch ,
A showman exhibiting a picture , said ; " Ladies and gentlemen , there is Daniel in the den of lions . These are the lions , and that is Daniel , whom you will easily distinguish from the lions , by his having a blue cotton-umbrella tinder his arm , . Propane Swearing . —The moat amusing man in the world is a Frenchman in a passion . "By gar , you call my vife a vomen three several times once more , and I will call the vatch house , and blow your brains like a candle , by dam . ' " The Gorham Controversy-- ^ The expenses ia the contest between Mr . Gorham and the Bishop of Exeter were J £ 3 , 604 7 s . 8 d . ; and the total subscriptions for defraying Mr . Gorham ' s expenses amounted to £ 2 , 857 0 s . lOd . ; leaving a balance of £ 253 2 s . 2 d . ; which has been handed over to the reverend
gentleman . A Blister , — " I gay , Mr . Johnson , did you hear 'bout de catalepsy dat befel Phillise ?"— " Ob , course I didn ' t ; what ws & \ t ? ' '— ""Sou see , de doctor ordered a blister on her chist ; well , as she hadn ' t no chist , nohow , she put urn on de band-bos , and it drawed her uew pink bonnet out ob shape and spile um entirely . " Search after Happiness . —If you cannot be happy , in one nay , be happy in another ; and this facility of disposition wants but little aid from philosophy , tor health and good humour are almost the Whole affair . Many run about after felicity , like an absent man looking fur his hat , while it is . on his head or in his hand—Sharp .
A ChalIiENGb . —Darius Davison sends forth a challenge to the world iu the American papes . Her will build a yacht On a new plan , and sail her against any yatcb whatever . If lie should win , the second aud last yacht to he his . If he should lose , his yacht to go to the winner . Who is the Alexander tbat shall conquer this Darius ? Done Crying . —The old Irish cry of " Ireland for the Irish" will soon be lulled , and heard no more ; for if the emigration keeps up Us present enormous rate , there will soon be not a single Irishman left in Ireland , aud tbe cry must be changed to "Ireland for the English , " or any one who chooses io live in it . —Punch .
Reclamation op Land . —The local papers state tbat a company now forming intends to make an application in the ensuing Session of Parliament , for a bill to reclaim Morecombe Bay from tho sea . If the application be successful , an area of land comprising about 70 , 000 acres will be added to Lancashire and Wesimoreiaud , and , as grazing land , will add materially to the wealth of the district .. Pride of Ancestry . —In the castles and palaces of the ancient ex-uobility of France , the tapestry frequently presents memorials of their pride of ancestry . On the tapestry of an apartment in the
palace of tbe ex-Duke of Choieeul , is a representation of the Deluge , in which a man is seen running after Noah , and calling out , ** My good friend , save the archives of the Choiseui family . " A Solemn Question . —At a recent meeting of a parish , a solemn , straight bodied , and most exemplary deacon submitting a report , in writing , of the destitute widows and others standing ia need vi assistance was asked , "Are you sure , deacon , that you have embraced all the widows ? " He said , " he believed he had done so ; but if any had been omitted , the omission could easily be corrected . " He did not take M all . "—ifiviefcerboefcer .
A Cold . — " Do you know what it is , " says Lamb , " to succumb under an insurmountable day mare ?—an indisposition to do anything or be anything—a total deadness and distaste—a suspension of vitality —an indifference to locality—a numb , soporifical good-for-nothiugness—an ossification all over—an oyster-like indifference to passing events—a mindstupor—brawny defiance to the needAtaof » timisting-in conscience—with a total irresolution to submit to water gruel processes ?" Our Live Time . —Man lives seventy years . The
first thirty are his human years , and pass swiitly by ; he is then healthy and happy—he labours cheerfully , and rejoices in his existence . The eighteen years of the ass come next , and burden after burden is heaped upon him- , he cartks the corn that is to feed others , and blows and kicks are the wages ot his faithful service . The twelve years of the dog follow , and he loses his teeth , and lies in a corner and growls . When these are gone , the ape ' s ten years form the conclusion . The man , weak and silly , becomes the sport of children . —From the German .
Iravelliso in the United States . —Previeusly to 1844 the lowest fare from New York to Albany , a distance of 145 miles , was 4 a . 4 d . ; at present the fare is 2 s . 2 d „ and for an additional sum of the same amount the passenger can command the luxury of a separate cabin . When the splendour and magnitude of the accommodation is considered , the magnificence of the furniture and accessories , and the iuxuriousness of the table , it will be admitted that no similar example of cheap locomotion can be found in any pan of the globe . Passengers may there be transposed in a doming palace ,, surrounded with all the conveniences and luxuries of the most splendid hotel , at the average rate of twenty miles an hour , for less than one-sixth of a penny per mile 1
Pat at the Post Office . —The following colloquy actually took place at au Eastern Post . Office : —Pat . " i say , Mr . Postmaster , is there a litther for me ?"—" Who are you , my good sir ? " "I ' m meself , that's who lam . "—" Well , what is your name ? "' " An' what do ye want wid the name ?—is ' nt it on the litther ?'— "So that I can find the letter if there is cue . " " Will , Pat Byrne , thin , if ye must have it . "— "No , sir—there is none for Pat Byrne . " " Is there no way to git in there but through this pane of glass ?"— "No , sir . " " It ' s will far ye there ISQ ' tt I'd leach ye betther manners thin to insist on a gintlema . o ' 8 , name , but ye didn ' t git it after all—so I ' m aven wid ye ; divii the bit is me name Byrne ! " .
Fool Aib in Wells . —With reference to the best Diode Of Using lime lor the purification of wells , a correspondent of the " Builder" says— " Put some unslaked lime into a large bucket ( not so much as to cause it to fall over when it becomes slaked ); and before lowerin « the bucket into the . well , pour a sufficient quantity of water on the lime to slake it . Immediately that the water has been put to the lime , let the bucket and its contents be lowered to the water in the well , hut not go as to go into it , In a few minutes the well will be cleared of the foul air ,
the slaking lime either taking up the noxious air or forcing it out of the well . Some persons recommend throwing unslaked lime into the well ; but there are , I conceive , two objections to that mode—one , that it can seldom or ever be efficacious , for the liiue would , of course , immediately sink to the bottom of the well , and , if the water be deep , tire slaking of the lime at the bottom of the well would have little if any , effect . beyond the surface of the water . The other objection is < that if lime he thrown into the well , the water would not , at least for a considerable time afterwards , befit todrink . " n VH ««« aoie
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Lola Mosies . —The much talked of engagement of Lola Montcs with Mr . Barnum , has , it appears , not been concluded , as tho lady in question has been dancing at several of tho provincial theatres , « ' « ' lately at Lyons , but'without success . Tho balnt Public" of Lyons publishes ; t warlike epistle from tho Counter to Dr . Vernon ( of tho > onstitutJonnel" ) , in consequence of some sarcastic remarks upon her in his journal , in which she warns the doctor that , in ca &« of the EtU & oks -npon nor being c 0 ntinuGcj hi the « Constitutionnel , " she will send lum a challenge to fk'ht a duel-not with sword or pistol , but anna more familiar to him —two pills-one ( poisoned J each of the combatants to swallow one . ' Whether this ^ letter be bona fide , or a pleasantry on the part of the "Salufc Public , " we have no means of knowing , but the joke is a good one . —Galianani .. „ .
As unprecedented occurrence ( says a Jamaica paper ) has taken place at St . J » go de la Vega . MU Excellency the Governor , Sir Charles Edward Grey , K . G . C . i has been assessed for taxes to the ameunt of £ S 5 , and having refused to pay the sum , and after repeated applications for payment by the collecting constable , his carriage was levied upon , and advertised in the ' Jamaica Gazette , ' by au > thority , for public sale to tho highest and best bidder . The sale has not yet taken place , but , unless his Excellency " paid up" it would inevitably occur .
We learn from Transylvania that , unless very extensive help be contributed by the Austrian government , the half of the population must starve during the en * suing winter . The ravages committed by the unusually frequent inundations are said to he beyond description . Whole villages have been deprived of every single ear of wheat " by the suddenness of the inundations .
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FHAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH . The foUowtae teslvnwmv . n is another proof of the
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great efiicaoj of this medicine ;—' YVinchmore-hill , Middlesex , April 16 th , 1 S 51 . ' Sir , —In consideration ot the great benefit 1 have de . rived from taking Frampton ' s Till of Health , I feel it a duty that ! owe to jou and the public lo > end jou the fol-Uwing statement . For upwardd of nine s « * 1 have experienced the efficacy of tliis excellent medicine . I had long previously been afflicted with headache and indigestion , but a friend having induced me to make a trial of Brampton ' s Tills , I now inform you that a few doses gave me great relief ; aud during this long period of time I hare taken them iu preference to any other medietas '; and I have the ) i ; ippinesj of aaying tbat I never had a better state of health , which I attribute ( o Frampton ' s Pills / I beg further to add , that this medicine is in general use b y my famUy , and we know of nothing to equal it . ' am , sir , jours respectfully , ' Thomas PaevxNCE . " Io Mr . T . Trout , 229 , Strand . London . '
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Pains in the Buck , Gravel , liheumalism , Gout , Lumbago , Indigestion , Debilitu , Stricture , Gleet , & c . DK . BARKER'S PUR 1 FI 0 PILLS ( Of which there are useless imitations under Other titles ) , have in many instances effected a euro when all other means had failed , and are now established , by the consent of every patient who has jet tried them , as also hy the FAcm . Tr TiiL-MshLves , as the most safe and effica « cious reuv & dy tvei- discovered for discharges of any kind , retention of the urine , and diseases' of the Kidneys and Urinary Organs generally , whether resulting from imprudence or otherwise , wliieb , if neglected , frequently end in stone in the bladder , and a lingering death ! For Gout , Sc : atica , Rheumatism , Tie Doloreux , Erysipelas , Dropsy , Scrofula , Los * « v Hair or Teeth , depression of Spirits , Blushing , Incapacity forSociety ; Study or Business , Confusion , Giddiness , Drowsiness , Sleep without Hefreahnienr , Fear , / Nervousness , and even Insanity itself , when , as is often the case , arising from , or combined with Urinary Diseases , they are uiu quailed . By their salutary
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 1, 1851, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_01111851/page/3/
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