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Noyboteb 16 , 1850 . THE NORTHERN STAR .
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Not to na ' thefnture beams , " Astothoseofyearsiioneby , When the poet ' s golden ( dreams fongwi-forioyoasAready . Hopeful ever ' midst earth ' s pain For old Saturn ' s days again— - For a world in beauty drest ,. Rich in myrtle and in vine , < Glades wiA sunsbine ever blest , Rivers ever crystalline , * r . Nymphs and Dryads sporting too } On the flowers-rreti with dew . But to us themorh is ' breahirig , ' Of a gloripns coming day , - "When old prejudice forsaking , ' Men . shall own a better sway ,: "When no more shall rise the cry Of unaided poverty .
When no war shall bid meh ; hleed To o v erthrow a hostile throne , Or to change a people's creed That may differ from their own . But 'heath Truth ' s hhclohdied sun Right and Power aye be one . •" "When'the godd' alorie shall thrive , - ; Those of fearless inind-anid pen , "Who in thoughtful spirit strive To assist their fellow men , And with hand and heart engage To bring back a " Golden Age . " c . h : b
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The Defenceless , State of Great Britain . By Sir F . B . Head , Bart . London : Murray . Three years ago , all the old women in the island , both in breeches and petticoats , were panic-stricken by the publication of a letter from tiie Duke of Wellington to Sir John Bnrgoyne , on this subject . According to the "iron dnke , " nothing would have been more easy than for the . French to take possession of the country . We . mighthave gone to sleep at night the loyal and contented subjects of Queen Yicforia , and , on rising in the morn , ing , . find the tri-colour floating- , over the
entrance of Buckingham Palace , -the Horse Guards in possession of a French general ,-and the Bank and public : offices - sentinelled hy French troops . Lord Ellesmere drew a frightful picture of the -household troops quitting London by one side , as the French army entered in at the other , with'the consequent loss of life , property , and chastity , which would follow the withdrawal of : their protection . Of course , the object of all this was plain enough ' . The officers , naval and military , not- in active service , longed for full pay , and wanted to frig hten John Bull into an increase of his armaments . But John was at that time
terribly pressed by the Irish famine ,- and the railway panic , and could not afford to " make docks and drakes of his money in that way . " SirF . Headhaschosenamorepropitiousmoment to revive this " raw head and bloody bones . *' TVe have , it is said , plenty of money : and there appears to be some-foundation for the rumour , when wejee that even a "Whig Chancellor of the Exchequer has a surplus . " The
army , and navy "—meaning -thereby the aristocratic gentlemen who hold commissions in these services , and the aristocracy , who make them sponges by which'they extract wealth from the toiling classes—think , no doubt , that this is a capital time to increase ihe pretexts for dipping a'little more deeply into the national purse . Hence , the present work .
The nominal division of the book is into three parts ; but it really consists of many more , being , in fact , a lot of articles not exhibiting any peculiar knowledge , or a peculiarly trained mind applied to the consideration of known facts , but of that common kind which consists in " sucking books / pamphlets , and newspapers , and reproducing the information ; which in this case , * howeveri'is poorly done and stuffed out . That portion which strictly
relates to the " defenceless state , " is really no more than a spoiled expansion of the Duke ' s letter , with quotations from pamphlets by nautical men . The account of the French in Iiondon xesemibles a . paper that Punch published at the time the Duke ' s letter was run ; - ning'the round , tie points being left out . ; The following account of the treatment of a contumacious editor might really have done for Punch , had the first of critical rules been followed , and the manner been proportioned to
file subject j— - Besides providing food and comforts for the army , one of the first duties of the commissaire is to send for the editors of the leading journals ; whom he briefly informs that it will be requisite that they should state , "that , although the [ aristocracy are snffering . severely , the peop le at large offer no complaint , aid . that , on the whole , thetnorale appears to be favourable to the new system . " _ If these orders are not complied with , the eomv & ssaire , either by word of mouth , or by a very slight movement of one eye , : directs that the offender be made an example of . Accordingly , with the butt-ends of muskets the invaluable printing apparatus Is smashed , the type cast into the street , and
the editor , falling into the hands of the soldiers , undergoes treatment which nothing but the inge ^ - auity , ferocity , and frivolity of a Frenchmnn could devise . For instance , they will perhaps , first of all , cut off one or both of his . mustachios—strip him—Elaster himi over -with thick . printer ' s ink-rcurl his air with it—dress him up in paper and jack-boots madeiom tbe broad sheet ; if he opens his mouth — " 2 Ven » , petit ! tien * . '" feed him with pica ; in short , by a series of innumerable . and ever-varying Strange methods of what they call joliment arrangeing any refractory subject they wish to victimiseour military readers will , we are confident , corroborate these facts—they would so intimidate the press , that , like every other power in the country , it would he obliged to bend to the storm .
The facetious baronet must have been thinking of French , not Eng lish editors . Mustachios are by no means extensively patronised by the latter ; and we suspect that , if a French man was to ; make tiwt a sine qua non , or even look for ! them as an indication of the " men who write , " the English editors would entirely escape the treatment which is so pleasantly pourtrayed in this passage account
One of the sections contains an , after Alison , of the three invasions associated with Napoleon Buonaparte ; the first of which Napoleon refused ( the Directory ) to undertake , as too riskful ; the second was a mere ruse ; the third , if he ever did contemp late it , has no bearing upon the present case , because Bteam , we are told , has changed the mode of operation—for both parties , be it remembered ; Then there is a review of kelson ' s battles
and tactics , and their inapplicability to the systems of America and France since his time hut as we have changed our system too , it seems a mere " bit o * wr iting . '' Then there are statistics , common enough , of the Continental armies compared with the British , hut not a word of the difference in . circumstances , and of the impracticability of moving the greater portion of them .- Bat to come to the
main point , the author anticipates an invasion by 150 , 000 men , to be followed by 50 , 000 dur- 1 5 ng or after the march to London . To obviate the risk of this , he proposes a permanent increase of 100 , 000 infantry , and an increase of 100 guns in the artillery , - fully horsed , with sundr y lesser matters , at a cost of from four to five millions a year j a proposition which , so far as its attainment goes , might also have
been put m Punch . . sit is perfectly clear thatj in tbe event of hostilities between France and England , the resources of Cherbourg would be instantly employed against us ; and instead of . permitting au English army to follow the example of for-
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mer wars , and aim a blow at the territory of France , by making a descent on Flanders or onSpain ^ tTv 5 Hld ? benhe ? flrst- objei 5 ^ French government to compel r England to assume a purely i defensive attitude , " -for the protection of its ; own ^ shores . ; There ; are . obyiously immense facilities at Cherbourg for the rendezvous ; and , protection of an -invading ; fleet and army ; and thejpractical position on which Sir . Francis Head insists isj , a short and summary one ; ; He says r-r- ^ -Given the high state of preparation jon the part ' of France , and the low state of . preparation on the epartjof England , I maintain , * that ; within a week of the declaration of war , it is hig hly probable ; that we should find a French army of 150 , 000 men oh the high road tolLondon . " :
• If all the premises of the question should fall : out-: precisely as Sir Francis Head has placed them , perhaps we might . But his suppositions areipreposterous . He assumes that our fleet , would be unable to make its - appearance : in the Channel—tbat our land < forces would be unable to fire a shot againt- the debarking crews of the enemy—that we should he unable to contest an inch , of ; the counties of
Kent , or Sussex , or Hants—that London would be surrendered to the first summonsand that the conveyance of the invading army between Cherbourg and the point which they were good ' enough to select as their landingplace , would proceed with all tho regularity of a p leasure excursion .: There can be no serious argument with a writer who indulges in license of this character . .. ; ¦ w vy •¦
. - - - Hitherto . the main defence , of this country against French invasion has been . our Channel fleet .: We have swept the ; Channel of all hostile vessels ^—we . have sealed up ; every French port of consequence , by a rigorous blockade- —we have annihilated the mercantile marine of the enemy ; and , in consequence ; of these measures our shores have remained inviolate , 7 , .-: . ¦ :. ! :-, -. ...:,.-- • .-.-,-, -. .-- , ; : : It is certain that substantially we must continue to be indebted for our deliverance froma foreign enemy to the naval defences which have hitherto ' seryed us so well ., -Itis very true , that
the distance between Cherbourg or Boulogne and the coast of Sussex is very trifling ; still it is a distance ^ which cannot be performed , and a navigation which cannot be encountered , by-an , enemy-not perfectly master of the . sea . It matters little to the . resulti whether ; the invading force were closely packed in boats or in steamers , so long as a hostile fleet . of superior strength can be brought : against it . The force of this consideration was fully admitted in the gigantic and scientific scheme of invasion formed ; by : Bonaparte ¦ in . 1803 . ^ The first condition of that scheme .: was , that for a' few . days , or even -for . a few hours , the French should be complete
masters of the Channel ; and Bonaparte intended to accomplish this object partly by force and partly -by stratagem . It . was intended that the French- fleet = should secretly rendezvous at Martinique to the number of fifty or sixty sail of the line ; and that in the meantime having endeavoured to decoy the British fleet to distant stations ,. ' the French admiral should appear in full strength in the Channel and convey the army of Boulogne to the . coasts of Kent . Admiral Collingwood had the sagacity to divine this scheme ; and in-pursuance of his advices Sir Robert Calder was stationed off Cape Finisterre , —and ; as is so well known , succeeded in dispersing and capturing the ships of "Villeneuve .
Not emitting other plans of defence , the most efficient means , therefore , of defending the southern coasts of England is the maintenance of our superiority at sea , and especially in the Channel ; and even Sir Francis Head does not venture to affirm that our navy is inferior to the navy of France . The strongest point of the book ,, is the defenceless state of our cities , in the event of
an invading army succeeding in ^ effecting a landing . The suggestion of the Duke of Wellington on that head is the cheapest , the most feasible , and , he adds , the " most constitutional "—embody the militia . We would only add , by way of " advice to the Government , ' -treat the people in such a manner as to make them feel they have institutions worth guarding . Do justice ; and we shall then never -want efficient defenders of Great Britain !
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Personal Adventures during ihe late War of Independence in Hungary . Comprising an ac-\ count of her Missions ' under the orders of Kossuth to the different Posts of the Hungarian Army during the Contest . " By the Baroness Von Beck . Two vols . Bentley . . This is a most extraordinary , narrative of spiritsUrring adventure . We have here a heroine who tells ub of more : dangers , courageously braved and triumphantly passed through by herself , than those of all the seven championspf- 'Christendom put together ..
The Baroness Von Beck , by birth an Hungarian , saw her husband fall when cheering on bis . men- to defend : a ; barricade during the Oetober Kevolution in Vienna . Brokenhearted and desperate , she determined thenceforth to devote herself to the good of her country ; and , on the invitation of some members of the Austrian Diet , undertook . to carry a message to Kossuth and the Hungarian army . She persisted ; in spite of extraordinary ; diffir culties and dangers . She was stopped at the
frontiers hy the' army of Windischgratz , and turned back tiree or four times . At last she managed-to g ive the enemy the slip in the guise of a fish » 5 rman , and arrived safely at Presburg , where she declared her message to Csanyi . Hereupon Gorgey , who was present at the time , requested her to undertake a mission to the north of Hungary , to ascertain the strength of Simonich ' s army . In two days her preparations were made , and she . was again on the road . . But we will let her tell her own tale : — '
¦ On the 15 th of November I received my charge , namely , to obtain accurate intelligence concerning the strength and position of Simonich's . troops . I immediately took the railway to Tryriau , and travelled thence by postcarriage through Kadash and Senitz to my own estate . My people ^ were in the greatest terror and anxiety , expecting momentarily a visit from Simonioh ' s soldiers . Their fears , however , proved happily unfounded , . 1 remained here until the 21 st , and having received and returned the visits of my neighbours , took my departure-for Centra , where I fell in with the first division of Simonich ' s corps , and an uncouth mob of peasants j under the command of the Pastor Hurban , a fanar
tical Sclavish priest . The division was on its march to Senitz , and was about two thousand strong . Having ascertained , by calculating the quantity of provisions they consumed , that the whole force . of Simonich amounted to about six thousand men , and having made accurate observations on their position ; I returned to . my residence , where I made such arrangements of my most necessary affairs as a hasty visit would permit , and set out once more for Presburg , to g ive an account of my mission . At Senitz , which lay in the route , Ifound the head-quarters of a Hungarian division , commanded . by Colonel Ordody , to whom , as it imported him especially , on account of his proximity to the enemy , I communicated all the information I had obtained , and
authenticated it by my papers . I then started by post carriage for Presburg , and waited upon Gorgey at once with a . full report , of my mission . He thanked me for the services I had rendered to ^ the cause of Hungary , and handed me a letter which hadcomeb ^ me with a . despatch for the Embassy at Vienna . Baron Motoschitzky requested me , at the fame time , to bear a letter from him to . Prince "Windischgratz : containing the intelligence that his newl y-pnrehased estate atLeska had been reduced to ashes by the Hungarian bombardment . I was glad of this last commission , as a letter to the Field-Marshal wonld be a sufficient passport for me thronah any part of the Austrian encampment . And
Should I be fortunate enough to receive an answer from Windiscbgratz . it would protect me from all " interruption on my . return . . ' . . ' . . Ihe same evening all the preparations for my journey hack to Vienna were finished . I had now entrusted -to me a letter from Kossuth to the - ——Embassy , ^ a letter . from Baron Motoschitzky to Prince Windhch gratz , and many , private letters , rom the officers to persons in Vienna . My mihtary friends advised me . to conceal the letters in
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my haversack . This did not appear to-, me , good ; counsel ; for I knew that , should iEbelstbpped bythe . J 5 roats , theyjvould , ransaotand -turn ^ inflide ^ but everything , likely ; tb .. contain ! food , my fetters would thus be- discovered , arid ' myself inevitably put to death . * I Had . determined to make the journey in a peasant ' s cart ; as ifc- would' expose me : to fewer-inquiries arid stoppages ' than a vehicle ' of more imposing- appearance . I caused one of the planks of the cart to be hollowed out at the end , without breaking the surface of the side , and placed all my letters in theapace thus formed . The plank was then replaced , and the joining at the end rubbed over with clayr . 'I now felt perfectly certain tbat they-. could not . be discovered by , even ; the prying Croats . .: ! t : ' -, ' .. T
¦ On the evening of Decemberthe 5 th , I . left Presburg , and soon reached Wolfsthal . / . whefe Jellachich ' s corps was posted . As usual , 1 was seized at the outpbsts , and subjected to a rigid examination . In anticipation of such an event , I had provided myjself with papers from a well known fruit warehouse at \ Presburg , ' and represented myself as ah agent of that house going to Vienna to collect in some debts . In " spite of all my precautions , ko wever , I was placed under , military surveillance as far , as Sommering . ' I was stopped and examined sir-an ' dtwenty times , but in all . cases my . papers proved a sumcient passport . - At'lerigtbi'early on tbe 6 th , the cupolas and towers of . the once gay , but now humbled and mourning , city of the Kaisers appeared ¦
in view , - - , I entered "Vienna ., It appeared to my imagination invested with a sombre and ' tragic Sue , and the ruins which marked ; the fierceness of the recent struggleT against tyranny . ' seemed '" fraugKt wfth solemn admonition to all despotic ; rulers . The figure of my slaughtered husband came beforo ; iny mind ; but the thronging memories which accompanied iijl cannot , even did I desire to , depict . It wasiow exactly a month since I * had left the cityi but the exciting events which I had passed through made it appear a much longer period . I repaired to the Hotel of the-r ^—Embassy , where I was
received with the greatest attention , and an immediate ' answer promised to Kossuth ' s despatch . From thence I proceeded to Schonbrun with the letter to Prince "Windisohgratz ; but was informed that lie was gone with Jellachich to the Imperial Court at Olrautzj and would not return . till the next day . His nephew ^ Count Windisohgratz , whom I saw soon after with' Count Thun and Prince Licbten ? stein , . confirmed this information . I . returned , therefore , 'to "Tiehna , and occupied myself in delivering the various letters with which I was charged ; In the : evening :: I received the promised answer of the r— : —Ambassador to Kossuth's letter . .. ¦ : * ... ¦ " . -
On the next day I again visited , Schonbrun , and was admitted to ah interview with Windisohgratz and Jellachicb , —the two pillars of the house of Hapsburg . They received me with distinguished courtesy . . Could they ; have defined the thoughts that filled my ieartj'how different ' would iiave been my reception ! I handed my letter to Windisohgratz : he read it , . and seemed struck with terror at its contents . ; l confess * it * was " . not without a secret feeling of satisfaction I saw this man taste seme of the bitterness of that misery into which , with a remorseless hand , he had plunged myriads of his own , and of my countrymen . .. . He went into , his cabinet to write an answer to Mdtoschitzky , and Jellachich remained standing in the presence of his deadly
enemy . ' Iribwlboked ^ fbr the firsfc time , upon the calumniator of Hungarian honour—the plunderer and destroyer of Vienna . I could scarcely refrain from giving utterance to the feelings of disgust and scorn that swelled within me ; but I could serve my country more effectually , and was silent . He questioned me as to the number and condition of the Hungarian troops . I represented them as double their actual force .. Upon which belaid , with apparent carelessness ,., that those divisions which . I had not seen were probably still stronger . His drift was ' evidently to draw from me some
information respecting the position of the various corps , but I defeated it by taking refuge in the general ignorance of my sex upon such matters . . Windisohgratz now returned with his written answer to Motoschitzky .. He thanked me again for the trouble I had taken on his account ; and what pleased me much more , he directed Count Thun to make out an order , giving-me liberty to pass , wherever I chose , unmolested by the Austrian troops , to which he appended his own signature . I took my leave ; my object . was accomplished , and the two great Generals—the . conquerors of Prague , and Viennawere outwitted by a woman .
In such dangerous expeditions as these—in facias a spy—when ' death would have '' instantly followed on . detection , did this enthusiastic and brave woman pass the entire time , with scarcely a "few weeks' rest , from November 1848 to the end of 1849 . * So extraordinary an instance of passionate devotion'to a cause , and of perfect indifference to danger when a servicexould be rendered , wo scarcely recollect to have heard or read of . Certainly it has never been surpassed .
During this anxious and busy . period the Baroness Von Beck ' passed repeatedly through the very midst . of the Austrian and Russian armies . Some half dozen , times she pene , trated into Vienna itself . She was present at two great battles ,. . those of Moor , and Branitzscka . She'took part in the surrender at Vilagos , and the evacuation of Comorn . . At One time we . findher stirring , up the Poles to insmtectioh at Lemberg and Cracow ; at another she is intriguing with Germans at
Dresden , and Cseksin Prague . " She was now feasting the conquerors of Buda or dancing with ' the heroes of Kapolua ; and now dressing the , wounds of the patriots , or superintending the hospitals and prisons . . At one moment she draws out p lans of campaigns for Gorgey , and gives counsel on state affairs to Kossuth ; at another she is steaming down the Danube listeningto : the sill y boastiiigs pflYeldeh , or engaged in pleasant conversation with Paskevich himself . '" . ' . '
Her masterpiece , however , was her visit ^ to Haynau .- In the desperate hope of saving the life of a friend , this intrepid woman actually bearded the tiger in his own den ; and that , too , at tbe very time when he was revelling in the blood , of his victims . -Had she been discovered , she would not have had twenty-four hours to ' . live ; -y et - she actuall y placed herself of her own accord in . the power of the hangman j and escaped unsuspected J Of all the multitude in the Neugeb ' aude , the only one to whom ! could ' briri g any comfort was Danielis . His affairs were ; in a fair way of arrangement , but his personal danger was still great . He begged me to see Haynau , and to prevail upon him , if possible , at least , to hear Danielis in his own defence . The prisoners knew of the death of Batbyani , but as yet the fatal tidings from Arad had not reached them , and every one made it a duty to conceal these
atrocities from them . ' ' . I left this' place . of mourning , and retired to my hotel . I . had pledged myself to see Haynau on Danielis ' s behalf , and my promise must now be fulfilled : I went to Haynau ' s residence , and , after waiting a long time ,-was introduced to his presence . He received me politely , and I felt encouraged . I told him that I had come on behalf of Colonel Danielis , and mentioned that he was the father of a helpless family ; that he had not fought against Austria , and dwelt particularly on his having saved the royal estates from destruction , of which , I said , I could bring him satisfactory evidence . Haynau said that the chief bailiff of the crown property had been already with him , and had represented the services of the prisoner upon that occasion in a very favourable lig ht ; that this afforded sufficient ground for his pardon , but still he could not be . liberated until it came to his turn , to be examined . This was
very satisfactory . 1 felt emboldened to present a petition which Kossuth ' s mother had entrusted to me , praying that his ^ children mighit . be placed with herself . Ho took thelpaper and read it , and his natural character returned : he was Haynau once more ; a dark frown , like - & .. thundercloud , gathered upon his brow . '" - "What .- !; " said he , in a voice hoarse with passion , '" what IdO ; you want the children to receive the same revolutionary training as their father ? , . The women of'Hungary have the devil in their hearts ,
and are guilty of infinite mischief . No , I tell you ; the girl shall he placed in a convent , and the boys brought iip in , "Vienna under surveillance . Go : that is the will of his Majesty . ? ' He asked me how I had become acquainted with . Kossuth and his mother ? I told him what I thought proper , and he left me with a volley of filthy abuse against the illustrious exile and his family . These were bad tidings to bring to the atred mother .: I tried to comfert her as well as . I could , and . after this visited her much more frequently than I did before . .:, •• ,
A narrative of such miraculous escapes , such dangerous enterprises , and such a spirit-stirring period , would be sufficient to give interest to the driest manner and tho most commonplace style ; but the Baroness adds to the charm by a warmth and vigour in the manner of her description which testifies eloquently to her own enthusiastic love for the cause she has adopted . _ ¦>¦ ¦ ¦
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quirea a mtle girl , 6 n hearing her mother say that all people were . onfle'cbildren .. ; T ; ri Ii is a singular fact that , when ' an Indian swears , he swears m English ,. There , are no oaths , in the Indian vernacul ar . . •• ¦ .., ¦ ¦ ; ¦ an JtxpBRiMBNT . has been made at the -Arsenal oi Mete , of m prtars , hand grenades , and bombs : made of zinc , which has completely succeeded . ¦ i A coquEix Kat a ball-asked a gentleman who was adjusting her tucker , if he could flirt a fan ? - " No , madam , answered he , proceeding to . use it , " but I c & n j an a flirt" t ,,,-, ' A doctor claims for ^ his fliiack ' medicine the power of curing love-sick folks , , in ; . addition to all other diseases . We think a Doctor of Divinity is the best ; doctor in such cases ... ,..., _ .. „ - , " : ' . ' . " ., "; ' : , " j Isn ' t it decidedl y aggravating . ' when you are about to imprint the " cheery ripe" Kiss upon your lady love , to have some one pop in ? Or ,, after it is done ; io
ooHonre Home . one in . the corner of the room r " Knowledge "' is power ! " complacently exclaimed a dandy , . the . other day , wheni-twb strong men having failed , he released a lap " dbg from the teeth of a . huge mastiff , by quietly administering to the latter a pinch ' , o £ snuff ! .. ' . ;; , ; ., ¦' . ' . '" ,. • The TODNo ^ man whb was . crossed in love , last week , ; says , if it . , were ; n 6 t for * getting ;^> t lie , would drown himself ! He will . probably , compromise matters by i shooting himself in , a ' lookiii ' g glass . ' "' .. '""" , . ' To Prevent Burglary . — Aiplate '' of iron , no matter how thin , upon that part ' of each accessible door , or window-shutter , on wbich a lock or bolt is fixed , will foil the operation of a centre-bit , the implement at present most in use with burglars . Lamb Jim Jones - ' says , when he was . in South Carolina , one summer ,. it turned very , ' - ' cold , " anil snow fell on the 9 th of Augiisti at least ^ six inches deep , arid when the sun came out , it , was so'hot that the snow never got a chance to melt , it tdbJied ' a brown crust on it , ' . ¦ " ¦¦ . - - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦•• . ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ i
A Raven . —He that visits the sick in hope of a legacy , let him be ever so friendly in all other cases , I look upon him in this to be no better than a raven that watches a weak sheep , only to peck out the eyes on't . " ' - ' - i .- ' j Effects of Wealth . —He is a great simpleton who imagines that the chief power of wealth is . to supp ly ' wants . 'In ninety-nine cases out of a' hundred it creates more wants than its supplies . The Fkknch PiiBSiDBNT . —At the recent reviews in France , which have caused so much alarm to the Republican section of the ministry , the principal pm > tion _ of the entertainment ; provided atthe ' expense of Louis Napoleon , consisted of Ham ^ sandwiches . - A " waggish friend of . ours , says , ' the very-. . idea ofEarn must have been sufficient to cause some ' very cutting recollections in the President ' s mind . .- ¦• ;
A Clergyman , who was noted for his affected pronunciation , went to a shoemaker , and ordered a pair of : boots to be made . A few days atterhe called , and inquired if ; they were ready , and was answered in the negative . :, "• Will they be ready . by next Cheusday ? " - asked the clergyman . -..: " No , " said the shoemaker , " but you shall have them by next Satcliewday . " ¦
DEFINITI 0 H 8 . : ; . v Jealousy . —Love ' si . . ' brain fever ,, from . which he oftener dies than recovers . . ; ,, Bream . —A holiday the mind takes from the body . —ikqwir . —The-dark-starless night of the soul . ' '¦ Remorse . —The key that locks out Hope . . i . . i Truth . —Tbe Great Unround . ¦¦ ' ¦ i : ¦ - W iiY is Exeter Hall , or the Gorham controversy , or the National Debt during a Whig Administration ; or the king in a five-act tragedy , or a supper of cold Irish stew , like a person getting inside an omnibus that is going to Kewl —[ An interval often minutes is allowed to enable the reader to takebreatli . ' ]—Because it ' s anincubus ( ln- ; Keui-Buss J—Punch . ¦ , ,
Too Forward . —Scarborough clocks are , or at least used to be in olden time , celebrated for being always tod fast ; - There is a pretty little tale , told of a Yorkshire lass , who , being fairly tired out with her sweetheart ' s never putting the necessary question , at last plumply and-plainly made the venture herself , and asked him whether or not it was his intention to marry her : when , Yorkshire-like , he cooly replied , "I think , . my dear j you're like the Scarborough clocks—you ' re rather too forward !" Irish Hub and Cry . —From some extracts given by . the Tipperary Free Press , it seems that James Neary , of Dunbell , near Gowran , is advertised as haying lost a bay mare , " with a few gray hairs oh' her forehead , which has a long tail ! " . Joseph Griffith ,
who absconded from Keswick , is described verbatim as follows : — " Little or no whiskers , which are very much marked with smallpox . " If the subject of the following is not detected , it's nc fault of the graphic police pen which describes him :- ^ '' Hehaslighthair and hazel eyes on a turned-u ? nose . " " V : ; , ' ... Talk after Church . —V Well ; Laura , give me a short sketch of the sermon . Where was the text ?"" Oh ! I don't know- ^ I have forgotten it : But , wouldyoubelieve . it , Mrs ., Y , wore that , horrid bonnet of her ' s ! I couldn ' t keep myeyes off . it .. all the meeting-lime . MissP . had on a lovely little pink one , and Miss T . wore a new shawl ' : that- must : have cost , at least , ten guinea ' s . I wonder her folks don ' t see the folly of such , extravagance . ' And there was
Mrs . H . ' , with her . ' short figure , in one of those shaggy paletots , called Yegunias ! Itis astounding what a want of taste some folks exhibit . " . ' . ' . WeB , if you have forgotten the sermon , you have not the audience . But what preacher do you prefer , thisnewone ; or Mr . A . ? " " Oh , Mr ; A ., decidedly ! He is so handsome and so graceful—what an eye , and what a set of teeth he has !'' Digging . —In digging a square perch of ground in spits of the usual dimensions ( seven inches by eight inches , ) the spade has to be thrust in' 700 times ; : and as each spadeful of earth , if the spade nenetrates nine inches , as it ought to do , will weigh
on the average full seventeen pounds , 11 , 900 pounds of earth have to be lifted , 'and the customary pay for doing this is twopence halfpenny . As there are 100 perches or rods in an acre , in digging the' latter measure of ground the garden labourer has to . cut out 112 , 000 spadesful of earth , weighing in the aggregate 17 , 000 cwt ., or 850 tons , and : during the work he moves over a distance of fourteen miles . As the spado , weighs between eight and nine pounds , he has to lift , in fact , diii ing the work , half , as much more weight than that above specified , or 1278 tons . An able-bodied labourfr- can dig ten square perches a day , or even more if the soil be light , and sufficiently moist tbclihg well' together .
Consumpiiok of SM 0 KK . —The Town-Council of Manchester are putting to a practical test their powers of compelling the manufacturers to consume the smoke of their furnaces . A report of the Subcommittee contains this very encouraging summary by Councillor Howarth , who says , " He lately . waited on Mr . Hugh Beaver , and ascertained that the quantity of coal rformsrly ^ ed per week in his manufactory was seventy-eight tons , whilst by the consumption of smbkeand the improvements consequent on
the adoption of the system a weekly saving is effected of twentyreight tons . I visited Messrs . George Clarke and Sons' manufactory , " continued Mr . Howarth , " and they told me the saving they effected by consuming the smoke from their' fires was upwards of forty tons per week . They formerly used' 140 tons per week , now they consume less than 100 tons . They have expended upwards of £ 1200 on new boilers to their steam-engines , in order to abate the smoke nuisance ; and they expect the outlay will be re-paid by tbe saving of coal effected in a year and a half . "
ADicTWNARr Word . — "John , " ' said : a master tanner , the other day , to one of his men , "bring in some fuel . "—John walked off , revolving theword in his mind , and returned with a . pitchfork . — "I don ' t want this , " said the wondering tanner ; I want fuel , John !"— " Beg ' your pardon , " , replied the man , "I thought yoii wanted something to turn over the skin . " And off he went again not a whit wiser , but ashamed to confess his ignorance . Much meditating ( as Lord Brougham would say , ) lie next pitched upon the besom , shouldering which , be returned to the counting-house . — '' iWhat a stupid fellow ' you ; are John ! " exclaimed his master in a passion ; " I want gome sticks and shavings to light the * fire . "—• " O-h-h-h ! " rejoined the . rustic ; " that ' s what you want , is it ? Why could'nt you say so ' at first , master , instead of a London Dictionary word ? ' '—And wishful to show that he was not alone in his ignorance , he called a comrade to the tanner ' s presence ,
and asked him if he knew what fuel was ?"— ' / Ay !" answered Joe 5 "ducks and geese , and sich like . " War and its Cost . — "The number of men employed for military purposes , both by land and sea , in Europe at this moment , is no less than 4 000 , 000 . The population of Europe is 267 , 000 , 000 , of which 126 , 120 , 000 are males . And taking away from this number those who were unfit for service , one-half of the remainder ( the flower of the people , between twenty and thirty years of age ) are engaged in warlike purposes . The average value of a year ' s labour may be taken at £ 9 , and thus , by taking away 4 , 000 , 000 of men from their ordinary occupation , the loss of produce would be £ 36 . 000 , 000 sterling . To this may be added certain amounts paid in connexion with the same loss , making a total of £ 117 , 150 , 000 , or nearly one third the amount of all the budgets ol the European governments . The expenses M'war during the last thirty yeais hare been £ 243 , 500 , 000 .
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iv . t * , " Xt-aIi X ? . I ¦¦ - ? , - " - W- % ? -, "itmv i-rw . -iTiVJ , - SWeij , how few of the afflicted have been permanently cured by ordm & ry appeals to medical-skill ! - < fhis , no ; doubt , orisea from- the use of D » werful anerients ^ oo f « aUentlyadra | nUteredbyr . thejprpfe 8 flion ! nndeej 4 : strong internal medicines ¦ should always bo avoided in all cases of thu complaint ; ' THoproprietor -df the "' aoove Ointment , after years of acute ™ uftriM placediClf under thl treatment of that eminent surgeon , iMr . ^ Atypethy '; was b y ; him restored to perfect health and has eiiioved it ever shibe witho ^ . tlie . sljelitestreturnof thedlsbraer , overaperi thlan perscnption'has been thofmeans - of Healing a vastnumber of desperate cases ,-bot h in and out of th ? nronrietor ' s Itl - ^ 5 H ^ most , of which cases had been-under-raedical care ,, and some of them for . a very considerable time ! Abernethy ' s Pile Ointment was unreduced to the piibli . o by the desire ot many who had been nerfectlv healed bv its application , ' and since itsintroductten the fame of this - Ointment has spread far and wide ; even the medical nrofesBion ! always slowand unwilling to acknowledge , the v virtues of any medicine net prepared by iheraselvej do now freelv and frankly admit that Abernethy ' s PUe Ointment is not only a valuable preparation , but a never foiling ; remed » in iwvi gtagfrand ' Varietyofthat appallfagmala'dy . 'r :, ' / .:: ; ' . . > " ¦ . ¦ J V Sufferersfrom , the Piles ; will not , repent giving the Ointment a trial . - Multitudes of cases of its efficacy mlelit be produced , if the naturo ' of the complaint did not render those who have been cured , unwilling to publish thoir names . . ' . v ' : ; . > Vvi-, ; . ; i- .. ¦ : '¦ : ¦ .:. ¦ ¦ ¦•'¦¦ ' '¦ . ••' . >¦" •¦' l ' ¦ ' ¦ - '• ¦ , Sold in covered Pots at 4 s , 6 d . ; or ; thfe quantity of three ; is . 6 d . pots in one for lis ,, with full directions for use ' by . Barclay and Eons , Farringdon-street , Edwards , St Paul's Chureh-yard j Bulter , 4- Chenpsidu ; Newbery St Paul ' s ; , Sutton ,, Bow Church-yard ; . Johnson , 68 Cornhill ; Sanger , 158 Oxford-street ; H'illoughby and Co ., 61 Bishopsgate-street Without ; Owen , 52 > Marchmond . street , Biirton ^ rescent ; Bade , 39 Goswell-ntreet ; Prout , 239 Strand ; Hannay anilCo . v . 63 ,. Oxford-street ; Prentis , 84 , Bdgewara . road ; andretailbyall respectable ChemiBtsand Medicine Vendors in London . . , . ,.., -.. ;• : .: . ¦ ,.-. ''' . * if , Be surejtd ask ' for ! ' ! ABERNETHY ^ S ' PILE OINTMKNT . " The Public are requested to be on their guard against noxious Compositions , sold ' at low Prices , and . to observe that none can possibly be genuine , unless the name of 0 . King is printed on the Government Stamp affixed to each pot , 4 s . 6 d . ; which is the lowest price the proprietor is enabled to . sellitat , owing to the great expenso of . the Ingredients . ¦¦ .- . ! : - •' . mvpI- CORNS AND . BCNIONS . / ! D A U li'S E V E ;; R ; YJ M A N'S F R I E N P , J . ^ Patronised by the Royal Family , Nobility , Clergy , < fco . " Is a sure and spsedy Cure for those severe annoyances , without causing the least pain or inconvenience . Unlike aH other remedies for Corns , its operation is ; such ; as to render the cutting of Corns altogether unnecessary : indeed , we may say , the ' practice'of cutting Corns is' at-all times highly dangerous , and has been frequently attended with lamentable consequences , Besides its Mability to' increase ; their growth ; it adheres with the most gentle pressure , produces an instant and delightful relief from torture , " and with perseverance in its application , entirely eradicates the most inveterate Corns and Bunions . ! - - > ¦ •¦ '' I Testimonials have been received from upwards of one hundred Physicians and Surgeons of the greatest eminence , as well as from many Officers of both Army and Navy , and nearly one thousand-private letters from the gentry in town and country , speaking in high terms of this valuable remedy . : : . ¦;•• ' ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ Vi Prepared by John Fox , in bpxes . at lSi ; lid ., or three small boxes in one for 2 s . 9 d ., and to be had , with full direct tions for use , at aU wholesale and " retail medicine vendors in town and country . The genuine has the name of John Fox on the stamp . A , 2 s , Od . box cures the most obdurate corns , ' - ¦ ¦ : ¦ ,.,- ¦ . . . , . Ask for "Paul ' s Every Man ' s Friend . " ¦ ¦ - ¦ •' ¦ ' .- . Abernethy s PUe Ointment , Paul's Cdrri'Plaster , and Abernethy ' s Pile Powders , are sold by the following respectable Chemists and Dealers in-Patent Medicines : — r / ¦ * ¦ Barclay and Sons , Farringdon-street ; . Edwards , 67 , St . Paul ' s Church-yard ; Butler , 4 , Cheapside ; Newb ' ery , Sti Paul ' s ; Sutton , Bow Church-yard ; Johnson , 68 , Cornhill ; Sanger , 150 , Oxford-street ; Willoughby and Co ., 6 U Bishopsgate-street Without ; Owen , 52 , Marchmond-strect ; Burton-crescent ; Bade , 39 , Goswcll-streeir ; Prout , 229 ^ Strand ; Hannay and Co ., 63 , . Oxford-street ; Prentis , 84 , Edgeware-road ; and retail by all respectable chemists and medicine vendors in London . ..: . . ¦ . - • ¦ ¦; . . ConNTBY . ¦ Agents . —Baines and Neveaome , Heaton , Smeetbn , Reinhardt and sons , J . C . Browne , '¦ 48 Brigate ; Denton ,. Garland , Mann , Bean , Harvey , Haigb , late Tarbettom ; Bolland and Kemplay , Land , Moxom , C . HayV 10 G Briggate : Ithodesj-Bell and Brook , Jjori , U . C . Hay , Medical Hall , Leeds ; Himmington , Maud and Wilson , BogerEon , StanfieW , . Bradford j . Hartley , Denton , WaterhouBe , Jepson , ^ ood , Dyer , Parker , Jennings and Leylahd / Halifax ; Smith , Elland . ; . Hurst , Cardwell , Gelland Smith , jWakefield ; Pybus , Barnsley ; Knowles , Thome , Brook ,. and Spivey , iluddersfieli ; . Hudson , Keighley . j Brooke , Doncaster ; Matthews , Creaser , Driffield . Cass , Goole ; Milner , Pickering ; Stevengob , Whitby ; Bolton , Blanshard and Co ,, Hargrove , Fisher , Otley , Linney , York ; W ^ mvright , Hoivden ; Horsby , fl ranghan , Jefferson , Malton ; BuckalVScarborough : Smith , iFurby , BriUIington ; Adams , Colton , Pullen , Selby ; Omblier , - Market Weighton ; GledWU , Old Delph ; -, Priestley ,-Fox , Pontefract ; Dalby , Wetherby ; Slater , Bedale ; . Dixon , - Nonhallerton ;¦ Ward , Eichmond ; . Ward , Stoke ' sley ; Foggitt , and Thompson , Thirsk ; Monkhouse , Barnard Castle ; Pease , Darlington ; Jennett , Stockton ; Ballard , Abingdon ; Thompson , Armagh ; Jamieson , Aberdeen ; Potts , Banburr ; King . Batb ; Winnall , Birmingham ; Parkinson , BlacKburn ; Bradbury , b ' olten ; Noble , Boston ; Beach and Co . Bridgewater ; Brew , Brighton ; Ferris , and Co . Bristol ; Haines , Brom ' agroYe ; Siret , Buckingham ; Bowman , ! , Bury ; Cooper , Canterbury ; Jefferson , Carlisle ; Eagle , Chelmsford ; Fletcher , Chester ; Smith , Colchester ; Rolla-Bon , Coventry ; ; Bowman , . Chorley ; Pikej Derby ; Byers , Devbnport ; Brooks , Doncaster ; Hollier , -Dudley ; Duncan , ; Bumfries ; Drummond , Duudee ; Baker , ; Bast Retford ; Evans and Hodgson , Exeter ; Garbutt , Gateshead ; Raimes - Edinburgh ; Henry , Guernsey ; Nelson , Glasgow ; Simple , Greenock We ' jmss , Hereford ; Butler , High -Wycombe Cussons , Horncastle ; Noble , Hull ; , Fetch ,, Ipswich ; Tuach , Inverness ; Green , Jersey ; , Milner , Lancaster ; Harper , Leamington ; Butler , Dublin ; Cooper ,: Leicester ; Aspinall , Liverpool ; Coleman , Lincoln ;; Cocking , Ludlow ; Wigg ; . ' Lynn ; Wright , ; Macclesfield ; lessey ,. Manchester ; : Langley , "' Mansfield ; Butler , Marlow ; Campbell , Montrose J Ridge ; Newark ; Sutton , Nottingham ; Mease , North Shields ; Jarrold and Co ., Norwick ; Stump , Oldham ; Mennie ' Plymouth ; Gowans ,- Perth ; Vint and Car , Sunderland ; Leader , Sheffield ; Deighton , Worcester ; Froud , Dorchester ; , And by all'respectable Chemists in every Market town throughout the United Kingdom . ¦¦ ¦ ¦ . > - ¦ . Wholesalb Agent * . —Messrs , Bolton , 'Blanshard , and Co ., Druggists , Micklegate , York . ,
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DR . BARKER'S . . .. Compound & diati Ex-, tract , for Secret Debility ' , ' and impediments to Marriage ' , is exclusively directed to the cure of nervoms and sexual debility , irregularity , weakness , consumptive habits , and debilities arising , from mental irritability , ; , local . or constitutional weakness , generative , diseases , & c , ; It is a most powerful and useful medicine in : all . cases . of syphilis , or any . of the previous symptoms which indicate approaching dissolution , such , as depression , of the spirits , melancholy ; . ' trembling ofthi hands or limbs , disordered nerves , arid inward waatings . The ; nne softening qualities of the Compound Indian Extract is peculiarly adapted to remove such syinptbms , and gradually to restore'the system to a healthy stated-even where sterility seems to have fastened on ' theconstitution , this medicine ' will warm , and : purify the blood and fluids , invigorate the body , and remove every impediment , ,. , - ¦ .:.: ¦ .- ¦« ' ' r '" i . The Compound Indian Extract should be taken previous to
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. Thirty-Fifth Edition , ' ¦>¦ Containing the Remedy for the Prevention of Disease . - . Illustrated with Twenty-Six Anatomical CoUJured Engravings on Steel . ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS , GENERATIVE INCAPACITY , AND IMPEDIMENTS . TO MARRIAGE . A new arid improved Edition , enlarged to 196 pages , price 2 d . Gd ; by post , direct from the Establishment , 8 s . 6 d . in postage stamps . , , ; :. ' TH E SI LENT FRIEND ; , a Medical Work on tho Exhaustion and Physical Decaj of the System , produced by Excessive Indulgence , the consequences of Infection , or the abuse of Mercury , with explicit Directions for the use of the Preventive Lotion , followed by Obseevatioks on the Married State .
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fearful and exhausting kind , intense melancholy , depression of the spirits , partial or complete extinction of the ' reproductive powers , and non-retention of urine , are permanently cured by the Cordial Dulm ' of Syriacum , and patients restored to the full enjoyment of health and functions of manhood . Price lis . per bottle , or four quantities in ene , for 33 s . "
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¦ HEALTH WBERS'TIS SOUGHT 1 HO LL Ofil' S- ' -PIL L S . Cure of a Disordered Liver and Stomach , when in ' a most hopeless state . Extract of a Letter from Mr . Matthew Harvey , of Chapel Hall , Airdrie , Scotland , dated the 15 th of January , 1850 . Sib , —Your valuable pills have . been the means , with God ' s blessinjr , of restoring me to a state of perfect health , and at a time when I thought I . was on the brink of thegrare . I had consulted several eminent doctors , who , after doing what they could for me ,- stated that they considered tny case as hopeless . I ought to say that Ihad been suffering from a liver and stomach complaint of long standing , , which during the last two years got so much worse , thateveryone considered my condition as hopeless . I , as a last ; resource , got a box of your pills , which soon gave relief , and > by persevering in their use . for . some weeks , together with rubbing night and morning your Ointment -over .-my ; chest and stomach , and right side ; Iliavo by their means alone got completely cured , " and to tho astonishment of myself and everybody who knows me . —( Signed ) Matthew Ha & j . ve ' i . —To Professor Houowat . . , Cure of a Case of Weakness and Debility , of Four-
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 16, 1850, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_16111850/page/3/
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