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TO THE ARMIES OF THE HOLT ALLIANCE y .. .-, OF-THE KINGS . SocniBBS '—The tyrants who oppress you raise anew the standard of -great wars . Powerless to defend their despotism against the propaganda of ideas and of rig hts , they desire yet another time to make an appeal to the fratricidal policy of battles . - Their pretexts you know ; behold their object . They hope to drown in blood the spirit of liberty which now animates the serfs of Ukrania , as well as the pariahs of western civilisation ; they hope , by awaking in you the murderous instincts of combat , to postpone indefinitely the reign of human brotherhood . Soldiers ! will you consent to this ? Count yourselves , and count them . How many are they , emperors and kings , valeis and aclices ? At best few thousands
comp a . . Tour want of union only makes their strength . Observe this Monarch who . placing his will above eternal reason , believes himself a god upon earth because he leads , like a vile ^ M ^ wit * men , his equals before humanity . What would become of thl power of which he is so proud if these men remembered that some of them owe the sacrifice of their blood to tbe resurrection of heroic Poland , the matyr nation , the others to the moral reestablishment of their race , all to fraternity and me the first of his vassals , this Emperor of Austria , but yesterday a child , who has steeped his crown in blood at Vienna as at Pesth , at Milan , as at Venice and Brescia , could he reign a day , an hour , if each of yon , Poles , Italians , Hungarians , Ausirians betook yourselves to your own banner , the true banner of honour .
We know that they have taken care , purposely , todistance you from your own hearths . It is Hungary which is employed to keep down Italy : Austria watches disarmed Hungary ; Italians stand opposed to Germans , and Poland , who feeds the armies of all her three oppressors , is banished to Siberia and the Caucasus . They hope by these means , to take you from the memories of home and childhood ; they intend , by these means , to turn to advantage your old animosities , your prejudices , that tho despots have
nourished , and to assure the servitude of all by all . But , as if an invisible hand impelled your tyrants to unite you , you are now to be separated only by the fires of the bivouac You can—you ought , then , to baffle their Machiavellian combinations . Both country and humanity demand it , for there is but one duty for men as for peoples , for soldiers as for citizens , let them groan under foriegn oppression , or oppressed at home themselves—let them be made instruments of oppression abroad—and this duty is to be free and to Jove each other .
Be , then , brothers , all you who carry with the weight of military servitude the memories of a captive country . Were you of races formerly hostile , communing in hatred of tyranny , in the love of liberty , you ought to unite against the common enemy . Let hands join , let hearts understand each other , that from the detachment to the battalion , from the tent to the camp , a mysterious and sympathetic network may be extended , and soon the army of Despotism will be the army of Liberty . But if , through isolation or the unpitying severities of discipline thwarting your efforts , you are not able to organise revolution in the camp —a revolt in broad day—desert without fear , one by one , ten by ten . What matter ? But , above all , do not desert without arms , for they will be needful to conquer your independence .
Let not the shame that the teachings of passive obedience attach to those who violate the military oath stop you . Soldiers of country and humanity know you when you desert . It is when you enchain your reason and your courage to the orders of an iniquitous idea . But to break engagements imposed by force , sanctioned by falsehood , is on the contrary , to return to the true banner of honour . If insurrection on a large scale , if desertion in masses be impossible for you , then die martyrs rather than strike down those who are called your enemies and who are your brothers . History will record your names and honour your obscurer devotion equally with the most brilliant deeds .
German soldiers ! — you , who ought to have but one object , that of creating the great Germanic country—will you go to serve the cause of the Sings , to betray your common parent ? Remember that , conquerors or conqured slavery awaits you . Onghfc generous Germany to have armed all her children in vain ? Oh ! doubtless those who , so long bent beneath the military yoke , have forgotten home and country , to make themselves the blind tools of tyranny , preserve tbe heart cold and the hand firm to hurl death at ihe beck of a barbarian despot . But to-day the entire nation is rising in manly inspiration with its invincible horror of slavery . There we find , again , the noble youth who , at Vienna , at Berlin , at Stuttgard , at Baden , at Rastadt , combated for liberty . Can the homicidal traditions of the barrack prevail against the magnanimous inspirations of so many free and valiant hearts .
We find there again the glorious remnants of the phalanxes of Hungary and Poland , the sons of unhappy Italy . Soldiers of liberty ! will you strike down its martyrs ? Ah ! rather let the holy conspiracy that we preach to all soldiers united under the same banner be organised from one camp to the other ! Let the ranks mingle , and let one loud cry of enfranchisement bo raised from all these hearts united in fraternity ! And you , soldiers of the Prussian landwehr ! would you trust yourselves to" this King who has
ten times been traitor to his oaths , after having kneeled before the revolution when triumphant , after having saluted with uncovered head the corpses of the people who had fallen beneath tbe balls of his satellites . ? No , no . The sentence is pronounced against him and his race ; its execution will not be long delayed . Have not he and bis always leagued themselves with the Russian despot , as they are now doing ? You hold in your hands the destinies of Germany ! Then lay not down your arms until the Republic is proclaimed .
Remember then , all , soldiers of the Holy Alliance Of Kings' ! Remember the sublime example so lately given by the Hessian army , where no officer could be found to constrain the legitimate resistance of a People strong in its right . May you remember it ; each of them broke his sword , in order not to be wanting in his civic duty j and yet they were not called upon like you to shed their bretheren ' s blood . Soldiers of the Holy Alliance ! forget it not ; your enemies are in the palaces of kings . Enow how to will , and the guilty projects of Absolutism will only have served to found the liberty of all the Peoples , the universal Republic ! Lesbu Roiun , A . Dabasz . Delegate of the Polish Democratic Centralisation .
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The Co out of Assizes has been occupied for four days in the trial of twenty-two persons , for having formed part of a secret society called the Nemesis , the object of which was the destruction of the existing government , and the establishment of a democratic and social republic . On the 22 nd July last , a commissary of police entered a wine-shop in the Rue Saint Victor , 118 , whilst a number of conspirators were engaged in deliberation . On their per sons were found different revolutionary documents and proclamations addressed to the army , denouncing the President of the Republic in the grossest terms , and calling on the soldiers to desert . There -was also discovered a copy of the standing regulations of the secret society the Nemesis ; they set forth , among other things , that the members were to labour to secure the triumph of democratic principles "by all possible means ; " that at the head of the association should be an executive
committee of five members , with subordinate and district committees ; and they minutely detailed the manner in which the committees should act in ordinary and extraordinary circumstances . The conspirators at first held their meetings in the plains of Montrouge , and subsequently in different public-houses . In possession of some of the principal conspirators were found plana for reconstructing a government , in the event of the success of the society . One of them provided that there should be a dictator , and that he should be assisted by different committees . A number of drafts of decrees
were also found ; some of these enacted that the property of any one -who should leave France , or even the chief town of his department , should be confiscated ; that the property of the President of the Republic of the ministers of Louis Philippe , aud ofthe members of the majority of the Assembly , should be confiscated , and that they should be allowed 2 f . 50 c . a day to live on ; that war should ho declared against England ; that women should he emancipated , 4 c . There were also forms of the oaths to be taken by the members of the revolutionary tribunals and others . The interrogatories of tbe accused and the evidence presented nothing of interest . The jury acquitted eight of the accused ; three did not present themselves ; and the others were convicted . The court condemned the
convicts as follows : —de Valory and Henricy to two years' imprisonment . andSOOf . fine , and five years ' " interdiction of civil rights ; Corbet to fifteen months' imprisonment , lOOf . fine , and five years ' ^ interdiction of civil rights ; Berand , Taltier Berreta , iiSellenet , Chancel , Gouffe , Jayet , and Grorset , each jjfco six months' imprisonment , lOOf . fine , and two weaK interdiction of civil rights . The condemned , as they retired from the dock , cried " Vive la . Repub Miaue Democratique ! " Vive la Constitution ! " Da Talory , who was very elegantly dressed , is of good family and was formerly aide-de-camp to General Cowtais ; Henrioy was formerly one of the editor * rfthe National , and a commissaireoj the Fronsional K 3 overr , ment , The others are chiefly workmen , and some ofthem were in Caussidiere ' s corps of Mon-Sajmard « .--fl ' a % ri « n « .
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" The most momentous crisis that has ever occurred in the British democratic movement" is at hand . If Cobden , Bright , and Walmsley were behind the scenes , moving their puppets , they could not be served more effectually . IVorkingmen ! be onyour guard ! voudreon iheverge of danger , All I ask of you is to tirink calmly , dispassionately . Look at the common sense side of the questiondivest yourselves of all party-feeling , do not be led away by declamation or fine writing—reason on the facts that are brought before you , and judge !
Why should the men who objected to the actual Executive not , bo satisfied when they resign ? Why should the men who called for a new election , refuse to join in it when it is announced ? Why should the men who said the actual Executive were the only cause of disunion , still create " antagonism" when the " cause" is removed ? Why should the men who talk so much about "democracy , " and profess to obey the " majority , " say in their last address of the proposed London Conference , which would of course not meet , unless sanctioned by the majority of the Chartist body : " we resolve to take ne act or part in such Conference , should any be called ? " Why should they further refuse to obey the will of an overwhelming
majority , already pronounced in favour of electing an Executive , and try to slip through it by the contemptible quibble of the Chartists pot being the majoritu of ihepeople ? If those gentlemen don't represent Chartists , they represent nothing—therefore what right have they to despise or sneer at the votes of Chartists ? Let all these queries be well reflected on . And what think you of their telling us they mean to make a formidable impression on parliament , and in the same address ostentatiously exaggerating our weakness in the eyes of government ? ' Ask yourselves , why should this Conference meet in January ? There are only two reasons given . Firstly , to elect an Executive , and secondly .
to impress parliament in our consequence . Just fancy their wanting an Executive electedand , instead of at once setting about the election , saying : you are to elect a delegate to a Conference ; then you are to put your heads together , and determine upon your Executive ; then you are to tell your delegate ; then your delegate is to ' go and tell the Conference ; and then the Conference is to tell the country . Did you ever hear of such a round about way of doing business ? Besides , there is this inseparable objection against the Executive being elected at a Conference : the Conference , " owing to many of our local associations having perished altogether , while others exist only in name , " ( as the Manchester Council
have at last been compelled to admit , but as 1 stated at the very outset , ) can represent only a small portion , even of the Chartist body ; most localities ( that do exist ) very wisely refuse to elect delegates ; many are unable—many are two much ' « sunk in torpor ; " therefore the Executive , if elected by the Conference , could be elected by only a very small fraction of the Chartist body . But , if the votes are given by direct means , then every individual Chartist throughout the kingdom can give his vote , whether he belongs to a locality or not ; and according to the notice of the Provisional Executive , whether he is enrolled or not . By the first means , an Executive cannot be fully and fairly elected ; by the second it will be elected
as fully and fairly as an Executive can be . Now , in the name of honesty and common sense , why should they object to this ? Working men ! let us have no hole and corner Executive , elected by a party Conference . As to the other reason for holding a Conference in January , ' in order to impress parliament , " ( for the argument about the press is too futile [ to need further remark , ) it really scarcely requires an answer . It is preposterous to tell us with one breath , " that we are to make an impression on parliament , " and with the other , that we are " an insignificant body , " more pitiful than the smallest benefit club ! And if we are to make an impression , it is not by breaking up six weeks before
parliament meets , when the very existenee of the Conference wiU have been forgotten , but by bringing the powers of the National . Convention to bear upon the house , after the first torrent of the party warfare has had time to subside—after the Papal hubbub is over , and the attention of the public and the press begins to be at leisure . I wish to point out what I conceive to be some of the advantages of a Convention in , or shortly before , May , and in London : —Ireland and the West of England should be represented in it , which they cannot now , but can be then if the interval is properly employed . Tbe people will know what measures government propose , and will be able to act accordingly , which they cannot now .
Propounding our views before band to Lord John , is warning him against us ; but let him first commit himself to aline of policy , and we have then got the advantage of displaying the errors of an opponent , while we propound our remedies in this place . I hold that the " oldjog-trot system" of going through the form of one annual motion for the Charter in tbe House of Commons—is a mere farce ; and that we ought to organise our forces in the house , as well as outside of it . I . therefore would suggest , that the Convention should invite all the Democratic members of Parliament to an interview , in order to arrange a plan of parliamentary procedure . This can be done only by a Convention , sitting in London dvring parliament . I
conceive tbey ought to come to an understanding with the Convention , to bring forward , one after another , a series of motions , embodying all our social wrongs , and the remedies we propose ; not wild theories , but sober , practical measures , adapted to the existing state of men . With this view the Convention might propose a petition ( signed only by its members in the name of the people , each delegate stating the town he represented , ! embodying each of the grievances and proposed remedies , though exposing the grievance and reasoning out the remedy ; we should thus show that we are neither destructives nor visionaries—we should rally all social reformers on our side , without the danger , as at present , of breaking un or
injuring our National Charter Association . The House should thus be inundated with a series of motions , paralysing tbe ordinary jog-trot of its business , —overwhelming it with the popular voiceand , as soon as it bad got rid of , or burked one measure , it should see it had gained little , for the next in the series should be at hand . The discussion thus raised , would do more to spread our name and principles , than ten years of newspaper writing and platform spouting . We should reduce our parliamentary opposition to a system and not leave it to the random interests of philanthropy on the part of individual members . But how get our democratic M . P . ' s to take the trouble—the House to pay any attention to them—and the Press
to report them f . Not by running away fo Manchester—not by hiding in a corner , certainly . Not by breaking up six weeks before Parliament meets —not by meeting at a time when they themselves say "the people are sunk in lethal torpor , "—when we can have neither public opinion , pressure from without , union , or general representation . February , as some now propose , is , if possible , worse than January ; whether we intend to impress Parliament , claim attention , or attract respect—for the session will be just beginning , —all eyes and thoughts will be anxiously directed to its opening measures—tbe House itself will be engaged in all the fury and freshness of its first political encounter ;—but , after the first , storm of party has evaporated , and tbe novelty of the session worn off ,
there will be a lull in the political world , in which we may , step forward arid claim a hearing . Then , in order to get our democratic M . P . ' s to pay attention to our wishes / and the House to give them a respectful hearing , ( they were respectful and attentive enoughon the IQthofApril ) , the Convention should put itself at the head of such gigantic demonstrations as shall be strictly within the limits ofthe law , bnt as shall show pretty plainly that the public mind is not to be trifled with . I ask you , do you suppose that your members would not do their duty , that they would be too proud to come and take counsel with the Convention , or that the House would not become amazingly respectful ,
while they knew that five hundred thousand men were standing on Bennington Common ? Oh ! my friends , you would have members who never yet told us they were democrats , come knocking at 14 , Southampton-street ; as to the House , you might hear a pin fall in it ; as to the Press , they would , with wonderful quickness , discover something rational in the Charter after all . Now what more easy than to assemble half a million of men , ( not to march in procession , or to threaten violence , but merely to express their calm opinion arid solemn desire , and send up their petition to Parliament through the delegation of the entire country ) in London , and in May ? But when , and where else could that be done ? The "Exhibition" is
" foolish" enough I grant : and that is the very reason why we should benefit by the folly of our opponents . The Exhibition is a God-send to us , for it draws our talent and numbers together , as could not otherwise be done . And what , but a Convkktiob ' , could adequately take the lead of the people at such a . time ? No Executive could do it , especially if elected at second-hand by a party Conference , No ! but when each town streams up to London in its numbers in May , they would each r cognise and rallyaround their own delegate , and oiotno him . With a power and influence . it would i , J ^!? ' ^ forel 8 ewhere . It will not be too late in the session , for ' Parliament will have foil
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three months , or more vto < sit . 5 | he ConTeritiori should sit for . at least pne . mpnthr'two , if possible ; for tb's agitatior fnwst not be the ebullition of a moment ifc must be a " .- well-digested , practical plan , worked out , step by step , to its conclusion . Now I ask you calmlyto consider ,, what place arid tithe offer equal advantages with London and with May . Arid now let me entreat you to give up all antagonism , all angry feeling on . this subject . " Are we not all brothers in - the ¦ same cause ? Surely » man may offer an opinion , surely the country can discuss it , without quarrelling about it , and dividing into two parties . Surely personal vanity and individual pique should not outweigh the . duty of the minority to give up a false position . Join hands then , good men and true , on both sides . of the 3 uestion , and if there are any who WiH still raise iscussion and quibbling , let them have it to themselves , while wegoon straight in our course .
As to the January Conference being needed " to prepare us for the coming struggle "— -it will just unfit us to meet it . Union and organisation are the preparations we require . I ask you , is this Conference likely to achieve either ? The majority of the people—or Chartists if you like—have pronounced against it ; a large proportion have already elected anew Executive ; do you expect them to stultify themselves and rescind the votes they have deliberately and carefully come to , after several weeks mature consideration ? An . Executive is already elected , by the will of the majority—do you wish to split the Chartist body into two separate and . antagonistic parties ? I appeal to your common sense , whether there is any other way of healing all
divisions , than all setting heartily to work in electing the Executive . That is the only common ground of union on which all parties may now meet . If you really want a Conference , and if a Conference in January were needful , the election of an Executive first is a necessary preparatory step , is the only way to smoothe dissension , and cause such a Conference to be fully attended , and looked upon to note as an obstinate faction , but with obedience and respect / . ' . ''It is fierfec tly useless to talk about" preparing the pubic mind for the coming struggle " until you have established union . It is perfectly useless to propound plans and propose measures to a disunited body ; to talk of union , and reject the only means that can achieve it .
The Manchester Council and their friends tell us , " we are weary of the jog-trot system of agitation , which has been carried on for some time "—so am I —then they give us their programme of action—and mark what it is : — "As we have riot fully stated what our intentions are in supporting a Conference in Manchester , we will now state plainly and unreservedly , what we think ought to be done to sustain a veritable agitation for the Charter ! Firstly , for the Charter , pure , simple , and entire ; and secondly , to carry out , to the utmost of our abilities , co-operation amongst ourselves , which is so successfully in operation at Heywood , Rochdale , and Bury , and other places . An united organisation , as exhibited at the
above places , if carried out throughout England , would give such a mighty impulse of strength to the agitation for the Charter as was never experienced . " That is their entire plan . If this is not the "jogtrot " system it is something worse . They will have " the Charter , pure and simple ; " and in the very next line they tack the grocery business to it . They tell us , when we have a universal organisation of mealtubs , we shall find that a considerable help towards getting up tbe agitation for the Charter . How many years shall we be ? Good Heaven ! with low wages , short time , panics , and misery coming on , ( according to their own showing ) , how many years shall we have to wait , before a few working men have become shopkeepers and fine gentlemen ,
and condescend to help us in obtaining the Charter ? How many aristocrats of labour shall we make , before we have learnt , that we have been only increasing tlieranksofour enemies ? Oh ! my friends , that proposition might have come from the camp of the enemy . This is keeping the Charter '' pure and simple , " with a vengeance T No one can appreciate the value of the principle of co-operation more than 1 do ; ifc is what we must carry out when we have the political power—that is , the Charter—but if you think to get the Charter by means of social co-operation , you are bad coachmen , for you are putting the cart before the horse . I mean , ere long , to write to you at large on this subject . Why do bishops , dukes , marquises , and bankers patronise
your co-operative stores , and tailors associations ? Is it because those human harpies love industry ? No ! but because tbey think they will thus draw you away from politics ; and know they can always destroy your co-operation , should it ever become dargerons . Why does the newspaper , The Workingman ' s Friend—issued by Her Majesty / a Commissioners—announce , as one of its principal features , " full reports of workingmen ' s associations ? " Why , but because they know that , they are the dragchains of democracy , and the grave of tho Charter ? —though they may afford " snug secretaryships " to their deluded or designing tools . The emancipation of a people was never achieved with candleends . Let Emmett sink into a counter-jumper ,
and Wolfe Tone into a butterman , I know these profit-mongers — these men of the " advanced mind "—and I despise them . You should see how they bow and cringe at their shopdoor , before the coronetted carriage of a peer ! They aU tell us that the hour of storm and struggle , of low wages and short time , of religious discord and party battle , of bankruptcy and panic is at hand . Where will then be the profitmongers ? Pretty citadels of freedom will oe their mealtubs and their caudle boxes ! Out upon them ! the pedestal of liberty never yet was the counter of a grocer , —or the Charter of man's rights the ledger of a shopman . They talk of "the criminal folly and private cowardice of mere demagogues . " Will they name
them ? Who are the demagogues ? What were tbe criminal acts ? Who wasguilty of private cowardice ? If they mean poor Cuffay , his conduct was indeed ill-judged , but , by Heaven ! it was not criminal ! > How was the movement ruined ? I will tell them : it was the public cowardice of knaves and fools that ruined us in ' 48 ; it was their ' cowardice that gave courage to the Whigs , and invited them to strike the blow , it was their public p < rade of weak * ness and disunion , both , of which they alone created , that foiled us in our progress ; it was their cowardice that maddened Cuffay into conspiracy , and drove him into exile . But , I tell them , that courage , even if misdirected , has never disgraced a cause . I tell them that suffering has always made
it more holy and more dear ! Do they reproach us , that our blood boiled when we saw the misery of humanity , met the sneers and insults of its oppressors , and were honest enough to express our indignation ? Do they reproach us , that we suffered m gaols and hospitals for its expression , till some of us died , and the remainder still smart from the infliction ? I tell them , for one , I am ready to do the same again , and bear , the suffering as I bore it then .. ,,. They talk of the " stigma of redism . " Republicans ! pioneers of intellect ! advanced guard of reform ! hear that , and glory in the badge . ! You martyrs of June , Barbes and Blanqui ! You heroes of Rome , Garibalbiand Mazzini ! May I yet walk
as one of the humblest of your followers in your wake of glory ! May I yet see the low , servile , cowardly spirit of profitinongering scouted from the democracy of Britain ! Profitmongering and liberty are as compatible as hell ' and paradise . Chartists ! Be true to democracy ! There are no two paths on the road of right ! Be on your guard ! Crush all these insidious attempts ! Remember , many objections have been urged against a Conference in January—not a single individual has urged an objection against electing an Executive at once . Electan Executive before you take any other step ! I implore you—most urgently implore you ! You cannot possibly err by so doing , —and you may prevent much mischief , irremediable mischief to our cause . ' E . Jones .
- P . S . —It is not very creditable to the Manchester Council to have obtained and published a private letter of mine to a friend ; but why they have quoted my letter to Mr . Ormesher I am at a loss to conceive . It is wholly beside the question , and there is not one word in it I would wish to retract . I also beg to observe , I never invited myself to Manchester or any other place , but my first communication was in answer to a repeated invitation from the Council . I distinctly re-assert that Messrs . Leach and Donevan were not present at the open-air meeting in Campfield—and , if any of the other gentlemen were they , must have been on the outskirts of the meeting . In reference to the accusation in one of the letters in the Star , that I mis-represented the votes of
Finsburyand "Hanley , " on the Conference question , I refer the writer , as to Finsbury , to the Northern Star of the 16 th of November , where the following stands recorded under the head of " Chartist Intelligence , " on the fourth column of tbe first page : — " Finsbubv . —At a meeting of members , held at the Fraternal-home and Lecture-hall , on Sunday last , resolutions approving of a Conference being held in London , were adopted . "As to . " Hanley , " I mentioned ifc as one of the towns' represented in the West Riding Delegate Meeting—and jo it was . I refer him to the report of the said Delegate Meeting , in the Northern Scar of October 16 fch , first page , fifth column .-So fartravelled a lecturer as Mr . M'Grath must have known it was a Hanley in Yorkshire , and not that in Staffordshire that was meant . '
As to balancing " Bermondsey" against "Manchester , " I would ask the writer , why in the letter ofthe 23 rd of November , the West Riding is balanced against a single locality of Nottingham—or why , oufcofaproriiiscuouslist , ho should suppose I meant the balance to stand thus ? In reference to a letter signed " William Jones , " I beg to say I am opposed to the affairs ofthe Chartist body being settled in a secret conclave ; I like all open and above board ,
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I From the termsofa' letter from Rochdale , which says we are tohave-no' difference of opinion " wAe » the . great , leader , of . our movement states that it is requisitea Conferenceshould be ! A « W—I . beg leave , most respectfully ,. tojiffer . No man has more regard for Mr . O'Coniiorthan myself , but I do assert , humble as I am , I have a right to express my conscien tious opinion : that it is possible a man , how * evei * great , may bo liable to make a mistake ; that , therefore , the government of an Executive , 'annually chosen , is bettor than the perennial dictator' shipof one man—and that , if the fiat of one man is . i - ' - ' r i ' ' 3 ' ' . — ... . i
to decide our movements , we had best Know this at pnee , as both an Executive and a Conference would , in that ease , be a mere farce , and be only putting ourselves to unnecessary trouble ; and if no man is to be allowed to form or express an opinion , but must first privately ask some dictator of the ; day whether it meets his views , and he may be permitted to bpeirhis mouth , I profess myself , at once , a rebel tothe creed . Hardwicke-Jodge , Bayswater , E . J . . December 18 th 1850 .
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PRINCESS'S . Henry IV , was produced at this theatre on Satura * y evening , with a very good cast , and an excel , lent " mounting" and raise en seine , and with the additional eclat of its having been performed by the same company on the previous Thursday at Windsor , by command of her Majesty . An interesting circumstance connected with the performances , both at the Castle and at the Princess ' s , is the return ofthe veteran actor , Mr . Bartley , to the stage . There is no play-goer of twelve years standing who will not recal with pleasure the name of this meritorious comedian . As a representative of what are called " hearty old men , " embracing a series of
characters that extends from Mcnncnius Agrippa to some terrible uncle in a farce , he has not had his equal since the days of Mr . Dow ton , the parts in which Mr ; Farren has chiefly distinguished himself belonging to the other division of senility . His voicoTias always been remarkable for its power , and his articulation for its distinctness , ' so that the larger houses , in which many an organ has piped in vain , never could render Mr . Bartley inaudible or unintelligible . In his performance of Falstaff < m Saturday ( when Henry IV . was played for the first time at the Princess ' s ) , we could detect nothing like afalling-off in any of the good qualities with which he has endowed by nature , or which he has acquired by art . There were the same jovial countenance ,
the same firmness of deportment , the same round full utterance that belonged to the Bartley of former days . Mrs . C . Eeanas Lady Percy , and . Messrs . Harley and Keeley as the two carriers , are signs of a determination to come out with a diffused vigour which is , now-a-days , most uncommon . ¦ Of the fiery Hotspur we have a spirited representative iri Mr . Eean , and nowhere does he turn to better account his remarkable skill in fencing . The last scene of Hamlet is a good specimen ofthe " gentle assault of arms ; " in Hotspur there is the slashing desperate fight , accompanied with flashing eye and fiercely determined lip . In what may be called the accomplishments of his art , Mr . C . Sean is always eminently satisfactory . Mrs . Keeley is Dame
Quickly , with abundance of irrascibility and a fund of good humour beneath the surface . Nor should Mr . Addison be dismissed without a line . His Bardolph is a careful , well-considered performance , the dogged annoyance which he feels when allusion is made to his nose being admirably characteristic . The bad habit of looking at the audience when he had made a " point , " Mr . Addison seems to have surmounted , arid the Bardolph , like some Well-disposed subordinate figure in a Dutch painting , is as inobtrusive as it is complete . ' Notwithstanding the deplorable state of the weather , the house was crammed in every part with an audience that evinced the greatest enthusiasm at the termination of the play .
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ASTLEY'S . A fitting opportunity for the production of one of those spectacles for which this theatre is remarkable , was afforded on Monday night in tho performance of " Eennilworth ; or , the Golden Days of England's Elizabeth . " It need hardly be said that so fruitful a theme received the most satisfactory treatment both from the scene painter and stage '' decorator , '' whilst tbe qualities of the horses were displayed to great advantage in "the chivalrous scenes of July , 1575 , " and in " the progress of Queen Elizabeth to Kennilworth . " The whole of the characters mentioned in Sir Walter Scott ' s novel are introduced in the spectacle . Whether the present drama is the same version which was performed some years ago at Drury-lane Theatre , it is
not easy to decide at this distance of time ; and the difficulty is increased by the fact that the horses play as conspicuous a part as any of the other members of theI dramatis personal . The Earl of Leicester was performed by Mr . N . T . Hicks , whose power of voice and skill in wielding the broad sword were brought into sufficient requisition to satisfy the turbulent gods . Mrs . Moreton Brookes enacted the . Queen with a degree of energy and majestic dignity which the illustrious original could not have surpassed . The character of Amy Robsart was played by Miss Fenton / who depicted the woes of the love-lorn damsel with much earnestness and feeling . The piece was in every respect rendered in the style for which this theatre is distinguished .
The red and blue lights shone with great brilliancy throughout the evening , and the cries of " Bravo I" were loud and frequent . The scenes in the circle which followed comprised the usual amount of palpable jokes and extraordinary evolutions , the latter being such as to afford sufficient proof that the great source of attraction at this establishment has in no way abated . We are informed that the Christmas pantomime ia to be entitled , Harlequin O'Donoghue ; or , the White Horse of Killarney . The plot of this piece , which is founded on the well-known Irish legend , is written expressly for this theatre , by the author of Bluff King Hal , and when the Mammoth resources of this establishment are considered , there can be no doubt of its success .
Royal Polytechnic Institution. Mr. J. H....
ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . Mr . J . H . Pepper has just commenced a series of lectures at this establishment on agricultural chemistry . The lecturer commenced by observing that ho was not there to teach farming ' ; it would be , of course , too ridiculous , to suppose that any chemist could give a farmer practical experience ; the object of tho lecture was simply to demonstrate the valuable and'important connexion between the two . The learned professor then proceeded to show by analogy , that if ifc is possible to observe and trace out the growth of the human frame , that it must be equally within tbe power of the chemist , by analysis , to discover the proper food and growth of plants . Soils contain their element , viz .,
certain organic and morganiceloments , carbon , oxgyen , hydrogeri , nitrogen , earthy bases , acids and their elements . Plants must , of course , represent the soil from which thoy spring , and contain organic matter , ash or earthy substance , were then proved by numerous interesting experiments ; to be the proxinate elements of the vegetable world . The business of the scientific farmer was not only to afford decaying organic matter to the soil , but also to take care that the earthy bases and salts were placed in due proportion . These and other interesting points were supported by conclusive arguments , and many experiments , diagrams , < fcc . The lecturer throughjhis discourse was greatly applauded by a numerous audience .
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Festival and Presentation in Falkirk . —A public festival was held in the congregational chapel , Falkirk , on Monday , 9 th December ; Mr . D . Matherton in the chair . The meeting was called to do honour to the Rev . A . Dunoansori , in connection with his exertions against the Burgh Police Bill , and also for his persevering and laborious endeavours to work out the peoples rights and liberties The Chairman introduced the business of the even * ing in a clear and enlightened speech , pointing out the object of the meeting , the recent struggles of the inhabitants to preserve their rights , the able assistance they had derived from Mr . Duncanson , and and the universal desire that existed on the part of the inhabitants to do honour to that gentleman ,
& c , < Sic , « bc . lie caiiett upon Mr . Wallace , student of divinity , who gave an able address on liberty . The Chairman then called upon Mr . T , Grahamston , to presort the testimonial , which he did in a lengthened and appropriate speech . The testimonial consisted of a massive gold watch and appendage , a beautifully wrought and ornamented silk purso , containing forty sovereigns , and a very handsome gold ring set with pearls , to Mrs Duncanson . Mr . Duncanson accepted the testimonial , returned thanks to the chairman , committee , ladies , dsc , dec , and addressed the audience in a lengthened and eloquent speech . The watch bore , on its inner case , very neatly engraved the following inscription : — " Presented to the Rev A . Duncanson , by the inhabitants of the parish of
B ' aiKirK ana the surrounding districts , with a purse of gold as a mark of their esteem for his unwearied and effective-opposition to the new police act , and sterling , unflinching advocacy of the people ' s rights and liberties , 0 th December , 1850 " The chapel was crowded in every part , there being more than 1 , 200 persons present , and so groat were the desire to obtain admission , that several days before the festival took place as much as six times tho price of the tickets was offered for them . Several professional gentlemen , including Mr . Gardner and Mr . Hendrie , contributed to the harmony of the meeting , and the evening was spent in a most happy manner . _ nAM ) upon Ladies op a Certain Age — In taking the census next March the exact aeos of women jnust be given . At the last census the column for age was headed " 25-30 " and " 3540 "
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WORSHIP-STREET-. - BuRaUBy .-t J . / Cornish and J . Welsh ' , ' two delo ' rmiried-lookirig fellows ot most notorious character ; and Jane Welsh , the wife of the last named prisoner , were placed at the bar before Mr / Arnold , charged-with having been concerned in burglariously breaking into the dwelling-house of'Mr . John Pitman , a stockbroker , residing in Grove-place , Hackney , and stealing a large quantity of plate and other valuable properfcy .-r-The prosecutor stated that at an early hour on Sunday
morning he was called up by one of his servants , who apprised him that the lower part of the house had been ransacked by thieves , Who had effected an entrance through the back ; kitchen window , and , upon examining the place , he discovered that a quantity of plate and wearing apparel , and various other articles , had been carried off . He identified the silver toastrack and knives and forks now produced by the police as a portion of the stolen property . —The prisoners declined offering any defence , and were ordered to be remanded for the formal
completion of their depositions . ROBHRRY . FROM A CATHOLIC CHAPEL . —ComeliUS Scully , aged sixteen years , who was charged on the 10 th with being in possession of an iron-cash-box , supposed to have been stolen , was again brought up , —John Rooney sacristan of the catholic chapel , Moorfields , identified the prisoner as having been an acolyte at the chapel two years ago . He was discharged for tasting the sacramental wine alter being taken from the altar . The box produced was used for the purpose of receiving alms , and was attached to the wall near the centre door of the chapel . It was safe on . Sunday , the 8 th inst ., and witness missed it on the following-Wednesday . Prisoner was . seen about the building a few days previous to the 8 th . —The prisoner , who saidhe hadlately been in the employ of a person named Davis , in Houndilcb , was ordered to be imprisoned for two calendar months .
MARLBOROTJGH-STREET . — Robberies by Servants . —Mary Ann Cartwright and Ann Mary Saunders were brought before Mr . Bingham , charged with having stolen a quantity of meat , bread , candies , and other store-room articles , belonging to Mr . Henry WoOtton , surgeon , No . 32 , Fitzroy-square . — The prisorier Saunders admitted she stole the articles ; her excuse was that the other prisoner , who was her son-in-law ' s wife , , was in great distress . The prisoner Cartwright also pleaded distress . They were both committed for one month to prison . WESTMINSTER—tOutraob bt a Soldier . — Richard Green , a private in the 2 nd battalion ef Coldstream Guards , was charged with the followine ruffianly conduct . —Mrs . Diana West , an elderly
widow lady , residing at 103 , Warwick-street , Vauxball-bridge-road , stated , that on her return towards home from attending Divine service at Westminster Abbey * at about half-past four o . clock on Sunday afternoon , she was about to enter the Birdcage-walk , St . James ' s Park j from Queen square , when she was met by a soldier , to the best of her belief the defendant , who seized hold of her , hugged her tightly , and said she wasthe person who had appointed to meet him there . Complainant called out Police ! " and tried to free herself from his grasp . She pushed him from her and he went away , but , in doing so , he pulled her shawl so violently that he took the greater part of ifc away , leaving a portion of it round her neck . He then took to his heels , and she saw him enter
Queensquare with the piece of shawl in hiS ; riand . , one was , however , afraid to follow him . —The charge having been proved , the defendant was fined £ 5 , and in default was to be committed for two months . CLERKENWELL . —Indecent Assault . —T . Murphy , a respectably-dressed man , who was described on the police-sheet as a gentleman , residing at No . 2 , Bryan-street , Caledonian-road , Islington , was placed at the bar before Mr . Combe , charged by Mrs . Caroline Davy , a young woman , the wife of a respectable master jeweller , of No . 17 , Tysoe-street , Olerkenwell , with an indecent and violent assault . —Prisoner : I was drunk when I did so . —Mr . Coombe : Then , pray what are you?—I am a commission agent . —Mr . Coombe : You stand committed to the House of Correction , with hard labour , for three months .
MARYLEBONE . —False Pretences . —A Pole , who gave his name and address Adolphus Czaplinski , 10 , Robert-street , Lambeth , was placed at the bar before Mr . Broughton , charged with -having , under false pretences , obtained three guineas from the Turkish Embassy , No . 1 , Bryanston-square . — Dilam Effendi , an attache to the Embassy , deposed that on the 16 th ult ., he first saw the prisoner , who then presented to him a paper , which was a claim for six guineas for six tickets for the Polish ball , held on the 14 th , at Guildhall , under the auspices of Lord Dudley Stuart . Witness returned to him the said paper , telling him ifc was a mistake , as there were only three tickets taken , and he then went away . On the 18 th he again made his
appearance , with a written deirinndfor three guineas , and witness gave him a cheque in the name of the Count fortbatamountupon Martin , Stone , and Co . He was asked to give a receipt ; but he remarked that there was no necessity for his doing so , as the paper presented by bim bore his signature , which was quite sufficient- . ^ The paper alluded to was here produced , arid handed to the magistrate . —Lieutenant Charles Szulozewski , secretary to the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland , and who resides in Sussex-chambers , Duke-street , St . James ' s , deposed-to his having supplied the embassy with three ball tickets in aid of the Polish Refugees resident in this country . They were delivered at the mansion of his Excellency at least a
week before the ball took place . In a week or ten days afterwards witness sent a letter to the Embassy requesting payment ofthe three guineas , and be received a reply to the effect that the sum had already been paid . —Iri answer to Mr . Broughton as to how he found ; out that the prisorier was the guilty person , witness said that a few days ago a letter was written to Mrs . MHner Gibson by a Pole , who solicited assistance at her hands ; the said letter was sent to witness in order that he , as secretary , might look into the matter thoroughly , and after a preconcerted arrangement he ( witness ) took him from the residence of Mrs . Milner Gibson , upon whom he had called , to the Turkish Embassy , when he was there charged with the fraud , and he admitted his guilt !; he was then given into the custody of police constable Robertson , 517 A . —
Lieutenant Szulozewski , the secretary , said all that he knew ofthe prisoner was tlat he had been many years iri this country , and received money as a "Polish Refugee , " but in 1838 , at the request of a committee of his countrymen , his name was removed from the list for misconduct , and his allowance of course ceased . Prisoner was not in any way in the employ of the society , nor had he any right to collect money for tickets for the Guildhall ball . —The prisoner , in answer to the charge , made a ! rambling defence , to the effect that he met another Pole , who gave him the paper , and on his receiving the guineas he had £ 13 s . for himself , the other person receiving the £ 2 ; he ( prisoner ) admitted that he had acted wrong , and expressed his sorrow for what he had done . —The prisoner was remanded .
Post Office Robbert . —John Stevens , a Postoffice letter-carrier at Woodford , Essex , was charged with stealing a letter , containing marked money . — Mr . Walter R . Sciilthorne , a president in the London district , said that he was authorized to test the honesty of the servants employed at the Woodford Post Office , owing to the frequency of complaints from that quarter relative to the loss of cash letters , Witness accordingly made up a letter containing a half-sovereign , marked in three places , and a marked shilling , and had it posted and properly stamped at the general office on the 13 th inst . It was directed to " Mr . Lewis Ford , to be left at the Baldfaced Stag , Loughton-road , Essex . " The
next morning witness went to Woodford , in company with Peake , the constable , and made inquiries respecting the letter , which had not been delivered . He saw the prisoner , who said that the letters had b ' eeri sorted , by himself and a man named Cooley ; but he had not seen the onie in question , although it would have come into his delivery . Witness then diracted the officer to search the prisoner , upon which the marked half-sovereign and the' shilling were found in a small pouch in his possession . The coins were identified by witness , The prisoner said that he had picked up the pouch in the road . —Inspector Cole and Peake confirmed this evidence . The prisoner , who had been in the " service seven years , was then fully committed for trial .
GUILDHALL . —PoRGBBt . —John Doherty was again brought up and placed at the bar . for further examination , before Sir P . Laurie , charged with uttering a forged check for £ 72 , purporting to be signed . by "William Harrison , " one ofthe Commissioners of Inland Revenue , with intent to defraud Messrs . Gosling and Sharpe , bankers , Fleet-street . —Mr . Mullens of the firm of Bush and Mullens , solicitors to the Society for the Protection of Merchants , Bunkers , and others , from Fraud and Forgery , attended for the prosecution , and stated that he had riiado inquiries as to the truth of tho statements first made by the prisoner on being taken into custody , and had found them perfectly correct ,
oven in the most minute particular , under these circumstances and believing the prisoner was only the tool of a third person , he attended fo the purpose of requesting the prisoner ' s disch arge / ihe prisoner was discharged accordingly . The Law of CorYRianT . —James Gilbert , hookseller and publisher , of 49 , Paternoster-ro w was summoned before the sitting Alderman at ' this court , to answer an information laid against him by Mr . Antonio Panizai , on behalf of ttS SJZ o the British Museum ; .. for thaThe J ? the 25 th of October , m the present vear dirtVlJ i ? iT cause to he published / a certaKo d P H i * or bort ' sNewMap oft & Vord ^ more than one calendar month hnHai ! hafc J a thoU S publication of tL said n ^ K ^ elapsed since the , the said rip at the BritS uJJ * t < ° P * f
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[ Dodgesappeared , in the absencVoT ^ io dfcT whowasorigjnall yinstruoted i ^ to prosecute ? ThJ U jarned counsel , ^ opening . the case , said , as t was instructed / the case wasorie of ' some pubfi importance . ' By an act passed in the 5 th and fits of Victoria , entitled » An Act to amend the Law * of Copyright , " it was provided that a copy of everv new . publication should be sent to the Trustees of the British Museum , and / in the event of non-comt pliance with this provision of the act , the defaulter should be subject to a penalty of not more than £ 5 in addition to the price of the publication , and all costs attending the recovery of the same . " He waa not , however , instructed to press for the full penalt y in this particular case ; but , in consequence of the great difficulty experienced by the Trustees of the British Museum in getting many publishers tocora . * ITo / ltrflfl nn noarort - in thn 1 \ . J ^~ . L ~ , 'i \ iL- '' ¦ ¦
ply with that pare of the act reierred to m the in * formation , they had found it necessary to make aa example , and the present proceedings were accordingly instituted against the deferidanfc . —Defendant contended that the map produced was nofca " new " publication , but only a re-issue , as the map had been published about eighteen years , ago , and was then his property , but that since that period he had sold his interest in it to the engraver , and he was only publishing it for a third person . In the first instance a copy was sc : it to the British Museum . — Mr . Alderman Humphrey said , that according to defendant ' s own acknowledgment ho was
committing a fraud upon the public , as well as on tho Trus * tecs of the British Museum , for it appeared that he had brought out an old publication , and by merely putting in the word "New" he had deceived the public , by leading them to believe that ifc was the latest and best edition extant . HowevaK the defence set up did not refute the charge , as tfl | very insertion of that small word rendered the re « issue a new publication , and he would , therefore , convict him-in the mitigated penalty of ten shillings and costs , together with three shillings , the price paid in the first instance for the map . The money was immediately paid into court .
SOUTHWARK . —Hiohwat Robbery on Ke ! T « MiNoroN Common . —John Collier was charged with having been concerned with another man , not ia custody , in stealing from tho person of Joseph . Paine , a hawker , a pocket , book , containing a £ 5 note of the Bunk , of England , two letters , and some memorandums , also a silver watch , chain , and two keys , and two fourpenny pieces , while crossing Kennington Common . —Prosecutor stated that ha resided at Peterborough , and gained his livelihood by hawking goods about the country . Having soma business to transact in London , he walked from Croydon on Monday with the property safe in his possession . In passing through Streatham he overtook the prisoner , who had a sack across his
shoulders , and entered into conversation with him . They had riot walked far when another man joined them , and they all proceeded towards London . While crossing Kennington Common the prisoner suddenly put his hand in his coat pocket and took out the property mentioned in the charge . He seized hold of his wrist and demanded it from him , when he exclaimed , " Oh ? wait a little , I'll soon give it you back . " The other man also said , '•• Give him ' his book back again * " when they pushed him on one side and ran away . The prosecutor pursued the prisoner and saw him go into a public house , and as witness was about to enter he met him at the door and pushed him down . He still followed him , and kept him in sight until he met a policeman , to
whom he stated the circumstance , when the prisoner was pursued and taken into custody . —The prisoner declared that he knew nothing about the robbery , or any other man . He certainly walked from Streatham with the prosecutor , but he kept two yards in advance of him until he was apnrehended . He denied having ran at all . —Mr . A'Beckett asked the prosecutor whether he was sure the prisoner was the man who put his hand in his pocket ? Prosecutor replied that he was . He saw his face several times , and until they arrived at Kennington Common they walked side by side . —Sergeant Lovesay , 15 M , said he took the prisoner into custody while he was running towards the Borough , with the sack in his possession . On hearing the charge
he searched him , but only found a penny on him . On their way to the police station he denied all knowledge of the prosecutor—Mr . A'Beckett committed him to the Central Criminal Court for trial . IITHAMES . — Caught in the Fact . — Henry Howard was charged with attempting to pick pockets in the Whitechapel-road . —Mr . J . B . Tolbert , of Devonshire Cottage , Devonshire-street , Mile-end , said , on Tuesday evening last I was going down the Whitechapel-road , and saw the prisoner and another person walking behind a gentleman . As they looked very suspicious fellows I watched them narrowly .
Just before reaching Commercial-street this man looked behind him to see that the other was fairly covering him . I then saw him life the tail of Mr . Town ' s coat and put his hand in his pocket . I brought down my stick upon his shoulder , and said to him , " You are caught at last . " ( Laughter . ) Mr . Town then turned round and collared him immediately . —Roche , the gaoler , said the prisoner had been in his custody in the City of London Union some time since . —Prisoner : I was going to Bow to look for wort , and I lire at Lambeth with my wife . —Mr . Yardley remanded the prisoner , directing inquiries to be made as to his character .
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TuEBAPEuncs . —The history of medicine is bv no means flattering to science . It is questionable whether more is known of diseases , their cause , and their cure , at this moment , than in the time of Galen ; it is certain that diseases are quite as numerous , and in the aggregate as fatal . Every age has produced some new system of artificial therapeu . tics which the next age has banished ; each has boasted ia its turn of cares , and they , in their turn , have been condemned as failures . Medicines themselves are the subjects unsettled ; in fact , that it has no established principles , that it is little more than conjectural ? At this moment , ' eays Mr . Pinny , ' the opinions on the subject of treatment ; are almost as numerous as the practitioners themselves . Witness the mass of contradiction on the treatment of even one disease , namely , consumption . Stroll attributes its frequency to the introduction of bark . Morton considers bark an effectual cure . Iteid ascribes tbe frequency of the dis . ease to the use of mercury . Brillonet asserts that it is
curable by mercury only . Ruse says that consumption is an inflammatory disease — should be treated by bleeding , purging , cooling medicines , and starvation . Salvador ! says it is a disease of debility , and should be treated by tonics , stimulating remedies , and a generous diet . Galeu recommended vinegar as the best preventative of consump . tion . Dessault and others assert that consumption is often brought on by taking vinegar to prevent obesity . Beddoea recommended foxglove as a specific . Dr . Parr found foxglove more injurious in his practice than beneficial Such are the contradictory statements of medical men ' . ' And yet there can behut one true theoryof disease . Of the fallibility and inefficiency of medicine , none have been more conscious than medical men themselves , many of whom have been honest enough to avow their conviction , and now recommend MESSRS . DU BARRY'S REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD , a farina , which careful analysis has shown to be derived from the root of an African plant , somewhat sinular to
our honeysuckle . ; It appears to possess properties of a highly curative and deHcately nutritive kind ; and numerous testimonials from parties of unquestionable respectability , have attested that it supersedes medicine of every description in the effectual and permanent removal of indigestion ( dyspepsia ) , constipation , and " diarrhoea , nervousness , biliousness , liver complaint , flatulency , distension , palpitation ofthe heart , nervous headache , deaf , ness , noises in the head and ears , pains in almost every part ofthe body , chronic inflammation and ulceration of the stomach , erysipelas , eruptions on the skin , incipient consumption , dropsy , rheumatism , gout , heartburn , nausea and sickness during pregnancy , after eating , or at sea , low spirits , spasms , cramp , spleen , general debiUty , paralysis , asthma , coughs , inquietude , sleeplessness , involuntary blushing , tremour , dislike to society , unfitness for study , loss of memory , delusions , vertigo , blood to the head , exhaustion , melancholy , groundless fearindecision
, , wretchedness , thoughts of self-destruction , and many other complaints . It is , moreover , admitted by those who hava used it to be the best food for infants and invalids generally ; as it never turns acid on the weakest stomach , but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner , and restores the faculty of indigestion and nervous and muscular energy totte most enfeebled . It has the highest approbation of Lord Stuart de Decies ; the Venerable Archdeacon Alexander Stuart , of Ross , a cure of three years' nervousness : Major-General Thomas King , of Exmouth ; Capt . Parker , D . Bingham , R . N ., of No . 4 Park . walk , Little Chelsea , London , who was cured of twenty-seven years dyspepsia in six weeks time ; Captain Andrews , U . N ., Captain Edwards , K . N . ; ^ Yilliam Hunt , Esq ., barrister-at-kw , King ' s College , Cambridge , . who , after suffering years from partial paralysis , has regained the use of his limbs in a very short time upon this excellent food j the Rev . Charles Kerr of WlnslowBucks , a cure of functional disorders ; Mr . T
, , Woodkouse , Bromley—recording tho cure of a lady from constipation and sickness during pregnancy ; the Kev . T . Minster , of St . Saviour's , Leeds—a cure of five years' nervousness , with spasms and daily vomitings ; Mr . Taylor , coroner of Bolton ; Capt . Allen , recording the cure of epileptic fits ; Doctors Ure and Harvey ; James Shorland , Esq ., No . 3 , Sydney-terrace , Heading , Berks , late surgeon iu the 90 th Regiment , a cure of dropsy j James Porter , Esq ., Athol-sU'eet , Perth , a euro of thirteen years cou » h , with general debility ; J . Smyth , Esq .. 37 Lower Abbeystreet , Dublin ; Cornelius O'Sullivan , M . D P R C S Dublin , a perfect cure of thirty years' indescribable ucon ' y from aneurism which had resisted all other remedies fund 10 , 000 other well known individuals , who have sent the discoverers and importers , DuBabkv and Co ., 19 T New Bond-street , London , testimonials of the extraordinary r ""^^ ± ^^* »? been resto red bythisS 1 after
SK ' vXT ** ftUoth «™« ad been ahSned . rfiT Byjear , . a 11 hopes of recovery and m » n , nfi , ? - ^ ^ ? rt of ™ P ° rtant cures ofthe above of tl « h £ w er " ^ Ptonts , and testimonials froai . parties BAnnT afe ' . ' ^ 01 ^ ^ ' > we &" . « ent gratisThy Da l ^ N ^^ T ^ ""^ Chronicle . Du BarIi and Co ., Su «™ «« " ?*« $ , London ; also of Barclay , Edwards , S ™ > Sa , 8 . er ' » Ud Hannay , and through all ^ cers , chemists , medicine vendors , and booksellers in tho Kigdoni . ^ UTioN .-. The- name of Messrs . Du Bakm ' s . invaluable t » t 7 i , ^ ft" of tho firm , have been closely iraiwed that invalids cannot too carefully look , at the exact "Pellmgof both , ana also Messrs . Du Babm's address 12 T » ew Bond-street , London , in order to avoid being imposed upon by Ervaleatn , Real Arabian Revalento , Lentil rotyder , on other spurious compounds of pease , beans Indian and oatmeal , under a close imitation of the name , which have nothing to recommend them but the reo'iless
auuaeityof their ignorant or unsojupidous compounders , and vnhicb , theugh admirably adapted for pigs , would play sad havoc with , tb * delicate stomach of an invalid or infant .
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