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Bread for work , —and work is not t Let them die at once I Idle'Jem inay Be a sot ; Steady Tqm ' a dunce ;' Sread is scarce when land ' s TJutiU ' rJ , —" Trade has cheaper slaves : Throng the town vritb toil unakiff d And pestilential graves . "Will may starve before his loom , Faint tor lack of bread ; Seven are cramm'd in one close room , — Pever makes their bed . Yet the seven are England ' s heirs , England ' s children born , — Fourteen goodly acres theirs , Growing golden corn .
What is that to Weaving Will ? What to Tom or Jem ; Wanting means and strength and skill , What ' s the land to them ? Wherefore—let the land lie waste ; Overcrowd the town ; And farming Sam and Bob make haste To pull our . wages down . Fourteen acres Will should own , " Yet he wantetb food : Though he hath nor till'd nor sown , Weaver-work-is good . What if Sam should hold the land , Paying rent to Will ? Sam oould work it bravely , and - The weaver eat his fill .
Why not ? . Ask of noble Greed ; Ask of them who hold England ' s fields while English Seed Is Famine-bought and sold . Ask the thirty-thousand lords Who bar . you from the land ; . But manly daring . forge your words , And when you ask , command ! Starved Mechanic out on strike ! . When thy breadless pine , Think how landlords and the like Murder thee and thine . Lay yonr babes in pauper graves— . England ' s wronged Mrs : And know that Famine kill'd his slaves While harvest land was theirs . ' From the " EngUthRepublic . "
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"lie English Republic for September . London . Watson .. This number opens with a paper from the pea of Joseph . Mazzini , in continuation of . the series on the Duties of Man . The specific subject is 'the Lav of Life ; * which . Mazzini deduces , not from the unenlightened or per-: verted conscience of individuals , but the educated and developed intellect of humanityeducated and developed by God , the only legislator of the human race . At a time it-hen the influence of the writer , in Italy , is
confessedly greater than that of the crowned and mitred tyrants who oppress and cumber that beautiful land , it will interest deepl y all parties , to know the views and sentiments by which the heroic Triumvir is habitually actuated , and the principles by which his coarse is guarded . " toother individual will , if his life be preserved , have so mighty an influence on the future doctrines of , Europe ; and . at the dose of the article before us he has given us a glimpse , not only at the source of that power , lot the spirit in which he exercises it .
To acquire the knowledge of God ' s Law you must not only question , jour conscience , but also the conscience , the agreement , of humanity ; to know your duties you must interrogate the actual wants of humanity . Morality is progressive as the education of mankind or ot yourselves . The morality of Christianity was not that of Paganism ; the morality of our century is not that of eighteen centuries ago . By separating you from other classes , by prouiuiting every kind of association , by a double ceusure imposed uponthe press , your rulers endeavour to conceal from you your duties along with the wants of humanity .. And nevertheless , even before the time when the nation shall
gratuitously teach , in schools of universal education , the history of the past of humanity , and its present TTaats , you can if you will ,- in part at least , learn the first and divine tbe second . The present wants of humanity express themselves , more or less violently , more or less imperfectly , in the facts daily occurring in all countries where immobility and silence are not the absolute law . What can prohibit you this knowledge ? What force Of suspicious tyranny can for any length of time keep back ironuuliiuusof meu , many of them travelling in foreign countries and re-entering I ' . aly , thetnowfedgo of European facts . If public associations are foruiuden in Italy who can prohibit you secret
oii * , so long as symbols and complicated organisa-1 m s are avoided , and when they consist merely of a fraternal chain stretching from country to country until it touch some of the infinite points of the lWuer ? Can you not at every frontier point of tin : laud or seaboard , hud your men , men whom your rulers have driven out of their country , because they wanted to assist you , who would become your apostles of the truth and who would rejoice to tell you all that the studies and the sad facilities of exile have taught them of ihe present w . mts and the traditions of humanity ? Who can prevent you against your will from receiving any ol thi writings your-brethren in exile are printing the
fur you ? Head and burn them , so that on morrow ' a inquiry your master may not find them m your hands and use them as an argument of offence a « aiusst your families ; but read them , and repeat all you can bear in your minds to the most faithful of your friends . Aid US with your offerings to extend tbe sphere of tbeApostoloto , to conipile and print for you manuals- of universal and national history . Aid us in multiplying ways of diffusing tbem . Convince yourselves , that without instruction you cannot know your duties ; convince your-St-Ki's that where society withholds from you instruction , the responsibility of every wrong is not yours bat society ' s ; and that yours vf ill begin from the day when a way of instraction has been opened
to you and you neglect it , from the day on which a means of changing a society condemning you to ignorance is pointed out to you and you neglect to use it . Ton are not culpable , because you are ignorant ; you are culpable if jou are content to be ignorant , if , while your conscience ; apprises you that Gcu has not bestowed upon you faculties without having at the same time ordered you to develope them—you- allow all your faculties of thought to slumber in your souls , —if , while knowing mat God could not have given you the love of truth without baring given you also tlie means of attaining it , you despairingly renounce the search and accept without examination as truth the assertion of Power or of the priests who are sold to
Power . In the succeeding article Mr . Linton deals some hard Wows to ' Socialism and Communism ; ' fcoth of which we think are misapprehended and undervalued . as means for the free and lofty development of all the faculties of humanity . It is very desirable . that , ;* the sacred fire of manhood should be kindled even in the slave ' s heart , ' and ' that he . fihould , * crippled as . he is , overcome injustice , and build uponthe morrow of his victory , with unshackled hands ,, not a palace for his own appetites , but a temple wherein he may be healed , wherein he may serve God , the True , the Beautiful , the Eternal . ' But how is all
this to be effected ? All the scorn and contempt in the world heaped upon the selfish instincts , the material interests , the physical instincts of humanity , will not eradicate or destroy them . Mere words , however fine , butter no parsnips ; and , though Mr . Linton may ' call sp irits from the vasty deep , ' we very aiuch doubt whether they will come at his calling . Deep and dark are the abysses in v-hich- the wretched victims of a false arid irrational system of society are plunged , with the greater portion of their faculties inert , or stifled by the withering and stultifying influences around them . Before you can make them men , you must place them at least in the condition of well-treated brutes . To the
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building np of a . superior man the , development of all his faculties is requisite -and the attempt to educe nobleness of spirit , purity , of thought , ' and loftinesB ' of aspiration , from the dowh-trbdden , ignorant , brutalised masses , " is about as sensible a mode of proceeding as beginning to build a house aV the chimney-top . The article on « Ph ysical Force' is a forcible one- —we mean ' no pun—and is well deserving of th ' e serious attention of the "' weil-nJeaning sentimentalists , who , at thW presentstage of the . world ' s history , counsel nations ' to throw away their arrows in the face of the disciplined armies of banded despots , against the liberties of . the world . . From . rhymes and reviews againstlandlordistn we have extracted , under "kr , 5 UiT , i » «« ~ e ' - : ; •*;> - rjiii > --- ; - ; -
the head of Poetry , a few verses , which . will speak for themselves , ' Republican Measures Religious : Worshi pv' arid the "History of the Month , conclude a ; very' excellent number of this earnest advocate of a Republic in England . "" '" ! ¦ ;
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The Second Reformallonr or Christianity Devehpei ..- By A . Alison , Esq ; London Simpkin , Marshall , and : Co * . --This is , in many respects , a very remarkable book , fall of suggestions and matter for grave and-. earnest thought . ^ Applying a-great fundamental princip le to all the ¦ phases of human society , and to the mental operations of which these are the objective results , the author constructs a new scheme of civilisation in accordance : with the inimitable laws . of
nature , and the dictates of cultivated reason in man . The principle from which he starts is—that ;' . all events are natural , ' that God governs man by general , and not particular laws ; and , therefore ,-whateveracts upon external things , or on mental operations , has-a natural origin . While the establishment of this fundamental-principle does not , in the slightest degree , " interfere with the belief in the sovereignty of God , the author shows , in
a very lucid manner , that it strikes at the "very root of the Romish . Church" ; and , instead of grappling with details ,, in which the ' victory must be , in most cases , on the- side of the Roman Catholic , because the premises from which he argues are conceded , this bold and logical course must , inevitably , lead to the development and the establishment of truth , and to the decay and final extinction ' of all-the baneful superstitions that rest upon the supernatural and miraculous theory . -,- - •• ¦ <¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ -
In developing his views on this sweeping ' Second Reformation , ' Mr . Alison makes rather short work with the doctrines which lie at the foundation of orthodox theology , both Fapal and Protestant ; and , we fear , that in the so-called ' religious world' his work will find small acceptance , on account of the manin which-he entirely throws overboard dogmas equally dear to the Roman Catholie priest and the Dissenting Minister . The author is a thorough and -uncompromising Rationalist , ' and we need not tell our readers that
Rationalism and- theology are ; atpresent , ' diametrically opposed to each'other . Mr . Alison-aims atreconcilingphilosophywithreligion , and propounds a mode of interpreting the Scriptures , by which , in his opinion , ' Faith is convertible into knowledge , and theology is a science with all the certainty of the other sciences . ' That this is not the case now is no reason with him why it should not be so in future . On this point Mr . Alison says : — The doctrines of Protestantism were fixed at the Reformation , when Europe was just emerging from the darkness of the Middle Ages . These doctrines were embodied in the Articles of . Faith of the . va- ;
rious Protestant churches ; thus theology became stereotyped , and it has ever since effectually resisted improvement ; The centuries' that have since elapsed have increased knowledge tenfold ; hence while science has gone on advancing , theology has been left behind : and the longer this false position of the church is permitted to stand , the greater will the separation become . If man is a ' progressive being , knowledge , " both sacred and secular , must progress ; for what is man apart- from Knowledge ? Theology , like nature , is unchangeably true , but man s knowledge of both is progressive . The sacred record does not change , but the knowledge we are able to draw from that volume does change . During the dark ages the laws of nature were unknown ; every event narrated in Scripture was
ascribed to a miracle , and that simply because they had no oih & r - meant of accounting for events . The best proof that this . was the position of the early church is , that they applied the same rules to every event that happened in the affairs of life . Our position . is very different ; vie take up the very same Bible as they did ,. but we : draw very digerent results from it . Nothing is more clear than that our knowledge of religion must be . progressive , like everything else ; and it is because we have raised up artificial barriers to this natural progression ; that we find ourselves met by increasing difficulties and inconsistencies . Could we arrest the march ot intellect swid of science , then vie might , stop the progress of religion . Progress may be impeded , of which the unalterable creeds of our churches is a notable example ; but , thanks to God ,- it cannot be stopped . - r -
„ When all checks to religious progress are removed , improvement will obtain in the church ,, in proportion as secular knowledge increases ; and the gulf which now so widely separates knowledge from faith will gradually close . ' Theology and science will then be reconciled and go on band in hand , and science will enlighten and enforce religion . . After drawing an elaborate comparison between the Churches , and testing each of them by the standard he has set up , the author
proceeds to discuss the . late Bull of the Pope , appointing a regular hierarchy . in this country , with terr itorial titles and power . In his opinion , tbe only way in which that so-called aggression can be effectually met . is to . revise our own creed in . conformity with the fundamental principles he lays down , and fix and define the principles of Protestantism . Such a reform of the ; Church , he avers , must be effected in self-defence , and as the first
Reformation deprived the Pope of half his dominion , the second must take the other half . It must free Protestantism from the remaining leaven of Topery . The first Reformation protested against Transuostantiation and Intolerance ; the second must protest against miracles and Intolerance . Having done that , it has prepared the path for the introduction of a new civilisation , of which Church Reform constitutes the first , but by no means themost important ^ of a series of national measures outlined by the author . Here is the sketch of his Church Reform Act : —
I The tithes and church revenues should be the property of the nation , and transferred to the Consolidated Fund . This would for , ever settle all questions about vested rights , and remove irritation between payers and receivers . Disputef between a clergyman and his flock—as to money matterswould thus be avoided , a reason alone sufficient for adopting such a course . 2 . Private patronage must be abolished , either by a voluntary sacrifice oa . the part of the aristocracy or by a scheme of compensation . 3 . Tho incomes of the bishops nnd clergy might be valued , and a revised scale of income attached to each living . No clergyman need be removed from his office , nor would a new scale of income come into operation until after the death of each incumbent .
4 . The act would of course include the ratification of the constitution of the church , previously arranged by the clergy . This done , it would become the duty of parliament to devise some " plan for providing ' for the increase of churches and clergy according to the wants of an increasing population . A Royal Commission might be appointed to appropriate an annual grant for this purpose . This ought to be an after affair , as it is not desirable to encumber a difficult measure of reform with any new schemes in the first
instance . , . ,. , : ., Such appears to us to be a fair and equitable adjustment of the question , and the result would be a vast increase of usefulness and harmony . By oivihe a more popular basis to the church , the fvmplthies of tbe people would be restored to the Established Chnrch , and new vigour would be imparted to a worn-out machine . The benefits of the other concurrent measures proposed are thus summed up : — ¦ Rv National Education the benefits of tbe church will be ex tended to all classes of the community , atd a p Smanent bulwark of liberty set up . By means of education , and improved legwlation tbe burdra of poor laws , which at all tunes weighs so heavily on the land , and at times threatens its confiscation , will be removed .
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By National Savings Bawtnew sources will be opened , by which the labouring class may rise to independence , and by encoura . 'ing the moans of in . vesting and depositing their « aviTij > 8 , 'the condition oi the people will be made more comfortable . ; By repeal . tof ihe Laws of Entail and Primogemture tbe resources of die soil will be COmpletely . developed , and anatural field for the eaergy of an enterprising tenantry and proprietary will'be opened ., ; ¦ " v , ¦ : - - •; ¦ •/'' ¦ ' •';• / ' " By a eompletesysterh of Free Trade , sad'Direct Taxation , all monopolies will be abolished , and the almost impossible duties of . parliament-will become simple . ¦ : " ¦ >;¦ .. w , >_ „• , ' .-, -L .. . . r . ; , . ... ,
were these reforms carried " into . effect , we cannot doubt that England would literally . become a free , happy , and religious nation . ' ,, ; Its progress would be steady ' ahd satisfactory ; for then the interests of one would he the interest of all . . n . , Without professing ; . our concurrence in all the views expressed by Mr . Alison—on the contrary , feeling sincerely that some of them . are open to very seriousnbjection- ^ -we yet commend his thoughtful work to the calm ' and impartial consideration . of all who wish to see important questions- discussed in a truthloviner : imnartial . and finlicrhhuvori snirit . '
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MINERS * AND SEAMENS' UNITED ' ASSOCIATION . Large and enthusiastic meetings of miners and seamen have lately been held at NeWcastle-npon-Tyne , North Shields , Sunderland , South Shields ' , Seaharii Harbour , Hartlepool ; Middlesbro ' , Stockton , Great Hettb ' n , Heleinore , South Hetton , ' Daltoh , Haswell ,. Blyih , X ! owpen , Netherton , Bedlington , Seaton-burn , Seaton Delavel , 4 c . These meetings have been addressed by Messrs . Darnells and King , missionaries of the above-named Association . At present the new organisation of these two most useful bodies of men looks well , and great good is likely to follow to both parties from the CQmoint Association . ' ' National Confebbhcb oi- Sbambkand Minbrs . — At a . ' conference recently held at : Sunderland , the following resolutions , among , others , were adopted : — " .. ' - ¦
, Tbatthis Conference agrees tostandbythe bond of union between the Mmer ^ and Seamen , as laid down at the last Confe . ence . at Sheffield ,.. their several constituents havinc given them instructions to that purport . ThattMsConftTence strongly advises ' adherence to the principles laid down by the Manchester Conference for the rule and guidance of the associations . . - -, ¦¦ . - ;<¦' That the representatives of each Port , now represented at this Conference pledge themselves to start ' soon as possible a benevolent society , iu strict accordance with the Friendly Societies' Aet of 1850 , to be under the entire con . trol of their members , with the . recommendation that if it be found desirable at a future period they be turned into a national institution . That this Conference invest the Executive Committee with discretionary power "to relieve the servants of the united bodies of Seamen ' and Miners , in case of accident or of becoming victims tothe courts of law , b ' eh ' g at the time employed in advancing the interests of the united bodies : such relief only to extend tothe next delegate , or conference meeting , i :.. ' . ' .: .,. . . .,
That having considered the danger te which seamen are exposed by vessels being sent to sea without being properly manned , it is resolved , that no member of thi * union sail as mate in any vessel , aboVe six keels and under ten keels , without an able » uoclied seaman be en . gaged before the mast , nor in any vessel of . ten keels , and under fifteen , keels , without two able-bodied seamen be employed ; nor in . any . vessel of fifteen keels , and under seventeen and half keels , w-itfcout three able-bodied seamen beemployed ; nor in any vessel of seventeen and half , and under twenty keels , without' four able-bodied , seamen be employed in the vesselinwhieh he is engaged .,, . . That the ' Miners and Seamen ' s Advocate' be brou » ht out as soon a < possible , and that each Fort and District ascertain and send in to the Executive Council the amount and support they will give to such paper , —as this Conference are of decided opinion that the conjoint Association of Seamen and Miners will never be permanently successful until a newspaper be brought out to expose the wrongs and defend , the . rights of those two most useful bodies of men , and that the same be finally settledatnext Conference .
- This Conference recommend that each association enter into a subscription in order ' to assist ithe Wolverhampton Tin-plate Woikers in procuring the best counsel to plead their cause , at'the ensuing trial of might against right The pecuniary matters were then taken up and settled , when a vote of thanks were given to the Chairman and Secretary ; after which the Conference broke up .
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" Catching a-TARWB . "~ The followin . ff will show the estimation in which the military are held by the "Saint Helena Advocate" : — " On Friday evening , the night of the . Leyenside trial , one ; of the sentinels at the Main ' Guard challenged a mysterious stranger walking at a rapid pace , nnd making direct for the door of the hotel . The challenged ' unknown was so deeply absolved in thought , - reflecting on the defeats and disaatersof the day , that he heard not the summons of the ' sentinel till he was stepping into tbe hotel ; when he heard at
last the awful * who goes there ? ' and being a stranger to the nonsense of the place , he answered equally loud , * What ' s that , to you V and immediately entered the hotel to refresh the inner man and make himself comfortable for the night . He had not been there . Jong , when—tramp—tramptrnmp-. —up the stairs came tho . sound of many feet " , and at last an © fficwr avid a file of soldiers stood at the doorway of the room . The officer immediately asked ,, ' Are ' yeu the last person who entered the hotel ? ' . To which he received the
following answer : f 'H ow the devil . should , 1 know ? Why do you ask V much to his astonishment . The officer drew himself up to his full height , and said , * I have a good " mind to arrest you !'' "Upon which up sprang the'stranger— sang out , ' You will do what ? Touch me at your peril ! I -will sheet you home in a brace of shakes . So mizzle , my man , or'downstairs ,. you and your soldiers go , faster than you came up . ' - The hint was immediately taken , for the luckless officer and his file of guard stood face to face with the facetious and redoubtable sea-lawyer , Captain H . A White , who defended the master of the Tjevenaide , and' gave Mister Queen ' s proctor Snipe so nice a drubbing , notwithstanding the gallant array of artillery captains te aid him in the contest . " These officers seem to
have very queernotions of the rights of the subject ; the Artillery gentlemen take it into their heads to seize a captain and put him in chains in his own vessel , while tbe infantry officer makes no bone * to leave his post , and take a file of the guard into another man's house . It is a pity these men will not take the trouble to muster up as much ' common sense as would keep them out of these ugly scrapes . We think the colonels of regiments should see that their officers know something of the principles of civil law , so as to keep them from so frequently and ridiculously infringing it . " An Infebmai ; Machine . — -The Vnivers publishes a letter from Rome of the 14 th , which gives tho following particulars , concerning the late attempt to commit murder in that city by means of a kind of infernal machine : — " There is on the Piazza
Navona a large shop of drugs and grocery , which forms the corner between the Church of St . Agnes and the Strada de la Pace . It belongs to M . Mengacci , son of tbe person who under Pius VII . stuck up the bull of excommunication against Napoleon , and who has preserved the traditions of attachment to the Holy See left hirh by his father . M . Mengacci does not carry on the business himself , but leaves it to the management of his clerks . Every evening , however , he comes from his palace in the Strada Ripetta to the shop to see a little of what has taken place during the day , and to enjoy the conversation of a certain number of friends devoted like himself to the defence of the Church and of society : He is usually accompanied by some of his sons . In the evening of the 9 th inst ., M .
Mengacci went , according to his custom , to the shop , accompanied by one of . his children . Ho there found some of the customers , amongst whom were the brave Captain Galanti , some carbineers , and two priests . The conversation commenced , and M . Mengaoci seated himself at a desk to examine the books . The customers meanwhile continued to make their purchases , and the shop was crowded . AH at once shouts and cries of indignation were heard on the outside—two men carrying a basket had stopped before the shop , which opens on the square , and set it down . After a pause of a few minutes they went away , leaving it . Their dress
was not exactly the same as that of the peasants who display in that spot baskets of vegetables and fruits ; and they accordingly excited the attention of a peace officer on duty . It is probable , however , that he would not have seriously occupied himself with them , if , fortunately , he had not seen a faint light in the basket . He advanced to see what it was ; and found himself iii presence of an infernal machine , near which the light was burning . A minute later the flame would have reached the gunpowder and there would have been an explosion . His cries attracted a conaidevable crowd . ¦ The machine had the form of a cannon , about two feet
long : its mouth was directed towards the group m which were M . Mengacci , Captain Oalnnti , ana other habitues , and who could be easily seen througn the glass door . It was a very solid wooden cylinder , bound round with iron , and the interior was two or three inches in diameter . The charge consisted ol three pounds of gunpowder , twenty-five bullets , » great quantity of bits of old iron , and broken g lass . There was enough to have killed all the persons marked out for death by the demagogical sect , as well as the shopman , tbe customers , and some ot the passers-by ; for part of tho projectiles would necessarily : have become scattered , and would not have failed to strike persons who at that hour are
in great numbers in the square . | Pebils of'jhe Curative Art . —Five prisoner s lying in ' the hospital at the bagne of Toulon , lately died of poison , 'in consequence of an error committed Uy the head apothecary of the establishment , who had placed on one bottle a direction intended for another . Four of the patients died that uight > and the fifty next morning .
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the Sheffield •„ i ?" —Oat of 1 , 909 inmates of £ » th ? mi ?! rkb ' ! 7 decline to , ' aekno * 11 « , p « T r of anv religious' persuasion ; and aSSSSLtt' ° L P | ac D * ' « trafork : beside tne . plate of such boarders as have not paid promptly ^ £ W ^^ - " ^ , fek , ^ W ^ - --i , K r 0 CNrAIN 8 - ~ Ben Nevis ; whoseclajm to SiSSiS ^ rS ""^ Great Britain ha long been disputed by ^ en Macdhui , has'had its BUPe * rtority established by the ordnance surveyors ; It'is seventyawo feet higher thaniita : riv * l . ^ ,: J < - * P « fpf , i , tf ^ u- ^ — S entleman has made ft rrlt , TiT hich 8 bews that iferery article in £ S ?/ Pala Se weret 0 be examined for three minutes , it would occupy twenty-six yean to exa-UllilC Mil * ...
A frugal Scot , says the Spectator , entitled to exemption from income tax to the amount of seven , pence , pursued his . claim with great perseverancei and was rewarded with success . Letters from Grand Cairo , of the 4 th ult ., in one . of the Sporting journals , announce that an Eoglish mare has defeated , the "Arab steeds , " of the desert , both in short and long distances . An affable deportment ahda complacency of behaviour wil ( disarm , the most ' obstinate ; whereas , if instead of calmly pointing out their mistake , we break out into unseemly sallies of passion , we ceaseto have any influence . ' - ' - .. - . Machinbrt , at Nottingham . —Great industrial : improvements are being made in manufactures , at present ^ atNottingham ] tbe . bobbin ¦; net and . stock- ; ing-frame machinery now producing antirmacassars , doilies , and bed-quilts , in close imitation of crochet work and fishermen ' s nets . -i ' . ' ¦ ' :
> Fi-ax Growino on Dabtmoob . —^ 7 e bear that the ; experiment of growing flax , near , Dartmoor prison is a . complete' triumph . '• The successful culture of this plant is a matter ; of national importance , and will be of the greatest benefit to the neighbourhoodi . . J . L « .. i ? ..:.-- ' ¦ . ' . i .... '¦ - > . ¦ ¦ ¦ Gbkatm Obliged . —A learned German astrojoger has ascertained that the earth will be destroyed by a ' comet in exactly twenty-two million years . The ' cute philosopher deserves the public ' s thanks for post poning the . event to so . distant a . day ..- =,.- ; . English Iron Stone . —Mr . Robert Stephensoni M . P ., said the ' other day , at Bangor , that in England has been produced from the bowels of the earth , in the last twenty years , more rude stone than , when converted into railway bars , and laid end to end , would form an iron girdle round the earth itself .
Sounding .. thb Atlantic—The . . . officers of the United States navy have ' accomplished the feat of deep i sea-sounding across the Atlantic , from , the Capes of Virginia toMadeira , and find the ocekn ' s depth about five and . a half miles . The Gulf of Mexico , from Tampico to the Siiaits Of Florida , is about a mile in depth . ' Drought in Sp ain . —The principal topic of . the Spanish journals is still , the serious effects produced by the long drought and extraordinary heat , At Madrid they had been four months withou t rain . The country is burned up , and fires , extending in some cases over many leagues , are no doubt the result of this state of things .
American Bloodhounds ' . —A pack of bloodhounds , kept" for hunting runaway slaves , " fell in with the children of a neighbouring proprietor , killed . them , and devoured them . The conclusion of the tragedy ia truly American . The « distressed father , " we are told , "loaded his rifle , and shot "not himself , but— " . the ' owner of the dogs , " through the heart . —• Times . , Dj £ Rivation , of the name *' Whig . "—The Boston Bee has lately set up the pretence that the name of "Whig" was derived from the initials of the motto of the Scotch Covenanters—• ' We hope in God " . — - "W , II . I . G . The Commonuieafrft , however , suggest as a more probable origin that it was adopted from the Scotch word . " whig , " which means " sour milk . "
The Church . —Two cardinals found fault with Raphael for having in one of his pictures given too florid a complexion to St . Peter and St . Paul . "Gentlemen , " replied the artist , ill-pleased with the criticism , "don ' t be surprised : I paint them just-as they look- in heaven . They are blushing with shame to see the church below so badly governed ^ ' ' Domestic Peace . —The less of physical . force or menacing language we use—the less , to take an expressive word , we scold our children—the more order and quiet we shall commonly secure . I nave seen a family where a single Word or a ' look even ' would allay ' a rising storm . The gentle , but firm method , is . the , best security for domestic peace . — ttev . A . Ii . Muzzey . :
A Railway Newspaper . —The Great Northern Railway Company , instead of incurring an outlay in the shape of postages , has regi .-teied a newspaper in the Stamp Office , called The Great Northern Railway Company ' s Reporter , and ,, under this title , given in the smallest possible type ,, it issues all its documents , which p ass through the posti whatever be their bulk , as a newspaper privileged by the penny stamp . - •¦ ..-..-Rbauy Answer . —A few days ago , an English gentleman , a visitor at the fashionable wateringplace of Moffat , on -passing the Free Church there , a very uneccfesiastical looking building , asked a boy whose factory it was ; the sharp : witied lad , after an involuntary cohstiltation with the crown lawyers , replied " Mr . Kinnear ' s . "' " Ay , and what does he manufacture here ?" . "Sinners into Saints , sir I " was the ready answer .
The Poacher and the Predate ; or Good AnvicB . — -A poacher was not many years since busily engaged in taking a-hare out of a wire in a certain bishop ' a grounds , when lhatfunctionary himself accosted him , and ordered him to desist . " Starlight Tom ' s" re-joinder was not strictly parliamentary ; so the bishop replied— "Don ' tyou know who I am ? I ' m the bishop of I" " Are you ? " was all the reply vouchsafed ; " and a . good place too .: Mind you keep it !"
Extraordin ' arv accident . —Aman was lately admitted into the Portsmouth , Portsea , and Gusporl Hospital , under , the followingsingularcircumstances : — He was trying to extract a cork from a large stone beer-bottle withhis teeth , when it was suddenly driven into his gullet by the force of the carbonic acid which had been generated in the bottle . Medical assistance was immediately obtained , butunavaiiiogly , and tbe man . was taken to the hospital , where cesuphagotoray , was at once practised , and the cork , which measured about three and a half inches iu
circumference , was extracted . . A Real Nut to Crack . —Mr . Dunup tuw , in order to encourage ingenuity , resolved on offering a very handsome reward to any one who will piek bis pocket so effectually . as to get anything out of it . The learned . gentleman states , fairly enough , that he has tried the experiment frequently on his own pocket , and has never yet succeeded ; but , that if any one else should prove more fortunate , he will be most happy to share the produce with ihe lucky individual . The professional pickpockets have , it is understood , long ago abandoned the hopeless task , so that amateurs have now a fair opportunity . — Punch .
Railway Passbnoebs' Asscrance . —The number of tickets issued b y this company for six months have been—Periodical tickets , 2 , 420 ; excursion tickets , 1 , 838 ; single journey tickets , first class , 18 , 979 ' , second class , 40 . 776 ; third class , 58 , 238 The receipts for the half-year amounted to £ 3 , 155 . The claims upon the companv . for compensation for the same period , which had been made and adjusted , consisted of two fatal cases , on which the sum of £ 1 , 000 had been paid , and fifty-three cases of personal injury , on which sums varying from £ 1 to £ 425 had been paid , making together the sum of £ 2 , 068 8 s . 6 d ,, as compensation paid during the last six months . . .
His WaR- 'Cry !—A " stump" orator , addressing a meeting in South Carolina , and becoming warmed by his own glowing description of the zeal which should animate the bosom of patriots in the possible conflict with the general government , said— " Yes ! fellow citizens , when the first note of war is heard rebounding over our cotton field , 1 , for one , shall exclaim With General Washington , at the battle of Waterloo , ' A horse ! a horse ! my kingdom for a horse ! ' " A 'Cheap Place to Live in . — The Literary
Gaxttte , in » notice of Mr . Neale ' s work on Syria , says : — " People who love to live well and cheap at the same time should go to Antioch . Mr . Neale tried to be extravagant there , but found it to be impossible , * house rent , servants , horses , board , washing , and wine included , ' to spend more than £ 40 a year . Ob , that Antioch were London ! Fancy 7 } lb . of good mutton for Is . . ' -fat fowls for 2 ' ! . a pkee 1—TOib . of fish for Is . land all possible fruits and vegetables sufficient for one's household for 2 d . a week ' . If we remember aright , the garden of Eden was somewhere near this place . "
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.. j Enqiish t . Ahab Horses , —About eighteen months ago , Abba , ' Pacha , Governor of Egypt , challenged the Jocky Club to run their English horses against the Arabs for a . sum of-from £ 5 , 000 to ^ 50 , 000 , optional ' to either party ,-, allowing a ^ o a . Bt & rfc of 300 yards' to tiie English horses , tho dis-. tance . to be ten milesr This challenge ' w « is not accepted "by the Jockey Club , nor did they publish it , consequently the Viceroy concluded that they were afraid to meet him . In consequence of the above challenge of the Governor of Egypt many . parties may be anxious to know what an English thorough bred horse ban do aiiiongst the Arabs . An Hungarian officer , ' attached tothe staff of General Guyon , ' writing from Damascus * in Syria , says ' : —? ' General Guyon s English mare is thdroueh-bred . out of
Hiridosfen ,-by-Lightfoot ; she was brought-fronvEng-™ i . 1848 ' and is n ° V ' nree and a nal ' years ' old . We have often made excusions , and frequently come in contact with the Bedouins , owners of the finest Arab horses . ' Frequently races have been got up when the English mare has beeii 8 U 0 , Ce 8 ? ful . The Bedouinsi insist upon , her , being . an . Arab mare , though they are rather puziled at her size , as i-he stands sixteen hands one inch ,- From what I have seen Of her performances , -I think a well-trained English horse would beat any Arab whateVer , and in any way . General Guyon ' s . mare , when only a naq and a half old , went through the campaign in Hungary m 1849 , . so . she has been well worked , though , of course , not trained for racing . " Thus the Jockey Cub may regret , in some degree , not having accepted the . orler of Abb ' as . Pacha , as since that he has imported several ' Erielish horses intn
bis country , which , though not of the best breeds , wil ^ no . doubt answer his purpose for making atrial With his . own horses . -iVbrt / l British Daily Mail , Cab and Omnibus Mamagbmbst . —Some " Propositions for an unproved System of Management for Hackney and Metropolitan Stage Carriages" have been circulated recently , and will aid , we hope in leading . ; public attention to a subject that greatly requires fresh legislation . Considering the enormou s ' nurober of these vehicles , the extent to which they are now used , and the amount of annoyance and vexation that is experienced on all hands , it is surprising that people should remain quiet under the infliction . By association , the omnibus proprietors at this moment are in a position to impose on the public in , any way they , please , and could run down almost any opposition that might be set up in consequence . Their recent arbitrary . increaBe of the fares throughout the metropolis affords an instance . —JJuiWer .
"Ciir op Westminster RBOigTBAiiou . ~ Mr . John Macqueen , the barrister , sat on the " 19 th inst . at the Vice-Chancellor ' s CourtrWertuvmster Hall : for the purpose of revising the lists of votes for the city and liberty of Westminster . Neither the ^ Liberals . npr the Conservatives had made any : objections ; but Mr . Huggett attended on the part of the former to watoh the revision . The name of Mr . Henry Beitt , of No . 3 , Coirley-street , had been omitted in consequence of his not hating paid Kia assessed taxes . Mr . Hugeetfc said behad been requested to represent Mr . Beitt , but be was afraid he could not . overcome the objection made to his vote . ; The fact was , that there prevailed an opinion 6 n the . part of the householders generally , that they were not under any obligation to pay their assessed
axes at any other period than that . it was the custom ofthe collectors to demand them . : But this was a mistake . The law made the payment of the taxes legally due quarterly , although it was the custom of the government to collect the taxes halfyearly . Now , as the Reform Act required every person claiming to be on the register to pay up all tho taxes that were due from him on or before the 5 th of January , It was clear that the quarter's assessed taxeg due on Christmas Day ought to be paid before the 5 th of January ,-although the collectors did not demand the payment of such taxes until Lady Day . The method to be pursued
therefore was ; that when the half-year ' s taxes payable by custom at Lady-day were demanded , the householder should tender the payment of the quarter ' s taxes dud up to Christmas . This would secure to him his vote . In the . -present instance' Mr . ' Beitt had not adopted this course , and his claim could not , therefore , be sustained . The barrister thought it very desirable that the public should be made aware ofthe distinction between the legal and the customary periods for paying the assessed taxes . It was quite obvious that-many persons were deprived of their franchise . solely in consequence of this variance of the practice from the strict letter ofthe law . The claim was disallowed .
; Bessv Bbdiam . —This once cehbrated race-horse is still living , and may now be seen spending . tbe evening of her life in calm enjoyment , in the first field east of Baggsholme-lane . Tbe mare' is twenty-seven years old . —• ZincoJnsnire Chronicle .
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CURES FOR THE UNCUltED ! HOLLO WAY'S OINTMENT . An Extraordinary Cure of Scrofula , or King ' s ¦ - ¦ - ¦ Evil . Extract of a letter from Mr . J . H . Alliday , 209 High jtreet , Cheltenham , dated January 22 nd , 185 U .. 8 m , —My eldest son , when about three years of age , was afflicted with a glandular swelling in the neck , which after a short time broke out , into an ulcer . An eminent medical man pronounced it as a very bad case of scrofula , and prescribed for a considerahle time without effect . The disease then for years went on gradually increasing in virulence , when Desides " the ' ulcer in the neck , another formed below the left knee , and a third under the eye , " be « sides seven others on the left arm , with a tumour between the eyes which was expected to break . During the whole of the time my suffering boy had received the constant advice Ofthe most celebrated medical gentlemen at Cheltenham , besides being for several months at the General Hospital
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 27, 1851, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_27091851/page/3/
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