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      KOSSUTH . Death in the battle is not death ... Beep , deep may seem the mortal groan , let sweeter than an infant ' s breath Is Honour ' s , on that field alone , "Where Kossuth call'd his spirits forth Aloft from Dana . v ' s heaving breast ; They ouell'd the South , they shook the Xortb , They sank by fraud not strength represt . If freedom's sacred fire lies qnencht , O England ! was it not by thee 3 Era from such hands the sword was wrencat ^ Thine was the power to shield the free . Eussells erewiile might raise their crest Proud as the older of oar land , AltLo' Ifind but in the best The embroider'd glore of Sidney ' s hand .

      Bachd may mourn her children now ... From higher source her glory springs , Where Shakspear crowns Southampton ' s brow Above the reach or gaze ol kings . Russells ! where ? where ? To waver high . Paction the slender twig may place , And cover , when that twig shall die , With plomes as dark its dark disgrace . Drive the drear phantom from my sight , 0 Kossuth ! Bound our wintcry shore Spread broad tby strong and healthy light , And I will tread these weeds no more . Walter Savage Lac toe . .

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      Hudwients Of Public Speaking And Delate ...

      Hudwients of Public Speaking and Delate , or Hints on the application of Logic . By George Jacob Hoitoake . London : "Watson , 3 , Queen's Head Passage , Paternoster Bow . Although there are many who dissent from Mr . Holvoake ' s theological and political views —some regarding him with horror as an ultra heretic , others -with regret , condemning his " verymild , " and far too " moderate" political sentiments ; all who have read his educational works will admit them to he worthy of the suffrages of the people generally . In the columns of this journal vre have , on ether occasions , testified to the merits of Mr . Holyoake's " Grammar , " " Mathematics , ' ' " Logic , " & c ., and now we have much pleasure in recommending this little volume as a valuable and interesting addition to its instructional predecessors .

      Those really in search of instruction , relative to the art of public speaking , will find much to aid them in this volume . Others , who have no ambition to shine on the public platform , may , nevertheless , find matter in these pages from which to derive information and entertainment . The most captious critichowever willing and able to find fault—could not pronounce this a dry book . He who reads the first page , will read to the last The work is divided into thirty-four chapters . Instead of giving a mere list of the subjects treated of , we extract the following passages : —

      PHEMEDITATIOJ ? . There is every reason to believe that the greatest masters of oratory have been most sensible of the value and have most practised pre-meditatlon . It is only the young would-be speaker who expects to he great without effort , or whose vanity leads him to impose upon others the belief that he is st>—who affects to despise the toil of preparation . One of tbehiosraphers of Canning tells us that it is remarkable , that with his broad sense of great faculties in others , he was himself fastidious to excess about the sli g htest turns of expression . He would correct his speeches , and amend their verbal graces , till he nearly polished out the orig inal spirit . He was not smgrdar in this . Burke , whom he is said to have closely studied , did the same . Sheridan always prepared bis speeches ; the highly-wrought passages in the speech on Hastings * impeachment were written beforehand and committed to memory ;

      and the differences were so marked , that the audience could readily distinguish between the extemporaneous passages and those that were premeditated . Mr . Canning ' s alterations were frequently so minute and extensive that the printers found it easier to recoEapose the matter afresh in type than to correct it . This difficulty of choice in diction sometimes springs from Tembarras des ridesses , but oftenerfrom poverty of resources , and generally indicates a class of intellect which is more occupied with costume than ideas . But here are three instances which set all popular notions of verbal fastidiousness by the ears : for certainly Burke , Canning , and Sheridan were men of capacious talents ; and two of them , at least , present extraordinary examples of imagination and practical judgment , running together " neck and neck in the race of life to the very " goal .

      We owe the low state of oratory in this country to a great extest to the false comtemptfor " cat and dried speeches , " till it has come to be considered a sign of weakness for a maa to think before he speaks . Archbishop Whately has wisely cautioned young preachers against concluding rhnt because the Apostles spake well without premeditation , that others will speak so , unless , like the ^ ' T > i ' * are s P cc , all y inspired . Perhaps , although we use the term , we never have

      naa oratory m England . There is an essential difference between oratory and debating ; oratory seems an accomplishment confined to tbe ancients ] unless taaFraifcL preachers may put in their claim , and some of the Irish lawyers . Mr . Shell ' s speech in hen t was a fine oration ; and the boobies who taunted Mm for haviug got it by rote , were not aware than in doirgsohecnl y wisel y followed the exa taple of Pericles , Demosthenes , Lycias , Isocf trfes , Ilortensius , Cicero , Cajsar , and every other great orator of antiquity .

      Amid the applause iu this chapter bestowed upon premeditation it would not be just to oinifc the ridicule with which it has been visited by the Rev . S 3 ney Smith . " It is only by the fresh feelings of tLe heart that mankind can be very powerfully Reeled . What can be more ludicrous than an orator delivering stale indignation and fervour of a ^ eckold ? turning over whole pages of violent pas-^ ° h 5 , written out in German text ; reading the * J * Pesaad apostrophes into which be is hurried by tne ardonr of bis mind , and so affected at a precon-Cfil tcd lice and page , that he is unable to proceed ? $ further . " True , " it is only by tbe fresh feel-?| of the heart that mankind can be very

      power-« JJy affected . " But nature is always fresh—and be "" » reproduces nature will always affect . Macready ^ ver stabbed his daughter to preserve her honour , let every man is moved at his Virginias . As ^ inello , Mscread y ' s " indignation" atlago is thirty . ears old , yet we are as much affected by its inten-*« y M oa the first day ^ when he displayed it . The tyeech of Antony over the dead body of Cassar was " writ ten i « German text" in the davs of Elizabeth « was " cut aud dried" 200 years ago . Yet , wbatr ecr saiirical canon may say to the contrary , it ^ - * s not to affect us now . A great idea well expressed , or a deep feeling naturall y pourtrayed , is a thing of beauty and a ioy for ever . "

      PUBLIC MEETIKGS . Upon the general rules proper for conducting a leuate it is hardly possible to enter . Even public

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      meetings in this country are conducted on the crudest principles . If men were commonly intelligent , and many were disposed to take part in public meetings , it , would be impossible that any business could be transacted under several days . The assumption that every man has a ri ght to be beard , could not be acted npon if half who usually attend public meetings were to enforce that " right . " YThen a speech or lecture is . debated , each disputant expects to occupy the same time as the speaker which often prevents more than one being heard in reply . But a short time for several mig ht be fixed , and thus combine discipline with disputation . Brevity of time would induce directness and brevity -: __ . 5 „ « , ; ,. « Aai , tm J „__ J ,,

      of speech—it is not the work of any one speaker , but the work of many to attack the whole lecture , and each should select a leading point , and ten minutes would afford time for a very effective objection , if one could be raised . At public meetings , where many opposing parties often struggle to be heard , confusion , delay , and illfeeling might be obviated , by each party pre-ap-I-ointing a representative of ability , in whom confidence could be reposed to speak on their behalf , and by those calling the meeting being made aequainted with , and consenting to the arrangement , the views of half-a-dozen parties could be advocated , when the views of one are heard but inadequately and impatiently now .

      DISCIPLINE . —ANECDOTE OF CTJHBAW . From Demosthenes to Curran , the personnel of orators has illustrated the triumphs of application as much as the triumphs of genius . " One day , an acquaintance , in speaking of Curran ' s eloquence , happened to observe that it must have been born with him . " " Indeed , my dear sir , " replied Curran , " it was not ; it was born three and twenty years and some months after me ; and , if you are satisfied to listen to a dull historian , you shall have the history of its nativity . "When I was at the Temple , a few of us formed a little debating club . Upon the first night of meeting I attended , my foolish heart throbbing with the anticipated honour of being styled 'the learned member that opened the debate , " or ' the very eloquent gentleman who

      has just sat down . I stood up—the question was the Catholic claims or the slave trade , I protest I now forget which , but the difference , you know , was never very obvious—my mind was stored with about a folio volume of matter , but I wanted a preface , and for want of a preface the volume was never published . I stood up , trembling through every fibre ; but , remembering , that in this I was but imitating Tully , I took courage , and had actually proceeded almost as far as 'Mr . Chairman , ' when , to my astonishment and terror , I perceived that every eye was turned upon me . There were only six or seven present , and the room could not have contained as many more ; yet was it , to my panicstruck imagination , as if I were the central object

      in nature , aud assembled millions were gazing upon me in breathless expectation . I became dismayed and dumb . My friends cried ' hear him ! ' but there was nothing to hear . My lips , indeed , went through the pantomime of articulation , but I was like the unfortunate fiddler at the fair , who , npon coming to strike up ihe solo that was to ravish every ear , discovered that an enemy had maliciously soaped his bow . So you . see , sir , it was not born with me . However , though my friends despaired of me , the camtitesloguendivias not to be subdued without a struggle . I was for the present silenced , but I still attended our meetings with the most laudable regularity , and even ventured to accompany the others to a more ambitious theatre , the club of Temple

      Bar . One of them was upon his legs ; a fellow of whom it was difficult to decide whether he was most distinguished for the filth of his person or the flippancy of his tongue—just such another as Harry Flood would have callad ' the highly gifted gentleman with the dirty cravat and greasy pantaloons . ' I found this learned personage in the act of calumniating chronology by the most preposterous anachronisms . He descanted upon Demosthenes , the g lory of the Roman forum—spoke of Tully as the famous contemporary and rival of Cicero—and , in the short space of one half hour , transported the straits of Marathon three several times to the plains

      of Thermopylm . Thinking that I had a right to know something of these matters , I looked at him with surprise . When our eyes met , there was something like a wager of battle in mine ; upon which the erudite gentleman instantly changed his invective against antiquity into an invective against me , and concluded by a few words of friendly counsel [ horresco refareas ) to ' orator mum , ' who , he doubted not , possessed wonderful talents for eloquence , although he would recommend him to show it in future , by some more popular method than his silence . I followed his advice , and , I believe , not entirely without effect . So , sir , you see that to try the bird the spur must touch his blood .

      " The discovery , on ibis occasion , of his talents for public speaking , encouraged him to proceed in his studies with additional energy and vigour . The defect in his enunciation ( at school he went by the cognomen of ' stuttering Jack Curran' ) he corrected by a regular system o f daily reading aloud , slowly , and with strict regard to pronunciation , passages from his favourite authors . His person was short , and his appearance ungraceful and without dignity . To overcome these disadvantages , he recited and studied his postures before a mirror , and adopted a method of ges t iculation suited to his appearance . Besides a constant attendance at the debating clubs , he accustomed himself to extemporaneous eloquence in private , by proposing cases to himself , which he debated with tbe same care as if he had been addressing a jury . " We conclude these extracts with two anecdotes from the chapter on

      PLEASANTRY . A comedian went to America , and remained there two years , leaving his wife dependent on her relatives . Mrs . F tt expatiating in the green-room on the cruelty of such conduct , the comedian found a warm advocate in a well-known dramatist . "I have heard , " says the latter , " that he is the kindest of men ; and 1 know that he writes to his wife every packet . " "Yes , he writes , " replied Mrs . ., " a parcel of flummery about the agony of absence , but he has never remitted her a shilling . Ds you call that kindness 1 " " Decidedly , " rep lied the author , " unremitting kindness . Here the wit turns upon words .

      Goodrich relates a converse instance : — " I once heard of a boy , who , being rebuked by a clergyman for neglecting to go to church , replied , that he would go if he could be permitted to change his seat . * But why do you wish to change your seat ?' said the minister . * You see , ' said the boy , ' I sit over the opposite side of the meeting-house , and between me and you there ' s Judy Vicars and Mary Staples , and half-a-dozen other women , with their mouths wide open , and they got all the best of the sermon , and when it comes to me its pretty poor stuff . '"

      Lays Of The Revolutions, And Other Poems...

      Lays of the Revolutions , and other Poems . By the Kev . Jonx Jeffrey . London : "W . S . Orr and Co ., Amen-corner . Ax honest priest is about as rare as an honest journalist ; we were , therefore , agreeably surprised , in taking up this volume , to find therein the revolutionary cause advocated by one who combines , with the character of poet , that of preacher of the Christian Faith . "We will not flatter ? Jr . Jeffrey , by telling him that his effusions attain to the standard of poetical perfection ; hut , Ave may do him the justice of assuring our readers , that these Lays deserve to he read wherever exist men who value the blessings of Freedom , and aspire to break the chains of oppression .

      Mr , Jeffrey manfully avows that all his sympathies are on the side of the people , of whose final triumph—despite the present reaction—he has neither doubt nor fear . It is much , too , to Mr . Jeffrey ' s credit , that lie dares to denounce the vile Journals of this country , that have been "found willing to prostitute their pages io the approbation of re-actiouary crime . " All the pieces ire should desire to extract are too lengthy to quote entire . "We take the following stanzas from the War Cry of the Romas Ixsubreciioxisis . " Rise , Romans , rise at last , Craft ' s Kingdom now is past ; Brook no delay ! Lombard blades long ago . Swifter than whirlwinds blow , Swept from Milan the foe :

      Why should we stay ? Dares the false Pontiff shed Tears for the tyrants dead ?* Dares he thus stain Basely the tripple crown ? Brothers!—then , smite it down , Though his Swiss bandit ' s frown , Let tbe blows rain ! " Rise , then , for Fatherland ; In reck-like p halanx stand , Cowards no more . Rise in colossal might , Rise till tho storm of fight Wrap us in lurid light Where cannons roar I " In this great Dawn of Time , In this great Death of Crime ,

      Quit us like men ; By our deeds , by our words , By our songs , by our swords , Use all against tho hordes , . Sabre or pen !

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      * Tope Pius is reported to have wept ^ when hear that the Aiisuians bad been driven out of Milan .

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      " From the old Roman graves Ghost on'ghost beckoning waves—* ' Follow us far . ' Follow ! we follow them , Sprung of their hero-stem , Graspmg Fame ' s diadem , Like a bright star I " More than Fame , —Duty calls ! Trumpet-tongued from the walls Girding great Rome ; Battle for Truth and Faith , Battle , lest hostile scathe Crush us , or fetters swathe Free hearth and home . ll m » U . )» m „„

      'Till the last tyrant flee , 'Till in young Ital y Slaves are unknown ; 'Till ancient priestcraft fall , 'Till Austria ' s minions all Stain neither hut nor hall Hovel nor throne ! " Hark ! how God ' s thunders roll , Booming from pole to pole Of the wide world ! ' Old lies are crushed for aye , Sew truths assume their sway , Bright shines the flag of Day O ' er night unfurled . '

      " Tower , then , the barricades ! Flash forth the lightning blades I Romans , awake ! Storm as the tempests burst , Down with the brood accursed I Sparks long in silence nursed Etna-like break ; And that volcano ' s thirst Seas cannot slake 1 " "We add a few verses from the poem on

      THE FALL OF ROUE , It is ended—all is over—heroes' Wood has poured in vain ! Brutal force resumes its sceptre , throned on piles of freemen slain ; Shortly the interregnum lasted , like a fount oi golden light Flashing momentary splendour , ere engulfed in ancient night ! It is ended—all is over—and the young Republic ' s doom Is to sink , transfixed by traitors , into its ancestral

      tomb , And the fingers crusted with its blood , the hands that dealt the blow , Wait to swathe the corpse for sepulture and worms before they go . It is ended—it is over—and the despots of our time , Now may lead their hordes to soke with gore all battle-fields of crime ; For Reaction ' s arm has triumph'd underneath the towers of Rome , And the liberty of Europe flees its old immortal home .

      One deep groan for Oudinot the false—ay , falsest of them all ! He has entered Rome by grovelling , as when the reptiles crawl ; He has entered Rome by dint of lies , and not by dint of sword ; He has lied to her and Europe—he has lied in deed and word . Go , then , Oudinot ! and finish what is happily begun ; Weave a web of lies to hide from men tho deed of darkness done , Hurry back the ancient tyranny , and summon Pius home-On the swords of French-born Cossacks throned above the enslaved of Rome !

      So the pageant vanishes amid the whirlwind of their curse , And the Roman masses weigh the woe , and future vengeance nurse-But one farewell shout re-echoes , like the rushing of a river : " Death to the Prankish brigands—the Republic live forever ' . " We have very great p leasure in recommending this little volume to our readers . We trust it will find a wide and well-deserved circulation .

      The Miners Of Yorkshire. To The Editor O...

      THE MINERS OF YORKSHIRE . TO THE EDITOR OP THE XORTHERN STAH . Sib , —By allowing this appeal to the Miners of Yorkshire & place in your valuable paper , you will oblige , yours , & c , George Brown . Fellow Miners , —Once more 1 would draw your attention to this short address , and in doing so I can assure you I do it with no other intention than a good will towards you , the employed and also the employer ; and if I can possibly do anything to elevate you from the awful calamities to which , as a body of miners , you have been , of long standing , subjected to , I think it my duty to do so ; viz ., the preservation of your valuable aud useful lives and health—also your masters' capital .

      And although tbe above lines may appear to many of you of a light nature , yet , they are of such importance that it behoves every master and miner in Great Britain to exert themselves , diligently , on behalf of the above objects : that is , the lives and health of the miners ; and , also , the coal-owners ' capital , and especially the former . It may not yet be known to a large majority of the miners of Yorkshire that the lives of the miners of Great Britain are being sacrificed , with an anuual increase , chiefly arising from—first , a defective system of ventilation ; and , secondly , from the frequent

      habit of our coal owners drawing , or taking their works to greater distances , from one shaft to another , than what their imperfect mode of ventilation will allow ; aud which generally bad system of ventilation—first , causes or admits of an accumulation of hydrogen , carbon , and other gases , as to render such mines , not unfrequently , very unsafe ; and , consequently , not only places the lives of tbe miners in great danger , hut also greatly impairs their health ; and secondly , not unfrequently damages or destroys , to a great extent , the coal owners' capital through explosions taking place in their respective

      . But as our object is not so much to offer any remarks on the present mode of ventilation ; but believing , as I do , that the miners generally , in Yorkshire , are not more fully acquainted with any ( or rarely ) steps which of late have been , or are about to be , brought forward in the present session of parliament ; having for its object the enacting of some Government measure for the purpose of facilitating and establishing some better mode or system of ventilation in this country , and for the preservation of the lives of tbe miners generally . And for this purpose , last session , government ap . pointed a Committee in the House of Lords—Lord Wharncliffe in the chair—for the purpose of examining coal masters , Government Commissioners ,

      mine agents , miners , & c ., in order to gain all the information possible on the best mode of ventilation ; also the consequences of , and the evil tendency the present system of ventilation had on the health and lives of the miners generally ; and ascertain the opinions of scientific gentlemen as to the best mode of improving ventilation in mines , & e . And after some weeks of energetic labour on this most important question , I am glad to say that the general evidence , opinions , facts , & c , coincided in one opinion that some better system of ventilation ought , without any further delay , to be put in operation by a Legislative law ; and carried out by the appointment of some persons qualified to inspect mines , and see that , whatever laws should be passed , they be fully carried out ;

      The miners , relying upon some such measure being adopted , are about to have a Bill presented to the House of Commons , the first or second week after Easter ; backed up by their petitions from the counties in the North , viz ., Northumberland , Durham , Lancashire , & c . ; and , in order that this may not he lost sight of , they will , from each of these counties , send to London a deputation of miners at that time , to form a sub-committee with those members of Parliament favourable to such measures . I have been intreated by those counties , several limes , to awaken and acquaint the miners of Yorkshire on those important things , but knowing well the miners of Yorkshire are not united , generally , as

      are the miners of the above counties ; and a majority of them have no , or little , understanding with each ether on those life and death questions as they ought to have ; nevertheless they are subject to the like accidents , & c , and , consequently , are in as much need of some better mode of ventilation as any county in the whole coaling districts . I believe that you are aware of the necessity of your assistance being brought into action at this time , with your petitions , and also of forming a psrt of the sub-committee in the House of Commons ; but if you' should still continue to rest content with your present awful position , and remain in a burning ship when a life boat is ready to save you , allow me to say you will not be worthy the uame of Englishmen .

      I conclude these few remarks hoping that the miners of this county will lose no time , especially in the Barnsley District , in getting ' up their peti-

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      tionB , & e . as soon as possible , seeing the time is so short . I am , yours truly , Gkorge Brown . Brandy Carr , Wakefield , March 12 , 1950 ., P . S . —• Copies of printed petitions can be had of Mr . M . Jude , Barraa Bridge , Newcastle-on-Tyne . N . B . —I should be glad to have opinions of miners , generally , on this subject . Direct , George Brown , care of Mr . W . Bowman , Nortbgate , Wakefield , grocer . a oc o „__ -- .,.,. , L . i . ' -m ' . •«

      Lanc Ashire And Cheshire M To The Bditor...

      LANC ASHIRE AND CHESHIRE M TO THE BDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . biR , —ine last delegate meeting of the miners of those counties , was held at the Horse Shoe , half way between Ashton and Oldham , when the following resolutions , among others , were agreed to . — lhat only two of the agents attend the county meeting every fortnight , as it will be a saving of expense in railway fare , and also enable the two other agents to attend to places that maj urgently require their services on that day . — " Thai we , the miners of Lancashire and Cheshire , who are now jn union , do hereby ajrree to meet the othei 00 wi ° districts of mh ? ers in England , Scotland , and Wales , m conference , to endeavour to form a National Union amongst all the miners of the united kingdom ; but this meeting respectfully request the miners of Durham and Northumberland , to fix the time of conference , and to give every district in the united kingdom not less than a month s notice of the time of meeting . Also , that it is our desire that the firat amferGuee be held In Lancashire . " - " That D . Swallow be one of the deputation sent to London on the subject of government inspection of mines and collieries , and that the other part y be elected at the next county meeting ; and districts desirous of proposing a candidate , are desired to send in their proposition in writing next time . " - " That Charles Meadowcreft , and D . Swallow , be appointed to drawup a petition , to be submitted to the next county meeting for approval or otherwise . ' '

      It was also deemed advisable that a special delegate meeting of the miners of Wigan and the ^ unrounding districts , should be held , for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of holding a general public meeting of the miners of St . Helen ' s , Haydock , and all around Wigan , on some future day , half way between St . Helen ' s and Wigan . Several letters were read from members ol parliament , promising their aid and assistance in obtaining government inspection over mines and collieries . The delegate meeting was adjourned until Monday , April 1 st , to be holden at the Amen Corner , Rochdale , at ten o ' clock in the morning .

      Coppul , near Chorley . —I opened a new lodge at this place on the 23 rd , and enrolled upwards of thirty members . A number of new members were also enrolled at the George Inn , Chorley , on the same night . If there is any persons or districts who would wish to furnish me with any information , shall be obliged to them if they will do so . Yours , & c , D . Swallow . No . 25 , Sidney-street , Bolton ,

      The Ayrshire Miners. These Miners Held T...

      THE AYRSHIRE MINERS . These miners held their fortnightly meeting at Hoodstone-bridge , on the 18 th inst . The meeting was a ven enthusiastic one , and there seems to be a determined spirit of perseverance amongst the miners of this district ; there was an increase of members reported . The meeting was addressed by several of the members , detailing their grievances in feeling and forcible language , on the necessity of government inspection of mines and collieries , the benefits to be derived fram a general union , & c . Amongst other resolutions of importance was one appointing an agent to visit all the collieries in this

      county , with a view of getting them all into the union as speedily as possible . The meeting pledged themselves to do all iu their power to secure government inspection over mines and collieries , by getting up petitions , subscriptions , & c . The miners of this county hold a delegate meeting every Saturday evening , at six o ' clock , at the house of Mr . Sheaden ' s , Innkeeper , Hulford . The public meet , ing adjourned until Monday , April 1 st ., at Hoodstone-bridge , commencing at five o ' clock , p . m ., when as many of the miners from ¦ the surrounding neighbourhood as can conveniently do so are requested to attend .

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      Royal Polytechnic Institution. Sir Henry...

      ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . Sir Henry R . Bishop has been engaged iu delivering a series ol lectures , during the past week , on sacred music , and has been ably supported by the vocal powers of the Misses Thornton and Young . A series of lectures , by Dr . Bachhoffaer , on astronomy , will be commenced for tbe hulydays , accompanied with an entirely new series of dissolving views of the Cape of Good Hope , Ceylon , & c . There are also many other novelties to teach and instruct the sightseers during the Easter week , which proves that the Directors of this establishment are determined to exert all their powers to amuse and instruct the visitors , and , no doubt , the public will aid them in so laudable an undertaking .

      "Peculativb Economy."—Baiion Aldbkson Ok...

      "Peculativb Economy . "—Baiion Aldbkson ok Post-Office Wages . —On Saturday last in the case of a prisoner named Worrall , who pleaded guilty to having , at Warrington , stolen money letters , the property of the Postmaster General , witnesses were called who gave the accused a most excellent character . One of them , a clergyman , stated that the prisoner had for a series of years borne the character of a consistent professor of reli g ion ; since his committal he bad visited the prisoner in gaol , and found him overwhelmed with grief and shame , and in a conversation tho prisoner attributed his error to the temptation to which he had been exposed . In answer to a question from Mr . Baron Alderson , the postmaster of Warrington stated that the

      prisoner who was a married man was employed in the post-office at 9 s . 6 tl . weekly wages . Tho highest wages given were £ 70 per year , but persons receiving this sum were government servants ; ' tho prisoner was his private servant . Baron Alderson : " Then he had access to all money letters , having only 9 s . Gd . per week . It is had economy not to put a man out of the way of temptation by giving him wages to enable him to live decently . You have a sot of regulations , which you think cannot be violated without detection , and these are administered by persons you do not sufficiently pay , and the consequence is , that they are not worth anything . This comes of such economy , which is the worst species of peculation perhaps . Here is a young

      man , marrying on 9 s . Cd . a week , and trusted with access to money , and who c ; in wonder at what happened ? But we can't hel it . Lot him stand down . " On Monday morning the prisoner was brought up to receive the sentence of the court . Baron Alderson , who addressed him in a mild tone , said : " The safe transmission of letters in a commercial country like this was of the greatest importance , and must be insisted upon by law . He regretted much the low rate of wages given to persons in post-offices , for , considering the facilities which such persons had to open letters and appropriate the contents , he could not help thinking that the parties who advised such scanty remuneration took a wrong view of the subject , and did not

      observe that good policy which would bo advantageous for the community . The prisoner had received a good character from a clergyman , and ho had since shown contrition ; yet such an offence could not be passed over without severe punishment . What he ( the learned judge ) would do in the case would perhaps be the better for the prisoner than any other course . He must bo transported for seven years , but he should recommend that in tho first instance he should be sent to the Pcntonville Penitentiary . The prisoner could not redeem his . character in this country , in which he might find it impossible to obtain 'employment if set at liberty ; but by good conduct he mi ght , where ho would be sent to , again become a useful member of society . "

      Curb of Smoky Chimneys . —I beg leave to say my experience is corroborative of the efficacy of ttie system of contraction at tho bottom of the flue , and the reverse at the top ; I have tried it in many cases for the last dozen years , and it has invariably succeeded . The last cure I effected on this princip le was a drawing-room chimney of a detached cottage , where the draught down the chimney was so strong as to drive the flame as well as smoke into the room . The plan I adopted was to cut into the back of the chimney immediately above the firei > lace , and insert two chimney-pots—a small and a arge one , applying the small end of the least downwards , nearest the fire , and tho larger one in the same manner in that , wliich carried it to where the flue was of its regular size . —The Builder ,

      Special Pleading . —It is stated to be tho intention of the government to put an end to " special pleading" in the Superior Courts at Westminster , by bringing forward a measure in tho House of Commens , to abolish tho form of pleading to actions and thereby to diminish the present great expenses in law proceedings .

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      What a Republic ! -Lamartine , when a member of the Provisional Government , made thefollowinir speech to the people of Paris : — " What would you have said , citizens , had any one told you , three days ago , that you would have overthrown the monarchy , destroyed oligarchy , and obtained universal suffrage in the name of mankind , acquired all the rights of citizenship , and founded the republic—that republic , tho distant dream of all those who felt her name written in the innermost recesses of their conscience like a crime ? And what a republic ! no longer one like , those of Greece and Home , containing aristocrats and plebiaris , masters and slaves ; not like the aristocratic republics of modern times

      containing citizens and beggars—men greater or less in the eye of the law , a people and a patriciate ; but an equal republic in which there is no longer aristocracy or oligarchy ; neither greater nor lesser , patricians or plebians , but a republic in which there is but ono people , composed of the universality of citizens , and in which public right and power are composed solely of the right and voice of each individual summed up in a collective power called the government of the republic , and returning in laws , popular institutions , and benefits of the people from whom it emanated . Had you been told this three days ago , you would have

      said , ' Three days ! three centuries will be required to accomplish this mighty undertaking for humanity ! ' Behold , what you declared impossible has come to pass ! Here is your work amidst this tumult ; these arms , these dead bodies of the martyrs to your cause . You would be unworthy of these gifts of Heaven , if you knew not how to contemplate and value them . "—So spoke Lamartine then \ does he 8 ay " What a Republic" now A Temperance Toast . —At a convivial meeting of teetotallers in Charleston , a sprightly orator gave as a toast— " the Mississippi of Men—the rather of Waters—Father Mathews . "

      " Bmns ov a Feaiubr . "—One Duck was , this wetk , charged before my Lord Judge with stealing the hens and pigeons of one Crow . Of course , a counsel was found with sufficient brilliancy to pronounce it a " fowl affair . "—Gateshead

      Observer . Coxipanions in ; Life and Death . —In tho year 1798 , there were two men in the parish of St . Dominick , Richard Hill , and Richard Kattle , who become fellow servants at Halton Barton , near Callington , and after having lived together for three years , each took a wife of the maid servants of the same house ( two sisters ) , and the master provided the wedding dinner for both parties . Since that time , those men have laboured together lor upwards of thirty years on Halton qnays . They both joined a sick club in the parish on tho same day , and died both on the same ni ght , and were buried at St . Domiuick on the same evening ( of tho 13 th inst . ) side by side in the same grave , the one aged

      70 , the other 73 years . —Devonport Telegraph . " Mistbr , where are you going with that horse ?" asked a gentleman of a suspicious-looking man , whom ho met on horseback . " Well , I Mint a going nowhere with him , " said the other , " but he is a going somewhere with me . " " Great age" this we live in . People don't laugh now-a-days—they indulge in merriment . They don ' t walk—they promenade . They never eat any foodthey masticate it . Nobody has a tooth pulled—it is extracted . No one has his feelings hurt—they are lacerated . Young men do not go courting the girls —they pay the young ladies attention . Is is vulgar to visit any one—you must only make a call . Of course , you would not think ot going to bed — you would retire to rest . Nor would you build a house —you would erect it .

      No Englishman dies exactly peor , for he leaves his shares in the National Debt to his children!—Punch . Venice . —Most truly did Byron call Venice " a fairy city of the heart . " It is indeed a place of enchantment , the chosen spot and dwelling of romance —something more akin to tho imaginings of the poet , than the common-place realities of actual life : a city rising out of the sea—without streets , without noise of carriages , dust , dirt , or any of the thousand annoyances and discomforts of other townsa cit y without dry land . There is something in the very idea which charms and , delights the imagination . And such a city — such magnificent palaces ,

      churchoB , and converts— sueh spacious quays , and flights of marblo steps—such glittering Oriental splendour — such beautiful , affecting , and picturesque decay ! The dark water flowing between and around ; flashing , and sparkling , and reflecting all objocts as in a mirror , binds Venice with beauty . A lamp burning in a wet dirty street is a very common-place object ; but the same lamp , casting a long lino of tremulous light on dark waters , becomes beautiful and poetical . And thus it is with Venice . The blue Adriatic still loves his spouse , and mourns over her , and decks her with loveliness , of which tho despots , who have taken all else , cannot despoil her .

      Pkesknt to a ScnooLMiSTBEss . —Tho mistress of a parochial school in this county , retiring from her charge , has been presented , says a contemporary , with " a handsome lady ' s companion . " We leave the reader to guess what that may be . How to Solicit Subscriptions . — In the first place I advise you to apply to all those who you know will g ive something ; next to those of whom yon are uncertain whether they will give anything or not , and show them'the list of those who have given : and , lastly , do not neglect those who you are sure will give nothing , for in some of them you may be mistaken . He said he would take my advice . He did so , for he asked of everybod y , and he obtained a much larger sum than he expected . — Franklin s Autobiography . Why are soldiers like blacksmiths ? Because they are always drilling and filing .

      A Mr . John Jones , writing , on the 27 th ult ., to his " dear Betsy , " a pretty Cheshire Abigail , subscribed himself her " true lover , John Jones , with 2 , 000 , 000 , 000 , 000 , 000 , 000 kisses !" " Sin , you are no gentleman . " " That may bo , sir , but my wife says that I am a gentleman , and shall certainly believe my own wife before you ; for if a man cannot believe his own wife , pray , who can ho believe ?" Indictment op " The Good Old Times . —The Rev , Sidney Smith , after exclaiming—The good of ancient times let others state , I think it lucky I was born so late , goes on to remark : — " It is of some importance at what period a man is born . A young man alive at

      this period hardly knows to what improvements of human life he has been introduced ; and I would bring before his notice the following eighteen changes , which have taken place in England since I began to breathe tho breath of life—a period amounting now to nearly seventy years . Gas was unknown—I grouped about the streets of London in all but the utter darkness of a twinkling oil lamp , under the protection of watchmen in their grand climacteric , and exposed to every species of degradation and insult . I have been nine hours in sailing from Dover to Calais , before the invention of steam . It took me nine hours to go from Taunton to Bath , before the invention of railroads ; and I now go in six hours from Taunton to London ' . In going from Taunton to Bath , I suffered between 10 , 000 and 12 , 000 severe contusions , before stone-breaking Macadam was born . I paid £ 15 in a single year for

      repairs of carriage springs , on the pavement of London ; and I now glide , without noise or fracture , on wooden pavements . I can walk , by the' assistance of police , from one end of London to -the other , without molestation ; or , if tired , get into a cheap and active cab , instead of those cottages on wheels , which the hackney coaches were at the beginning of my life . I had no umbrella ; they were little used , and very dear . There were no waterproof hats , and my hat has often been reduced by rains to its original pulp . I could not keep my small clothes in their proper place , for braces were unknown . If 1 had the gout , there was no colchicum ; if I was bilious , there was no calomel ; if I was attacked by ague , there was no quinine . Thero were filthy coffeehouses , instead of elegant clubs . Gam 6 could not be purchased . Quarrels about uncommuted tithes were endless , The corruption of Parliament before Reform was infamous . There were no banks to

      receive the savings of the poor . The poor laws were gradually sapping the vitals of the country ; and whatever miseries I suffered , I had no post to whisk my complaints , for a single penny , to the remotest corner of the empire ; and yet , in spite of all these privations , I lived on quietly , and am now ashamed that I was not more discontented , and utterly surprised that all these changes and inventions did not occur centuries ago . I forgot to add , that as the basket of stage coaches in which luggage was then carried had no springs , your clothes were rubbed all to pieces ; and that , even in tho best society , onethird of the gentlemen , at least , were always drunk . "—[ Very true , all this , so far as concerns the Sidney Smiths , tho " round , fat , oily men of God , " and the wealth-devourcrs—but non-producers —general ly . But to tens of thousands of workers and producers these improvements have boon in

      vain . For instance , what has gas , steam , elegant club ? , " Reform , " Ac , Ac , done for the improvement of tho condition of agricultural labourers ? We know what the poor law reform ( lauded by Sidney Smith ) has done for them . Wo know , too , what " saving banks ' , ' have done for tho workers of Rochdale , and elsewhere . —Ed . N . S . } No man has a right to do as ho pleases , except when ho pleases to do right . Time , which is absolutely necessary for the formation of intimate friendships in tho higher classes , is not requisite among the humbler orders . The soul forms more ties and relationships in one week among tho men and women of nature than , in ten years among those of society . . . , In punching the eyeholes of needles by hand , children , who are the operators , acquire such dexterity as to be able . to punch one human , hair and thread it with , another , for tho amusement of visiters .

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      If Mankind are liable to ana disease more than nnoth « E , or if there are any particular affections of the human body we require to have a knowledge of over the rest , it is certainly that class of disorders treated of in the new and UB proved edition of the "Silent Friend . " The authors , ia thus sending forth t » ths world another edition of their medical work , cannot refrain from expressing their gratification at the continual success ' attending their efforta * which , combined with the assistance of medicines , exclu * sively of their own preparation , have been the happy cauM of mitigating and averting the mental and physicalmiseries attendant on those peculiar disorders ; thus proving the faoti

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 30, 1850, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_30031850/page/3/