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    • rHE GREATEST SALE 01? ANY MEDICINES IN THE GLOBE.
    • . . "jwnl pit south of Edinburgh, at a depth from * »f saw «> *?»ty fathsms, a petrified human body is
    • LovEyouB Esbuies—A clergyman told an Indian heahouldlovehiaenemies, 'Medolub 'era.' replied
    • In eases where the Cough or Shortnass of Broathis very
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      Rhe Greatest Sale 01? Any Medicines In The Globe.

      _rHE GREATEST SALE 01 ? ANY MEDICINES IN THE GLOBE .

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      _HOLLOWAY'S PILLS . A Cure of a Desperate _Scorbutic Eruption Of longstanding . _EstratlofaLelitr _, dated _I _Foltiertampfon _, _thelOtfto / Feb . 18 i 7 , confirmed by Mr Simpson . Stationer . To Professor HoUoway . Sk , —Having been wonderfully restored from a state fgreat suffering , iUness , and debility , by the use « f your pills and ointment , I think it right for the sake of others to make my _cju _* known to you . For the last two years I was afflicted with violent Scorbutic Eruption , which completely covered my chest , and other parts of niy body , causing such violent pain , that I can in truth say , that for months I was not able t _» get sleep for more than a very short time together . I applied here to all the principal medical men , as also to those in Birmingham , without getting the least relief , at last I was recommended by Mr Thomas 8 imp 3 on , Stationer , Marketplace , to try your pills and ointment , which I did , and I am happy to say , that I may consider myselt as thoroughly cured ; I can now sleep aU the night through , and the pains iu my back and limb 3 have entirely left me . ( Signed ) Kichasd Havei , l .

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      _TWENTT-FIFTH EDITION . _-lUostrated by Twenty . six Anatomical Engravings on Steel . Cn Physical IHsquaUfitalians , Generative Incapacity , and _I-ni pediments to Marriage . a new and improved edition , enlarged to 19 _B pages , price Si . Gd . ; by post , direct from the Establishment , Ss . Gd . ia postage stamps , THE SILENT FRIEND ; A medical work on the exhaustion and physical decay of the system , produced by-excessive indulgence , the consequences of infection , or the abuse _« f mercury , with observations on the married state , and the disqualifications which prevent it ; illustrated by 26 coloured engravings , and by the detail oi case 3 . By R . and L . PERRY and Co , 19 , _Beraers-street _, Oxford-street , Lon-: den . Published by the authors , and sold by Strange , 2 l _, Paternoster row ; Hannay , 63 , and Sanger , 150 . Oxfordstreet ; Starie , 23 , Tichborne-street , Haymarket ; - and Gordon , US , _Leadeahall-itreet , London ; J . and R . Jtainies _, and Co ., _Leithwalk , Edinburgh ; D . Campbell , Argyll-street , Glasgow ; J . Priestly , Lord-street , and T . _Ixewton , _Church-street , Liverpool ; 11 . H . lughani , Market-place , Manchester .

      . . "Jwnl Pit South Of Edinburgh, At A Depth From * »F Saw «≫ *?»Ty Fathsms, A Petrified Human Body Is

      . . _"jwnl pit south of Edinburgh , at a depth from * » f _saw «> _*?» ty _fathsms , a petrified human body is

      Feebikuor^Ne Ualedosiah Mseccst To Have ...

      feEBiKuor _^ ne Ualedosiah _Mseccst to have been g found , whi cn unfortunately the miners broke ; but n _te ~ _^ _^ _Preserved / namely , portions 2 _2 l _*?* " ?• _^ ? _k aild a le 2 alf way up to the _kfccee , the toes broken off . _*» «» _" «

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      ABB _ACfeKOWLEDGED TO BE fHE BEST MEDICINE IN THE WORLD . In introducing the following Testimonials _ts the notice of the public , it may not be out of place in giving a few observations respecting Parr's Life Pills . This medicine has been before the British _public only a few years , and perhaps in the annals of the world was never seen SUCoess equal to their _process ; the virtues of this Medicine were at once acknowledged wherever tried , and recommendation followed recommendation ; hundreds had soon to acknowledge that Parr ' s Life Pills had saved them _, and were loud in their praise . The startling facts that were continually brought before the public at once removed any prejudice which some mayiiave felt ; the continual good which resulted from their use spread their fame far and _vrids , at this moment there is scarcely a country on tho face of the globe which has not heard ot their benefits , and have sought for supplies , whatever might be the cost of transmission . The United States , Canad ., India , and even China have had immense quantities shipped to their respective countries , and With the same result as in En < rlaiid-Ut < lVERSAi Good . The general use of this medicine , having been the result of the benefits experienced by thousands of persons , and that the knowledge of such be useful to all , we recommend a careful perusal of the following 'f estij monials . I The sale of Parr's Life Pills amounts to upwards of 30 , 000 boxes weekly , more than all other patent medicines put together . Tbis simple fact _nfteds no further _jomment ;> _tellsjilainly that the _Pillslof Old Parr are The Best Medicine in tho World . The following , with many others , have been recently received : —

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      ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE THAT PREYS ON THE HEALTH AND SHORTENS THE DURATION OF mm AN LIFE . Ilujstbated with Coloured Engravings . Just Published , in a Sealed Envelope , price 2 s . 6 d ., or free by post , 3 s . Sd . CONTROUL OF THE PASSIONS ; a Popular Essay on the Duties and Obligations of Married Life , the uuhappiness resulting from physical impediments and defects , with directions for their treatment ; the abuse of tho passions , tha prematura _declina of he . _ilth , and mental and bodily vigour ; indulgence in solitary and delusive habits , precocious exertions or infection , inducing a long train of disorders affecting the principal organs of the body , causing consumptions , mental and nervous debUity and indigestion , with remarks on conorrhcea , gleet , stricture , and « jphilis , Illustrated with Coloured _Engravingsand CaBes .

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      ; SS 4 _k _^^ v Instant Relief and speedy _^^ _Mf _^ 4 _^ _m S , COLDS . _^^^^^^^^^^^ _t Hoarseness , Asthma , _IIoop-^^^^^^^^^^^^ M , _^ ing Cough , Influenza , Con-< _sirfs » v _»<< B 7 virT « ' ' c _?« r «» c * -ss _< sumption , & _c , by BROOKE'S MELLIFLUOUS COUGH BALSAM . E VERY family ought to keep a constant supply of the medicine , which is prepared from ingredients of this most healing , softening , and expectorating qualities , is a rich and plesant pectoral balsam , and has been given in _numerous cases with singular success . The extraordinary power which it possesses in immediately relieving , anil eventually curing , the most obstinate coughs , colds , hoarseness , asthma , and all complaints of the breath , is almost incredible , but will be fally pioved on trial . In that unpleasant tickling cough , which deprives t _^ e sufferer so constantly of rest , it will be found invaluable , as it instantly allays the irritation , a single dose affording immediate relief , and in most cases a single bottle effects a permanent cure . For the hooping cough , it will be fouHd an invaluable remedy , depriving those harrassing spasmodic paroxysms of their violence , and from its powerful expectorant and healing qualities , speedily effecting a complete cure . During the periodical attacks of the influenza , which have so often occurred during Uie winter , many individuals h * ve expressed to the proprietors that they have received material relief from its use , and it may be re--commendedas a remedy of the first importance in that disease

      Loveyoub Esbuies—A Clergyman Told An Indian Heahouldlovehiaenemies, 'Medolub 'Era.' Replied

      LovEyouB Esbuies—A clergyman told an Indian _heahouldlovehiaenemies , 'Medolub ' era . ' replied

      * U ° ««Rec. Ir Mi Enemiesao Yea Lore Mo...

      * _° «« rec . ir mi enemiesao yea lore most V xtum and cider . '

      In Eases Where The Cough Or Shortnass Of Broathis Very

      In eases where the Cough or Shortnass of Broathis very

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      violent , an occasional _uose ot _urooues Aperient or _«»« bilious Pills will be found to accelerate tho cure . Prepared only by T . M . and C . _Brooka , cUcmist 3 , Dews _, bury , in bottles at 13 id . and 2 s . 9 d . each . And sold wholesale by them ; Messrs Barclay and Sons , Farringdon street ; Hannay and Co ., Oxford-street ; Davy Mackmnrdo and Co ., Upper Thavnes-street ; and Thomas _Marsden and Sons , _Queon-street , London . Thomas Eyre and Co .. Liverpool . Bolton , Blanchard and Co ., York . And retail by all respectable patentmedicino vendors .

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      DISPENSARY FOR THE CUKE OF DISEASES OP T HE SKIN AND ALL CUTANEOUS AFFECTIONS Hampatead Steeet , Fitzeot _Squabe . ¦ _W yjioiar . —THOMAS 1 NN 1 S , M . D ., 33 . Fitzroy square , Member of the -Royal College of Surgeons , London ; late ¦ _djxisfcmt Surgeon in the Hon . Fast India Company ' s JT IS a strange anomaly in the practice an 4 projress of medical science in this country , that amongst all the benevo ' ent and noble institutions established for the nlleviation of human misery , there oxists but one devoted to the cure or time ' _noriition of Diseases of tho Skin . It is a truth well known to the members of the faculty , that the ravages of these stubborn and enduring plagues of human life are more extensive than those of any other known disorder , there being little short of _half-a-million of patients annually seeking relief . If we turn our eyes to France we shall find the importance of this subject fully recognised , and the exertions of men of science nobly countenanced and encouraged by the National Funds . Referring to the Hospital of St . Louis—a magniflcent institution devoted to the euro of Skin Diseases , a clever Surgeon of the present day writes thus : — 'Sin « e the grave has closed over the labours of _Uatemaa , the culture of Diseases of tlit Skia in this country , as a distinct branch of Medical Science , has slept . Not so in France : successor after successor , each equally eminent with his precursor , has glided through the moving panorama of life , from the days of Lorry to our own , tiU St . Louis Hospital has become no less deserving of fame than St Louis , the tutelary shade of that magnificent establishment . '

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      HEALTH AND LONG LIFE . O , _Blossed Health ! thou art above all gold and treasure ; 'tis thou who enlargeth 'the soul , and openest all Us powers to receive instruction and to relish virtue . He that has thee , has little more to wish for ! and he that is so wretched as to want thee , wauts every thing-with thee . *—Sterne .

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      WORTHY OF PUBLIC ATTENTION . TO ALL WHO VALUE IMMEDIATE RELIEF .-MATHER'S COUGn and ASTHMATIC WAFERS a safe and agreeable remedy for coughs , colds , asthma , incipient consumption , hooping- cough , hoarseness , spitting of blood , and all disord-vs of the cheat and lungs jthey promote a free and gentle expectoration , dissolving the congealed phlegm , consequently affording immediate relief , and in an inoredibly uliort space of time a rapid cure . To public speakers , vocalists , _& e „ & c , they are invaluable , as they clear tho throat , and render the voice highly _nvlodiouii . They are exceedingly pleasant to the palate , and free from any deleterious ingredient , -like fact that many thousand persons havo proved their high efBcacy during the last winter , and the very numerous and satisfactory testimonials given to the proprietor , afford the most ample evidence of their excellence—Sold in boxes at Is ., and family boxes at 2 s . 6 d . each . —The following unsolicited testimonials will convey some idea of their celebrity : —

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      A CERTAIN AND SPEEBY CURE FOR _IMLUSXZA , COUGHS , COLDS , ASTHMA , INCIPIENT CONSUMPTION , AND ALL DISORDERS OF THE CHEST AND LONGS . SPENCER'S PULMONIC ELIXIR , earafully prepared from the receipt of the Iato C . Spencor , surgeon , & o ., Salford . Manchester ; deservedly celebrated as the most successful practitioner in all Pulmonary _affections : .. _. Of all complaints incident to the human frame , those of the Lungs appear to be most peculiar to this climate , especially in damp , foggy weather , and daring the winter months ; whilst persons ef every age and station in life , are alike the subjects of attack . Spenceh ' s PULMONIC Elixib is admirably adapted to promote expectoration , ease the breathing , loosen the phlegm , abate fever , allay the tickling sensation which occasions the cough , without tightening the chest . The Folmonic Elixib was originally prepared by the . late Mr Spouoer , whose signal success in dispensing it can have the ready testimony of thousands , who have experienced its efficacy . Tho receipt is now solely known to the present proprietors , who purchased it from the widow of the inventor . The two great characteristics of the Elixir are , the allaying of all irritation in the delicate and susceptible coating , of the throat and chest ; and the impart . ing of tone ami vigour to the respiratory _organs , whereby they are enabled to discharge their functions freely , and thus to overcome . all difficulty of breathing arising fronra cold , foggy , or impure atmosphere , and to throw off those insidious attacks which too often lay the groundwork of Consumption . For all temporary and local affections , as Wheezing , Irritation of the Throat , Huskiness Of Voice , and Influenza , tho PDLMONIC ELllin gives instant relief , whilein more Chronic Disorders ( _asperledlcal Coughs or inveterate Asthma , ) it is equally efficient , though of course requiring a little more perseverance in the use of the medicine . Innumerable cases of well attested cures have been received by the Proprietors of _Spevcek's Pulmonic Elixib ; the following is the most recent : — Messrs _Mo _ttekshed and Co ,, of Manchester , beg ; to hand the following testimonial , just received by them , addressed to the Proprietors of Sfencee ' s Pdlmonic Elixir

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      F . _M'DOUGALL' 3 DROPS FOR GOUT , Rheumatism , Sciatica , Tie Doloreux , Lumbago , and all painful Affections of the ooint 3 . The unparalleled local reputation attained by these drops , during the time thev havo been before the public ( now upwards of eight years ) , has induced the proprietor earnestly to recommend them to the attention _ofthose persons who are labouring under the painful effects of the above-mentioned distressing complaints . Authority has been given by upwards of 300 persona , residing within a mile of the proprietor ' s residence , to use theirjnumes as vouchers of the extraordinary effects and wonderful effi . cacy of these drops , which effectually relieve , in the course of a few hours , the most extreme cases . About 20 , 000 bottles have been sold , without a single instance of failure having occurred . EXTRACTS _PSOM THE PRESS , ' We have seen a great many testimonials from persons of known respectubility in London , in favour of these drops . It has invariably given relief in the course of a few hours . ' A true specific . '—London Mercantile Journal , Oct . 13 , 1816 . At a largemeeting , recently attended , it was publicly recommended as an effectual remedy . ' — Northern Star , May 2 nd , 1846 . MB HOUSE AND MB CAHPBEI . ! ,. Eagle Tavern and Grecian Saloon , City Road . ' Sir , —I have , just received complete relief in rheumatism and sciatica , from taking your justly celebrated medicine , nor has it ever failed in anyone case when I havo applied to you . Mr Rouse , also , the proprietor , who has suffered for so many years from that terrible complaint , the gout , has derived the _greateit benefits from your medicine . 'A . V . Campbell . Managing Director . '

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      NOTICE . —Ihese Lozenges contain no Opium or any preparation of that Drug . COUGHS , HOARSENESS , AND ALL ASTHMATIC AND PULMONARY COMPLAINTS EFFECTUALLY CUBED BY _KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES . T Tpwards of Forty Tears' experience has proved the in-< U fallibility of these Loxenges in the Cure of Winter Coughs , Hoarseness , Shortness of Breath , and other Pulmonary Maladies . The patronage of his Majesty the King of Prussia and hi 8 lMajesty tho Ki . _ig of Hanover has been bestowed on them ; as also that of the Nobility and Clergy of the United Kingdom ; and above all , the Faculty have especially recommended them as a remedy of unfailing efficacy . Testimonials are continually received confirmatory of the value of these Lozenges , and proving the perfect safety of their use ( for they contain no Opium _, nor any preparation of thai Drug ); so that they may be given to females of the most dtlicate eonstitutwn , and children of the tendorest _^ yoars , without hesitation . Prepared and Sola in Boxes , Is . l _^ d . ; and Tins , 2 s , 9 d „ 4 s . 6 d ., and 10 s . Gd . each , by THOMAS KEATING , Chemist , & c ., No . 79 , St Paul ' s Church Yard , London . Sold by Sangar , 150 , and Dietrichsen and Hannay , 63 , Oxford-street ; Blake , Satidford , and Blake , 47 , Piccadilly ; and by all Druggists and Patent Medicine Vendors in the Kingdom . Wholesale AgentB—Barc _' ay and Sons , 95 , _Farringdonstreet ; Edwards , 67 ; and Newberry , 45 , St Paul ' s Church Yard ; Sutton and Co ., Bow Church Yard . N . B . —To prevent spurious imitations , please to observe that the words ' Keating ' s Cough Lozenges' are engraved on the Government Stamp of each Box .

      The Dublinlcorporation Has Toted £150 For A I Or*

      The _DublinlCorporation has Toted £ 150 for a i or *

      Trait Ot The Taw Mr U'Uonueit.

      trait ot the taw Mr _u'uonueit .

      Poland And Russia, Extraordinary Oration...

      POLAND AND RUSSIA , EXTRAORDINARY ORATION BY A RUSSIAN

      PATRIOT . The following speech , containing extraordinary and important revelations of the internal state of the _Rusaian empire , was delivered by M . _Bakonnin _, a Rugs / an , at a great _meeticg m Pans , on the 20 th of November , held in celebration of the Polish revolution . As announced in last weeks _bna , m . Bakounin has since been expelled from France by the French government . Thus do Louis-Philippe and Guizot seek to conciliate Nicholas , but their day will not last much longer . Happily there is one country where men may yet speak the truth , and M . Bakounin will not be expelled from England s shore : —

      _CfENTLESTEW _, —The present moment la a very solemn one for me . Though a Russian , I appear in this numerous assembly united in order to celebrate the anniversary of _ths Polish Revolution , and whose _presence here is like a challenge , —like a menace , and a malediction thrown la the face of all the oppressors of Poland . 1 coma here , gentlemen , animated with a profound love and a n unshaken esteem for mj fatherland . I know very well how unpopular Russia is in Europe . The Poles regard her , not without some reaBon , as at one of the principal causes of their misfortunes . Independent men of other countries perceive in the rapid development Of her power a continually _increasing danff _« r f «» r the'liberty Of nations , Everywhere the name 6 f Russia appears as synonymous with brutal oppression and shameful slavery . In the European opinion a Russion is nothing else but a vile instrument of conquest in th « hands of the most odious and dangerous despotism .

      Gentlemen , it is not in order to _diseulpate Russia of the Crimea of _which she U accused , It is not in orderto deny truth , that I ascend this rostrum . _^ I dont wish to attempt an impossibility . Truth becomes now more than ever a necessity for my eountry . Well , yes , we are still a people of slaves ! With no liberty , no respect for human dignlt , - . It is a hideous despotism , without any stop in its caprices , without any limit in its action . No rights , no justice , ne shelter from tyranny ; we have nothing of what constitutes the dignity and pride of nations . It is impossible to imagine a more unfortunate and humiliating position .

      Abroad , our position is not less deplorable . Passive _fulfilled of a thought which is not ours ; of a will which Is _opposed both to our interests , and to our honour ; we are feared , hated , and , I w »< t about to say , almost _des . pised , for everywhere we are considered as the _ensraha of civilisation and humanity . Our masters use our arms in order to enchain the world , —to subjugate nations , — and every one of their successes is a new shame added _toourhiato'v _. Without speaking of Poland , where , since 1772 , a _» fl especially since 1831 , we have degraded ourselves every day by atrocious violences , — by infamies without a name—what a miserable character have we not been

      forced to perform in Germany , Italy , Spain , even in Prance , and everywhere our noxious influence could penetrate 1 It there , since 1815 , a single noble cause against which we have not struggled , —a Binglo bad cause which we have not assisted , —a single political iniquity _whioh we have not either instigated or assisted ? By a fatality , indeed , most deplorable , and of which she is herself the victim , _Rassia has become , since her entering into the ranks of a first-rate power , an encourage ? to crime , and an enemy to all the sacred interests of mankind I Owing to the execrable policy of our sovereigns , the name of a Russian signifies , in the official sense of the word , Blave and hangman !

      As yon see , gentlemen , I have a perfect knowledge of my own position ; yet still I present myself here as a Russian , not though a Russian , but because I am a _Rus-Bian . In coming forward I am quite conscious of the responsibility which lies upon me , and upon all other individuals of my oonntry , because the hononr of individuals is inseparable from the national honour ; without this responsibility , without this intimate union between the nations and their governments , between Individuals and Bationa , there would be neither fatherland nor nation . ( App lause . ) This responsibility , this mutuality is the crime , gentlemen , I never did feel more painfully than at this moment , because the anniversary you are just now celebrating is , for yourselves , a great remem . brance , —a remembrance of a holy _insurrec _* ion , and of

      a heroic struggle , —a _remembrance of ene of the finest epochs of national life . ( Prolonged cheering . ) You were all present at that magnificent vibration of your people , —you took an active part in the struggle , —you were its actors and heroes . You seemed to have devised , spread , exhausted in this holy war , all that the great Polish soul contains of enthusiasm , of _devotedness , of strength , and of patriotism ! Overwhelmed by numbers , you at last fell . But the revolution of this eternally memorable epoch remained inscribed in bright characters on your hearts . You cama from this war quito regenerated ; re . generated and strong , armed against the temptations of misfortune , ngainBt the sufferings of exile ; full of pride for your past , full of hopes for your futurity ! The an . _niversary of the 29 th of November , gentlemen , ia not only

      a great remembrance for you , it is also _» warrant for your speedy deliverance , —for a speedy return to your country . ( Applause . ) For " me , as a Russian , it is the anniversary of a shame , —yes , of a great national shame ! I declare it loudly : the war of 1831 was on our part an absurd , criminal , fratricide war . It was not only an unjust attack upon a neighbouring people , but a monstrous attempt against the liberty of a brother , It was sven more , gentlemen ; on the part of my country it was a political suicide . ( ApplauBe . ) This war was undertaken for the interest of despotism , and by no means for that of the Russian nation , because these two interests aTe _opposeito each oVher . Ike _emancipation _ofPfttand would have been our salvation . Poland once free _. ' we , too . would havelbeen free . You , Poles , you could not

      overthrow the throne of the king of Poland without terribly shaking that of the Emperor of Ru 9 _si 8 . ( Applause . ) Children of the same race , our destinies are inseparable , and our cause ought to be one . ( Applause . ) You well understood that when on your _revolutionary flags you { ascribed those Russian words : ' Za nashol ce za vasbvi _volnoBtl' ( For our and your liberty . ) ( Applause . ) You did well understand that when at the most critical moment of your strugle , when braving the fury of Nicholas , the . whole population of Warsaw , inspired by a great idea of brotherhood , assembled , in order to render a public and solemn homage to our heroes and martyrs t _* f 1825 , to Pestel _. toReleitff , to Moravieff-Apostol , to Bestu . jefF . Roumln , and to Kehoffskee , hung at St Potersburgb for having been the first citizens of Russia ! Ah ! gen

      _tlemsn , you neglected nothing to convince us of your sympathising disposition towards ns—for moving our hearts—for drawing us from our blindness . But in vain ! Your efforts were lost ' . As soldiers of the Tsar , we were deaf to your appeal ; not able to see or to understand anything , we marched against you , and the crime was accomplished . Gentlemen , of all your oppressors , of all the enemies ef your fatherland , those who have the moat deserved your malediction aud hatred , are we * . But still it is not merely as a repenting Russian that I came here . I dare to proclaim before you my love and my veneration for my country . I dare still more , gentlemen , I am bold enough to invite you to an alliance with Rus . sin , I feel bound to explain myself . It is nearly a year ago : it was , I believe , after the Gallicias _masBacres ,

      when a Polish nobleman , in a letter extremely eloquent , which became so _famous _. and was directed to Prince Met . ternich _. made to you a strange proposition . Overpowered , no doubt , by a hatred , very legitimate , against the _Austrians , he advised you to nothing less than to submit Co the Tsar ; to give yourselves , _bedy and soul , up to him , fully , unconditionally , and without restriction ; he advised you to do voluntarily , what you have done up to tho present time—you have only done because you could not avoid it ; and he promised you , as a compensation , that as soon as you would consent to be slaves , your master , in spite of himself , would become your brother . Your brother , gentlemen ;—do you hear that ? The Emperor Nicholas your brother ! ( 'No , no ! ' Great agitation . ] The oppressor , the moBt bitter and personal enemy _o-

      Poland , the executioner of so many victims —( 'bravo ! bravo ! bravo _l' )—the destroyer of yonr freedom , the man who persecutes you with an infernal perseverance , as well through hatred und instinct as through policy , — _, should you be inclined to accept him as your brother ! ( Cries from all sides'No ! no ! no !') Every one of you would rather prefer to perlBh —( 'jes ! yes !')—I _ksew it very well;— _avery one of you would rather see Poland perishing than to consent to enter into such a monstrous alliance . ( 'Bravo ! ' ) But allow me to adroit the possibility of it for a moment . So you know , gentlemen , what would be the Burest means of inflicting much barm to Russia ? It would be your submission to the Tsar . By that he would acqulra-a sanction for his policy , and such a powerful strength that nothing in the

      world could henceforth put a stop to it . Woe to us , if this anti-national policy conld ever predominate over all the obstacles which still oppose themselves to its entire realisation ! and it canaot be _coutested that the first , tho greatest , of these obstacles , is Poland—is the desperate resistance of tbis heroic people , which , b . t struggling against us redeem us . ( ApplauBe . ) Yes , It is be . cause you are tbo enemies of Nicholas , the _enemies of official Russia , that you are naturally , and even without knowing it , the friends of the Russian people ! ( Ap plauso . ) It is generally believed in Europe , I know it , that we form with our government an indivisible whole ; that we feel ourselves very happy under Nicholas ' s government ; does he and his system , oppressing at home and invading abroad , perfectly represent our national genius . No such thing , gentlemen I—No , gentlemen , the people of Russia don't feel happy—and it is with joy , with pilde , that I can affirm It , For , if in such a state nf _abjectneas under which they are languishing , they

      could still be happy , thty would be the most despicable people of tha world . We , _toa , we are governed by a foreign hand—by a sovereign of German blood—who will never understand neither the wants uor the character of the Russian people , and whose government this singular mixture of Mongolian brutality , ani Prussian pedantry , excludes completely the national element . So much so , that , deprived of every political right , wo have not even this natural , and _so-to . say patriarchal liberty , which tbo leaBtcivilised people enjoy , and which , _atleast , permits the man to ropoBe his heart on a native bosom , and to abandon himself entirely to the instincts of his race . No , we have got nothing of that ; we are not Mlowed to make a single natural g « Bture , or the least free movement . We ate almost prohibited to live , for every lite implies a certain degree o ! Independence , and we are notliing _eisa but the inanimate mechanism of this monstrous engine of oppression and conquest , called the Rubelan empire . Wall , gentlemen , admit a soul into the

      Poland And Russia, Extraordinary Oration...

      I mechanism and yon will , perhaps , formfor _^ m _^ _T " idea of the immensity of our goffering * - . Thtr shame no torture we are exem pted from , and we h " * the sufferings of Poland to endure , without her ha *** A weak , _exhausted nation , might be in need of _*" ring to falsehoodsin order to sustain the miserable _fc of her vanishing _eaistenee . Bui , _tbanks to Gylj 8 n * is not in this position ; The nature of this nation _irrupted onlj at its surface : vigorous , powerful , andj _° ' nile , she has only to overthrow the obstacles with wh _* they dare to surround her , and she will appear in " _* _herprimltive beauty , develope all her unknown _treasiiand show , at last , to the whole world , that it i « no _, _* the name of the brutal force , as it u generally Mi _^ _h but in that of all that is noble and most sacred in the IT of nations , and in behalf of humanity , of libert y , that ft people of _ttussla have the right to exist . _Gentleta-Russia is not only unfortunate , she is also discon ten ted —she is at the end of her patience . Do you know _\ yi _,, they _whiBper to each othtr at the court of St Petenburg ! Do you know what the favourites , even the minis ters . J the empire think ? That the reign of Nicholas is that Louis XV . Every one has the presentiment of the com ing terrific tempest , which frightens many persons _bni which the nation invokes with joy . ( _Trtnundous _a ' ccia . mation . ) The internal affairs of the country go on ver _» badly . It is a thorough anarchy with all the appearance ) of order . Under the exterior of a hierarchical , _crclu , sively rigorous formalism , hideouB wounds are hidden ' _^ " «» _a

      our administration , onr justice , our finances ari just bo many lies : lies invented for the purp ae of deceiving the opinion abroad ; lies imagined in order to lull the security and the conscience of thj sovereign , who submit the more voluntarily to it , as the real state of things fri ghtens him . It ij finally , an organisation on a large scale ; an organisa ! tlon , so to say , studied and _cldvtriti iniquity , barbai _" . ism and pillage : because all ( he servants of the Tsar ' from those who occupy the highest functions to the lowest emploje of the district , rob the country—commit the moBt shocking injustice—the most _deteitableviolencej withoutany shame—without the least fear , publicly , _nift an insolence , and an unmatched brutality , without taking even the care of concealing their crimes befom public indignation , because they are sure of impunity , The Emperor Nicholas gives himself , sometimes , the ap , pearanoe of intending ; to put a stop to the progress ef tbis frightful corruption ; but how could he suppress an

      evil of which the main cause lies in _bimsdf , in the pria , ciple of hie government ? And hereia is the secret of bis utter impotence fur doing any goed ! For this go . vernment , which appears so imposing from a distance It quite impotent at heme ; it is unsuccessful in every ! thing , all the reforms it undertakes turn into nonentity , Having for its basis two of the most vile passions of the human heart—venality and fe » r—working outside of all the national Instincts , and l & _terest . t _. and ' of all the vita ] strength of the country—authority in Rassia becomes _. by its own proceedings , every day weaker and weaker , and is disorganising itself frightfully . It agitates itselfit moves in every direction—it changes at every moment , ita projects and , ideas—it undertakes many things » t

      once , but does not realise a single one . The only thing of which it is never in want , is the power of creatine evils ; and it makes an extensive use of it , as if it were anxious to hasten the moment of its own ruin . Strange and hostile to the country in which it exists , it ii destined to a speedy downfall . Everywhere are its enemies ; and those enemies are the formidable mass of peasants , who no longer look to the emperor for their emancipation , and of whom the insurrections , day after day more frequent , prove that they are tired of waiting any longer ; it is an intermediate _ilass extremely numer . 0 U 4 and composed of very diverse elements ; a class turbu . lent , and which will throw itself _pasiionately into the first revolutionary movemeut . It is , moreover , this in .

      numerablo army spread over the whole surface of the empire . Nicholas , it is true , looks upon his soldiers as his best friends , as the most firm supporters of his throne ; but that is an illusion which will not fail to prove fatal to him . What ! tha men who are taken from the ranks of the people—who are so profoundly unfortunate—whom they tear most brutally away from their families—whom they pursue like wild beasts in the forest , where they conceal them . selves , and where they very often mutilate themselves , in order to escape the recruiting—who are conveyed to their regiments with their chains on their limbs , where they are condemned for more than twenty years , thai is to say , for a man ' s life , to an existence of hell , flogged

      every day , subjected every day to fresh fatigues , and every day dying by hunger : can these men be the suppor . ter : of uis throne !| Alm ! gbtj God ! what a set of _ereaturet would they then be , those Russian soldiers , if , in spite of such tortures , they could love the hand that inflicts them ! Be strongly convinced , gentlemen , our soldiers are the most dangerous enemies of the present state of things—those of the life-guards especiall y , who , seeing the evil at its source , cannot be deceived about the only real cause of ail their sufferings . Our soldiers are the people itself , yet more dissatisfied ; they are the portion of the people entirely undeceived—tho armed portion , accustomed to discipline and to a com * men action , Do you waBt a corroboration of it J Ib

      all the late disturbances of the peasantry , the dismissed soldiers have displayed the greatest activity—they have performed the principal characters in them , In order to terminate the review of the enemies of the Russian government , I am bound to tell you , gentlemen , that amongst the youth of the nobility , there is a great number of enlightened , generous , patriotic men , who , think _, ing of our position , blush from shame and horror—who feel disgusted at their being slaves—who are all _aei _. mated by an implacable hatred against the emperor and his government . * Ah ! gentlemen , believe it , _revolutionary _eUmebts Me a _« A _wanliftg ia IluBsla . I She animates herself—she concentrates herself—and the moment is not far from us when the great storm , our common

      salvation , will burst ! ( Applause . ) Gentlemen , it is ia the name of this new society , of ' this true Russian nation , that I propose to you au alliance . ( Applause . ) The idea of a revolutionary alliance between Poland and Russia is not a new thing . It was ( and you know it well ) already conceived by the conspirators of both countries in 1824 . Gentlemen , the remembrance I evoke fills my ou 1 with pride . The conspirators of that time were tbi first to overstep the abyss which appeared to separate us for ever from each other . Taking no advice but from their own patriotism—braving all the preju « dices which you very naturally entertained against all that bora the name of a [ . Russian — they cama to you the first , without any arriere-pensee what .

      ever ; they came to propose te you a [ common action against our mutual enemy—our only foe . ( Applausa . ) You will pardon me , gentlemen , this _movemtnt of involuntary pride , A Russian who likes his country cannot speak coldly of those men ; they are our glory , and I am happy to be able to proclaim it loudly before this large and noble assembly—before a Polish _asserably . ( Appiause . ) They are our saints , our heroes—the martyrs ef our liberty—the prophets of our futurity ! ( Applause . ) From above their gibbets—from the bosom of Siberia , even , where those who were not hung still are groaning , they were and are our salvation , our light—the source of all our good aspirations—our safeguard against the cursed influences of despotism—our testimony before

      you and the whole world that _Euasia contains in her bosom all the elements of freedom and of real grandeur ! Shame , shame , to those amongst us who wonld not acknowledge it ! ( Applause . ) Gentlemen , it is by invoking their great _nsmes—it is by supporting myself with their mighty authority , that I appear before you as a brother , and you will not repulse me , I presume . ( From all sides : — ' No , ho _| 'J I am not invested with a legal authority for addressing you in this manner ; but , without any vain pretension , I feel that in tbis solemn moment the Russian nation itself speaks to you through my mouth . ( Applause . ) I am nottheonly man in Russia who loves Poland , and who feels for her that enthusiastic admi _. ration , that passionate ardour , that profound sentiment ,

      mixed with repentance and hope , which I will nerer be able to depict to you in its true li ght . The known or unknown friends who share in my sympathies , in my opinions , are numerous —( applause)—and I could easily furnish to you proofs of it by quoting facts and names , if X were not in fear of compromising unnecessarily man « r persons . It Is in their name , gentlemen—It is in the Dime of nil that lives , that is generous in my country , that I offer _^ you a fraternal hnnd . ( Great applause . ) Enchained by a fatal destiny , by a long and dramatic htstory , of which we all undergo sow the sad consequences , our two countries have detested each other during a long time past , But the hour of reconciliation has struck ; it is time that our dissensions be at an end . ( Applause . ) Our crimeB towards you are enormous' . you have much to forgive us t But our repentance Is not less ; and we feel in ourselves a power of good-will , which shall be strong enough to

      atoae for the wrongs inflicted upon you , and to make you forget the past . And then our mutual hatred will change into love—into a love so much tho stronger as our hatred was implacable . ( Applause . ) As long as we remained disunited , wo mutually paralysed our . selves ; united , we will be _allmighty in good exertions , Nothing can _resist our common action . The reconciliation of Russia and Poland is an immense work , and worthy of our entire devotion , It will be the emancipation of sixty millions of human beings ; it will be the liberation of all the Slavonian people who are groaning under a foreign joke ; and , anally , it will be the definitive downfall of despotism in Europe ! ( Applause ) Way it then come on , this day of reconciliation—the day ia which the Russians , united with you by the same feelings , _fighting for the samo cause and against a common enemy , will acquire the right of cbaunting in unison with you your national air , ' _, this hymn of Slavonian freedom : __

      • _Yeshchai Tolska nye zgheenella !' ( Poland is not yet lost . ) These last words were received with an explosion of applause , and a long continued agitation followed this speech .

      * It Must Be Remarked That The Bpeaker I...

      * It must be remarked that the Bpeaker is himself A nobleman , and that he served as an officer of artillery In the Russian army .

      A Clock Is Said To Have The Least Belf-E...

      A clock is said to have the least Belf-esteem of any article of manufaoture , aa it is constantl y waning itself dawn , and holding ita hands before its face , however good its works . It has wittily , hut somewhat ungallautty , been said that a woman is the reverse of her mirror—tha t the one reflects . ; without talking _. _' and the Other talBa without reflecting ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 1, 1848, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_01011848/page/2/