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      _ ; ,The Commoswealth. 6b.! For The Days...

      __ ; , THE COMMOSWEALTH . 6 b . ! for the days ' of Enaland ' _s prhte . - . Oh ! far the hag once _tloamgmo ; , Tba _(^ _nmonwealtn that scatter _^ _mda .. The war-cry , " God and coiintry . -: ; Hurrah ! _^ H _^^ _SSSS _'* _- TTnrrah for Blake , the gallant tar , For _SWa x ; great Milton ' s fame , - _^ tcrbm _^ U _^ ng lmd 'e brightest star Then coronet _and ; bauMe _crown- _v ' Thetvrant ' _stStle _. _soTCreign _^ _inight ; _Baieatll _hobnails of gallant clown _^ - : __ If ere _^ rushed to base old ; EngIand _* s right . Then tax and tribute boldly ' shown , . the soil

      Were trod , like stubble , on ; Then kingcraft from its perch' was ' torn , f By bands still bard with honest toil . The right divine of kings to tax ; Was judged by gallant Godly then , Whose wrongs the headsman ' s glist ' ning axe , Cat off , but not for ever then . ,-The croft and craft exempt and free , The song of labour rose on high ; Whilst _commerco ' _skimm'd o ' er every sea-God and our country stift the cry . And He ' trill ever bless the free ; They best fulfil his sacred law , Who make a king of liberty ,. " And from His word all wisdom dravr . Then maa-broke from bis feudal shell ,

      And mind burst _privileged bonds in twain , Talents that _withered where they fell , Sprang like verdure - 'neath the rain . The humblest home its hero nursed , The meanest manhood ' s vigour knew , 3 _Hnd , that malignant role bad crashed , . Its glories o ' er the nation threw . ' Angels smiled with beaming hope , Franticslaves their fetters tore ; They saw their [ dungeon portals open , ' Such force the word Republic bore . -

      The church gave tip its sordid prey , ' The royal pool its _meagre rent , And statesmen lived on-modest pay , ... And glory to their office lent . . Honoured abroad , bar banners flew , At borne enthroned the people ' s right ; Wiser and wealthy England grew , The fiercest bending " to hermight . Hurrah ! far onr fathers * mnly hearts , . Who leapt tbe counter , left tbe plough Like heroes played tbeir gallant part ' s ,

      Oh ! would to God we had them now ! i Their swords were keen , their courage true , God and their country found them brave ; And shall the tyrant , taunting you , Treat yon as a coward-slave ? . : Up , up ! be men , and prove your breed _. Shrink not to ' the coward rear , Torward ! ye degenerate seed ; ' ' ¦ God and your country ; banish fear ; _Remember where onr fathers erred ; Witbin tbe soil , malignant roots ,-

      . Like bidden stocks , with force deferred , Gave vigour to the noble shoots . _ hey sprang like , weeds above the grain , Whilst husbandmen as heroes fought ; _< Our pilgrim fathers crossed the main—Prom God another country sought But we shall yet upraise tbe flag , Andfinisb what the wise began ; ' 'We'll break tbe chains our children drag , Our . crown shall be , the Bights of Man ! _"Cp , up , then , men of sires bold !

      Arouse the sons of Heroes , slam ! The Commonwealth that shone of old , Shall rise to bless and beam again ! M'Douall' s Journal

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      Tbe National Instructor. Part Iii., Lond...

      TBE NATIONAL INSTRUCTOR . Part III ., London : J . Pavey , Holywell-street . Many , excellent and ably-written articles are -contained in the numbers forming Part 3 of € he National Instructor . . The editorial papers ori "Machinery , " "Peasant Proprietors , ' * ¦ lie ., well deserve onr warmest commendation , _ he Biographical Sketches of Kossuth , Louis Blanc , & c , constitute an interesting feature of this publication . The Autobiography , pi Feargus . O'Connor is continued . We take fipm Chapter IX . the account of Mr . _O'Connor ' _aladTocacy of . the case of the victims in the . tragicarafiair / rememhered hy onr elder readers . is— . "

      5 HE _SlTHCOnUAC SUVGUTEB . * I dare Bay tbe horrible slaughter at B & tncorma © iaetHl fresh ia the English mind , but yet the English reader has sever read the true history of . that barbarous and : atrociou 3 transaction . It occurred in 1831 , when the people were opposed topayingiithes . The vicar and ' a large party met at the house of General Barry , and they decided upon assailing the iouseof the widow Byan , a most respectable wo-_ an ., Ga the folio wing ; diy , a whole regiment as-Sailed the poor widow ' s house . The people collected in thousands , but not with tbe apparent intention of offering any forcible opposition . ' . The vicar and ah officer on the militia staff , who resided at

      Bathcormac , accompanied by General Barry and a magistrate , whote name I think was Collis , came to the widow Ryan ' s honse . to demand the tithe . The widow Byan ' s son , a fine _j-ourg 'fellow , came outof the house to remonstrate wiSi them for makipg their demand in such a manner , when he was instantly shot dead at his mother ' s feet ; and—will ihe English reader believe—that the pious , vicar took a prayer book from bis pocket , banded it to the mother of the deceased , and told ber that if she would swear io pay the tithe there , ah ould be no niore slaughter ? The * reader may " naturally conclude , thatthe broken-hearted mother , deprived of ier staff of life , and seeing her son weltering in Ms blood before ber , hecame frantic ; and upon _hefrefdsing to _. acquiesce to the . bratal appeal of the pious

      -vicar , the word _V . Fi" _* _was . instantly given , when -the people , unarmed and unprepared , took to" their heebvwhem scores were shot . ¦ A poor widow ofthe name of Collins hid two sons working in an adjacent-field , who ran to see what it was all about ; they were both shot _^ ead , and the mother , finding that tbey did not come home to their dinner fat the usual time , went in search of them , and met their dead bodies coming "home in a cart . She-threw herself upon the bodies in a state , of , frenzy ,- and sucked the gushing blood from the _woaads , _dUctiarglng'Tier stomach , and sucking it a _^ ain . until she fainted . Several poor fellows who were ' naturally' frightened , concealed themselves in cow-houses and pig-styes , where they were discovered by the pious vicar and the magistrates , and shot dead upon the spot .

      As soon as I heard of the afiair , I was determined to' have a fair investigation , and _l posted off from Cork to Bathcormac as fast as four horses could gallop ; I went to the widow Byan ' s bouse , found ber frantic , and saw the fresh blood of ber sob before _tnedoor ; Igot frantic also ; lscrambled tipacornsiick in the field , when I was surrounded try thousands of people , and I vowed , to hare satisfaction for tbe murdered innocent . I went . to the hospital , where I found from thirty to forty poor fellows weltering in their blood , and when I went amongst them , tbey set up a feeble cheer , -exclaiming , " ko _ntaes . " Well , Mr . Foot , one of the coroners , came from

      Cork to hold an inquest ; be was a solicitor and a rabid Tory . He proceeded to select tbe jury , and put the names of about sixty rank and-rabid Orangemen into a hat , from which the jury was to be selected . I was sitting opposite to nun , and when I di scovered the dodge , Itbrew myself back in tbe chair , upset the table , and sent the bat and names flying into the air ; he instantly told me that be would have me committed , when I clenched my fist at him , and dared- him . I jumped out of the room , ran to tbeJiotel , and . _des-I * - \ r t 78 _^ _wwgesand _four-theone to Mallow , ior _ar . Jones , who wja also a coroner , and the _SfZ * Cork * Mr - ° ' Brien , who ' was also a coroner . - ' _vF _^ _cJ }*? _^ _"ed , I postponed the emnannel imgoi tnjnry and

      e , when tbey did arrive , I _: _suc-^ _Sv _^ r _^ H ? - * feir mi _impartial _joryi _ffiSSS'Tfeto * " * * _« s 4 oumed tfll _££ _&¦ ¦ vJ _> _ar * lt _^ _e _« la _forthiibt ; I went and Craaford , the largest porter _ _-m » p _« _i < in rhp _ttngdonv He _Mdavery _&^ _y 0 _Sdav V 5 u _' _$ r _* _£ _?* hen *'' turned on -Monday I told him that every pnMi „ n in the . . country had sent wore to _Beamisnnf _?«| f _^ bad behaved so discreetly as coroner _^ _f _^ T . _andinstantly replied- _' _^ _WeU _. _^^ _nno ? _-nu know J hare changed my opinion ? Upon reflection I agree _withyoi ,, and think _itwas a ™ _arb _ rous murder . -Well , we got a fair jnry and after along and searching _invesfigatibn ,- we succeeded in procuring a verdict of _wnroi . _mobtjie against the pious vicar , the just magistrate , and the gallant officer .

      While the jury was sitting , ' the . funeral of the poor fellows who were slaughtered took place in the evening . I stood upon the steps of tbe barrack _BMrounded by thousands of peasants , withthe coffins placed before tne , and surrounded by two _Omenta of soldiers , a regiment of infantry and *»} a of eavalry . I gave officers , _magistrates , and _™ ' » lers eueL a lashing as no other roan would m dared to give them ; several of the soldiers

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      ; _*?? j _^* _fe , d _* I ? any < tuem vrere decorated iwith _their-Waterloo medals' _M told- them' and the officers , that the _; yictpry w _ oh those'medals , represented , werib insignificant * : ,. wh ' en compated ' with their . triumph achieved _bverHheir ' tmarmeil and _sintered _corotrymen ; ' and I _' COncruded my oration thus _^ "Buttheday _wiUyef arrive when tbe murderer shall stand in the awful presence : of that great _Jod into whose : _iCOuncU neither , the dictum of , _thecabinfii . fhonn ; hKi » _nfti , _»;„^™ „; _. - « -- *_ - » :..-. ... ' , .

      the prejudice of the jury , _shalldare to enter , where murder shall bejudged' as sucb , 'but not by _con-SwUCtloh of' human law or political ingenuity " Well , I never witnessed snch-a sensation . as my funeral . oration : created ,: and I never witnessed such a scene as when the dead were solemnly carried through the weeping multitude and . the murdering soldiers and now I will give the reader la- - -fair de _^ finitionof what is meant by murder when a loyal Protestant is the murderer and the Catholic'is the murdered . - ¦ '• : ¦ - -.- -.. _•; _.,.:=. ¦

      At the next _Assizes . . bills were sent before the Grand ! Jury . for wilful " murder against the vicar , the . magistrate "Collis ;" and Captain' Bayley ; 1 left the House of Commonsi'to . prosecute the' mur . derers ' _as < thei Government : would not undertake it ; : and ,. _wttl _tbefreader . believe , that Lord Barehaven , High Sheriff of the County , invited . Collis , one of tbemnrdere ' rsi on tho Grand . Jury . ' Baron Foster , a _high and rabid Tory and Orangemen , was the Judge ; John Smith Barry , as _ rank Tory _^ and Orangeman , wastheferemanf ; and , ' after examining the poor widow Byan in themoat coarse and brutal manner , jeeringher , andlaogbing at her , the Grand at

      jury once , and unanimously , . Ioxobed the Biu op Ismcihesi : they came into the gallery , [ ahd stated to the Judge that they had ignored the Bill ; when the Judge : complimented tbem , and said they had done perfectly , right . I . asked John Smith Barry , the foreman of the' Grand Jury , in what form they ha , a ignored the Bill ? . He replied in the lisualform ; that tbey had written Iosobamijs upon tbe back of the ' Bills " Then , " said I , " take back the bill , and ? add an _s" to it , make Ignoramuses of it , and you will have found a true and veritable biU , " and'the court was' convulsed with laughter . -

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      THE DEMOCRATIC REVIEW- OF BRITISH AND FOREIGN POLITICS , BISTORT -AND LITERATURE . Edited bjp G . •; JuixMr _Habnet . _Aagust . London : J . ' -Watson , _Qneen-a-head Passage _,-Patemoster-row . •' This number of the "Democratic Review " opens with an elaborate examination of Palmerston _ Policy , evidently suggested by-the recent Parliamentary Debates . True to bis ancient creed , that ' " No good thing can come out of Nazareth , " the editor attacks both

      Palmerston and Ms opponents , and _withetrict impartiality lays the lash pa _Stanleyites , Palmerstonians , and Cobdeniies . Articles on the Fbrtbcoming Anniversary of the Manchester Massacre , the Building Trades , and'the Italian Princes and People , precede interesting and somewhat lengthy notices of two ultrademocratic _-workfj—** Lays of the Revolutions , " apd Louis Blanc ' s "Historic Pages . ' - Important letters from France and - Germany , conclade thepresent number . ' . We extract the following from the second article : — "

      FKTBBZOO VtrSUS WATKBXOO . - The 16 tb of August revives reminiscences ofthe horrors perpetrated at the Manchester massacre . The martyrs tbat'fell that : day- have effected more for England and reform , than : the slaves of . _theoligart-by who fought for tho Bourbons and fellat Waterloo ,. Tbe battles fought for kings ' brought their just and natural consequences—great distress and wretchedness to the people . After narrating the massacre , the -writer asks : — . "What was the-result of that day ' s

      gathering ? Was it a loss , or was it a gain to the cause of progress ? " . Those who fellat Peterloo are more worthy bf a _national monument than those who fell at Waterloo . Tbe cause of the first has advanced—that ef the latter has utterly failed _.-,,- . . ' -. ; The battle of Waterloo was fought to put Aovin tho man chosen by the French , and to establish the race of kings . 'The name of _Napoleon still governs France , and the Bourbons are outcasts- as they deserve tobe !• " . » .- ¦• , . _v

      : Waterloo established the holy alliance of kings , to I divide the spoil among themselves . In defiance , of nations they attempted to bind distinct races into nations and kingdoms : The revolution - of 1848 scattered the _iellish alliance of 1815 to tbe winds bf . heavenj- >> ' - ¦ .- ?;¦ Ur . ' _yS _.-. _ii _: \ Pari « , Rome , Berlin , Baden ,. Vienna ,, and _--Buda-Pesth , " have seen another sight . " Castlereagh has taken his quietus , and the cunning Metternich stole out of the back window of bis master ' s chamber ! _..- ¦ - . — . _¦ ... z - .. ; . . . _i The people at Peterloo met to petition for reform and the abolition ofthe Corn Law , and the Free Trade Hall now stands on the very ground on . which

      tho petitioners were slaughtered ! The Waterloo porn Law is abolished , a middle class reform has been effeeted , and Universal Suffrage is on the way J Let the standard , be raised for the . suffrage , and we shall hare another 16 th of August without the _Slaughter , public opinion ia ripe , and only requires the fitting leader . ' . ¦ . ' ¦ ' - ' ¦ The forces that were ranged in opposition to the French at Waterloo were the slaves of kings or , the tools of an oligarchy . The '' church . andking . in danger" was . the cry that , led tbem to the fight . The leaders were promised titles , honours , places , and pensions . The patriotism of tbeBn _^ _isb . army depends on iUpay . ' Thebelly is the moving' power ; brutality , moral sluggishness , and -intemperaBce :

      _arev-hat jou find about tbe _precinctsot the _lingusn drill ground . The army , views war . as a : trad , e _.. Patriotism neither enters ., thef headf iiof the _heart-of the soldier . Bis own . material'selfish interests mainly govern bim . ¦ He knows little and cares less about the institutions of his native cbttntry . : _<• _-.-The multitudes assembled at Peterloo had a &\ n ? cere heartfelt desire to ameliorate the ' . condition of the whole community ; and . ' , although af few perished in the attempt , their cause ' has prospered , and only requires a firm , ' . united , ' ahd persevering -determination to assemble and . demand the . suffrage , to obtain all , _the- . required EoJitioal and sooial changes so necessaqr to man ' s appiness as a social and moral being . The _suffrage is the first step to"" the Charter , andsoinethingmOre . "

      The Press; Family Literary ' Journal Of ...

      THE PRESS ; Family Literary ' Journal of Amusement and . Instruction : London , W . HoMeli , 13 , Paterooster-row . Parti . " . "• ' .: _Altrough decidedly democratic publications naturally rank first in our esteem , we are ever ready to give a word of welcome to purely literary periodicals combining entertainment with instruction . " Man . was- not made to Uvehy bread alone , " as regards his physical wants , and politics , " pure and simple , '' must fail to satisfy the mental requirements of the great reading public . The Pressi thbughnot avowing any definite political principles , is

      conducted ina spirit evincing & love of truth and general progress . Of course we could not say " Amen" to everything contained in this periodical , but' On the-whole ; we' consider it well worthy an extensive circulation _^ which we doubt not it will speedily enjoy ; We have not space to enumerate the , multifarious contents of Part I _.-i-snffico it to 8 ay , that there is no lack of variety , both in prose and poetry . From a series of articles' on _"l'Ke World ' _e Treatment of Reformers" hy Colonel Johnson —one of the most able writer ' s in the old Peoplfs Press—wo take the following observations . - ' - -- '•

      _-FOUTlCAIi BXF 0 BU 2 RS . This thing called government is a creature of social necessity , and . forced into being , by human ; wants . A single hand is too feeble to protect life , ! liberty ; and property ; hence the power of _association must be called in aid , ' to effect . these' objects . Rules defining righUmust be made , and penal sanctions to enforce these rules must ibe prescribed . These rules . are called the law , of thefland , and the power that , modifies and administers tbem i & ealled the civil ' government . The foundation of all . these is the will of the peop le . But tbe handful of , men called Rulers , first delegated by the people as their agents , taking advantage of their _positton _. and of

      _! the indoicnce of the Multitude toloo & amrj their agents , have by mere usurpation extended . ; and perpetuated their ' pbwer ; and by a . id of the locus poeus called the Church , have cheated the . people out of their just rights ; in making their own laws , for their own government . To oast out these usurpers , and recover their . natural rights ,, the people have been obliged to struggle with these rulers , lo ! these thousand years ! . The leaders of the people in this struggle I call political re-I formers . In the early history , of Britain , tbe

      first enemy to be encountered , by the people ,- was despotic monarchy . Tbe King was omnipotent - and the people . were slaves . Then succeeded ! the tyranny and superstition of the Church , if possible more deadly to Freedom than the _eBects of the most absolute despot . At a later period the aris " - toeraoy was in . the ascendant ; and now tbe united forces of . aristocratic domination and church intolerance , are the enemy in the field political _reiformers have to encounter . And oh ! in this struggle for freedom and the rights of man , how

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      _manymMtyrsfo ' liberty have '; Waded _througK- ' _-seas of _bloody and-sealed their testimony . to political truth , at the stake and on ther block ? . The history of tbis Island foi ; 1 , 000 years past is but a record _, of the _^ homd ; aea ' _th-struggies of j political . reformers , foffered ' up on ' the altar * irjf _political ven- ' geauce ,- 'Hanapdeh is ' iiot- _^ Algernon Sidney is not : —and if iuiater timesi . _men escaped with ; life , ' Wilkes ,: Hunt , _. Cbbbet _; and hosts of others : couid testify , that , nothing wa 8 ., left ;; ta them by . their

      persecutors .. making lifefdesirable . _^ Contumely , _reproaohV'withering scorni state-prosecutions , imprisonments , and ' deadly persecution' followed' the most favoured of these men ; while the gallows was reserved for the rest . . And what was the offence of these suffering martyrs . ? , . Why , simply , that they lived . a . century or . so before their > ge . Tohave- 'advbcated the modicum of liberty wef now enjoy in this Island , a few' centuries agoi' had oost tbe ' life of the advocate _^ :. Men must be wary how they , live before their time . . . '

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      _1 NTEBESTIN _ PARTICULARS ' OF THE _£ AST ILLNESS AND -DEATH OF -GENERAL : ZACHARY TAYLOR , PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES . ; ...

      \ t ( From _^ theNew Ybrk . Tri } une . J [' _yy . u [ ' General Taylor ' s' illness commenced on . the 4 th of Jaly . ' Oh the morning of that day he was , to all appearances , ' sound in health , arid ¦ in excellent spirits . In company tfjtb ¦ ' his family ,, and several of _thoHeads ! of 'Departments ,, be attended at the National Monument to ; hear Mr .. Foote ' _s independence oration , and eveii . up to five o'clock exhibited no symptoms of illness . ' Howbver , while upon tho ground , he partook freely of water , and then , after considerable exercise in walking , and exposure : to the sun , he drove home . .-Arrived at the mansion / he ' . _' felfc _. _M .-as , he . . expressed himself to Dr . . Weatherspoon , 'f very hungry , " and without _reflecting that

      he was in ah unfit , condition tb ' _indiilgi'freely in _iruits , _ e ' ., be called for some refreshments , and ate heartily of cherries and wild berries , which-he washed down with copious draughts of . 'iced milk and water . At dinuer he applied ; himself again to the cherries , against the remonstrances of Dr ! Weatherspoon ,. and . in an , ' hour was' ' _seiied r by cramps , which soon took the form of violent cholera morbus . His physician prescribed the usual remedies ; but for a time he resisted ,, deemiDg the attack only temporary , and that . it would yield finally to his naturally strong _cousUtutibn . " _Toward midnight , instead of relief , tne attack inoreasedjih violence and , threatened desperatb results , if not speedily arrested . He continued ' in this condition ,

      without much change , until . the evening of the 6 th .-Itwas then deemed advisable to oallin other physicians . Accordingly ,,. Messrs .., Hall and , _Coblidge were . invited ,. and promptly responded ; biit they thought it ' . further advisable to' send for the assistance of Dr . Wood of Baltimore . That gentleman attended immediately , and in the same cars came Colonel , Taylor , tbe brother of the . General ,, and his family , who had likewise been- telegraphed for . f By , this time , ( the . _morningfbf the 8 th ) the disease had made rapid encroachments oil his frame ; but . by the united skill bf these -eminent practitioners , the : visible stages of the : cholera ., morbus were soon after ' checked .. However ; _fever-ensued , and from remittaet character , it took the . form ; of typhoid . Anxiety now began to manifest itself , not only among the exalted patient ' s family , but among the . physicians themselves . His chances Of life ¦

      hung upon a thread . ' r yv ¦ : -Zi ' . ' ¦ : ¦ i Meanwhile , there . were other causes , . beside merely eating and drinking , tbat operated fatally upon his system . To his medical attendant on the 8 th , he said _:- _^ " I should not "be surprised if this were to terminate ' in' rhy death . ' T did hpt ¦ expect to encounter-what has beset me since iny elevation to the . Pre 8 ideney . ; God knows tbat I have endeavoared to fulfil what I conceived . to be an . honest duty . ; But . 1 have . been mistaken / My motives have been misconstrued , and . my feelings most grossly outraged . " He alluded , _doubtlnss , to the Slavery question , and the manner in which he had been variously assailed . ; Even the sanctity ofthe sick chamber was . invaded by certain Southern _ultraists , who , came , to warn him , that unless be took Borne necessary _Bteps to protect'the South , ihey would ; vote a resolution of censure ¦ on his conduct ' . ' ¦ ¦' : ¦ ' ¦'¦ i ¦ ' - ¦' : ; _l ¦ _• ¦; . ' '¦ _¦ ¦¦

      , Towards the evening ofthe 8 th ; the chronic type of dysentery which had set in disappeared , and vomiting _. _ceased . _JDr . Joubron . (?) bf Philadelphia , who is . eminent in these , branches of treatment , ' was telegraphed ,: and a reply received from him that he would arrive last evening ; biit , alas ! too late to be of service ... .: : f - . . . . , . ' _; ,: ••" ¦ i The condition of the patient , was now at its critir _cal point . The , sick chamber was restored to solemn silence ; attendance placed ' . ' on the outside , ' and none permitted : to . enter- except the physicians .-The _family of the President , _withjOol . Bliss and _. other relatives of the deceased ,.. occupied a rooai adjoin-, ing , where they _Remained / overwhelmed with grief , and refusine even tlio indulgences _, pf necessary ,

      repose . 'Bulletins were hourly sent out , to inform the masses ofthe changes ' observable in tho ' patient ; _buttheseso slightly _varied for the better , that all hope of bis safety was dispelled at eleven o ' clock , _Fromstha . t period until daylight the utmost anxiety prevailed _.,..,...-.. ; The 9 tb dawned , but gloom still surrounded the Executive mansion . Thonsands began to flood the avenues leading thither , " and throughout the day a messenger was kept posted at _thejroain _. _doorjto _answer the . interrogatories that „ were ; incessantly poured upon him . At ten o ' clock a report was circulated that the President had rallied—at one p . m . that he was _dead . Thefconsternation ' created by the latter rumour was happily relieved by an official

      bulletin at half-past three ,- _thatthecrisis had _. been passed , ; and that he was then , beyond immediate danger .. Bells rang for joy , and eyen . the boys in the street lit bonfires , and shouted in childish gratulation . * The stream nbw tp the White House was greater than ever , but about seven in' the even-. * ng the pall of gloom again shrouded all faces , for it was announced ' . that ithe illustrious hero was dying .-- _; •¦ ¦• ¦ - ' ... ¦ - . ¦ _- , ' ¦ - » ¦ ¦ _•* ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ i Mrs . Taylor thrice fainted from excess of apprehension , and . Colonel Bliss , who had never shed a _tearperhaps " upon the battle' plain , wept like an infant . fAt . five ~ twb npurs previousrTthe' physi _f cians refused to administer any more medicine , considering bis case hopeless , and in the bands of God . . The Heads of department , corporate authorities of

      the city , diplomatic body ,- and- officers of the army . andnayy _^ pa id _theiriespects often ' "during' the day , and seemed to entertain lively feelings of solicitude for his safety . Everything that could contribute to ; the comfort-of the Bid * ,- thenceforward , was extended ; but the sands of life had run out , and his hours were numbered . "' ' At nine the vomiting partially ceased , as all pain had disappeared About four in ' the afternoon . But : the system had wasted under the shock and _gradually sunk beyond recovery . Green matter w « s _Ithrbwnfrom . his Stomaohvat intervals , until twenty minutes past teh _^ that peculiar colouration of bile _Ithat indicates , the _dtssblution of patients thus seized . At thirty-five minutes past ten his wife ,

      and other members of his family , -were called to his bed side , to receive bislast earthly adieu—a farewell that the stoutest could not gaze upon ; without a tear . It . must be remembered , that ; his was a domestic life ; and his . beloved partner , ignorant as himself of those fashionable formulas which sunder the husband from the wife , feltfor tho first time the _lonelineasof a bereaved heart , and understood nothing off that , rigid discipline ' . that . '; would" have dictated to . her ; ' ? Go and weep ' in solitude _^ -Bociety decrees it . " Her abandonment and grief were truly heart-piercing . ; - • ... The pain , whicli bad afflicted the patient In the side of hik chest , . ceased ; and attended by other _svmotomsofease , it _wasthbiigh he might endure

      till morning . But he himself knew oetter , ana so declared in a quite audible voice . He was asked whether he was comfortable . '"Very , " he replied , "But the storm , in passing , has swept away the trunk . " Finally , he adverted to the subject of his previous _broodings—the Slavery question—and observed , "lam about to dibr-I expect the summons soon—I have , endeavoured to . discharge all my official duties faithfully _^ -1 regret , _nothingrbut ! am sorry that ' Iam _' about to leave niy friends . ¦ These were his last audible words . ' 'He essayed to ; _speakto bis wife a few-moments before his demise , but his voioe failed , him . ' Dr . _Woatherspoon administered a stimulus , but it was _^ powerless m reviving the functions . The soul of the hero had

      ' " ' The lightnings inayflash , and the thunder may rattle , - , ¦ , •' _, ; He heeds not , he hears not , he ' s free-from all pain • ¦ He sleeps his last sleep , he has fought his last - 'battle , - '•• ¦ ' ' ¦ f ¦ No sound can awake him to glory again . Gen . Taylordiedwithouta struggle . ¦ It-was a kind of sinking into eternity ; without feeling its pain , or experiencing its horrors . When all was over , ' the chamber was cleared , until the nwiev takers had cbncludedtheir duties . The body was encased in ice , and ordered to remain where it was until this morninr / . when iti was finally rOUOd ior

      the ' grave , and ]« fd out in state in the east room , Thus ended the melancholy siege of disease against a strong bulwark of nature . v The Body is greatly emaciated , but tho lineaments of the face are preserved tolerably peneot .. It is proposed to embalm the remains ; _buttneconsent of Mrs . Taylor bas not yet been obtained . « is presumed , however , that she . will raise no , oniection-the General himself nover . havmg said or expressed aught against the prabtice . Perhaps the death of Washington did not inspire more real _gorrow and rogrfit than that of President Tayl ° _- - Every face _wears a mownful shade , and : none are so poor io . charity aa to deny him tho tribute of a

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      ' _] , * t _$$ b ( w _" p -resident ., „ -u , ! . scene 0 * the Inauguration ofthe new _PresipentjiWhom it „ thepride of New-York to claim aa her own favourite son , was as ' imposing one . The Halt was : _densely filled t hrot | ghout-floor , iobby and _^ _zTr ' _= '_ . J ? . ? . _^ ' _^ deed- ft _» _t » P _» 'nter to _SSi ? L Mr _Fiilraorelook . tho solemn oath pref _$ ledb Z . _tho Constitution in an audible and firm voice . Mis demeanor-was dignified beyond that AoM _^*? _^ e _? n ) hl ' snew ; sphere / _gi ? ineah _indiiCZ 1 , T mmiX * the Presidency has fallen «?« T . _'? ers Wflioh are worthy to bear it , worn S _$ _** * > "V even _the Father , of his country . _•* ¦ _-. > _-. \ .. .. . .. . ¦ j

      BURIAL OF THE PRESIDENT 'TAYLOB . Tha f ? _J _? _f _?* , _!? _? . ? > 'WiSHINGION . -, , > viS _! _$$ _# _ _ilft _# , thol 3 ' th of July , The _E _^ T _? S Pre _? _W _eiIfcV . _Hoiise was the great locus . _Thitherwards . thetroops and _. others toform the'processipn \ wended , _^ nd ievery _^ -accessible and elevated point / especially the steps . of the Treasury Department , and tbe fenoing enclosing the public nuilding , was occupied by'dense masses of speota-& 2 _l > a''fnal 9 : _% iDg jnfeveiy direction , ' cannons _^ firing , bells tolling , and general excitement . - ' ; ine procession moved at one o ' clock' P . M . ' when minute guns were fired by a detatohmerit bf artillery Stationed near'St ., vJohn _' s Church , the City Hall , and the Capitol , respectively . ' ;; . ? v

      ! ORDER , OV ; _THB _^ . PROCESSION . _, Funeral escort , in column of march , composed of twelve . Baltimore companies , ' proceeded by a band Qf : imu 8 io . ! . _i-Wjth these was a company , of youths from St .. Timothy ' s _. near-that city .. Their uniform was blue pantaloons and _red-jackets and flat ¦ caps . They' called themselves the Taylor Life Infantry . Many of them carried ;' : little flags hung , with orape - ¦ -the old defenders of Baltimore in the rear ; , -Then followed : two ; companies from _Riohmoad , one from Alexandria _^ Va . ; fou r companies of the District of Columbia . _Volunteers ,:- _-.. ' . _*• ¦ ¦• :

      i A company . ofrPlying- Artillery , 'with their cannon , ! ftom : _Port-M 9 Henry , ; whion , together witWone from Port Mifflin , one from Port Washington ; and two from Governor ' s Island ; - serving fas Infantry , and forming a-battalion ,, with the' Band from Fort Columbia . . :: ¦ . ' . ! :. _:,. _, . -. _-, Tho . battalion of Marines , with splendid Band . — Naval _offlcors in uniform followed on foot 5 and succeeding these were . Army Officers on _^ horseback , richly attired _.--iThe yellow plume of Gen . Scott was highest in the midst . - " . : . , . Ji ! The , variegated costumes of tte military , the striking contrast . ofthe .-i . w . hite with the red , blue aiid green , the waving plumes of different colours / the reflection of _the'sun _^ rays on the _brightlypolished-armsji-preBented a splendid-feature , while plaintive , strains . of niusie imparted , additional sadness to the heart ... ; - ; .. : ¦ : i 1 . ; ., ¦ :- _•>

      ; Nearijm , front was : Duncan ' s light Artillery which fired the . first gun at Palo Alto , and the last atthe City of Mexico ;; .: ¦ _.-...- >¦ .. ' ¦ Thk omo _Pboobssion . —The United States-Marshal ofthe District of Columbia , and bis aids . ' The Mayors of Washington and Georgetown . The Committee of Arrarigementsof the' two Houses of Congross . The _Chaplairisof the two Houses of Congress , and the officiating Clergymen of the occa _. sion .. Attending _Physicansito the late President ; Hearse about'eleven feet in length , with an arch stretching from front to rear , surmounted by-a golden caglo ., Beneath was the coffin coveredwith black cloth ,- with silver trimmings , and disfchictlv

      visible : -tho sable drapery : was - entwined with white silk . The body guard on each side , fit waB drawn by eight-white horses , which _wereile'd by boys clothed in white oaps .. and tunics , with blackgirdles . There was a driver-in front similarly attired :... ¦• '• . "• . ;¦; y ' _. ' ' ¦ Pam . Bbarerb . —Hon . _Henrys Clay , Hon . lewis Cass , Hon . J . M . Berrien , , Hon . It .. C . -Winthrop , Hon / James _M'Dbwell' Hon . HughWhitb , ' G . * W , _" P . _Custis ,. Esq .,, Chief-Justice Cranch , Major-Qenerai Jesup , Commodore Ballard , Hon , T . ' _iJI . Benton , Daniel Webster

      Hon . , Hon . Truman Smith , Hon . Lynn . Boyd , Hon . S . P . Vinton , . Hon . Isaac [ "E , Uolme _» , Hon . B _. J . Walker , _JoBoph Gales , _ 8 q ., Major-GeneralGibson , andBrigadier-General _Honderson . , . ¦ : ¦ , ¦ . ; _,-, m _-.. # v . i Old : Whitey _, ; 'the General ' s war-horse , in good condition , " was led , immediately in the rear by a gentleman who fought withTGeneral Taylor in the Seminole War . " Family and relatives of tho late President .. '" . Thei President of tbe United States and _tjhe Heads of Departments ., i Then followed a multitude of officials—civil , military , < fcc . ' ' " / ' ; " ¦¦•¦' ¦

      , On arriving at the north point of the Congressional Burial Ground , the escort was formed in two lineB—the first , consisting-of the firing party , facing the Cemetery , fand thirty paces from it ; the second , " composed' - Of '• the"rest of the' infantry ; twenty _pacesjnjbe rear . " _, Tlio battery of artillery took ' positidh on the raising ground ; one hundred paces in the rear of _thesecontTline' _<¦ ¦ ¦ 1 ; .. _i _; ; Oa ? _ting-the ; jeye . up Pennsylvania . Avenue , , the windows , balconies ,,. housetops , and other _. points , were . s , een densely ; occupied . ' _., On each side ; of the Spacious thoroughfare were * compact'lines of human beings—and now came tho procession _, _i Ever and anon the firing of heavy ordnance burst on the ear , the bells tolling meanwhile . : '

      j The foreign Ministers were in their private carriages .. .. _.-, , . ' [" , '" j The papant exceeded every thing of the kind , in order and magnificence , that ever took place in : the metropolis . '• - _!;_ •¦¦ ' •¦• . _;; : » : _- ; ' - _••;¦¦ - ¦ i i The _funeral'tibrenibniea ' - -were performed in the _^ a _st room , by the' Rev . Drs ; f Butler _and'Pyne—the latter of whom delivered an' impressive funeral oration—in presence of the . . Senate and House , the family of deceased , the diplomatic corps , army , and navy , clergy , & o' A fine choir ; under , Berlyn , aided iu the solemnities . , The corpse . having been consigned to tho tbmb , the salute was fired , and the procaasion returned , to the city . "V . . ¦ , ' .. '¦ . [ _,, _*;¦ . ' .. . .- < : [ . ¦[¦ [ . -: ' ¦ '¦ : ¦' . [ It is said the ; remains of-General Taylor will be taken to Kentucky for final interment ,

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      j " ' ROYAL _POtYTECHNIClSSTITUTlOl _? . _; Mr . Pepperj Chemical Professor to this Establishment ,- 'has just commenced his second lecture ' " On the apparent contradictions of Chemistry ;" Mr . Pepper , in the couree of his admirable lecture , exhibited _. very many . astonishing , experiments , . . and ; among the ! most curious we noticed tho following . jHe first _^ cdmmehced _^ by exposing ' the imposition [ practised by the ancients . in . the . deception . of the fiery ordeal , and explained tbat in the course of time , and by the ' use of certain liquids , & c ; , the hands and feet might be made to assume the

      condition of a non-conductor , and for" a given time ! would bear contact with" red-hot metals without ( sustaining injury : ' The learned lecturer having [ first' dipped his hand into certain liquids took out _jan egg from ; boiling . water ,, and afterwards . exhi-. 'bited the , a _' _stonishing'feat of immersing his hand in boiling lead ; . ' this experiment "being performed _jby first' wetting _^ the hand : with _sulpherbus acid , whiohf was kept in the liquid state by a _freezing apparatus , ; invented by .-Mr .. _Mastersj of Regentstreet , which was greatly commented upon by the _; lecturer , and praisedfor their many valuable uses and qualities . The lecture was attended by a crowded audience , who greatly applauded the professor throughout .

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      .:.,. VAUXHALL GARDENS , yy , ; ,:: ¦ , _Biiiloosf _AsoT-ni / o _** _HoRSitriACK . ' TTlt . is : _avery long time _gincefyauxhttll-gardens were attended by io large a _concourao , bf people as . wero ossein Wed on Wedn ' _osday bvehlhg , ' and the great object of attraction was ' the" extraordinary novelty in . ierostatiori , ' . ' which had been announced to take place onthe occasion ,. being no less tjian that the , ' ' veteranfGreen _. _f as he is called , would make an ascent on horseback . . At . half-p _' ast seven o ' clock , the time announced for the ascent ito takeplace , the open space'devoted to the . purpose' was' thronged with 8 pectatorB , and : their : number was far'exceedodby those who assembled on Vauxhall-bridge , ; and in the avenues . leading to : the , gardens . • • Where is the horse ? _' ' was , of course tho general bry , and every person pushed _eagirly forward to triespot

      , where the preparations _were'in progress ; 'At ' length ' a _particvilar small pony , not larger than an ordinarysized Newfoundlaid _^ _dost , and weighing no ' more tham 2001 b 3 ., was . introduced to thei _^ view , and _« _arer » l "I _y'r _ip _. _'P . _pn . employed in , the . operation of strap- ; ping hirri ' dowh 'in '' the slender franibwbrK , " which _liarf been fixed ' nnde ' r the hoop' bf theballobn . This work was superintended _by-Mr . Green himself , who evidently did not . tnuch relish : the , _exjariment . in which ho , had embarked . , The feet ; of . . the little animal ; were inserted into sockets c _** t ' expressly for the piirnoBe ' , and 'fixed ' therein i > jf leathern' straps attached to his fetlocks ; A , _liandkerchief ¦ was then tied over his ey « 8 , fwhilsthis headiwas rendered motionless by a nape on either side , fastened to-, the

      cord viliioh ; held tbe ballowis Whilst this , process was going on , tho , spedtators took an _ojipprtunity of expressing their opinions upon the exhibition , and the general impression appeared to hiB , that tho act , if not _absolutely orucl , was _Bttntemely _vidiottlovis . Everything being amnged , and the pony being , as ' was supposed , well warned , the *' veteran" mounted his charger—a feat which he performed by bestriding the animal like " a' Colossus—and , placing his feet upon tho bags ' of ballast on either side , the balloon rose and immediately afterwards the pony gave a plunge , which rendered the position of tho aeronaut mere _iporileus than he had anticipated . Mr . Green , howover , patted his hnck , ; and thus restored him to betterhumoiir ; and in a fow moments the man , pony , and balloon , were lost to view . :

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      _GlASTONBUKY Abbjy , one of . tho most famous ruins in the west of England , is _ah'brtly to be put up for sale by auction with the estate oa whiob it stands .

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      ; < A . _TuoDfliEsoME , _CoiimiJii . ¦ _r-i ' . _Poptor .. Wetting in one otthii lectures : giyeh ; lately ; remarked tbere ¦ were a great _niaiy persons who had not the slightest knowledge ol the / human-frame ' or ' the "ills that flesh is heir toy" while they were apparently pretty well informed' o » -inost subjects . To prove ' his assertion ; he said _tfot hebnee _' met a' lady _possesgetf of great conversational' p ' owers _^ ahd was' oisposed to think her rather _iritdligeni , 1 / iJ ' at * the' _clbsb ot the co oquybetween _theiai _oneafterBoon , 'sheihqbired : ~ _ui-,, d m * uh ' _& 1 > do you lecture ilpon to " 1 _? , _« ' _. _ he f / _wu'atittnbf the _^ blood , " he fephed , " Ah , well then ; $ shall certainly ' attend , " was the . _ladys-exclamrtdonv : "fer / hove been very much-troubled with tkwcompimnt of late ' " The _dnnt / _ir _wjw _RRtisfipV *' ' ¦ < < ; _, _r-a J _.- ¦ ¦ ¦ "¦

      ; Whe . v' thou speakest- to another ; -look at the eyes _; when another _speaketlr" tb- ' thee upon' the tnonth ; y- ! : _- '"' ' " r ' z - " - "' - '" . *• ¦ ¦ ' \ A Yankkb has just invented _aimethodl to catcb rats ; He says , ' _** Locate your"bed ' m a place much ihfestedwith these animals , and on _retirrng _putbut the-light ' -1 -Then strew OVer yourpillbw some strong spelling _cheese _. 'three br four red . herrings , some barley meal or new malt , and a' sprinkling of diied _cpdfish . Keep awake till you find the raWat work , and then make a grab ! " ' _' _•' ¦ '¦\ - ' ¦ '• ¦ _' ¦ " ¦ : _- ¦¦ ¦ _' ¦¦ . : _Kioqpenpe or thb _KavDs . —The , hands are , by the very instincts of humanity , raised iii * prayer ; _qlasped in the affections ; wrung in _dt-spair ? pressed on the forehead when . the soul is " perplexed in the eztreme drawn inward "'

      ; . , td invite ; thrust forth , objectively , to repel ; the fingers point to indicate ; and are snapped in disduin ; the balm is' laid upon the heart , in invocation of . subdued _feeling ; ' _and on the brow of the compassionate' iii _benediction . The expressive capacity of the hands . Was never more strikingly displayed than in _tbeibrisbns _' of the deaf and dumb . Their teacher stood with - closed eyes , and addressed the Deity by those . signs made with the fingers which constitute a language for the speechless . Around bim were grouped more than a hundred muteB _^ who followed with reverent glances every motion . It was a visible but not an audible worship . _¦*' . ' ¦ ' ¦ - " _'t-yy _, Mb » ' Bewou _Kbasojt . —Man is not- a reasoning animal ; the best you can predicate ; of - him isthat

      , he is an animal capable bf reason- and this , too , we take upon old tradition ; for ii has not been niy furtune yet to meet , I wijl not say witli < any one ' man , but I may safely say with anyone order of men , who ever did reason . Warbarton ' _s Letters . . _¦¦;¦ ¦ , : "Jim , did you ever , double the Cape of Good ! Hope ? " " I expect lime . " : ; : «« . When ? " ... " last night , when I put my arm round the cape- that belongs , to the dress of the-young lady that I Have good hopes of _Maliihe Mrs , _Dusenberry . ""' . ' . _AsTiquitv ; of _BaoNZE .--Bronze appears to have been amongst the most ancient of the manufactures bf mixed metals ; . 'The earliest coins , statuettes , warlike weapons , and agricultural tools ; were , of bronze . It has been stated that the ancients were

      ignorant of brass , but this is- now known not to be the case , for we have examples of combinations of copper and zinc , although it is , quite , certain that neither , the Greeks . nor the " . Romans knew of the latter metal iri its pure state . . The ! oxide of zinc , tutia ,. or , calamine earth was known to . them ,, and employed for making yellqw , metal _.,: j _Tasib . —In the lighter parts of morals , we may , perhaps ,-use the , metaphor , of taBte ; . but- in the greater virtues and _^ -vices , certaihly _. ' not . If a man were . to kill the minister . ' and churchwardens of his parish , nobody would accuse him of want of taste . The Scythians always eat their grandfathers ; they behaved very respectfully to ' them for a long time , but aa good as their grandfathers became old and

      troublesome , and begin . to-, tell- -long stories , they _ipmediately ate them ; nothing- . could . be more improper ,, and . even disrespectful , ' than , _dininar off such near and venerablerelations ; yet we could not with . -any propriety accuse them . of _; . bad taste in morals . —Sydney . Smith , . :., .,.:: j The _' Labrbatb op the Confbrbnce , —A _WeslejfMV wight , who takes part withthe conference , has commiinicated'hissentiments to the / V _«^^ fbnic ? e in the form of' " _, Lines composed on the Casbioh of the , late Wesleyan Expeled . _Ministears in . Forty Nine . " Whether by "Ministears" he meansministers or monsters there may be two opinions ; but as , in speaking of Mr ; Griffiths , _heca'lshima " greffen . " we incline ourselves ; t ' o . the latter , . interpretation . Here . _is a sample of his frhy . thm arid brthogra ' pbf ; In lorty ,-nine the conference met ¦

      ; Theire lessens to _deside » Dun everet and greffen stud : . _Charge at the Bare about thous Dedly Pous" _. f ' _fains Sheets , . Theo , U 8 ti 8 hon waeput to them : ' . ' .. ' _.-. ' . ¦ . V Aas in in the days of Wesley ( . •¦ •¦ . _? _-,.. ; ' But _thesetiat nought thear ¦ ¦ '¦ _/¦' - _;< y- ¦ If ¦ " CouncellAndwhbuld'not ancer . " ;! " ' _VPun ; eyere'i : ; and greffen stud'I" Tbere ' _caS be ? no doubt that the poet is a prey to his imagination . He labours under the delusion that tlie expelled are a " siud" of " dun' ! monsters , ofthe -V greffen" family : and we are . not surprised , therefore ,-that he thinks the _Wesleyan conference will rid of them . 1 A Scotch . journal demands the appointment of a secretary of state : for Scbtiend _, with a seat ; in the cahihet . _' .. .,:

      V 7 Hrare a pair pf lovers , estranged from one another , like railway accounts and ' railway'affairs ? Because they don't correspond . ' / .. ' . ankcdotb of OKAToB . fHENLKV . —Henley , was drinking In the Grecian _Coffee-house ; in company with a friend , when he was heard to say , , ' . ' Pray what has become of our old acquaintance , Dick Smith . ?"—Friend : "Ireally don'tknOw : the last tiaefl . heard . of him'he ' was at Ceylon , _prsome otther of ' our' West India ' 8 ettlem ' enfs ; V ~// enf < _y ; ' ' Ceylon , Sir ! - ' Yon have made two mistakes . Ceylon is not one of our settlements , and is in the East Indies ' , not in the _West . _'—fViend : _^ _That I deny . " - _^ Hen ley : ; " The . more shame for you : every boy

      eight years old known the truth , of what ; I say . '—• Friend : '' Well , well . ; he it _., asf you will ; _, ¦ , Thahk God . I know very little about these things _^ _-fenta / : " What , you thank God for yonr fgnorance ; do yon V _—JHente _.- _' Ido _. SirVwhatthen ? " Henley . "lou have much io be thankful for . "— ' Lives ofthe British Painters .., ' ¦ __ ¦ _< ' , ¦¦ _, ' . ¦' .. •' , _!>• '¦ ' 'A wriiTER on swearing says that an ' oatli from , a woman is unnatural anil discreditable , and that he would as soon expect a bullet ; from _arosebud . A _peuson complaining that his mornings were too much taken up with visitors was advised by a friend to lend . money to the poorest ' of them , and to ask favours of the _' rich . The remedy eoon succeeded .

      : - A : _TnAVsi , i-BB in America records the following anecdote : —¦ " I hod a genuine Yankeestory froin one of tbo party on deck . I was inquiring : if the : Hudson was frozen up or not during nhe winter . " This led to a conversation as to the severity of the' weather , when one . man , by way of proving , bow cold it ' ' was , ' said , ' * \? hy , ; l bad a cow on niy lot T ip the river , and last . winter she got in , among the ice , and was carried down three miles before we could get . her out again . The consequence has been , ' that she has milked nothing but ice cream ever since . " , '' "' ' ' ' .

      . Judge _Nobbuki was interrupted iri hia charge to the jury by the loud braying of a donkey in the street of ; the assize town . : " What ' s that ?" , asked his lordship . Mr . _PftTsons ( with whom his lordship had had a fiery flare up ) rose , and' gravely assured bim that it was merely the echo ofthe court ! [" _' " WiiT is a man wrong to , go from home , leaving his daughter to attend to his business ?—Because she will be Miss managing his affairs . : ¦ : Lord Bybon presented the late- Mr . Murray , Ins publisher , with a liand 8 _bmo ' Bib ! e '' ns a birthday present . ; It was _aftewards _foinid that ' . the , profane wit had , in fa passage of the _New . Testameht , ; erased the word robber and substituted that of publisher , so that the passage read , " Now , Barabbas was a publisher . " '

      _. _DERnrsniRB'has been ' visited by an . impostor who bad '' lost _bistongue . " He declared , in writing , that it had been - ' cut cut ; " and opened his mouth to convince the benevolent-of his deprivation . ; : But Mr . _Lomas , a surgeon , believing the man , to open his month like other liars , to deceive , introduced a ' pair offOTcepsi andi in . the _presence ; oi , the ; magistrates , polled the fellow ' s tongue out of . bis , throat ! ., A _Gkntujman at a musical party , where the . lady was very particular not to have the concord , of sweet sounds interrupted , ' was freezing under the performance of a long concerted piece ,. ' arid seeing that the 'hre was . going ont . asked a _ftiend in ft _\ whisper , '' How he should stir the _fise without _Interrupting the music ? " "Between the bars , " replied the friend : ' ¦' . _'"¦ .

      ¦ The editor of a down pastpaper _^ _abacbelor-T-says , '' The reason , why the wb _ en do noV _ent _themseltes in tw , b by . _tfch ' t lacing % because , the */ liice . aroumd the ' . _hvavt , I and _^ _^ th ' atissohard they _, ' cannb _^ effect it . " A Rici » old farmer at _CrowK sear Biintry , speaking to a neighbour _aJ » out the " . fajnin '" of hisn € phew , said , i'Why _. a _fbnd a made ! lfem a _^ awyer _^ l think , but a took _sich a good hand to hold a , plough , thnt oi thought 'twert a ' pity _tdsjsoll _agood _. _' _p _» _u _' _ghboy _. _. The following instance- a given , 0 $ _[&^ chaos oS figures _emplojed by a _lawyerof Baltimore : — " This man , gentlemen of _theory , _walks- _'into court lik . » a motionless ' statue , ' wt *_ the oloak ' of hypoemy i » his mouth , and is attempting tb screw _thrie large oak trees out of riiy client ' s pocket . " ' ' . A Match at crieket which has been plsyed at . _Sutton-in-ABhtield _, Notts , caused much omusement . The players were two women , oho married aud one single , and the _Binijlo beat , having scored one . notch , and the other none . ' - '

      A Gentibman whohas occasion to walk with two ladies , with one umbrella , should always go in the middle—that secures a dry coat to himself , and is showing no partiality to either of the ladies . : Fainted Britons . —The following ' passage is from a placard announcing a pleasure trip to Warkworth : —• ' The Gleaner is one of the finest and fastest hosts on the Tyne . Her accommodation is in every respect good and comfortable ; her emu skilful , steady , and obliging , being "mwly _^ ainttd- and decorated for _pleasure trips ! I "

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      m ,. j .. _iojj E N : j E ; . D . ; ¦ _* a medical WOTk on tha _exbans _A » aad physical decay ofthe system , produc _«« by excessive _indalsence , the _oonie-Quenesi of _infection or the _abusa of memrry , with . ob « r * _rarl _# iw on the marrried stat « , and the _dfcquaHncat _* o _ i which prevent it ;• fflmtrnted by twenty . sia _orioursd _eo _> _frarings ; and by the detail of cases . -B y Brand I . PERRY and Co ., 19 , Berners-street , Oxford „ reet , London . ; PuWisli ' ed by . the _ajitborsi and sold by , Strange r 2 l , _Patwr . t noster-roiy ; Hannay , _V & t and Sangor , 150 , _Oxlofd-street , i Starie , 23 , Ti 6 hborne-stpeBt , Hajmarhet ; ahd Qorcton , \ K % _, _Leadcnhall-street _, London- ; . J . and It , _Ralmei and Co ., be _thm-ft , Edinburgh ;» . eamp * ell , Ar _# yll . street , G ) u *

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      _iEXTIUX-RDINARY SUCCESS OP THE HEW REMEDY 11 ' ¦ Which hasnever been known to fail . —A cure effected ' , ¦¦ _. . pi'the Monty returned . _PAISS IN THE BACK , GRAVEL , LUMBAGO , RHECV _MATI 8 M , GOUT , DEBILITY , STRICTURE ; GLEET , & c f DR . BARKER'S TiU-tJ ' _-. it I EI 0 PILL s t' have long been well-known as the only certain cure fbr _nalns In _tbe back " and W 4 ney * , t 5 mcl , lumbago ,: ibeu _* shatiem , "gout , gonorrhoea , gleet , syphilis , secondary symptoms ; seminal debility ; and aU diseases of the bladder and urinary organs generally , whether tbe result of imprudence

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      . IMPORTANT . EttabUsMed Fifty _Ytzn , THB great _sueeess . whicbi has _attended 31 _essm . 1 _" 1 * EUE ia their tre ! itmeiv >« f all those _DUeasos arising from iudisci _; etion or . excess , and the , num > er of _cuves performed by . tbem , is a _suftni & nt pvoot of ttwu skill aud _abiU _" _^ ih the _tije . itment of _tbase complaints . ' Messrs . _Piede , Sargcons & C , "e 3 py be conaultedLas usual from 91 ' 11 ' 2 , and G till 10 , in nli stages of tbe _abavo com . plaints , in the cure of which _4 h » y havo been su _. pre-eminently snecessffl * , from the _' n- _Bwulinr metlyid of treat . nvent , when _aja . ether _tnwws . buve foiled _^ V » Mch has secured for _ticm the patsouage and gratttide of many thousands who have _bentSjtyd . by tbeir _atlvico and medi . cine .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 3, 1850, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_03081850/page/3/