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THE DEMOCRATIC KEYIEW OF BRITISH AND .FO...
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LABOUR'S -WRONGS. The many remediable ev...
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The Uxbridge Spirit of Freedom, Conducte...
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A Pommcai, Mou-Jtebahr.—Our old Chartist...
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SUNSHINE Aj*-tj SHADOW: A TALE OF THE NI...
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August 4, 1849. The Northern Star, — ¦ -...
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por home ; Jxsse , 1 S 49 . ( From the Democratic Review for August . ) "Por Home ! for Borne 2 " Thatshont hath sped To earth' s e _* stremest bonnd ; And every hope by honour led : Repeats the glorious sound . Tor Home 1 for Rome ! let patriots now , "Where ' er they draw their breath , Re-echo back Slazzini's _tow—*** * Free Rome , or Soman death , * - ' For Borne ! for Rome ! ay , for the -world ! . Our quarrel is the same , "Where ' er a flag may he _rafurl'd , Or beacon-summons flame . Beneath the gleam of Kossuth ' s sword , Or in onr _darken'd streets , 'Tis Freedom ' s sacred battle word , Our cry , our hope repeats .
For "Rome 1 for Borne I for human right ; For liberty and growth ! Our words foredoom Oppression ' s might : Onr lives fulfil ihat oath . " For Rome ! for Rjomel" Come weal or woe , _^ Maintain the R oman cry ; And every heart he Roman now !—We trill be free or die . SpiBTACCS .
We Are Hast, Our Tyra5ts Are Few Behold!...
WE ARE HAST , OUR TYRA 5 TS ARE FEW Behold ! the morn breaking above , boys , Bathing earth in a warm rosy shower ; Heaven scemeth o _' erflowing with love , boys , And _light iisseth the lowliest flower . As bright as on proud princely home , boys , The sun smiles on the poverliod Thrall ; Oh ! thus in a day that shall come , hoys , 3 Iind will light the sonl-chamhers ofall . Oh I look for the noble in soul , boys , - And grasp ye the hand of the true , Then on for the glorious goal , boys , We are many , our tyrants are few .
Courage I keep heart for awhile , hoys , A holy and brotherly hand , Rave sworn that the children of toil , hoys , Shall break their oppressors' dark wand ;—They have sworn hy the souls of the brave , hoys , "Whom the despots' red faulchion set free ; By the wounds on the Lack ofthe slave , hoys , To battle for dear liberty . Keep heart with the noble in soul , hoys , Keep hand with the good and the true , Then on for the glorious goal , boys , We are many , our tyrants are few .
Disdain with a noble scorn , hoys , The hugbears that priestcraft hath wrought ; They'H vanish like phantoms , forlorn , boys , In the moniing-light of thought . _"Kerer fear , though men curse and upraid us , 3 Cever wince _' neath the false hireling gibe ; They'd flatter , and -fawn , ay , and aid us , "Were we gold-cursed enough to hribe ! Bnt , look for ihenohlein soul , hoys , And grasp ye the hand ofthe true ; Then on for tbe glorious goal , boys , We are manv , our tyrants are few .
The flag of the free shall wave out , boys , O ' er the dark-ruin'd towers of "Wrong ; And the people shaU wake with a shout , boys , And the poor man ' s heart break into song . Truth ' s garb of sunlight shall bedeck them , "Who -rule—in our hearts enthroned ; And the crown of their victor-brows make them Peerless!—among peers birth-renowned _. Keep heart with the noble in soul , hoys , Keep hand with the dauntless and true ! And on ! on ! for the glorious goal , hoys ! IVe are manv , our tyrants are fete J Masset .
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The Democratic Keyiew Of British And .Fo...
THE DEMOCRATIC KEYIEW OF BRITISH AND . FOREIGN POLITICS , HISTORY , and LITERATURE . Edited hy ( x . _Julias Barney . No . III ., August . London : E . Mackenzie , 5 , "Wine Office-court , Fleet-street . Compared -with the two preceding numbers of Hus publication we observe a vast improve ment in fhe appearance of this numher . In paper , type , and press-work the Democratic _Sedeio may now challenge comparison "with its most aristocratic and high-priced
contemporaries . The editor ' s address "To the Working Classes" —chiefly on Italian and Hnngarian affairs—is followed hyan elaborate exposition of the Hnngarian question , showing the rise and progress of the mighty conflict which at present ahsorhs the attention of Europe . This article will commend itself to every one anxious to he -informed of the rights and -wrongs of the heroic Magyars . From the third letter of " Terrigenous , " advocating the right of all to the land , we g ive the following extract : —
THE USD COMMOS PB 0 PEBTY . It does not at all matter for our present discus-• _aon how or by what means _Adasi , or any other individual , came on the Earth at first , one iota . It is sufficient for us that he breathed the breath of life on it—that it was in existence before him , and existing necessarily for him . What Right had Adam io Occcpi—Possess—1 _* swekit--iiie _Eahth ? That — that—is the question ! Theanswer again can he summed np in one word , and that word is — EXISTENCE I ! That was Adam ' s night and Title-deed I—the highest and only one which man can possess or point to , for as
TnoMAS _Paise has forcibly remarked , — " The Creator ofthe "Universe did not open a Land-office from whence the first Title-deeds should issue . " ___ E-dsienee was the right by which Adam inherited ihe Earth , Isay . "Why ? you ask . Simply because , in the verv factof existing he was compelled to occupy ihe Earth , * is the answer . The Earth was man ' s place of residence— -the place on whieh he was to "live , more , and have his being ? " Therefore he could not fail to occupy it , for without tliis Earth , low could man have managed to have existed himself ? He found himself npon it , anyway , and could not well manage to get away from it !
It is very evident , then , " brother Owners , that Apam _natitralhi was the Occupant—the Owner—the Inheritor—of the Land—of the Earth , and itis just as evident that scripturally he was in the same position . "Be fi-uitfal , and multiply , and replenish the Earth , and subdue it , " the Creator is made to say to our first parents in the 23 th verse ofthe first chapter of Genesis , " and have dominion over the fish of the sea , and over the fowl ofthe air , and over every living thing that moveth upon the waters . —And God said , Behold I have given you every herb hearing seed _-rlueh is upon iliefaee ofall ihe Earth , and every tree , in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed % to yon it shall he for meat . —And to every beast of the Earth , and to every fowl ofthe Air , and to _everytiiinw that creepethupontheEarth , wherein there is life / lhave given every green herh for meat , and it was so . "
Thus it is obvious , it is undeniable , that the act of inheriting the Earth was no voluntary one on the part of onr first parent , hut an imperative law of his nature , a -part and parcel of his being . It was forced upon him ; he existed in the world , that world was the means hy which his existence was to be carried forward , and mere instinct would naturally lead , while -natural -requirements would compel , him to obtain , and to use , all that he might find -necessary for that purpose . The Earth , Air , Li g ht , and "Water , and all the products ofthe world , animal , vegetable , and mineral , were necessary to prolong and perpetuate that existence , and over each and all these things did he exercise ownership , dominion , and control , in the simple fact of
his existence in the world ! This is clear , simple , and indisputable . So much for our first parent , Adam . "Now for Ids children and their descendants , even down to us of the present age . Ah ! let us understand their position , and also our position . Well ! had not they , and have not we , the same right ? Ifexistence in the world gave the right to Adam , would it not confer upon Cats and Abel , and all then living , the like rig ht ? The question cannot he discussed : it does not admit of any such thing , for it answers itself . As I have hefore said , inthe very tact of _existins , . the immediate
descendants of AnAMmust , as he had himself , necessarily occupy the Earth , and occupation then was possessing it , and exercising dominion over it ! Thus they were-joint occupants and joint proprietors of the Soil , and all things therein and thereon . And hy "virtue ot the same law , and for the same reasons , are we of the present day in the same position . Letany sceptic attempt to prove the contrary . I challenge lum to the task . Jlius , then , and itisimpossiUle that it could be otherwise , aU men who have lived — all menviko do live — all men who shall live—possessed , possess , and shall _jnsscss , « similar Right in this respect ! The Land IS TIIEIKS , COMMOSAtLY ATO _) JOIXTLT — IT IS
THEIR _NATURAL _INHERITANCE — AND THEY ARE ITS LEGITIMATE IXHERITORS !!! An able and eloquently written article hy "One of ' The Men of the Future '" invites _furfherextract ;— * * - -
Labour's -Wrongs. The Many Remediable Ev...
LABOUR ' S -WRONGS . The many remediable evils which afflict mankind , and which are clearly traceable to human causes , invite serious reflection . Around us we behold the elements of physical and mental enjoyment in abundance , by a proper combination , or ; adjustment of which , nine-tenths of human misery might be for ever banished from socieiy . The earth teems with all things necessary to the comfort and luxury of man , and the mighty developments of modern science together with the wonderful application of steam power , have extended man ' s dominion over the raw material of nature to an almost incalculable extent , giving us at the same time a means of transit by sea and land , which enables the _inhabitant of the most
remote regions to hold frequent communications and exchange the commodities peculiar to each country with mutual advantage . Viewing the pro gress of modern c _' _mlisation in this light , we must be struck with wonder , and feel an inward exultation when thus contemplating the stupendous achievments of human intellect . Great Britain contains within itself the means of producing the solid necessaries and comforts of life , both in agriculture and mannfaetures to a far greater extent than the requirements of its population . How is it that with all these advantages , gaunt misery stalks through the land ? It cannot be imputed to want of genius , skill , or industry . The immense wealth by . which we are surrounded bears testimony to the contrary . From whence then arises the anomalous condition of society , notonly in these countries , but throughout
the civilised world ? "Wealth heaped up , and overflowing , on the one hand ; hopeless poverty , wretchedness , and extreme privation on the other . In England , notwithstanding the immensity of our manufacturing powers of production , we find : the mass of the operatives crowded in -filthy lanes and alleys , and breathing the very air of pestilence , whilst through the cupidity of the owners of those stately mansions which abound in the environs of these pandemoniums , they are reduced to the smallest modicum capable of sustaining existence , until premature death , as proved by parliamentary returns , puts an end to their sufferings . In the agricultural districts extreme poverty is the rule so far as the _ labourer is concerned , and this , too , whilst the recipients of the fruits of his toil keep princely palaces , and hire troops of liveried lackeys to administer to their vanitv and ostentatious extravagance .
To whom , then , shall we apply for a satisfactory definition ofthe cause of this . injustice , and whole sale murder ? To the Tory politician ? No . He stands firmly by the doctrine of , what he terms ; "Divine Right , " and the irrevocability of the text which says , ' * The poor shall never cease out of the land , " and acts accordingly . Shall we consult the "Whig , or Political Economist ? Surely they can solve themystery . Worse still . They insist that the existinginequality of society is a component part of the natural order of things—that capital is the primary or originating cause of production ; and labouralias , human beings—a secondary considetation ; that it is necessary for the development of
civilisation that some men should be possessed of great wealth , that they may thereby be enabled to employ labour , and finally , that the state of privation whicli we have been describing , is the inevitable result of a high state of civilisation . ' . _' ! Hard , cruel fate ! Is this , then , the inexorable decree , of our enlightened rulers ? Are we for ever excluded from the realisation of the sunny dream of youth , and mercilessly debarred tbat which our nature craves , onr noblest impulses pant for , and which the evidence of our senses proves we can create in such abundance ? Yes , this is the decision to which these immaculate politicians havearrived . They have all agreed that "the system works well , " and there they leave UStherefore , from them there is no hope .
Hut are there no other teachers , no other doctrines ? Yes , there are other teachers , who clearly show that the doctrines of the parties above enumerated are founded on falsehood , fraud , and selfishness : and who clearly point out the mode by which mankind may elevate themselves from the mire of slavery and ignorance into which they have been plunged . Of these teachers , aud their teachings , more hereafter . Future numbers of this Review will elucidate the doctrines , and proclaim the hopes and aims of The Democratic Propaganda .
The admirable article b y " A Proletarian Sufferer for the Charter , " on the " Ten Hours Bill , " we have not room to g ive entire , and it would be a sin to mutilate it ; its reprint for distribution in the manufacturing districts could not fail to be productive of the best results . " Social Reform " is the title of the first of a series of articles intended to explain and elucidate the principles and projects of Lows Bxaxc . The Editor thus speaks of
1 jO"CIS blaxc axd nis -enemies . Among ihe present advocates of Socictarian progress , no one has won for himself more popularity amongst thc oppressed and suffering classes , or been exposed to more hitter calumny and relentless persecution , than the illustrious exile Louis Blanc . Yet the ex-President ofthe Luxembourg is by no means a violent , or even sweeping revolutionist . Looking at the schemes of popular amelioration suggested by him to the delegates of the ouvricrs , we are surprised atthe moderation , rather than the radicalism of his " aims . Communist he is not ; aud if it be proper to designate him a Socialist , certainly his Socialism is ofthe mildest kind . Let it be understood that in _attributing moderation to Louis Blanc
we do not attribute to him the policy of those political impostors who conceal beneath the guise of moderation the most selfish passions , and heartless designs against their fellow-men . We mean that in the face of the terrible evils he has made it his mission to confront , he appears to ns to he , as a reformer , gentle and moderate indeed . But his moderation has availed him nothing : had he heen the fiercest of revolutionists , he could not have encountered more of persecution and misrepresentation than it has been his lot to suffer . Honesty is his crime ! Thc privileged classes know him to be sincere in his advocacy ofthe cause of the poor , and , therefore , they and t heir minions persecute and revile him . But the people will award him the crown of a well deserved and imperishable fame .
The following is from the pen of Louis Blanc : —
EVILS OF _CXLIMITED COMPETITION . Let us suppose , for a moment , that inventive genius had risen to so grand an elevation as to supersede all human toil by the action of machinery ; and let us trace the consequences of such a discovery , first under thc associate system , then under the existing competitive regime . Under the former system , excluding as it does the very idea of privilege , of monopoly , of patent , and dividing wealth amongst all , the general substitution of mechanical for manual toil would have but one result : tbat , namely , of conferring upon all men equally _emancipationfrom muscular toil , leisure for the culture of their intelligence , and opportunity for the enjoyments of science and letters , of poetry and the arts .
Under the competitive system , on the contrary , which abandons every one to his own unaided force , which hears on its standard these savage inscriptions , " Success to thc rich and skilful ! Ruin to the vanquished ! " and which makes every discovery the exclusive property of one , or of a few monopolists , what would be the consequence of _supersedinghuman labour by machinery ? The consequence ? I shudder to contemplate it ; three-fourths of the population would perish hy starvation ! Yet , considered in itself , the invention of a machine calculated to diminish or facilitate human toil is an incommensurable benefit . How happens it then that , under the present system , the discovery of an improved process sometimes reduces thousands of operatives to sudden destitution ? Is it the fault of science , of genius , of machinery , which would subordinate the powers of _Mature to humanity ? _No .
It is the fault ofa system so absurd , so vicious , that it perverts in their developement the germs of good , or chokes them amidst a rank undergrowth of evil . —Could it be thus under a law of universal association ? Can genius be conceived as a source of disquietude in a society governed by the principle of general solidarity ? Genius ' . ah , its very grandeur consists in its devotion to entire humanity ; and if now it descends to furnish arms of combat to the cupidity of monopolists , it is because a false principle of society has debased and perverted it . In explaining how competition engenders poverty , I might have exhibited it condemning rival workmen to dispute with each other an insufficient emplovment , and to sell their lahour at a discount in order to obtain the preference ; thus depressing wages and restricting consumption , atthe same time that it stimulates production to a disorderly and excessive activity .
But this lamentable picture would want its darkest shades should I forget to add that , in creating misery , competition also engenders immorality , For who , indeed , would venture to deny that misery is the cause of theft ; that misery , engrafted _ on i-morance , hatred , and despair , nerves the assassin's arm ; that misery drives into the streets those legions of miserable women , who drive a hideous traffic in simulated love ? : And thus we hehold the very constitution of society engendering _hatred—violences-envy ; and placing nations in this deplorable alternative , either to submit to oppression from above , or to he perpetually disturbed by assailant'sfrom below .
Kossuth ' s latest proclamation , calling the Hungarians to—one and all—take up arms in the Anti-Cossack crusade , most worthily finds aplace in _-Qms publication . Finally , a , notice ofthe late C _* lare _* sceMasgan , the Ir ish Foet , ( including specimens ofhis poetry , ) closes this number oft he Democratic Review , '
The Uxbridge Spirit Of Freedom, Conducte...
The Uxbridge Spirit of Freedom , Conducted by "Work ing Men . No . 5 . August . London : "W atson , Queen ' s Head-passage , _Paternosterrrow . This eloquent apostle of Ultra-Democracy continues its good course , * its vigour growing with its growth . The present number contains a letter from "William _Howitt , in which _heexpreBses his pleasure at seeing " -working men thus ably and eloquently advocating their own rights . " A pithy article on the " Press , " is followed by an address ¦¦ To the Men who , like ourselves , toil upwards of fourteen hours daily , " from , which we give the following extract : —
Brothers , we call our journal " The Spirit of Freedom , " but what freedom can we bring you ? after fifteen hours hard work , what can we accomplish to set you free ? the spirit that burns and effervesces _witbiu us , is exhausted iu feeding the physical energies ; the soul seems drowned ; the mind is unbent ; and he we sit striving and writhing , far in the midni g ht , with throbbing heart and burning brain ! We would speak words of hope and coilrage to you for whom our hearts bleeds ; we would strike tyranny to the heart mid its palaced magnificence ; but ah ! brothers , this overtoil is crushing the best impulses of _o-n * nature , and we feel that clay is _rotting away and taking the place of soul , day by day . And what shall spring from all this toil ? surely what we sow
m tears , our offspring shall reap in joy ? Sot at all they will put on the harness of life , and wear it till it cuts into their heart-strings , and perish in bastiles , prisons , penal settlements , even as we shall erelong ! * * * Well may that Ultima Thule of political charlatanship , Russell , exclaim , " the aristocracy have a firm _liold on the affections ofthe English people ! " yes , my lord , tficir teeth _ars in our hearts wilh the gripe of Bloodhounds , and they call us "freeborn Britons ! " aha ! hrave freemen are we!—and does the world believe this horrible lie ? Free ? we" who are used up , bought , sold , destroyed , damned before birth , —we , the 6 , 000 , 001 ) who have no political existence at alh , free ?— -we are the veriest slaves on earth , ignorant * , ' coward slaves ; coward because ignorant ; but , were you of our mind , brothers , this should endure no longer ! ,
Plain speaking , and no mistake ! The next article by John Rymill of Northampton , headed with the significant question : " Why are we poor ? " partakes of the same sledgehammer character ; witness the following : —
THE POOR AND THE RICH . England ' s true nobles are poor . They have coined the wealth of England with their sweat and blood , their labour has freighted our ships with wealth , they man our ships , they navigate every sea , they plough the land , sow thc seed , and gather in thc harvest ; and yet these nobles of their country dragon a miserable existence on starvation diet , or perish iii Union Dnsliles ; millions have actually died of want ! While this is the terrible fact , working men , shall peace reign in the mansion of the rich and profusion still crown their boards with — 1 J .- O -l . l _i l . - _. _. 11 t . / Ml- , -,. 1 11
_ , ___ - picuij . snau uieir nans ne nnea witn loruiy guests and echo with the drunken shouts and ribald jests of their midnight revels ? shall they fatten inthe sunny smiles of fortune , and their lives glide serenely on without a moment ' s care or cloud ? So ! by heavens ! this must not he 1 There shall be no peace in the palace while poverty , starvation , and death , remain the poor man's guests!—for every poor man pale with want , there shall be a rich one pale with fear ! Working men , the true nobles of our land must no longer be poor , —and , if there be any persons starve , it shall be the fat idle drones ; they will not work , neither shall they eat—they deserve to die ! .,:
Our readers may guess the kind of answer to the question « What have the Clergy been doing ? - ' contained in the article so entitled . Mr . Gerald Massey contributes two poems full of democratic fire ; one we have transferred to our " Poet ' s Corner . " A Red Republican review of recent events on the Continent concludes this very excellent number of the Uxbridge Spirit of Freedom .
The Progressionist. No. Iv., New Series....
The Progressionist . No . IV ., New Series . August . London : Watson , Queen ' s Headpassage , Paternosterrrow . " Rome , Hungary , and England , " is the title of a withering denunciation of the Russian , Austrian , and French tyrants , and a no less eloquent appeal to British sympathy in "behalf of the Italians and Hungarians , The following extract will command the applause of our readers : —
THE GLORIOUS TIGHT IN HUNGARY . Gallant Hungarians and heroic Poles have unfurled the banner of Republicanism , and are nobly fighting under its immortal standard . They have banished the tyrants of Hapsburg Lorraine for ever . They hare thrown off the yoke 6 f Austria , and as men determined to be free , they have fluug to the winds their jealousies and fears , and fight the forces of Austria and Russia , and are gloriously _successful Yes , they are triumphant—they heat back the orthodox troops of the bloodyold monster , Nicholas ; and I hope that the Hungarians will finally drive back the Cossack hordes of Russia , and annihilate the forces of Austria . Bat I must acknowledge that I sometimes have my fears , and I ask you , my
countrymen , whether the base , hypocritical , canting old devil of Russia shall be permitted to trample over the freedom and independence of Hungary as he has over that of Russia ? Shall he be allowed to lacerate the wounds and tear the bleeding heart of Hungary , as he has done with that of Poland , and that of _Circassia ? Had I a million tongues , with every one of th ? m I would still say , NO ! And if there be any f-iith , any love or courage in the heart of nations , they will , in terms not tobe mistaken , thunder—NO ! I have hopes of Hungary . What say you , my brethren , will you second the efforts of Kossuth , Bem , Dembinski , Georgey , and tho gallant Magyars , and cheer on your glorious Hungarian brethren in their struggles against the cub-throats of Russia and of Austria . Awake , arise ! be up and doing 1 stand forth in your giant might—make common cause with your Roman and Hungarian brethrenassemble in your countless thousands—marshal your
forces iu every city , town , -village , and hamlet in the kingdom—speak out like men , and let the thunder of your might shake the senate-house of Britain , and go forth with the speed of lightning , and with a force surpassing that of tha mighty avalanche annihilate for ever the leagued brigands of Hapsburg Lorraine and Russia . England should do her duty ; she can do so by making common cause with Rome and Hungary . We could do them good service . We have ships rotting in our harbours , soldiers idle in their barrack ? , oceans of gunpowder and cartridges , plenty of mortars and howitzers and cannon , and tens of thousands of muskets , swords , and bayonets which we could employ _against the darksouled tyrants that are in Rome and Hungary . Hurrah for Hungary ! May heaven defend her , and may the tyrants of Austria and Russia be for ever annihilated 1 God grant it for Thy mercy's sake . Amen 1 Jokk Rymill . Spring-gardens , Northampton .
" Tho War of Principles , " ¦• State Churchism , " and " Lines to a Beloved One "—a very channing poem , hy the indefatigable Gerald Massei- —are all worth y of this trul y democratic and ably-written periodical .
A Pommcai, Mou-Jtebahr.—Our Old Chartist...
A Pommcai , _Mou-Jtebahr . —Our old Chartist chum , Henry Vincent , Esq ., ( I I ) is at present astonishing the natives of Wales . A correspondent of the Nonconformist , writing from Milford , says : — " Mr . Vincent arrived , and on Sunday evening , the 22 nd ult ., at the request of the Rev . T . Lloyd , he preached in the Independent Chapel to a crowded congregation . To the great surprise of many of his hearers the gospel ivaspreached in itspurity , and they were bound to admit they were disappointed ; that he was quite different to what they expected , and to what he had been represented . The attendance on the first lecture was not so good as we could have desired , but I feel happy to state , that the attendance on Mr . Vincent ' s second lecture gave proof positive of the removal of many prejudices—Ep
_isco-Sal iaus , Quakers , Independents , Baptists , Mcthoists , and Wcsleyans , were there , and greeted him most enthusiastically . Mr . Vincent , on both occasions , _Acquitted himself in a masterly manner . Be a man ' s religious views what they may we are satisfied if they are founded in sincerity ; but before we can give the Jtev . Henry Vincent credit for sincerity , we should like to know when it was that he recanted from the doctrines of Voltaire , Mirabaud , Volney , Paine , and Palmer . We never heard o his recantation , and we are , therefore , strongly impressed with the belief that when pious Harry puts on a white choker , and turns up his . eyes like "a duck in a thunder storm " he is playing the "
respectable , " " reverend , " " artful * dodger . " we _attest humbug , and cannot find words to adequately express our disgust at this spouter ' s pedlarisms . . _PaouDnox and the iMPEmAL " Special . "— I find in my memorandum book , under date of the 26 th of September , the following entry : — " September 26 . Visited Louis Buonaparte . The man appears well-meaning—head and heart chivalrous ; moie possessed with the gloryof his uncle than with any strong ambition * , au , _reste , moderate abilities . I doubt ; much , when once observed closely and well known , he shall make great way . Mem . —To _^ mistrust him . It is the habit of every pretender to court the chiefs of parties . "
Sunshine Aj*-Tj Shadow: A Tale Of The Ni...
_SUNSHINE Aj _* -tj SHADOW : A TALE OF THE _NINETEENTH CENTURY . BIT TIIOIIAS _MAUTIX WHEELER , Late Secretary to the National Charter Association and National Land Company . CnAriEn XVIII . Then , dearest , mourn not o ' er my early fate , it calls not for thy pity . I have been west , and but grieve to leave thee desolate , isut thou _ivilt live in many a vanished scene , _JVor feel alono . Thou still wilt contemplate inese day s of iove though long years intervene . » ve part not , dearest Arthur ! still my _lovewarm—pure as now—shall bless thee from above . Beste .
Strange and unfathomable are the transitions of the human heart—to-day all is calm and serene—tomorrow some unaccountable fantasy pervades our feelings , and _vre are uneasy and disturbed—a gloom is on our . _spu-its , and athousand prognostications of uanger _seciu to hang around us—prognostications too often the forerunners of evil . Can the subtle essence of which the mind is composed receive impressions , and be subject to sympathies which the _^ Yi es ., nofc cognisant of , though they ticmble uneasil y beneath their influence _?*' . Will the tJ Y ~ l - _^ smev , or the marvels of Clairvoyance , * £ v «« i ! _£ >' steiy of these positive and negahl _Pontile , electric atmosphere of the human _^ r ™ -i % ' occuP-ed _™ his daily duties ? kJ _™ •\ esidenc < - . of his employer , or superintending
? TvX . _"TTT - _r ° i bla Property in the inland por-2 i 2 , { 5 « ! ' fast _^ covering from the Tn ™ hth « charms _<* Lady Baldwin had cast aiound him ; her welfare was still dear to him , and it was with no common feelings of regret that hc heard 01 her increasing languor and debility , still no violent emotion raged in his heart , it was a calm and melancholy regret ; but suddenly his feelings experienced a complete revolution—his mind was racked -with anxiety-nightly did he ride to — that he might inquire relative to her welfare—covertly was he compelled to do this to avoid the suspicions of Sir Jasper—with alarm hc heard of her voyage and removal to Mount Pinto . Restless and uneasy , he obtained a few days leave of absence , and morning ' s dawn saw him on his wav to the residence
of Lady Baldwin ; he knew not his own motives or objects , but he longed to be near her , once more to gaze on her features ere the cold hand of death for evor shrouded thorn from his view . His ride _tvas through a lovely part of the high grounds of the island ; the breeze from the seaward played deli g htfully on his heated cheeks—the music of the birds and the murmurs of the waterfalls disturb not the current of his thoughts—hours rolled by , and wrapped in his reverie he heeded not their nightthe sun beamed forth gloriously , and the breeze fainted away beneath its influence—the music of the birds was hushed , innumerable insects filled the air , and his horse gavo evident signs of weariness , still Ai'thur rode on , indifferent alike to all around
himfilled with uneasy forebodings that he could neither repress nor account for . His horse suddenly stopping at a sugar mill in the valley into which he had now descended , recalled him from his reverie , and the surgeon , ofthe plantation , with whom he was slightly acquainted , received him as his guest until the rising of the sea breeze spread its delicious odours and welcome coolness around , and wooed him again to recommence his journey . Nightfall found him at Mount Pinto , passing by the mansion of Sir Jasper ; he rode to the adjoining negro village , and prior to retiring to rest wrote the following note , which he despatched to Lady Baldwin in the morning : — " Dearest _Laoy , —Impelled by feelings I cannot
control , and alarmed by gloomy forebodings that I shall never again gaze on thy angelic face , I have come once more to worship the sun of my existence ere it for ever sets and leaves me in pitiable darkness . Pardon my presumption , heed not my forebodings , but admit to your presence the companion of your childhood . —Arthur Morton . " Reclining on pillows on an elegahfc sofa , in a small but lofty apartment , lay Lady Baldwin . Oh ! how changed from the Julia North of former days ; her languishing eye , of Heaven's own azure , looked glazed and dim ; . the rose and the lily no longer contended for mastership in her lovely cheeks , but an ashy paleness supplied their place ; a sweet smile still lingered on her countenance , but like a rose
blooming amid snow , it seemed to mark still more strongly the desolation by which it was surrounded . Two days have elapsed since Sir Jasper returned to his residence . She was perfectly unconscious ofthe hallucination she was labouring under during the voyage , and the physician had thought it imprudent yet to inform her of it ; her mind seemed calm , and to have recovered its former tone . Like the iEolian harp , it was mute and passionless , now the breath of Heaven no longer played around it . She is not alone , two attendants are with her ; one is sprinkling the matted apartment with a decoction of orange and lime flowers ; the other , an English girl , seated near her mistress , is _reading aloud from a splendidly bound book , it is a novel by Washington Irving—she hears in a kind of trance , for though its appeals to the heart are beautiful and impressive , hers feels them not , it is preoccupied with the
romance of its own creation . A gentle tap is heard at the door , it is opened , and the note of Ai'thur is presented by an attendant . Slightly does the lady tremble as she recognises the hand , for though his last letter was speedily sacrificed to a sense of duty , yet the characters are still present to her memory ; the contents ofthe note are quickly devoured—love and duty aro harshly conflicting , but love _assumes the mastery , and the attendant is dismissed with a note addressed to Ai'thur , containing the simple words - — ¦¦ Come and see mfe , and let me bless you ere I die . " What an impression did these words make on the sensitive spirits of Arthur Morton . With feelings of almost religious awe and respect did he enter that quiet room , —the English servant still remained in attendance , —he rushed towards the fragile form of the loved being before him , sunk at her feet and wept bitterly . ¦¦
¦ ¦ " Weep not , dearest Mend , " exclaimed Julia , 1 am happy . Oh ! so happy . I have had a long and fearful dream , but your presence has dispelled it , and I shall die in peace . " , " Dearest lady , talk not of dying . Live ! oh live long ! to bless and cheer the hearts of your friends , My life is bound up with your own , I could not survive you . Oh ! think of the hours of happiness we have spent together in our native land j think ofthe yenrs of happiness that are yet in store for you , — young , beauteous , and blessed with every virtue , you cannot , must not die ! " " ..
" Dearest Arthur , companion of my youth , why should I wish to live ? Life hath lost its every charm , —my parents are no longer near me , and my brother hath treated me , oh ! how wrongly , —my husband is kind , very kind to me , but I cannot return his love as I could wish . The only good on earth I could crave fate has denied me , and I would fain sleep and be at rest . Death hath no terrors forme . I have loved all mankind , and though I have been injured , yet do I forgive ; they meant kindly , may they be all more blessed and more happy than I have been . ' One only grievous wrong have I committed in allowing my heart to love another than my husband ; for , Arthur , I have loved you—dearly loved you . Woman ' s pride would fain
have concealed it , but in these my last moments love is stronger than pride , and your image and your thoughts mingle with those of God and Heaven : " and she burst into a torrent of tears , while Arthur clasped her convulsively to his breast . " I know it is an error , " she resumed , " but itis an involuntary one , and one that I cannot regret , though I trust that Heaven will deal mercifully with it , and that no part of the punishment will be visited on you : " and she sunk overpowered and exhausted on the sofa . Arthur , gazing on the lovely wreck hefore him , was unable to give utterance to his thoughts , — -his heart was burstingwith love—wild , passionate lovewhich he felt it would be almost blasphemy to utter to the dying angel before him ; he sobbed audibly , and wildly pressed her hands to his heart ; slowly did he recover his calmness , and Julia once more rousing herself , and casting on him a ook such as a
dying mother might give to a beloved child , said : « Dearest Arthur , come , bid me farewell ; I know that I shall no more see you in this world , I fear my senses have been wandering , but I thank God I havo retained consciousness to see and bless you ere I depart . I shall confide to my husbaud this our last interview , if I see him ere I die—he cannot , will not , blame us . Kiss me , Arthur . —it is our first and last kiss of love ; may you be happy and prosperous as you deservo to be , and when sadness shall cloud your soul sometimes think of me , and if the spirits of the departed can again revisit this earthly sphere I will , in those moments , hover round and console you . Adieu ! Adieu !" Wildly , passionately , did Arthur press his heated lips to the icy cold ones of his beloved , and with eyes blinded -with tear ? , and frame trembling with emotion , he gazed his last on his first love—the beauteous and lamented Julia North .
Reader , hast thou ever loved ? Hast thou through sorrow and bitterness remained true to thy heart ' s first devotion ? and when the blest consciousness has burst upon you that your love has been reciprocated , have your hopes been dashed to despair by the hand of death—the cup of * joj turned into bitterness , and its very dregs poured into your soul ? if thou hast experienced this , then canst thou comprehend thc feelings of Ai'thur Morton . True , his love was unhallowed ; neither religion nor custom would have
sanctioned its indulgence ; but when did lovo succumb to earthly ties—opposition but rivets its chain—it needs not the world ' s approbation to fan it into flame—it lives oh its own elements , and burns the fiercer the more it is frowned upon . The enemies of Chartism assert that it is _» ' coarse and vulgar doctrine , and that its advocates are destitute of refined feelings or imaginations ; poor slaves of prejudice , they know hot what they assert . Chartism is the offspring of imagination ; the feelings mu _i aroused before reason "will summons judg-
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ment to its assistance , and never was a cause more j OWe ( l hy refined feelings , by chivalrous devotion , and disinterested purity , than : thc Chartist cause _, these feelings are the true essence of love ; Arthur juorton is a type , a representative of his class—inheriting all their enthusiasm , inspired by all their r ° iu - and Partakir > g of a" their errors—wonder pot , then , at his love , or that his love was unfortunate . ( To 0 ( 5 continued . )
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DESTRUCTIVE FIRES . " Destructive Fire at Brockwell-tiall _, Bbixto _* _- _* . ¦ —On Sunday forenoon a fire , which continued to bui * n most furiousl y for upwards of eight hours _, broke out upon the premises belonging to Mr Joshua Blackburn , known as Brockwell-hall , WaterJane , _Britfton . The flames commenced in one of the newly-erected ricks in the homestead which contained upwards of fift y loads of bar The head gardener , it _appears , was the first person to make the discovery hy seeing smoke pouring forth fromthe centre of the stack . In order to satisfy himself that the property \ iag on fire this person descended what is technically termed the " manhole , " where hefound the heatso intense as tonearly overpower hirii . He , however , managed to crawl through the middte of the burning property , and had just succeeded In gaining the grand park when immense bodies of flames shot forth from various portions of the rick , whence the work of
devastation extended to an adjoining rick containing about twenty loads . The highly inflammable character of tho material caused the flames to travel with surprising rapidity , and before information could bo forwarded to town for the assistance ofthe engines the flames were mounting so high into tho air as to be distinctly visible at Norwood , Dulwich , and Kingston . An express having been sent to London for assistance with all possible expedition , the engines ofthe Brigade and the West of England _company attended , as well as that belonging to the parish of Camberwell . Plenty of water having oeen obtained from a pond in the park , the engines were sot to work , but , in spite ofthe utmost exertions ofthe firemen , upwards of eight hours elapsed ere the flames could be mastered , and not until a serious destruction of property had taken place Whether or not Mr . Blackburn was Insured could not be ascertained , in consequence of that gentleman being with his wife and family out of town .
Alarming Fire at a Tavern . —The family of Mr . O . Sayer , ofthe _Horsc-shoe and _Wheatsheaf Tavern , Melma-strcct , Western-street , Southwark , had a narrow escape from being destroyed by fire on Tuesday morning . Shortly before two o ' clock smoke was seen issuing from the lower part of the tavern , and an alarm was given , but on the inmates attempting to descend the stairs they found them on fire , and the smoke was rolling upwards in such bodies as to drive them back . Having made their appearance at an uppcv window some ladders were procured , when , with the assistance of two persons working on the railway and the police , the whole of the parties were safel y rescued . The engines of the parish and London brigade were remarkabl y early in arriving , and the flames were soon extinguished , but not until considerable damage was done to the whole ofthe premises and thoir contents . How the disaster originated is unknown .
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BuRNiKff of a Ship . —A postcript of the Bombay Times of the 25 th of June , contains the following account : —A little before ten o ' clock last night the report of guns in the harbour led to thc belief that tho overland mail had arrived . It turned out that these were signals that the ship Lowjcc Family was on fire . Boats from the different steamers and merchant vessels around immediately put off to thc assistance ofthe burning ship : but notwithstanding the exertions of their crews , by midnight the flames had made rapid pvogress . in the work of destruction . By two o ' clock she was nearly one mass of flames , and it became evident that all hope of saving her was past . She was accordingly left to hor fate . The middle and after part of the ship continued to burn with great fury , and shortly after
two the flames reached the forecastle , when the unfortunate vessel presented one ofthe grandest sights imaginable . She was in flames from stem to -stevn _, immense columns of smoke rising from the burning mass , and the whole sky was illuminated for a considerable distance around . A little hefore throe thc upper portion of her poop f ell in , and added increased brilliancy to the flames . A few minutes after that hour her mizen-mast went oyer the stern , and was followed almost immediately by the mainmast . At four , when we went to press , the foremast had just fallen over the lee bow—the bowsprit appeared untouched . The hull near the stern and amidships was burnt down to within a few feet of the water ' s edge ; the sea was apparently making its way into
the vessel at the stern , and the flames were rapidly consuming the fore part ofthe ship . It is likely she will continue io burn yet for some hours , unless a sufficiency of water gets into her to sink her—which is not unlikely . The Lowjee Family belonged to Messrs . Forbes and Co ., and Messrs . B : and A . Hovmus-jee . She was of 1 , 070 tons burden , and was built at Bombay in 1791 , being thus fifty-eight years old . She was to have sailed for Calcutta on the 1 st of July , with a cargo of salt , and fi-om thence to the Mauritius . Wc could not learn how the fire originated ; it was first discovered in the orlop deck ; her crew are , of course , Lascars ; they had received , it is said , four months' _irages in advance a few days since .
A Vessel fouxd in rap Bkistol Channel with the Crew all Dead . —A few days ago a vessel was discovered in the Bristol Chaimol , near Cardiff , and , when _boai'ded , the crew , consistingof four men , were discovered to be dead . The vessel turned out to bo the Voy . igeur , of Kernie , Captain Lemeur , bound from Bordeaux to Itoscoff and Morlaix , with a cargo of wine and brandy . Beyond these particulars , which we give from the French paper Le Commerce , there exists not a single clue either as to how the vessel got into the Bristol Channel , ov as to the cause of death . The conjecture is that they were poisoned by eating fish , while another opinion has been thrown out , that they may have been suffocated by the vapour from a wood or charcoal fire . — Monmouth Merlin .
Recovery of a Vessel Sunk in the River . — Some weeks back a sloop , called the Providence , of Rochester , whilst riding about half a mile below the Mouse Light , was run into by a steamer called thc London Merchant , and sunk , since which time several attempts have been made by the Shoerness boatmen to recover the hull , in which they succeeded on Wednesday , and she now lies much damaged on the hard ground near the pier . A Boundary Brook . —At the bottom of a wood , at Knowlton , in Flintshire , is a rill of water , which empties itself into the River Deo , and when a person strides across it ho is in the kingdom of England and the principality of Wales , in the provinces of Canterbury and York , the _diocesss of Chester , Lichfield , ana Coventry , in the counties of Flint and Salop , and in two townships .
A Precocious Bride . —Delays are Dangerous . —On Saturday morning last a couple , apparently farm servants , arrived in Carlisle by one of the east trains , on their way to Gretna , intent on being enrolled in " Hymen ' s - bonds . " - Upon arriving in Botchergate , however , the bride was suddenly seized with illness , and , accompanied hy her husband in prospactu , repaired to an inn to partake of refreshment . They had not sat long before thc worthy hostess ( an experienced matron ) was fully convinced that the lady was in the state that " ladies wish to be who love their lords , "—in short , close upon her confinement ; and by her . directions the ailing lady was forthwith removed to a neighbouring lodging-house , where to the utter astonishment of tho bridegroom , the expectant bride in less than ten minutes gave birth to a fine male child .
Mazzini is now in Switzerland . In a letter to the Daily __ News , Douglas Jerrold suggests , " that a committee should be formed to receive subscriptions , that a medal be struck commemorative of English sympathy with the cause of the Romans , and of admiration of the character and genius of Joseph Mazzini . The Hungarian Refugees left England by the Peninsular and Oriental Company ' s steamer Sultan , which sailed from Southampton on Monday afternoon for the Bliick Sea . The Tablet states that the Roman Catholic Bishop Wiseman has set the example of toasting thc Pope ' s health , at public dinners , before the Queen's . At an entertainment given for the benefit of the Italians , says our contemporary , the Bishop first " broke through the unhappy custom into which we have unhappily fallen , "
An association has been formed , and a subscription commenced , in Van Diemen ' s Land to raise a fund for sending convicts , whoso sentences have expired , hack to England . This promises to be a pretty trade in transportation and return cargoes But the . Tasmanians seem resolute to resent , as far as in them lies , thc application of the system to their rising colony . Two cuildren w ; ere poisoned lately at Chichester by eating some leaves of the savin or male cypress tree , which was growing in the churchyard of that place . The system has been adopted by young thieves in T _. _fi"nfmn of _falimrinnp n _llnolrn * - t \ f n | win _< VAcl \ nfAim + 1 inT \\
and pressing it against persons in the street , their hands being left free underneath to pick their pockets . Bowel Complaints mat be cubed by Holloway ' s 1 _' ills . — Persons suffering from _diarrha-a , or any affection of the bowels , should have recourse to llolloway ' Pills , as tliej are the safest and most certain remedy to obviate or remove the morbid and irritating causes of the disorder , by which means the impaired tone of the stomach becomes perfectly restored . An inordinate secretion of bile is frequentl y the primary instigation of these troublesome _complai- _'ts , and should be Ruarded against by taking . timely doses of these inestimable Tills , which are acknowledged to be the best medicine ever known for disorders of the bowels , liver , fcile . _andindigestioa , .
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Ruling Passion Strong in Death . —Thc under-S 0 _Sg ! n ay be so P _^ t and mechanical as to Tilt « 7 > ' _* Itsdf ' " _" o will give two _in-?™ Su .. ' B _% _m , mathematician , had been «» n hT _^ _nM fi leth , _* V g > _- * _^ d had not known even his own children , _^ aupertuis abruptly , and , of twelve ? One hundred and forty-four , " replied a feeble lingeringrcmam of the expiring intellect . Thc celebrated physician Chirac was much in the same state , and without any power of recollecting those near his death-bed . His ri ght hand _mediant cally laid hold ofhis left , and feeling his pulse , he exclaimed , " They have called me too late . The patient should not have beon bled . He is a dead man . " The prognostic was soon after verified .
The Bombardment op Rome . — The infamous '' Algerines " were bade conquer , and that command they obeyed , utterl y unscrupulous as to the means of effecting their work of f ratricide . " Cry ' conquer , kill , and ravage !' Never ask ' who , what , or where ?' If civilised , or savage , _ ¦ Never heed , hut— Vive la guerre !" The " curses of hate and the hisses of scorn , " be their doom now and evermore ' . —Democratic Review A Greek Church . —Tlie new _building in
London-, erected lor tlie solemnisation of Divine worship accordingto the rights ofthe Greek Church , is just completed , and will be consecrated , with considerable pomp , early in August . The design ofthe building , whicli is of tho Corinthian order , is considered very chaste . This is the first Greek Church erected in the United Kingdom . The Porui / ATioa- of Hungary , it is stated , includes 7 , 000 , 000 Roman Catholics , 3 , 300 , 000 Protestants , 3 , 600 , 000 of the Greek Church , 400 , 000 Jews , and 150 , 000 Unitarians . Kossuth , Georgey , and about half the ministry , are Protestants ,
LLorEMENT . —A lady , formerly of this city , but more recently residing with her sisters about ;' seven miles distant , has eloped with her servant boy , and the pair are , it is supposed , secreted somewhere in the neighbourhood of Bristol . The lady is said to be up wards jrf thirty years of age , and the partner of her fli ght about seventeen . The event , we need not say , has caused much distress to * the family . — Bristol _JliV-w . _Wht does a shoemaker finish hia shoe at the beginning ? Because he commences at the last , applies his thread , and there ' s an end to it . John Bull ' s Sagacity , —John vindicates to the world that hc estimates fiery-footed destruction at its proper value , by piling some half-dozen
monuments and columns to Wellington , and onlv one to commemorate the great fire of London ! Serve the fire of London right ! that only swept away a few thousand houses , whereas this cut-threat son of murder , this incendiary on God ' s property , Wellington , he helped to slay four millions of our fellow cre _«' ur _(* / / / But , how comes it that we have no monumental trophies of the great plague ? perhap 3 John k eeps this generation of vipers—our _vampireai'istOCracy—in being , as a living monument ot plague , destruction , and death I Sagacious John Bull ! be this as it may , we shall have annihilated them long before the hand of time shall have crushed the strong piles of marble into the dust !—Uxbridge Spirit of Freedom .
A man has started a paper in Maine to be issued occasionall y , which is a great deal oftener , the editor thinks , than he will be able to get his pay for it . Travellers are fond of giving very wonderful accounts of thc gorges of the Alps , the Apennines , Ac ., but what are the goi _^ jes of all the mountains in the world to the " gorges '"' of the civic authorities of London ? A countrtma _!** , passing over the Pont Sexd at Paris , and seeing among a number of shops Ml of merchandise that of a banker , in which there was nothing but a man sitting at a table with pen and ink , had the curiosity to go in and inquire what ifc wns he sold . "Asses' heads , " replied the banker .
" They must be in great request , " said the countryman , " since you have only your own left . " The Ninth Commandment . —At the examination of the children of thc Windsor Infant School , on AVednesday last , a little boy was asked to explain his idea of "bearing false witness against your neighbour , " After hesitating , he said it was " telling talcs . " On which the worthy and reverend examiner said , " That is hot exactly an answer . What do you say ? " addressing a little girl who stood next , when she immediately replied , " It was when nobody did nothing , and somebody went and told of it . " " _Quite right , " said the examiner , amidst irrepressible roars of laughter , in whicli he couldnot help joining , the gravity ofthe whole proceeding being completely upset .
THE WRECK _OE ltOYAL GEORGE ( After _Cowjier . J Toll for a knave ! A knave whose day is o ' er ! All sunk—with those who gavo Their cash till they'd no more ! Shareholder * ) grumbled aloud , Directors wroth did get-Down went the Royal George , With all his lines , complete ! Toll for the knave ! The Royal George is gone ; His last account is cook'd ; His work of doing , done I It was not in the panic , His credit felt no shock ; The House at Albert Gate Stood firm as Albert Rock . Clerks still drew bated breath :
And moved obedient pen , When the Royal George went down Never to float again . Cast the tottle up , Sec how the money goes : And reckon , railway puppets , how much England owes . The Royal George is gone , His iron rule is o ' er— - And he and his Directors Shall break the lines no more!—Ihmch . The air of heaven was given man to breathe , tho land for him to live upon * . such is God ' s behest to all his creatures . The air with equal reason , as the land , might bo claimed by a powerful minority . — Democratic Review .
A rather curious incident lately occurred at the Liverpool Theatre , during the performance of Othello . A gentleman in the upper boxes , who paid great attention to the play , seemed extremely astonished at thc apparent blindness of the Moor , and was mightily indignant at tho treachery of Iago . lie gave vent to his feelings , at times , by clenching his fist , and audibly hurling imprecations upon the " false friend . " He appeared to be wound up to the highest pitch of excitement in the scene where Othello seizes Iago bythe throat , and in the ecstacy
of delight , the _spectator started up and exclaimed , loud enough for all around to hear , " Choke the devil—choke him !" . Nothing like Perseverance . —" _Haveyou ground all thc tools right , as I told you tbis morning when 1 went away ? " said a carpenter to a rather green lad whom ho had taken for an apprentice . "All but the handsaw , sir , " replied the lad promptly ; " I couldn't quite get all the gaps out of that . " A _ladt wrote with a diamond on a pane of g lass " God didat first make man -upri g ht ; but he—" to which a gentleman added ,
" Most surely had continued so ; but she—" A Paradise ron Servants . — If the master call and the servant answer boldly , "I am eating , " he neod not come , * so if the former say ,. " Gall me such a one , " and the messenger comes back with tho report that the man he wants is asleep , the master lets hira quietly tako his siesta whatever hour of the day it may be . —Expedition to discover the Source of the White Nik . A _Despairixo Lover . — Madame Duth & having lost one of her lovers , for whom she affected a great devotion , a gentleman calling on her soon after , found her playing the harp , and exclaimed with surprise , " Mon Dieu ! I thought I should have found you p lunged in the very depths of despair !" "Ah , replied she , in the most pathetic tone , "J was _vesterdati , and you should have seen me then !"
Animal Tiiaxsfoiimatioks . —A young gentleman who had for some time pestered a young lady by protestations of love , and annoyed her by following her wherever she went , remarked to a friend ono day , that he thought the only way to win her would be to become her tiger , and woo her in that disguise . "Yes , " remarked his friend ; " and the change would not be so great , for it is well known that at present you are her bore . " Novelty in Railway Travelling . —The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company , in order to encourage travelling by their line , have determined on charging females and children , during the summer months , only half price . It is believed by the directors that tho result will be a large addition to the passenger traffic , inasmuch as wives will now compel their husbands to treat themselves and families much more frequently than they did before to excursions by railway .
Slave Population w the "Would . —The slayo population in various parts of the world , allowing forthe manumission wliich has taken place in the South American republics , may be estimated at about seven millions and a half , or equal to the population of Ireland , thus appropriated- . —The United States , 3 , 095 . 000 ; Brazil , 3 , 250 , 000 ; Spanish , colonics , 900 , 000 ; Dutch colonies , 85 , 200 ; South Americau republics , 140 , 000 ; African settlements , 30 , 000 . In alt seven millions and a half ! Good Advice Returned . —A preacher , who advised a drowsy hearer to take a pinch of snuff occasionally at service , to keep him awake , was adviged in return to put the snuff in his sermon .
1 in-ill- is a society in Glasgow that distributes prizes to those housewives who , for three monthsj keep the cleanest _liousos in dirty localities , '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 4, 1849, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_04081849/page/3/
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