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September 8, 1849. THE NORTHERN STAR. 3
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The History of Ireland. Part XIV. TZie I...
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The Spirit, or a Dream in the Woodlands....
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Dirtet Taxation, Financial Reform, and t...
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The Uxbridge Spirit of Freedom. Conducte...
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A Frexciimass Dpscbipiiox or ax E.vgusii...
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SUNSHINE AND SHADOW; A TALE OF THE NINET...
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FEnocirv of Wasps. — Iu a small outhouse...
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THE FRENCH "REPUBLIC. (from the Democrat...
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A WORD TO THE DEMOCRACY. " They that sat...
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ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. During th...
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Liberty. — " Shame, that any should bc f...
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September 8, 1849. The Northern Star. 3
September 8 , 1849 . THE NORTHERN STAR . 3
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HOPE ON , HOPE EVER . Hope on , hope ever-thoug h to-day be dart The sweet fun-burst may smile on thee , to-Tho _™ _tTdwaart lonely , there's an eye wiU mark Thv loneliness-and yet repay thy sorrow Though thou may * st toil , mong cold and sordid With none to echo back thy thought or lore thee ; Cheer np . f _» ut heart ! thou dost not live in vain "While God is over all , and heaven above thee—Hope on , hope ever .
I know 'tis hard to bear the bitter taunt , With the heart ' s pride , at midnight , have to wrestle ; To feel the canker worm and sting of Want , While rich rogues in tbeir stolen luxury nestle ! For I have felt it—yet from earth ' s cold real Mv soul looks out on coming things , and cheerful Plays the -warm sunshine round its dear ideal , And still it wispers to the worn and tearful—Hope on , hope ever . The iron may enter in and picrec thy soul , But cannot crush the lore within thee , burning—Tbe tears of misery may be thy dole , But cannot quench thy true heart ' s seraph
yearning For better things , nor kill thy ardent trust , That error fi-om the mind shall be uprooted—That truths shall dann like flowers from the dust , * And love be cherished where hate was embruited , Hope on , hope ever . Hope on , hope ercr _, —after darkest night , Comes , full of loving life , the laughing Morning ; Hope on , hope ever , —spring-tide , flushed with light , Crownethold Winter with bloomful adorning . Hope on , hope ever , —yet the time shall come When man to man shall be a friend and brother , And earth shall he a happy—happy home , And all earth ' s family love one another—Hope on , hope ever . Uxbridge Spirit of Freedom . _JliSSET .
AN ACROSTIC TO THB "MEMOBY OF HENHY HETHERINGTON BV JOffi" AESOTI , SOMEB _3 TOWN . M eros boasting may tell n owthey "kill and slay ; Each sycophant mind E ntire homage may pay ; "Solder l _. yfer , is Now the theme of my lay , It eTeren cc & r one who was Respected by you , Y e Democrats firm , Y e Democrats true . 21 ctherington is gone , 31 e was a true mas , _E-saminclusKfe , E very aet you may scan ;
T funking it wrong to T ax knowledge or thought , H e nobly struggled , II e for principle fought . E ver firm and consistent , E arnest and sincere , H _esolvrf . henrarcli 'don \\ -aru , B . ightandtruth beheld dear I nrinablelie stood I n Liberty ' s cause , N or heeded a dungeon X or tyrants base laws . O ain fovliiroliadno charms , G audy pomp he despised , T he staunch foe he was T o priests' cant and lies ; O ! that his spirit On all may descend ; "S ow rest theein peace , "N oWe Patriot and Friend . _iliddlescx-place , Aug . 27 th , 1 S 19 .
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The History Of Ireland. Part Xiv. Tzie I...
The History of Ireland . Part XIV . TZie Illustrated Atlas . Parts VIII . and IX . London : XandF . Tallis , 100 , St . Johnstreet . Both these valuable publications continue to increase in interest . Part XIV . of Mr . "Wright ' s History of Ireland includes the events of the latter portion of the reign of James the First , and the early years of the reign of Charles the First . The account of
the life of "the great Earl of Cobk" is the history of a great robber , and scoundrel . True , hc was no worse than most of the founders of « our old nobility . " Parts VIIL and IX . of the Illustrated Atlas contain maps of " Sweden aud _Xorway , " - China , " "Belgium , " and " Turkey in Europe . " The letterpress , though limited to two pages to each map , contains an immensity of geographical , historical , and statistical information .
The Spirit, Or A Dream In The Woodlands....
The Spirit , or a Dream in the Woodlands . A Poem . By William Jones . London : John Chapman , Strand . Leicester : -Joseph Ayer . The greater part of this Poem was written during the dreadful commercial crisis of 3847-48 , when the Author ( like hundreds of his fellow-townsmen ) , was reduced to starve or submit to the body-and-soul-killing slavery of tbe stone yard and Bastile mill—the tests of pauperism in Leicester . Preferring to encounter the pinches of want rather than the brutality of the Poor Law officials , Mr . Jones betook " himself to the woods , and there conceived thc production before ns . He acknowledges it is but
— a dream-lay : tuned by noteless bard , When times late darkened and men ' s hearts were hard , To soothe his own and fellow-sufferers' throe—For there is balm in poesy for woe ! 'Twas empty comfort , but lie could no more , For he like them , was unemployed and poor ; like them had wrought in vain through life ' s best prime To baffle Poverty—deemed now a crime—Like them had failed . Yet think not he conld share Tlie dole of Charity or pauper fare : 3 fo' sternly independent , he'd procure A casual day's work , and the rest endure . In d subsequent part ofthe poem the author thus powerfully pictures the system , under the operation of Avhich himself and his brethren have so much suffered : —
Thus throve the wicked in their fastness strong ; Their names were honoured and their lives were long : And they could smile , with self-approving air , "While wresting the last morsel from despair ! "Would pray—and yet poor widowed ones oppress ; ¦ G ive almsAwhilc ruining the fatherless ; By _H-onls to Go < l , by deeds to evil draw—And making monsters , murder them by _l , w ! IM wli . it me most afflicted was that I
Musi either do the same as they or die ! "Which yet , 0 death ! I could not , would not do—Oppress the needy and denounce the true , " I cannot wrong my brother I" I _excluimed ; Uut this the more tlieir selfish rage inflamed . Therewith , preparing persecution ' s scourge , From strait to strait my anguished life they urge'Mong death-fraught glens and precipices dread ! They even robbed me of my daily bread , "Whose price I'd paid in labour ten times told ; Thev left me naked mid the winter ' s cold _.
To all who Lave tlie sense and feeling to appreciate the intellectual efforts of the sons of Labour and Poverty , we cordially commend Mr . Jones s Dream in the Woodlands .
Dirtet Taxation, Financial Reform, And T...
Dirtet Taxation , Financial Reform , and the Suffrage . A Letter addressed to all lieformers . By Samuel Kydd . London : "W . Strange , Paternoster-row . A _PENNrsroKTH of really useful knowledge , ¦ which should be read , and thought over , by " aU Reformers . " We extract the following able comments on thc glerious British system of
_TiXATIOX . An intelligent people and an honest government would prefer direct taxation . A trafficking , talking , pension-loving government prefer indirect taxation , and a j .-ilf-inftmned and careless people submit to its _iniij-iitics and enormities . A pretty compliment indeed io pay our fellow-citizens of these realms ; the compliment is honestly due and honestly paid _, let us examine . The task niight be laborious , but certainly nor _d-fficult , to prove that the land-holders of England have thrown the greater weight of taxation off their own shoulders on the baeks ofthe labouring and trading classes , as indicated in the _foHowinjr table : — Taxes paid bv Land in All other taxes paid in 18 il :- 1841 :-
_Eualand ... £ 1 , 183 , 5 S 5 England ... £ 51 , 997 , 000 Viancc ... io , _* 2-5 l ) , 000 France ... 17 , 500 , 000 Prussia ... 3 , 904 , 000 Prussia ... 3 , 067 , 000 Austria ... 8 , 795 , 000 j Austria ... 7 , 700 , 000 "What think you of the above , liberty-loving Englishmen ? You who throw up your caps and cry " hurrah for England , the glory and pride of the world . " Those figures refer to a period preceding the late Continental revolutions . No wonder , then , that Lord John Russell , Sir Robert Peel , and pious Sir Harry Inglis shonld thank God that the British Constitution stands firm amidst the " wreck of thrones and the storm of states . " Remember all the while , that according to Mr . _il'Cullocb , the rental of land has been doubled within thc last fifty years , and read the following precious morsel from the same _aathority :- — " E vei _* the magnitude « _l our
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national burden , which , to a superficial observer , might appeal to be a heavy drawback on our exertions , has really been the means of adding to their efficiency . Had they been oppressive , their operations , no doubt , would have been very different ; but it was seen that they might be met by increased exertions , and these have been made they have , in fact , operated on the public like an increase ofthe necessary expenses ofhis family on a private individual , and occasioned efforts of industry , economy , and invention that have more than countervailed their influence , and which we should have iu vain attempted to produce by any less powerful means . " Could cool official audacity say wore ? Our national debt , pension list , civil and
military expenditure are aU blessings . Burdens on industry and individual prosperity are related as cause and effect , and our benevolent , philanthropic legislators , being brimful of affectionate regards for our welfare , tax us for our good ; how happy too is the illustration . I wonder if Jlr . 51 'CulIoch has tried the experiment , —if be has , and it tho promised results have been realised , I pronounce him a lucky fellow . I know not a few hand-loom weavers who think that an increased famil y is followed by a decreased quantity of food for each , and increased wretchedness and rags for all . But then those weavers are " _suprficial observers , " and do not understand the subject so profoundly as a government-paid statician . Some of those " superficial observers , " however , incline to the opinion , that the first enactment of Excise and Customs duties
was a cheat and a juggle , purposely effected to enrich the landowners and impoverish the labourers , — that , the sinking system of Pitt , and the ruinous expenditure ofthe Whigs , arc injurious to our national prosperity , —that , notwithstanding , the rapid and gigantic improvements of eur machinery , facilities of railway communication , the increased energy and activity of our workmen , the success of our shipping , and the extension of our commerce , —the condition ofthe labourer has not been bettered of late years—that the genius of our mechanics and industry of our workmen are mortgaged to support an overgrown Oligarchy : that the magnitude of our national burdens has been met by " increased exertions : " that these increased exertions , like the mother ' s last-born child , IroTe sucked her breast dry , and caused physical decay , and in not a few cases , premature death .
We wry cordially recommend tbis pamphlet to our readers , in the hope that it will find a large circulation .
The Uxbridge Spirit Of Freedom. Conducte...
The Uxbridge Spirit of Freedom . Conducted by "Working Men . No . VI . September . London : Watson , Queen ' s Head-passage , Paternoster-row . AVERT spirited " Appeal to Young Men , " is followed by an excellent article on "England ' s True Nobility , " written by Jobs Ei'mill of Northampton—an able writer , in whom we think we discern the promise of even still greater things . Wo select the following extracts : —
The Fergusons , the Brindleys , the Parkes , the Opies , the Simpsons , the Davys , the Burns , and the Shakspeaves , have been Gods in the realms of mind , and they have all come from the operative class , that class which has given to the world men who have unravelled the machanism of the heavens , discovered the composition of light , invented telescopes , microscopes , barometers , and telegraphsfounded sciences and extended the arts , the world ' s greatest poets and patriots , philosophers and orators , have sprung from the people . Those men , not the men of ermine , lawn , and broad domains , are England ' s true nobility . * * * * "What are the mightiest kings and aristocrats when compared with England's true nobility ? puny
dwarfs , pigmies in intellect , monsters in morals , giants in vice , prowling savages , untamed bloodfa junds , murderers of brothers , corruptors of female purity , and libellers ofthe human race . The names of aristocrats and kings will be forgotten , and thc warrior names of Cesar , Hannibal , Napoleon , and "Wellington , though engraved in brass and cut in solid marble , will be either lost in the rushing whirlpool of time , or loathed and detested , while the names of England's true nobility will be remembered and handed down till time shall be no more ! Ah ! ye rich men , ye aristocrats , remember that there is not a gem iu the crown of royalty , but wc
have toiled for , not a stone in your princely mansions unstained with human blood , nor a piece of furniture in yonr house but is saturated with the sweat of working men , nor an article of clothing , in which yc are clad , but has been wrought by the people ; yes , we have created wealth for you drones , and left ourselves poor , we have produced food for you and millions efns have been starved to death , and we have made clothes for you and gone nearly naked ourselves , but , hear this , ye tyrants of England , the hour of retribu ; ion is at hand ! the pay day is coming ! our children are rising up to manhood ' they have been taught to curse your system and destroy your powerI
"Poverty and Crime , " and the " Monopoly ofthe Soil" are the titles of well-written articles . " Struggles for Freedom" pours oat a thundering and soul-stirring denunciation of thc royal assassins of Europe , and their precious friends the " peace" _preachei' 3 . The writer—who signs himself " _-Armasd Carrel' '—commenting ou the fall of Hungary , says : — Peoples of Europe , you have looked on and calmly seen a noble nation murdered—its blood be upon your heads ! Englishmen , you arc slaves , blind , plague-stricken slaves ! you seethe brave struggling for life and liberty , and will not lend the helping
hand * no , you dare not 'help yourselves to right and freedom . ' all the world know this ! they know that the heart of England hath become the prey of vipers . ' _"Nicholas knows this , he marked well , when here , that four-fifths ofthe people had no power , and the rest were at his own or the devil's price—and so he began his crusade against democracy ! and the Prince of Prussia , he eame here , and , on his return , thousands of proletarians were slaughtered in the streets of Berlin ! What cainc he here for ? why our government plays the same game ! tho spider ' s of St . Petersburgh , Paris , Vienna , and London , weave their webs alike , and for the mutual purpose of murdering nil who love libertv . England is not
less guilty in the reactionary warfare , because she fights in the dark ; she may not send troops to plant the symbol of popery on the Vatican ; but she countenanced the French expedition , and her silence was thc signal for ihe onslaught upon Hungary . God knows our aristocrats would willingly -welcome those wretches , the Cossacks , and give every mother ' s sou and daughter of us up to their lust and fury , to ensure their riches and splendours against the rising deluge of democracy . Oh ! the }* already quake at thc touch ot coming desolation . Talk of the nerve of Mrs . Manning in cooking and eating above thc slab , beneath which slept her murdered paramour , in his bloody shroud' what can equal
the coldtiess and assurance of those precious peacemongers , who , in Paris , when the rain of heaven hath but just swept the blood of the men of June from the flag-stones , and the walls are still black with the sinoUe of destruction , arc preaching their cold-hlcoded fraternisation to all tyrannies ; spouting vegrtariamsm to blood-drunken butchers , as if they would forego their lap of gore—thc lie of tyrants ' . Oh 1 you men of peace , you are in league with blood-guiltiness , the price of blood is in your hands . ' If yc are not , then denounce those horrible blasphemies , Peace in Poland , Peace in Pome . If ve
are not hypocrites , denounce thc Galician massacres and the butchers of thc brave students of Vienna . Better ever-lasting war than peace at such a damning price ; but time passes , and blood flows ; yet shall Time and Justice avenge each other . For the present , the battle of fighting the tyrants with their own arguments , is at an end but the breathing space between revolutions grows shorter every time , because justice grows stronger ; and we tell you tyrants , you have but caught a glimpse , through tbe smoke of revolution , ofthe overwhelming power that shall destroy you in the future .
Tbat s a dose for the peace-mongers , and no mistake . Thank God , we have not laboured in vain to save the Proletarians from thc withering influence . of the " political pedlar " Elihu Burrit , and their canting confederates . While Injustice reigns there ought not , and there shall not be , peace for tbe wicked _.
A Frexciimass Dpscbipiiox Or Ax E.Vgusii...
A Frexciimass _Dpscbipiiox or ax E . vgusii Public Disxbr . —Xotliing is more curious than one of those repasts , which recal to mind the feastings described by Homer . Enormous pieces of beef , whole sheep , monstrous fishes , load an immense table bristling with bottles . The guests clothed in black , calm and serious , seat themselves in silence , and with the air which one takes at a funeral . Behind the president is placed a functionary called the toast-master . It is he who is charged to make the speeches . The president whispers to him the mot _d'ordre , and " Gentlemen , " says he , with the voice
of a stentor , " I am about to propose to you a toast , which cannot fail to be received by you with great favour ; it is the health of the very honourable , very vcspcctable , _aa-d very considerable Sir Robert Peel , " < Lc The guests , then , shaking off their silent apathy , rise all at once , as if they were moved by springs , and respond to the invitation by thundering forth frantic cries . "Whilst the glasses are being emptied , three young girls , with bare shoulders , slip from behind a screen , and play a tune on the piano . Tbe toasts do not cease until the guests ,, having strength neither to rise nor to _remajn . seatc 4 > r (} ll _* uadei : the table .
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SUNSHINE AND SHADOW ; A TALE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY . BV TnOMAS MARTI *** WHEELEB , Late Secretary to the National Charter Association and National Land Company . CnAPTER XXIII . " OI thc grave , the grave ! it buries every error —covers every defect—extinguishes every resentment ! From its peaceful bosom spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections . Who can look down upon the grave and not feel a compunctious throb that ho should ever have warred with the poor handful of earth that lies mouldering at his feet . "— Washington Irving . "' To set mo free V he cried . With sudden bound He rose ; and with a vacant , Vi'dered smile , Sadly and doubtingly he gaz'd around A moment : then cried with transport wild .
' Tis vain ! The freshness of the morning light That shone o ' er youth is gone for evermore . The heart h 3 s hop' d , the heart has known a blight ; It wakes _bereiw'd of Fancy ' s chcrish _' d store 1 Vain , then , is every promise of delight—Vain the dear dream it Iov'd in days of yore . Returning spring waft not thy balmy breeze'Tis vain , ' tis vain this world may not appease . Beste . Arthur Morton had been nearly a month in his solitary dungeon , when one evening , to his great surprise , he received a visit from Sir Jasper Baldwin , unattended by any of the officials of the prison . Tumultuous were the feelings that rushed to his heart at the sight of his persecutor , but respect for Lady Baldwin , and uncertainty as to the object of
his visit , chained his tongue , and Sir Jasper was the first to break the silence . Hia voice fell so mournfully , yet so kindly , upon the prisoner ' s ears , who expected only threats and reproaches , that he gazed earnestly upon him , and his eyes gradually _getting accustomed to the light which Sir Jasper had placed on the stone recess , which served him for seat , table , and bed , he saw that ho was clothed in black , and that his countenance showed signs of deepest care . The chill of despair foil heavy on Arthur ' s heart , and banished all feelings of animosity . He knew that tho wife of Sir Jauper was no more , he felt that his own unhappy love had helped to sadden her existence , perhaps to hasten its close ; and quick and hurriedly as these reflections passed
in his mind , yet Sir Jasper ' s accents had a second time time fallen unanswered , save by the dim echoe 3 ofthe galleries that led to his cell , ere Arthur comprehended or replied to the simple announcement " that he was free . " A few hours previously freedom had been viewed as the most precious of nature ' s boons . -Sow thc doors of his gaol were opened , but he still lingered in his cell , as though unwilling to quit it , and Sir Jasper gazed moodily on bim , fearing that his penitence had come too late , and that thc reason of his victim was wrecked . Arthur , at length , unheeding the presence of his companion , murmured , " She is dead ; and I , who alone knew her worth , not there to listen to her dying words , and receive
the last pure tokens of her love . Sir Jasper ' s blood coursed quickly through his veins ; but , with a forced calmness which succeeded in arresting . Arthur ' s attention , he said , —¦ " Young man , these are not words for a husband ' s ears ; but I have done with wrath . I war not with the dead . Too late did I learn her worth—too late appreciated the _struggles of _hei- pure heart . Her dying words informed me of much of which I had previously been ignorant , and banished all suspicion from my mind . I pledged my word tliat you should receive pardon and protection . That p ledge I now redeem . You were a prisoner—whether
guilty or not of the crime laid to your charge your own heart knows best . I now set you free . I place only one restraint upon you . Choose yonr home without the bounds of this island , and you shall have my blessing , and , if needs be , my purse also ; but I dare not trust you within my power . Even now my angry blood rebels against my tongue ; but for the sake of the departed—go , and go in peace . Three days hence a vessel shall await your decision as to your future home . I trust to your honour for the secresy of this interview ; " and thus parted—ay , in all probability for over—the husband and the lover .
Arthur Morton , thus escaped from the fangs of the law , returned to the residence of Mr . Elkington , where his presence was hailed with feelings of unfeigned delight . His answers to their inquiries wero necessarily evasive ; but they gathered enough to know that his release had been conditional upon his leaving England , and that there were some grounds arising out of the state of political parties in England for his apparently strange and unprecedented arrest . Loth were they to part from him . His talents and urbanity endeared him to their hearts , and they manifested their kindly feeling by neglecting no step necessary to promote his welfare in tho new home to which hc was bound ; for Arthur had decided upon carrying out his original
intention of settling in America . This determination he had communicated by letter to Sir Jasper . Nobly and frankly did he pour forth the feelings of his soul to the bereaved man . Grief purifies and enlarges the human heart , watering and refreshing the gentler faculties of tho soul , even as thc dew of heaven refreshes and invigorates the flowers of earth drooping beneath the too regal influence of the sun . Oh ) it is not in prosperity that we cherish the pure aspirations that nature hath implanted Avithin us ; sailing with the stream , looking with a holiday eye upon the world , we arc apt to forget the great interests of humanity in the selfish enjoyments of the hour ; but when grief falls on the heart , the mists that beclouded our vision pre
removedour hearts beat m unison with the world ' s great heart—wc draw nearer to the standard of our common humanity — the electric throb of sympathy links us to the vast human family , and we go forward on our mission to cheer , reform , and console . The first era in thc existence of Arthur Morton was now closed ; with the death or desertion of our first love ( not thc mere attachment of boyhood , but the ardent breathing of early manhood when fancy is matured hy judgment , and the curse of satiety is unknown ) conies a change o ' er our feelings and character , gradually , but uot the less rapid and , effectual . We no longer live in the present ; the future , though viewed through the medium of a chilled and blight hearted , is still in thc
ascendant . The youthful freshness of the heart , whicli coloured every object with its own rosy hue , and peopled the stern globe with thc bright creations of a glowing fancy , is for ever departed- ; and thc mind smiles in scorn at the false idols of its former worship ; no longer occupied in contemplating the perfections of its beloved object , it turns its gaze inward , and acquires a deeper knowledge of its own powers and nature , and forms a more correct estimate of its relation to society , and the duties consequent thereon . If death has snatched thc loved object from our grasp , a tone of softness mingles with our bitterest regrets ; but if treachery hath robbed us of the prize , scorn and contempt mix themselves up with our iiiiturc , and wo become cynical and unjust . Time , however , modifies and ameliorates these influences , and the elasticity of
youth again impels the heart gently , hut irresistibly , forward to the regions of hope and love . Through these various changes did tho mind of Arthur Morton pass—the ardent and enthusiastic youth became thc melancholy and reflective manlife was no longer looked at through the glass of enchantment , but beheld iu the dull sober colours of reality , its beauties not heightened , nor its deformities concealed ; he was becoming a fit companion to mix with his fellow-men — with sensibilities blunted , and judgment matured , his loins were girt up for thc conflict with mankind . The shadows of misfortune had thrown their dark mantle over the more glowing features of his character , and wrought the sombre tints into more bold reliefhe had become a more useful , though a less amiable man . ( To be continued . )
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FEnocirv of Wasps . — Iu a small outhouse at Balcdgarno _, used for holding broom and firewood , a colony of wasps had planted their paper palace several months ago . The house cat had taken possession ofa part of the samo premises , and was rearing three thriving kittens among the buskwood . One day last week , one of the kittens seeing the wasps'nest suspended from a twig , drew it down with one of her paws to examine it , when she was instantly assailed by hundreds of the ferocious inmates . Her screams brought the old cat to the rescue , but- being met by a dozen or two ofthe enraged wasps she was glad to escape , and the kitten was stung to death in a few minutes . The other kittens , singularly enough , remained unscathed , not a single wasp touching either of them . — Dundee Courier .
Double Murder act Suicide . —The Paris papers report the following distressing occurrence : —A fellow named Viard , a washerman , in the Cominane of St . Denis , had been condemned for thc violation of the person of his own daughter . After the expiration of his punishment , Viard returned home , nnd from tbat moment subjected his wifo and the ravished daughter ( a girl of fourteen years ) to all sorts of annoyances , on thc ground that they had been instrumental in his condemnation . He consummated his vengeance , a few days ago , by strangling the wife with a handkerchief , during the absence ofthe rest of the family . Viard then calmly awaited the return of his daughter , whom he disposed of in the same manner . After the consummation of this double murder , thc assassin placed the carcases ofhis victims on the bed of his dormitory ; went into another room , and there , after having recommended himself to the mercy of his Creator , deliberately hanged himself .
A Fisb _NEwrouxw-AKD Doo having upset two large lee-hives , at Mr . Hardwick ' _s house at Hampstead , the beesinstantly settled upon and stung bisi so severely that he died in two hours * _thahodj swelling _ia-aa _extraordinary sue _.
The French "Republic. (From The Democrat...
THE FRENCH "REPUBLIC . ( _from the Democratic Review . ) „ , ... _, Paris , 20 th of August , 1819 . _Notwithstanding its apparent defeat on the 13 th of June , Socialism has lost none of its strength . It has now attained such a degree of power , that , in order to contend with it , with some advantage , the reactionary party is obliged to imitate it , while it curses its doctrines , and calumniates and persecutes its leading men . The following circumstances exemplify their proceedings •—Anion" ; the projects of law issued by the Commis _sion at tho Luxembourg , which havo become the charter of the Socialists , was one that proposed Working Men ' s Associations , and tho creation of
funds for providing asylums for the aged and infirm ; find " ° _«; we find the President ofthe Republic at the head of an association ostensibly similar ; and , last session , the _National Assembly entertained the project relating to asylums for working men . These appearances of reform are only delusions ; a government founded on the tyranny of capital could never think seriousl y of committing suicide by attacking capital . It is only an ill-contrived snare prepared to surprise the people . This necessity of imitating ¦ socialism is a very powerful argument in its favour . Lately , also , in the Assembly , M . Melun brought forward a proposal to form a commission for framing a system of public assistance to tho poor . To explain this sudden commisseration for th * nnnr the
Royalist conspiracy must be borne in mind . The 13 th of June furnished to the majority of the Assembly a pretence that it had long sought for , for attacking the Democratic Party , and of taking revenge on the Revolution of February . Upwards of fifty representatives , members of the Mountain , have been prosecuted by cowards who hid themselves in their cellars on the 24 th of February . Three rights were consecrated by the Constitution : the liberty of the press , that of speech , and the right of public meeting . Kot satisfied with arbitrarily suspending six newspapers , the government adopted Draconian laws against the press generally , but evidently directed against tho organs of social reform ; the clubs were suppressed ; and the liberty of speech was most unceremoniously abolished ; moreover M . de Falloux presented a Bill affecting Public Instruction , by which the education of the
French youth will be placed in the hands of thc Jesuits and religious corporations . Having thus prepared the way , it appears to the chiefs of the Royalist party that the situation is favourable for effecting the destruction of the Republic , and the restoration of the Monarchy . In order to check industry , suspend labour , and to make the middle classes believe that the Republic is no longer practicable , and is only a whim ofthe poople , the reactionary party is now combining , in the provinces , with the General Councils , either to bring ahout a Consulate , —an imperial form of Government , —or else the usurpation of the sovereignty of the people by the person it pleases them to call Henri Y . Rut we anticipate a thorough failure of all those conspiracies , for thc present generation is intensely democratic , and we have faith in the future of the French Republic .
A Word To The Democracy. " They That Sat...
A WORD TO THE DEMOCRACY . " They that sat in darkness saw gveat light , " seems to ns an appropriate text to the remarks which we intend to offer on tho contention which exists between new nnd old ideas . Those who have sat in the " valley of the shadow of death , " a true picture of despotic tyranny , are now merging into the full glare of freedom ' s sunshine . The path may be rugged , and but few of the more earnest spirits may reach the goal , but , an abiding faith in the holiness of our mission , and an expansive love for our kind , must displace this world ' s narrow selfishness , and cause ns to work on , and work hopefully _. The labour of the sincere Democratic , and
Social Reformer is but commencing , for , blinded by superstition , and false teachers , the mass of mankind have been incapable of perceiving thc secret enemy wliich embittered their existence . The drapery which concealed the enormous blood-guiltiness of earth's tyrants is now removed , and instead of being , as they have blasphemously assumed , God ' s vicegerents , they are seen to bo emissaries ot Hell , Thc infamous conduct of the liberal Pope will produce mighty results . It will add increased impulse to thc freedom of thought , and shake thc empire of priestly domination . Upon the whole , the present state of Europe gives us no cause for despondency . It is true we have been taught a dear bought lesson , and the amount of suffering consequent therein has been terrible ; yet something
extraordinary was necessary to show mankind the true characters of kings , priests , and profitmongers . The treachery of the bourgeoise towards the people during the late revolutions , has been everywhere transparent , and it is evident that as a class , they are utterly devoid of principle or patriotism . Self and pelf is tlieir rule of action . Here , then , is a summary of the teaching of the lato _continental struggles for liherty , which , for practical results , are at present a dead letter , ponder well on it : Kings , Priests , Aristocrats , and PnoHTJioxaERs are the exemies of mankind . Wc are often reminded hy our _eonscic-ntious and over scrupulous
friends , that the profitmongers and usurers act this part in consequence of their precarious position , and that , their faithlessness to the people , is not so much the result to their wishes as of the circumstances in which the commercial system places them . What matter it to us through what cause they act as our enemies ? Jt is sufficient for us to know that it is so . We should therefore make our calculations accordingly . If the possession of property through the medium of existing institutions , converts thc possessor into a stumbling block , in the way oftho producer of that property , wc must press on for the abolition of such institutions , and establish those that will cause all men to feel an
interest in the welfare of thoir fellows . In the meantime we must not deceive ourselves as to thc true character of landlords , capitalists , and profitmongers . Tbey have given us repeated proofs that they never will consent to the establishment of a just state of society , why then should men shed their blood to dethrone a tyrant and afterwards surrender the reins of power to those who have uniformly proved their worst , because their more plausible and hypocritical , enemies' ? Such has beon the case heretofore and resulted in sad and bitter
disappointment to tho people ; and banishment , imprisonment , and death to tho honest portion of their leaders . Previous to the renewal of the struggle , tho Democrats of Europe should hold a conference , and agree upon a definite plan of Social Reform , wliich should be published extensively , and form a text book for all Democrats . Let this be done , and a general understanding established among the friends of mankind , and thc world will speedily witness the last throes of despotism . —Democratic Review for September .
Royal Polytechnic Institution. During Th...
ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . During the past week Dr . Baehliofiner , in continuing his lectures on domestic chemistry , has chosen the subject of aerated fluids , and beverages of such like description . Tlie professor confined himself almost entirely to the pre- aralion of soda water , lemonade , & e ., wliich he , in his experiments , _nianufactu'cd for the bem-fit ofhis auditors , both in an intellectual , as well as _practical understanding . The apparatus clifs * n for illustration was that lately patented by Mr . Masters , and cerlain ' y from the experiments performed at the lecture , proved itself one of the luo-st perfect inventions of any yet extant . In size and _appearance it might he taken to represent a small vase or dessert jug , forming altogether an elegant ornament for the table or sideboard . After pointing out the principles upon whicli these aerated drinks havo been previously prepared , the learned doctor proceeded to explain the modus operandi of ( he new * machine . Two glass receivers
are disposed one above thc other , the upper one bavins a descending pipe leading from about midway in its interior to the bottom of the loner receiver . The upper one contains the material for producing the gas necessary for aeration , the lower or _* e the compound to be aerated . When it is required to set the apparatus in action , a small quantity if water is poured into that receiver containing thc chemical salis , for thc liberation of the gas—and the whole apparatus firmly secured together—the gas having no means of exit , save the descending pipe previous 1 mentioned , is forced to descend that channel , and bubbling through thc contents of the lower chamber , stionjily impregnates them , giving tbem a sharp agreeable flavour . After the process has continued a few minutes , the aerated drink may be drawn ofi at the convenience of the operator , an ingenious tap being arranged for that purpose . Wc were happy to find thc doctor greatly applauded by a large and highly respectable audience throughout his lecture .
Scnoolmastkr Axd Pupil.—The Following Oc...
ScnooLMASTKR axd _Pupil . —The following occurred in a school not a hundred miles from London : —Teacher * . " What partof speech is the word egg ?"—Boy ( hesitating ) : " Noun , sir . "—Teacher : " What is its gender ?"—Boy ( perplexed ) ; " Can ' t tell , sir . "—Teacher : " Is it masculine , feminine , or neuter *?"—Boy ( looking sharp ) : " Can't say , sir , till it ' s hatched . "—Teacher : ' Well then , my lad , can you tell me the case ?"—Bov ( quickly ) * . "' Oh yes , it ' s the shell , sir . " Opening of the EtECTKic Telegraph at the
General _Post-offiue . —All the wires having been laid down from chief Electric Telegraph-office , Lothbury , to the branch office , St . MartiivVle-Grand , the _employes commenced on Friday for the first time sending off expresses from that establishment . The- advantage to the Post-office of this facilit y of coHuaunication wiU bo important , as the _Fos ' _vtnastev-Gencral will be made acquainted with tb ' e arrivals and departures of all the foreign and _Colonial mail packets immediately , and also for the i _transmission or orders to the various parts of the [ country _eottae-jted -w ith tbat department ,
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Liberty. — " Shame, That Any Should Bc F...
Liberty . — " Shame , that any should bc found to speak lightly of Liberty—whose worth is so testified , —whose benefits are so numerous and so rich . Moralists have praised it-poets have sung it—the gospel has taught and breathed it-patriots and martyrs have died for it . As a temporal blessing it is beyond all comparison and above all praise . A couxtrv newspaper , recording the running flown ot a cow on tbe railway , said it was " cut into calves . An astonished naturalist waited upon tlie editor for what the auctioneers calls " further
information , " and received it inthe following form _—Errainm-For calves , read halves ' _Cunio-js FACT .-Ifc it not generally known tliat Isabella Kell y a celebrated vocalist in her day ( fifty years ago ) , is alive at ninety vears of jure , residing at Brompton , and retains all hor _famiitics and reads the smallest prin t without spectacles . Connected with tho highest families in Scotland _, she boasts she was bom in a castle ( that of _Caernboro ) nursed in a cottage ( by one of the family cotters ) , and bred at court . Her father , Captain Fordyce , was the last carver and cup-bearer to George III . Sir _FitEroy Kell v is her only son .
Yours is a very hard case as the monkey said to the oyster .-Win * is a dentist likely to be a melancholy man % Because he always looks down in the mouth . Slavery _uarkens and degrades the intellect—it paralyses the hands of industry—it is the _nourisher of agonising fears and sullen revenge—it crushes tho spirit of the bold—it belies the doctrines , it contradicts the precepts , it resists the power , it sets at defiance the sanctions of reli g ion—it is the tempter , the murderer , the tomb of virtue—and either blasts the felicity of those orer whom it domineers—or forces them to seek for relief from their sorrows in tho gratifications , the mirth , and thc madness of the passing hour .
A _boctor lately went to bleed a dandy , who languidly remarked , " Oh , doctor , you're a great butcher ! " On which the doctor rejoined , " Yes , and I ' ve been sticking a groat calf . " A Yankee journal states , that there is a man in Vermont who is so tall that ho cannot tell when his toes are cold 1 This is probably tho person who never allows his servant to sit up for him , as hc can put Ins arm down the chimney to unbolt the street door . _IxF ** nxAL Improvement (?) in the art or Wuol-esalu _MunnER . —In the campaign of the Grand Duchy of Baden , the Prussian foot were armed with muskets of a newly-invented construction . The plan on which they are made , aRd
_especially tho composition and arrangement of the charge , are a secret ofthe Prussian War-office . We have , however , been enabled to gather the following particulars respecting these muskets , which are known by the name of " Zuudnadclgeweorc , " from the explosion being produced by the passing of a pin through tho cartridge : the barrels are rifled , and the bullets which arc shot out of them are spitz kuglcn , a kind of conical bullet . They are conical at thc point , cylindrical in the middle , and globular at the end . The cartridges in which theso bullets are have a layer of explosive matter next to the bullet , and the gunpowder is at the bottom of the carriage , which is put in at the lower end of the barrel . On the trigpor being pulled , a thin piece of
steel ( nadel ) enters through il hole in the hack ofthe barrel , and piercing the cartridge and tho gunpowder , it proceeds to the explosive mass , which is similar to that which is employed for the usual percussion caps . The gunpowder is thus lighted at the front , and every grain of powder is consumed _. The charge of powder is 3-24 ths of an ounce , while that of a percussion musket is usually _G-2-iths of an ounce . These muskets enable a soldier to charge and fire six or eight times without lowering his musket , and 1 , 000 yards is still a good killing distance . It is not a safe distance for hitting , but 800 yards is ; and a good shot is at that distance pretty sure ofhis aim . 800 yards , then , is the range of these muskets
, while thc usual musket range is 400 yards , and thus the enemy must advance 400 yards in the fire of the Prussian troops before they can think of returning it . A troop of soldiers , marching in double quick time , would make that distance in four minutes , and be exposed from twenty-five to thirty shots from each Prussian musket . The cavalry , which wants two and a half minutes to advance S 00 yards , is exposed to twenty shots from each man . As for the artillery , the discharges of arupe and canister tell fearfully at 400 yards , and have but small effect at S 00 yards . The artillerymen ave thus exposed to the Prussian muskets , and can be picked off as they stand by tlieir pieces .
Cavital Hits . —Sir Hercules _LiiBgrish , the celebrated wit of thc last century , was riding in Phoenix Park with the Duke of Rutland , when Lord-Lieutenant . " I wonder , Sir Hercules , " said the duke , " that none of the viceroys every drained this park ,- " upon which Langrish replied , "Ait ! they wero too busy draining other parts of the king , dom . " It was the same wit , who , on being asked " whose was the best history of Ireland ? " replicd" The continuation of Rapin ( e ) " — a couple of bon ¦ mots which epitomise the history of the country . Why did thc Queen go to Cork ? — Because there is a Cove there she wished to see . Why does the cook make more noise than the bell ?—Because ono makes a din , but the other a dinner . A Boston harder advertises to shave anythingeven " the face of nature . "
" Hi ; thinks too Much . '" —When Mazzini was arrested by the Austrians at Genoa , in 1830 , they stated their reason to his father , thus : —Your sort is in tho habit of walking out alone , and in thc evening meditating . Ho thinks too much , and we do not know the subject of his thoughts . This wc do not like ! Being ' acquitted of any charge , his only punishment was a five months' detention in solitary confinement and banishment from the country . In a certain district in the Hi ghlands , one dny , some years ago , tho bellman mado the following proclamation : — " O , yes I O , yes ! 0 , yes ! and that ' s three times , you'll a' bc tak notice , that there'll pe nao Lord ' s Day here next Sunday , ns tho laird ' s wifo will hae a muckle washing , and she wants the kirk to dry the clacs in !"
Very _Conscientio'IS . —A man lately confined in a Scotch gaol for cattle stealing , managed , with five others , to break out on a Sunday , and being captured on one of tho neighbouring hills , he very gravely remarked to the officer , " I might have escaped , fait I had conscientious _scnniles about travelling on a Sunday . " Significant Sign . —An exchange paper says that a lawyer has thojaivs ofa shark suspended from the ceiling of his cfiice , close by tlie entrance . That lawyer must bc au honest man truly , or lie never would hang up an emblem so significant of the law , to frighten people from entering . A _Mattei * or Form . — A certain
distinguished _physicinn , whose strenuous opposition to the spider-waist propensity oftho gentle sex woiild , in more classic times , liave procured him , from the wiser portion ofthe sisterhood , a public statute , in the character of Jupiter warring against thc tuihtnns , being desirous of entering his emphatic protest against thc practice , indited the following epigram " Ladies , with tight corsets do pray have done , Lest fell disease precipitate your fate ; The nymph who truly cares for " number I , " Should never seek to look liko " number 8 . "
Scraps from California . —The following is the bill of faro at the " Whole Hog , " ( the principal hotel ) at San Francisco : —Sharks fins aiid sauce piquantc . Young whale and shrimp sauce . Stowed monkey . Squirrels' tails en _papillottes . Shoulder of young Kangaroo and onions . Oiir . _ing . oiitang _d-la-inode . A _g round of laughing hyena , dressed a la maim d'hotel . Omelette of ostrich-eggs , avx confitures . _Pine-applo pic . "Mosquito pudding . ' . The price oftho table d'hote at thc above hotel was
£ 2 , wliich , with half-a-crown to the waiter , makes one dinner rather expensive . A red herring fetched ten shillings yesterday , and was considered remarkably cheap . Gold ' is plentiful , but good wives were extremely scarce . Mrs . Douglas , a constant satellite oftho Bristol police-court , excusing herself ( ho other day to the bench for her latest offence , said , " the de'il came to her in a glass of toddy . " Thc poor de'il , what would man or woman do without such a convenience ?
A celebrated Evangelical preacher once told us ( Liverpool Albion ) , pleasantly , that when ho _vyas unmarried the young ladies of his congregation were indefatigable in hemming cravats , Handkerchiefs , < t'c , for him ; but , he added , with marked emphasis , " Since 1 havo had a wife I have not even had one to do it for me . " There is a Sunday paper , in Albany , U . S ., entitled the Sunday Dutchman . The Laws sanctioned hy tho Pensylvanian legislature last session weigh upwards of seven and a half tons .
A young genti _. f . man who was in the act of popping the question to a young lady , was interrupted by thc father entering the room , * who inquired what they were about . "Oh , " replied the fair one , "Mr . was just explaining the question of annexation to me , and ho is for immediate annexation . " " Well , " said papa , " if vou can agree on a treaty , I'll ratify it . " A small bit of hay is a wiq ) , but a word spoken low , is a whisper ; A fog is a sort of mist , but M r to you name is a mister !
What the Microscope Discloses . —Each leaf of a tree has a colony of insects grazing upon it , like oxen in a meadow .
LYRIC ILLUSTRATIONS . " Como , and trip it as you go , " as the wooden pavement said to thc cab horse . " Let us take the road , " as the two dukes observed when they shut up Glen Tilt . " Oh , smile as thou wcrt wont to smilo , as tho tiger observed to tho laughing hyena . " Take , oh ! take thoso lips away , " asthetrayellor _saidtotebjghwayman ' _a pistol .
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• e ¥ _- * _-N 0 are liable to one disease more than another , or if there are any particular affections ofthe human bodj we require to liave a knowledge of over thc rest , it is certainly that class of disorders treated ol"iu the new ami Un proved edition of the "Silent Friend . " The authors , in thus sending forth to the world another edition of their medical work , caunot refrain fvom Mpvcss ' m . !* their gratification at the continual success attending their efforts , which , combined with tho _assistance of medicines , e . vclu sively of their own preparation , have been tlie happy causo of mitigating and averting the mental and physical miseries attendant on those peculiar disorders ; thus provinir the fact ,
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1 IALSU _** - ) SCUlliiUfu" Dl'Or . *> . A SUBE CUBE FOB SOUBYY , BAD ii LEGS , AND IML ' l'KE P . I . OOl ) . _, Another surprising cure by means of Halse ' s _t ' curbutic Droits .
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Tin ; l ) . « i and the » Eim . -Tlic iiiliahitants _•¦{ large t _.-u-i s arc in _senei- _'il ignorant of llie _fiict , tliat l . _** _'ii dl _* _Ssj' » ' l : lts when tliey fed themselves ill _scavc-h r . bout tl ** - * Mils tor certain herbs which tliey devour : and m Jess than Ii .-i 1 i-.-ii-. hour afterwards , from a state i . f il ¦ illness amllaiigom _* . . _thi-y _u-e full of life . I ' ersons who vesiilc i _. i small country towns well linow tliis to be a foot . Tlicjii- knowled _*;** is _ciidtntty from instinct , and it is a proof of the restorative uowws ot ' ln ; _i-bs . OW women also in villages arc in general noted IV . r their success in cur ' _ni-j the semvy , ring-worms , Iwl Ic < s , _i-c . They ciiiplio * mrthiii K but herbs for llu- _puipost-. ' 1 'hc _m-owieUiv _-. t a . _etiel _''** ' . _* . _* . u _scoi-Uutiu _uw-uiuiiw : _vvsi-Aid in a . small village for some year . " , and liis _astonnliim-iit * was unbounded to witness the all but mi * aculous cures . 'ill old _-A-oni'iii made in scorbutic _compliiiuts . He _bouj-ht smie ofthe _nu-iliiincoftliD old woman anil tried it on bin-felt ' and about a doze n of bis friends . It had the de * ind ei ' ect in every case . * Hi > now oiVwcd ! o _buv the recipe if the old woman ; she at first refused , but uliimtitel _** consented , r . ua one fine morning _tlve proprietor of this medicine i _* _i _* u _iiw old woman were seen aitlierin _** -herbs from aiie _*» hb _(* w _** n _{* Hold . This medicine is now " culled llalse ' s ScorhdK _Vrops The most certain purifier ofthe blood ns _yctdiswvv i'd _.
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 8, 1849, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_08091849/page/3/
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