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LIFE IS REAL . " life is real ! Life is earnest ! And ihe grave is not its goal ; " Dust thou art , to _dostreturnest , " "Was not spoken of tbe soul . 2 _* ot enjoyment and not sorrow , Is onr destined end or way : But to act , that each to-morrow Find us farther than to-day . Art is long , and time is fleeting _. And onr hearts , though stout and brare , Still , like muffled drums are beating Funeral marches to the grave .
In the world ' 3 broad field of battle , In the bivouac of life , Be not like dumb , driven cattle ! Be a hero in the strife ! Trust no Future , bowe ' er pleasant Let tbe dead Past bury its dead 1 Act—act in the living Present ! Heart within , and God o ' erhead ! lives ofgrc . it men all remind us We c an make our lives sublime , And departing , leave behind ns * FooUteps on the sands of time . Footprints , tbat perhaps another , _Sailins o ' er life ' s solemn main , A forlorn and shipwrecked brother , ? ecin < r shall take heart again .
let us then , be up and doing . With a twit for any Me ; " ¦ " . ill _ai'bicvinff . still pursuing . Learn to h bour and to wait . _LoxcrEixow
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Voyage of the Trince Albert in search of Sir John Franklin . By W . P . S > _'OW . Longman and Co . Ii is much _, to he feared that our gallant countrymen , who have so long been lo 3 t in the dreary regions of " thick ribbed ice * " are beyond the reach of friendly help or rescue ; and , though we should he the last to offer discouragement to any enterprise whatever , -which promised to extend the knowledge or promote the interests of mankind , yet we must give it as our deliberare opinion , that all that is necessary to ba known respecting these Arctic Seas , has already been ascertained , and that any further explorations , for the purposes of discovery , will be a useless waste of time , intellect , and treasure .
In the meantime , however , as long as the slightest chance remains of rescuing Sir John Franklin and his companions from the fate which there is too much reason to fear they have already met , it is the duty of the nation to spare no reasonable exertion for that purpose . If not discovered and succoured during this present spring , we believe that no hope whatever can remain , and so far as the most recent accounts go , there seems but slender probability of that being the case . All honour to those who embarked in the search Jast year , and among them not the least , to the author of this " _Narrative of Every Day Life in the Arctic Seas . "
Mr . Snow belongs to the class of hardy and enterprising adventurers who are never more atliome than when they are abroad , and appears to have been knocked about in all parts of the globe during the greater portion of his life . He hastened from America when the less official expeditions in search of Sir John Franklin were p lanned , in addition to those sent out hy Government He was too Lite , by a few days , for the purpose he had . in
viewthat of serving as a volunteer under Penny , the well known whaler , and as the next best courseopen to him , he offered his services to the expedition fitted out hy Lady Franklin , aided by public subscription . The vessel in which he went out was a small one , being rather less than ninety tons burden , and resembled the craft in which early explorers first made their discoveries , rather than the large and well-appointed ships of modern days .
The voyage of the Albert was characterised hy the usual incidents , delays , and difficulties of Arctic navigation * , hut , upon the whole , was a successful one . She overtook all the other expeditions ; hut , ultimately , it was resolved to return to England , apparently on account of the state of the crew , and the "belief that , in any case , while they ran much risk , they could be of little substantial use . Mr . Snow's volume is an interesting narrative of an interesting expedition , made through new scenery , under new circumstances : for
tbe meetings with vaiious whalers , and with the ships engaged in the same search as themselves , g ives life to what is usually solitude itself . His st yle is vigorous ; and the scenery and circumstances are so fresh , so wonderful , aud so exciting , as to justify reflection . The singuhirity of the sun at midnight , the alternate desolation and magnificence of . Arctic scenery , the wonderful operation of nature by means of avalanche , icebergs , and almost perpetual frost and snow , are not so hacknied as to pall ; hut there are newer things in Mr . Snow ' s volume , and one of them is
steampower in the Arctic seas : — - The Felix was taken in tow by the Resolute ; and together , the whole fleet passed through heavy masses of loose ice and bergs to the north and north-west , at the rate of about four mile 3 an hour . At e evn a . m . we came to a heavy nip , and all the -vessels had to ba made fast to a floe until a _nas-ag ? could he cleared . To effect this , the screws were _brought into play in the manner I have previously alluded to . Tbe Pioneer , Lieuienant-CtmnianJer Osborn , immediately on casting off the Resclute ' s tow-rope , was directed to dash at the impediment under full power . This she did boldly and fearlessly ; _rushine stem on , and fairly dinging her
bows into it in a most remarkable manner . Backing instantly astern , and then again going ahead , _sluperformed the same mana _* nvre , fairly _Jiftinff herself up on end , like a prancing war-horse . But tin- * time tbe nip was too heavy To be so broken , _though both the steamers had previously cleared many similar _imped-meats ia that manner . It was now , however , necessary to resort to other means ; and , accordingly , parties from every ship were sent on the ice to assist ia blowing it up , and removing the _fragments as thev sot loosened . The same plan as
that , I believe , adopted in blasting rocks was here _pursued . Powder was sunk to a certain depth , a slow match applied , and at a given signal ignited _. Due titue was allowed ; and then the enormous masses would be seen in convulsive movement , as though shaken by a volcanic eruption , until piece upon piece was sent in the air , and tlie _larger bodies were completely rent into innumerable fragments . The steamers then darted forward , and with warps dragged out the immense blocks that had been thus dissevered . One of these bloek ; -
( nvorc like a small berg than aught else ) was brought alongside ofthe _Assistance , " whilc I was on board of her in the gnn-room . It was hollow at the top , and contained some excellent water , which was conveyed on hoard to replenish the stock . I had before made mention of the remarkable stillness which may be flbserred at midnight in these reg ions ; but nor until now did it come upon mc withsuch fovec _"* . nd in such a singular manner 1 cannot attempt to describe the mingled sensations I experience I , cf _eon-danr surprise ahd amazement at the extraordinary occurrence then tiking place ia the waters 1 was _cazing u _> . on , and of renewed hope , mellowed into a _' quict , holy , and reverentia
feeling of _gratitude to wards that mighty 11 ing wiio , in this _' solemn silence , _rei-rned alix-e _supreme as iu tbe busy hour of noon when man is _earer al his tod or tbe cn _.-tom ofthe civilised world jnves to business active life and vigour . Save Me di < t _int hamming noise of the engine working on board of tlie ste _. mer _towins us , there was no soum . to be . heird denoting the existence of any living thing or of anv animate matter . Yet there we were , pci ceptiblv _' nav , rapidly , _slidine past tlie land . -ind floes ol ico , " : _i 9 though some secret and mysterions power hid been setto work to carry us swiftly away from those _vexrttious , harassing , and delaying portions of oar vovau . * in which we bad already _experienced so
much trouble and perplexity . The leading _voxels Ind pissed all the parts where any farther difficulty * _-aij _*! it have been apprehended , aiid this , of course , gave to us in the rear a sense of perfect security for the present . All hands , therefore , except tlie raddle wat :: b on deck , were _bsiow in our _respective ve . seis : and , as I looked _forntird ahead of us , find _bs . _' : « 'M t ' _xe Jon * : line of masts and rigging tli . it rose _trpM'j-u each ship before-rise , without any sail set , or nay apparent motion fo propel such masses _onw- iv . \ , _a-.: d witkoat a single human voice to be htara around , it did seem _something _wonderful and a _' _u-izitKr . And vet it was a noble si g ht : * ix _"•? _- £ _- _- _- ' s , varying in the , strength , and equipmen _' _, from
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the huge hull of the powerful man-of-war , to the humble and lowly private ketch—alike varying in their build and Failing qualities , from the lofty three-master to the single-sparred cutter , acting as a tender to a schooner , but a size or two larger , square sails and fore and aft sails , pinnaces and barges , whale boats and light boats—with every new invention in tbe art of steaming to aid ihe one class , while late discoveries and useful plans wero brought into use in gutta percha and inflated skins to aid the latter class—were casting their long shadows across the smooth surface ofthe passing floes of ice , as the sun with mellowed light , and gentler but slid beautiful lustre , was soaring through the Polar sky at the back of Melville ' s Cape , already on his way to begin the journey of another day . 4 _^ _a V _«« _-A * h .. ll _* _r ai _ _ * _T _^ 1 . .
The following description of American intentions , and the mode of navigating American vessels , gives a striking picture of the go-ahead habits of tho people , and ofthe success which attends such rash or resolute determination , till it fails : — They intended to push on wherever tlicy could , this way or that way , as might he found best , in the direction of . Melville Island and parts adjacent , especially Banks ' s land ; and they meant to winter wherever they might chance to be , in the pack or out of the pack . As long as they could be moving or making any _progress in any direction that might assist in the object for which they had come , they meant still to be going on . and , with the true
characteristic of the American , cared for no obstacles or impediments that might arise in their way . Neither fears nor the necessary caution which might easily be alleged as an _CXCUSC for _hcsit-ition OT delay , at periods when anything like fancied danger appeared , was to deter them . Happy fellows ! thought I ; no fair winds nor opening prospects will be lost with you ; no dissension or incompetency among your executive officers exist to stay your progress . Bent upon one errand alone , your minds set upon that before you embarked , no trifles nor common danger will prevent you daring everything for the carrying out of your mission . Go on , then , brave sons of America , and may at least some share of prosperity and success attend your exertions !
If ever a vessel and her officers were capable o = ' going through an undertaking in which more than ordinary difficulties had to be encountered , I had no doubt it would be the American : and this was evinced to me even while we were on board , by the apparently reckless way in which tbey dashed through the streams of heavy ice running off from Leopold Island . I happened to go on deck when they were thus engaged , and was delighted to witness bow gallantly they put aside every impediment in their way . An officer was standing on the heel of the bawsprit , conning the ship , and issuing his orders to the man at the wheel , in tint short , decisive , yet clear manner , which the helmsman at once well _understood and promptly obeyed . There was
not a rag of canvas taken in , nor a moment s hesitation . The way was before them : the stream of iee had to be either gone through boldly or a long detour made ; and despite the heaviness of the stream , they pushed the vessel through in her proper course . Two or three shocks , as she came in contact with some large _pio-e- " , were unheeded ; and the moment the . last block was past the bow the officer sang out , * So * steady as she goes on her course , ' and came aft as if nothing moie than ordinary sailing had been going on . 1 observed our little bark nobly following in the American ' s wake ; and , as I afterwards learned , she got through it pretty well , though not without much doubt of the propriety of keeping on in such procedure after the ' mad Yankee , ' as he was called by the mate .
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The English Republic . Edited by W . J . _Lintos . No . I ., for January . London Watson , Queen's Head-passage , Paternoster-row . The Editor of this new periodical fully understands the nature and the magnitude of the task he has undertaken . . Nothing , indeed , but the deep , earnest conviction , unwavering faith , aud quenchless zeal , which has distinguished the career of Air . Linton , could have induced him to "fling aloft the Banner of tho Future , and ask , who will stand by me for the restoration of the Commonwealth—for the foundation of the English Republic ?"—in the face ofthe obstacles he has to encounter . But many of these obstacles will be lessened hy the spirit in which Mr . Linton will pursue his noble object . Hear how he speaks for himself in the opening address : —
The purpose with which I commence this work is , by expounding republican principles ( such as I have learne < _l them , chiefly from him who is the Apostle of Republicanism ) , by making my countrymen acquainted with the views of Republicans abroad , and giving them correct versions of the current events of the great European struggle for Republicanism ( of which 1 S 48 and 1819 have been but- the first campaign } , and not omitting to remind them of their own old republican wisdom when £ n < rlaud taught the' nations how to live , to revive anions them the smouldering fire of Enelisb
heroism , that faith in God and man which led their fathers to victory . Desirous , not of renewing the form of Parit : inism , but of revivifying the soul of earnestness which marked the brief day of our Commonwealth as the grandest period of English history . I shall essay to show wherein we Republi cans of Ho nineteenth century may imitate the worthiest of our race , in what we ought to advance beyond them ; and so I would in some w . _-, y help to establish a Republican party , really a Young England , to be the heralds and leaders of the Republic , the bejinriirig of the future nation .
For now there i s no English nationality . There was a nation when an Alfred ruled the people ; a nation when an Elizabeth sca'tered the Invincible Armada ; a nation when our royalest Protector could strike down tyranny at _homeland throw his shield over the oppressed of distant lands . But there is no _English nation now . A horde of traders , every man ' s hand against his neighbours , where combination is almost unknown , except for purposes of plunder—is tbat a nation ? A nation—and trampled
on by creatures too ashamed of their imbecility to confess it even to each other 1 A nation—whose rul « vs are daily convicted of incapacity , of falsehood , of every conceivable meanness ! A nationwhose poor die by thousands ! A nation—without education ' A na > ion , in whose life is no harmony or o « 1 « . t— whose heart is torn with ceaseless contention of class against class—whose '' prosperity " means ruin to the majority—whose " peace" is successful trickery , or infamous cowardice—whose '' honou- " is a bve-word to the world '—Is it not so ?
Ask our millions of workmen what combination means in _England . Ask any of our " rulers " what any others of them are . Ask the betrayers of the Bandicras , tbe accomplices of Szela and Odillon Barrot , or the presenters of "bis portrait" to Palmerston ; ask any of our " statesmen " or diplomatists , to disclose tbe villanies , the lies , to which they have listened and complacently replied . Question the mere men of figures concerning Irish famine , and the means hy which the English labour _inart-cr _. is supplied . Ask the State reporters of mines aud factories—ask tbe private strivers for education—what the " Government" does there . Ask any one at home what ** prosperity " means ; but dare not a _< k a foreigner the signification of
Eiurlisu " peace and "honour . " If there was no God but a Devil—if patriotism was a _nieaninaless word , and beastliest selfishness the hcfel't of virtue—what change need take place in England f The nation is not . There is only a _glnomv den of abominable hypocrisies , a wretched chaos , " called England ; and it is time for all brave true men who find themselves invoked in it , and who believe thut God sent them into it , not that they should join the evil-doers , nor yet that they should run away from the fear of evil , but tbat ihey should do manful work in endeavouring to remedy it . it is time for all such brave true men to take coti'isel together , and ascertain at least what is tbeir first duty in the emergency .
An elaborate and admirably written exposition of " Republican Princi ples , " occupies nearly the whole of the first number . We have only space for the " Summary , " and , meantime , sincerely recommend this periodical to all who wish to understand on what basis English Republicanism is p laced hy an eloquent , sincere , and enthusiastic apostle of the Gospel of Republican Liberty : — Vie believe in T . qv . \ inr , " Libertt , and Fiuteii _yirr : in the equal ground of human right , 0 ) 1 which _nlone true _freedom can be based , — . the _freedom whioh ia not the unlimited swav of the
_stronger , but ihe opportunity of healthy growth to the utmost of natural capability for the weakest as well a * for the mi ghtiest , in order that the fullest perfection of eacii may be obtained , toward a brotherly combination of strengths for the surer and iircater _progress of the whole world . We believe in the _perfkctieility of the iigmas kace * that is to say in its power of continual _improvement . And we believe that this improvement may be « _. y _.-tr > niatized , and insured , and immensely accelera ted , by men acting in coneert , in Association-. —freely organising themsel ves under the government of the Wisest and Most Virtuous amoitg theiu .
. _ We believe that Government , however chosen or howeivr r . o ; thv of rule , is not require ;! by society to be tbe d _' _erator over the lives ot _individuals—as a c- _nti-al despotism would be - but lo order the _comhmnl action of . the _«* _" ** Nation ond to protect tlk iwi' * _<•( _*« . ' _- ' _" e believe ttat li , e worI ' 1-t , 1 ' _«» - <« of _FAMttT _, _Ciry , and _CoWTBT _, are natural _arrangeiv-i-fv and worth preserving . * That , as tlie indi-
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vidual is complete in his own nature , so the Family is also a perfect sphere , needing no ordering from authority , the City also sufficient to itself for all its own requirements , and the Country the samc-a special _worh-oom , built hy God for a special pur-P w _v ! _° se wa , ls sha 11 not thrown down . we believe that the business of Goversmest is to do that which neither the Individual nor the City can emcicntly do : to maintain throughout the Mtion the harmony of equal rights , which includes provision that the best means of growth at th *
nations command shall be furnished to all the individuals of the nation . It is therefore the province of government lo guard the Lksn-whkh is common property—from the encroachment of individuals , —to care that none hold it without paving a fair * rent for it to the State , and that ifc shall never be so monopolized , at whatever rent , that any shall be _dcbirred from it ; to protect the private " _propertt . —the honest earnings and acquirements—of individuals ; to maintain the mam to labour by leuding the CKKDiTof the state to all who need it , so
insurng to every one employment at a fair remuneration _, * and to provide the hi ghest possible _j-ducatio . v for every one of the nation ' s children . We believe that the only Government whicli can safel y be trusted with these powers is the Elect of the Nation , empowered hy the _majority to act for them . We believe that the _risrht to rule resides only in a Majority : their rule bemg only limited bv the _dicht of the Individual . The most overwhelming Majority may not override the right of an independent nature . Society and Individuality arc mutually _Bacred ai _d inviolable .
_Nevertheless we believe in individual dott : that every one ( saving his right af conscience ) _ouiilit to enrol himself _Idutifully in the " ranks of his fellow-men , to act obediently within the appointed and ascending spheres of organisation , to devote the utmost of bis powers to the service of his Family , his Country , the World , and Truth . And we believe that , based upon a written constitution recognising these rights and duties , the Xation may be so organised that the Ions sought problem of the harmonization of individual
welfare with _XATfoxAt i > rookess may be speedily solved , and the present Anarch y give place to Order , under which wc shall henceforth be enabled to fulfil God ' s law—the Destiny of Life—to grow healthily , to love , to aspire , and td progress . We believe , in a word , in the possibility of a social state , based upon already ascertained rights and duties , iu which might be forthwith comnicnccu the realisation of the " dream" of all prohetic minds , —the beginning ofthe better time , in which the wretchedness of extreme want might immediately cease , and strife aud wrong gradually diminish , checked by the strong hand of enthroned justice , and fading from the ever-increasing light of education and of hope .
Such is the aim of our exertions for our own Country . And for the Nations we believe with a no less " fervent hope : looking for the establishment of the universal fkderatio . v of republics , for the proclamation of God ' s Law as the religion and rule of tlie enfranchised and organised World . May our own Xation he of the first to swear fealty to the common pact , among the worthiest of endeavourers to reich the goal , —that goal which will be but the starting-place of the Genius of Humanity , toward the indefinite perfection of the future .
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Robert QvseiCs Journal . Part II . Clayton aud Son , Strand , London , No one . would imagine that the snows of eighty winters had passed over the head ofthe brave old Patriarch of Socialism . His " Journal" is as hopeful , buoyant , and enthusiastic as the earliest of his writings , and looking back on his long career of public life , he is satisfied with the results of his past labours , as exemplified in the improved tone of public opinion , with reference to the important questions he has so consistently urged upon the attention of society . The present part
contains three articles explanatory of the means of "Well-Placing , Well-Educating , and Well-Employing the Human Race , for Ever . " Four articles on the practical arrangements which require to be united with Spade Cultivation , in order to reap from that mode of culture the greatest amount of intellectual , moral , and social well-being . Two articles on the Church and its Doctrines ; an interesting account of his discovery and establishment of the infant School System : addresses to the Roman and British Hierarchies , the Ministers , aud Mr . Cobden , and several other papers of great value .
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The Christian Socialist . Part II . Watson , _Queen ' s-head Passage , Paternoster-row , Londou . In addition to a variety of ably-written articles on Co-operative topics , the present part contains much interesting and pleasing information respecting the rapid spread of associations , both at home and abroad . The following account of an association established in Greece , at the end of the lust century , embodies an important and salutary lesson to the infant associations , which are now springing up in various parts of this country .
Ambelakia is a village in Thessaly , clinging to the steep rocks of Ossa , and overhanging the vale ofTcmpe . When Beaujour , the Consul of France , visited it in 1777 , those mansions which belonged to the manufacturers were in their glory , of which Mr . Urquhart saw the remains in 1830 . The place was ( hen famous for the manufacture of that beautiful red cotton yam , which was then principally imported into this country from Turkey , _lleaiijour in his account , of the commerce of Greece , published in 1800 , has left the following account of its commercial life : —
"Ambelakia resembles from its activity rather a town in Holland than a village in Turkey . This p lace exerts by its industry , vigour , aud life , an influence over the surrounding country , and gives birth to an immense commerce , which unites Greece and Germany by a thousand ties ' . In fifteen years the population has increased threefold . It amounted to four thousand in 179 S . The inhabitants live in their manufactories like swarms of hecs iu their hives . The shivery which blasts the plains watered by the Peneus , and stretching at their feet , has never scaled the rocky sides of Ossa . They are governed like their toref athers by their elders and their own magistrates . Twice have the Mussulmans of Larissn , jealous of their
prosperity and happiness , attempted to climb their mountains and spoil their houses , and twice Lave they been repulsed by hands that dropped the shut , tie to handle the musket . Every arm , even the child ' s , is employed in the manufactories of Ambelakia ; whilst the men dye the cotton , the women prepare and spin it ; for no machinery is used in this province . It is a pleasant 3 ight to see the women of Ambelakia , each armed with a distaff , chatting together in groups before the doors of their houses . There are now twcuty « four factories , in which yearly six thousand cwt ., and upwards of cotton are dyed . This yarn finds its way into Germany , and is disposed of at Buda , Vienna , leipsic , and other great cities . The Ambelakian
manufacturers used to have their own separate offices in these towns , and sell their cotton each on his own account . There were therefore as many separate interests as merchants . But it was soon found that competition was ruining each and ail , and ic was therefore proposed to unite masters and men in one great association . The plan of a great commandite society was suggested in 1777 . and a year after it was carried into execution . The rules of the new _bO'Vy were drawn up by men of wisdom and experience . Every proprietor or head of a factory might contribute a sum proportioned to his means . The lowest investments were fixed at a sum in the Turkish money , answering to between £ 500 and £ 6 i ! 0 , the highest could not rise to more than four limes that simi ; in order that the largo capitalist might not monopolise tlie ad vantages ofthe scheme . Tlie workmen subscribe ' ' their little profits , and uniting in societies purchased sing le shares ,
forming smaller conimantfitc societies incorporated into the larger . Resides their capital , the workmen contributed tboir labour and skill to the general fund of productive power . Abundance was soon spread throughout the community . The dividends were at first restricted lo ten per cent , per annum , and tbo i-urplus profit was applied to the au « i » ei > lation of th" capital , which in two years rose from £ 50 , 000 to upwards _offSO _. 000 . At the head of this company were placed three directors , who formed , for the purpose of commerce , a firm under an assumed name , at Ambelakia itself They reserved to themselves the right of signature , or only confided it to three associates at Vienna , the place from which the returns were made . These t wo firms had their correspondents at Pesth , Trieste , Leipsic , Salonica , Constantinople , and Smyrna , to receive their consignments , effect the returns , frequent the great fairs , and thus extend the market for the cotton yarn of
Greece . An important part of their trust was to circulate the funds realised , from hand ; to hand , and from place to place , according to their circumstances and _neces _.-ities of their trade . Thus the association secured to itself the profits of the banker , and gained the command of time and market . Wh < _-n the exchange was favourable thev remitted specie , when unfavourable , they remitted raw material from Sulonica or Smyrna . Thus the business was conducted by a very sma'l stiff , flud these were all Amhelakiotes . The correspondents _returned -to Ambelakia after three years' service ,
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_hntwf 7 ' _1 yeal ' ath 0 MU ' that tlie > ' _«*« W imbibe afresh the principles of the society . m , d « rL _H ° mmcroe of Arobolnkia thus organised _ZZ . L d m _' 0 ?™ 8 , and gave a now life to all the Places m connexion with it . For a long timo „ _S ?' _- msned ' anJ sucocss _^ tended aft their undertakings . The directors were disinterested _wLTn _1 Ond ? 7 V cre zealous ' _™***** en I I . _- and J « horious . The work with its £ « n . 1 j i ? C < lual _' y diTided nmo - _2 st ttl - 'he workmen aim the several manufactories , was executed with care and dispatch . The capital and the interest u Pon it went on increasing year bv year i no share j had risen to a tenfold value . But tliis prosperity , which at first siuht seemed to augur _permiinent success , really introduced confusion _, i tie directors in becoming richbecame exact
, - _« b ' I' ! . P _'" enriched in their turn , would not ouey their orders ; the workmen left the shuttle ror tne pen , and wanted to sell instead of dveing or _^ pimiiiig . Every one wished to govern . The meotnfc si _. ecame tumultuous , the workmen , who were _™? n « l i < mty ' got the u PP _° r lmnd ! aftor that , good m _. _wT _i- was soarce- opinions became more and moic divergent , conciliation became hopeless . 1 _UL socie ty was thus distracted for a year and a _tialt ami two years ago ( 279 S ) blew up altogether , to _sput up into ns many little Commandites , as there were societies of workmen . Distrust , envy , the ¦< wo _ of mischief-making , all those little r _* l _tiy passions which enter so largely into the Greek character , are a lready undermining the new societies . They cannot lust Ions * . "
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Catholicism the Religion of Pear . By O , J , Holyo ake . Watson , Queen ' s-head Passage , Paternoster-row , London . If over the title of a work was justified by its contents , it is that which Mr . ' Holyoake has chosen for this brochure . It is impossible to look at the eight engravings , copied from tho work ofthe Jesuit , " Father Pinamonti , published by Catholic authority , without a shudder , accompanied by deep commiseration for the unhappy beings , whose mental faculties are subjected to such depraved and demoralising influences . Father Pinamonti ' s book is called " Hell opened to Christians ; " and any thing more horrible and disgusting cau
scarcely be imagined , than the varied illustrations of agony and torture presented by the fervid imagination of the priestly author and artist . Mr . Hol yoake has done good suit and service , " by ' bringing out an antidote to such pestiferous works , at the present moment ; and showing in his calm , clear , and logical style , the _mind-enslaving and debasing tendencies of Roman Catholicism . Not mare eloquently than truly does Mr . Holyoake draw the true moral for the rational reformer , from the existence , and restless struggle for supremacy , of such an enemy to public freedom and progress , and to indivi dual virtue and happiness . Ho says : —
If there be a God who will cast out unbelievers in the Bible into outer darkness , where there shall be weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth , we need to run with palpitating hearts to that ancient Church , which is the most likely to know his will . It becomes policy in us to submit , or mercy in them to compel us . How desolating is this Religion of Fear ! Its influence is a perpetual demoralisation of mankind . Why should they be generous to enemies , or forgiving to those who do them ill , if God will not be forgiving to them ? We may perpetually ask can men be more noble , more generous , more just than God ? Men never rise above the Ideal they are . taught to imitate ; and tho fatal example of a _fefaltative and a punishing God
will always create and continue- a _rotaliative and punishing people . Generous instinct , intellectua refinement , and social culture , conduct us therefore to the wise dogma of modern Rationalism , which teaches us that if there be a God he must be the infinite enlargement of the gentle impulse , the patient endurance , and the noble generosity which constitutes the fairest attributes of humanity _. We therefore abandon tho Reli gion of Fear , we give up Catholicism , for higher reasons than those which discover flaws in its Apostolical descent , for better reasons than those which rival clraYch . _03 urge—* wegive it up for reasons for which wc give up nearly the Protestant and Dissenting hierarchies—wo give it up for the unanswerable reasons of its immoral influence .
Liberation Of Kossuth. A Movement Is Mak...
_LIBERATION OF KOSSUTH . A movement is making anions : commercial men in Manchester to induce Lord Palmerston to take steps to procure the liberation of Kossuth and his brave companions in exile . A memorial is lying for signature on the Exchange , of which the following is a copy : — . To Viscount Palmerston , her Majesty ' s principal Secretary of State for Foreign Ali ' airs , the memorial of tho undersigned _showeth , That your memorialist * Ycspectmlly , but _earnestly , solicit your lordship ' s intercession , in " the name of England , on behalf of the braTe , but unfortunate , Hungarians , now detained under Turkish superintendence at luitu ' _ii , in Asia , contrary to expectations which they had been led to
entertain ; and that , as England inteVposed » t fir . U to support Turkey in her . exercise of the rights of national hospitality , ami to save her from the compulsory surrender of those who had taken refuge within her borders , anil thrown themselves o » her protection ; and as , vour lordship on more tban one occasion ( Fe ' . _irunvy 7 , March 18 , ISM ) , ) has publicly expressed your _hspe and belief that this detention would be only for a time , and shortly terminate , your memorialists entreat your lordship to follow up with vigour the Eame just and humane policy , and by procuring the liberation of Kossuth and his companions , enable them to remove into distant countries , where they may honourably maintain themselves by the exercise of their talents and industry , till circumstances shall again permit them to return to the land of their fathers .
And your memorialists . & e . The memorial has received a good number of signatures , and among the leading names arc tliose of Mr . _Salis _Schwabe , Mr . John Potter ( tho mayor ) , Mr . James Hey wood , M . P ., Mr . Ilcnry , M . r ., Mr . Wm . Rawson , Mr . John Shuttleworth ( alderman )) , Mr . W . _Townley , Mr . A . II . Ashton , Mr . It . J . Leppec , Mr . Whittaker , and Mr . J . Leisler .
Assual Itetims Op Fires Is Loxdok.—• On ...
Assual _ItETims op Fires is Loxdok . —• On Monday morning Mr . Braidwood , the superintendent ol the London Fire _Eugine Establishment , laid his roport of fires which had occurred in the metropolitan district during the past year , before the managing committee , at the chief station in _Watlingstreefc . Mr . _Ui'nidwood described the number of premises totally destroyed and considerably damaged as being 247 . Of these the most extensive was that which occurred in Mark-lane , City , whicli was not entirely extinguished for nearly two months . The property destroyed on that occasion was roughly estimated at upwards of £ 200 , 000 , but the precise amount of loss has never been accurately learned . Neither could anything likely to be
depended upon be gleaned as to the origin " of the misfortune . The next fire of any importance was that which occurred on the night of Thursday , the 3 rd of October , in tho Southwark-bridgc-road . Although the engines ofthe brigade were stationed immediately opposite , and the turncock was on the spot in less than two minutes after the alarm was given , tbe whole of Messrs . Urookes' caudle works were burned down , and several houses seriously damaged Tho nest district which suffered , and that to a serious extent , by fires , wasBermondsey . From the 17 th of October to th # 25 th of December , a great number of very alarming and devastating conflagrations happened , which laid in ruins a vast amount of property . Amongst the buildings described as
considerably damaged was the Travellers' Club . The report returns tbe number of buildings slightly injured as being 621 , whilst in the preceding year , they were only 582 , showing an increase of 39 , The total number of premises entirely destroyed and seriously damaged in 1 S 4 ! ) was ' 256 , being nine more than last year . The total number of fires of all kinds last year waa 80 S , _whil-t in 1849 there were only 83 S , showing an increase of thirty tires during the past twelve months . The false alarms during tho Jast year were 91 , whilst the year before they were only 76 . The chimney on fire last year were 79 , whilst in 1849 there were 89 , The number of fatal fires last year were 17 , and the
number of lives lost 18 , whilst the number of persons who perished from the tamo cause in the preceding year was 20 , which Bhows a decrease of 8 last year . The total number of calls for assistance during the past year was 1 , 038 , whilst in 1849 the calls were 1 , 003 , showing an increase of 35 . The origin of a great many fires c * tnnot be accounted for : a great number , however , are returned as _boiiij > caused by sparks , gas , Iucifer matches , smoking tobacco , drunkenness , and explosion of fireworks . Of the latter nearly 100 houses were seriously damaged , as well as the parochial school and a spacious church in _Spitalfields a few months since . _IiAMEMAiiLB IososAscE . —A lad , ten years of age , named Walter Gilbert , was called as a witness in
an assault case , at , Rotherham , on . Monday , _whun Mr . Ilosvile said , " Can you read or write V "No ! " said the lad in a surly tone . " Do you go to any day school ? " "No , " was again tho reply . ' " 'Do you go ' to the Sunday school , then ? " "No , " continued tho boy . "Do you ever so to a place of worshi p ? " The form of the negative was usod for tne fourth time . " Do you know what an oath is ?" " " So . " " What becomes of people who tell lies' ? ' ' After some hcsitntiMi _, Gilbert said , " They'll go io i' odd lad . " " And what do you mean by t' oml lad V For a while the lad was silent , but ultimatel y , upon tho question being repeated , said , ' _« 1 don ' t know . " It is needless ' to say tiiat the evidence of such a witness ' was deemed ' _inadmissible—Should Times , : ' - ' ' _, .
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- i _~ i _ ' . _„ . mamm _* x»——m STATE OP OUR REPBESEXIATIO . Y . The existing suffrage throws the power into the hands ofthe aristocracy . The Reform Dill cut off many of the rotten boroughs , but left a sufficient number of small boroughs to neutralise the electoral power of the large ones . The suffrage is so adjusted as to defeat the objects for which that measure was sought . At present there are eighty-live different kinds of franchise , making it extremely complicated ; and after all , tho total number of electors in 1 S 17 was only 9-1-1 , 473 , out of a population of nearly six millions male adult s . Tho suffrage requires to bo placed on a much more simple basis , and the obstructions to its exercise removed . Some more equitable distribution of electoral power i s required .
Electors . Members . The aggregate number of voters on the register for cities and boroughs in England and Wales , is 375 , 2 ( 59 returning 335 Ditto ditto Scotland -12 , 318 „ ' 23 Ditto ditto Ireland 38 , 108 „ 39
ioo , K > 5 397 Of those thero arc—Twenty-one cities and boroughs , with 228 , 255 returning _-i-Two hundred and thirty-three ditto _; ..., 220 , 500 „ 3 . 53
45 . 5 , 75 . - ' 897 It will thus bo seen that a . _imnOYltv of the electors of cities and boroughs alone return eight times as many members as the -majority of _> ueh electors return ; and the members so returned by this minority amount to twenty-three raoro than a clear majority of the whole house . There aro thivty-fouv boroughs with less than 500 electors , and twenty boroughs with loss than 300 electors . These return a greater number of members together than all the larger constituencies , and , of course , havo the power of swamping them . The results may bo stated in another w . iv .
About 7 , 000 electors in twenty-nine of tho smallest constituencies , equal in the legislature to 237 , 470 in fourteen of the largest . Tho following table shows the inequalities of the representation : — It gives twenty-five of the small constituencies , each returning two members , in contrast with twenty-fire of the large constituencies , also returning two members each . It will be seen that in ono case 9 , 153 electors return fifty members to parliament , and in the other case , 229 , 305 electors return only fifty members . Que list contains a number of boroughs easily influenced , tho other contains all tho largo and important constituencies iu the empire : —
Electors . Members Peterborough , with 543 returns 2 St . Allan ' s „ 538 2 Poole „ 522 „ 2 Tiverton „ 442 „ 2 Dorchester „ 411 „ 2 Tewkesbury „ 407 ,, 2 Eodmin „ 401 „ 2 Buckingham „ 393 „ 2 Devises „ 390 „ 2 Huntingdon „ 390 „ 2 Totness „ 378 2
Wells „ 372 , 2 Ripon „ 301 „ 2 Iloniton „ 353 , 2 Evesham „ 352 „ 2 Wycomb „ 34 ( 5 , 2 Tavistock „ 342 „ 2 Cockormouth „ 339 „ 2 Lymington „ 324 „ 2 Chippenham „ 307 „ 2 Harwich „ 294 „ 2 Richmond „ 205 „ 2 Andover „ 243 , 2 _Knaresborough ,, 22 S „ 2 Tjictford „ 214 , 2
9 , 153 50 Electors . Members Tower ITamlots with 19 . 301 returns 2 Liverpool „ 17 , 320 2 Marylebone „ 10 _. _SI 2 „ 2 Finsbury „ 15 , 821 „ 2 Dublin „ 15 , 049 „ 2 Westminster „ 14 , 12 . 5 „ 2 Lambeth „ 13 , S 35 „ 2 Manchester „ 12 _. S 3 G „ 2 Glasgow „ 11 , 743 „ 2 Bristol „ 11 , 032 2 Southwark „ 8 , 403 „ 2 Birmingham „ 7 , 535 „ 2 Edinburgh „ 0 , 827 2 Leeds „ 0 , 015 , ; 2 Greenwich ,, 5 , 573 „ 2 Kowcastlc-on-Tyne 5 , 370 „ 2
Hull „ 5 , 192 „ 2 Nottingham „ 5 , MS „ 2 Sheffield „ 4 , 995 „ 2 Norwich „ 4 , 907 , 2 Belfast „ 4 , 791 „ 2 Leicester „ 4 , 208 „ 2 York „ 4 , 178 „ 2 Exeter „ 4 , 144 , 2 Coventry „ 4 , 050 „ 2
229 , 305 50 In tho counties of England there is one voter for every 19 persons ; in Wales , IS ; in Scotland . 33 ; in Ireland , 123 . In tho boroughs of England there is one voter for every 17 persons ; in Wales , 21 ; in Scotland , 34 ; in Ireland , 11 . In England altogether there is one voter for every 18 persons ; in Wales , 10 ; in Scot ' and , 34 ; in Ireland , 58 . Thus wc see that the franchise is as unequally possessed as the representation is unequally distributed _.
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British Factories , Number , asd _Ejutlotment . —Hy a Parliamentary return recently issued , of cotton , woollen , worsted , and silk factories , subject to the Factories' Act in the United Kingdom , it appears that tho number of factories in the United Kingdom is 4 . 330 , of which 3 , 089 are in England and Wales , 550 in Scotland , and ninetyone in Ireland . Tbo number of spindles used in the , whole is 25 , 03 S , 710 , nnd the number of powerlooms , 298 , 910 . Tho number of moving power by steam is 103 . 113 , and by water 26 , 104 . The number of children between eleven and thirteen years in silk throwing mills is 1 , 737 males and 3 , 916 females . The number of children under thirteen
( those attending schools ) is 19 , 400 males and 15 , 722 females . Tho number of males between thirteen and eighteen is 67 , 804 , and of females above thirteen , 329 , 577 . The number of males above eighteen is 157 _. S 66 _, making the total number employed in the 4 , 330 factories 596 _. 0 S 2 _, of whom 240 , 807 aro males and 319 , 215 females . Street Population . —Mr . Henry Mayliew , in his very interesting work on London Labour and the London Poor , gives the following estimate of the number of persons who obtain their living in the streets : — " The street musicians are said to number 1 . 000 , and tbe old clothes men the same . There are supposed to be at the least 500 sellers of water cresses , 200 coffee stalls , 300 cats' meat men , 250 ballad
M ' _nj-ers _, 200 play bill sellers , from 800 fo 1 , 000 bone grubbers and mudlarks , 1 , 000 crossing sweepers , another thousand _cliimney sw _eps , and the same number of turncocks and lamplighters ; all of whom , together with ihe street pcriwmers and showmen , tinkers , chair , umbrella , and clock menders , se ' . Ws of bonnet boxes , toys , stationery , songs , last dying speeches , tubs , pails , mats , crockery , blacking , lucifers _, corn salves , clothes pegs , brooms , sweetmeats , razors , dog collars , dogs , birds , coals , sand , scavengers , dustmen , and others , make up , it may be /' airly assumed , full 30 . 000 adults ; so that , reckoning men , women , and children , we may truly say there are upwards of 50 , 000 individuals , or about a fortieth part of the entire population of the metropolis , getting their living regularly in the streets .
Loud Ashley s Shirt . —At the Mayor ' s dinner at Bath , hist week , Lord Ashley , M . P ,, in _acknowle-lg ' w . - the drinking of his health , said , I call yonr attention to the fact , t !* at 1 this evening am suitably attired for this occasion . I have upon my person , « t this moment , a very beautiful shirt , worked for me by the fair hands of the young women in the establishment of my friend Mr . White— 'laughter)—presented ( o me with language of kindness and compliment which it would ill become me to record . I might have held up that little article —( loud laughter ) —and in the presence of ladies ( for some there are hero ) , exactly specifying what it is : 1 mi ght say with tbegreatlving of these realms , ' Ilonisoil quimaty _-icnse . " ( Loud laughter . ) Well , gentlemen , this article of dress I have preserved for gala days ; and what day can be so properly a gala , as when I am invited to dine with my kindiic'rted constituency ? Whenever I wear this ic will serve me for a memorial , though I need it not , of the invariable kindness I have received from tlie inhabitants of this great
city , and of tbe duty which I feel of offering an unceasing prayer f > r the peace , welfare , and the prosperity of this vast community . ( Cheers . ) _IIampstead . —The oldest inhabitant of I rampstead , Mr . Itowbotham _, a clock and watchmaker , died recently , at the age of ninety . Ho told his son and many other persons , that in his youth , tho Upper Terrace-avenue , on the south-west side of _ILimpstead-li' -ath , was kno wn by the name of" The Judges' Walk , " from the circumstance of prisoners liavimr been tried thero during the plague of London . Tic further stated , that he had received this informat ion from his grandmother . —Notes <(; f 2 _« eri _" w .
A rEKFECT CUBK OF _DnOPSY BY UOUOIVA V ' S 1 _' lI . t _. S —MfS _Lninbei't , of Sivnn . street , Newcastle , had enjoyed Vh » best „ 1 health until the meridian of life . At tbat critical period sho was Attacked with dropsy , attended by a very troublesome cough , ihe medical aid of several very _cni'ii' _-nt ¦ « w « _. » jtiom . _"J"s was procured , hut their efforts' failed to remove , or even abate , tlie rig-air of the disease . The water m Her body and leers _increased so rapidly , that fears weve entertained that sbe could not long survive . At this _ciisisishe commenced faking Holloway ' s Pills , which acted so powevtully on ber coin plaint , that its progress- was immediately arrested , and iu the course of two mouths the _cuvc was complete .
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What " _grapliy do voungsciioolboys like best _?—Ibp-ograpliy . A _auiiKR old gentleman , being asked what he wished for dinner , replied— "An appetite , good company , something to cat , and a napkin . " Cm Sir James Ilcrring was remonstrated with for not r sing earlier— " I , can wake up my mind to it , said he , " hm cannot " roako "P mv buds '" _SaxitarvCosviviai . ity . — "Now then , _Gentlemen , suppose we _hfve _' _a drain , "' as ill-. ' _t _' _-iimis _* sioners ol Sewrs _.-. ; , ; _, _] to tha Court ofAldtn . tn . Bau ) V . « i ) . vsh rou nn ; Bald . —If the grow . - of tbo hair is promoted by Macassar , will an Ami- lacassarhave a _cotitrarj effect . Tabu : ok 1 tbrkst . —The dinner- ! nb ! e . Pfivsic . u , _Dn-i-i ctn . TY . —Putting a _hlis-ron a hedgehog .
Mow to mi . Chalk prom _Ciieksi :. — Kh- > avout * to make cheese out of L -nilon milk . A _Ntouoonce gave the following _te ; isi : •¦• - " De late Gubernor oh do State—he come in . I bery little opposition , be got out wid none at ; : _ll . " Conundrum _ron LvctIslators . —Why : tho Patent , Laws tend ( o promote _discovery ?— ' ¦ 'cause they ta . _< - invention . _CoxiiNnnuM for CocKyrcvs . —Which I s tho greater atnuutit of animal heat , tho have if the otter ?—Why , of com so , tlie otter of "In : ¦ . .: _Questioj * in I ' _liMi'dUND Akitiimi : t ! C - f time is money , money is also time , of cents ' . ' ; ti . i how many s . "eon (! s are there , in _cijjbtccnpettv _. ' ' , » how much time do yon spend if you buy a _siii ' _Ilif _! ' _;' - worth of str . 'i K berries ?
Simplicity . —A good voting man from _titc .. 'tntrv , bearing of fatter-ail ' s for the lirst time , iu-. .: res * if " . _'su ragged school ?" CoN'niAdiction op Crimi ! . —Jr _. vrmle ii . ' - ' . mlers always aim at conc . _wlmeut ; und yet _tU « _..- « . _generally very much afraid of a hiding . ' 3 _Fiimalb Politicians . —Ladies are eeuer : y supposed 'o care little about : politics , yet tlk- m : i ty of _them are _Rtroiu-ly attached to parties , ami . « ood housekeepers are conservatives . C-auistm . \ s _Uamks . —Many a young la " who objVcts to being kissed under the misletce as no objection to be kissed under the rose .
' 1 [ fK IIi ' . _ight of Famine . —The lam 'us l ' _ir-t * on of _Wmttley is related to have been so fan : ' : > . _' .:. ' with hunger , that he once actually arc a raw _vS ' ci _. ' e .: rnan . A gentlemam , passing through a pofau- atch , observed an Irishman planting some _potaii-i .. . lie inqoircd of him what kind he had fhiTt- ? " Raw ones to be s \ ire , y replied the son of Erin ; ' .: they were belled they wouldn ' t grow . " A visible _sio . x . —A coach containing a ym . ng man and woman with one trunk on behind—be ' -ud the coach , we mean—i- pleasingly sng £ _cs'ive i _.-- uatrimony : but a half-dozwi youii _< otics , " ; tii { i _ser-r . ' f . _inclboxos _, if much mure suggestive—ther ' s no i _.-, _- aking th . it sign .
Something smart . —A young lady _havi . , given a gentleman , who was not very reme . rkahi . i r his taste in dress , a playful slap on the face , i called out , '' You have made my eye smart . "— " : _' eed , " said she ; " well , I am happy to have been _i : _¦¦ cause of making something smart about yen . " Measures of Time and Motion * . —The _ti > "rence between these measures _niaybea-ccrtainotl 1-, . . aking a cab ; when , if you pay by time , the moth . ; ' , nil be slow and the time lung , but if you pay by _>' . \ : lance , the motion will be swift and the time short . SrBAM _esovses is France . —Then ; - are > 'i 07 establishments in France where steatn-engiu' e eraployed , represe . _'itiii !; 0 , 7 , 120 horse _potn-r . The _steamboats are 2 / 9 in number , cf 23 _, i _' _- ' horse power . The length of railway open 1 , 357 English miles , worked by 725 locomotives . Ip People wear tight shoes , is it _surpii- ; _" , ' they ¦
have corns ? __ If they swallow poison , o _> '' : ¦ : < : unhealthily , is it surprising they arc sick ? V . ey are vicious and improvident , is it surprising ., -v become _outcaata and destitute ? Nature ' s lav _iltnnot be expected to be _mspondedin favour of ... _g and weakness , when _thc-y are not in favour of in _-rrt and intelligence . The Common Prater Book . —It is _sa-e . hat a check has been given to the printing of _tvi-ies of the Book oi' Common Prayer , from the anneipation generally entertained that , at the _ius'anee of the episcopal authorities and other dignitari- _; of the Church of England , some modificaiibn of .. » Evangelical tendency will he introduced into 'In ' Unrgy . Criminals in Newgate . —A decrease con . > : ues in the number of boys committed to Newgate , i .. 1850 , 37 less than 1819 , and in that year 73 kv- _tarm in 1818 ; making a total decrease of 110 in i \<> years . The total number for the three years ' , _;¦ _«•• ' . ' -j- ' , in 1318 , 211 in 1849 , and 17-1 in 1850 .
A Want & vpvliki > . —Tj ; e Roscom mo :- ¦ ¦ ¦ 'untal says , that a Scotchman in a neighbouring ¦ <> ¦ , ' , a put a placard in his simp window , staling - . W . _-t he "wanted a hoy , " and the next _morningo- _-iicning his doov was surprised to find a basket _lyin _^ - . _itsiiie , which , nn opening , he found to _comai-i : _> male child , with a label attached , having on i ' , '' Here ho is !" The Jury System . —The Legal _Obscw-. in noticing the statistics of County-Court _M'ueti < i- Juring the last year , says : — " The disfavour i > : ... which jury trial , an institution as ancient as th- "' ays of Alfred , has feU « n , is _singularly manUVs'e ' , : > y _IhO fact that , out of 220 , 103 cases , iii " which eii ' _n-r party might have required a jury , there were oi . ; . S' 02 in which either party thought it desirable ( o i :: v ? ke the assistance of that species of tribunal . "
An Irishman , who was very ncftr-sight' _-- ' . about to light a duel , insisted that ' ho should _i . _'d six paces neavcr his _antagonist than the _« _'l-: did to him , and tbat tbey were both to lire at tv .- same time . —This beats Sheridan ' s felling a fa : ¦ ¦ .-, who wasgoingto fight a thin one , that the i » i ..: _'» slim figure ought : to be chalked on the ctliei nurtly _jicrs » n , and if the bullet hit him outside ( : < ' chalk mark , it was to go tor nothing , ltETOitT Courteous . —The other dav a _:-, _.--mlcss
creature ( reckoned an idiot ) who is in th . ;• - lit of rambling about as a begcar , and well I .-. own in Llaurwstand tbe part adjacent , as Bala . ' : „• : •„ was rudely accosted by a saucy f ellow who t ' . i . - _^ lit to make game of him , " I say , Jack , _d-i ' - :. < iKt a place , master wants a fool ? " — " -Ay , ! v ! eod , " * replied Jack , eying him contemptuously , want a fool , docs he ? Then thou art going to . > ¦ e , or * lse he requires a couple of us . " Itis i . i : i :-: s to 8 ay the fellow was quite silenced . —t ' - . _ictrwrn Herald .
Flatter-no Preference . —Two native- > f the Marquesas Islands have been carried _(¦ 'Vance . The story runs , that on the voyage ose > r their fellow -passengers , fishing for a _complinie . asked them which ihe . y liked best , the l ' mu : t . ¦ ¦ English ? " The English , " arsweredthe ma" . "Hacking his lips j " tlicy aro tho fallen . "— - And a great deal more tender , " chimed in ( he " ; _-nan , with a grin that exhibited two rows of _poits < i teeth « s sharp as a crocodile ' s .
The Romish _Cijuuci _* . —The followi > _=. very curious chronological table will show the . _» gre ? s which corruption and error have made in ' " infallible Chnrch "—that Church why . ¦< the " r ' _-ck , " and is alike unchanged and u : _i-ingenble :- " Holy Water introduced * 120 _; Pern . 157 ; Monkery 328 ; Mass in Latin 'KM ; _Extrrti ..- Unction aft } ; Purgatory 593 ; _Invocation of V- _:.-n and Saints 593 ; Papal Usurpation 007 ; Ki >•• . - the Pope ' B Toe 709 ; _limine Worship 715 ; ( . ¦ •¦ . _nisa-Hon 993 ; Baptism of Bc _'> ls 1 , 000 : Tp- ¦
Auantiation 1 , 000 ; Celibacy of Priesthood 1 , 0 ! - " - n'lulgenrcs 1 , 196 ; Dispensations 1 , 200 ; _li . c ; _--i ; ion 1 , 201 ; Auricular Confession 1 , 21-5 ; _Elev _.- _^ _; i of the Host 1 , 222 . "—Hymn ' s Chronology . Short Srcnr . —Dr . f'urnbull say ? " in tin ¦ ' - / . kal Gazette , "It has struck me that , if v .- , _-uld discover any substance whicb could be si . - _^ plkd as to contract the iris , one cause , of the ¦ ' -ct ot _sliort-sightetlness would be remedied . Tin- _esult , I amhappy to say , has been _raostsatisfact . . ' . In the first instance I applied the extract , t ; r , r ; er , which was rubbed lor five or ten minutes .- . ¦ ¦ . ' the
whole forehead , with a view of noting _ww . c fifth pair o f nerve 3 . Afterwards I substituted a _e : ; crntrated tincture , ofthe strength of one pari i _i ' mror to two pints of spirits of wine , decolorized h . . _itnal charcoal . The success of tbis opplicatio . - _^ remarkable . In many cases it had the ei , tt of doubling 'he vision . " The Height or _Iui-udknce . _—Fometi- i 3 ' _* o . a fellow was c ! i * . rgeii int ic Glasgow Police Qw with stealing a herring tnrr ;! from a person in Hif . < kwellstreet . After the cnarge had been proved , the principal accuser addressed the magistrate : — ' Deed . Sir Baillie , the man at the bar is n great _roi'ue ; the _stealing of the barrel is naething to some cf his tricks . He . nude my sign-board last week , _m-A what does your Honour think he did wi ' t ?"—M _; _... ' ! rat 0 - ' < That , would be hard forme to sav . "— " We ,- ! _« ir " i - twi ye . He brought it into me ain shop , wi' mv mn name on t , and offered to sell me'f , as lie . . aid he _thought it would be o' mair use to me than _onybocl y
_Extracts tiiom the Irish Uvr . A _* vn Cnr . — lony Gowan is advertised as having lost" a nig with a very long tail , and a black suol on the tip of his snout _tliot curls up behind . "—A cow is i ! c > cribt'ii as " very difficult to milk , and o ? no use . to "Any imp imt the owner , with one horn much _lonuer " _il-au the other . " -John Hawkins is alluded to as having " a pair of quick grey eyes , with little ' or no _wliislters , and a Roman nose , that has a great difficulty in looking any one in the face . "—Betsy Wat ' s " , ton is
accused of having " _abs- 'onded with a c ! : t >> t of _drawm-awt a cock and hen , mul lias r d hair ami a broktn tooth , _ttonc cf which are hcv own " —Tin ; manager of the savings bank a * . _Ditiifcrry , near _Goofowran , is spoken of in these teims : ' _'' _' •• had on , when last seen , a pair of corduroy trow-frs , _w-. tk a tremendous squint , rather the wore ' " for vcy , _besides an affected _lir-p _, which he _en'tov -ur-- to conceal with a pair cf sold spectacles . "—A b _' . ;;; , ! 'r has his portrait taken iii the folio -ing inaiii > r , _-: "Ha has little or no hair , but black .-j-J' _^ f ,-- , _' - t » rn ? iV , ;}> nose , which ia dved blacH Uf ' _twireeai' _b $ psi _USiS - ~ * _" * ' _^ _fe _% ) »
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 11, 1851, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_11011851/page/3/
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