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      3mjuly 13,1850. „____ The Northern Star,...

      3 mJuly 13 , 1850 . _„____ THE NORTHERN STAR , ______________ 3 _^ — _^ — ----- .

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      . ¦ ¦ The Bed Bauser. By Gerald 1ussby. ...

      . ¦ ¦ THE BED _BAUSER . BY GERALD 1 USSBY . . - ont ont the Red Banner ! o ' er mountain and _imUejaUey , ; : -. _„>¦• _.-. tt eart earth feel the tread ofthe Free , once again ; ,, SoV Soldiers of _freedom , for low of God . _j aUy—H Eai Earth yearns to know that her children are inennen ; ¦ '"¦¦'¦' ¦ ¦ . " ' . ' ¦ . . . ure _» re nerved by a million wrongs . burning and . Lid tMd _thoughts leap to birth , but , the bold deeds rnmstuustcome , . ,- ' . - ¦ - . ,.,, ;„_ „ whv wherever hnmani _^ r _' _s yearning and pleading , _ae bne battle for liberty strike ye heart-home .

      _"rouwoutthefRed Banner ! ite fiery front under , » me , ) me , gather ye , gather ye , Champions of Eight ! rollroll round the -world with ; the voice of God a Ithnrthnnder ' ' _aie tie wrongs we ' ve to reckon—oppressors to _ismi smite ; ) _j dcy deem that we strike no more like the _oldhero-Ibanbandiartjartyrdom ' s own hattle-heartedahd brave ; » d o ) d of Christ ! brothers mine , it were sweet , hut .. _toi-toseeyestand _;

      i riutriumph or tomb !¦ welcome ! glory or grave ! i ig oig out the Red Banner ! achievements immortal _llavdave yet to be won by the hands labour-brown , ILfelfew , few may enter the proud promise-portal ,, iet , et , wear it ia thought , boys ! the _gtorioas ck crown ! II , d , oh ! joy of the conflict ! sound trumpet an array us ! 'Wrae hearts would leap up , were all hell in onr pa path , . : .. - ¦ ¦ ¦ . .. ! i ! np ! from the slave land ! who stirreth to _Bfc _Btay us iV _, ! iha 5 hall fall as of old in the Red Sea of wrath I

      ng ng out the Red Banner ! and range ye around , _rouTc-ung-spirits , abiding to burst into wings , _i _sti stand , by the coming events , shadow-crownea , Ehtfhere _' s a grim hush in heaven ! and tbe Bird ot s \ storm sings : _ , Ms well , " saitb . the Sentry on Tyranny s tower , I ' Even Hope by their watch-fire is grey and tearb blind . " _, _ . , . e , e , all's well ! Freedom ' s a lt a r bur n s hour b y h hour—LuLire brands for the fire-damps with which ye are r mined . iBiiBg out the Bed Banner I the patriots perish ! BuBut where their bones moulder the seed ta & etn

      leiieir heart ' s-life ran red the great harvest to _TIThen gather ye Reapers , and garner the fruit _, ctctory ! victory ! Tyrants are quaking , TIThe Titan of Toil from the Wood thrall starts , leie slaves are awaking ! t hed aw nli ghtis breaking TIThe footfall of Freedom beats quick ati our hear t s ! Red Republican

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      [ 'PDOUALL'S MANCHESTER JOVB-2 ISAJj . London : Beal , 2 , Shoe-lane . Manc ehester _v . _Hejrwood , - OldKam-etreel . Ne hare here Jfd : 1 of Dr . _M'DoualTs new _uhblicatibn . Those who remember the _perioidcal commenced by , our friend on the tenninaoxm of his first imprisonment , can appreciate [ as qualifications to perform the noble duties Ft a political instructor . The periodical alluded _»> was one of the best we have known devoted ? > the advocacy of democratic princi p les ; unaappily it did not receive the support _warranted by its merits . We trust that Dr . _[[• Donall ' s present venture will be _moresucassfnl .

      ISo . 1 of the Manchester Journal opens with what appears to be ) tiie commencement only ff a n " Address to the Trades . " The subject natter of the address being "The great Secret ff National Wealth . "* As this is a first _nameerwetakeleaTeto quote tbe entire of tbis nticle : — IHE GREAT SECHET OP SAHOSAl WEALTH . It has been admitted as an axiom , that labour is Ihe source of wealth . That barren dimity has

      * een all that political writers have hitherto _conceded to industry- - They immediately vacate the _nasis , and proceed to examine or eulogise , to im-» rove or condemn the superstructure . . Exports md imports , commerce , customs , and taxes , seems © be only worthy of their supervision or analysis , n common with many other questions of political _icononiy , and . social policy . However important ; nese subjects may be , and howef er worthy of strict ibservation , the _philosop hic a l mi n d can . only recoglise them as results , as mere effects of an artificial

      ystem .-S ho uld t he s im p le q ues t i o n be pro p ounde d as t o he productive qualities of two trees of the same pecies growing apart , which vary materially m heir relative yield , would not the practical gardener > e disposed to enter into a careful and critical elimination of the soil and root , aa well as the trunk , ( ranches , and sprays ! He wonld do more , he would tscertaiti the amount , kind , and quality , of nourishnent _, in the shape of manure , 'which . was returned o the soil for the encouragement of the tree , on tbe ; reat and just principle _^ that the more you take , be more you should give . This is the scientific nte adopted in agriculture , a f t er a long and hard

      _» attle between custom and common sense , prejulice , and interest . I do not mean to assert that , ny simile holds good in reason , but I consider t h at he question of labour being the source of wealth , mght to be approached in the same spirit , and with ; he same practical views thatafanrer . _inyestigates oil and supply , I take up the question in behalf of the general _nterests of society . I rej e ct , at once , all _consideraionof personal profit , and the . s ep a ra t e intere st s > f e i t h e r employ er or emp loyed , and make the pubic good the standard , the national benefit , t he sol e est of ability . This is , I imagine , t he only way of rriving at truth .

      . LABOUR . It may be very properly asked ,-what is meant by ahour ? My definition ot the right kind of labour _lomprises the necessary and i « e / ut exercise of mental acuity , and physical power . ' I make no invidious md unjust distinction . They are both respectable , ind equally worthy of commendation , so long as the rreat end is kept in view , benefit to _, the national amily . The Creator is the great and mysterious y pe of l a bour , and His end i s , and was good for all . Vedo not separate His attributes , neither shall I , o serve the mean and dispicable ends of faction _, - ilevate the mind above its merits , or depress the tand below its rights . Such distinctions hare

      aused much mischief , for ins t anc e , in the _separai on of t h e middle from t he working classes , on the atal supposition that their interests were as much _ipart as their prejudices . > _Ifow , a little reflection oust convince any reasonable man that there is not my real difference between the man who labours br the good of society with bis bead , and him who rorks for the same endwith his hands . The vorldly distinction consists in the names of salary ind wage , as t he resul t s of t heir re spe c t iv e i n du s try . Che two are identical in interest- Both are necessary in the present state of society , a nd th erefore mould exercise and enjoy equal rights , and proporionate _benefits . Bnt tbe question naturally arisea , ire they always usefully directed and employed 1 for on that hinges the results of their labour , beneit to society , I answer , cer ta inl y not always

      usefully employed , because great genius , and vast physical energy , may . be expended in war , which is waste of . both , ending in a t a x u p on all futu r e l a bour , from either . It may he s a id , tbat war is sometimes necessary , bnt that is by bo means established as a principle . We arrive then at the question—What isusefullabour ? It is hi ghly useful , although not absolutely necessary to exchange the products of one country for another , and to _import articles of comfort , taste , food , clothing , and ornamen t . Therefore , all who are engaged in commerci a l p ursui t s , render benefits to society of an inestimable value , so long as they claim no privilege , jr exemption , by which a false value may be given to tbek merchandise . In that case the public adrantage would he converted into private profit , and the benefits neutralised by monopoly . .

      It is bi g hl y _. nsefnl to society to devise ready and convenient-modes _oT manufacturing clothing , and other necessary , articles , fer the use and advantage of man , therefore , all who are employed In . sach . industrious pursuits deserve credit and support , so long as they do not turn a ll th e benefits of t heir machines to their own gain , in which c a se ther e i s an immediate' injury to the employed , and also a guhBeqnent dainage to the employer ,. as ; _I shall more cle a rl y and fully demonstr a t e h e r ea f t er , under ; the head of profit . " ] r ' .... ' _.- " . . " •' . ' ¦ . ' I t i s b ot h necessary an d use f u l to t i ll th e ea rth _.

      and produce-sufficient food for the human race _, although even , that ; labour jnay . by , excessive rent , undue restrictions and ignorance , become positively an injury to society , and a loss to the landholder , as well as the _farmer . Any , orallkinds of labour ,, even the most necessary and useful / may become positively injurious to society , and the great end be frustrated throug h bad direction ; : or in consequence of turnin » . the benefits into an improper , channel , Bow are we then to know when necessary and useful labour fi actually _ablessmg . instead of a curse ? By one _Buripfa

      _stanitordi > ' _<>'¦ ' WJIOES . " " I That is the only sure test of national prosperity . All others are fallacious . , ? _ast profits may be re-Wised by indlndu _^ , a s is _tla , ca 8 e : with _mannfaclorers , witiibnt society , fl _» t _» , _tbemassof the peo-

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      ple Jbeingbenefited . Immense incomes may be _deriredYromlb _' eland , withoht the slightest symptoms of improvement , in the . condition , of the bulk of the peasantry . . We . may , have , immense imports , } and _eqaaUyenorinbus exports . As an evidence of _pros-, perdns trade ; but . vice and . poverty ; may still rage cqadessandfoodlesswithin our shores , ; ; the poor _, house and prison marking , bke a barometer , their relative . changes . : . I hold it ' as a principle that all properly directed labour may be . made to . yield a surplus after all proper Otitlay _, which overplus should form a reserve or capital for future e mployment , or become the medium . of commerce , exchange , or . barter for foreign products , necessary , ; useful ,, and even luxurious .. Let us ascertain , how , in a great manuf a cturing and commercial nation like ours , such is not the inevitable result . ""'"

      We have every m e ans p laced at our di s pos a l to make us , not only the greatest , but the happiest nation on the face of the earth .. . .. We occupy nation ' s workshop . We have all her tools and materials within our reach ; Iron ; coal , clay _/ lime , siind _, and other valuable mineral products , " lie within a convenient compa s s , and are . c o mpr ess ed still more by steam and rail . We have navigable rivers , sheltered bays and estparies , . deep harbours , and . the oak to breast the wave and battle with' the tempest . Moreover , we are blessed with a fruitful soil , and a moist'and genial climate , combine to produce labour w i t hou t idle lassitud e , and : abundance without profligate , luxuriance . How is it , that gifted with materials inexhaustible as tbo mental , and

      physical resources of our own notion , we d o no t m a k e a better use of the g if ts of th e Almi ghty , arid fulfil our great and manifest destines , by making comfort preside in every home , and contentment s mile in every face ? Because we do not trul y unr derstand the real source of wealth , _pr , if knowing it , imprudentl y cultivate it , Or perversely misappropriate its benefits . I cannot avoid carrying outa forcible simile . We extract'all that is possible front labour , and make no equivalent'return ; like the farmer , who draws the ; largest crops from the soil , arid expends the least ' amount of , manure in return for its products _] Reason' and experience

      in time correct this fatal error , because we see the material evil before us , and h ave t he mor a l forcibl y thrust upon us . ; The same rule app li e s , p recisely to labour , although the source may be human h a nds and , brains , although t h e s oil m a y be flesh and hose . " It is because we imagine that the tin-: changeableness bf ' nature act differently in tbetwo instances , that we adopt _thef erroneous principle of estimating wealth by the standard of profit ; and value by the standard of gold , for there is a Siamese connexion between . the two . They are both artificial checks' upon a natural lawof supply and demand , and it ' shall be my province to demonstrate their pernicious fallacy .

      The above speaks for itself . The second article is on a question intimately connected witb tbe foregoing , viz ., " Comnierce and Manufactures ; " and is also abl y treated . of . A feature of' tbis publication is that of" Famil yMedical Advice , " dictated by the editor ' own knowledge and experience . '" Lectures on the Chemistry of Agriculture , "' delivered at _Newcastle-npon-Tyneand Manchester , will be re-produced in this publication . •* _. 2 L brief sketch ofthe French Revolutions . " Ah inter esting story entitled " Josephine ahd the Juggler ; " arid some spirited lines on England's " Commonwealth "—the Commonwealth of Milton and Cromwell conclude the contents of No . 1 o f _M'DomlPs Manchester Journal .

      In heartily recommending this work to bur readers , we must advise ' Dr . _M'Dbnall that there is great room for improvement as regards the ap p earance pf his new publication , ; .

      Fdseral Of The Late Sir Robert Peel. Tam...

      _FDSERAL OF THE LATE SIR ROBERT PEEL . Tamwobth , _ToEsnAt Evenisg . —The mortal rem a ins of Feel , the st a tesman , were this af t ern o on consigned to their last resting-p l a ce , in the small church of Drayton . . Basse tt , two miles and a half from this town . ' In compliance with -the deceased ' s own injunctions ( recently expressed by his executor in the House of Commons ) , the funeral ceremony wa s shorn of all those external attributes of pomp which usually accompany the ., int e rmen t of grea t national political celebrities . Still it was imposs ible to . deprive the proceedings of tha imposing effect springing from a spontaneous ebullition of

      the feeling in his district , which a long intimacy with bis more private and individual capacity materially awakened . This was exhibited not only by a total cessation of all ordinary business avocations in the town , and the S a bb a th . ' stilln es s th a t perv a ded t hroughout th e district , but by t he mourn f ul alacrity with which the entire population , 'for miles ' around , hastened to pay . the last tribute of respect to his memory . As early as seven o ' clock every , line of road and bye-way converg ing t o w a rd s Dr a y t on was alive with peasantry , clothed in their best attire , and bearing upon their persons such _syn > _bols of mourning as their humble means afforded . As the morning advanced ,-a superior class of the inhabitants prepared to take their part in the

      coming obs e r v anc e by has t ening to T a m w orth , from the ancient keep of whose celebrated castle there floated heavily in the wind the royal atatidard _. balfmast high—an emblem of regret visible over a vast sweep of country , a cross w hich mig h t b e h ea rd t he boom of t he muffled b e lls in tbe tower of t he pa ri s h church . At noon , the mayor and corporation of Tamwortb . assembled in the Town-hall , and shortly after proc e e de d to the outskirts of D ray to n P a rk , where it had been arranged they should await and fall into the procession . T h e avenu e le a ding to the Manor House w as lined on both sides -with the ¦ persons assembled , of either sex ; and , at a latter hoar of the day , nearly the whole of the home park was similarly thronged . Within the mansion , it is unnecessary to sa y th at this feeling was deepened in intensity , a nd found

      much more unequivocal utterance . Sir R . Peelthe present baronet—who had . arrived at Drayton from town in company with the Bishop of Gibraltar , on the previous _evening , had a s ye t become in no respect familiarised with the acuteness of his bereavement , and the poignancy of his suffering was exceedingly vivid . The body of his father lay where it was deposited on the . ni ght pf its arrival ( Friday ) , viz . , in the oak parlour forming the anteroom between the new grand gallery and the entrance hall . In the centre of the room lay the body within its . massive leaden coffin , e ncl ose d i n a coffin covered with crimson velvet , and orn a meuted with gilt mouldings and the usual emblazonment . Upon the centre-plate beneath the arms was the foUowing inscription : — "The Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel , Bart ., M . P ., Born Feb . 3 , 1788 , Died J u l y 2 , 1850 , A ged 62 years . " - .. Over the external coffin was thrown a black

      velve t p a ll , bearing , at the sides and ends escutcheons of the deceased baronet ' s family , and which heraldic devices were repeated on a large h at chment placed at the head ofthe coffin , containing the entire shields of the Peels , prominent among which were the shuttle , and the bee , and subscribed with the well known and appropriate legend V _Industria . ' ' Shortly before t wo o ' clock ; the mourners having assembled in the hall , the arrangement of the precession' was proceeded with . . After the first few mourning coaches had been filled , the hearse drew up to receive its burden , which was borne thither by about a dozen favourite yeomen of the estate . The other carriages having been filled , the procession left the manor house .

      During the progress of the procession from tho house to the church the rain fell iu torrents ; but all sense of personal discomfort was absorbed in the melanchol y convic t ion th at extern a l n at ure but to o a ccur a tely s ym pa thised with th e emotion "that p a ss et h show , " and a dense and orderly concourse of spectators accompanied the cavalcade throughout the entire distance .: Drayton Bassat ehureb ia an exceedingly small structure , plain to simp licity , even for a rural ecclesiastical building of the humblest pretensions . It consists but of a centre _aishv with plain deal p e w s oh ei t her sid e , a diminutive gallery at the w e s tern end b e ing well ni gh absorbed by : a not very large organ , which reaches the roof . The

      mural _menterabilia are but scanty , nearly all the local celebrities being buried at Tamwortn , who s e chancel is one of the richest inthe midland counties in historic associations of this character , from the Heptarchy to the present period . Unpretending as : it is , the most consp icuous monument in Drayton church is one erected to _ the memory of the individuals whose claims to notice here are indicated in the subjoined unpretending inscrip tion " In a vault beneath _this _. church _; are ; deposited the remainB of Sir Robert Peel ,-. Bart ., . of Drayton Alanor , ahd of Ellen , Lady Peel , his wife , daughter of W . Yates , Esq , of Bury , Lancashire . Sir Robert Peel was born April 23 rd , 1750 , died May 3 rd , 1830 ; Lady Peel was born March otb , 1760 , died

      December , 2 8 th ,, 1803 . Their . children have raised this monument to the memory of their beloved parents , as a token of their affection and gratitude . " The family vault of the Peels occupies one-half of the centre aisle , but is ; nevertheless , 'of somewhat confined dimensions . , T h e p ubli c are alread y aware , from the statement of Mr . Goulburn in the House of . Commons , that the precise spot where the-late right hon . baronet desired to be laid in de a t h -had been p ointed out to L a dy Peel on a _y 6 * J . recent occasion , as well as an expression to that effect so long ago as 1844 . It is , perhaps , needless to add that his wishes were scrupulously adhered to _^ in the most minute particular , and a marwe slab was placed iu the centre of the vault to receive the corpse . =. The unimposiDg aspecfc , ; of the

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      church was bu t slightl y varied from jte . ordinary appeli & nce , --b y ' the sombre adornment offjthe pulpi t , which ' was covered with black clqth ; i jathe centre of wliich was * tfie"Peel crest , and supporters on a white ground .,, , -. ~ 'Z ~ . ~ - ¦ About an hour sufficed' to ' tr a vera e the rur a l a nd p icturesque route through the finely wooded grounds lying between tbe mansion and the church . When the Bishop of Gibraltar ali ghted to receive his sacred charge at the -churchyard gate , the rain came down in : a perfect flood , " and amidst this melancholy . accompaniment ,, the ; coffin . was borne towards its ' -final receptacle , the right rev .. 'prelate reading with impressive fervour the . affecting

      Bervice 'for the . burial of the dead . , The processsion moved across the church-yard in _, . the f o llo w ing order . —The . Chief Mourner , Sir Robert ; Peel , Baronet , Mr . John ' Floyd . Peel , Mr .: Frederick Peel , M . P ., Mr ! . Arthur Peel ;; Captain _W . Peel , R . N ., the Very Rev . the Dean of Worcester , Viscount Villiera , M . P ., the Very Rev . the Dean of York , tiie Right Hon . G . R . Dawson , Captain Peel , Eriniskillen Dragoons , Sir Henry Floyd , ; Mr . Robert A . Peel , C a pt a in P e el , 10 th Hussars , Cap ta in _. C . Lennox Peel , Mr . Archibald Peel , Lord Henl e y , Mr . R . P . Dawson ,, General ; Gates , Sir , IL : Hume Campbell , thesCorporatiott cf Tamwor t h , dtb ., dr e . . .

      " . 'Amongst those present we remarked , seated in the little . ' gallery , Mr . Sidney Herb e rt , who , although hot included in the list of those invited to take part in the ceremonial ,, had .-. come . down to Drayton ' to share tho melancholy satisfaction of attending the funeral of his , departed friend . " The coffin . having been placed on tressels _; in front of t h e pul pit , and the . mourners having arranged themselves ' around ,, the service was proceeded with amidst the . moat perfect silence .. At the ! appointed momerit _^ the coffin having 6 een lowered into the vault , the right reverend prelate lef t the pul p it a nd a d v anc e d to t h o head . of the grav e for t he p urpo se ' of , completing ,, the ritual . Here the feelings , hitherto - ' with difficulty

      restrained alike by the exigencies of the occasion and of his position , yielded , to the impulses of overpowering emotion . ; At , the enunciation of the , impressive and all significant words , " Earth to earth , ashes to ashes , dust to dust , " the broken ' utterance became wholly choked ' , ' arid stifling sobs denied all further articulation , save t hat which a w a kened responsive ! echoes in t he bosom of every hearer . Duty , 'however , soon-reasserting her supremacy ,, the bishop , recovering himself , resumed the routine prescribed , and concluded the service in a highly impressive manner .

      : At the close of the ' solemn ceremonial , the mourners coming to the edge of the vault , cast a farewell glance upon its last occupant , and at that solemn moment , so suggestive of every sentiment bf affection and regard , grief again overbore ' all bounds , the excitement of Sir Robert Peelin particular being most distressing . . •' . . We have said that the weather up . to : this tim e had 1 been exceedingly ' unprbp itious ; s c a rcel y ,, had the proceedings reached the place we havejust indicated before the sun shone forth' i n its mid s umm e r brilliancy , presenting an extraordinary contrast to the preceding few hours . ¦' ¦ _' /¦"

      : The mourners having returned to the Manor Hous e , speedily afterwards , left for Tamwortb , en route to London , and in an hour the mansion' Was comparatively deserted . > ..: ;• • In London , on Tuesday , most" of the tradesmen at the west end arid in the City testified their respect to the deceased-statesman by partially closing their places of business .: On tho river , also , there was scarcely a . craft in the . numerou s t iers but what displayed its flags in , *' mourning . "/ The flags on the . different _pierheads of St . Katharine ' s ,

      London , East and West India Docks , were lowered , as also . the colours ofthe numerous shi ps moor e d in those ' great depOts . At Gravesend the day was observed with jnuch-respect— In _the-Medway the shipping joined the feeling-so strongly manifested in the pool . ' Birmingham , Wolverhampton , Bristol _. and other towns , testified their respect tothe memory of Sir , R , ; Peel by the closing of shops , and ringing muffled peals throughout the day . * Up to three o ' c lock on Tuesday afternoon , more th a n £ 1 , 000 had been collected for the purpose of raising a monument in that , eity . fff

      Wokkejg Man's. Monument To Sib It.... Pe...

      WOKKEJG MAN'S . MONUMENT TO SIB It . ... PEEL . . _> A special meeting of the committee , appointed for oarry ing out the proposed plan for the erection of a monument to the late Sir It . Peel , was . held on ; Monday . evening , . at the Committee Room , Belvedere Hotel , Pentonville . Mr . James ' Yates Occupied the chair . T he s ecret a ry , Mr . J . Downes , opened the proceedings by reading the . minutes of the _preliminary _vneeungi after' Whioh : hb entered into an explanation ; of the ,, plan vrhichf had been suggested for the purpose of raising subscriptions . It had been proposed that a large number of sub : scri ption li sts s hould be provid e d , each to contain 240 penny subscriptions , am o unting t o one p ound , which ; after being officially sealed . _bythesecretary , should be distributedln every part of tbe king dom , _andibereturned to . the metropolitancommittee when

      full . - - - ' ¦" " ¦'• ' ' "' ' •' - Mr . Huub , M . P ., expressed . his approval of the general outline of the plan proposed , but ' warned the committee against wastingf their energies ih attempts to do too much . He suggested to them , that in 8 tead ' ofattempting'to organise a plan of operations which should embrace the , whole kingdoini they ' should ; limit iheir _^ o _' wnexertions to the dis t ri c t s in tbeirf immediate vicinity ; . their secretary merely communioatingi with the mayors of towns , t he leadin g men in : the v arious parishes , the heads of large manufacturing . establishments ; & o ., enclosing forms . Of subscription lists , and an explanation of . the course they . were

      themselves pursuing , . but : leaving the details to be arranged as those who undertook the matter might judge to be most advisable . He Stated thai he had already received communications from' the mayors of Southampton and Bilston , and from other gentlemen , of influence in yaribus parts _. Of theCOUIltry , all of whom had expressed their cordial concurrence in the object they hadinvi e w and their willingness to do their utmost to promote it ; and he had . no doubt that if the course he recommended were adop ted , t he appea l which w a s made to the coun t ry would b e wa rml y and almost universally responded to ..- The honourablo gentleman shortly a f t e r wards r et ired , in order to attend to his . duties in' the _ ouae" _" of Commons .

      Mr . Coppock objected : to the word " penny" in the title of the subscription fund , which limited tho subscription to , so sm a ll amount , and contended that the expenses which must necessarily be incurred in the collection would be so great as to deduct very largely from the * sum subscribed ; He moved ' that the word penny be expunged , and ' that the title should . be "The National Working Man ' s Subscription Fund , " The motion was' seconded by Mr . Finch , and after a little opposition , ' was agreed to .

      After a short discussion relative to a public meetingto be he l d on Friday , the 12 th inst ., a vote of t hank s w as p assed to th e nobl e men and gen t lemen who had consented to act as trustees , and the meetmgjidjnurned . . ' ¦ ' ¦'' ¦ " - « - ¦ ' ¦ The following letter , addressed -to the secretary , has been published in the Times . r" 103 , Westbourne-terrace , July 6 . ' , " Sir , —I have received , your letter ; requesting me to allow my name to be used as one of . the patrons of an association ior raising , by Id subscript i ons , " a poor man ' s national monument to the memory ot the late Sir Robert Peel . " It' will be to me a melancholy satisfaction to , be associated in so appropriated mode of expressing the almost universal feeling ' of sorrow at , t he l o ss of a . great puhlicbenefacfor . - f ; u ' .

      "The illustrious statesman who has been taken fromus witb . suoh awful suddenness sacrificed every other objectof ambition to secure to . the . firesides and workshops of the toiling multitudes-of this country the blessings ;' of . i n c reas e d prosperi t y , h e alth ,, and"happ iness . . He knew the immediate pen a lty he would have to pay for the service he wa s rend e ring the n a tion , but he relied with . prophetic faith'upon the future verdict of the . people . In the moment of his severest trial , when delivering the speech _vthichf closed his official career , after speaking of the tics of party which ho had severed for ever , ; of the politioal- 'friendships hehadcon _^ verted in t o b itt er enmities , of . the . flood gates of calumny he had let loose [ npbn . himself—after recounting ; mournfully but ' without repining , . the sa crifi ce s ! he h a d made , he turned for sympathy and justice to the mass of the peop le and close d hisjflast ! 8 pcech as Minister with the following words : ' —

      It-may be that I shall leave a name sometimes remembered with . _erpMsatotta of goodwill Inthe abode of those whose lot it Is to labour and to earn ' their daily bread bj the : 8 _« eat of their brow , when they shall recruit their exhausted-strength with abundant and untaxed food _, the sweeter because it is no longer leavened by a senae of injustice .. _•' ¦' .. ¦ . - ' _, " Thus , in the work you have undertaken ; you are , perhaps , unconsciously realising the aspirations of the _' departed statesman . In piling up the pence ofthe working classes into a pyramid to . his me

      mory , let nie suggest , that the above , passage D . e inscribed upon its base . It will prove that lie did not over-estimate the justice or gratitudo ' of his countrymen , and ; it will also show to future statesmen that , there is security ; with the people , for t he fame of _a'Minister who' braves the vengeance of pa r t icul a r interests whilst conferring benefits upon the nation . ' ¦'< "Iam , Sir , your obedient servant , ' _..--.- ¦ .. " _Ricdabd _ConnEN . " To Mr . John Downes .

      A Mb. Fsssesdbk, Of Boston , Has Invente...

      A Mb . _Fsssesdbk , of Boston , has invented a pocket filter , by means of which the traveller may stick up pure water from the ponds , and streams ; . or even the puddles , which be may , encounter ; on his ; _vayZ } - ; " ¦¦ . ' ¦ ' . •" ¦ * ¦ . " ' " ;; f . ' :, " . : . . . ; _.,.,. .

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      Tbb ' Nbw Yorkcorrespohdentofthe Daily News says ; _rr _' The . Rochester ' knockers ; have come to this city _/ ahd now' c onverse with _' ghosts for one dollar a ticket . . , The , ghosts appear to bo a . -very ignorant _setof beings . . . _,. Theyfhaye had the expenence , oftwo _>? _prldsiandyet know-very little of either . It is to be _. regretted that they have received the support- of some very respectablo parties ; -who have heard the , rappings , and an occasionally Correct answer , and oanhot explain why the sounds " are m _^ dp . " _ r ' , _f-DijRiKO THBrevblutionary war , when drafts wore made from the militia to recruit the continental army , a certain captain gave liberty to <¦ the men who were drafted from his _company to make obj ections , if they had any . _acrainst poinff into the

      . service .. Accordingly , - one of them , who had an impediment in his speech , came forward and made his , bow . " What is your bbjeotionV said tho captain , "I ca-can't go , '' _answei-ed the nian , "because I st-st-stutter . " " Stutter ! " " says the captain , " you don ' t go there to talk , but . to fig ht . " "Aye , but they 'll put me ori g-g-guard , and a man niay go ha-ha-halfa mile before I can say ;••* _wh-whwhiwh p . gpe _?; there ? " "Oh , t hat is noobj eo ti on , for _j they will place some sentry with you ; he can challenge and ; you , . can fire . " .. ! ' Wellj- _b-b-but ' I may be taken and run through tbo _g-g-guts' before I can Oiy . qu-qu-qu-quartor _/ ' The last ' ploa prevailed ..- ' -- :: > ¦ . _: ¦ ¦•<¦¦ . _¦>' ¦ - - ¦ ¦ - . _i-c . \ . _'' _..,-. i . . - - ¦ - - ¦ ¦¦

      " aAlw , _stewabd , " exclaiinod a passenger in an Am e r i c a n steamboat , after having retired , to his bedi "hallo , s t e w ard ! ' . "Here , massai "— " Bring me the . way-bill . '' _rr « , . What for , massa V _' _~ " Iwan t to see if these bugs put down their names for this berth before Tdid . If not , I want [ em turned out . " 1 " PA _r do cannons grow V ' _rr- '' No , you simpleton ; but ; why do you ask . th a t ?" ' « Because the paper says as how tlio ' French have pl a n t ed somo all round Rome . "— "Well , come . to think of it , sonny , cannons _will _i _SOmotimeB _; shoot if _ithey are planted ; and I have heard of their , _vieldinflfffrane . _' _^ he added with

      a smile of satisfaction , _^ _as he fumbled his pockets for a . penny ,- to reward theboy for being , the ihnbcent occasion of sucha wise observation . ;! _'; . ' - ¦• ' , A'MA _^ , in Ohio ; well : mounted , urging _^ forward a drove of fat hogs towards Detroit , met a charming lot of little-girls , as they were returning from school when one of' them , ¦ as' tKey passed ' the " swinish multitude " - made a very pretty courtesy . '' " What , my li tt le gal , ;' said the man , "do youcurchey _. to a wholefdroveof hogs ?' . ' . ' . 'No , sir , " _saidshvwith a most provoking smile , " only to the one on horseback ! " f , f ,., ¦¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ : ¦ > :. ¦ _' . ••"• ¦ "

      A MiN named Wilsden has been fined 5 s . and costs , at Liverpool / for exposing for sale two lambB deceptively dresBed with muttori ' ' fat . - Some _slandbbihq bachelor says it is " much joy " when you first get married , but it is more jawy after a yearvrso , .. . ; •¦• -.-. ,: ¦¦< ¦¦¦¦¦ ¦ : Lately a cow , 'the property of Mr . Isaac Brothw ell , ; ne a r Spalding , had a calf born with three fore legs and b . _nlyfoile hind leg . •„ _-. . / ¦ - ¦¦ - . A Bibd ' _s nest con t aining five eggs , nearly hatched , was lately found in a waggon laden with cinders at Kei ghley . ; : 1 ; f _¦' _-. ' ¦ . '"'" , _' ' .. A tomtit ' s nest w a s l a tel y found in the hat surmounting a scare-crow placed in , a garden near Driffield , Yorkshire , ; - _,.., . ; .. mArbiaob _ra _^ _lBRJHJrr is . preceded by the following ceremonies 'arid forms : — First ,, proposal ;

      second , betrothal ; : third , a public family dinher or supper of announcement ; ' fourth , the _protocoUing or tes timonkla required by Government , being—1 , a certificate of vaccination ; 2 , a _weeek-dayi schoolticket _,, in proof of regular attendance thore ; 3 , a cer t ifi c ate of attend a nce upon a religiou s teacher ; 4 , a certificate of . confirmation ; 5 , ' a conduct certificate ; 6 , a service book ; . 7 , a wander-buch ( this refers to the compulsory travels of their handwerk biirschen , or , handicraf t smen ) ; 8 , an apprentice ticket ; 0 , a statement made and substantiated as to property , which ,-i if not considered to be satistory , < according to circumstances , destrovs the

      whole thing ; 10 , a permission ; from the , parents : 11 , a residence ' permission ticket ; 12 , a certificate as to the due performance of militia dutieB ; 13 , an examination ticket ; ' 14 , a ticket of business or occupation at the _^ time _... ' The higher classes have even more difficulties than these . Thus , a'Bavarian officer cannot marry _. until he has deposited enough to provide £ 40 per ahrium for his future family .- ' _AN'AMBRiOANiri Erigland , describing the preval e nce of duelling at home , summed up with— " Th e y oven fight with daggers . in a room pitch dark . "" Is it possible ! . " exclaimed a thunderstruck John Bull _.-y'Possible , _shY' returned the Yankee , " why , I ' ve see n them . " ¦

      " ' Music—See the effects of a long piece of music at a public concert .. . The _otoheste are breathless with attention , jumping into major and minor keys , executing figures , and fiddling with the riiost ecstatic precision . In ' the midst of all this wonderful science , t he aud i ence ar e gaping ,. lollin g , talking , staring about , _ahdhalf devoured ; with ennui . On a sudden there springs iipalively air , expressive of some natural feeling ,-though , ; in point of science , not w orth a h a lf penny . The' a udience a ll spring up , every head _nods , eyery foot he a ts ' _timej _. a nd ever y heart also ; ah universal smile ' breaks ' , out in every face ; the _oarriagels not , ordered ; and every one agrees : that music is the most delightful rational entertainment that the human mind can possibly

      enjoy . ; In the same manner the astonishing execution of some greatsingers 'has in if very little ofthe beautiful ; it is mere difficulty overcome , like ropedancing and tumbling ; arid such difficulties overcome , as I have said before , do not excite the feeling of the _beautifnl , but of the wonderful . —Sydney Smith .: - - ¦ _<• ' ¦¦ ' ¦" . ¦'• ¦ " _¦ ' "' . ' . : . ff-, Why is a drunkard hesitating to sign the pledge like a sceptical Hindoo?—Because he is in doubt wh et her , to . give up tho worship of the joq-ob not . SchoolmasUr . —Bill Tompkins _^ what is a widow ? —Bill . —A widdei _*; sir , is ' a married woman that h a in t got no husb a nd , cause he ' s dead . . ' ¦ Schoolmaster . — Very well ; what is a . widower?—BUI , —A widderer is a man that runs ; aft « rf the w i _dders . ;

      Schoolmaster . — Well , , Bill , that is not according to' Johnson , but you 'll pass . ' " . _Peisonebs ipOK yery _. much to the rank of thoso who may pass sentence of death upon them . Aserjeant of great experience going the Oxford circuit in the room of Lord Chief Justice Abbott , who was suddenly taken ill , a man , capitally convicted , being asked if he . had anything . to say , wh y sentence o f death should not be passed upon him , said , " Yos , I have been tried before a journeyman judge . "

      A Tbavkhbr m America'recordsthe _^ following anecdote : — "Ihad a genuine Yankee story from one of the party on deck ., , 1 w a s in q uirin g if t h e Hudson was frozen up or not during the winter ? This led to a conversation as to . the severity ofthe winter , when one man , by w a y of proving how cold it was , said , " Why , I had a cow . on my lot up the river , and last year she got in among the ice , and was carried down three miles before we could get her out again . The consequence has been tbat Bhe has milked nothing , biit ice cream ever since . "

      A vegetarian convention has been hold in New York . Dr . Sylvester Graham and Dr . Wietin had an animated arid riot a very good-tempered discussion . The Evening Po st says , it had supposed that " the effect ofthe vegetable diet was to make men ns meek and gentle as lambs , but it would soom from the proceedings that there is some of tho old Adam left even in brown bread and sweet apples . " Mrs . _Pautinoton , hearing that a young man had set up for himself , "Poor fellow , " ¦> said sho , "has he no friend that will set up for him part of th e time ? " and she sighed to be young again . _ , _Aiiiiotjon niBDs do not , preaoh , the larger species _preyicontinually .. ' . , , -FAMiMAn _iLtusiBMioN _.-i- " Well , my . littlO :

      fellow , " -said a' certain principal , to a suokltng philosopher , whoso mamnia had i been teasing the learned knight-to test the astonishing abilities of her boy , '' . what are the properties of heatI" "The chief property of heat is , that itf expands bodies while cold contracts them . " ¦ " Very good , indeed . Can you g ive me a familiar example ? " "Yes , sir . In summer , ; when it is hot , the day is long ; while in winter , when-it is cold , it becomes very short . " The , learned knight stopped Ms , examination , and was lost in amazement that so _. familiar an instance should have so long . osoaped . his own observation . Ths Three . Brass Balls . —At one time there cam e f rom Lo iribardy to London a company of wealthy merchants , whd , lerit money ,: in any sums , large or yiriall , provided 4 hey were paid a most exorbitant ) intere 8 ti for _; the accommodation .

      Shortl y _aftertheir arrival they placed their arms , whi c h h ap pened to bo " three brass balls , over the counting-house ; , ' and . from tins pircumatance , pawnb rokers , who ; also regard themselves ,. as moneylenders , adopted 'tho same _asa sign . - Common peop le , however , dony this acoount ' of . tho orjgih . or the si gn , nnd affirm 'that the three brass balls are riierely a n embl e m of .. there . being , two ohanqes to oho against their redeeming whatever is . pledged . The Builder , proposes terra cotta _tombstonos , impressed with inscriptions by moveable types before t h e c lay is baked , as enabling the poor to , erec t cheap and _elegantfmonumonts to . the memory of their deceased friends . „ ,: ; A _obnilbman has _rijado thb following return to tho Income-tax Commissioners : — " For the last throe _yoars . my in c om e has been somewh a t under £ 1 50 ; in future it will bo more precarious , a s the man is dead bf whom I borrowed the money . "

      : Tall Trees . _n-Tliere are trees so tall in Missouri that it takes two men aud a boy to look to the top ofthemi Ono looks till he gets tired , and another comm e nces wh e ' ro he left off . —American Paper . Goo 8 Bdrrry ' and Currant Trees . — Persons who have not examined their trees aro recommended , to do so , as t hey will probabl y find many leaves with small pin-holes oaten in them . Theso should be d . ' iily picked oft . If left on the trees , tho insects which aro on _suoh . _loavos will increase in size until they destroyall the foliage , the fruit . will , faU > and thetreeidio : '" _.: < .:

      On The Prevrntion, Cure, And • General. Character Of- Siphilus, ' Striotdresi

      ON THE PREVRNTION , CURE , AND General . character of- _SIPHILUS , ' _STRIOTDRESi

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      Affections of _the _. PllOSTttAlJS ULA « u , vm & _KEKlt and SCORBUTIC ERUPTIONS of the face and body _. ' _. _Mereurlal excitement , & o ., followed bv _amlM _. ' succesiful and ezpeditious mode of treatment . ..,... ¦ . ¦ . '¦ .. ' .. ' •¦ . ))• . " ,. - ••;;; _- ' _IWrty-first edition ,.. ,, „ - .- a , ; ,. ; . IUustrated by Twenty-Six ' Anatoinicnl : _. _Enpavlngs ¦ _- . on Steel . _> N « w arid-improved Edition , enlarged to 198 pages ; .. _ust published , pric » 2 s . 6 d ; or by post , direct from the _^ Establishment , 0 „; 6 _d .. in postage 8 tamp 8 i . _' " _^' . THfi silent friend , ?? , a Medical Work on Tenereal arid Syphilitic _Dieeases , Secondary Spmptoms , - ' Gonorrhea , & c ., with a PRESCRIKTION FOR THEIRfPREyENTION j physical exhaustion , and decay oftheframe ' _jfi _' om the effect * of _soUtary Indulgence . and ; the injurious coriBeqiiences ol _theabuseof Mercury . ; . with Observations on the obligation ! of MABBiAoE , ; and direction * for obviating certam disquaU . ficationsIllustrated

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      DU BARRY'S UEALfii RESTORING FOOD : _THE'REVALENTA ARABICA . ' . p AUTION . —The most ' disgusting and ' _in-\ J ju ' rious compounds being sold by unscrupulous speculators upon . _thsjredulity ofthe Public ,-under close imitation ofthe name of DU BARRY'S RBVAtENTA : _ARABWA FOOD , or wtih a pretence of being similar to that delicious and invaluable remedy for Indigestion ; ' Constipation , Nervous . Bilioutf , and Liver Complaints , Messrs . 1 ) U BARRY and : Co . caution Invalids against these barefaced attempts at imposture .: There is nothing iri the whole vegetablekingdom that can legitimately be called _siinXAR to Du _Biirryls Revalenta Arabica , a plant which i 6 cultivated by' Du Barry and Go . on their estates alone , - and for the preparation and . pulverisation of . which their own Patent Machinery alone is adapted . 'Let Corn Chandlers sell their pease ; 'beans , lentil , ¦ and other meals under their proper names , and . not trifle with the health of Invalids and Infants , for whom DU BARRY'S REVALENTA ARABICA

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      at . sea , low spirits , spleen , general debility ,. paralysis , _wugh , asthma , inquietude , sleeplessness , involuntary blushing , tremors / dislike to society , unfitness for study , delusions , loss ofmemory , vertigo , 'blood to the head , _exhaus tion , melanchol y , groundless fear , indecision , wretchedness , thoughts of _self-destructioB , & C . The best food fov infants and invalids generally , as it is the only food which never turns acid on the weakest stomach , ' arid imparts a healthy relish for' lunch and ' dinner , and restores the faculty of digestion and ; nervous < arid muscular energy to the most _enfeebled . J 3 _ij Babbs and Co ., 127- New Bondstreet , London . . . ,, Art Analysis by the celebrated _professorof Chemistry and Analytical Chemi 8 t ,, Andrew Ure , M . D _.. P . R . S ., Ac , Ac . : — I hereby certify , . that having examined 'Du Barry ' s Reva-Ienta Arabica , ' _Iifind it tobe h pure vegetable Parina , per , fectly wholesome , easily digestible , likely to promote a Jiealthy ' aciiMi ofthe stomach and bowels ,- and thereby to counteract dyspepsia , constipation , aud . their nervous consequences . —ANDBEw _. _Ujtr , M . D ., P . R . S ., & c , Analytical Chemist , 24 Bloomsbury-Equare , London , June 8 , 1849 , ItKASE IV IHE _EHPEBOB OF BOTBIA . '

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      CAUTION RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CURED WITHOUT A TUUSS !! DR . DE BOOS still continues to _supply the afflicted with his celebrated cure for single or double RUPTURE , tho efficacy of whicli for . both sexes , ami all ages , is now tbo well established to need comment . It is perfectly free from danger , causes ' no paiti , confine _, ment , or inconvenience , and will bo sent free , with fuU instructions , Ac ., rendering'failure impossible , ou receipt of 7 s . in cash , or by Post Offite order , payable at the Holborn Office A great number of Trusses have been left behind by persons cured , as trophies of the immense success of this'remedy . N ,- B . Letters of inquiry should contain two postage stamps . Address , WalterDe ' Roo g M . D _., 35 , _Elv-place , Holbombill , London . At home daily , from 10 till 1 ; a _» d 4 till 8 . ( Sundays excepted . )

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      Exhibition of lS 51 .-T « e _pwP'if'SL _^ - oJ Polytechnic Institution , at a _« al on _^ u _Jrod Saturday last , _vofcd _tfio _* m n _^ _^ _gfiS _gmneasns their f _^«^ _£ _TO'iiUibi « on of _raiiiing . for carrying into _^ neot Industry . ¦ . . .. . . ,: _,-, _> . y ' - ... _,-

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 13, 1850, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_13071850/page/3/