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• FREEDOM . ut _chaeles j . sjnrir . rntvavd as the mountain towers , _W-ird as the ocean flows , _Arcing throug h the clouds of error , _Sweeping o'er a world of woes , - W tlie weight of snows is pressing _* V ) n its distant ateepy brow , d the "iant storms are breaking O ' er _ite rugged bosom now . Tho ,,. * the tempest fiercely rages , \ n J the lig htning round it leaps , Tims the spirit form of Freedom Un _-vard towers , onward sweeps , Throug h the weight of evils crushing \ nd the storms that ronnd it beat ; _T-un the tempest and the lightning--Fill thev harmless at ins feet .
_r-ishur as the sun at morning , As the milder moon at night , V-kin" "hid a world of darkness , ' With its flood of shining lightirh"n the d . iv is bright and cloudless , Then with burning , dazzling gleam ; -iVh _' -n the shades of evening gather , Then with softer , gentler beam . Tims with Freedom—shining brightest "ffhere the truth has strongest sway , And amid the realms of error , Still it never lost its _ray—Hioa- _'h oppression ' s mists o ' ershadow , Blinding for a spell its light , ciill a sleepless vigil keeping " _xiu-ou- 'h the day and through the night
_^ the hoary hills eternal , V- tie rock of ages strong , _"N _' oVeless through Time ' s ceaseless changes , " Boating back the waves of wrong—T _* iou"h thc elements , conspiring , _Yva- 'c a wild and fearful strife , From _' the mighty shock recoiling , With renewed and stronger life . Tim s with Freedom , standing ever Bv the wavside of the truth , -With the birth of Time coeval ,
Yet in all the bloom of youth-Mocking every feint to crush it , Of the puny arm of man , "With the mvrmidons of power Clustered in the tyrant s span I
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{ _fralions , Lectures , and Addresses . By Ralph Waldo _Emeuson . London : G- . Slater , 25 * 2 , Strand . 5 * m _* * is one of the most interesting and _valnaWe of Mr . Slater ' s remarkably cheap volumes . For . the insignificant sum of Two Shillings , the reader may make himself suffcicntly well acquainted with _Ehebsos _* , -who has been pronounced by _Cablyle , of American thinkers and -writers—the foremost man . "When wc name the sum of Two Shillings , we must add that for that sum the reader may pur chase the volume of "Emerson ' s Essays , " in addition to the work under notice . From the volume hefore us , we extract the following
memoir . " Ralph Waldo Emerson , bora 1 S 03 . is the son of a Unitarian clergyman of Biston , and in 1821 , when about _H-veuteen years of age , was graduated at Harvard University . Having turned his attention to theolc'rv , hc was ordained minuter of one of the _ctragreiati-ns of his native city , bnt embracing soon after some peculiar views in regard to the forms of _worship , be abandoned his profession , and retiring to the quiet village of Concord , after the manner of an Arabian prophet , gave himself up to * thinking , " preparatory to his appearance as a _rerelator . _Uis oration , entit _' ed ' Man-Thinking , ' delivered before
tb . 2 Phi Beta Kappa Society in the summer of 1837 , attracted a great deal of attention , but less than his _add . iss before the senior class in Divinity College at Cambridge in the following year . He began now to be understood . His peculiarity was not so _mnch his system * s his point of view . He did not pretend to reason , but ti discover ; he was not a logician , bnt a seer ; Le announced , not argued . His prominent doctriue is , that the deity is impersonal—mere being , and comes to self-consciousness only in individuals . Thc distinction of this from pantheism is this , that while pantheism ** sinks man and nature in God / Mr . Emerson ' sinks God and nature in
man . "Iu 1 S 3 S Mr . Emerson published 'Literary Ethic- * , ' .-in oration , and in the following year a small volume entitled 'Nature . * In 1810 , he commenced 'Th * . * Din ! , ' a magazine of literature , philosophy , and religion , which was continued four years ; in 1841 , he published "The Method of Nature / an oration ; * Man the Reformer / a lecture on some of the prominent _reatares of the present age { . three' Lectures on the Times , ' and the first series of his' Essays . ' In
the next two or three years he published little except his papers in' The Dial / but in 1844 he gave to the public lectures on 'NewEngland Reformers / 'The Young American / and' Negro Emancipation , inthe "West Indies / and the second series of his ' Essays . ' He bas since delivered lectures on ' Swedenbourg / ' Napoleon , 'New England / and other subjects , which are regarded by some who have heard them as decidedly tbe finest of his works ; and in December , 1816 , he published a volume _of Poems , which have -neculiar and remarkable merits .
" Mr . Emerson is ' a seeker with no past at his back . ' He evidently aims to break the moulds of popular beliefs , and to getat the heart of tbe matter , to _lor-k around and within _wka-the fresh vision of ' a first man / and like Adam in tbe garden to put bis own name upon what he sees . He has none of the ill-hnmonr which denies because others affirm ; he simply takes leave to look for himself . "While , therefore , he continually sees and represents things in singular lights , and sometimes inverts them so that it would seem to he an inevitable conclusion that either he is crazy or we ; on the other hand he regenerates our faith , " by giving us an original testinionv to great truths . Thus his essay on the' Over-Soul . ' notwitlistinding itsunscriptural title , ia as orthodox as St . Paul .
"Whatever appearances there may be to the contrary , Mr . Emerson is no destructive . He is a builder , a born and anointed poet . His demand is Truth . He must stand face to face with the Absolute . Insatiable as is his craving for truth , he is always orderly and serene . He gives no sign that any deterring considerations have ever occurred to him . Whatever suggestions of fear or policy there may be , they are less than cobwebs to him . They cannot impede , they do not even tease him . He is as self-possessed and as assured as if he carried in his pocket a _conimi- * s'on , signed and sealed of all mankind , to sav just the thing that he is saying .
'' Mr . Emerson is never commonplace . Hence we infer that he is a genuine worker . He cannot , like a host of others , write in his sleep . Everything is -wrou _? bt out by his own thought . I bave sometimes fancied that he must , in his listless moments , repine at lhe stubborness ofhis genius , which can bear to be mute , but which cannot declaim , nor tolerate in bim any attempt at' fine writing / There is a very common tr . lcnt , passing for a great deal more than it is worth—the sole talent of many quite distinquished
writers—which lies in the putting of words together so fitly and musically that they seem to sing a new truih _' whcnitis ' an old song / with no variations . Sir . Emerson is utterly deficient ia this power . He cannot _juggle with words . He has no bank notes ; nothing but bullion . If he states an old and worid"Jujown truth , he does it with that felicity of expression which gives us a fresh sense of its value , and we confess that the same thing was never before so well said . He fits his word to bis thought , " consulting no ear but his own .
" In reading Mr . Emerson ' s works we must observe Coleridge ' s admirable rule : * When you cannot understand an author ' s ignorance , account yourself ignorant ofhis understanding . ' At the slightest glance we shall find here and there in them much to Inspire respect for his sagacity and admiration for his genius . When , therefore , he * seems to be uninteUigible , or absurd , modesty dictates that we should at least entertain the question whether the defect be in him or us . If we cannot explain his ignorance , we shall do wisely to distrust our own understanding . It is _pof-s _"* b ! e- * -nay , it is in a very high degreeprohable , not only that he really has a meaning , but that hehas avti * v good and a very great meaning , and that be has expressed it in the very best form , so that , were we as keen-sighted as he , we should recognise the _bsautv both of the thought and the
expression . Thc ahove " Memoir ' ' is from the pen of Emj : _usox " s countryman , Eufus Wilmot _Gkiswold . Ofthe " orations , " " addresses , " & c , we have no room to speak , we can only assure oar readers that they will find this ¦ v olume worth infinitely more than the price charged for it ; and well worthy their thoughtful perusal ;
Barlet Fs Reformers Songster. Pake I. Ed...
Barlet fs Reformers Songster . Pake I . Edinburgh : 38 . Barkett , 17 T , Fountainstreet . A . vert neat sotog-book , comprising the most popular songs of the three kingdoms , together with a great variety of Odd Fellows , Temperance , and Patriotic Songs . We cannot say much for the poetry of the Odd Fellows and
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Temperance _djtties ; theriational and patriotic songs are thebest . We extract the _foUowing THE MIGHT OF RIGHT . [ _nx d . ¦ _» . _•]"" ¦ I saw or I dreamt it-no ; . _'twasjiot a dream - There was power on the side . of oppression' I saw Iniquity run down our streets like a stream-Religion was strife-and injustice was law . For hell had combined with the great _onea of e ' _artb forth ° WlUSpered * " Cease _W _W soon _T-BnmeranBBfli-Hi _^' _iW _^^—i — * , * _.-T ~ _T
_& _£$ * ShaIi C ° ' _^ MlGHI of tneir ' _^ _heid and SmaU VOiCB * fc the - first _that I But louder , and stronger , and bolder it grew Till princes and priests became pale at its word , For this was the malison on them it threw : _- " Whom God would destroy ho i _afatuates first , iw # ? CUp i" """ madness is filled to its _hei-ditbStJ y ° ' ° Uke _^ withe 3 _"« S n ? Pe ° are Bp _"" ¦ - *•» = * of their ill u ST .
" chaSed _^ ' _* "" I * - ™ And laughed at the ruin and torture you wrought : Remonstrance was vam _. and petitions despised , And the source , of your power you regarded as nought . ° With the hypocrite ' s cloak you have covered your And taught for religion , contention , and spite , _tiold—your idol ; but those you pretended to guide , At last have asserted the might of their _ewux . "
I looked again , and behold ! what a change ! The doom ofthe slave and the tyrant was sealed ; Each man " was a freeman , and thought it was strange , That the many so long to the few should have kneeled , . The throne—where a throne was—on justice was based ; Reli g ion was robed in a garment of light , And this was the shout that in triumph was raised ; " "Wo have won—we are free by tbe might of our _niGHi . "
And over the length and tbe breadth ofthe land , Where knowledge and liberty , plenty and peace , Diffusing tlieir blessings with liberal . hand , Bidding ignorance , slavery , and famine to cease . And wealth was no longer of freedom the test ; Nor was there a law heaven ' s bounty to blight ; There were ruler and ruled , but the ruler _confess'd Tlie people supreme in the might of their right ! There are a number of typographical errors in this impression which should be corrected in a second edition . The patriotic , and some other songs , warrant us cordially commending this collection to the public .
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Haymarket Theatre. On Monday Evening A O...
HAYMARKET THEATRE . On Monday evening a one-act farce entitled " A Bird of Passage" was produced at this theatre with success . Mr . Carey Chick { Mr . Wright ) , the bird in question , i . e ., a traveller from Pickering to Pocklingtonin Yorkshire , arrives at the " Union Hotel "in the latter place just in time to exercise his peculiar propensity of setting people by the ears , ne finds that Mrs . Waters Rummer ( "Mrs . F . Matthews ) , thc landlady of tbe" Union , " is about to give her hand to Mr . Chaunt Ginger ( Mi * . P . Bedford ) , a horse-dealer ; that Mr . Cognovit ( Mr . Lambert ) is preparing to draw up the marriage articles for them , at the same time that his nephew , Ernest Hopeful ( Mr . Worrell ) , is to take in inaiv
nage the daughter of one Mr . Cockle , on condition that the aforesaid nephew has resigned to him the uncle ' s business , on his retiring from it . Consequent upon her intended marriage , Mrs . Rummer is proposing to resign the proprietorship of the hotel to Anna Marie ( Miss Turner ) , her chambermaid , upon thc latter making happy in the matrimonial bonds Mr . Soyer Skillett ( Mr . _Muxyaih )) _, the cook ofthe establishment . Upon this concatentation of circumstances the indefatigable meddler sets to work , artfully contriving , by those processes known only to busy-bodies and eavesdroppers , to make all the parties concerned renounce the oblagations into wbich they had entered , and to throw everybody and everything into a state of supremo confusion . But Mr . Chick ' s enjoyment of the mischief ho has effected is of brief duration , for he is detected by
one Mr . Chatties Pusher ( Mr . Boyce ) , a commercial traveller , as having played precisely similar pranks elsewhere . His victims become suddenly aware of the deceptions to which they have been subject ; Mr . Chick is covered with confusion , which is in no wise removed when he comes forward to speak the " tag , " in which he unconsciously recommences an entanglement of affairs . The dialogue , although here and there somewhat too broad , is generally sparkling , and there are several highly comic situations enveloped . Mr . Wright was quite at home as the prying mischief-maker , and Mi * . P . Bedford was happy in the delivery of sundry sporting phrases ; and , indeed , all who shared in the farce acquitted themselves well . It was given out for repetition amid the universal applause of a crowded house .
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CREMORXE HIPPODROME . In addition to the usual equestrian spectacles which have been recently introduced at this place , a very curious exhibition , similar to that which has been a source of admiration and delight to the Parisians , has been presented to the public . It consists of a car drawn by three horses abreast , the car is of the shape of the cars used in the Greek games . In it is a group of three persons—viz ., Mr . T . Thompson , who represents Apollo , and two women , who by a very curious piece of mechanism , formed of steel bars and springs , appear to bo supported horizontal !? in the air by wings spread from their
shoulders , one hand only of each of them resting on thc shoulders of Apollo , who stands upon one leg upon a rowling globe . The car is driven at a rapid rate round the enclosed hippodrome , and the whole creates a remarkable illusion . The mechanism of springs and bars of steel was used with success in something of a similar manner in mesmeric exhibitions , and deceived some of the votaries of that craft . In this " chariot ofthe sun" it is applied more legitimately . The whole has been very well got up , and was nailed with the applause ofa very large body of spectators .
Lascasmne.—Marriages Of Uxcoxhrmed Perso...
LASCAsmnE . —Marriages of Uxcoxhrmed _Persons . —For some time past the vicar of Leigh and the incumbent of Bedford have refused to marry or to publish the banns of marriage of unconfirmed persons . A Government prosecution has been instituted against thc latter clergyman for refusing to marry two parties whose banns had been published in the usual manner before thc board of guardians , and who presented to him the registrar ' s certificate . The trial is expected to take place at thc next Liverpool Assizes , and the offence is described as one of * misdemeanour . A few weeks ago a young man nannd James Williamson , of the parish of Lowton , and a young woman named Mary Ann Kcarsley , of the parish of Leigh , desired the vicar
_ofLcish to publish the banns of marriage , but he refused , on the ground that the female had not been confirmed . An appeal was therefore made to the Bishop of Manchester , who directed the vicar to publish the banns . They have accordingly been published during the last two Sundays . The vicar , however , has intimated his intention of instituting proceedings against the female , her father , and brother ; the father for neglecting to cause his children to be confirmed , and the children for neglecting to come for that purpose . The vicar , on Thursday week last , personally sorved the following notices upon the parties : — " I , James Irvine , vicar of Leigh , in the county of Lancaster , and diocese of Manchester , do hereby require you , James Kearsley _, weaver , residing in a cottage situate in a street commonly called Canal-street , near the east end of Twist-lane , in the township of Pennington , within the parish of Leigh aforesaid , to send your'son
Peter , and your daughter Mary Ann , to the parish church on Sunday next , and every succeeding Sunday and holy-day , to bo there instructed and examined in the church catechism , after the second lesson at evening " prayer , until such time as they have learned all that is therein appointed for them to learn . —Dated this Cth day of September , in thc year of our Lord , 1849 . ( Signed ) , J . Irvine , Yicar of Leigh . — David Gree . v , witness . " The following extracts from the canons of the Church accompanied tho above - —" And likewise , if any of the said fathers , mothers , masters , or mistresses , children , servants , or apprentices , shall neglect their duties , as tbe one sort in not causing thein to come , and the other in refusing to learn , as aforesaid , let thein be suspended by their ordinaries , if they be not children ; and if they so persist , by the space of a month , then let them be excommunicated . Canon lix . "
Mr . More 0 _Ferraix _, having been severely censured by thc Colonial Office for his recent conduct towards the Italian refugees , has resigned the governorship cf Malta , but it is uncertain whether or not his resignation will be accepted . Mr . O'Fcrrall was in London List week , and is now said to bc at Boulogne . Death of toe Bbtop of Norwich . —Wo have to announce the death of the Right Rev . Edward Stanley , D . D ., Bishop of Norwich , who expired on the 6 th inst . at Braban Castle , near Dingwall , after a short illness , which terminated in fatal congestion ofthe brain . Deceased was son of Sir J . T . Stanley Bart ., and was born in 1779 . —Daily News . The _amoust of capital on which the legacy duty was paid in Great Britain in the year 1848 , was £± 4 . 343 , 721 .
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S _N - \ _f _^> SHADOW ; A TALE OF iHE NINETEENTH CENTURY . T 0 " BT rn 0 U-T « MAMH WHEELER , n a n r / 4 \ _* National Charter _Awociation and National Land Company . . _Chamm XXIY . Spirit of Time . ' all silent power _"at grows with each succeeding hour , io thee we bow-to thee we raise : A chorus of eternal praise . . ¦ - Wad y thy dictates we obey , Wadly we see thy power increase , sole ransomer from Fiction ' s sway . * * » . * True source of Joy , and Hope , and Peace ! Oh ! thou at lengtk—at length wilt show , 4 i . at * Fr-: edom is no faithless beam , Whose flickering rays deluding gleam , But a bright torch whose spreading glow , Shall o ' er the clouded future stream .
Proud spirit , _whensoever thy birth , ' Or wheresoe ' er thy flight may end , Still speed thee o ' er our heaving earth , Let speed upon thy course attend ' . Though sailing oe ' r us silently , We feel thy grateful presence nigh , And hail the motion of th y win" , O ' er us softly quivering . Oh ! speed thee , speed thee , hasten on , Banish errors one by one , Thou all-redeeming power , thou power without a throne . Eiste .
Tho fourth morning from leaving his dungeon , saw Arthur Morton sailing on the blue waters of the Atlantic , towards the shores ofthe New World , and he speedily arrived at New Orleans , where he had letters of introduction to some of tho principal merchants . The kindly terms in which he was spoken of by his late employer , soon procured him a situation asa commercial traveller . And in this capacity , during one and a-half year's re » idence in America , he visited most of its principal cities , and observed its varying traits of character—from tho phlegm of the descendants of tho early Dutch settlers of New York , to the high blood and bounding spirits of the sons of Maryland and Virginia ; from the shrewd calculations and stubborn spirits
of the children of the Puritans of old , to the new tribes , half-Indian , half-American ; _thatconstitnta it * army of pioneers , subduing the wilderness and clearing the forest alike of its wild animals , and wilder human beings . And everywhere he saw displayed that spirit ef enterprise—that energy of action carried into all the varying concerns of life , which always distinguishes Republican Institutions—rendering them famous in tho annals of the world . Much did be see to admire , much also to condemn in their customs and manners . * And a clear inspection of their social condition , soon convinced him that political liberty was only valuable as a means to -m end , tbat in itself it was powerless against the spirit of competition ; that tho slavery of poverty
was an evil that eat so deep into the human heart , that even Liberal Institutions could not perceptibly mitigate the evil ; tending only , in somo instancos , to render it more conspicuous and glaring . There also he saw the same elemental war pf . the natural feelings of man , rebelling against the artificial codes by which he is surrounded , which raged in his native land , and which will ever rago until conventionalities give place to justice , and the real be worshipped instead of the fictitious . Even there ho found that glorying in tho name of republicans thoy wero cheated with the shadow , instead of enjoying the reality of liberty . There , as in Britain , the mass of the population was at the bottom of the wheelthe many dependant upon the capital of the few . The aristocracy of wealth was becoming as
dangerous as the aristocracy of rank ; the vices ofthe old world becoming naturalised under fresh phases in the region of the new . The master-key of tho whole social failure— "the monopoly of tno soil "—was even there festering and cankering the very core of tho heart of freedom ; engendering and propagating the foul fiends of black and white slavery ; disfiguring and disgracing the fair form of liberty , and causing its worshippers to avert their gaze from this land of promise , and seek , in other climes , to establish that r _^ rime of which tho model exists yet but in imagination , but whieh , when realised , will throw into the shade the dreams of Plato , and all the visions of the Utopians ; for what vision can be so bright as the spectacle of a great people
living under the gentle rule of impartial law ; each one ' s welfare equally , cared for by tho paternal state ; each one possessing all the liberty that equal laws can give for the free developement of his own improvement and happiness ; each one respecting himself and his fellows as moral beings subjects alike of the majesty of Ileaven . No oppression bowing down the weak to the strong—the friendless to tho favoured . ; no lordship ot man over any of his species ; no woman bowing beneath slavery ' s yoke ; no power but for the common weal ; no end but universal happiness . Before such a scene visions of crowns , and ceronets , of patrician honour and baronial dignity , however highly wrought and richly
coloured , must pale and fade away . Though Arthur could not but view the defect of the American institutions with the bitterness of regret , yet ho saw no cause for despair . America , he reasoned , was still in tho transition state—still contending with the evils implanted by European settlement . And , as yet , not perfectly gifted with the experience necessary for the cure of the evils she endured ; their political education is but yet in its infancy , and bitter experience will teach them many useful lessons . They havo the germ , the power within themselves for all improvement ; all they need is the knowledge and the will to renovate themselves , ere the curse of ' wealth and distinction shall havo
penetrated so deep into the vitals ef then * social system as to render them unable to reform themselves , unless through tho purifying power of a world-shaking revolution . He saw that America , with all her defects , was far iii tho advance guard of freedom ; they possessed tho fullest control over thc machinery of tlie government—enioyed the most perfect freedom of conscience—were well educated , and lightly taxed—extreme wealth , or extromo poverty , were rarely to be found—the laws were well executed and cheaply administered—peace and economy caused prosperity and order to abound—for the discontented and restless the New States opened an attractive field—literature and the fine arts were beginning to be universally cultivated—gambling and "drunkenness wore _beins ? fast _banished from
society . United within themselves they might hid defiance to the world , and speedily comprise within their dominion the whole territories washed by thc Atlantic and Pacific waves . Whether such an accession would add to their real strength remains to be proved ; each fresh addition of territory hitherto , has increased ber strength , and begat a greater desire for aggrandisement . Who shall say how it will end ? It is easy to prophecy—to indulge in black and dismal forebodings ; but if past experience is to be a guide—if reason is allowed to have unprejudiced sway—it would declare that the whole of the Northern and Southern Continents—all that is comprehended under the name of America , would bo better governed , more in accordance with the feelings of the inhabitants and the interests oftho great human familv , under thc star-spangled banner of
the United States , than under the despots of Europe , or than they are by their present insane and fleeting tyrants " . Thc Free Land Movement had not then commenced its career ; that movement which , if honestly and skilfully conducted , will prove the saviour of America , by distributing true notions of man's inherent rights , and acting as a check to the overwhelming influence of capital . All honour to the founders ofthat movement . Chartism , despised and persecuted at home , has sent forth her martyred champions to America , who have mainly aided in establishing this young and flourishing plant , which , reckless of all party feuds , is spreading its roots in that generous soil , and will , we trust , yet become the monarch of thc domain , aftbrdiDg shelter and protection under its luxuriant foliage tothe denizens ofthe whole world . ( To be continued . )
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A Grant of Quarter Sessions is about to be made to Gravcsend , in Kent , and also to Newport , in thc Isle of Wight . The increasing commercial importance and population of Gravcsend render desirable the holding of quarter sessions thero , and it will accordingly bo granted upon the fulfilment of the necessary conditions as to thc proper maintenance of prisons and other expenses required for the purpose of thc due administration of justice . In the case of Newport , the necessity for borough sessions has been created by the withdrawal of the Hants county sessions , whicli used to be adjourned from Winchester to thc Isle of Wight , and held at Newport , but which aro now discontinued . The Inhabitants of London , amounting to 2 , 000 , 000 , respire every minute about twelve and a half tons of air .
TnE Virtue of IIeiuis . —Xicholas Culpcpcr , tho old Herbalist , used to . say tbat a physician without astrology was like a pudding without fat . the fact is , the extraordinary cures he used to make he attributed as much to the planetary bodies as to his herbs , for he would contend that every herb should be gathered in its proper planetary hour or else it was useless . In these _enlightened times this idea is justly laughed at The secret of Uis success was that lie used the herbs without any chemical preparation of thera ; he simply expressed the juice from them or mode a decoction , and lie thus obtained the whole of the virtues of the herbs he wished to make use of . How difierent the practice in the present dav ! Now tbe herb is dried and
powdered , then a decoction is made , then this is evaporated to dryness , next some chemical agent is added to precipitate one portion of it , and another chemical agent to precipitate another portion of it , then the whole is evaporated to dryness a second time and thus it i 3 supposed that thc very essence is obtained . Pshaw ! the medical propaf _# ies of the herb are destroyed and their essence is in most cases only fit to throw to the duughcap . Can it therefore be surprising _, that _Balte ' s Scorbatii Drops should have- attained such a celebrity for purifying the blood and cleaving the body from blotches and scorbutic eruptions , when it is well known that those drops are composed of the juices of the herb without any chemical preparatiaa whatever ,.
Will Of The Tsar Peter, Emperor Of Russi...
WILL OF THE TSAR PETER , EMPEROR OF RUSSIA . ( From No . IV . ofthe Democratic Review , for September . ) [ Tho following document , the genuiness of which we believe to be unquestionable , speaks for itself . Tho _rocoessprs of Peter havo too faithfully executed his instructions , and the end he desired will , undoubtedly be accomplished , unless the nations of central and western Europe combine in an Anti-Muscovite crusade . Even that may bo tried " too LITE . J ' _Inthenameofthelhstlhly and Indivisible Trinity \\ c , leler , to all our Descendants and Successors tothe Throne and Government of the Russian Nation : — J
Tub Almighty , from whom wo hold our life and crown , after having revealed to us his designs , and having been our support , permits us to regard Bussia as called to establish her dominion over all Europe . This idea is supported by the fact that all tho nations of this part oftho world have , for the most part , reached nearly to that condition of impotence towards which they ave marching rapidly . The result is , that they may be easily and certainly conquered by a new people , when they shall have attained their full power . I consider the invasion of the countries , both east and west , by us , asa decree of that providence which formerly regenerated the Roman empire by the invasion of barbarians .
The emigration of men from the Pole is like tho inundation of the _JMle , which at * certain times ' ennches by its waters tho arid plains of Eeynt I found Russia a small brook ; I leave it a isreat river . Our successors will make it a great sea destined to fertahso all Europe , if they know tho means of directing its waves . I therefore leave them the following instructions , which I recommend to their constant meditation : — 1 . To keep the Russian nation in a state of perpetual war , . in order always to have good soldiers . They must never be permitted to repose , except to repair- the finances . For recruiting your army choose tho favourable moment of attack ; thus you will make peace advance your projects of war , and war those of peace , for promoting tho increase and prosperity of Russia . 2 . Attract by all possible means , from the bestinformed nations of Europe , Captains , during war , the Learned , during peace , that Russia may profit by all tho advantages of other countries .
3 . Bo careful to mix yourselves up with all tho affairs of Europe , and particularly with Germany , which being the nearest neighbour , merits the most of your attention . 4 . Divide Poland , by formenting in her bosom continual disorders and jealousies . Gain the power by gold ; influence and corrupt the Diet , in order to have an influence in thc election of the kings ; obtain partisans , protect them ; if the neighbouring powers oppose you , overcome the obstacles by sowing divisions in their countries . 5 . Take all you can from Sweden . With this view separate it from Denmark , for wliich do as much , and take care not to excito their jealousy _.
G . Marry the Russian princes with tho German princesses' , * multiply theso family alliances ; unite your interests ; and by tho increase of our influence , bind Germany to our cause . 7 . Seek an alliance with England for our commerce , as being the most useful power , for tho developement of our marine , and exchange of our timber and other productions , for her gold ; and keep up continual communications with her merchants and sailors , that ours may acquire experience in commerce and navigation . 8 . Extend your lino continually on tho coasts of the Baltic , and southward on the shores of the Black sea . 9 . Approach as near as possible to Constantinople and India . Remember , that he who commands tliese countries is tho true Sovereign of the world .
Keep up perpetual warfare with Turkey and Persia ; establish magazines in the ports of the Black sea ; obtain by degrees the entire command of this sea , as well as of the Baltic . __ This is necessary for tho entiro success of our projects ; hasten tho fall of Persia ; open a route to the Persian Gulf ; restore as much as possible the ancient commerce of the Levant , by way . of Syria , and thereby advance towards India . Once there , you will have no moro need of English gold . 10 . Carefully seek alliance with Austria ; appear to lend yourselves to her ideas of . dominion over Germany , and secretly exercise * against her the jealousy of tho other princes ; manage in such a way that each of them may ho disposed to claim the assistance of Russia ; and exercise over thorn a sort of protection , wliich will prepare tlio way for your future domination .
11 . Make it tho interest of tho House of Austria to drive thc Turks out of Europe ; and neutralise her jealousy by offering her apart of your conquest , of which at some future timo you can take
possession again . 12 . Above all , re-unitc around you all the schismatic Greeks who aro dispersed in llungary and Poland , become their centre and their support ; establish universal dominion over thein by a kind of sacerdotal autocracy ; thus you will make a great number of friends among your enemies . 13 . Sweden dismembered , Persia vanquished , Poland subjugated , Turkey conquered , our _ai-niies united , thc Black sea and the Baltic guarded by our vessels , prepare separately and secretly , first tho Court of Versailles , then that of Vienna , for sharing with Russia tho empire of . the world . If one of them accept thc proposal , flatter her ambition and self-love , and employ the ono to crush the other , by
putting thorn into a state of conflict . The result is indubitable ; Russia will possess all the east , and a great part of Europe . 14 . If , however , which is not probable , both shonld refuse thc offer of Russia , a quarrel must bc got up between these two powers , a quarrel which will exhaust both . Russia , then , tailing thc advantage , of this decisive moment , will inundate Germany with her troops , previously collected . At the same timo two fleets filled with soldiers will leave the Baltic and Black sea , will advance by the Mediterranean and thc ocean , keeping France in check on one side , and Germany on the other , and these two countries being conquered , tho rest of Europe will soon fall under the yoke . It is thus that Europe may bo brought into subjection .
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Admission to a Catholic Convent . —On Saturday last two young ladies went through tho ceremony of what is termed "taking the veil , " or entering upon their noviciate , previously to being professed as nuns , at the new convent of the Good Shepherd , tlio second Catholic Institution of the kind in Hammersmith . One of tho ladies whoso name did not transpire , is from Guernsey , and entered as a lay-sister . Thc other , Miss Ryder , is highly connected , and is a convert to the Catholic faith . Amongst the friends who attended to witness her separation from tho world , were the Hon . Mrs . S . Murray , thc lion . Miss Frazcr , and the Hon . Mcthnen . Her brother and sister were also present . Being assembled at onc __ sido oftho chapel , adjoining tho convent , and tho nuns , about
twelve in number being ranged at thc other both facing the altar , the young ladies proceeded to turn tothe threshold of the sanctuary , where prie dieux were prepared for them , and kneeling down , a hymn was chauntcd by a choir of girls from the cloisters to the Virgin Mary , whose nativity the Catholic church that day celebrated . The Rev . Dr . Wiseman ( assisted by tho Rev . Mr . Phillips , chaplain to the convent , tho Rov . Mr . Scarle and Rev . Mr . Guidcz ) then said a low mass , at which the two noviciates and the entire community received the sacrament , and afterwards , assuming his episcopal insignia , delivered an exhortation on tho necessity of walkhie * in tlio footsteps of tho blessed Vircin .
The rev . prelate ' s discourse was followed by prayers special to the occasion and the blessing of the robes , & c . Tho ladies then withdrew to cast aside their worldly attire—Miss Ryderbeing dressed as a bride , with a rich lace veil suspended from her head ( tho lay-sisters plainly ) , and returned in tho garb ofthe order of the Good Shephevd , when they were invested by thc bishop with the veil , as an emblem of modesty and purity , and to conceal them from thc eyes of the world . They also received from his hands a rosary , to remind them " that they were consecrated to the blessed Virgin . '' More prayers being said and hymns sung , they kissed each of tlieir "Sisters in Christ , " and aftor bowing before the altar , left the sacved edifice .
Discovery or Coal in Egypt . —The Journal des Debats publishes a letter from Grand Cairo of the date of the 1 st of August , which announces thc discovery , by a French civil engineer , of a stratum of coal in the vicinity of the Nile , towards Upper Egypt . This is a most valuablo discovery , inas much as it will relievo the government from the enormous tribute paid to England for the purchase of this indispensable , article , Two engineers , an Englishman and a Frenchman , wero employed to investigate the lands in the vicinity of the Nile , for the discovery of coal about three years ago ; but these superficial inquirers reported that there was none , and that , moreover , none would be found ? The French engineer first mentioned , more diligent
and more skilful than his predecessors , has completely overthrown this bold assertion . The samples havo been referred to a commission , and the excavations will bo continued on a large scale . The _Murdeh op the IlENiucnsoxs . —Captain Henrichson , husband of Mrs . Henrichson and father of her children , who were barbarously murdered by Gleeson Wilson , in Liverpool , about six months since ; arrived in the Mersey on Sunday morning , at two o ' clock , in the ship Duncan , from Calcutta , of which he was the commander . The unfortunate gentleman saw an account oftho murder in a newspaper at St . Helena on the 11 th of July . On landing he was conveyed to his house in Leveson-street , where 'the dreadful crimes were perpetrated . The murderer Wilson will be executed thit } day at noon .
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La _^ t week , when the workmen were employed in repairing the interior of _Chelswoi-th Church , near Bildestone , a fine fresco painting , in excellent preservation , was discovered just over the chancel arch . The painting represents the dav of Judgment . Joseph Ady in the Provinces . *_ Nearly 200 unpaid letters passed . last week through the Postoflice at Stamford , addressed to persons in tho _Su _* . nei _S , uo « _rhood by the notorious quaker swindler , Joseph Ady . Some of thc letters have been refused , but the majority have been taken in ana opened , _Hahmless mirth is tho best cordial against the consumption ofthe spirits ; wherefore jesting is not unlawful if it _trespasser not in quantity , quality , or season . " * " " You ' ve robbed me of my dew , " as tho passionflower said to the sun .
" Wake op here , and pay your lodgings , " said the deacon , as he nudged a sleepy stranger with tho contribution box . The Board of Health amd the EAnLY _Closino Movement . —In a communication received by Mr Lilwall , secretary of tho Early Closing Association ' from Gwydyrhouse , Whitehall , and bearing date tho 7 th inst ., it is stated "that thc board arc fully satisfied that tho late hour system , especially in close , ill-ventilated shops , has a tendency to predispose thoso who aro subject to it to epidemic disease . " It is a singular fact , that Rush and Thurtell wore bedfellows at tho same school . A Wise _Rejukk . —Some mon are wise , and some men are otherwise .
A Giurnic Address . -- Mr . , Cottage Place , Nr the Bishop ' s Palace as was burnt , Bristol . A Trial op Patience . —Tho greatest trial of patienco is looking for your night-cap after you nave put the candlo out . Rather Ticklish . —We find in tho Court Circular that the name of tho Princo of Wales ' s private tutor is Birch . e _?™ _A _^ _norRiATE . —The government contract tor 1 UU , 000 gallons of rum for the navy , has just been concluded with Messrs . Lemon , Waters , and Lo . —Man at the Comer . ¦ Queer Taste . —A contemporary introduces a piece of poetry with theso words : — " The following lines were written more than fifty years ago , by one who has for many years slept in his grave , merely for his own amusement . "
A Lawyer ' s _OnxioN op a Lawyer ' s Opikion . — Mr . Sergeant Wilkins lately while speaking of the speech of Mr . Martin , said hehad given in it many opinions , but they wero given gratuitously , ancl not worth much . " Unless , " he said , " you open a lawyer ' s understanding with a golden key , his opinion is not worth a farthing . " — Liverpool Mercury , _Belou _*** Hops . —Several arrivals of some bales of hops have taken place by a steam-ship from Ostend , tho produce of Belgium , consigned to a firm in the metropolis . Theso continued arrivals of this article of Belgian growth aro of interest as evincing a regularity in the supply of this article of
merchandise from a country which has not hitherto furnished us with hops during any previous year . The Cholera is sweeping oft" thc black population in Louisiana in great numbers . The victims havo no premonitory symptoms . They arc taken with a weakness in the legs , and in two hours they aro dead . They have neither diarrhoea nor vomiting . It is awful to see how they drop down in tho fieldat ono moment perfectly well and hearty , and by the time they are carried to tlie house they are no more . Every morning there arc numbers reported dead on the different plantations . I will say no more on this subject ; it is too awful to dwell upon . As yet no white persons havo been affected on the coast . — American Paper .
Faithful Doo . — Mr . Wintemuta was drowned while attempting to swim the Niagara river to an island , on the 4 th of July-. Thero is an incident connected with the death of Mr . W . that is quite affecting , as it exhibits tho strong attachment and peculiar sagacity of tho dog . This faithful animal had accompanied Mr . W . in the water , and was the means of discovering his loss and the recovery of his body by his friends . —Tho dog , from the moment his master sunk to rise no more , continued to swim in a circuit of somo fifty fcet , howling and barking , for about two hours ! The continued cries
of tho dog , uttered in the most pitiful and lamcnta-Wp strains known to tho race , attracted the attention of neighbours from thc shore , who at length went to tho dog , and recognising him , concluded , from the sorrowful cries and earnest manner , that his master was in the water . This proved to be so ; on searching , his body was found within the circuit made by the dog , as he swam round and round . When tlie body of his master was taken into the boat , nothing could exceed the expressions of joy manifested by this faithful animal , who , quite exhausted and feeble , was taken into the boat along with the body .
1 he Literary Gazette has this impromptu : — Thus Lola hoi- lovo to her hero reveal'd : * ' My heart yon have wounded , 1 wish to bo Heald ;" But James , who for years had her capers endured , Said , " llcald she may bo , but she'll never be cured . " Mrs . Partington says that a man foil down the other day , in an applejack fit , and that his life was extirpated . Ik a _monastery of the Levant , there is a monk thirty-five years of age , who never saw a woman . He has no recollection of his mother . A California ?* _Advesturer writes from Mazatlan : — " We all travelled through Mexico without passports , and _ivore treated very well , except that they stole everything from us thoy could lay their hands on . "
A Wiltshire dame , the mother ofa large family , was one day asked tho number of her children . " La , me ! " she replied , rocking herself to and fro , " I ' ve got fourteen—mostly boys and girls . " A _Correspoxdf . nt of Holden ' s Magazine tells an anecdote of an old woman , who , when her pastor said to her , " Heaven has not deserted you in your old ago , " replied , " No , sir , I have a very good appetite still . " A . Young Lady , accompanied by her intended , was lately walking in tho neighbourhood of Dighgatc _* , when she very innocently inquired , " "Don ' t you think Uighgate very pretty ? " lie , understanding her to say _. ' lflctven / » rott « , promptly replied , " Ido
indeed !" ¦ " 1 ' was remarked that , during her Majesty ' s sojourn in the metropolis of the green Isle , sho was surrounded by persons of every shade of politics . This doubtless , was thc fact , as her constant attendants there were Sir George Grey , Colonel Browne , and Town-Major IVhite . An American paper says , that so numerous is the company in some of tlie inns in thc vicinity of the White Mountains , that at night they place travellers on the floor in rows till tliey get to sleep , ihen set them up against the wall and lay down another lot , and so on till all arc accommodated .
" How , " said a judge to a witness , "how do you know the plaintiff ' was intoxicated on the cs ; cning referred to . " " Because I saw him , a few minutes after supper , trying to pull off his trowsers with a bootjack . " Verdict for the defendant . Visiting Dublin a short time ago , I inquired of a native whom I met , which was market day ?—" Sure , bless vour honour , " replied tlie llibcrniad , " ' everv day is market day here . " "Why , Pat , " I replied , ' ' ' What is dealt in on Sundays ?''" Prayers , " was the smart repartee , " and the priest ' nwkes lis pay mighty dear for them , too . " It is said that " Fortune knocks once at least , at every man ' s door ; " but a good author describes the knock often as " a runaway one . "
The famous name , Campbell , is derived from two Gaelic words , signifying wry-noso , and the moaning of Cameron is wry-mouth . _Tnimn is a story told of a young English nobleman , who , being at Rome , broko out into a violent rage against his Italian valet for having neglected thc performance of some prescribed duty , indignantly asking him how ho dared to violate thc commands of a descendant of one of tho Plantagenets . The valet , as incensed as his master for the severity of reproof he had received , disdainfully answered , "My pedigree is superior to yours ; my family trace their descent to Venus and _Anchises . "
When an itinerant Jew , bag on back , bawls out , " clo , clo , " under thc windows of the palatial residences of Belgravia , it is certain that ho can boast of a _lincauo vastly more antique than any derived from Saxon or Norman descent , albeit he can refer to no credentials in thc Herald's College . Tliere is a note in Blachtone's Commentaries fatal to thc pride of genealogy , for . it shows that tho older thc family , tho Joss pure is the blood of the descendant ; it becoming more and more diluted in proportion to its remoteness from tho parent fountain . Unobservant of this fact , many families have committed the error of tracing themselves too far backwards , and even invented fables to lengthen the ancestral chain .
What is thc safest capital a man can invest in business , and wliich shall insure him the greatest amount of interest ? Answer : Civility . FitiKNDsniiv—Whon I see leaves drop from the trees at the beginning of autumn , just such , think I , is tho friendship of tho world . Whilo the sap of maintenance lasts , my friends swarm in abundance * . but in the winter of my need they leave me naked . Ho is a happy man who hath a true friend at his need ; but he is more truly happy who hath no need of friends . Polite—Scion of the ancient stock , y « _J < 7 a _>* -Chip of the Old Block . F . H . D .
" Charles , do vou really lovo my daughter ?" "You know I do , Mrs . Simpkins . " " Bow much do you love her ? " "I love her—I love her as hard as a horse can kick . " Mrs . Simpkins was satisfied of tlie strength of his affection . Well Said . —A wealthy farmer in Kentucky says , " I would rather bo taxed for the education of the boy than t _| io ignoranoo of the man . For ono or tho other I am compelled to be . "
Halse's Scomsutic Drops.
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 15, 1849, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_15091849/page/3/
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