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OUR FUTURE . ; ' " "BedeuntSatumiaregna . - / Now hear him on his favourite golden theme , A-time will come . * " " "' " . ¦ - '_ „ , Legend of Florence , Act it , Scene I . Yes , e ' en now the voice is heard O'er the waters calm and clear , Yes , e * en now the wave is stared With an angel presence near , Ana abetter Age of _GohV Cometh as the bard foretold _. Not to ns the future beams , Asto those nf jears gone by , "When the poet ' s golden dreams Longed for joyous Arcady . ; Hopeful ever ' midst earth ' s pain For old Saturn ' s days
again—For a world in beauty drest , Rich ia myrtle and in vine , Glades -with sunshine ever blest , Rivers erarcrystalline , Nymphs and Dryads sporting too , On the flowers wet with . dew . Bnt to us the morn is breaking , Of a glorious coming day , When old prejudice forsaking , , Men shall own a better sway , "When no more shall rise the cry Of unaided poverty . When no war shall bid men bleed To o ' erthrow a hostile throne , Or to change a people ' s creed That may differ from their own . But ' neath Truth ' s _nndeuded son Bight ahd Power aye be one .
When the good alone shall tame , . These of fearless mind and pen , "Who in thoughtful spirit strive ' To assist theirfellow men , And with hand and heart engage To bring back a " Golden Age . " C . H . B
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The Defenceless State Of Great Britain. ...
The Defenceless State of Great Britain . By Sir F , . B , Head , Bart . London ; Murray , Three years ago , all ihe old _women in the island , both in . breeches and petticoats , were _panic-strickenTbj the publication of a letter from the Dote : of _Wellington to Sir John Bnrgoyne , on this subject . - According to ihe " ¦ iron dake , " nothing -would have beenihbre easy than for the French to take possession of the country . "We mig ht have gone to sleep at night the loyal and contented subjects of Queen-Victoria , and , on rising in . the morning , find- the tri-colour floating over the
entrance of Buckingham Palace , tho Horse Guards in possession ofa French general , and the Bank and public offices sentinelled by French troops . Lord Ellesmere drew a frightful picture of the household troops quitting London by one side , as the French army entered in at the other , with the consequent loss of life , property , and chastity , which would follow tiie withdrawal of their protection . Of course , the object of all this was plain enough . The officers , naval and military , not in active service , longed for fell pay , and wanted to fri g hten John Bull into an increase of his armaments ; But John was at that time
terribly pressed hy the Irish famine , and the railway panic , and conld not afford to " make ducks and drakes of his money in that way . " Sir F . Headhaschosen amorepropitiousmoment to revive this " raw head and bloody bones . *' TVe _hav _^ it is said , p lenty of money ; and there appears to be some foundation for the rumour , when we see that even a Whig Chancellor of the Exchequer has a surplus . "The army and navy "—meaning thereby the aristocratic gentlemen who hold commissions in these services , and the aristocracy , who make them sponges by which they extract wealth from the toiling classes—think , no doubt , that this is a capital time to increase the pretests for dipping a little more deepl y into the national purse . Hence , the present
work . _-..-.-The nominal division of _^ _he book is into three parts ; but it really consists of many more , being , in fact , a lot of articles not exhibiting any peculiar knowledge , or a _peculiarly trained mind applied to the consideration of known faets , but of that common kind which consists in . " sucking hooks , " pamphlets , and newspapers , and reproducing the information ; which in this case _^ however , is poorly done and stuffed out . That portion which strictly
relates tothe "defencelessstate , "is really no more than a spoiled expansion of the Duke ' s 3 etter , with quotations from pamphlets by nautical men . The account ofthe French in London resembles a paper that Punch published at the time the Duke ' s letter was running the round , the points being left out . The following account ofthe treatment of a contumacious editor mig ht reall y have done for Punch , had the first of critical rules been followed , and the manner been proportioned to
the snbject : — Besides providing food and comforts for the army , one of _thefirst duties of ihe commlssalre is lo send for the editors of the leading journals ; whom he briefly informs that it will be requisite that they shonld state , "that , although the aristocracy are suffering severely , the _people at large offer no complaint , and that , on the whole , the morale appears to be fevourable to the new system . " If these . orders are not complied with , the comviinairc , either by word of rooutb , or by a very slight movement of one eye , directs that the offender be made an example of . Accordingly , with the butt-ends of mnsketBthe invaluable printing apparatus is smashed , the type cast into the street , and
the editor , falling into the hands of the soldiers , undergoes treatment which nothing but the _inge-Biiily , ferocity , and frivolity of a Frenchman could devise . For instance , they will perhaps , first of all , cut off one or both of his mustachios—strip bim- ** plaster him over witb thick printer ' s infe—curl his bar with it—dress bim up in paper and jack-hoots made from the broad Bheet ; if he opens Ms mouth — " _Rens , petit ! tiensl" feed him with pica ; in short , by a series of innumerable and ever-varying strange methods of what they call jotiment atrattgeing any refractory subject they wiBh to victimiseour military readers will , we are confident , corroborate these facts—they wonld so intimidate the press _, that , like every other power in the country , it would be obliged " to bend to the storm .
The face-Sons baronet _musthave been thinking of French , not Eng lish editors . Mustachios are fey no means extensively patronised by the latter ; and we suspect that , if a French man was to make that a sine qua nan , or even look for them as an indication of the " men who write , " the Eng lish editors would entirel y escape the treatment which is so p leasantly pourtrayed in this passage . account
One of the sections contains an , after Alison , of the three invasions associated with Napoleon Buonaparte ; the first of which Napoleon refused ( the Directory ) to undertake , as too _riskftd ; the second was a mere rnse ; the third , if he ever did contemp late it , has no bearing upon ihe present case , because steam , we are told , has changed the mode of operation— -for both parties , be it remembered . Then there is a review of Nelson ' s battles
and tactics , and their inapplicability to the systems of America and France since his time : but as we have changed our system too , it seems a mere " bit o' writing . '" Then there are statistics , common enough , ofthe Continental armies compared with the British , but not a word ofthe difference in circumstances , and of the impracticability of moving the greater portion of them . But to come to the
mam point , the author anticipates an invasion by 150 , 000 men to be followed by 50 , 000 during or after the march to London . To obviate the risk of this , he proposes a permanent increase of 100 , 000 infantry , and an increase of 100 guns in the artillery , full y horsed , with sundry lesser matters , at a cost of from four to five millions a year ; a proposition " which , so far as its attainment goes , might also have been put in Punch .
It ib perfectly clear that , in the event of hostilities between France and England , the resonrces of Cherbourg would be . instantly employed _ajrainstns ; and _iustead of permitting au English army to follow tbe example of ftr-
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j _^ r- _^ er d _^^^ _Frtmee , by * making a ; descent on Flandw _^ or on Spain , it-would , be . the first object of the French : government ; . to compel England to assume _« purely : defensive attitude , for the protection of its ; own snores . There are . obviously immense facilities at Cherbourg for the rendezvous , and protection of an invading fleet and army i and the practical position on which Sir Francis Head insists is , a short and summary one * He says : — " Given _the-high state of preparation . on the part of France , and the . low state of preparation . on . the part of England , I maintain , -that within a ; week of the declaration of war , it is highly probable that we should find a French army of" 150 , 000 men on the high road to London . ' * .
If all the premises of the question should fall out precisely , as Sir Francis Head has placed them , perhaps we might . But his suppositions are preposterous . He assumes that our fleet would be unable to make its appearance in . the . Channel—that our land forces would be unable to fire a shot againt the debarking crews of the . enemy—that we should be unable to contest an inch of the counties of Kent , or Sussex ,. or Hants—that ¦ London would be surrendered to the first
summonsand that the conveyance ofthe invading army between Cherbourg , and the point which they were good enough to select as their landingplace , would proceed with all the regularity of a p leasure excursion ., There can be no serious argument with a writer who indul ges . in license of this character . Hitherto the main defence of this country against French invasion has been our Channel fleet . "We have swept the Channel of all hostile vessels—we haye sealed up every French port of consequence , by a rigorous blockade—we have annihilated the mercantile marine of the enemy ; and , in consequence ; of these measures our shores have remained inviolate .
Itis certain that substantially we must continue to be indebted for our deliverance from a foreign enemy to the naval defences which have hitherto served us so well . It is very true that the distance between Cherbourg , or Boulogne and the coast- of Sussex is very trifling ; still it is a distance : which cannot be performed , and a navigation which cannot be encountered , by an enemy not perfectly master of the sea . It matters Utile to the result , whether the invading force were closely packed in boats or in steamers , so long as . a hostile "fleet of superior strength can be brought against it . The
force ofthis consideration was fully , admitted in the gigantic and scientific scheme of invasion formed by Bonaparte in 1803 . The first condition of that scheme was , that for a few days , or even for a few hours , the French should be complete masters of the Channel ; and Bonaparte intended to accomplish this object partly by force and partly by stratagem . _, It was intended that the French fleet should secretly rendezvous at Martinique to the . number , of fifty or
sixty sail of the line ; and that in the meantime having endeavoured to decoy the British fleet to distant stations , the French admiral should appear in full strength in the Channel and convey the army of Boulogne to the coasts of Kent . Admiral Collingwood had the sagacity to divine this scheme ; ahd in pursuance of his advices Sir Kobert Calder was stationed off Cape Finisterre , —and , as is so well known , succeeded in dispersing and capturing the ships of Villeneuve .
Not emitting other plans of defence , the most efficient means , therefore , of defending the southern coasts of England is the maintenance of our superiority at sea , and especially in the Channel ; and even Sir Francis Head does not venture to affirm that our navy is inferior to the navy of France . The strongest point of the book , is the defenceless state of our cities , in the event of
an invading army succeeding in effecting a landing . The suggestion of the Duke of Wellington on tbat head is the cheapest , the most feasible , and , he adds , the " most constitutional "—embody the militia . * We would only add , by way of advice to the Government , treat the people in such a manner as to make them feel they have institutions worth guarding . Do justice ; and we shall then never want efficient defenders of Great Britain ! ' __
Personal Adventures During The Late War ...
Personal Adventures during the late War of Independence in Hungary . Comprising an account ofher Missions under , ihe orders of Kossuth to the different Posts ofthe Hungarian Army during the Contest . By the Baroness Von Beck . Two vols . Bentley . This is a most extraordinary narrative of spirit-stirring adventure . * We have here a heroine who tells us of more dangers , courageously braved and triumphantly passed through by herself , than those of all the seven champions of Christendom put together .
The Baroness Von Beet , by birth an Hungarian , saw her husband fall when cheering on his men to defend a barricade during the October Revolution in Vienna . Brokenhearted aid desperate , she determined thenceforth to devote herself to the good ofher country ; and , on the invitation of some members of the Austrian Diet , undertook to carry a message to Kossuth and the Hungarian army . She persisted , in spite of extraordinary difficulties and dangers . She was stopped at the
frontiers hy the army of Windischgrafcz , and turned back three or four times . At last she managed to g ive the enemy the slip in the guise of a fisherman , and arrived safel y at Presburg , where she declared her message to Csanyi . Hereupon Gorgey , who was present at the time , requested her to undertake a mission to the north of Hungary , to ascertain the strength of Simonich ' s army . In two days her preparations were made , and she was again on the road . But we -will let her tell her own tale : —
On the 15 th of November I received my . charge , namely , to obtain accurate intelligence concerning the strength and position of Simonich's troops . I immediately took the railway to Trynan , and tra-Telled thence by post-carriage through Nadash and Senitz to my own estate . My people were in the greatest terror and anxiety , expecting momentarily a visit from Simonich ' s soldiers . Their fears , however , proved happily unfounded . I remained here until the 21 st , and having received and returned the visits of my neighbours , took my departure for _Neutra , where I fell in with the first division ol Simonich ' s corps , and an uncouth mob of peasants , under tbe command of the Pastor Hurban , a
fanatical Sclavish priest . The division was on its march to Senitz , and was about two thousand strong . Having ascertained , by calculating the quantity of provisions they consumed , tbat the . whole force of Simonich amounted to about six thousand men , and having made accurate observations on their position , I returned to my residence , where I made such arrangements of my most necessary affairs as a hasty visit would permit , and set out once . more for Presburg to give an account of my mission . At Senitz , which lay in the route , 1 found the head-quarters of a . Hungarian division , commanded by Colonel him
Ordody , to whom , as it imported especially , on account of his proximity to the enemy , I communicated all the information I had obtained , and _authenticated it by my papers I then _sUrted by post carriage for Presburg , and waited upon Gorgey at once with a full _report of my mission . He _Ranked me for the services I had rendered to the _canse of _Hungary , and banded me a letter which hadcomeb _^ prS _fromKossuth . He _^ o entruBted me with a despatch for the- — _J _^ sy «* Vienna . Baron Motoschitzky requested roe , at the same time , to bear a letter from him to Prince _WimliRi . _iiirA _. f » _nnnfniniTur the intelligence that his
newly-purchased estate _atLeska had been reduced to ashes by the Hungarian bombardment . I was glad of this last commission , as a . letter to the Field-Marshal -would be a sufficient passport for me through any part of the Austrian encampment . And should I be fortunate enough to receive an answer from Windisch gratz , it would protect roe from all 1 Dt _^ ruptlon on ro y return . ... The same _erening all the preparations for my journey back to Vienna were finished . I had now entrusted to me a letter from Kossuth to the - — - — Embassy , a letter from Baron Motoschitzky to Prince Windisch gratz , and many private letters from the officers to _persons in Vienna . My military friends advised me to conceal the letters in
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_mytnayersacK _^ Thia : dvd _noteappjjaritomergood counsel-for I knew that , ; should I be stopped by the . Croats , they would ransack and ' turn inside ° ? _J I ? " _£ i _- _!'* r t 0 contain food , my letters would thus i be discovered , and myself inevitably pat . to deathV 1 had determined to' make the jdury ney in a peasant ' s cart , as it would expose me to fewer inquiries and stoppages than a vehicle of more imposing appearance . I caused one of the planks ofthe cart to be hollowed , out . at the end , without breaking the surface , of the side , and placed all myleiters in the space thus _' forriied , The plank was then replaced , and the joining at the end rubbed over with clay ... I now felt perfectly certain that tbey could not be discovered by even the . prying Croats . ;
On the evening of December the 5 th ; I left Presburg , and soon-reached Wolfsthal , where Jellaohich ' s corps was posted . As usUalj I was seized at the outposts , and subjected to a rigid examination . In anticipation of such an event , I had provided myself with papers from a well known fruit warehouse at-Presburg , and represented myself as ah agent ofthat house going to Vienna to collect in some debts . * -In spite of all my precautions , however , I was placed under military surveillance aB far as Sommering . I was stopped and examined _six-andtwenty times , but in all cases my .. papers proved , a sufficient passport . At length , early on the 6 th , the cupolas ahd towers of the once gay , but how humbled and mourning , city ofthe Kaisers appeared in view .
I entered . _Vienna ,. It appeared to my imagination invested with a sombre ; and tragic hue , and the ruins which marked the fierceness of the recent struggle against tyranny seemed fraught with solemn admonition to . all despotic rulers . The figure of my slaughtered husband came before my mind ; but the thronging memories which ; accompanied it , I cannot ; even did I desire to , depict . It was how exactl y a month since I had left the city , but the exciting events which I had passedthrough made it appear a much longer period . I repaired to the Hotel of the ¦—¦— Embassy , where I ' was
received with the greatest attention , and an immediate answer , promised to Kossuth ' s despatch . -From thence-I proceeded to Schonbrun , withthe letter to Prince "Windisohgratz ; but was informed that he was gone with Jellachich to the Imperial Court at Glnratz , and would not return till the xext . day . His nephew , Count Windischgratz , whom ' I saw soon after with . Count Thun _and'Prince'Lichtenstein , confirmed this information . - . I returned , therefore , to Vienna , and occupied myself in delivering the various letters with which' I was charged . "In the evening I received the promised answer ofthe Ambassador to Kossuth's letter .
On the next day I again visited Schonbrun , and was admitted to an interview with "Windischgratz and Jellachich , —the two pillars ofthe house of Hapsburg . They received . me with distinguished courtesy . Could they have defined the thoughts that filled my . heart , how different would have been my reception I I handed my letter to _"WiHdischgratz : he read it , and seemed struck with terror at its contents . I confess it was not without a secret feeling of satisfaction I saw this man taste some of the bitterness of that misery into which , with a remorseless hand , he had plunged myriads of his own , and of my countrymen . He went into his cabinet to write an answer to Motoschitzk ' y , and Jellachich remained standing in the presence , of his deadly
enemy . I now looked , for the first time , upon the calumniator of-Hungarian honour—the plunderer and destroyer of Vienna . I could scarcely refrain from giving utterance to the feelings of disgust and scorn that swelled within me ; but I could serve my country more effectually , and was silent . He questioned me as to the number and condition ofthe Hungarian troops .- I represented them as double their actual force . Upon which he said , with apparent carelessness ,, that those . divisions which I had not seen were probably still stronger . His drift was evidently to draw from me some
information respecting the position of the various corps , but I defeated it . by taking refuge in the general ignorance of my sex upon such matters .. Windischgratz now returned with his written answer to Motogchitzky . He thanked me again for the trouble I had taken on his account ; and what pleased me much more , he directed Count Thun to make out an order , giving me liberty to pa 68 , wherever I chose , unmolested by the Austrian troops , to which he appended his own signature . I took my leave ; my object was accomplished , and the two great Generals—the conquerors of Prague and Viennawere outwitted by a woman .
In such dangerous expeditions as these—in fact as a spy—when death would have instantly . followed on detection , did this enthusiastic and brave woman pass the entire time , with scarcely a few weeks ' rest , from November 1845 to the end of 1849 . So extraordinary an instance of passionate devotion to a cause , and of perfect indifference to danger wben a service could be rendered , we scarcely recollect to have heard er read of . Certainl y it has never been surpassed . _^
During this anxious and busy period the Baroness Von Beck passed repeatedly through the very midst ofthe Austrian and Russian armies . Some half dozen times she penetrated into Vienna itself . She was present at two " great battles , those of Moor and Branitzscka . She took part in the surrender at Vilagos _, and the evacuation of Comorn . At one time we find her stirring up the Poles to insurrection at Lemberg and Cracow ; at another she is intriguing with Germans ' at
Dresden , and _Cseksin Prague . She was now feasting the conquerors of Buda or _dancing with the heroes of Eapolua ; and now dressing the wounds of the patriots , or superintending the hospitals and prisons . At one moment she draws out p lans of campaigns for Gorgey , and gives counsel on state affairs tb Kossuth ; at another she is steaming down the Danube listening to the silly boastings bf Welden , or engaged in pleasant conversation with _Paskevich himself .
Her masterpiece , however , was her visit to Haynau . In the desperate hope of saving the life of a friend , this intrepid woman actually bearded the tiger in his own' den ; and that , too , at the very time when he was revelling in the blood of his . victims . Had she been discovered , she would not have had twenty-four hours to live ; yet she actually placed herself of her own accord in the power of the hangman , and escaped unsuspected !
Of all tbe multitude m the Neugebaude , the _enly one to whom I could bring any comfort was Daniel is . His affairs were in a fair way of arrangement , but his personal danger was still great . He begged me to see Haynau , and to prevail upon him , if possible , at least , to hear Daniel ' s in his own defence . -The prisoners knew of tbe death of Bathyani , but as yet the fatal tidings from Arad had not reached them , and every one made it a duty to conceal these atrocities from them . I left this place of mourning , and retired to my hotel . I had pledged myself to see Haynau on Danielis ' _s behalf , and my promise must now be fulfilled . I went to Haynau ' s residence , and , after
waiting a long time , was introduced to his presence . He received me politely , and I felt encouraged . I told him that I had come on behalf of Colonel Danielis , and mentioned that he was the father of a help less family ; that he had not fought against Austria , and dwelt particularly on his having saved tbe royal estates from destruction , of which , I said , I could bring him satisfactory evidence . Haynau said that the chief bailiff of the crown property had been already with him , and had represented the services ofthe prisoner upon that occasion in a very favourable li g ht ; that this afforded sufficient ground for his pardon , but still he . could not be liberated until it came to his turn to be examined . . This was
very satisfactory . I felt emboldened to present a petition which Kossuth's mother had entrusted tome , praying that his children might be placed with herself . He took the paper and read it , and his natural oharacter returned : he was Haynau once more ; a dark frown , like a thundercloud , gathered upon his brow . " What ! " said he , in a voice hoarse with passion , " what ! do you want the children to receive the same revolutionary training as their father ? The women of Hungary have the devil in their hearts ,
and are guilty of infinite mischief . No , I tell you ; the girl shall be placed in a convent , and . the boys brought up in Vienna under surveillance . Go : that is the will of his Majesty . " He asked me how I had become acquainted with Kossuth and his mother ? I told bim what I thought proper , and he left me with a voiley of filthy abuse against the illustrious exile and his family . These were bad tidings to bring to the aged mother . I tried to comfert her as well as I could , and after this visited her much more frequently than I did before .
A narrative of such miraculous escapes , such dangerous enterprises , and such a spirit-stirring period , would be sufficient to g ive interest to the driest manner and the most commonplace style ; "but the Baroness adds to the . charm by a warmth and vigour in the manner of her description which testifies eloquently to her own enthusiastic love forthe cause she has adopted .
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. _. _S _^ . care of the babies ? " artlessly _in-^ _Itli tleg , r , ' on hearing -to * mother say that all people were once children , f ., ' bPKw _« t _* _" f 8 ctthat ' _ffhen » n _Jndwn _*™™ Tnd _^™ E - ? gli 8 h ' ThMe are no oaths in-the Indian vernacular . / . iwf _£ _« f _^ _? lENT has been made at the Arsenal of _K _? , 7 _JS ? ul ra hand _Shades , and- bombs made otzme , whlc h has completely succeeded . . it 0 * . ! u TT ! bal 1 a 8 l £ ed a gentleman who was _adjustm gjher tucker , if , he could flirt afan ? - "No , madam , ; angwered he proceedmg . to-uBeit , "but I can fan a flirt" v * A _noCToa claims for his quack medicine the power of curing love-sick folks , in addition to . all other diseases . * We think a Doctor of Divinity ia the best doctor in such cases .
Isn ' decidedl y _aggravating when you are about to imprint the " cheery ripe " : kiss upon your lady love , to have some one pop in ? Or , after it is done , to observe some one in the corner of the room ? '• KNOWlBnGB is power ! " complacently exclaimed a dandy , the other day , when , two strong men having failed , he released a : lap * , dbg * from the teeth of a huge mastiff , b y quietly administering- to the latter a pinch of snuff ! - - . •¦' •' -- • ¦ . ' _* ' ' : > ¦ ¦ _¦; . fc _'*;* _* .- _- > i _' _.- .. The young man who was crossed in love last Week , ' says , if it were not for getting w . et- lie wdiild drown himself ! I He will probably _compromise-matte ' _rs by ¦ ¦
shooting himself in a looking glass '; 7 f-- " •"•' . _- "" To Prevent Burglary . — A plate of * - 'iron , no matter how thin , upon that , part . of each , accessible door , or window-shutter oh which a lock or bolt is fixed , will foil the operation of a centre-bit , the implement at present most ih use with burglars . Lamb Jim Jones says , when he was in South Carolina , one summer , it turned very cold , and snow fell on the 9 th of August , at least six inches deep , and when the sun came out , it was so hot that the snow * never got a chance to melt , it cooked a brown crust On it" ! ¦ - •¦
f . A Raven . —He that visits the sick in hope of a legacy , let him be ever so friendly in all other cases , 'l look upon him in this to be no better than , a raven that watches a weak Bheep , only to peck out the eyes on ' t . Effects of Wealth . —He is a great simpleton who imagines that the chief power of wealth is to supply wants ' . " Ini ninety-nine cases out of a hundred it creates more wants than its supplies . Thb French Pkisibbnt . —At the recent reviews in France , which have caused so much alarm to the Republican section ofthe ministry , the prinoipal portion of the entertainment , provided at the expense of Louis Napoleon , consisted , of Ham sandwiches : A waggish friend of ours says , the very idea of Ham must have been sufficient to cause some very cutting recollections in . the President ' s mind .
A & _-ergtman ,-w 1 k > was noted for his affected _pronunciation , went to a shoemaker , and ordered a pair of boots to be made . A few days after he called , and inquired if they were ready , and was answered in the negative . "Will they be ready by next Cheusday ? " asked the clergyman . "No , " said the shoemaker , n you shall have themby next Satckewday . "
definitions . / _eaZou _^ y . —Love ' _s brain fever , from which he oftener dies than recovers . -- Dream . —A holiday the mind takes from the body . Despair . —The dark starless night of the soul . Remorse . — -The key that locks out Hope . Truth . —The Great "Unfound . Why is Exeter Hall , or the Gorham controversy , or the National Debt during a Whig Administration , or the king in a five-act tragedy , or a supper of cold Irish stew , like a person getting inside an ; omnibus that is going to Kew ?— [ An interval of ten ' minutes is allowed to enable the reader to take breath . ]— Because it ' s an incubus ( _In-Kew-Buss J—Punch .
Too Forward . —Scarborough clocks . are , or at least used to be in olden time , celebrated for being always too fast . There is a pretty little tale told of a Yorkshire lass , who _. _beingfairiy tired out with her sweetheart ' s never putting the necessary question , at last plumply and plainly made the venture herself , and asked him whether or not it was his intention to marry her : when , Yorkshire-like , he cooly replied , "I think , my dear , you ' re like the Scarborough clocks—you ' re rather too forward !" Irish Hob and Cry . —FromfBdme extracts given by the Tipperary Free Press , it seems that James Neary , " of Dunbell , near Gowrani _isadvertisedas having lost a bay mare , •¦ with a few gray hairs on her forehead , which has a long tail 2 " Joseph Griffith ,
who absconded from Keswick , is described verbatim as follows : — " Little or no whiskers , which are very much marked with smallpox . " If the subject of the following is not detected ; it ' s no fault of the graphic police pen which describes him : —'' He has light hair and hazel eyes on a _turned-up nose . " Talk after Church . — " Well , Laura , give mea short sketch of the sermon . Where was the text ?"" Oh 1 I don ' t know—I have forgotten it . But , would you believe it , Mrs . V , wore that horrid bonnet of her ' _a ! I couldn't keep my eyes off it all the meeting-time . Miss P . had on a lovely little pink one , and _Miss . T . wore a new shawl that must have cost , at least , ten guineas . I wonder her f olks don ' t see the folly of such extravagance- And there was
Mrs . H ., with her short figure , in one of those shaggy paletots , called Vegunias ! It is astounding what a want of taste somo folks exhibit . " " Well , if you bave forgotten the sermon , yon have not the audience . But what preacher do you prefer , this new one , or Mr . A . ? " " Oh , Mr . A ., decidedly ! He is so handsome and so graceful—what an eye , and what a get of teeth he has 1 " Digging . —In digging a square perch of ground in spits of the usual dimensions ( seven inches by eight inches , ) the spade has to be thrufst in 700 times _; and as each spadeful of earth , if the spade penetrates nine inches , as it ought to do , will weigh
on the average full seventeen pounds , 11 , 900 pounds of earth have to be lifted , and the customary pay for doing this is twopence halfpenny . Aa there are 100 perches or rods in an acre , in digging the latter measure of ground the garden labourer has to cut out 112 , 000 spadesful of earth , weighing in the . aggregate 17 , 000 cwt ,, or 860 tons , and during the work he moves over a distance of fourteen miles . As the spade weighs between eight and nine pounds , he has to lift , in fact , during the work , half as much more weight than that above specified , or 1278 tons . An able-bodied labourer can dig ten square perches a day , or even more if the , soil be light , and sufficiently moist to cling well together .
Consumption op Smokb . —The Town-Council of Manchester are putting to a practical test their powers of compelling the manufacturers to consume the smoke of their furnaces . A report of the Sub-Committee contains this very encouraging summary by Councillor Howarth , who says , " He lately waited on Mr . Hugh Beaver , aHd ascertained that the quantity of coal formerly used per week in his manufactory wag seventy-eight tons , whilst by the consumption of smoke and the improvements consequent on the adoption of the system a weekly saving is
effected of twenty-eight tons . I visited Messrs . George Clarke and Sons' manufactory , " continued Mr . Howarth , " and they told me the saving they effected by consuming the smoke from their fires was upwards of forty tons per week . They formerly used _| _1-10 tons per week , now they consume less than 100 tons . They have expended upwards of £ 1200 op new boilers to their steam-engines , in order to abate the smoke nuisance ; and they expect the outlay will be re-paid by the saving of coal effected in a year and a half . "
A Dictionary _Wohd . — " John , ' said a master tanner , the other day , to one of his men , "bring in some fuel . "—John walked off , revolving the word in his mind , and returned with a pitchfork . — ' I don't want this , " said the wondering tanner ; I want fuel , John !"— " Beg your pardon , " replied the man , " I thought you wanted something to turn over the skin . " And off he went again not a whit wiser , but ashamed to confess his ignorance . Much meditating ( as Lord Brougham would say , ) he next pitched upon the besom , shouldering whioh , he returned tothe counting-house . —'' What a stupid fellow you are John ! " exclaimed his master in a passion ; ' ! I want some sticks and shavings to light the fire . "' _» ' 0-h-h-h ! " rejoined the rustic ; ' _« that ' s what you want , is it ? Why could _' nt you say so at first , master , instead of a London Dictionary word ? " —And wishful to show that he waB not alone in his
ignorance , he called a comrade to the tanner _s presence , and asked him if he knewwhat fuel was ? " — " Ay !" answered Joe' f' ducks and geese , and sich like . War and its Cost . — " Tbe number of men employed for military purposes , both by land and sen , in Europe at this moment , is no less than -4 , 000 , 000 . The population of Europe is 267 , 000 , 000 , of which 128 , 120 , 000 are males . And taking away from this number those who were unfit for service , one-half of the remainder ( the flower of the people , between twenty and thirty years of age ) are engaged in warlike purposes . The average value of a year s labour may be taken at £ 9 , and thus , by taking away 4 , 000 , 000 of men from their ordinary occupation , the loss of produce would be £ 36 , 000 , 000 sterling . To this may be added certain amounts paid in connexion with the same loss , making a total of £ 117 , 150 , 0 U 0 , or nearly one third the amount of all the budgets oi the European governments . The expenses of war during the last thirty yearn haye been £ 243 , 500 , 000 .
-T7'7:'R:T ^ :X B ^-N /. N-F.Efft^Hf^Sf:: F Fl'-Lr^. ^Y' ^F^^Lf"^ Xi What A Paihfavand Hoxlo . Us :Dlseftee;;Lc;The:Piles ! ; And, Comparatively, How.Few Ofthe Afflicted Have Been Nermaxnis
_-T 7 ' 7 : 'r : t _^ : X B _^ _-n / . N-f _. EffT _^ _Hf _^ Sf :: _F _fl' _-Lr _^ _. _^ _Y _' _^ F _^^ _lf" _^ XI What a _paihfaVand hoxlo . us : dlseftee ;; _lc ; the : _Piles ! ; and , comparatively , how . few ofthe afflicted have been nermaxnis
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uuutiy cureq py ordinary appeals to medical sum j ,. no . uoupr , arises from the use of _non-erful _anerients too frequently _adtoimstereaM-thepMesiibhO indeed , 'Strong Lmternalmedicineg should alwaVs be avoided in all eases of this complaint . The proprietor of . tho , above Ointment , after years of acute _sufFeririe- Dlaced himself under the ireatment ofthat eminent _' _sOi-ge _' ohf Mr . Abernethy _'; was by him restored to perfect health , lit h ' _aslnioved itever . _siiwe without _tliefilightest return Of'the disorder , over a , period ; of fifteen years , during which time the same Abernethian personption has been the means of healing . a vast number of desperate cases , both in and out of the _pro-orietor _' _s circle of frends , _moftbf which cases'had be ' eh ' under medical care ; and some of tbem for a very considerable time ' Abernethy , 8 Pile Ointment was introduced to , the public by the desire of many" who had been perfectly healed bj its ' application ; , and . _since its introduction the fame ofthis Ointment has spread far and wide ; _eien the medical profession ' always slow and unwilling to _ackiiowledge ' _the'virtiies ' ofany medicine _^ not prepared by themselves , do now freelv and frankly admit that Abernethy ' g Pile Ointmont is not only a valuable preparation , but a never failing remedy in everv ' stage and variety of that appalling malady . -Sufferers from the Piles will riot repent giving the Ointment a trial . Multitudes of cases ofits efficacy might be produced , if the nature of the complaint did ' not'render those who have been cured , unwilling to publish their names . !• _, ¦¦ _-. ; - _- ¦ ¦ _¦ ¦ .: ¦¦ .,: ; ;¦¦ _-. ; - ¦ . . . ¦ Sold in covered Pots at 4 s . ed .,- ' or the quantity of three ' 4 s . Gd .: pots in one for lis ., with full _, directions ' for use , by Barclay and Sons , Farringdon-street- Edwards , Sfc Paul's Church-yard : -Butter ; 4 Cheapside ; Newbery , St , Paul ' s ; Sutton , Bow Church-yard ; Johnson , 68 Cornhill ; Sanger , 150 Oxford-street ; WiUoiighby and Co ., 61 _Biahopagafc . _street Without ;•' Given , 52 , Marchmond-street , _Burton-croscent : Bade ; 39 Goswell-street ; Prout" 229 Strand ; Hannay and Co ., 63 , Oiford . 8 treet ; Prentis ,- 84 , Edgeware-road ; and retail by all respectable Chemists and Medicine _Yendors in London . .. V Be sure to ask for ' . ' . _ABEUNETHY'S PILE OINTMENT . " The Public are requested to be on tbeir guard against noxious Compositions , sold at low Prices , and tof observe that none can possibly be genuine , unless tho name of C . Kino is printed on the Government Stamp affixed to each pot , 4 s . Gd . ' _•' ¦ v _/ Mch is the lowest price the proprietor is enabled to sell it at , owing to the great expense of the Ingredients . ¦; . ' CORNS AND 7 BUNIONS . p A U L'S . . . E V B R Y ... . . M A N'S F R ' i ' E N D , A .. Patronisedby the Royal Family , Nobility , Clergy , ' & c : """' Is a sure and . speedy Cure for those severe annoyances , -without causing the least pain or inconvenience . Unlike all other remedies for Corns , its operation is ' suchas ' to render , the cutting of Corns altogether unnecessary ' . indeed , we may say , tha _practicfc of cutting Corn * is , al all times highly'dangerous , and has been frequently attended with lamentable consequences , besides its liability to increase their growth ; ' it adheres with the most gentle pressure , produces an instant and delightful relief from torture , and with perseverance in its application , entirely eradicates the most inveterate Corns and Bunions . ., . .. , _.-.-.. r , : Testimonials haye been received from upwards of one hundred Physicians and Surgeons of the greatest eminence , as well as from many Officers bf-both Army _and'Navy _; : and'nearly one thousand private letters from the gentry _ln town and country , speaking in hi g h terms of this _valuableiremedy . , Prepared by John Fox , in boxes at Is . * ljdi _, or three small boxes in one for 2 s . 9 d ., and tobebad , wtthffull directions for use , at aU-wholesale and retail medicine vendors in town and country . The genuine has the name of John Fox onthe stamp . A 2 s . 9 d . box cures the most obdurate _coniB . ' ; Ask for " Paul's Every Man ' s Friend . " . Abernetby ' s Pile Ointment ; Paul ' s Corn Plaster , and Abernethy ' _a Pile Powders , are sold by the following respectable Chemists and Dealers in Patent Medicines : — ' - ¦ :- ¦ _. ¦<¦ ¦ ¦ Barclay and Sons , Farringdon-street ; 'Edward 8 , C 7 , St . Paul ' s Church-yard ; Butler , 4 , Cheapside ; Newbery , St ; Paul ' s j Sutton , Bow Church-yard _; . Johnson , 69 ,. _> Cornhill j Sanger , 150 , Oxford-street ; "Willoughby and Co ., 61 , * Bishopsgate . street "Without ; Owen , 62 , _Marchmond-strcot ; Burton-crescent j Eade , 39 / Goswell-street ; Prout , 229 , Strand ; Hannay arid Co ., 63 , Oxford-street j Prentis , " 84 , Edgeware-road ; and retail by all respectable chemists and medicine Vendors in London . . " "" . "" "f Country' Agents . _—Baines and Newsomej'Heaton , Smeeton , Reinhardt and sons , J . C . Browne , 48 Brigate ; Benton , Garland , Mann , Bean , Harvey , Haigh , late Tarb » ttom j Bolland and Kemplay _, Land , Moxom _, Ci Hay , 106 Briggate ; _^ Rhodes , Bell and Brook , Lord , R . C . Hay , Medical Hall , Leeds ; Bimmington , Maud and Wilson , Rogerson , Stanfleld , Bradford ; Hartley , Denton , Waterhouse _. _-Jepson , Wood , Dyer , Parker , Jennings and Leyland , Halifax ; Smith , Elland ; Hurst , Cardwell , _Gcll and Smith , Wakefield ; _Pybus , Barnsley- ; Knowles , Thorne , Brook , " , Spivey , Huddersfield ; Hudson , Keighley ; Brooke , " Doncaster ; Matthews , Cre ' _aser , Driffield , Caas , Goole ; Milner , ' . Pickering _; Stevenson , Whitby ; Bolton , Blanshard and Co ., _"Hargrove , Fisher , Otley , Linney , York ; "Waimvright , _Howden ; Horsby , Wranghan , Jefferson , Mai ton ; Buckall , Scarborough : Smith , Furby , Bridlington ; Adams , ' Colton , Pullen , Selby ; Omblier , Market Weighton ; _Gledhill , Old _Delph ; Priestley , " Fox , Pontefract ; Dalby , Wetherby ; Slater , Bedale ; Dixon , Nonhallerton ; Ward , Richmond * , 'Ward , _Stokesley ; Foggitt , ' and Thompson , Thirsk ; Monkhouse , Barnard Castle ; Pease , Darlington ; Jennett , Stockton ; Ballard , Abingdon ; Thompson ; Armagh ; _Jamieson , Aberdeen j Potts , Ban . bury ; King , Bath ; Winnall , Birmingham ; Parkinson , Blackburn J Bradbury , Bolton ; Noble , Boston ; Beach and Co . Bridgewater ; Brew , Brighton ; Ferris and Co . Bristol ; Haines ,: Bromsgrove ; Siret , ' Buckingham ; ' Bowman , Bury ; Cooper , Canterbury '; Jefferson , Carlisle ; Eagle , Chelmsford ; Fletcher , Chester ; Smith , Colchester ; Rolla . son , Coventry ; Bowman , Chorley j Pike , Derby ; _Byors , Devonport ; Brooks , ' Doncaster ; Hollier , ' Dudley ; Duncan , Dumfries ; ' Drummond , Dundee _Bakeu , East Retford ¦ Evans and Hodgson , Exeter ; Garbutt , Gateshead ; Raimes , Edinburgh ; Henry , Guernsey ; Nelson , Glasgow ; Simple , Greenock ; _Weymas , Hereford ; Butler , High _Wycomb-Cussons , _Horncaatle ; Noble , Hull ; Fetch , Ipswich ; Tuaeh , Inverness ; Green , Jersey ; Milner , Lancaster ; Harper Leamington ; Butler , Dublin ; Cooper , Leicester ; Aspinall , Liverpool ; Coleman , Lincoln ; Cocking , Ludlow ; Wigg , Lynn ; Wright ; Macclesfield ; Lessey , Manchester ; Lnngley , Mansfield ; Butler , Marlow ; Campbell , Montrose ; Ridge , Newark ; Sutton , Nottingham ; Mease , North Shields ; Jarrold and Co ., Norwiek ; Stump , Oldham ; Mennie Plymouth -, Gowans _; Perth ; Tint and Car , Sunderland ; Leader , Sheffield ; ' Deighton , "Worcester ; Froud , Dorchester !' And by all respectable Chemists in every Market town throughout the United Kingdom . Wholesale Agent * . —Messrs . Bolton , Blanshard , and Co ., Druggists , Micklegate _, York .
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HEALTH WEERB 'TIS SOUGHT ! HOLLOWAY'S PILLS . . . Cure of a Disordered Liver and Stomach , when in a most hopeless stole , Extract of a Letter from Mr . Matthew Harvey , of Chapel . Hall , Airdrie , Scotland , dated tbe loth of January , 18 D 0 . Sm , —Your valuable pills have been the means , with God ' s blessing , of restoring me to a state of perfect health , and at a time when I thought I was on tho brink of the grave . Ihad consulted several eminent doctors , who , after doing what they could for me , stated thatthey considered my case as hopeless . I ought to say that Ihad been suffering from a liver and stomach complaint of long standing , which during the last two years got so much novae , that every one considered my condition as hopeless . I , as a last resource , got a pox of jour pills , which soon gave relief , and by persevering in their use for some weeks , together with rubbing night and morning your Ointment over my chest and stomach ; and right side , I have by their means alone got completely cured , and to the astonishment of myself and everybodyyvho knows me . —( Signed ) Mattiiew Habvet . —To Professor Hollowat . Oiifeof a Case of Weakness and Debility , of Four Years' Standing .
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_Avmmat -Wveiw -During tbe Castle Donmg-[? to th _t rl _£ e _KZffi . _«? _h'S (? tffK £ bear by the chain with whicli he had been secured , ? nd in a moment extricated the man from the rude _ffrnsp of Bruin , -and kept him suspended until the man had recovered himself from the struggle . — Derby Mercury ;
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 16, 1850, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_16111850/page/3/
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