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      THE GERMAN FATHERLAND . "Where is the German ' s fatherland ?—The Prussian land ? ihe Swabian land ? "Where Rhine the vine-clad mountains laves ? "Where skims the gull the Baltic waves ? 0 ! no , O ! no , 0 ! no , 0 ! no , He owns a wJder fatherland . "Where is the German ' s fatherland ?—Bavarian land ? or Styrianland ? _TPhere sturdy peasants p lough the plain J Where mountain sons bright metal gain ? O ! no , 0 ! n _» . He owns a wider fatherland . "Where is the German ' s fatherland ?—The Saxon hills ? the Zuyder strand ? "Where sweep wild winds the sandy shores ? Where loud the rolling Dunube roars 1 O ! no . O ! no .

      He owns a wider fatherland . "Where is the German ' s fatherland ? . Then name , then name the mighty land !—The Austrian land in fight renowned ? The Kaiser ' s land with honours crowned ? 0 ! no , 0 ! no , 0 ! no , 0 ! no , 'Tis not the German ' s fatherland . _Whereisthe Gorman ' s fatherland IThen name , then name the mighty land ? The land of Hofcr , land of Tell ? This land I know and love it well . But no I but no , He owns a wider fatherland . Where is the German ' s fatherland ?—Is his the pieced and parcelled land Where pirate princes rule ? a gem Torn from the the empire ' s diadem ? O ! no , OI no , Such is not the German ' s fatherland .

      Where is the German s fatherland ?—Then name , O ! name the mighty land ! Wherever is heard the German tongue , And German hymns to God are sung ; This is thc land , thy Hermann ' s land , This , German , is thy fatherland . This is the German ' s fatherland ?—Where faith is in the plighted hand , "Where truth lives in each eye of blue , And every heart is staunch and true , This is the land , the honest land , The honest German ' s fatherland . This is the German ' s fatherland , That scorns the stranger ' s proud command Whose friend is every good arid brave , Whose foe is every traitor knave , — This is the land , the one true land , Tl _, « _airman ' s one true fatherland .

      This is the land , the one true land , O ! God , to aid be thou at hand , And fire each heart , and nerve each arm , To shield our German homes from harm , — To shield the land , the one true land , One DcutschlandL and one fatherland .

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      The History Of Ulelai\Jj. By T. "Weight,...

      THE HISTORY OF UlELAi \ JJ . By T . "Weight , Esq . Parts IX . and X London : J . and F . Taffis , 100 , Johnstreet . The -wars and tragical end of Shane O'Neill , tiie administration of the celebrated Sir Henry Sydney , the doings ofthe adventurer Thomas Stukeley _, and other events and occurrences ofthe reigns of Mary and Elizabeth , occupy these two parts , with a narrative of stirring interest . The engravings—w lich are _exceedingly beautiful—represent the Death of Roderick O'Donnell , _vt Inch Castle , and the _flight of Gerald Fitzgerald . This History of Ireland is thus far entitled to our "warmest praise . The Pabiotjb . Library . Tales and Sketches _Tkr _TJrmnrTT _Topfter . London : Siimns

      and 3 I-Intyre , 13 , Paternoster-row . TnouGn containing nothing very profound or startling , this is a ri g ht p leasant volume , and can hardly fail to aflbrd entertainment and satisfaction to the numerous patrons of the Parlour Library . From one of these "tales" or " sketches "—which ever it may "be—entitled , " The Late of Gers _, " we give the following extracts : —

      CUSTOM-DOUSE _OFJICEltS . Custom-house officers are men who wear a uni form , sport very dir ty hands , and are never without a pipe in their mouths . Seated in the sun , they _lounsre idly until a carriage happens to pass , which _carriage only passes before them for the precise reason that it contains not a trace of anything contraband . ,- ¦ _* :, , _,-, " Monsieur has nothing to declare s "No " And immediately behold them , _notwithstanding _4 " hi _« _rati-crnrieal rcolv . opening the valises and

      plun"in" lhe aforesaid hands amidst the snowy linen ' s , the silk dresses , and the perfumed pockethandkerchiefs , -The state pays them for exercising this profession . That has always appeared to mc lather odd . „ , ,. , The «* mu _«* _- "lers are men armed to the teeth , anu over disposed to drive a ball through any customhoBse officer -ivho should take a fancy to display his person on the road they have reservedfor themselves . Fortunately tlie custom-house officers , who never dream of such a thing , do not display their _-pei- _^ ons at al l or else display them somewhere else _, ihat has always appeared to me a great sign of tact _^ _n * i . n _micTmrk-hnnse officer * .

      1 have frequently had transactions with the cusiom-house officers . 2 dy shirts have had the honour io he nh"e _* _-ed on all the frontiers by the agents of all the _governments , absolute or otherwise . They never found anything prohibited in them . Apropos of shirts , here is a story . I was going to Lyons At Bellc < nardet they rummaged our trunks , and wished also to examine our persons for fear of _Tvatehes , & e ., for Geneva is not far oft . I submitted -withagood grace to this operation ; hut an Enriish officer , who was one of the party Laving been made aware ef what was wanted with him quietly a _™* „„* ii _"« fcnifc from his pocket and declared

      ihat he would cut in two " la premier , comma a «« - 7 a _second" ( the first and also the second ) who should attempt io search him , even at a distance . There was a grand rumpus . The custom-house officers asked no better than to carry the rc _^ Mum into effect ; hut the tall hero of Waterloo , w th his blade of polished steel , cowed them completely , in the mean time the commandant kept _repeating in an authoritative voice : "Search that man J but the other repeated on his side , with increasing fury : _Yaie ! et ie coupe en deux la premier cor , > me aussi la . _» cond , ct encore la Iromeme avec ! " - ( Come on J and Til cut in two thc first man that comes near me , and the second and thc third mto the bargain : ) _tW tW _« -third , he meant to designate the chict .

      The afiair mig ht have ended in a tragic _n . ™ , so -Teat was iht exasperation of the worthy gentleman , when I thought it right to interfere . » If you , sir , " said I , " wdl hand your clothes to the officers , they can execute their orders without your _dismitysunering in the least . _w _™ Scarcely had I spoken when the Engl _^ man acquiescing in these conditions , began to stnpoiF his clothe ! in the greatest haste , _tWmgftem one bv one . in the faces of the officers . He lett _Wrnseft as naked as my hand ; and I shall never fo _^ et the at with which he clapped bs shirt on Se cemmandant ' s head , exclaiming- " _* £ - '«« « . 7 . 7 . _- » ' tine '" ( There , you _scoundrel—tase that . ) T h _\ ve less freouently had transactions with the connexion

      _smnowlers- nevertheless , I had some _SS _/ one day when I thought fit to proceed from Sixt to Sallenche , hy _^ the mountain pass of which I have spoken . . , On turning round I saw towering « _-J f » _V » f the icy peak of Mount Buet-Ifimcied Isawalso not very far on ; something moving behind the last clump of willows I had passed . 1 began to unagme that this might he the feet , belonging to the head that I had seen previously , insomuch that I continued my march with increasing circumspection . Unfortunately I am by nature extremely timid ; I detest dancer , in which it is said heroes delight ; I love nothing so much as perfect security in my van , _iamyrear , and on either flank . . it ¦» . I ended by concealing myself amongst the rocks , toohserveftomthisnootwhatwaspassmginmyrcar . T _^ -.. cwr . ti » hintrthiisforabouthalfanhourritisamost

      feti < _Tung operation watching ) , when an iU-looKing fellow ventured to creep stealthily from behind ihe wiUows . He gazed a Jong tune in the direction of the rocks , amongst which I was concealed ; then he clapped his hands twice . At this signal two other men appeared , and all three-eachi hoisting a heavy sack on his shoulders-commenced tranquilly to ascend the path , puffing " away- at then _^ _pipes , Which they had & ted . * « " manner they soon _Sed opposite the place where I was watehmg , _crS ng Sown against the earth ; _™* y _^ _> _£ seated tSemselvef on their sacks . Fortunately thev turned their backs towards me ., „ marts I had plenty of leisure to make my _* _£ _« - » _£ _* These gentlemen appeared to me remarKapiy weu anned ! they had ambng the three a carbine and two pistols , without reckoning the huge , sac * , which my imagination , faithful to the lessons of _historv . did not fail to fill with Berne gunpowder .

      The man who had moved away climbed a height , from which he carefully ; examined the road over which they were to pass ; then , _ictunriiig to Ms companions : —

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      " I can see him no longer , said ne . " 5 fo matter , " said the other , ' the scoundrel means to sell us I " "And I would wager , " interrupted the third , " that it is for that purpose he keeps trotting on in advance of us . A custom-house officer in disguise , I tell you . lie stepped , as if to snuff around himhe looked here and there , and everywhere . " " Ah ! why can we not despatch him in this little propitious and solitary nook , where no one would be a whit the wiser ! The dead never return !" "And therefore Jean-Jean never returned , " resumed the second who . had spoken . •* There is precisely the hole , at the foot of that stone there .

      where his carcase perished . The cunning rascal , when we took him , had just thrown away his carbine ( this is it ) to give himself the air of a private individual . His business was soon finished . Scarcely had we laid hold of him , than Lamecho tied him to a tree , and Pierre sent a ball through his temples . It was only afterwards that the droll rascal said to him , 'Come , Jean-Jean , " say your prayers I' " A frightful laugh followed these dreadful words , which continued until the same man , having g iven the signal for departure " Parbleu ! " exclaimed he , on perceiving me , " we have found the magpie in his nest . Here is our _nmafpnr I " .

      The two others , at these words , started up hastily ; and I saw , or thoueht I saw , an innumerable _multi-, tude of pistols levelled at my forehead . «• Gentlemen , " said I , " gentlemen—I—you mistake—permit me—but first lower those weaponsgentlemen , I am the honestest fellow in the world—( they knit their brows)—lower your weapons , I beg of you , which might go off without your wishing it —I am a man of letters—an entire stranger to _enstom-hnn- ! fts—married—the father of a

      familylower , I conjure you , your weapons , winch hinder me from collecting my ideas . Deign to proceed on your way without making yourselves uneasy about me—I laugh at custom-houses . I even take an interest in your toilsome profession . You are honest fellows , who are the bearers of abundance to the victims of an odious fiscal regime . I have the honour , gentlemen , to salute you respectfully . ¦ ' " You are here to play the spy on us ! " replied the most ill-looking of the three , in the tone of a

      " Sot at all—not at all I—I am here tor — "For the purpose of observing us , and selling us . Oh , we know you ! "We saw you down yonderspying—looking "— . , . "Atthe lovely landscape , my worthy gentlemen —nothingmore . " ' ,, ' . ' , \ - -u " The fine landscape ? And this nook in which vou had stuck yourself—tell me , was it for the purpose of gathering simples you were there ? A bad trade that of yours . These mountains belong to us . Woe to him who comes to spy about them I Offer up your pravers . " He raised his pistol . I fell to the earth . The two others approached rather than interfered , and all three exchanged a few words in a low voice after which , one of them nlacing his burden without

      ceremony on my shoulders : — . « Tri . '" cried ho : . . - . , : It was thus that I found myself forming part of a smuggling expedition . It was for the first time m my life , and I have ever since taken particular care _thaHt-shouldhethelast . _,-,,.., _- It appeared that my fate had been decided in this secret council ; for the men took no further notice of me . They marched on in silence , carrying m turns the two remaining burdens . I attempted , however , to return to the demonstration of my innocence ; but their experienced eye pleaded more powerfully in favour of the truth of my statement than all mv assertions . The only thing , they could

      not explain was , why I had advanced wiin so mucu circumspection , and looked around when I must have thought I was alone . I furnished them with a solution of this _mvstei-y , by confessing to the . apparition which had " struck me when I was gazmg in the pool of water . " No matter , " said the ill-looking one ; innocent or not . you might sell us;—march ! We shall be at the forest just now , and then we will settle your afiair . " The reader may judge of the sinister meaning which I attached to these words . Therefore , during the half-hour ' s walk which led us to tho neighbouring forest , I had time to form a just idea of the sensations felt by a criminal who is conducted to the seaftbld . They are , I can assure him deserving of his utmost nitv . I had still in my favour , in the

      first place , my innoeence ; and secondly , tne cnance of meeting some one on the road ; without reckonill" - the resource which was presented to mc of dashing ourselves , myself and my burden , into a most commodious abyss which yawned on our right . The first of these chances did not present itself ; 1 had no taste for the second ; so that we arrived without adventure at the forest . There these gentlemen relieved me of my burden , tied mo securely to a hu « -o larch , and—and , in place of driving a ball thromrlT mo as they had done to Jean-Jean : — " Wc require , " said they , " twenty-four hours of security . Consider yourself well off . Keep up your heart . To-morrow , as we return , we will untie you , and gratitude will render you discreet . _Aftor which thev resumed then- burdens and left

      me . How the victim was released , the reader will ascertain by turning to the volume , which we _vei-v cordially recommend to our readers .

      Vathekj an Arabian Tale . By W . Beckpord , Esq . London : G -. Slater , 2 o 2 ? Strand . A secokd volume of _Slatei s Shilling Series —the first of which , devoted to Emerson ' s Essays , wc recently noticed and commended to tlie readers of this journal . To . our fancy , Vathek is a much over-rated production . It is onlv fair to add that an opposite judgment has

      heen pronounced hy no less a personage man LordBybo _^ , who has -written ;— "For correctness of costume , heauty of description , and power of imagination , Vathek far surpasses all European imitations . As an Eastern tale , even Rasselas must how hefore it ; his Happy Valley will not hear comparison with the Hall ofEblis . " A brief hut interesting memoir of the rich and eccentric author precedes the story , which , published in its present cheap form ; -will place it within the reach of all _rtloCCHC

      j % e H - Family . By _FREDERiKA Bbe-. MEit . Translated from the Swedish . London : Gr . Slater ,- 252 , Strand . TnE first volume of Miss Buemer ' s popular novels , handsomely hound in green and gold , uniform in size and price with tho Shilling Series . To those yet unacquainted with the works of the Swedish enchantress , this edition cannot fail to he iriost welcome . Mi * . Slater ' s volumes are admirably adapted for presents to friends—particularly birth-day presents . __ The exterior neatness of these publications will he anadditional attraction in the eyes of all , especially the young of both sexes .

      The Life and Character of Richard Carhle . By George Jacob Holyoake . London ; J . Watson . 3 . Queen ' s Head-passage ,

      Paternoster-row . However close the alliance of brevity with wit , it is not always wise to make _hrevity the first consideration ; perhaps never so , when an author s subject is the life and character of a remarkahleman . _Tvc anticipatethatthenmversal verdict on this memoir will he that Mr . H 0-LTOAKEhas done neither his subject nor himselt justice . The life of Eichard Carliie demanded at least one goodly volume . In tracing the sketch before , us , Mr . Hoitoake has , so far , done his work well , hut his outline needs filling up . • _--- ' -

      . „ , CAraJLEwasanindomitahleman . _Jlesulterea mnch , In _allnine years andfour > Wnthimpr \ s < m ment . Itmust _, however , he home m mind that he was not treated with that cruelty with which the political martyrs of the present . time are visited . During Ms imprisonment _^ Dorchester Gaol He edited the « JRepubhcm , " a weekly journal which he conducted _thoug h _iK _^ i , _« imnM : The "Revuihcan , " . filled

      with whattheorthodox call « blasphemy " ana " sedition , " was a _farbolder pahlication than any at present existing . Yet that puhheation he was permitted to edit unmolested hy . his gaolers ! . In the same prison he dedicated the volume of trials of his Wife / Sister , and Shopmen— " To the Memory of Robert _SlEWAMV Marquis of _LoxDoUDERRy , Viscount Castlereagh , etc . j who eventually did that for himsftlf tvhif . h _mtinnnci _-anshorl some noble iriind

      ¦ would do " for _mm- _^ -rCux HIS THROAT . . . v . ° P " pare this with the treatment ofEBNEST _JoneS , condemned to unbroken silence , a convict s dress , prison mod , permitted to correspond with . his family only , and . that too drily after intervals of 8 ome ; weeks ; not _perniitteditb write ! anything for . puhlication , even , though of a _i non-political character ; even , worse ; . _stilly absolutely denied-pen _^ _ink . andpaper , . _except

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      when writing to Ms family once in _thi-ee months . The Tory persecutors of Carlile were ministers of mercy compared with the "liberal" devils who at present exercise their love of cruelty by torturing the champions of Fr eedom and Right . Again , Carlile " was liberally supported , and found powerful friends . " Subscriptions were collected for him at the rate of £ 500 per year—and he made enormous profits by the sale of his publications—for a long period not less than £ 50 a-week . Chartist victims find no such friends . But , in truth , even --infidels " - —if they belong to the _«• respectable " classes—abhor the men who aim at

      emancipating the proletarians , aud putting down class robbery and caste sway . Anything but faultless , Carlile nevertheless did immense good by his unflinching and triumphant assertion ofthe freedom of speech and ofthe press . As one of the pioneers of a better order of things , he deserves to he gratefully remembered . . By those , who knew the man , or read his publications , this memoir is sure , to he wel comed . Younger men will bo stimulated hy curiosity to learn somethingof one whose name was once famous . We anticipate that their curiosity will be whetted rather than satisfied , by a perusal of Mr . Holyoake ' s well-written , hut too brief , production .

      An Essay On The Progress Of Intemperance...

      An Essay on the Progress of Intemperance . By John Evaxs , Woolcomher . Bradford , ' Yorkshire : B . Walker , Market-street . ; This essay is poetical , arid for the most part a discussion between a "Moderationer" and a " Teetotaller . " Of course , the latter is made to haye the best of tho argument , aud finall y converts his opponent . The lines read smoothly , and are superior to the average of much which passes for , or , at least , goes by the name , of " poetry . " - Mr . Evans ' s Tract deserves the patronage of all associated in "the temperance cause . "

      Suxshese And Shadow' A Tale Ud' The Nine...

      _SUXSHESE AND SHADOW' A TALE UD ' THE NINETEENTH CENTURY . _BV . THOMAS MARTIN WHEELER , Late Secretary to the National Charter Associatio and National Land Company . Chapter VII . - ... Now , by two-headed Janus , Xature hath framed strange fellows in her time ; Some that will evermore peep through then eyes , And laugh like parrots at a bagpiper ; And others of such vinegar aspect _. That they'll not show their teeth in way of smile , Though Nestor swears the jest be laughable . Shdkspcrc .

      Even Love is sold ; the solace of all woe Is turned to deadliest agony : old age Shivers in selfish beauty ' s loathing arms , Arid youth's corrupted impulses prepare A life of horror from the blighting ' bano Of Commerce ; whilst tho pestilence that springs From unenjoying sensualism has filled All human life with hydra-headed woes . —Shelley . Sir Jasper Baldwin was a tall , dark man , of a stony and severe trait of countenance , which no smile ever relieved—corpulent as an alderman , and as bilious in complexion as he was in constitution . He was about forty-five years old , twenty-two of which had been spent in various of our West Indian islands , where from being an overseer to a plantation

      he had risen to his present dignity , ana to tne _omeiai station of Governor of one ofthe Windward Islands , to which office he was but recently appointed , and was about sailing with the next man-of-war bound to that station , to take possession of his new dignitv . During his short residence in London he had called on Joseph North , with whom he had dealings in his days of subordination , and was immediately smitten with the charms of the ex-citizen ' s daughter . "With the promptness of a West Indian—in all that relates to dealings in human flesh—he offered himself to her parents as their future son-in-law , and the offering was too flattering to meet with other than their cordial approval . Julia ' s consent was to him a matter of second-rale importance .

      Proud of his ncwly-acquirea title ana station , anu backed b , v her parents' approval , he dreamt not of a refusal * from the mild and amiable girl of his choice . Scarce could hc credit his senses when , on making the application in as lormal terms as though he were addressing the council over whose deliberation she was . ibont to preside _, he met with a firm and resolute negative to thc honour he intended to convey on her . In vain did her parents exert their influence . Docile in all else , reason told her that implicit obedience was no longer a virtue ; that no imperious necessity demanded a sacrifice which would result iu misery to her , and procure no advantage to those she loved , but a momentary , gratification of their pride , and then a

      separationperhaps for ever . Air . and Mrs . JNorth , unaoic to overcome thc firmness of Julia , as a last resource , applied to her brother , whom she greatly loved , and yet stood greatly in awe of . The result was the invitation to Liverpool _disclosed in our last chapter , and the lapse of a week saw Julia the inmate of her brother s mansion . Poor maiden ! gladly had she accepted thc invitation , thinking to escape from the unwelcome addresses of Sir Jasper . What , then , was her surprise , on the second morning of her visit , to sec Sir Jasper enter the drawing-room , and , with her brother ' s approbation , resume his odious suit . Day after day passed , and no entreaties or tears could induce her brother to give her any rpsnite from Sir Jasper ' s wearisome presence . She

      had no female , or other acquaintance in juverpooi , to whom she could fly for a refuge from her persecutors , and her heart sunk within her at thc treachery of tlie brother she had so loved . Walter North , finding that the time had nearly expired when the vessel in which Sir Jasper was to embark was about to sail , and that Sir Jasper , wearied with thc coldness of his lady-love , and his vanity wounded with his rejection , was about to abandon his suit , became afraid that the bird would take wing before his plans could be brought to bear , and , despairing of Julia ' s consent , took Sir Jasper into his confidence , and concocted an infamous scheme to induce thc fair _o- ; _,-i in . _10-i-fift to this ill-assorted mamaire . Sir

      Jasper , inured to oppression as he was , _slirunn at first from the proposal , but Walter , bringing his love and vanity into . play , speedily gained his cooperation , and the villanous project was carried into effect . Walter North ' s bachelor establishment contained but two female and one male servant ; these , under various pretences , were by Walter s contrivance , sent away from his residence one -night shortly before the sailing of the vessel , and Sir Jasper , well heated with wine , was by Walter admitted to Julia's sleepingapartments , and , m spite of hcv tears , prayers , and entreaties , she became Sir Jasper ' s bride , for humiliated in heart and soul , all confidence destroyed in her brother , and fearful to what _lenrrth thev mirfit carry their treachery , she

      became a passive instrument in their hands . Ail thc favour she craved was , that sho might be allowed to spend a few months in England , to visit her parents , recover her spirits , and prepare for the voyage , before she rejoined her husband . A _ms request , at hcv hvothev ' s intercession , was granted , the more readUy , as our West Indian . had many _arrangements to make ere he could mstal his wlie in that apparent pomp—but real . slavery—which , in his estimation , his station as governor demanded . _Bright shone the sun , merry rang the village oeiis , gay and cheerful were the spectators—even the very officials , in expectation of increased fees , put on their blandest smiles , when the holy bonds of matrimony united the lovely Julia , daughter of -Josoim North . Esq .. of Oporto House , to Sir Jasper Baldcoloni

      win Governor of eno of her Majesty ' s cs _. Miserable mockery and profanation ! _W prostitution ! . The saintly hypocrite and _selhsh worldling look down with scorn and contempt upon the unfortunate sisterhood who roam our streets , tut _-S _^ ofap bilo _^ h _^ , thcya » _^ le « degraded than too many of those upon whose union the law has shed its sanction . Thoughdmen bjrww » t to degradation , yet have theynot sold their _heaits pure affection for base lucre ; . though despoiled ot virtue by those who should have supported and not Saved them , yet have ' they , fallen not . _^ uc hby _ftu-ir own vices , ashy trusting too much in the _gOOd-Sls _ofotheriV tbey have not put themselves up for sale _toSe highest bidder , the . _priest . officiating as auctioneer . _Seemly as they have fallen , _; thoy _harfnotthe _aatoionalmisery : of _draggmg day _^ by S _^ the _\ vcary chain of loveless wedlock , _andappcai-^^ _S / m theirhopeless misery . . Thus Ju ha

      - _Vrirth _^ -the intellectual , _tne-iiDerty-ioving u _.- ™ _-.. rfoureSy story-became a bride . _rlU _^ _mracd nup . - _ra _Tthaf _^ hrew its . shadow , ¦ ° J _^ I-, _^?& nf which if was " surrounded , and not _& _£ «•»« _" _£ cheerfullui ht which warms / cheers , and ilium * -Sen wilf the union' of the sexes be ' relieved _^ from the miserable sophisms which superstition and pi e-Sdi _" have thrown avouud . it , an 5 become _^ se _^ on thenrinciples of nature , and morality . - Had J una love ? Sher , no force , no . treachery woud have _renderedS false to her ' , first love _; but having no satSio make , save of her own person _. for the Ske of her own and her parent _^ reputation , she resilned _lerself to her fate , . an < Lret _urmnf * -to her _TaSshome , pouring herwounded feelings into her Ser _-rStshejought that ; Consola _^ and Sathy which none hut a parent can _^ mpart . _ErWtbey regret- the treachery of their son

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      but he laughed at their remonstrances and regrets , and buoyed them up with bright visions of the future , until they felt almost convinced that they had acted for the best : but Julia ' s waning health , and increasing lethargy of spirits , soon destroyed these visions , and with an aching heart did her mother expedite those preparations necessary prior to following her—shall we call him hu _' sband ? to his far distant home . ( To be continued . )

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      Alexander ano the _SciiiruNS . —When tho Scythian ambassadors waited on Alexander the Great , they gazed attentively upon him for a long timo , without speaking a word , being very probably surprised , as they formed a judgment of men from their air and stature , to find that his did not answer the high idea they entertained of him frorii his fame . At last the oldest ofthe ambassadors ( according to Q . Curtius ) , addressed him thus ; " Had tho goda given thee a body proportionable to thy ambition , thc whole universe would have been too little for thee . With one hand thou wouldst touch the east , and with the other the west , and not satisfied with this , thou wouldst

      follow the sun , and know where he hides himself . But what have we to do with thee ? —wo never set foot in thy country : —may not those who inhabit woods'be allowed to live without knowing , who thou art , and whenco thoucomest ? Wc will neither command over , nor submit to any man . And that thou mayest be sensible what kind of people tho Scythians are , know that we have received from heaven , as a rich present , a yoke of oxen , a ploughshare , a dart , a javelin , and a cup these we make use of both with our friends and our enemies . To our friends we give corn , which wc procure by tho labour of our oxen—with them we offer , wine to . the Gods in our cup ; and with regard to our enemies , we combat them at a distance with our arrows , and near at hand with

      our javelins .. But thou , who boasted thy coming to extirpate robbers , thou thyself art the greatest robber upon earth . Thou hast plundered all thc nations thou ovcrcamest ; thou hast possessed thyself of Lydia , Invaded Syria , Persia , and Bactriana , thou art forming a design to march as far as India ; and now thou comest hither to seize upon our herds of cattle .--The great'possessions thou hast only make thee covet more eagerly what thou hast not . If thou art a God ,, thou oughtest to do' good to mortals , and not deprive them of their possessions . If thou art a more man , reflect always on what thou art . They whom thou shalt not molest will be thy true frionds—the strongest friendships being contracted between equals—and they are esteemed ' i , ' ,

      equals who have not tried their strength against each other ; but do not imagine that thoso whom thou conquercst can love thee . " An Irishman received a challenge to fight a duel , ' but declined . On being asked the reason , " Och , " said Pat , ' , ' . would you have me leave his mother an orphan ?" " Was George Hudson a man or a myth ? The question , " avers Tail ' s Magazine , " will be asked a thousand years hence , when people talk of our railways as we . speak of the . pyramids . " The ex-king in a new character ! The English Cheops !" Antiquity boasts no gems—no glowing retrospect —no resting place for the mind ' s eye to dwell upon , or the memory to cherish , save that wliich is still esteemed by the . human family in our own daystf . rHna twobitu and virtue .

      Aristocratic Amusemext j—A tew days ago some paviours were at work near Trinity College , Cambridge , when some students gave them bottle after bottle of wine to drink , until one of the men became so drunk that he died . _Ovn Glorious Constitution . — " A state or commonwealth , " says Milton , "is a society sufficient in itself in all things conducible to well-being and commodious life " . Will this definition answer to Britain as parliaments how are ?—when all depends on a set of men authorised by a very small minority ns to numbers , and property ? It is a conimon maxim in politics , that in every stato there must be somewhere , an absolute , an irresistible power over the _neonlo . ; But this is to be rishtlv understood , or

      it will lead to mistakes . In a monarchy , as 1 ranee , the whole power is in the king against all other voice ; this is proper tyranny . At Venice , it is in the nobles exclusively ; this is proper aristocracy or oligarchy . In Holland ( excepting somo errors and deviations ) thc whole power is in the states , that is , or should bo , tho peoplo , hut it does not descend low enough , and leaves the bourgeoisie considerably enslaved . In England , tlie whole power-is in King , Lords , and Commons . Therefore in monarchies , the people , the chief objcGt , have no share of power . In oligarchies the people have as little . In-republics , ' tlio people havo a share of power . But in our

      mixed government the people are swallowed up m King , Lords , and Commons . To say therefore that there must bo in every country an absolute power somewhere over the people , and in which thoy are to have no shave , is making the people mere beasts of burden , instead of \ yhat they are , viz ., thc original of power , the object of government , and last resource . Our country people therefore , to quiet our minds on this subject , tell lis , we have a very great share in . governing ourselves , as we elect . our lawmakers . We have seen what this amounts to . And if any Englishman is satisfied , I can only say hc is thankful for small mercies . —James Burgh ' s Political Dismdsitions , 1771 .

      Age op Prince Albert . —The _Cliester Chronicle , ill describing thc recent grand doings in connexion with the Grimsby Docks , says : — " Prince Albert , after the lapse of more than a century and a half , has again honoured thc ancient city of Lincoln , " & c . Macready for President !—A stage-struck editor out West is advocating the nomination of Mr . Macready-. for-, the next president of the United States . —Boston Chronotypc . Calumny seeks to destroy , secretly that wliich it dares not attempt to injure openly ; instead of honest opposition there is cowardly hatred . Here we find that cowardice is over the companion of vice ; and however successfully malice may be handled secretly , as an instrument to further wicked designs , it is always to bo avoided by the virtuous . Scandal begets suspicion , and " suspicion haunts the guilty _™ _* nrl I "

      Moral Effects of the Gallows . —A lawn Jau at Weston-Feh , in Cambridgeshire , has lost his life in experimenting on tho sensation of hanging . Despotic sway aiay flourish for a time , unencounterod , unopposed ; but as it only attains tho supremacy by trampling on one of nature's primary laws—that of order : the Jaw must be again restored to its full bearing , either by gradual melioration or sudden ohange ! if the governed are mentally so blind that they cannot perceive the evil , then nature herself restores tho equilibrium' unperceived , yet effectually . ' _, The late Daniel O'Connell's house and books are to be forthwith sold to pay bis debts . Custom is the God of ignorance ; and there will always be the greatest horror of innovation in the most barbarous and uninformed minds , that is , whore there is the ffreatest need of it .

      A Nice Calculation . —Ivc known some very moan men in my time . There was Deacon Overreach , now , he was so moan , ho always carried a hen in his gigbox when ho travelled , to pick up the oats his horse wasted in the manger , and lay an egg for his breakfast in the morning . And then there was Hugo Ilimmclman who made his wife dig potatoes to pay for the marriage licence . " Lawyer , hc continued , addressing himself to Barclay , " I must tell . you tbat story of Hugo , for it's not a bad one ; and good stories , like potatoes , ain't as plenty as thoy used to be when I was a boy . Hugo is a neighbour of mine , though considerably older than I be , and a mean neighbour he is , too . Well , when lie was going to < mt married to Gretchen Lolp he noes down to

      Parson - Rogers , atDigby , to get a licence , _parson says ho , " what ' s the price of a licence ? " " Six dollars ! " says he . " Six dollars , " says Hugo ; ' that ' s a dreadful sight of money ! Couldn't you take no less ? " ; " No , " says he . « ' That ' s what they cost me to the Secretary's office at Halifax . " " Well , how riiuch do you ax for publishing in church , then ? " " Nothing , " says the Parson . " Well , " says Hugo , " that ' s so cheap I can ' t expect you to give no change back . I think I'll be published . How long docs it take V " Three Sundays . " " Three Sundays ! " says Hugo . " Well , that ' s along time , too . But three Sundays only make , a fortnight , after all ; two for the covers ar . d one forthe inside liko ; and : six dollars is a : great sumof money , for . a poor man to throw . away . I must wait . " So off he went ' a-jogging towards home , and a-looking about as mean as a new , " sheared sheep , when all at once a bright thought came into his head , and back he went . , as hard as his horse

      could carry him . ' , ' Parson , says ho , . * ' rvo changed my" mind . —Here ' s the six dollars . I tie the knot tonight with my . tongue tbat I can ' t undo with my teeth . " . '" •¦ Why what in nature is the ineaningof all tliis ?"' saysthe Parson . ¦¦ Why , " says Hugo , "I ' vebeen ciphering it out in my head , audit ' s cheaper than : publishing bansj after all . You see its a potato digging time ; if . I . wait to be called ; in church , ' her father will have her work for nothing ; arid , as hands ' are scarce , " and wages high , if I _man-y her to night , she can begin to dig our o ; wn to _« morrowY and thatwillpay theliconeo , and just seven shillings over ; for there ain't a man in : all Clements _^ hat can dig and carry as many bushels in a . day . as , Gretchen can . And , besides , fresh wives , _ like fresh servants , work like smoke at first , but they get sarcy and lazy after a while . " "' Oh my , "' said Miss Lucy , - ¦ did you ever hear , the' beat ofthat ? \ Yell , Inevev . _"~ Lifein a Colony . "

      Somebody who appears to know how fashionable schools are ' managed , , says : To ,. educate young ladies is to ..: let them know all about the _ogics , . ihe oracnies , the . yics , " the tick ' s , and _themusticks ; but nothing about : the ings ; Such' as , ' sewing , ' darnpiy ' , wishing-: _baking , - 'arid _riiakwji :: pVidiihg . — B . oston _Chronotwebw-v ; ¦ : : ; ,

      An Effectual Cure For Piles, Fistulas, At.

      AN EFFECTUAL CURE FOR PILES , FISTULAS , At .

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      ABERNBTHY'S PILE OINTMENT . What a painful and noxious disease is the Piles ! and , comparatively , how few ofthe afflicted have been permanently cured by ordinary appeals to medical skill . Ains , no doubt , arises from the use of powerful aperi-ints too frequently administered by the profession ; indeed , _stron-j -nternal medicines should always be- avoided in all cases of this complaint The proprietor of the above Ointment , after years of acute sufferins , placed himself under tho treaU ment ofthat eminent surgeon , Mr . Abernetiiy ; was by him restored to perfect health , and has enjoyed it ever since without the slightest return of the disorder , over a period of fifteen years , during which timo tho same Abornothian prescription has been the means of healing a vast number ot desperate eases both in and ont of the proprietor's circles of friends , most of wliich cases had been under medical care , and some of them for a very considerable time . Aber _nelhj- _' s Pile Ointment was introduced to the public by the _desuvs ol mftiiy who had been perfectly healed by its application , and since its introduction the fame of this Ointment has spread far and wide ; even tlio medical profession , always slow and unwilling to acknowledge the virtues of any medicine not prepared by themselves , do now freely and frankly admit tliat Abernethy ' s Pile Ointment is not only a valuable preparation , but a never failing remedy in every stage and variety of that appaUing malady . ' . Sufferers from the Piles will notwepent giving the Ointment a trial . Multitudes ot cases of its 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 . Gd ., or tlie quantity of three 4 s . fid . pots in one for lis ., with full directions for use , bv Barclay and _SonSjFavringdon-stroet ; Edwards , St . Paul ' s Church-yard ; hutlcr , 4 , Chcapsme ; Newbery , St . Paul ' s ; Sutton , Bow Church-yard ; Johnson , OS , Cornhill ; Sanger , 150 , Oxford-street ; Willonghby and Co ., 81 , UisliopFgate-street Without ; Owen , 52 , Marchinont-strcet , Burton-cresent ; Eade , 39 , _Goswell-strcet ; Prout , 229 , Strand _; Ilannay and Co ., 03 , O . xford-street ; Prentice , 84 , _Edgeware-road ; and retail bv all respectable Chemists and Medicine Vendors m London . V Be sure to ask for " ABERNETHY'S PILE OINTMENT . " Tlie Public are requested to be on their guard against noxious Compositions , sold at low Prices , and to observe that noue can possibly be genuine , unless the name of C . King is printed on the Government Stump affixed to each pot , 4 s . ( id . ; which is tlie lowest price the proprietor is enabled to soli it at , owing to the great expense of the Ingredients . C O It N S AND B U N I 0 N S . " p aul's _evebFITan's FRIEND , Patronised by the Royal Family , Nobility , Clergy , _d-c . Is a sure and speed y Cure for those severe annoyances , without causing the least pain or inconvenience . Unlike all other remedies for Corns , its operation is such as to render the cutting of _Cgrns altogether unnecessary : indeed , we may say , ' the practice of cutting Corns is at aU times hi _g hly dangerous , and has been frequently attended with lamentable consequences , besides its liabUity to increase their growth ; it adheres with the most gentle pressure , produces ilil instant and delightful relief from torture , aud with perseverance in its application , entirely eradicates the IUOStillVCteratG Corns . aud Bunions . ¦¦ •¦ _-- .. •¦¦ Testimonials have been received from upwards of one hundred Physicians aud Surgeons of the greatest eminence , as well as from many Officers of both Army and Navy , and nearly one thousand private letters from the gentry in town and country , speaking in high terms of this' valuable remedy . Prepared by John Fox , in boxes at Is . lid ., or three small boxes in one for 2 s . 9 d ., nnd to be had , with full directions for use , " of all wholesale and retaU medicine vendors in town and country . The genuine lias the name of John Pox on tho stamp . A 2 s . 9 d . box cures tho most obdurate corns . ¦ Ask for "Paul ' s Every Man ' s Friend . " ¦ ., Abcvncthy _' s Pile Ointment , _TanVs Corn Plaster , and Abernethy ' s Pile Powders , are sold by tlie following respectable Chemists and Dealers in Patent Medicines : — ' , Barclay and Sons , _Farringiion-street ; Edwards , 07 , St . 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      YOU MAY BE CURED YET ! _HOLLOWAY"S ~ OIXTMENT . CURE OF RIE 3 UMATISM AND RHEUMATIC GOUT . Extract ef a Letter from Mr . Thomas Brunton _, Landlord of the Waterloo Tavern , Coatham , Yorkshire , late of the Life Guards , dated September . 28 th , 1818 . Sm , —For a long time Iwas a martyr lo Rheumatism and Rheumatic Gout , and for ten weeks previous to using your medicines I was so bad as not to be able to walk . I had tried doctoring and medicines of every kind , hut all to no avail , indeed I daily got worse , and felt that I must shortly die . From seeing your remedies advertised in the paner ' l take in , I thought I would give them a trial . I did so . I rubbed the ointment in as directed , and kept cabbage leaves to the parts thickly spread with it , and took thc Pills night and morning . Iu three weeks I was enabled to walk about for an hour or two in thc day with a stick , and in seven weeks I could go anywhere without one . I am now . bv thc blessing of God and your medicines , quite well ,

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      UAUT 1 UJX . Unprincipled persons , taking advantage of the celebrity of 1 "DR . LOCOCK'S WAFERS , " attempt to foist upon thc public various PiLts and Mixtures under nearly similar names . The public is cautioned that all such preparations arc snurious and an imposition : the only genuine Medicine has , be' -ides the words " Db . Locock ' s Wafers" on the Stamp , the _Siguaturo of the Proprietor ' s Sole Agents , DA fcrtLVA and Co ., _0-Uhe Directions given with every Box , without which none are Genuine . _UXDER ROYAL PATRONAGE .

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      ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS , GENKUATlVH INCAPACITY , AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MAUR 1 AGE . Twenty-fifth edition , iUustrated with Twenty-Six Anatomical Engravings on Steel , enlarged to 1 % pages , price 2 s , fid ; by post , direct from the Establishment , 3 s , . 00 ,, in postage stamps . THE SILENT FRIEND ; A a medical work on tlio exhaustion and physical decay of the system , _ai-oducod by excessive indulgence , the consequences of infection , or the abuse of mercury , with observations on tlie marrried state , aud the disqualifications which prevent it ; illustrated by twenty-six coloured engravings , and by the detail of cases . By R . and L . PERRY and Co ., 13 , Rcrners-street , Oxford-street , Londou . Published by the authors , and sold by Strange , L'l , I ' _aternostei' -row liauimy , ( tl , and Smigoi ' , _liiO , _O-jfuwl-sli'oet ; _SUu-ie _, 23 , Tiehbovne-slvcet , Imyniiirkut ; and Gordon , 146 , Leadcnhall-street , London ; J . and R . Raimes and Co ., Leilhwalk , Edinburgh ; D . Campbell , _Argyll-street , Glasgow ; J . Priestly , Lord-street , anu * T . Newton , Churchstreet . Liverpool "; U . _lnirvam , Market-place , Manchester .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 19, 1849, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_19051849/page/3/