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    • ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPACITY. AND Illl'BDIMENTS TO MAllltlAGE.
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      THE POPULAR REMEDY . DARE'S LIFE TILLS . JL Which are aeknowlcged to be all tliat is required to conquer Disease and Prolong Life . Parr introduced to King Charles I . —( Sec "Life and Times of Thomas Pair , " which maybe had gratis o ? ail Agents . ) The extraordinary properties of this medicine are thus described by an eminent physician , who says : — " After particular observation of the action of Pamk ' s . Pills , I am determined , in my opinion , that the following are their true properties : — "First—They increase the strength , whilst most other medicines have a weakening effect upon ilio system . Lei any one take from three to four or six { -ills every tivcntyfour hours , and , instead of having weakened , they will be found to have revived the animal spirit * , and to have imparted a lnstin ; , 'strengt h to the body . " Secondly—In their operation they go uirecfc to the disease . After you have taken six or twelve pills y « u will experience their eltect ; the disease upon you will become less and less by every dose you take ; ami it' you will persever « ill regularly taking trom three to six pills every day , your disease Will speedily be entirely it-uwvcil A-om the system ..... .. ....... . . i after them fair trial

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      . Memkcholt Fate , or as AEnoKAUT .-Considerable anxiety prevailed . in the vicinity ofuirditt and-Swansea-last week , regarding the fate of an aeronaut named Green ( not Mr . Chavlos Green , Of Tauxhall celebrity ) , who , it is feared , perished by fallin" into the sea after an ascent he had made in a balloon from the former town ( Cardiff ) on Monday week last . The balloon was tho property of Mr . Wadman , of Bristol , who had been announced to make the ascent , but through illness was prevented . Mr Green undertook the trip , and departed from terr&firmo , about ' six o ' clock ill tho evening , a vast concourse of persons witnessing the ascent , ino machine , which was of large dimensions , containing

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      THE SPIRIT'S FLIGHT . Oh ! -where is the soul of Democracy fled—Has it ceas'd to todsfc—does it sleep with the dead ? Has the gloom of the grave , and the darkness of death , . ; , Overshadowed the sun that illumined its path ? Does oppression triumphantly hold it in thrall , Or exultingly smile on its funeral pall ? So—the soul of Democracy shortly has fled , Sat a spirit so pure , cannot restwith the dead . In Borne long had Tyranny reared its proud crest , And supported its sway by the guile of the priest ; Bat the people at length Tvished a people to he , And proclaimed their resolve and their right to ha ffAft . WCC 3 But their right was denied by the Sovereign-Priest , TFho had promised Reform , though it seemed 'twas

      rajest ; And scarce had the people their banner displayed , 'Ere the Pontiff had fled , and their cause had betrayed . And each neiebouring prince disapproved of the act , And their bloodhounds set forth to ensure him respect ; And the -vralls have been breached , and the legions advance , » 2 feath the tricolour flag of Republican France . The tocsin is sounded , and the Heroes of Rome To the barricades fly , and their cry still is , "Come 3 " "While their lawless invaders , with cannon and sword , And the bursting of bombs , plead the cause of the Lord .

      "Where is England , the home of the . lord and the slave ? "Which the great , in their pride , term the " land of the brave ?" Has her courage been quell'd , that the point of her sword 2 s not red with the blood of the Galilean horde ? Has she fallen thus low , that she dare not complain , Or is leagued -with the monster-destroyers of men ; That her cannon no more from her batteries boom , "While their silence decrees the destruction of

      Home ? Her armies are idle , and her fleet * s on the deep ; Tet in silence she sits , like a giant asleep , "When a stamp of her foot , or a wave of her hand , Or a word , would the bloodhounds of Europe command . But her nobles are slavish , and callous of heart , It were crime were they acting so godlike a part ; Then , God of the guiltless ! avert thou their doom , And pursue with thy wrath the destroyers of Borne . James Har&xess . Edinburgh , June 30 , 1849 .

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      CONGRATULATORY ODE TO THE FREXCH ON THEIR TRIUMPH AT ROME . Brave citizens of France , proclaim a fete , For you have laid the Roman Eagle low ; "With pomp and pageant , therefore , celebrate Tour glorious triumph o ' er a stronger foe ; Stronger in cause—in justice and in right—A vast advantage ; but availing not "When matched against the more substantial might Of rifle-bullet , rocket , shell , and shot . By patriotic ardour long repell'd , Your warlike banner still ye dared advance ; 3 ? umbers and skill alone your hopes upheld , Yet victory has crowned the brow of France ; Ton should exult , then , o'er the prostrate free ; Ye 3 , tc should glory o ' er the vanquished brave , As might the victors at Thermopylae Have held their orgies on the Spartan ' s grave . Oh , valiant Oudinot ! Courageous band ,

      ] h whom Rome ' s awful walls awoke no dread—Those walls by freedom ' s living warriors mann'd , Andwatch'd by spirits of the mighty dead-Honour to you , ye brave ! From sire to son Tour fame to latest ages handed down , Divide the glory of the Goth and Hun ; Share Alaric ' s and Attila ' s renown . Come , sing aloud the Marseillaise with glee , For tyranny by Frenchmen's aid restored ; Raise ye the strain , "Jfourir pour la patrie " On having smitten patriots with the sword : Come , ye sincere republicans of France , Come forth , while crackers bounce and cannons boom , Around your tree of Liberty to dance , And trample on the liberty of Borne . —Punch .

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      FOB ROIKE . Poems by TV . T . Lorrox . London : J . TYatson , 3 , Queen ' s Head-passage , Paternoster-row . A small collection of Poems , p ublished for the benfit of the French-made widows and orphans of Bome . "We trust that a large sale will add to the value of Mr . Lixiox's patriotic and philanthropic donation . We annex a trief extract : — For Bome ! for Italy!—our thoughts , our words , wouiu uiiumub

      Hush toMhJWpetUOUSir . imsy , Swift-winged as angels , with eternal swords To smite Gods Unforgiven ! Oh ! to see Our new Camillus scourge those slaves of Gaul Home to their infamy . Ye ruins grand Of the time-reverenced Coliseum ! fall , And with St . Peter ' s and the Vatican , Be one wide undistinguishableheap , Ere over Bome the Accursed dare to creep . Freemen of Rome I your ancient heroes man The eternal ramparts . Lo ! thy martyr band , Buffini ! lead us—Build yon batter'd wall "With living men ! Oh ! lloman victory !

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      The Works of Theodore Parker . Published by J . Barker , "W orfley , near Leeds ; and J . "Watson , London . "We lave before us No . I . of the first cheap English reprint of the -works of the celebrated American preacher , Theodoive Parker . We must see at least a larger portion of this publication before we can offer an opinion'as to the principles of the author , and his talents as a -writer . ( From hear-say , we have reason for Relieving that the latter are of align order . ) 3 ? or the ° present we confine ourselves to the following extracts from " The Introduction : "

      BELIGIOX . Tho history of the world shows clearly that Religion is the ' highest of all human concerns . Yet ihe greatest good is often subject to the worst abuse . The doctrines and ceremonies that repregen ^ die popnlarreUjjion at this time , offer a strange minoung of truth and error . Theology is often conrounded with religion ; men exhaust their strength in believing , and have little reasoft to inquire with , or solid Piety to live by . It requires no prophet to see that what is properly taught and accepted as religion is no Tery . divine thing ; not fitted to make the world purer , and man more worthy to live in it . In the popular Belief of the present , as of all time , there is something mutable also which is the

      and fleeting ; something eternally same . The former lies on the surface , and all can see it ; the latter lies deep , and often escapes observation . Our theology is mainly based on the superficial and transient element . It stands by the forbearance of the sceptic . They who rely on it , are always in dan « er and always in dread . A doubt strongly put , shakes the pulpits of Xew England , and wakens the thunder of the churches;—the more reasonable the doubt , the greater is the alarm . Do jnon fear lest the mountains fall . Tradition is alwav * uncertain . "Perhaps yes , perhaps no , " is all we can say of it . Tet it is made the basis of Seli-iion . Autliontu istalenfotTrutJi , and not Truth for Aailtoritu . Belief is made the Substance of Religion ,

      as Authority its Sanction , and Tradition its Ground . The name of Infidel is applied to the best of men , the wisest , the most spiritual and heavenly of our brothers . The bad and the foolish naturally ask , If the name be deserved , what isthe use of Religion , as food men and wise men can be good and wise , heavenly and spiritual , without It * The answer is plain—but not to the bund . : . .. Practical Religion implies both a Sentiment and a Life . "We honour a phantom which is neither Lfe nor sentiment . Yes , we have two Spectres that often take the place of Religion with us . The one is a Shadow of the sentiment ; that is our creed , belief , theology , by whatever name we call it The other is the Ghost of life ; this is our ceremonies , foms , devout practices . The two Spectres by turns actthe part of Bell g ion , and we are called Christians because we assist at the show . Real piety is

      expected of but few . He is the Christian that bows to the Idol of his Tribe , and sets up also a lesser , but orthodox idol , & bis own Den . One word of the Prophet is true of our religion—Its voice is not leard in the streets . Our theology is full of confusion . They who . admit Reason to , look npon it confound tbematter still more , for a great revolution of thought alone can set matters right . ' ¦ ' Eeligionis separated from Life , divorced from bed andboard . "We think to be religious without love for man , and pious with none for God ; or , which is the same thing , that we can love our neighbour without helping him , and God without having an Idea of Him . The prevailing theology ftfiresents Codas a being whom a good manmust hate ; Relioion' as something alien to our nat ure , * rnich can oSy rise as Reason falls . A despair of man pervades our theology . , -. ¦ : : . . . _ ¦ W hat passes for Christianity in our times is not r easonable , no man pretends it , It can only be

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      defended by forbidding a reasonable man to open his mouth . ' . " "We go from the street to the church . "What a change ! Reason and good sense , and manly energy , which do their work in the world , have here little to do ; theirvoice is not heard . The morality , however , is the same in both places ; it has only laid off its working-dress , smoothed its face , put on its Sunday clothes . The popular religion is hostile to man ; tells us he is an outcast—not a child of God , but a spurious issue of the devil . He must not even pray in his own name . His duty is an impossible thing . 3 » o man can doit . He deserves nothing but damnation . Theology tells him that is all he is sure of . It teaches the doctrine of immortality ; but hi such guise , that , if true , it is a misfortune to mankind . Its heaven is a place no man has a right to . "Would a good man willingl y accept what is not Ms 1—pray for it ? This theology rests on a lie . Men have made it out of assumptions .

      The conclusions came from the premises ; but the premises were made for the sake of the conclusions . Each vouches for the other ' s truth . But what else will vouch for either ? The historical basis of popular doctrines , such as Depravity , Redemption , Resurrection , the Incarnation ; is it formed of Facts or of Uo-FactS ? . Who shall tell us ? Do not the wise men look after these things ? One must needs blush for the patience of mankind . But has religion only the bubble of Tradition to rest on ; no other sanction than Authority ; no substance but Belief ? They know little of the matter who say it . Did Religion be « nn with what we call Christianity I Were there no Saints before Peter ? Religion is the first thing man lewned ; the last thing he will abandon . There is but one Religion , as one Ocean , though we call it Faith in our church , and Infidelity out of our church . This work is neatly p rinted , and published in cheap weekly numbers .

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      The Ethnological Joubnax . —It was announced in the April number of this journal that the work would appear in a quarterly form on the succeeding 1 st of July , but , it appears , that the first quarterly number will not appear until the 1 st of October next . Regretting the postponement , we think it only fair to add the Editor ' s explanation . Mr . Burke says : — "In preparing a continuation of the Papers on the Hebrew Chronology , it became necessary to institute a comparison between its dates and those of the primitive history of other ancient nations . This comparison gradually led to a wider range of research than was originally

      contemplated ; but the results arrived at were so interesting and important , that it was found necessary to pursue the investigation , at all risks , up to a certain point ,. before again writing upon the subject . Withthe utmost anxiety to accomplish our task in time , it has teen wholly impossible to do so ; and to present our views in part would be extremely injudicious , for the ground wetread upon is intensely controversial , and many of the revelations we have to make so startling , that nothing short of an overwhelming proof will obtain for them the least toleration , out of the very small circle of unfettered minds . " Hence it was resolved to delay the publication of the next number until October . . "We trust that Mr . Burke will be well supported . The original talent he has already displayed entitles him to our best wishes .

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      SUNSHINE AND SHADOW ; A TALE OF ' THE EMETEENTH CENTURY . BY THOMAS MARTIN WHEEtEB , Late Secretary to the National Charter Associatio n and National Land Company .

      Chapter XVI . 2 fature imprints upon whate'er we see , That has a life or heart in it- ^ -be free . The beasts are chartered—neither age nor force Can quell the love of freedom in the horse . Cans ' t thou , then ; honoured with a Christian name , Buy what is woman-born and feel no shame ? Trade in the blood of innocence , and plead Expedience as a warrant for the deed ? - ' . " .. So may the wolf , whom famine has made bold , To quit the forest and invade the fold ; So may the ruffian , who , with ghostly glide , Dagger in hand , steals close to your bedside—Not he , but his emergence fore'd the door , He found it inconvenient to be poor . —Cowper .

      A few days saw Arthur duly installed in Mr . Elkinson ' s counting-house , where his ability and readiness soon made him exceedingly useful , whilst his information and good temper made him a general favourite and a welcome guest not only at the table of Mr . and Mrs . Elkinson , but at many , of the neighbouring merchants and planters ; his duties at Mi " . Elkinson ' s were light and agreeable , and he was treated more like a brother than a dependant . Occasionally his duties called him into the interior of the island , and he had many opportunities , in visiting various plantations , of acquiring information respecting the condition , domestic habits , and comparative happiness of the negro in his emancipated state , also of what it had been in his state of bondage , the result of which assured him that

      liberty had created a soul in the negro body ; that indolence and ignorance were being superseded by enterprise and intelligence ; that if their energies had fair play , their habits of industry , thenadaptability to the climate , and their system of brotherly co-operation , would speedily render them proprietors of those islands which they had so" long tilled as slaves , and the Black Republic of the New World become , perhaps , as famous as the White . True , he heard complaints from many proprietors that since their emancipation they were lazy and would not work , and that their crops were spoiling for want of more hands ; but Arthur soon perceived that if the negro would not work it was because he was not properly remunerated for his toil , and he approved of their policy of light labour divided

      amongst all hands . He found that there , as m Britain , the employers wanted to overwork the few in order to have a surplus of hands in the market , and thereby reduce the wages of the whole ; for this purpose , also , was the Hill Coolies Emigration scheme patronised not only by the resident planters , but by our great proprietors and legislators at home . This was a wily step to entrap the poor East Indian from his native home , and cause him to work hard and cheaper than his Western brother , thus enabling them to buy free labour cheaper than they could hitherto breed slave labour , and reduce the independent negro labourer to the level of the British artisan , —a chained slave at the heels of capital , selling his life ' s blood at the lowest possible price , fearful even then lost his brother slave should

      undersell him , and famine or the Poor-Law bnstile be his lot . After experience in America fully convinced Arthur of the truth of these reflections . Deeply did he grieve at the mockery of a nation styling itself free , and jet retaining nearly three millions of its population in slavery ; but for a Republican government to sanction this , —for men boasting of their civilisation to defend its justice , — for ministers of religion to connive at it , —for statesmen to enact laws to maintain it , was , to his imagination , such a monstrous anomaly that future generations would wonder , aye , would' shudder at the very recital of its barbarous inconsistency . America ; boasting of her free and liberal institutions ^—boasting that liberty , banished from the Old Worlds had there found , not merely a place of refuge , a . safe

      asylum , but a wide and generous home , that worshipped in stealth by many faithful hearts in ' all lands , there , and'tfiere only ,-was her generous regime fully established . Deeper reflection and further experience rather moderated these feelings , and showed bun that she could plead many circumstances in extenuation of her guilt , though none that could wipe away the indelible stain . The Republics of Old sanctioned and encouraged slavery ; Athens , the pride of Greece , with but 20 , 000 citizens , possessed 400 , 000 slaves ; Sparta , heroic Sparta , was still more disgraced by a similar policy ; Rome , at one period , was mistress of a horde of sixty million slaves .. But those governments did not spring into existence like America , appealing to Heaven arid ' earth that all men were equal ; and

      therefore equally entitled to freedom and happiness . Those nations did not , like America , emblazon their standard with equality—fight for ifc ^ -die for it—and when finally and triumphantly victorious" retain in bondage a body of men , many of them sprung from their own loins—many of them daring participators in their struggle for liberty—all of them ' peaceable and useful subjects . He was , however , aware that a Briton Bhonld be the last to reproach America with this crime , for . it was England . that pMted this foul weed in the otherwise fair garden of American liberty ; it was one of the evil influenced engendered by : British misrule ; it had grownwith their growth ,.. ind strengthened with then * strength , until it had become difficult , yea ,- dangerous , to

      hastily attempt its eradication . But-Arthur likewise saw that if the same system of commerce and competition was continued in Americaj which , was bringing ruin on his own land—ifAmerica'continued madly to rush towards the vortex which ; was burying all that was free , : manly , ; and-national , inrher parent country—then he saw that the system of slavery would eradicate itself , for the Avarice of the merchants and manufacturers would speedily discover that free labour could be procured cheaper and better than slave labour , for the slave will not work unless he . k well fed , but the free ,.-man . - thinks half a meal better than none ; and . when things come to thaftesult ( arid that they : speedily must ho' felt convinced , for experience too shown him thatin'the Wesfc Indies free labour could- be > procuced-for

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      twenty-five per cent , less than was formerly , paid for slave labour , ) then compulsory slavery would cease , and free-labour slavery , as in his native land , supply its place . Actively did he exert . himself whilst there to aid the real democrats in averting this impending evil ; truthfully did he depict the barren supremacy it had established in England , heaping wealth upon the few , but misery and destitution upon the many ; with pain was he compelled to acknowledge that their very slaves were better off , more cheerful , more free from calamities , better provided for in sickness and in old age , than his brother operatives in the old country ; and that freedom purchased at the risk of sharing a British labourer's lot would be a curse and not a MessiDg to them . { To be continued . )

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      IRISH POEMS-CLARENCE MANGAN . - ( From tbe Dublin Irishman . ) In conjunction with many others of your correspondents , the writer of this has to lament the premature and melancholy death of James Clarence Mangan , a man who , for many years , had filled a great portion of the public mind , with admiration of his genius , as well as grief for his misfortunes ; the first poet of Ireland in his day , . and one of the most unhappy of her sons ; the sad career of this ' child of song , " bringing to our minds a remembrance « f the fate of a Chatterton , a Dermody , ' ora Burns , and many other unfortunate bards , whose gifts , though capable of giving delight to millions , could not confer happiness on the possessors . Clarence Mangan has fallen like many othershis latter days darkened by ;

      , poverty and disease— "Nor could the muse defend her son . " Alas ! that such should so often be the destiny of the gentle bard . Genius alone , unregulated ^ and eccentric , cannot save them from the evils and distresses of life , or guard their course from the quicksands which environ them amidst the tide of passion . The works of Mangau should be all collected , and published , under the eye of some enlightened editor . They will form the most imperishable monument to his fame , an ¦ honour to Irisb genius , and creditable to his . country . The German Anthology , published a few year 9 ago by Curry of Sackville street , consists of translations by Mangan , from the most celebrated poets , of Germany ; but there are many more of his translations from the lays

      of the Fatherland , scattered through the pages of the Dublin University Magazine , 'for a-period of tenor twelve years . Mangan wrote many original and ad mirable articles , short poems , ballad poetry , and songs but his gveafc glory is interwovea with his trmulations .. Asa translator he was inimitable , and in versions from the German surpassed all his cotemporaries . ' In every piece we perceive the perfection of art , and the hand of a master—harmonious versification—flowing numbers—a copious command of language—a wonderful mastery over words—a miraculous power of rhyme , " without any apparent effort . But he was still perhaps greater and more at home in his metrical versions from the- Irish bards . In this department he was , indeed , unrivalled and unup-¦

      prcachable , and his loss is irreparable . ** As an instance of the loss to Irish literature , byihe death of Mangan , it may be here mentioned , that the late Bryan Geraghty . of Anglesea-street , a spirited and patriotic Irishman , whose loss is also much to be lamented , had a large collection of ' . Irish poems , in course of preparation , to be versified by Mangan . The Irish , beautifully written , was to be given on one page , and the English version on the other . Mr . Geraghty was well known for many years as an eminent collector of rare and curious works on Irish history , particularly aucient Irish MSS ., and , being an admirable penman , he transcribed many of them'in the Irish characters , with great elegance and beauty . The last collection lie had in course of preparation .

      was made for Patrick O'Higgins , Esq ., but the work was interrupted by the long political imprisonment of that gentleman ; and by the ¦ death of Mangan , as well as of Geraghty , within a short period of each other , the literary world is deprived of the publication of these very curious and interesting compositions . The poems in course of preparation , were by many eminent bards , butchiefly those composed by the bardic family of O'Higgins , celebrated in ancient times as literary men , and also as chiefs of note , holding large landed possessions in Westmeath and in Connaught . Many of them are mentioned in the Annals of the Four Masters ; and amongst the most curious notice of them , the following may be quoted , as a remarkable instance of the rear or supposed

      power of the bards , to kill an enemy by the power of satire . Some satirists , in ancient and modern times , are said to have caused their antagonists to commit suicide by the severity of their invectives ; but the following account is , perhaps , one of the most remarkable on record , of a man being killed by venomous verses . The affair relates to Sir John Stanley , ancestor of the Earls of Derby , who came to Ireland as Lord Deputy , in the reign of Henry V ., A . D . 1113 , and died suddenly at Ardee , in the year 1414 . lie was a most cruel and tyrannical governor , and particularly hateful for his persecution of the priests and bards , whom he plundered and put to death , without mercy , whenever he got any of them into his hands . Amongst others he attacked the O'lliggins' ,

      and earned off their cattle from their lands , at the hill of Usneagh , hi Westmeath , a celebrated place in ancient times , and situated within a few miles of Mullingar , towards Athlone . The matter is thus mentioned in the Annals of ihe Four Masters , in the year 1414 : — " John Stanley came to Ireland as the King of England ' s Viceroy—a man who gave neither toleration nor terman ( sanctuary ) to clergy , laity , or literary men , but all . with whom lie came in c ntact he subjected to cold , hardship , and famine ; and he it was who plundered Nial , the sons of Hugh O'Higgins , at Uisneagh—but HenryDalton plundered James Tuite , and the King ' s people , and gave to the O'Higgins ' a cow in lieu of each cow of wMch they had been

      robbed , and afterwards escorted them into Connaught The O'Higgins' , on account of Nial , then satirised John Stanley , who lived only Jive weeks after the satirising , having died from the venom of their satires ! What a pity we have not a copy of the satire that killed John Stanley ! It must have surpassed anything done by Juvenal , and would bo a powerful piece of artillery to fire off at a political antagonist . By directing public attention to tbe subject in the patriotic pages of the Irishman , the collection of poems above mentioned may yet be made available , and other Irish poems may be collected , and translated by efficient hands , under the patronage of enlightened friends of Irish literature . —M . D .

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      MORE OF THE IRISH SERVILITY . A brig ht idea has struck some of our imaginative patriots—for your " practical men" are all patriots par excellence . Falling back upon a splendid precedent , they desii'e to rehaptise the town of Cove , and , of course , its harbour , in honour of the Queen's visit . The geographical baby is to renounce the devil and all his works and pomps under the name and title of Queeiistoivn ! This kind of re-baptism was done before , and in honour of one of ' the chastest , most temperate , and most moral monarchs that ever sat on the English throne—George the Fourth , of blessed mevwry . To gratify the vanity of this crowned and sceptred Saint , Dunleary was compelled to renounce its ancient Irish name , and to assume the flunkey-begotten one of Kingstown .

      Cove—geographical Cove—Cove , which is known to almost every mariner that has sailed on the great deep—Cove , which enjoys a world-wide reputation , and possesses a splendid individuality—Cove is to lose its name , and is to be christened Queeiistoum ! Shame ! Shame !! Shame !!! . " 1 ' ' But what is the object in view ? How stupid must ; the projectors of this piece ^ of gigantic flunkeyism be , not to see that their excuse conveys a censure on the . Queen and the government of England . The object is , that Cove , as Quecnstown , may have some claim ' orithe Queen . As Cove , it has none , although . 'it is ad Irish harb 6 ur , - ' arid althou £ jh England and Ireland are declared to be one by the Act of Union . This is the necessary inference to be drawn from the premises of your re-baptising

      wiseacres . What next will Irish servility conceive in its fecund brain ? Would they take a suggestion from us ? With the help of heaven , the potatoes will be all right again , to gladden peer ; peasant , and pig . Nowj would it not be a graceful compliment to her Majesty to sink the " Murphy" altogether ^ and rebaptise this national production as ther Victoria Tuber j the Guelph Root , the Hanover Apple , or the Albert Pippin ? This would be pretty—en ? ¦ . Therijthere is that Irish gentleman—he who , m happier days , lived like a prince , and paid the rent —with veneration , we mention ; the Pig . As there is so much in a name , " perhaps the adoption of , a more euphonious denomination in this individual instance ^ might improve the flavour of his bacon ? Whatshall we call him in honor of the Royal visit ? liefc us see—what . would you ; think , gentlemen , of bantiainir him the Windsor GivaSe , or the Itoyal

      Irislt Aixtel ppe ? Pretty , is it hot ? ' > ' . ' . ' Reallyj ' the subject is a \ nobleone ; and , as we think how many'Irishmen and women would be ready to lay down their fine old Irish names at the Royal-footstool , and rise up thorough Saxons , in heart and soul ,- the yastness of the sacrifices which the Irish would be anxious to make , for the better exhibition of their loyalty , looms on us like some giant object , confusing our senses , and scattering ourthoughts . . . ; , „ __ ; But , good gentlemen , do leave Cove where it is , and what it is—on the charts of tho world ' s marine , and as you and your fathers knew it . If you think the Queen has great influence over her Ministers , respectfully entreat of . her Majesty to exercise it on behalf of the shamefully neglected harbour of Cove —that Cove of which -the-youthful Princess read Such glowing gepgraphical . penegyrics in her scho ' oldays ; , for , gentlemen , Princes and Princesses do learntheir ABC as other little men and women are ini the habit of doing . But this is a secret . — CorkExminev . " . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ -- •••• * V

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      A WORD TO THE MEN OF CORK . ( From the Duilin Irishman . ) : Feuow Cot . VTRT . ME \ —I have read * n the las number ef the Cork Examiner , that you intend to dishonour Ireland by the most shameful servility , lou are going to imitate the poor fools who exhausted their money and their breath in regaling and flattering the " royal Vitellus" Geoeoe , who came amongst Ua to insure the success of an intrigue . ; He landed in a part of Ireland which bore the name of Dunleary . "Loyalty" immediately baptised ; itKingstown . For its pains , " loyalty" was repaid with starvation

      -, I have read , with inexpressible shame , that you intend to imitate this dis » i ' . iceful precedent . As old Dunleary became Kimstown , Cove , beautiful , world-famed Covo , is to be nicknamed Quecnstown ! bname on you , men of Cork ! Shame on your Jobbing Corporations , your Anti-Irish Councils ana JJoards , your "loyal" rascals , and your base placehuntors ! : May the shame which you deserve cling to you " * e » curse-may it blacken your names in all history—may it stamp you as dust-licking cowards W gad f ., if you do this thing . Our cup of So we onlyneed tfis * ° mak 0 ib

      i . viti' ^ vii ^ 1 events show some little Man-, £ t ^ a scl , * . of independence-and at all events nL »? Cast thls addttonal stain on dur dishonoured country . Truly yours , Joseph Biienax .

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      RENEWAL OF THE TEN HOURS AGITATION . On Thursday week a crowded meeting was held in the Free Trade Hall , Manchester , to renew the agitation on the Ten Hours Act . The Rev . w ; Huntingdon took the ' chair , and after briefly opening the proceedings called upon the mover of the first resolution . . . Mr . G . Johnson , of Ashton , moved a resolution expressing the approval of the inhabitants of Manchester of the Ten Hour ' s Act . ' Mr . P . Hargbeaves seconded the motion . C . Hindley , Esq ., M . P .: I am at the present moment in a ^ ery great predicament , because I refused my support to this " resolution when I was asked for it in the committee ropm before the meeting . If you wish to know whether or not I am a supporter ofthe Ten Hours Bill I tell you candidly that I am .

      { Ohcevs ^ ) Jiut if you want to know whether , in the words of this resolution , I am an enemy to any arrangement between masters and men I tell you frankly and honestly that I am not . ( Applause . ) I toll you that I think there is a disposition on the part ofthe masters to meet the men ; and I can tell you , ' you may bring forward bills and acts of parliament as lon » as you please , but until you agrees to something that will meet the views of botn sides , your endeavours will be useless . ( Cries of " Ten Hours , " "No compromise . " ) I am a Ten Hours man . ( Loud cheers . ) But I will not be a parrot—( laughter ^—and merely say , " Stick to the Ten Hours Bill , " when there is no Ten Hours Bill to stick to . You have not got a Ten ; Hours Bill ; Clarke ' s are workinc fifteen hours and twenty

      minutes ( Cries of " shame , " and "sixteenhours" ); and if you will disperse yourselves to-night and bring the Clarkes down to ten hours before next Saturday you will have done more good than all the meetings ever held , ( Great cheering . ) . Don't you see this , that every day you allow one master to work longer than another you are doing him great injustice ? If you look at your own interest do you think you will ever raise the wages till you equalise the time ? ( Cries of "No . " ) Do you wish to have the wages raised ? ( Cries of " Yes . " ) Then I tell you , whether you agree to have ton , eleven ^ or eight hours , the moment you . have equalised the time I will assist you in getting up the wages . ( Loud cheers . ) I moved for leave to bring in a bill , last week , to get rid ofthe abominable shift system . I asked the consent of the central shift committee

      here , and they did not wish me to do so ; and as I did not wish to make mischief , I withdrew the motion , and the responsibility rests not with me . You may cither continue to agitate and have , as I understand you intend to have , your fourteen meetings in Lancashire , and as many in Yorkshire , and endeavour to attain your object in that way ; or you may apply to parliament to have the bill altered , and . the shift and relay system put down . You may take the opinion of Mr . Brothcrton , or you may adopt the advice . of Lord Ashley . I tell you candidly I am a ten hours man ; but Ishould wish you to take the advice of Lord Ashley , as your most determined and most devoted friend in parliament—a man capable of judging , and who , I am sure , would

      not swerve irom your interest tor one moment . S . Fielden , Esq . ( son of the late Mr . John Fielden ) was received with prolonged cheering , and said —Air . Hindley has given you four propositions , which you have the option of taking : the first is to agitato . Ho recommends you to do that , and I recommend you to do it ; and afew such meetings as the present would soon put an end to the necessity for agitation . The next course was to apply to parliament ; but I have so little confidence in those who were our leaders in the House of Commons , that I should bo very chary of trusting our cause in that house . Mr . Hindley's third proposition is that of Mi . Brotherton's , and , as he says , that gentleman is very cautious in what he says , for I could not

      make out at all what he meant by his letter . ( Laughter . ) The fourth course is that recommended by Lord Ashley . There seems to be some difficulty in getting to know what is Lord Ashley's opinion exactly ; therefore I tried to prevail upon Mr . Hindley to come back and state Lord Ashley's sentiments more fully , and to hear my answer to them . Mr , Hindloy told me that Lord Ashley was willing to take , as a settlement of the question , sixty-one hours a week . Now , I recommend you not to take sixty-one hours a week . ( "No , no , " and loud cheers . ) I have been asked for my views , and I state them fearlessly . I am for no compromise , not one minute ; and that if you go for fiftyeight hours and one minute , I will not go with you ; I will never give you one minute . ' ( Cheers . ) Remember that this law has worked well , therefore

      there is no ground lor altering it . If you will only bo firm , and have a little perseverance and patience , I think you will be enabled to make such an impression upon the Home _ Secretary , that he will either enforce the law as laid down at present , or procure such a definition . of the law as will meet the objects you have in view . Until then you . had better be quiet . That is my advice to you . ( Loud cheers . ) M . Paxton , a working man , moved " that this meeting , in the most solemn and decided terms , express its disapprobation of the conduct of those millowners who are violating the law , and contemplate with alarm the effect which the conduct of certain magistrates must have upon the public mind , who openly sanction such breaches of the law , in open defiance of the opinions of the law-magistrates and the Queen ' s Attorney-General and Solicitor-General . Philip Kwiani seconded the motion .

      KicnABD Oastler , Esq ., next came forward , and after expressing his gratification at ' the speech which the chairman had delivered , said—Mr , Hindley , if I mistake not , said we have no Ten Hours Act . Now , I maintain we have ; and if he will go into the House of Commons ,-and tell them there that the act which they assisted in passing as a Ter . Hours Act is . no longer the law of the . land , they will call him to account . MivHindloy very gravely told you that he would never be a party to anything but a Teh Hours Bill , and he very coolly left the the platform by advising you to take the ten-anda-half . ( Laughter . ) He positively declared he would never be a party to a Ten Hours Act , . and , therefore , he must be opposed to you when he advises you'to take ten-anu-a-half . ( Hear , hear . ) But I 1

      know younever ' will . ( Cheers . ) I stand how iu no dark" insignificant : out-of-the r way hole-and-corner place , thave not got into a paltry village to-nightbut I am at the . very centre and the very focus of the opponents ofthe Ten Hours Bill . I bid themone and all- ^ -tb meet me here , to meet me , weak as I am , face to face , and to renew this question . ( Cheers . ) -I am ready to answer for the hope that it is in me , that if the Teil Hours Bill be changed , the laws of England are worthless .- ( Cheers . ) [ Mr . Oastler proceeded to speak at great length , adverting ' principally to thes cqurso of the past agitation . ; The motion ' was carried . Ameniorial to her Majesty was adopted , conveying the spirit ofthe resolutions . - i Several votes of thanks were also agreed to before the proceedings terminated . . ¦ ;

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      Admissionof Strangers to the : House of ; Comt moms . —The select committee appointed to consider the present practice of this House in respect to the exclusion of strangers , have considered the matter to them 'referred , and' agree to the : following rei port : —That the " existing usage of ¦• . excluding strangers during a division , and upon thenotice . by an individual ' member that strangers are present , has prevailed from a-very early period of Parliamentaryhistory ; that the instances in which the power of an individual member to exclude has been exercised have been very rare ; and that it is the unanimous opinion of vour committee that there :. is no

      sufficient ground for making any alteration in the existing practice with regard to the admission or exclusion of strangers .- ^ July 12 , 1849 . ' Which is the Monkey ?"—The late Dr . James Hamilton was once sent forby a lady of fashion to see her favorite monkey , which had gorged itself at breakfast . Qn entering : the room he observed her ladyship ' s only son ! most absurdly dressed , and , looking firstat the child and then at the monkey ; coolly inquired , . "• My lady , which is the monkey ? ' > A-PnosrECT of ; a Large ¦ Family ;—On the 14 th ult . Mrs . ButtQrfleld , pfHitehen ; presented her husband with their twenty-fourth child ; about a month after the twenty-third anniversary ° f their wedding day !

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      Names . —While we possess so great a Tariety of excellent Christian ' names , it is astonishing that so few should be in ordinary use . The common English dictionaries contain lists of about 250 ' malo and 130 feinalenames ; but out of these not more than about 20 or 30 for each sex can be called at all usual . Nearly a moiety of males may be said to be either Johns , or AViliiams , or Jameses , or Georges , or Henries , or Thomases , or Richards . ' If , in addition to these , we enumerate the Fredericks , the Mwaivls , the Josephs , the Charleses , the Matthews , the Nicholases , the Peters , the Phillips ,: the Stephens , the Roberts , the Alfreds , and the Walters , nine-tenths of pur " mankind" will be found upon the muster-roll , and only a tithe will i-m ™ in tn

      answer to the less usual , but often much more beautiful and euphonious , names . If we examine our female names we arrive at a very similar result Mary , Anne , Elizabeth , Eliza , Sarah , and Jane are universal , while in the second rank , Catherine Emma , Prances , . ( or Fanny ) , Hannah , Harriet , ' . alien , Lucy , Maria , Martha , Sophia , and two or three others , bear sway ..: The . dread ©^ singularity seems to be the principal motive for thus rcstrictinflour personal nomenclature . But why should we shrink from the use of such noble appellations as Alexander , Alban , ' Ambrose , Arthur , Bernard Christopher , Clement , Edgar , Etholbert , Gilbert , ' Gregory , Godfrey , Harold ,, Lawrence , Leonard , Michael , llarmaduke , Oliver , Paul , Ralph , Reginald ,

      Iloger , Roland , Sylvester , Theobald , Urban , Valentine , and Yincent , whichhave one or all ofthe attributes of euphony , of a good etymology , and of interesting historical associations ? And why , again , should we deny to the gentler sex the' graceful designations of Agnes , Agatha , Arabella , Beatrix , Bertha , Blanche , Cecilia , Dorothy , Edith , Gertrude , Gunhilda , Gundrada , Isabel , Julia , Leonora , Maud , Mildred , Philippa , Ursula , and Winifred ? MACREAmt iK a New Character . . — Messrs . Bradbury and Evans are about to publish Pope's works , edited by Mr . Macready , the celebrated trage-Mesmebi 3 m . ~ Eari Ducio has become the president of the Mesmeric Institute at Bristol , as he says he is fully convinced of the-truth and utility of mesmerism

      . What heavenly and earthly thing does a rainy day exercise the same influence over 1 The sun and your boots , for it takes the shine out of both . Memouy . —When the toils and fatigues ofthe day are over , who does not love , occasionally , to indulge in a review of bygono years ? No toils , no perplexity attends it . It is an exercise we reserve for an idle hour . In summer , we may repose beneath the shade of a favourite tree , and whilst we recal the adventures of childhood , eniov . at thes .-mn

      time , the surrounding scenery . In winter , wo may seat ourselves besi' je the blazing hearth , and whilst we recount many a past deed , we can , at the same time , enjoy our fireside security and feel alive to the present : but in this the mind is at ease ; no labour of the intellect , no perplexity " attends it . Memory is' the most independent faculty of the human mind , because its office is ; simply to reproduce what reason has dictated and habit confirmed —whilst every other department of . the mind is equally as dependent on memory for the exercise of its powers . - ' ' '

      WnosE best works are most trampled on ?—The shoemakers ' . . .. . . .. , _ The ladies of Albany , U . S ., have petitioned the city fathers lo enact an ordinance prohibiting smoking in tho streets . " America ?} ' Inquisitiveness . —A ' New Englander was seated by a reserved companion in a railway car . By way of beginning a conversation the former asked , '' Are you a bachelor ? " ' No , I ' m not , "" Then you arc married ? " "No , I ' m not . ""Then you must be a widower ? " ' "No , I ' m not . " Here there was a short pause ; but the undaunted querist returned to the charge , observing , "If you are neither a bachelor , nor a married man , nor a widower , what in the world can you be !"— "If you must know , " said the other , " I ' m a divorced man !" A BACHELOR'S "SOLILOQUY . " To wed , or not to wed ? That is the question . Whether it is advisable to bear

      The dull privations of a single life , Or marry , and in wedlock seek relief From many woes ? To desperately woo ¦ Some charming woman , decked with seraph lips , And eyes that speak an ocean stream of love ? To marry her ! It is a consummation . Devoutly to be wished ; but where's tlie chance ? . To wed—to set up an establishment , And have " a lot of bairns ? " Ay , there's the rub ; For it may be I shall not have the means To do my duty to them all and leave My mortal reckoning , bequeathing merit : Hence , reasoning makes me pause , and show respect That dates celibacy a lengthy term : For how could I , chief party to a deed In which is promised , faithfully and true , A constant , generous and manly aid ,

      Fulfil my trust , unless I could afford it ? I'd like to wed , for who . would single be , Or snore in solitude the live long night , But that the fear of curtain lectures , and A yearly levy of " oncumbranccs " ( As heathen churlish men their offspring call ) , Perplexes me , and makes me rather bear The ills I have , than fly to those unknown . Eastern Counties Herald . B . B . Warrants have been issued by the Southampton magistrates against a number of persons in the Earl of Guilford ' s parish for church rates . The churchwarden applied to the earl to repair the church himself , and render the enforcement of the distress warrants unnecessary ; but the rev . earl was inexorable , and ordered the churchwarden to enforce the law , declaring that if the latter faltered in the least he would call on the archdeacon to prosecute him .

      ¦ A Nigger Conusduum . — " Crow , I want to ax you a conundrum . " " Well , Julius , succeed , I ' s oncn for de queshum . " " Can you tell me why dc aft of self-defence am like a ribber at low tide ?" "No , Julius , I doesn't see no similarity in do two subjects , so derfor , I givs urn up ! " " Well , den , I ' ll tell you . It is simply bekase it devolopes de muscles ! You is the most ignumous nigger Inebber seed ! " " . " Yah-yah ! I know'd all de time what that was , only I didn ' t want to say nuffiu ; jiss ax mo agin and see if I can't told you . " . A Prize for Antiquarians . —A man who was lately ploughing in a field , about a mile south of Northallcrton , turned up a silver coin rather larger than a shilling , but somewhat thinner , which proved to be a coin of King Alfred , in a fair state of preservation . ¦ A Broad Hint . — " Sally , what timo does your folks dine ? " Soon as you go away — that ' s Missus ' orders . "

      How to Distinguish the Natives .- —Should one ever hesitate as to the place of nativity of one of our free and enlightened citizens , there exists a test , which , potent as the spear of Ithuriel , will dispel all clouds of doubt . Let the person in question be requested to give an opinion upon any subject . Should he guess , write him down a Yankee ; does he reckon , you may swear him a Southern . The Yankee guesses , 'thus Southern reclcoiis . Tercontra , however , tho Yankee calculates , and pretty shrewdly also , while the Southern allows .. The one wouldritwonder if some expected event should take place , while the

      other ; more ardent and careless of assertion , goes his deatliupon it that it will . To the latter , drawing his comparisons from his idolised rifle , a thing is as sure asshooting , while to the former , more pious , or more hypocritical , it is as sartin as preacMn . The one will be darned , and the other dirned , both evading an path in nearly the same , manner . Should this asseveration require additional force ,, the Northern ' man will hagaul darned , and the Southern dod damed-ra curious perversion of sacred names to ease the conscience while giving vent to one s tcmver . —Jfbrth American Review . .:.: ¦ : ; : . Each male

      Abms . and Baptism ai Momibneoro . — wore arms ; the waist belt , like that of an Albanian , showing a bundle of pistols and ; dirks , which brought to mind . the old heraldic motto , " Aye ready ; " so predominant , indeed , is the idea of , the soldier over that of the citizen , that , even when a child is baptised ; pistols are put to the infant ' s mouth to kiss , and then laid in the cradle beside him ; and one of the favourite toasts drunk on the occasion ia , " May he never die in his bed . —Highnds and Islands of the Adriatic . , , '¦ -. '; 'O . 1 A New Ohleans paper advertises for saleone " undivided half of a negro . " A divided half of a poor blackey , wo suppose , would only be useful to the

      surgeons . ¦'" „' - ' ~ ¦ -l ' Abbreviations of Names . — Some parents exercise their ingenuity in selecting for their children a Christian name unsusceptible of the niching or abbreviating process ; thinking with Doctor-Dove that "it is not a good' thing to be Tom'dor Bob'd , Jack'd or ; Jim'd , - Sam'd .: or Ben'd ,:: Natty '< l or Batty'd , Nedde'd or-Toddy'd , . Wili'd : or Bili'd ; Dick'd .. or .. Nick / d , Joe'd or Jerry-d * as you-go through the .. world . ' - ' . By the . way , that eminent worthy entertained no such repugnance tb'th ' e feminine alias ) for "he always used . either , the baptismal name or its substitute as it happened to suit his fancy , ' careless of . what others might do . : Thus he rievoccalled any woman Mary , though ' Marei- he

      said , being the sea , was in many respects too emblematic of the sex . It was better to use ; a synonyme of better omen , and Molly , was ; therefore preferred as being soft . v If . ; he ' accosted' avixen of that name in her worst temper , he Mollyfad fieri . . On the contrary , ie never could be induced to substitute Sally for Sarah . Sally , ho said , had a sallacious sound ; and moreover' it reminded > him ; of Rovers / which women ought not to he . Martha ho . ' called Patty , because" it earne d to ' theltongue . ' Dorothy remained Dorothy , because it . was- neither fitting that women should be made- Dolls nor I-dols ! Susan with him was-always tftw .-hecauBe women were to bo Siic-ed , and Winifred , Mnny ; because they were to be won . " ¦ " - '¦" '

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      gg j u&t . 21 , 1840 . _____^ THE NORTHERN STAR . o

      On Physical Disqualifications, Generative Incapacity. And Illl'bdiments To Mallltlage.

      ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS , GENERATIVE INCAPACITY . AND Illl'BDIMENTS TO MAllltlAGE .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 21, 1849, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1531/page/3/