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wo require to have a knowledge of over the rest , if is cef . tauily that class of disorders treated of in the new and lm » proved edition of the "Silent Friend . " The authors , in ttuiB sending forth to the world another edition nf their medical work , cannot refrain from expressing their gratification at the continual success attending their ellbrts , which , comhined-with tbo asshtanco of medicines oxclusively of their own preparation , have fceen the happy causa of mitigating and averting the mental and physical miseries attendant on those peculiar disorders ; thus proving the fact ,
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IIALSIS'S SCORBUTIC DROPS . A SURE CURE FOR SCURVY , BAD XI LEGS , AND IMPURE UL 00 D . . Another surprising cure hy means of HaJse ' s Scorbutic Drops . DECLARATION OF TIIE GUARDIANS OF BRENT , DEVON , We , the undersigned , solemnly declare , that before Thomas Uollius , ( one oi our parishioners ) commenced taking "Ilalsc's Scorbutic Drops , " he was literall y covered with large running wounds , some of them so large that a person might have laid his list in them ; that before he had mushed the first bottle he noticed an improvement ; and that , by continuing them for some time , he got completely restored to health , after everything else had failed . He had tried various sorts of medicines before taking " Ilalse ' s Scorbutic Drops , " and had prescriptions from , the most celebrated physiciaus in this country , without deriving the least benefit . "Ilalse's Scorbutic Drops" have completely cured him , and he is now enabled to attend to his labour as well as any man in our parish . From other cures also-made in this part , we strongly recommend "Halse ' s Scorbutic Drops" to the ' notice of the public . Signed by John Elliott , sen ., Lord of the Manor ; Joun Manning , William Peabse , Henky Goodman , and Abtiicr Langwokthy—June - ' 1 st , 1813 .
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The Dog and tiie Herb . —The inhabitants of large ton-rs are in general ignorant of the fact , that both dogs and cats when they feel themselves ill search about the fields for certain herbs which they devour ; and in less than lialf-an . hour afterwards , from a state of dullness andlangour , they are full of life . Persons who reside in small country towns well know this to be a fact . Their knowledge is evidentl y from instinct , and it is a proof of the restorative powers of , herbs . Old women also in villages are in general noted foe their success in curing the scurvy , ring-worms , bad legs , < fcc . They employ nothing hut herbs for the imi ? ose . The
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m - HOPE ON , HOPE EVER . Sope on , hope ever-ttough to-day be dark , I j The tweet sun-burst may smile on thee , toloSSuU lonely , ^ s an ey ^ U mark SwMi ' one to echo back thy thought or love thee ; Iheer op . feint heart ! thou dost not hve in tain « WMle God is over all , andheaven abovetaee ^ 5 Hope on , hope ever .
S know 'tis hard to bear the bitter taunt , * With the heart ' s pride , at midnight , have to I wrestle ; • , . , „ , iro feel the canker worm and sting of Want , § "While rich rogues in their stolen luxury nestle ! pPor I hare felt it—yet from earth ' s cold real g My soul looks out on coming things , and cheerful gpiays the warm sunshine round its dear ideal , W And still it wispers to the worn and tearful—I Hope on , hope ever . iThe iron may enter in and pierec thy soul ,
1 Bnt canhotcrush the love within thee , burning— BThe tears of miser y may be thy dole , But cannot - quench thy true heart ' s seraph I yearning iPor better things , nor kill thy ardent trust , ft That error from the mind shall be uprooted—I That traths shall dawn like flowers from the dust , 1 And love be cherished where hate was embruited , g Hope on , hope ever . gjlopeon , hope ever , —after darkestni ght , I Comes , full of loving Ufej the laughing Morning ; Hope on , hope ever , —spring-tide , flushed with light , Crowneth old "Winter with bloomful adorning . Hope on , hope ever , —yet the time shall come ¦ When man . to man shall be a friend and brother , And earth shall be a happy—happy home , And all earth ' s family love one another' ¦ Hope on , hope ever . Vxbridge Spirit of Freedom . Masset .
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I The History of Ireland . Part XIV . The § Illustrated Atlas . Parts VIIL and IX . § « London : J . andF . Tallis , 100 , St . Johnstreet . Both these valuable publications continue to H increase in interest . Part XIV . of Mr . ^ Wright ' s History o f Ireland includes the a events of the latter portion of the reiga of James the First , and the early years of the
reign of Chakles the Fir 3 t . The account of the life of "the great Earl of Cork" is the history of a great robber , and scoundrel . True , he -was no worse than most of the founders of I " our old nobility . " Parts VHI . and IX . of i the Illustrated Atlas contain maps of * " Sweden and Norway , " " China , " "Belv gium , " and" Turkey ia Europe . " Theletter-- | press , though limited to two pages to each I ? map , contains an immensity of geographical , . ft historical , and statistical information .
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The Spirit , or a Dream in the Woodlands . A Poem . By William Jones . London : John Chapman , Strand . Leicester : Joseph Ayer . The greater part of this Poem was written during the dreadful commercial crisis of 18 lf-48 , when the Author ( like hundreds of his fellow-townsmen ) , was reduced to starve or submit to the body-and-soul-ldlling slavery of the stone yard and Bastile mill—the tests of pauperism in Leicester . Preferring to encounter the pinches of want rather than the brutality of the Poor Law officials , Mr . Jokes betook himself to the woods , and there
con-; ceived the production before us . He acknowledges it is but [¦ a dream-lay : tuned by noteless bard , ^ "When times late darkened and men ' s hearts were f hard , > To soothe his own and fellow-sufferers * throe jgFor there i 3 balm in poesy for woe ! , ' Twas empty comfort , bnt he could no more , 5 Por he like them , was unemployed and poor ; I like them had wrought in vain through life ' s best t prime f To baffle Poverty—deemed now a crime—Ilike them had failed . Yetthinknot he could share - ! The dole of Charity or pauper fare : 3 so ! sternly independent , he'd procure - A casual day's work , and the rest endure .
In a subsequent part of the poem the author thus powerfully pictures the system , under the operation of which himself and his brethren have so much suffered : — Thus throve the wicked in their fastness strong ; Their names were honoured and their lives were long : And they could smile , with self-approving air , While wresting the last morsel from despair ! "Would pray—and yet poor widowed ones oppress ; ¦ Give alms—while ruining the fatherless ; By words to God , by deeds to evil draw—And making monsters , murder them by law !
But what me most afflicted was that I Must either do the same as they or die 1 Which yet , 0 death 1 I could not , would not do Oppress the needy and denounce the true , " I cannot wrong my brother ! " I exclaimed ; But this the more their selfish rage inflamed . Therewith , preparing persecution s scourge , Prom strait to strait my anguished life they urge—* Mong death-fraught glens and precipices dread ! They even robbed me of my daily bread , "Whose price I'd paid in labour ten times told ; They left me naked mid the winter ' s cold .
To all who have the sense and feeling to appreciate the intellectual efforts of the sons of Labour and Poverty , we cordially commend Mr . Jones ' s Bream in the Woodlands .
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Direct Taxation , Financial Reform , mil the Suffrage . A Letter addressed to all Reformers . By Samuel Ktdd . London W . Strange , Paternoster-row . A Pexsyworth of really useful knowledge , which should be read , and thought over , by " all Reformers . " TTe extract the following able comments en the glerioas British system of
TAXATION An intelligent people and an honest government would prefer direct taxation . A trafficking , talking , pension-loving government prefer indirect taxation , and a half-informed and careless people submit to its iniqHities and enormities . A pretty compliment indeed to pay our fellow-citizens of these realms ; the compliment is honestly due and honestly paid . Let us examine . The task mi ght be laborious , but certainly not difficult , to prove that the land-holders of England have thrown the greater weight of taxation off their own shoulders on the backs of the labouring and trading classes , as indicated in the following table : — Taxes paid by Land in All other taxes paid in 1841 :- 1841 :-
England ... £ 1 , 183 , 585 England ... £ 51 , 997 , 000 France ... 23 , 250 , 000 France ... 17 , 500 , 000 Prussia ... 3 , 99 i , 000 Prussia ... 3 , 667 , 000 Austria ... 8 , 795 , 000 Austria ... 7 , 700 , 000 "What think you of the above , liberty-loving Englishmen ? You who throw up your caps and cry " hurrahfor England , the glory and pride of the ¦ world . " Those figures refer to a period preceding the late Continental revolutions . 2 fo wonder , then , that Lord John Russell , Sir Robert Peel , and pious Sir Harry Inglis should thank God that the British Constitution stands firm amidst the " wreck of thrones and the storm of states . " Remember all the while , that according to ifr . M'Culloch , the rental of land has been doubled within the last fifty years , and read the following precious morsel from the same authority : — " Even the magnitude of our
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national burden , which , to a superficial observer might , apwar ., to b g ajieayy drawback on our exertions , has reaUf bceirthe means ' WUmi ^ their efficiency . Had-they . been oppressive , their operations , no doubt , would have been ven ^ different ; but . it was seen that theymight be metbv increased exertions , and these have been madethey have in fact , operated ' on the public like an increase of the necessary expenses of Iris family on a private individual ,, and occasioned efforts of industry , economy , and invention that have more than countervailed their influence ,. and which we should have ui vain attempted to produce by any less powerful means . " Could cool official audacity say more ? Our national debt , pension list , civil anrf
D c * ' muitary expenditure are all blessings . Burdens on industry and individual prosperity , are related as cause and effect , and our benevolent , philanthropic legislators , being brimful of affectionate xenudaX our we fare , tax ua for our good ; how happy , too is the illustration . I wonder if Mr . M ' Culloch has tried the experiment , —if he has , and it the promised results have been realised , I pronounce him a lucky It-i ' lu x w not a few-hand-loom weavers who think that an increased family is followed by a decreased quantity of food for each , and increased wretchedness and rags for aU . But then those weavers are " superficial observers , " and do not understand the subject so profoundly as a government-paid statician . Some of those " superficial observers , however , incline to the opinion , that the first enactment of Excise and Customs duties
) i 1 ' was a cheat and a juggle , purposely effected to enrich the landowners and impoverish the labourers , — that the sinking system of Pitt , and the ruinous expenditure of the Whigs , are injurious to our national prosperity , —that , notwithstanding , the rapid and gigantic improvements of eur machinery , facilities of railway communication , the increased energy and activity of our workmen , the success of our shipping , and the extension of our commerce , —the condition of the labourer has not been bettered of late years—that the genius of our mechanics and industry of our workmen are mortgaged to support an . overgrown Oligarchy : that the magnitude of our national burdens has been met by " increased exertions : " that these increased exertions , like the mother ' s last-born child , have sucked her breast dry , and caused physical decay , and in not a few cases , premature death .
We very cordially recommend this pamphlet to our readers , in the hope that it will find a large circulation . ¦
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The Vxbrid ge Spirit of Freedom . Conducted by Working Men . No . VI . September . London : Watson , Queen ' s Head-passage , Paternoster-row . Avert spirited "Appeal to Young Men , " is followed by an excellent article on "England ' s True Nobility , " written by John Rysull of Northampton—an able writer , in whom we think we discern the promise of even still greater things . We select the following extracts : —
The Fergusons , the Brindley 3 , the Parkes , the Opies , the Simpsons , the Davys , the Burns , and the Shakspeares , have been Gods in the realms of mind , and they have all come from the operative class , that class which has given to the world men who have unravelled the machanism of the heavens , discovered the composition of light , invented telescopes , microscopes , barometers , and telegraphs founded sciences and extended the arts , the world ' s greatest poets and patriots , philosophers and orators have sprung from the people . Those men , not the men of ermine , lawn , and broad domains , are Ennland ' s true nobility . * * * * What are the mightiest kings and aristocrats when compared with England ' s true nobility ? puny
awans , pigmies m intellect , monsters in morals , giants in vice , prowling savages , untamed bloodhounds , mwderers of brothers , corruptors of female purity , and libellers of the human race . The names of aristocrats and kings will be forgotten , and the warrior names of Cesar , Hannibal , Napoleon , and Wellington , though engraved in brass and cut in solid marble , will be either lost in the rushing whirlpool of time , or loathed and detested , while the names of England ' s true nobility will be remembered and handed down till time shall be no more ! Ah ! ye rich men , ye aristocrats , remember that there is not a gem in the crown of royalty , but we
nave toiled for , not a stone in your princely mansions unstained with human blood , nor a piece of furniture in your house but is saturated with the sweat of working mea , nor an article of clothing , in which ye are clad , but has been wrought by the people ; yes , we have created wealth for you drones , and left ourselves poor , we have produced food for you and millions ef us have been starved to death , and we have made clothes for you and gone nearly naked ourselves , but , hear this , ye tyrants of England , the hour of retribution is at hand ! the pay day is coming ! our children are rising up to manhood they have been taught to curse your system and destroy your power !
"Poverty and Crime , " and the " Monopoly of the Soil" are the titles of well-written articles . " Struggles for Freedom" pours out a thundering and soul-stirring denunciation of the royal assassins of Europe , and their precious friends the " peace" preachers . The writer—who signs himself "Aioiakj > Careel '—commenting on the fall of Hungary , says : — Peoples of Europe , you have looked on and calmly seen a noble nation murdered—its ,, blood be upon your heads ! Englishmen , you are slaves , blind , plague-stricken slaves ! you seethe brave struggling for life and liberty , and will not lend the helping
hand ; no , you dare not help yourselves to right and freedom . ! all the world know this 3 they know that the heart of England hath become the prey of vipers ! Nicholas knows this , he marked well , when here , that four-fifths of the people had no power , and the rest were at his own or the devil ' s price—and s © he began his crusade against democracy ! and the Prince of Prussia , he came here , and , on his return , thousands of proletarians were slaughtered in the streets of Berlin ! What came h e here for ? why our government plays the same game ! the spiders of St . Petersburgh , Paris , Vienna , and London , weave their webs alike , and for the mutual purpose of murdering all who love liberty . Eneland is not
less guilty in the reactionary warfare , because she fights in the dark ; she may not send troops to plant the symbol of popery on the Tatican ; but she countenanced the French expedition , and her silence was the signal for the onslaught upon Hungary . God knows our aristocrats would willingly welcome those wretches , the Cossacks , and give every mother ' s son and daughter of us up to their lust and fury , to ensure their riches and splendours against the rising deluge of democracy . Oh ! they already quake at the touch ot coming desolation . Talk of the nerve of Mrs . Manning in cooking and eating above the slab , beneath which slept her murdered paramour , in his bloody shvoud ! what can eoual
the coldness and assurance of those precious peacemongers , who , in Paris , when the rain of heaven hath but just swept the blood of the men of Jime from the flag-stones , and the walls are still black with the smoke of destruction , are preaching their cold-blooded fraternisation to all tyrannies ; spoutmg vegetarianism to blood-drunken butchers , as if they would forego their lap of gore-the life of ^ m a Oa . y ° umen of peace , you are in league withblood-guiltmess , the price of blood is in your hands ! If ye are not , then denounce those horrible blasphemies , Peace in Poland , Peace in Rome . If
ye aro not hypocrites , denounce the Galiciau massacres and the butchers of the brave students ' of Vienna . Better ever-lasting war than peace at such a damning price ; but time passes , and blood flows ; yet shall Time and Justice avenge each other . For the present , the battle of fighting the tyrants with their own arguments , is at an end ; but the breathing space between revolutions grows shorter every time , because justice grows stronger ; and we tell you tyrants , you have but caught a glimpse , through the smoke of revolution , of the overwhelming power that shall destroy you in the future .
That ' s a dose for the peace-mongers , and no mistake . Thank God , we have not laboured in vain to save the Proletarians from the withering influence of the " political pedlar " Euhu Bukbit , and their canting confederates . While Injustice reigns there ought not , and there shall not be , peace for the wicked .
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t ™ A ? D SHADOW ; A TALE OP - . THE NINETEENTH CENTURY . " THOMAS JURm " WHEELER , " : ¦ - Late Secretary to th « National Charter Association and National Land Company . ' CmpKB XXIII . O . the grave , the grave ! it buries every error -coversevery defect-extinguishes every resentment , i ' romits peaceful bosom spring none but tond regrets and tender recollections . "Who can look down upon the grave and not feel a compunctious throb that he should ever have warred with the poor handful of earth that lies mouldering at his feet . "— Washington Irving . "' To set me free V he cried . With sudden bound He rose ; and with a vacant , ' wildered smile , Sadly and doubtingly he gaz'd around A moment ; then cried with transport wild .
Tia vain ! The freshness of the morning light That shone o ' er youth is gone for evermore . The heart has hop' d , the heart has known a blight ; It wakes bereav'd of Fancy ' s cherish'd store ? Vain , then , is every promise of delight-Vain the dear dream it lov'd in days of yore Returningspring waft not thy balmy breezt'Tis vain , ' tis vain this world may not appease . Beste . Arthur MortoH had been nearl y a month in his solitary dungeon , when one evening , to his great surprise , he received a visit from Sir Jasper Baldwin , unattended by any of the officials of theprison . Tumultuous were the feelings that rushed to Ms heart at the sight of his persecutor , but resDectfor Baiawm
lauy , and uncertainty as to the object of w E&SW * ? tonSue and Sir Jasper was the first to break the silence . His voice fell so mournfully yet so kindly , upon the prisoner ' s ears , who expected only threatsand reproaches , that he Vazed earnestly upon him , and his eyes RraduallygfSg accustomedto the light which Sir L perhTdVaS on the stone recess , which served ' him for seat , S& ™ 2 tH'v } Ut he was cl o «* ed in black , and that his countenance showed signs of deepest care . The chill of despair fell heafy on Arthur ' s heart , and banished alf feelings of a 7 im more , he felt that hi ? own unhappy love had helped to sadden her existence , perhaps to hasten its nln *« .
and quick and hurriedly as these reflections passed in h « mmd yet Sir Jasper ' s accents had a second time time fallen unanswered , save by the dim echoes of the galleries that led to his cell , ere Arthur S" ^ f e ? or rePlieit ° th ? simple announcement that he was free . " A few hours previously freedom had been viewed as the most precious of nature ' s boons . Now the doors of his gaol were opened , but he still lingered in his cell , as though unwilling to quit it , and : Sir Jasper gazed moodSy on him , fearing that his penitence had come too late , and that the reason of his victim was wrecked Arthur , at length , unheeding the presence of his companion , murmured ,
" She is dead ; and I , who alone knew he r worth not there to listen to her dying words , and receive the last pure tokens of her love . " Sir Jasper ' s blood coursed quickl y through his veins ; but , with a forced calmness which succeeded in arresting Arthur ' s attention , he said , — " Young man , these are not words for a husband ' s e u v 1 - 1 have doHe wita msAa - I war not with the dead . Too late did I learn her worth-too late appreciated the struggles of her pure heart . Her dying words informed me of much of which I had previousl y been ignorant , and banished all suspicion from my mind . I pledged my word that you should receive pardon and protection . That nled ^ e
i now redeem . You were a prisoner—whether guilty or not of the crime laid to your charge your own heart knows best . I now set you free I place only one restraint upon you . Choose your home without the bounds of this island , and you shall have my blessing * and , if needs be , my purse also ; but I dare not trust you within my power Even now my angry blood rebels against my tongue but for the sake of the departed-go , and go in peace . Three days hence a vessel shall await your decision as to your future home . I trust to your honour for the secresy of this interview ; " and thus parted—ay , in all probability forever—the husband and the lover .
Arthur Morton , thus escaped from the fan » s of the law , returned to the residence of Mr . Elkineton , where his presence was hailed with feelings of unfeigned deli g ht . His answers to their inquiries were necessarily evasive ; but they gathered enough to know that his release had been conditional upon his leaving England , and that there were some grounds arising out of the state of political parties in England for his apparently strange and unprecedented arrest . Loth were they to part from him . His talents and urbanity endeared him to their hearts , and they manifested their kindly feeling by neglecting no step necessary to promote his welfare in the new home to which he was bound ; for Arthur had decided upon carryinz out his m-i < riti ! . l
intention of settling in America . This determination heliad communicated by letter to Sir Jasper . Aobly and frankly did he pour forth the feelings of his soul to the bereaved man . Grief purifies and enlarges the human heart , watering and refreshing the gentler faculties of the soul , even as the dew of heaven refreshes and invigorates the flowers of earth drooping beneath the too regal influence of the sun . Ohlit is not in prosperity that we cherish the pure aspirations that nature hath implanted within us ; sailing with the stream , looking with a holiday eye upon the world , we are apt to forget the great interests of humanity in the selfish enjoyments of the hour ; but when grief falls on the heart , the mists that beclouded our vision are
removedour hearts beat in unison with the world ' s great heart—we draw nearer to the standard of our common humanity—the electric throb of sympathy links us to the vast human family , and we go forward on our mission to cheer , reform , and console . The first era in the existence of Ar thur Morton was now closed ; with the death or desertion of our first love ( not the mere attachment of boyhood , but the ardent breathing of early manhood when fancy is matured by judgment , and the curse of satiety is unknown ) comes a change o ' er our feelings and character , gradually , but not the less rapid and effectual . We no longer live in the present ; the future , though viewed through the medium of a chilled and blight hearted , is still in the ascenant
d , ine youtniul freshness of the heart , which coloured every object with its own rosy hue and peopled the stern globe with the bright creations of a glowing fancy , is for ever departed ; and the mind smiles m scorn at the false idols of its former worship ; no longer occupied in contemplating the perfections of its beloved object , it turns its gaze inward , and acquires a deeper knowled ge of its own powers and nature , and forms a more correct estimate of its relation to society , and the duties consequent thereon . If death has snatched the loved object from our grasp , a tone of softness mingles with our bitterest regrets ; but if treachery hath robbed us of the prize , scorn and contempt mix themselves up with our nature , and we become cynical and unjust . Time , however , modifies and ameliorates these influences , and the elasticity of the heart
youth again impels gently , but irresistibly , forward to the regions of hope and love Through these various changes did the mind of Arthur Morton pass—the ardent and enthusiastic youth became the melancholy and reflective manlife ' was no longer looked at through the glass of enchantment , but beheld in the dull sober colours of reality , its beauties not heightened , nor its deformities concealed ; he was becoming a fit companion to mix with his fellow-men—with sensibilities blunted , and judgment" matured , his loins were girt up for the conflict with mankind . The shadows of misfortune had thrown their dark mantle over the more glowing features of his character and wrought the sombre tints into more bold reliefhe had become a more useful , though a less amiable man . ( 2 b be- continued . )
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Ferocity of Wasps . — In a small outhouse at Baledgarno , used for holding broom and firewood , a colony of wasps had planted their paper palace several months ago . The house cat had taken possession of a pari of the same premises , and was rearing three thriving kittens among the bushwood . One day last week , one of the kittens seeing the wasps' nest suspended from a twig , drew it down with one of her paws to examine it , when she was instantly assailed by hundreds of the ferocious inmates . Her screams brought the old cat to the rescue , but being met by a dozen or two of the enraged wasps she was glad to escape , and the kitten was stung to death in a few minutes . The other kittens , singularly enough , remained unscathed , not a single wasp touching either of them . — Dundee Courier .
DocistB Mcrder akd Suicide . —The Paris papers report the following distressing occurrence : —A fellow named Viard , a washerman , in the Commanc of St . Denis , had been condemned for the violation of the person of his own daughter . After the expiration of his punishment , Tiard returned home , and from that moment subjected his wife and the ravished daughter ( a girl of fourteen years ) to all sorts of annoyances , on the ground that they had been instrumental in his condemnation . He consummated his vengeance , a few days ago , by strangling the wife with a handkerchief , durine the
absence of the rest of the family . Viard then calmly awaited the return of his daughter , whom he disposed of in the same manner . After the consummation of this double murder , the assassin placed the carcases of his victims on the bed of his dormitory ; went into another room , and there , after having recommended himself to the mercy of his Creator , deliberately hanged himself . A Fixb Newfoundland Dog having upset two large bee-hives , at Mr . Hardwick ' s house at Hampstead , the bees instantly settled upon a nd stung him so severely that he died in two hours ; thebody swelling to an extraordinary size .
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THE FRENCH REPUBLIC . ( Prom the Deln ~ o 7 ratic Review . ) NrntwiUKfinrfi ™ ? Paris > 20 th of August , 1840 . « f tI ! qfiSi 6 J appartatdefeat on the 13 th of June , Socialism has lost none of its strength . It ^ BiP T ^^ « ^^ £ ^ 5 oo 2 l ^? circ — os cx - , iiT& ?? pr ° jo ? ts ° ° f ^ v issued by the CommianZtnf Suxe o - . S > * hich bave become the ft" Socmlipts , was one that proposed SftSL - AsSoci ; ition 8 ' < l the creation of ? i « Sliti ! "J £ asylum 3 for the aged andinfirm ; 'S ^ nf i - Prcsident tftlTe Republic at the head of an association ostensiblv similar : and . last
s ™ me iNational Assembly entertained the KtSS P asyluins ^ workingjnen . These T I % » r 2 fn K ll are only delusions ; a governthmk serious y of committing suiefde by attacking capital . It is only an ill-contrived snare prepared CSi ?* uecessit ? of imitating fXiv ^ i n jyj ° r m a' « nt in its favour . ££ & SL £ u , Assem % > M . Melun brought a system of public assistance to the poor . To explain this sudden commiseration for the poor the S n | TnnFr iri tbe b ° ' » ^ L The 13 th of June furnished to the majority of the Assembly a pretence that ifc had longsLht for for attacking the Democratic Party , Tdof taking ^ "g 0 011 " 16 Solution of February ? UnWdf oi
? - nuy representatives , members of the Mountain have been prosecuted by cowards who hid thorn ' selves in tkircellars on the 24 th of FcbruarT ^ TJrf ^ Mf conscci * t ^ the ConsSS ; the liberty of the press , that of speech , and the right of public meeting . Not Batisfied with arbitra"J rfn ^ i J new W " . the goveSSt adopted Draconian laws againetthe press generally but eviden ly directed against the ofgansVs ^ cia reform ; the clubs were suppressed ; and the liberty of Bpeecn was most unceremoniously abolished ; moreoverM . deFalloux presented a Bill affecting Public Instruction by which the education of the French youth will be placed in the hands of the Jesuits and religious corporations . Havinir thus
prepared the way , it appears to the chiefs of the Royalist party that the situation is favourable for effecting the destruction of the Republic , and the restoration of the Monarchy . In order to check industry , suspend labour , and to make the middle classes believe that the Republic is no longer practicable , and is only a whim of the people , the reactionary party is now combining , in the provinces , with the General Councils , either to bring about a Consulate , —an imperial form of Government , —or else the usurpation of the sovereignty of the people by the person it pleases them to call Henri V . But we anticipate a thorough failure of all theso conspiracies , for the present generation is intensely democratic , and tvo have faith in the future of the French Republic . .. <• ¦
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^^ POT >»— — ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . > Daring the past week Dr . Bachhoffner , in continuing his lectures on domestic chemistry , has chosen the subject of aerated fluids , and beverages of such like description . The professor confined himself almost entirely to the preparation of soda water , lemonade , &c , which he , in his experiments , manufactured for the benefit of his auditors , both in an intellectual , as well as practical understanding . The apparatus chosen for illustration was that lately patented by Mr . Masters , and certainly from the experiments performed at the lecture , proved itself one of the most perfect inventions of any yet extant . In size and appeavance it might be taken to represent a small vase or dessert jug , forming altogether an elegant _ ornament for the table or sideboard . After pointing out the principles upon which these aerated drinks have been previously prepared , the learned doctor proceeded to explain the modus opcrandi of the now machine . Two glass receivers
are disposed one above the other , the upper one having a descending pipe leading from about midway in its interior to the bottom of the lower receiver Th 8 upper one contains the material for producing the gas necessary for aeration , the lower one the compound to be aerated . When it is required to set the apparatus in action , a small quantity < , f water is poured into that receiver containing the chemical salis , tor the liberation of the gas—and the whole apparatus firmly secured together—the gas having no means of exit , save the descending pipe previous 1 r ? w- . i ? , ed t 0 descend that channel , and bubbling through the contents of the lower chamber , strongly impregnates them , giving them a sharp agreeable flavour . After the process has cont nued a few minutes , the aerated drink may be drawn off at the convenience of the operator , an ingenious M % I ieed **^ 'P ° se' We werl happy to find the doctor greatly applauded by a large and highly respectable audience throughout his lecture .
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Schoolmaster and Puni , .-The following occurred in a school not a hundred miles from London - ^ Teacher : What part of speech is the word ? r $ ri , 72 ft ( besi afc ' , ?) : " No « n , sir . " -Teacher : 1 R " vFl ietV « 7 ^ ( Perplexed ) : " Can't tel » C / , er : , Is ! masculine , feminine , or ^ v rA ^ il ^ ^) : " Can't say , sir , till it s ha ched . » -Teachev : » Well then , my lad can you tell me the case ?" -Boy ( quickl y ^ : " Olti yes , it ' s the shell , sir . " n ° J ™ r > 0 F TIIE El * ciric Teltjgbaph at ihe GtNEiuL Poir-omcE . -All the wires having been rifM , ™ V l m chief Electric Telegraph-office , Lothbury to the branch office , St . Martin ' s-le-Oiand , the em » loi / es commenced on . Friday for the first time sending off expresses from that establish-£ 3 } L « r advan . tage to the Post-office of this lacility ot communication will bo important , as the Postmaster-General will be made aonuamtpd with
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Libebtt .- « Shame , that any should bo found to speak lightly of Liberty-whose worth is so tes-S ^ i benefits are so numerous and so rich . Moralists have praised it-poets have sungit-the S °$ Lhas ta « ght and . breathed it-patrlbts and ThSna u dled f ( ? As a tem P ° ral blessing it is beyond all comparison and above all praise . HntnTf , ' " ^ W' recording the running & # T ° f tbe . rail r y > said it was " cut into fhi ? rfL . £ ^ ° ^ ei nafc * aHst waited upon the editor for what the auctioneers calls" further SSllF ^ r ^! inthe followingEm —Erratum—For calves , read halves ! , Crawcs FACT . -It itnot generally known t . W mDeiia
_ iveiiy a colebrated vocalist in her day ( fifty years ago ) is alive at ninety years of ago , residing , at-Brompton and retains all her facu ties Connected with the highest families in Scotland she boasts she was born in a castle ( that of Caornboro ) nursed m a cottage ( by one of the family cotters ) , and bred at court . Her father , Captain Fordyce , was Iho last carver and cup-bearer to George III . Su- Fitzroy Kelly is her onfv son . Yours is a very hard case , as ; the monkey said to tno oyster . Why is a dentist likely to be a melancholy man ? Because he always looks doivn in the mouth .
Slavery dabkens and degrades the intellect ; t paralyses the hands of industry—it is the nourisher of agonising fears and sullen revenge—it cruBhes the spirit of the bold—it belies the doctrines , it contradicts the precepts , it resists the power , it sets at defiance the sanctions of religion—it is the tempter , the murderer , the tomb of virtue—and either blasts ho felicity of those over whom it domineers—or forces them to seek for relief from their sorrows in the gratifications , the mirth , and the madness of the passing hour . A doctor lately went to bleed a dandy , who languidly remarked , " Oh , doctor , you ' re a great butcher I" On which the doctor rejoined , "Yes , and I ve been sticking a creat calf . "
A Yankee journal states , that there is a man in Yermont who is so tall that he cannot tell when his toes are cold ! This is probably the person who never allows his servant to sit up for him , as he can put his arm down the chimney to unbolt the street door . Infernal Improvement (?) in the . ahi of Wholesale MoR » ER . -In the campaign of the Grand Duchy of Baden , tho Prussian foot were armed with muskets of a newly-invented construction . The plan on which they are made , and especially the composition and arrangement of the charge , are a secret of the Prussian War-office . We navo . however , been enabled to gather the following particulars respecting these muskets , which are known by the name of" Ziiudnadelgeweore . " from
tne explosion being produced by the passing of a pin through the cartrid ge : the barrels are rifled , and the bullets which are ' shot outof them aro spitz kugkn , a kind of conical bullet . They are conical at the point , cylindrical in the middle , and globular at the end . The cartridges in which these bullets are have a layer of explosive matter next to the bullet , and the gunpowder is at the bottom of the carnage , which is put in at tho lower end of the barrel . On the trigger being pulled , a thin piece of steel ( nadel ) enters through a hole in the back of the barrel , and piercing the cartridge and the gunpowder , it proceeds to the explosive mass , which is similar to that which is employed for tho usual percussion caps . The gunpowder is thus lichted at
the Iront , and every grain of powder is consumed . The charge of powder is 3-24 ths of an ounce , while that of a percussion musket is usually 6-24 ths of an ounce . These muskets enable a soldier to charge and fire six or eight times without lowering his musket , and 1 , 000 yards is still a good killing distance . It is not a safe distance for hitting , but 800 yards is ; and a good shot is at that distance pretty sure of his aim . 800 yards , then , is the range of tkese muskets , while the usual musket range is 400 yards , and thus the enemy must advance 400 yards in the fire of tho Prussian troops before they can think of returning it . A troop of soldiers , marching in double quick time , would make that distance in four minutes , and be exposed from twenty-five to thirty shots from each Prussian musket . Tho cavalry , which wants two and a half minutes to advance 800 yards , is exposed to twenty shots from each man . As for the artillery , the discharces nf
pape and canister tell fearfully at 400 yards , and have but small effect at 800 yards . The artillerymen are thus exposed to the Prussian muskets , and can be picked off as they stand by their pieces . Cahtal Hits . —Sir Hercules LaBgrish , the celebrated wit of the last century , was riding in Phoenix Pavk with the Duke of Rutland , when Lord-Lieutenant . " I wonder , Sir Hercules , " said the duko , " that none of the viceroys every drained this park ; " upon which Langrish replied , " Ah ! they were too busy draining other parts of the king dom . It was the same wit , who , on being asked " whose was the best history of Ireland ? " replicd" The continuation of Rapin ( e ) " — a couple of bon mois which epitomise t \ ie history of the country Why . the Queen go to Cork ? — Because there is a Cove there she wished to see . Why does the cook make move noiso than the bell ?—Because one makes a din , but the other a dinner .
A Boston barber advertises to shave anvthhi" - even " the face of nature . " * ° " He thinks too Much !"—When Mazzini was arrested by the Austrians at Genoa , in 1830 , they stated their reason to his father , thus : —Your son is in the habit of walking out alone , and in the evening meditating . He thinks too much , and we do not know the subject of his thoughts . This we do not like ! Being acquitted of any eliarge , his only punishment was a five months' detention in solitary confinement and banishment from the country , In a certain district in tho Highlands , one day some years ago , the bellman made the following proclamation :- " O yes ! O , yes ! O , yes ! and that ' s three times , you'll a' bo tak notice , that there'll po nac Lord ' s Day here next Sunday , as the laird ' s wife will hao a muckle washing , and she wants the kirk to dry the clacs in !"
very Conscientious . —A man lately confined in a bcotch gaol for-cattle stealing , managed , with five others , to break out on a Sunday , and being captured on one of tho neighbouring hills , he very gravely remarked to the officer , " I might have escaped , but I had conscientious scruples about travelling on a Sunday . " Significant Sign . —An exchange paper says that a lawyer has the jaws of a shark suspended from the ceiling of his office , close by the entrance . That lawyer must bo an honest man truly , or he never would hang up an emblem so significant of tho law , to frighten people from entering .
A Matter of Form . — A certain distinguished physician , whoso strenuous opposition to the spider-waist propensity of the gentle sex would , in more classic times , have procured him , from the wiser portion of tho sisterhood , a public statute , in the character of Jupiter warring against tho tightuns , being desirous of entering his emphatic protest against tlio practice , indited the following ; epigram : " Ladies , with tight corsets do pvny have done , Lest fell disease precipitate your fate ; The nymph who truly cares for " number 1 , " Should never seek to look like " number 8 . " Scraps from California . —The following is the bill of fare at the " Whole Hog , " ( tho principal hotel ) at San Francisco : —Sharks fins ahd sauce piquante . Young whale and shrimp sauce . Stewed
monkey . Squirrels' tails en papillottes . Shoulder of young Kangaroo and onions . Ourang-outang , a-la-mode . A ^ round of laughing hyena , dressed a la mailre d' / iotel . Omelette of ostrich-eggs , ana confitures . Pine-applo pie . Mosquito pudding . ' . The price of the table d'hote at the above hotel was £ 2 , which , with half-a-crown to the waiter , makes one dinner rather expensive . A red herring fetched ten shillings yesterday , and was considered remarkably cheap . Gold is plentiful , but good wives were extremely scarce . Mns . Douglas , a constant satellite of the Bristol police-court , excusing hei-self the other day to the bench for her latest offence , s : iid , " the do'il came to her in a glass of toddy . " The poor do'il , what would man or woman do without such a
convenience ? A celebrated Evangelical preacher once told us ( Liverpool Albion ) , pleasantly , that when he was unmarried tho young ladies of his congregation wese indefatigable in hemming cravats , hanukerchieTs , &c , for him ; but , he added , with marked emphasis , " Since I have had a wife I have not even had one to do it for me . " _ There is a Sunday paper , in Albany ; U . S ., entitled the Sunday Dutchman . t The Laws sanctioned by tho Pensylvanian legislature last session weigh upwards of seven and a half tons .
A young gentleman who was in the act of popping the question to a young lady , was interrupted by the father entering the room , who inquired what they were about . "Oh , " replied the fair one , " Mr . ——was just explaining tho question of annexation to me , and he is for immediate annexation . " " Well , " said papa , " if you can agree on a treaty , I'll ratify it . " A small bit of hay is a wisp , but a word spoken low , is a whisper ; A fog is a sort of mist , but M r to you name is a MISTER ! What inn Microscope Discloses . —Each leaf of a tree has a colony of insects grazing upon it , like oxen in a meadow .
LYRIC ILLUSTRATION'S . " Come , and trip it as you go , " as the wooden pavement said to the cab horse . "Let us take the road , " as the two dukes observed when they shut up Glen Tilt . " Oh , smile as thou wert wont to smile , " as the tiger observed to the laughing hyena . ' Take , oh ! take those lips away , " as the traveller saidtothehighwaymwi ' B pistol .
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1 AN ACROSTIC I TO THE MEMORY OF HESRY HETHERISGTON . BT JOHK ABXOTT , SOHESS TOWN . 1 Heros boasting may tell How they Idn and shy ; E ach sycophant mind Entire homage may pay ; I K ohler * by &r , is N ow the tkeme of my lay , B Herereneefarone-whowas Respected by you , lie Democrats firm , T e Democrats true . H H etherington is gone , H e \ ras a true mas , S Esaminehislife , E veryactyoumayscan ;
fj T liinMng it wrong to T ax knowledge or thought , SHe nobly struggled , H e for principle fought s E ver firm and consistent , Earnest and sincere , m Besoked 4 iemarck'donwaK ! , Rightahd truth heheld dear . 1 | I nvinciblehe stood I n Liberty ' s cause , & | K or heeded a dungeon Nor tyrants base laws . g | Gain forhimhadno charms , Gaudy pomp he despised , g SThestannchfoehewas To priests * cant and lies j § PO ! that his sprit O n all may descend ; gjjjKow restiheeinpeaee , Noble Patriot and Friend . M &ddlesex-place , Arc . 2 < th , 1 & 9 .
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A Feekchuas's Dbscbipiios of as Exglish Pdbuc Dikneh . —Nothing is more curious than one of these repasts , which recal to mind the feastings described by Homer . Enormous pieces of beef , whole sheep , monstrous fishes , load an immense table bristling with bottles . The guests clothed in black , calm and serious , seat themselves in silence , and with the air which one takes at a funeral . Behind the president is placed a f unctionary called the toast-master . It is he who is charged to make the speeches . The president whispers to him the . mot d ' ordre , and " Gentlemen , " says he , with the voice
of a stentor , "I am about to propose to you & toast , which cannot fail to he received by you with great favour ; it is the health of the very honourable , very respectable , and very considerable Sir Kobert Peel , " &c . The guests , then , shaking off their silent apathy , rise allat once , as if they were moved by springs , and respond to the invitation by thundering forth frantic cries . Whilst the glasses are being emptied , three young girls , with bare shoulders , slip from behind a screen , and play a tune on the piano . Tie toasts do not cease until the guests , having strength neither to rise nor to remain seated , rolluader the table ,
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A WORD TO THE DEMOCRACY . " They that sat in darkness saw great light , " seems to us an appropriate text to the remarks which we intend to offer on the contention which existB between new and old ideas . Those who have sat in the " valley of the shadow of death , " a true picture of despotic tyranny , are now merging into the full glare of freedom ' s sunshine . The path may he rugged , and but few of the more earnest spirits may reach the goal , but , an abiding faith in the holiness of our mission , and an expansive love for our kind , must displace this world ' s narrow selfishness , and cause us to work on , and work hopefully . The labour of the sincere Democraticand
, Social Reformer is but commencing , for , blinded by superstition , and false teachers , the mass of mankind have been incapablo of perceiving the secret enemy which embittered their existence . The drapery which concealed tho enormous blood-guiltiness of earth ' s tyrants is now removed , and instead of being , as they have blasphemously assumed , God ' s vicegerents , they are seen to bo emissaries of Hell . The infamous conduct of tho liberal Pope will produce mighty results . It will add increased impulse to the freedom of thought , and shake the empire of priestly domination . Upon the whole , the present state of Europe gives us no cause for despondency . It is true we have been taught a dear bought lesson , and the amount of suffering
consequent therein has been terrible ; yet something extraordinary was necessary to show . mankind the true characters of kings , priests , and profitmongers . The treachery of the bourgeoise towards tho people during the late revolutions , has beeu everywhere transparent , and it is evident that as a class they are utterly devoid of principle ov patriotism . Self and pelf is their rule of action . Here , then , is a summary of the teaching of the late continential struggles for liberty , which , for practical results , are at present a dead letter , ponder well on it : Kisos , Priests , Aristocrats , and Profitmonqeus are the enemies of mankind . Wo are often reminded by our conscientious and over scrupulous friends , that the profitmongers and usurers act this
part in consequence of their precarious position , and that , their faithlessness to the people , is not so much the result to their wishes as of the circumstances in -which the commercial system places them . What matter it to us through what cause they act as our enemies ? It is sufficient for us to know that it is so . We should therefore make our calculations accordingly . If the possession of property through tho medium of existing institutions , converts the possessor into a . stumbling block , in the way of tho producer of that property , we must press on for the abolition of such institutions , and establish those that will cause all men to feel an interest in the welfare of thoir fellows . In the meantime we must not deceive ourselves as to the true character of landlords , capitalists , and profitmongers . They have given us repeated proofs that
they never will consent to tho establishment of a just state of society , why then should men shed their blood to dethrone a tyrant and afterwards surrender the reins of power to those who have uniformly proved their worst , because their more plausible and hypocritical , enemies ? Such has been the case heretofore and resulted in sad and bitter disappointment to the people ; and banishment , imprisonment , and death to the honest portion of their leaders . Previous to the renewal of the stru" « lo the Democrats of Europa should hold a conference , and agree upon a definite plan of Social Reform , which should be' published extensively , and form a text book for all Democrats . Let this be done , and a general understanding established among the friends of mankind , and the world will speedily witness the last throes of despotism . —Democratic Review for September .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 8, 1849, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1538/page/3/
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