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If Mankind are liable to one disease more than another, or it there are any particular affections of the human body
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«« require to have si knowledge of over the rest , it is certainly that class of disorders treated of in the new and la . xovcdodition of the "Silent Friend . " The authors , i « tlm . sending forth to the world another edition of their memcal work , eannot refrain from expressing their p-ad . flcahon at the continual success attending tlieir eltbrta , which , combined with tho assistance of medicines , cxclul r % ; . ow , l J ] arat > on . have been the nanny causa Of mitigating mid averting the mental and r » ysicalmiscrfca attendant on those peculiar disorders ; thus mwiii * tliu faot .
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YOU MAY BE CURED YET IIOLLO WA 1 "S ~ OINTMEXT . cbTiE of hheumatismTnd rheumatic gout . Extract of a Letter from Mr . Thomas Iinmton , Landlord of the Waterloo Tavern , Coatham , Yorkshire , late of the Life Guards , dated September ' . 'Sth , ISIS . Sm , —For a long time Iwas a martyr to Rheumatism and Rheumatic Gout , and for ten weeks previous to usin ™ your medicines I was so bad as not to hu able to walk . 1 had tried doctoring and medicines of every kind , but all to no avail , indeed I daily got worse , and ' felt that I must shortly die . From seeing your remedies advertised in the paper I take in , I thought I would give them a trial . I tiiil so . 1 rubbed the ointment in as dircct «< l , and kept cabbage leaves to the parts thickly spread with it , and took the l'ills night and morning . In three weeks I was enabled to walk about for an hour or two in the day with a stick , and in seven weeks I could go anywhere without one . I am
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Atmospheric Changes . —Although changes in the temperature are more prevalent in the temperate zone than in other latitudes , there is scarcely a spot to be found where such great differences exist as in Great Britain , varying in a few hours some twenty degrees or more . The elVc ' ul of such rapid changes on the bodily health is very afflicting to many thousands of persons , especially those in the middle , or more advaneod ages of life , causing attacks of thoso painful disorders , sciatica , gout , and rheumatism . Happily for thoso who are afflicted with those painful diseases , chemical science has produced that excellent medicine , Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic Tills .
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THE BIKER'S DOOM . Mark bat that pale thin cheek ! Mark the eye , hollow and dim ! His life ' s aa eternal week : — There ' s no day of rest for him . He labours on deadly ground From which the black slaye would recoil : His time is a dreary round Of feverish dozing and toil Then Christians find in your hearts some room , To pity tho toil-worn baker ' s doom !
The husbandman welcomes the hour Devoted to work or rest : Sweet sleep refreshes his power , And gketb . hi 3 labours a zest . Uewakes with the lark in the morn , And he lists to his native hymn ; ¦ But the hollow-eyed baker is worn Till weary in life and limb . Then Christians find in your hearts some room . To pity the toil-worn baker ' s doom !
He is doom'd by the oven to stay , As long as his nature can ;—And his days—they hurry away , But half the life of man . Ohl think of the pale-fae ' d slave , — __ Xor divide bis body from soul ; Uor consi gn a man to the grave , For the sake of a dainty roll ! Oh ! Christians find in your hearts some room , And pity the toil-worn baker ' s doom !
They breathe not the freshness of air , Xor the breezes their pale cheeks fan They walk—but a loaded basket they bear , 'Md' the tainted haunts of man . All hope for the f uture is fled , Unblest by a furtive ray ; And the life that produces your daily bread , So secretly pining away . Then Christians find in your hearts some room , To pity the toil-worn baker ' s doom ! The Sabbath , with sacred chime ,
"Which holy and honoured we keep , — To them is the same dull time Of hurtful toil and sleep . TJp , then , and plead their cause , 2 for loiter , ye men of love ; 2 for longer permit man ' s finite laws To prescribe the laws above : But find in your Christian hearts some room , To ease the toil-worn baker ' s doom ! Sakeri Gazette . W . P .
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THE DEMOCRATIC REVIEW OF BRITISH AM > FOREIGN POLITICS , HISTORY , AND LITERATURE . Edited by ( x . Julian Hatcosy . No . VI . Itovcmbcr . London : E . Mackenzie , 5 , "Wine-office Court , Fleet-street . Uo \ vell--nrisher of the good cause but may rest assured that this number of the Democratic HEnxrw will give universal satisfaction , and do muck towards adding to the regular
circulation of this monthly champion of Democratic and Social Reform . The Editor ' s Letterdevoted to an energetic appeal to the Working Classes , in favour of the institution of a Democratic Propaganda—can hardly foil to secure the approbation and cordial response of all true Democrats . Louis Blanc ' s admirable letter on " Social Worshops , " setting forth their organisation , &c , &c , is worthy of the most deliberate consideration of Trades
Unionists , and all who desire the social emancipation of the Proletarian Classes . The Editor ' s out spoken comments on the recent Austrian murders in Hungary , are followed by some personal and interesting particulars of Kossutii , General Bem , and General Guton . Of the able contributions whieli have appeared in this Review from the pen of "One of 'the Men of the Future , ' " the article in the present number is decidedly the best . " The Homan Republic defended , and its assassins unmasked , '' is the title of a magnificent manifesto by Joseph Mazzixi , in which the
virtuous Triumvir most unsparingly exposes the lies and crimes of the assassins who at present govern France ; and most triumphantly defends tlie Roman Republic and the Italian cause against the hypocritical and calumnious -attacks of Messrs . De Tocqueyille and Fal-LOUX . This masterly document ( which occupies twelve pages of the Review , ) will be treasured by all who hate falsehood and tyranny , and who admire eloquence ,
patriotism , and true heroism . In the next article ¦( appropriately entitled " Rome enslaved and Trance dishonoured " , ) the Editor comments on the latest proceedings of the Pope , the President , and the rest of the liberticide conspirators of France and Italy . " Terrigenous " successfully pursues the thread of his exposition on tho right of all to the Land . A splendid poetic invective , addressed to Pius IX ., by Wiuttiee , the Amerian poet , will also he found in this number of the
Democratic Review . We can only find room for one extract . We select from the article entitled
DEMOCRATIC PnOGUESS . The late mighty convulsions which have shaken the thrones of despotism throughout Europe , though they have failed in their object for the present , have revealed to vs the gems of future success . "We have seen thai the people in all countries are not content with the misgovernment to which they have so long been sul-jccted , and have pronounced emphatically in favour of a new order of things ; and it is mow ' cicarly demonstrated that they were only foiled throudi the superior craftiness and combination of the despotic few . It is also undeniable that the people understand their political rights , for in crowned their
all cases where temporary success efforts , they at once removed the privilege barriers which had been erected through ages of oppression , and remodelled their political institutions in accordance with the spirit and advanced knowledge of the a « re . Therefore the recent failures should not so jnucli induce us to despond as to prepare with cnei"Y for the next struggle . The achievement of real freedom is now only a question of time . Even in Ecland , dull and apathetic though we seem at present , still the desire for amendment in our * vst « u of eovernment rules supreme over all other cnl . W-ts ^ Tlie masses have repeatedly given proo .
of this Lv iheir numerous meetings and petitions m 1839 ' 42 and ' 4 S , andtnisfact is so well understood liv tiiemonicd class , that they are compelled to attach the Sufiraiic question to any subject which they desire to impress on the public mind . All this is no lon g er matter of doubt but a grave historical fact , suuf proves tliat the peop le have made great progress in that department of knowledge so essential to their welfare . The failures of the past cannot now be recalled , but must furnish a guide for the future , and much and deeply though we lament the loss of the devoted men who have sealed their faith with their blood , let us not dishonour their nienio" ries ljy futile regrets , tut press on in tho glorious aim iuub
path which their heroism has mama out , prove flat they have not died in vain . The future lies before us , and our watchword must he tokward ! " We must take lessons from the past , and * et earnestly to work to repair the damage sustained ly the onslaug ht of earth ' s tyrants , who , even now feel a foretaste of the retribution that awaits thendeeds of blood ; and the murders , banishments , and imprisonments Tvhich they inflict , is the standard Khich we nmkno w the extent of their gloomy fe ^ rs and forebodings . Rations cannot be aoodiifated , and a day of reclaming will assuredly arrive , "I Sew of the Democratic campaign of 1 S 4 S 49 , nLTln ™ onr deficiency in organisation , conessenmi
centration and that oneness of purpose so SBjSsSHw&S Bients of ^ cess , as an es ^ ° ^ divi 3 ion and fore brought ^»» ? J ruin > Ti , e know-ISSSSSSB 3 S £ S * * . ? Sai 5 SUS formers of Great Britain f Thepegmo no * ^ .. ^ oc ? c ca rm mna ' ous and digomxea . u ^ ,
£ oToefarTrom a ^^ SS ^ wonting-honse , are in a miseraWe minoruy House of Commons , caused by their base o ^ i lii l i tp ^ HF sx&zisz ? p lacency on the monster w - that amiust te&snJszs * " ** wiyactt '
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The Balcers' Gazette , and Trades' Circular . London : R . J . Kennett , 14 , York-street , Covent-garden . "We have received the first nine numbers of this publication , devoted to the advocacy of the Rights of the labouring classes generally , and those of the Bakers in particular . The editorial articles are ably written , and the selected matter well chosen . In No . 8 . there is a review of Cobdes's speech on the "Bakers' Question of the abolition of Night "Work , " in which the Editor convicts the champion of Soar ^ eofs-liberalism of ignorance and injustice . We give the following extract __
THE LABOURER NOT FREE . The Honourable Gentleman stated , in answer to Mr . Stafford , " that his principles are perfect freedom of Industry . * ' So are ours , « ut we contend that the labourer is not free , End in order to enable him to be so , he requires laws , for the protection of his property , as much as any millowner or landowner does . If any person desires to appropriate to himself any portion of the property of another , and carries that desire into effect , the law immediately step 3 in , ard punishes him for doing it , and admits of no excuse , not even starvation , to mitigate or pardon the offence . Then why should not the labourers' property—their time and
healthhe equally protected , to prevent the tyrannical and the avaricious employers of labour from appropriating to themselves so much of the labour of their fellow men as to destroy their health , and deprive them of any time for cultivating and enjoying those mental faculties , physical recreations , and even rest , which God has given to man , and rendered necessary for his comfort and happiness—that they may get rich at their expense . The roan who steals the loaf from a baker ' s shop to satisfy the cravings of nature , or a pair of shoes from , the shoemaker ' s to cover his naked feet irom the inclemency of the weather , is punished for his violation of the laws of properly ; but the employer who steals from the labourer sufficient labour to produce | two loaves , or two pairs of sboes , instead of one , without paying him a fair share of what he has produced , is not amenable to any law . Then in what consists tbe
freedom of the labourer , since he has not the power to protect his labour from being appropriated by the avaricious , tyrannical , or unprincipled employer ? Is it not against such men as these that has led to the formation of all the laws we possess for the protection of property , and the well-being of the great body of the community ? Why do men form themselves inte societies , if it is not for their mutual protection ugainst the tyranny and oppression of the few . ? Legislators , or law-givers , were elected from the people to make laws for this purpose : it is , therefore , the duty of these law-givers to pay due respect so the grievances of any class of tbe community , and to redress them ; to do justice between all men , that the bonds of society may not be broken , awl anarchy , oppression , and misrule ensue , at all times caused by the destitution of the great body of the people .
Ill-paid , over-worked , and the slaves of a life-killing system of night toil , the Bakers have strong claims on public sympathy ; and this periodical , by giving publicity to their wrongs , will , doubtless , effect i&uch in that direction . The Bakers in particular , and all friends to the emancipation of Labour in general , will do well to promote the sale of this publication .
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Siraxgb Dicicsi . — A scientific humourist , describing one of the busy-bodies at the Birmingham meeting , said , " He knows something aboutUothing and nothing about Something . " - * Literary Oazcne .
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ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . : This most excellent establishment , which may be truly called the home for many sciences , is indeed a theatre wherein are displayed numerous ingenious contrivances which from time to time have arisen as the offspring of the inventive ingenuity of man . ropular lectures are delivered on various subjects by Doctor Bachhoffner and Mr . Ashley . The lectures on Chemistry continue , as usual , a point of considerable interest and attraction ; the various beauties of this elaborate branch of science are being discussed b y Mr . Ashley , who , in his course of lectures , embraces all the most interesting t 0 P Ics of affinity , and tho explanation of many facts which in common life are hardly observed , much less investi gated , because of their frequency and familiarity . These facts , as the lecturer observed , were those of all others which in the hands of the
observant philosopher assumed important features , tracing m the wondrous works of the Great Creator the undivided dependence in which all things are created . We cannot help reverting to the well known adage , "knowled ge is power ! " and at no time do we more forcibl y become impressed with the truth contained in these words , than when observing the continuous link in the one great chain comprising this beautiful creation , when the reflective mind of man is led from the contemplation 01 Aature s works to ponder upon Nature ' s God . Doctor Bachhoffner has commenced a highly scientific , and at the same time , popular lecture on Mectncity , admirably calculated for this establishment , which has become so attractive to the rising generation , as well as the adult . The experiments exhibited during the locture by the learned Professor are very beautiful , and are well calculated for instruction of the youthful mind .
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THE ALFRED JUBILEE . Thursday , the 25 th day of October , 1849 , was a gr and day for the folk of Wantage . It may not be generall y remembered that that town is the birth place of our good old Saxon King Alfred ; or , that the day above written is the 1 , 000 th anniversary of thebirth . dayofthafc Monarch , who , accordin" to antiquarian calculation , was born in 849 This however , being the case it was resolved by a body of gentlemen , cultivators of Anglo-Saxon literature and proud of their Anglo-Saxon race , to celebrato the auspicious occasion by a festival or iubilee Accordingly , a committee was formed and the necessary steps taken . Placards were issued , addressed
to the good men and true of Wantage and its neighbourhood , announcing that this great and unprecedented honour was about to be thrust upon them , and proceeding thus : —« 'From all parts of England your countrymen , together with some foreigners and American kinsmen , are expected to flock to this patriotic celebration ; and you need not be reminded how kindly , or how warmly you will welcome the guests who seek out Wantage on so happy an occasion . King Alfred is kno « vn to all tho world as , perhaps , the greatest man—certainly the best king—that ever lived ; and in his institutions , character , and fame , is still and , ever immortal amongst us . Let us all now endeavour to do him , and our country , due honour on thfs thousandth
anniversary ; commencing , as we ought , by the solemn and grateful service of God , after these thousand years of mercies and prosperities ; and thence proceeding , as we gladly may , to the cheerful festivities of our jubilee . Common sense and good feeling are never wanting to Englishmen ; let these keep order and good humour better than special constahies and police . It is recommended to the inhabitants of Wantage , that , in honour of their illustrious townsman , they decorate their streets and houses with flags , oak boughs , and such other tokens of patriotic feeling as they can muster ; also that they wear their holiday apparel and tho Alfred medal ; quantities of wliich , at a very cheap cost , will be in tho town on Wcdnesdav . B > ht
spirit , good humour , and energy are everything ! Men of Berkshire , of all grades . you will not be wanting to yourselves on so glorious an occasion . The committee appointed to manage the arrangements of the jubilee , respectfully beg attention to the following recommendation , viz . —that all persons in business , in Wantage , close their shops , and give those in their employ a holiday on this occasion . An ox will be roasted near the town , by the aid of Mr . Charles Hart ' s steam engine , in order that those engaged may afterwards participate in the festivities . In addition to the distribution of meat , some bread will be also given , particularly to those indigent poor of Wantage in the receipt of relief . "
The suggestions of the committee were heartily met , and the town presented , as if by magic , all the appearance of a holiday . The shops were closed , except hotels and refreshment houses . The streets were decorated with banners , bearing appropriate inscriptions ; over the approaches were spanned triumphal arches of boughs and flowers ; and at an early hour crowds of all ranks thronged towards the market-place by every sort of conveyance , natural and artificial . Divine service was performed at eleven o ' clock in the church , and shortly afterwards at the tovn-hall an address or lecture was delivered by Major Bell , upon the history and traditions of King Alfred , with an eulogy upon his character . The Rev . C . L . Richmond , who had come from
America to attend thi 3 Anglo-Saxon jubilee , also made an eloquent speech to the crowd assembled outside , and in which he dwelt upon the identity of race between Englishmen and Americans , and expressed hope for the union of the Anglo-Saxon race all over the world , wheresoever they dwelt . The sentiments he expressed were heartily responded to and loudly cheered by his auditors . After this a procession , consisting of the clubs and the guests , visited King Alfred ' s well , about a quarter of a mile off , and supposed to be on the site of tho ancient stronghold or castle of the West Saxon Kings . Here an address was delivered by the Rev . F . Reyroux upon the life and character of King Alfred . Meanwhile , on the common , a little outside the
town , a magnificent ox was slowly and majestically turning upon an iron crate , worked by a steam engine before a huge fire , contained in a convenient brick receptacle built for the purpose . Another old English custom was revived in the greased Maypole , which , surmounted by a leg of mutton , the prize of the adventurous climber , towered high in the centre of the Market-place . At two o ' clock a distribution of meat was made in-the Market-house to the poor : and half an hour afterwards , one hundred impressions of the medal which had been struck upon the occasion were thrown among the people . The appearance of the town during all these proceedings was most lively and exhilarating , and it was as fair a specimen as we ever saw of hearty
English merriment and joyous excitement , without license or outrage . At three o ' clock the guests assembled to dinner in the large room of the Alfred ' s-head Inn , C . Eyston , Esq > , of Hendred House , occupying the chair . Among the company present we observed P . Pusey , Esq ., M . P . ; Sir Robert Throckmorton , of Buckland Park ; Temple Bowdoin , Esq ., Farringdon House ; E . M . Atkins , Esq . ; W . Goodwin , Esq ., of Lettcombe Regis ; Rev . Dr . Whittingham , of Childrey ; John Britton , Esq ., the celebrated antiquary ; Dr . Waddilove ; W . J . Evelyn , Esq ., M . P . for Surrey ; Martin J . Tupper , Esq ., the popular author of " Proverbial Philosophy . " Several
members of the Pulford , the Brereton , tho ¦ Tufneil , and the Whittaker families were present , and tho Rot . C . L . Richmond , from the United States , sat opposite the chairman . Tho room was handsomely decorated with streamers and banners , amongst which were conspicuous the stars and stripes of America in friendly " union with our own national emblems . The demand for dinner tickets was very great , and had the apartment been much larger it could not have accommodated all who were desirous of being guests . A great number of ladies dined , which of course greatly added to the attraction , and as it was many gentlemen who hail tickets were obliged to take their refreshment in
another room . ; Dr . Giles , the secretary , by whose exertions , coupled with those of Mr . Martin Tupper , the jubilee was mainly got up , proposed the following resolutions or report , which were unanimously adopted : — "Thatthe old grammar school of Wantage be revived and enlarged , under the name of King Alfred ' s College , and that a mechanics' institute bo opened with it in this town . " " That for the purpose of accomplishing this good work , a general subscription list be opened immediately , to which all the Anglo-Saxon race who reverence tho name and memory of Alfred , avo invitod to contribute . "
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-: *•¦ - ¦¦ •? , hat for tho . nurposo of aiding the subscription ana at the same time of furnishing subscribers with a record of the Groat Alfred , and of this his jubilee 11 j-j , . ltlon of his works , in one volume folio , splendidly illustrated , bo immediately undertaken by _ competent Anglo-Saxon scholars , to be called the Great' » ° ° oi lhe Works of Kin £ ^ lfred " That every subscriber of three guineas and upwards be presented with a copy of tho abovenamed work . "
That the governors of the town-lands being , by virtue of their office , guardians of the old Wantage Grammar School , be requested to become members of this committee , and that the committee be empowered to add . to their numbers . " ine CiumMAN , in putting the question , eulogised the character of King Alfred as a scholar as well as a monarch ; mid after briefly adverting to his literary works , and the translations he had made , ooseryed , that in no more appropriate way could
uiey uo honour to the memory of Alfred than by Pl i ? m ng the c . auso ot education and knowledge . Mr . 1 upper , in proposing the toast , " The Anglofonr Ra ^ a 11 over tho Worl < l . " observed that the eeiing which had dictated this movement was lapwiy spreading , not only in this country , but in * , ^ America , and wherever Anglo-Saxons lw i , foun d > In Liverpool , and London , tw . , i ? . short ' y be meetings with the same views and objects . . J '' ° - c - . L . Richmond also addressed the 3 ™ IS 2 V hm of the frateraal sympathies
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COUNT LOUIS BATTIIYANY . J 2 ? iJ , owin S statement by Count Telfiki , re-KSaS % S % ? & 2 ™> Louis Batth ™ n ^ ssti Sa lato Premier of It appears from the sentence which has been pronounced against him that the Count Batthyany was not convicted of being an accessory to the murder of the Count Latour , for no mention whatever is made of this in the sentence .
"The Count Batthyany has been conderonedfirst , for having , in his office as prime minister , taken and executed , or caused tho execution of , sundry measures , surpassing the administrative power of Hungary , such as it was established by tho laws of the month of March , 1848 ; for having by these measures weakened the legal bond between Hungary and the hereditary states ot the empire as established by tho Pragmatic Sanction ; and for having placed the constitution of the country in a state of great precariousness and danger . " We may well ask what has , up to the present , constituted tho legal bond between Hungary and the hereditary states of the empire as established by the Pragmatic Sanction , the person of the sovorei « n and his rights ? The Count Batthvanv h . ia nnnsn .
quently been condemned for having weakened the royal authority in Hungary , for having opposed the interest and the rights of the sovereign . But in what manner could the Count Batthyany possibly oppose his Sovereign . He was made a minister bv the Emperor and King . He remained a minister sb long as the Emperor and King willed it . He carried on the administration with the consent of his Sovereign . Ho resigned his place to his successor as soon as the latter was appointed . The Emperor and King is consequently an accessory to whatever the Minister Batthyany may have'done . The impeachment of the Minister is also the impeachment of the Sovereign . " The Count Batthyany was condemned , secondly , for having , after his dismissal from office , entered into tho ranks of the insurgent army , thereby making a public appeal to armed resistance .
" But against whom did he fi ght ? Against whom was his appeal to armed resistance directed ? Against the Croatian ariny of Jellachich , but not against the imperial army of Windisohgrlitz . Tho only combat in which he took part after his dismissal was the battle which , in October last , was fought against the Croatian army under General Theodoric , whom the Hungarians defeated , near Ocdenburgand Nemesker . After this battle Count Batthyany retreated to his castle of Tkeryer , in the county of Eisenburg , where ho was confined to his bed for above six weeks , in consequence of having broken fcis arm by a fall from his horse , "This , then , is the whole of Count Batthyany ' s armed resistance . A few months previous to his
invasion of Hungary Jellachich had been declared to be a rebel and a traitor . lie had been dismissed from all his offices and deprived of all his honours by no less a person than his Majesty Ferdinand , tho Emperor and King , and by means of a royal decree , which wns signed and dated from Innspruck the 10 th of June . It was , therefore , to say the least , allowable to doubt whether this rebel had b y his armed resistance to the orders of his sovereign acquired the right of invading Hungary , or whether fighting against him made a man guilty of hi gh treason . Do these facts furnish any pretext for an impeachment against the Count Batthyany ? " That noblcmun was condemned , thirdly , for having been a member of the Hungarian parliament
alter his Majesty had dissolved the said parliament . This is true . After having resigned his seat in order to oppose the committee of defence which the parliament had appointed , tho Count Batthyany was re-elficted by his constituents and he again took his seat at the end of December . " I will not here discuss the question of this dissolution , which was proclaimed by a decree wliich wanted tho counter-signature of the Hungarian minister , and I will merely remark that if the mere fact of the Count Batthyany having' re-entered the parliament in December last is a crime ' of high treason , it is evident that all the deputies and magnates who were at Pesth , and wlio attended the
sittings of the parliament after its so-called dissolution in October , are equally guilty , and thus GOO persons ought to be sentenced to capital punishment . Kay , more , the Count Batthpny had not asked to be , re-elected , he was simply nominated and desired to take his place in the parliament . Now , since it i 3 a logal maxim that he who induces another man to commit a crime is at the least equally guilty , it is ' evident that if the Count Batthyany was worthy of capital punishment merely for having joined the parliament , the whole body of his constituents is equally damnable for having forced him to take that step . Nay , more , all the electors of all counties and boroughs of Hungary ought to he executed .
" The Count Batthyany has been condemned , fourthly , for having after joining the dissolved parliament sided with and backed tho revolutionary party . But it is , nevertheless , true that the Count Batthyany did but once , and only or . ee take part in the debates of this dissolved parliament , and the single instance upon record happened to be two days before the arrival of Prince Windischgrtitz at Pesth , when he consented to go to the Austrian camp , and , if possible , to negotiate between Austria and Hungary . Thus did Count Batthyany side ' witli and fortify the revolutionary party . After the entry of Prince AYindischgratz into Pesth , the Count
Batthyany was at liberty to leave that city and go to Debreczin . He relied upon his innocence , and he thought himself safe from danger because he felt himself without reproach . This is his only fault . Two days Inter he was a prisoner . I have analy sed the sentence which was pronounced against the Count Batthyany . I havo analysed it from an Austrian point of view , and I defy Austria to reply to my argument . There is no possible pretence for Count Batthyany ' s condemnation . What name , then , docs this condemnation deserve ? I leave it to others to term the act—as for me , I will but establish the facts .
. " The Count Batthyany was condemned for having , violated the Pragmatic Sanction , and the Hungarian Constitution , of which , tho Pragmatic Sanction forms a part . Who were his judges ? A courtmartial of Austrian officers , who were profoundly ignorant of our laws and our constitution , and these men have found the Count guilty of having violated certain laws , of which they knew nothing whatever . " And if a man is to be punished for having violated the laws , it is , I should think , necessary that his judges and executioners ought not to violate the laws—at least , not in the pleadings and the practice of the court . " Crimes of hi gh treason and of violation of the Pragmatic Sanction belong to the jurisdiction of the
Ivmga Court . But in the present instance the case has been brought before a court-martial . Where is the law which authorises such proceedings ? And on the strength of which law was Count Batthyany condemned to be hanged ? I defy the whole world to quote a law in support of the presont sentence . Perhaps a decree may be queted—a simple expression of the Sovereign's will . But if so , what name docs this condemnation deserve ? " The Count Batthyany , late Premier of Hungary , was executed on the 6 th of October , on the anniversary of the tragical end of the Austrian . Minister , Count Latour . An Austrian Minister and
Count was murdered and hanged by the frantic population of Vienna . Nothing more natural than on the samejlay of the following year an Hungarian Minister and Count should bo gibbeted by the government at Pesth . To . make up for Latour it was indispensable that the . victims should be a minister and a count . " What , then , was this execution ? Was it a measure which was necessary for the public welfare ?—such a measure as Baron Haynau is wont to take for the especial benefit of an insurgent district ? Was it necessary to terrorize the Hungarian rebellion into submission ? The war was ended , all resistance was over .
" How , then , aro we to judge of this measure ? " While tho war continued , and while partof the Hungarians resisted , the Austrian governnient spread a rumour of Count Battbyany's acquittal . His friends and relations were amused with a vain hope ; his liberation was talked of as certain so soon as the war was ouded . Such was the language of the Austrian government so l « ng ns there were
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enemies . But now , when Hungary is subjectednow that an advantageous capitulation has been granted to those who waged war to the knife , they kill the man who had given himself unarmed into their power . II How aro wo to judge of this measure ? ro resume . This condemnation without proofs —tms . ludgment without a court—this sentence without a law—this execution on the Gth of Oct . — this measure , which they dared not take when Hungary had a sword-this measure , which was taken /» , , " . wnuutvj ii * i * v «* 1 ll * U I Lilian alter
sparing those who prolonged their resistance to the last extremity-how are we to call it ? I leave it to the friends of order among all parties to find a name for this measure . I have done my duty . 1 have done it calmly and deliberately , whilo my heart is breaking . I had but to analyse a deathwarrant of Batthyany . I need not speak-he is ShhTn UiS i nam ° ™ 3 great-lua' soul ™ mighty . He was always noble and generous . His dying hour was sublime . Thou heroic martyr of a great and beautiful cause , thou gavest thy soul up to !' 1 } ut memory will be green in our hearts -it will live for ever , and dye with the last sigh of the last Magyar . Ladislas Teleki "
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Sam Sly ( Africa , ) after complaining of the minuteness with which English newspapers afflict their readers m recording the occurrences of tho day apprises us that the Rev . J . Spyker has christened Mr . Johan Godfried Barn ' s baby Johanna Jacoba JacobaBaml What if the young lady should one day marry Mr . Boozle ? She may then be known as Mrs . Bam Boozle . Omnibuses . —Few things in modern times have been such influential agencies as tho omnibus Iheir history is one of more dignity than shows on the surface . Those social conveniences havo revolutionised all the chief capitals of Europe Invented in 1827 , they ruined tho elder branch of
tho Bourbons in 1830 . Tho accidental upset of an omnibus suggested tho first idea of a barricade—and foja long time was an essential partof the structure which changed the whole science of revolutions . The , overturn of the carriage was converted to tho overturn of a monarch y . Since that time the ommbus , aa we have said , has made the tour of Europe Among ourselves it is a peaceful and health-wivin " instrument . By its help all the world is able to live out of town . Barristers , merchants , artists , and men of letters , who formerly crowded the narrow courts and passages of Fleet-street and Cheapside , live now , by its permission , in snug suburban cottages m Norwood , Hampstead , Putney , or Blackneath . —Atluaiamm .
jSotiiino like success in this world—what dirty bread it will butter ! Nothing so miserable as failure—what heroism it will blacken . " Impossible . "—Brothers , I answer if for you it bo impossible , what is to become of you ? It is impossible for us to believe it to bo impossible * * We pray you let this word impossible disappear from your vocabulary in this matter . It is of awful omen . * * Every noble work is at first impossible : the possibilities lie diffused through immensity—inarticulate , undiscoverable except to faith . ^ • * It is only difficult , it is not impossible . It is , with -whatever difficulty , very clearly inevitable . Impossible!—Of a certain two-lesced
animal with feathers it is said , if you draw a distinct chalk circle around him , he sits imprisoned , as if girt with the iron ring of fate , and will die there though within si ght of victuals , or sit in sick misery there , and bo fatted to death . The name of this poor two-legged animal is—Goose . —Thomas Carlylt Iiie following horrible announcement recently appeared in a window in Wolverhampton . '' Bakin « every day , N . B . —People ' s vitals cooked . " a Dumxo hie joint stock mania of 1 S 42 , a wa" advertised a company for draining the Red Sea , ami recovering the valuables dropt therein by the children of Israel m their passage , and by the Egyptians in their pursuit .
The multitude are awakening from the slumbers of ignorance which have for ages paralysed their intellectual faculties , and rendered them the slaves of those who have beon placed in authority over them How to Make k Good Cup ot Tea . —M . Soyer recommends that , before pouring in any water tho teapot , with the tea in it , shall be placed in the oven till hot , or heated by means of a spirit lamp or m front of tho fire ( not too close , of course ) , and the pot then filled with boiling water ; the result , he says , will be , in about a minute , a most delicious cup of tea , much superior to that made in the ordinary way .
How to Choose axd Boil Eggs . —The safest way to try them is to hold them to the light , forming a focus with your band ; should the shell be covered with small dark spots , they are very doubtful , and should be broken separatel y in a cup , and each o "" smelt previous to using them . If , however , in looking at them , you see no transparency in the shells , you may be sure they are rotten , and only fit to ho thrown away . The most precise way is to loek at them by tho light of the candle . If quite fresh there are no spots upon the shells , and they have a brilliant li ght yellow tint . New-laid eff ft s should not be used until they have been laid about eight or ton hours , for that part which constitutes the wlrto is not properly sot before that tim <* « v > d
does not obtain its delicate flavour . Three minutes aro sufficient to boil a full-sized egg , but if below the arerago size , two minutes and a half will suffice Never boil oggs for salads , sauces , or any other purpose , more than ton minutes , and when done place them in a basin of cold water to cool . Nothiim- is more indigestible than an egg too hard boiled . —M Soyer s Modern Housewife . "Ishall be at home next Sunday night , " the young lady remarked as she followed her beau to the door , who seemed to be somewhat wavering in his attachment . " So shall I , " was the reply . FllOM THE PRESENT ASPECT OP AFFAIRS , We might conclude that the multitude are sent into the world expressly for kings , princes , dukes , lords , bishops ,
squires , parsons , and lawyers to prey—to feed upon . ' PnorEnTT . —The laws of property havo never yet conformed to the principles on which the justification of private property rests . They have made property of things which never ought to be property , and absolute property where only a qualified property ought to exist . — John Mill . - Millions of half-starved , mentally and bodilv stinted sons and daughters of labour , aro viewed as only so much of the raw material of workable humanity , brought into existence for tho purpose of upholding , in unhallowed pomp and grandeur , a certain number of factory lords , commercial princes , gentlemen farmers , and railway kings . OnoAxizATiox op Labour . — This that they call " organizing of labour , " is , if well understood the problem of the whole future , for all who will henceforth pretend to govern men . Most potent , effectual for all work whatsoever , is wise planning ¦
/» I i i , * at firm combining , and commanding among men ...... All social growths , ail human interests in this world , have , at a certain stage of their developement , required organization ; and Work , the grandest of human interests , does now require it You cannot lead a fighting world without having it regimented , chivalried ; nor can you continue any more to lead a workin " world , unrcgimentfid , anarchic A working world , no more than a fighting world , can be led on without a noblo chivalry of work , and laws and fixed rules which follow out of that . . . . . 0 Heavens ! if wo saw an army ninety thousand strong , maintained and fully equipped , fighting , not against " the French , " who , poor men , have a hard enough battle of their own in the like kind , but against human starvation , agains chaos , stupidity , and other real " natural enemies , " — what a business were it . — Thomas Carhjle . '
A ' German- Jouhnal announces a young authoress , called Baroness de Clokekrakevstoccao Pick . ilkreneen . If her works are as crooked as her name , people will want a double set of jaws to read them , A Home Question ron an Astrologer . —A person had his fortune told by an astrologer . After having , by the . help of ambiguous language , unfolded to lhe man the events of his life , past , present , and future , the soothsayer asked for his usual gratuity . " How ia it ( said the inquisitor ) that you pretend to knew hidden things , and are ignorant of my not having a penny in my pocket ?" Regenerators . —The young men who have been vexing society for these last years with regenerative methods , seem to havo made this mistake ; they all exaggerated some special means , and all fail to she that the reform of reforms must be accomplished without means . Tho reforms have their origin in
an ideal justice , but they do not retain tho purity of an idea . They are quickly organised in some low , inadequate form , and present no more poetic image to the mind than the evil tradition-which they reprobated . They mix the fire of the moral sentiment with personal and party heat , with measureless exaggerations , and the blindness which prefers some darling measure to justice and truth They do not rely on precisely that strength which wins ono to their cause ; not on love , not on a principlo ; but on men , on multitudes , on circumstances , on money , on party , —that is , on fear , on wrath , and pride . —Emerson . Mr . W . J . Linton has addressed a long letter to the Nation in defence of George Sand , who had been assailed in that paper ; the Milton ' s reviewer replies , and in the course of his reply mentions tho works of George Sand were very extensively read in Ireland .
A Shopkeeper , in Bond-street , Liverpool , advertized during [ the week for a " sharp boy . " One applicant grounded his qualification of sharpness on the fact of having cut from four places . " Do you know Mr . Brown ? " " Yes , my dear . " " Is he not a deserving young man ? " " Yes , he deserves a flogging , and if he ever gallants you home again , I will give it to him t" Exit wife ia a fright . :
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ated byacalculation of the probable amount of nolitical strength they may obtain for themse ves without conferring any benefit on the people " 2 likes the quarrel concerning National EcaS ' each faction will endeavour to esfiblish tfc « i ' which they consider the most %$ b £$ & jt theirseveral interests . In this juncture SJeoSI -the workers-must be prepared to put fourth their whole strength , that they be not a « Kh 52 Stact andnr « ° rgTat 10 ^ ' and relations mtact , and not suffer themselves to be confounded Se te ^ Refomers as th ° y * mS the time of the Reform Bill mania . If the experience of former years does not teach us , we richly merit our fate , as we have abundant proof of what we may expect from the much vaunted Liberals . ^ ateJ-hraiaWlaH . m-rffl ... --., . » ~~
Proletarians can have no interest in common with usurers or profitmongers . Our only hope then consists in Self-reli ance . We have the power , if we will use it , to emanci pate ourselves . Let us then stand erect , turn up our sleeves , and commence our work , manfully , -vi gorously , judiciously , and hopelully , and not fawn and crouch to the puppets and gew-gaws of our own creation . We are men ! Labour ia ours . Almi ghty labour , which produces all things from the beggar ' s potatoe to the crown which
encircles the hrow of royalty . What then lack we , but union and knowledge to apply it , and that knowled ge and union must he spread from and created by ourselves . Strange , that the producers of all wealth should apply for aid to those who produce nothing , but who are hi reality our greatest grievance , inasmuch as they waste in riot and extravagance the honey which the industrious bees have accumulated . From such inconsistent and unnatural alliances , no good can proceed .
May we see the speedy realisation of the aspirations so fervently breathed in every page of this publication for the downfall of tyrants . —To quote two stanzas of "Whither ' s soul-stirring poem : — " Earth wearies of them , and the long , Meek sufferance of the heavens' doth fail ; Woe for weak tyrants , when the strong Wake , struggle , and prevail . " Sot vainly Roman hearts have bled To feed the crazier and the crown , If roused thereby , the world shall tread The twin-born vampires down !"
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^ TheFrogressionist . London ' . Watson , Queen ' shead-passage , Paternoster-row . We observe that this periodical , heretofore published monthly , made its first appearance as a weekly publication on Saturday last . We quote from the editor ' s address . The anxiety and disadvantage arising from being nearly two hundred miles from our printer , ( which has been the case hitherto ) is now at an end . We have set up a new Pres 3 at home , which we intend to devote to the best interests of society;—a Press , be it known , on which , we trust no slave-master ,
no oppressor , no domineering priest , no aristocratic tyrant , will ever lay his hand . Ko , we mean it to be emphatically , and in the best sense of the word , a | Free Press ; " Free ; to enunciate the thoughts which hum in the liberty-loving bosoms of thousands of our countrymen ; Free ; to denounce oppression of every form and wherever found ; Free ; to expose the craft of priests ; the withering influence of which has been for centuries filling the world with superstition , error , immorality , and blasphemy ; Free ; to defend the weak against the usurped power of tyranny ; to advocate " right , " in opposition to the " mighty" reign of terror , which has too long been ruling with its iron sceptre , the subjects of our realm .
A Press so employed ¦ will deserve , and , we trust , have , the support of the people . In the number before us , there are several wellwritten articles from democratic and able correspondents . Our friend John Rymill—who writes with a tomahawk—thus prophecies of
THE FUIBKE . Ah ! who can draw aside the curtain that veils the future , and behold with certainty what shall follow in the wake of time ? Present appearances are dark , gloomy , and forbidding ; but we believe there is hope . The electricity of the people ' s power is now in a condensing state , and will one day burst in terrible fury , and hurl into annihilation all the monsters of tyranny . The present is a dark season . The political horizon is hung in blackness . Not a streak of light is to be seen ; but the rumblings of distant thunders may he heard ; the shaking ot the ground beneath our feet may he felt ; the coming earthquake of popular fury will shake the foundations of thrones , and smash every vestige of oppression existing in the wide world . The future is coming ! It will bring us an educated people—a
people too intelligent , holy , pure , and virtuous , to place any dependence on kings . They will utterly loathe , and despise , and abominate , the very name . They will labour for its entire destruction ; for its everlasting overthrow and eternal annihilation . The future shall be glorified in tbe destruction of all wrongs ; in the annihilation of all frauds ; in the abolition of all monopolies ; in the overthrow of all tyrannies ; in the explosion of all shams ; and in the expulsion of all misery , vice , crime , and suffering , from God ' s beautiful world That grand day shall come ! It must come !! God is true . Truth is eternal . Liberty can never perish ! Liberty must reign ! It shall ascend the mountain summit of the future , and dispense peace and happiness , prosperity and plenty , to all the children of God , in every nation under heaven .
Amen ! We cordially wish this publication success . The friends of progress will but perform their duty by giving their support to the Progressionist .
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COLOSSEUM AND CYCLORA . MA . This interesting establishment continues to attract numerous visitors from its varied and , in its kind , unrivalled attractions . The reality of the scene in the panorama of Paris by ni ght , and the fidelity of the views of Lisbon and the earthquake , are the admiration of every one ; and , altogether , it forms one of th « most interesting and pleasant lounges in the metropolis . We may add , that as the two pictures are exhibited by artificial light , it is seen to equal advantage in tho most gloomy , a $ in the finest weather .
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STANDARD THEATRE . A new drama was produced at this theatre on Monday night , called The North Me ; or , a Voyage to the Frozen Regions . This piece is neatly got , up , and is well worthy tke attention of our readers . The scenery is excellent , and the novel effect of a ship water-logged is very effective . Natty Nol , boatswain of the Victory , is ably represented by Mr . J . Douglass , who personates the sailor to the life . The Anchor ' s Weighed , which has been already performed thirty nights , still continues to attract crowded audiences .
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November 3 , 1849 . __ _ ___ THE NORTHERN STAR , ~ " . — . „„ , 3
If Mankind Are Liable To One Disease More Than Another, Or It There Are Any Particular Affections Of The Human Body
If Mankind are liable to one disease more than another , or it there are any particular affections of the human body
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 3, 1849, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1546/page/3/
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