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• CURE ' S FOR THE UNCUUED! HQ L LOW A Y' S 0 IN T,M E N Ti An Extraordinary Cure of Scrofula, or King's. " : ' ¦ - ¦ • • ¦ ' ' Evil.
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Extract of a Letter frsm Mr . J . H . AlHdny , 2 < W , Higlwstreet Cheltenham , dated January 22 nd , 1850 . , , " Sib , —Sly eldest son , when about three years of age , was afflicted with a glandular swelling in the neck , which after a short time broke out into an ulcer . .. An eminent medical man pronounced it as a very bad case of scrofula , ana prescribed tor » considerable time without effect , Tlio disease tiien for four years went on gradually increasing in virulence , when besides . the ulcer in the neck ,. another tormed below the left knee , and a third under the eye , besides seven other * on the left arm ,, with a tumou * between the . eyes which was expected to break .. During ™ nJ ™ Vt ? tlle t"J ? my suffering boy . had received thl tt cLXn ) ' f ^ ™» t : «> M > rated ^ medical gentlemen ^ i ' - ., te ^ 'aiS' ; bes ! d . es being for . several months at tha General where :
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If Mankind are liable to one tllsense more than another , or if there are any particular affections of the human body we require to have a knowledge of over the rest , it is cer « tainly that class of dis » rdcr » treated of in the new and 1 m ¦ ¦• proved edition of the "Silent Friend . " Theauthors , ini thus sending forth t » the world anotKer edition of theii medical work , cannot refrain from expre ^ ing their gratis fication at the continual success attending their efforts , ' ! which , combined with the Assistance of medicines , e . \ clu > sively of their own preparation , have been the happy causa of mitigating and averting the mental and physical miseries attendant on thoso peculiar disorders ; tbus proving the fact , that suffering humanity must always derive the greatest advantag « from duly qualified members of the medical profession adopting a particular clase of disorders for their exclusive study , in preference to a superficial knowledge of all the discAScs that afflict mankind . Messrs . It . and L . Pen * - can with confidence offer hope , energy , and vigour , to those whose constitutions have become debilitated from , generative diseases , nervous and mental irrittnbility , local constitutional weakness , Ac , and beg to acquaint those so suffering that one of . theiirm may . be personally , consulted daily at No . 19 , Berner j . street , Oxford-stroet , London , from eleven t ill two , und ' rom fire till eight in the evening : and on Sundays from elc ren till one .
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THE BETUKJT . 5 o somro came while he was gone ; but sooner ^ SSSm * Woom of spring - ^ 8 unny ^ il ^ S ^^ hWgrief-thefaitlithat ' JSTdAt suffering , glews again , now he n ^ KJ / belored wanderer ! he came to me like jJSli * ™^ morn of j ° y » flu 8 hcd aU tbe fwr ~ . ^ ibf ^ irfertune , care , no more your flying steps Ifear ; . . , , Bis love has drawn a magic riBg—ye cannet enter here ! -Wean envy' * h » le your serpent-speech winds hissins from those lips , The peari 3 and flowers , affection speaks , your keened words eclipse ; XfQd late , the child of lore disdained , yet mourned wilt pitying tears , Ton cannot harm or fright me now—go , rave to other ears ! jVdse slander , turn and sting yourself I—onrs is a charmed sphere : 35 s love has drawn the magic ring—ye dare not enter here !
Sweet friends ! beloved and loving ones—the gifted , pure and true ! ¦ Jo he art and hearth a welcome warm!—we Bull have room for you , -ffhcn , scared by evil eyes—too frail to cope with coarser foes—Your cherished one shrank mutely back , in truth 8 nnreached repose , Xe did not shrink—but shamed them down to coward falsehood ' s fear ; -Come , enter love ' s enchanted ring—you ' re alwajs welcome here ! ,, « . „ New York Tribune .
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Jtniiments of Public Speaking and Debate s or Hints on the application of Logic . By Geokge Jacob Holyoake . London Watson , 3 , Queen ' s Head Passage , Paternoster Kow . Although there are many -who dissent from Mr . Holyoake ' s theological and political Tiews —some regarding him with horror as an ultra heretic , others ^ rith regret , condemning his
" very mild , " and far too " moderate'' political sentiments ; all who have read his educational works will admit them to he worth y of the suffrages of the people generally . In the columns of this journal we hare , on ether occasions , testified to the merits of Mr . Holyoake ' s "Grammar , " " Mathematics , ' ' ¦** Logic , " &c , and now we have much , pleasure in recommending this little volume as a rateable and interesting addition to its instructional predecessors .
Those really in search of instruction , relat ive to the art of public speaking , will find much to aid them in this volume . Others , who have no ambition to shine on the public platform , may , nevertheless , find matter in these pages from which to derive information and entertainment . The most captious critichowever willing and able to find fault—could not pronounce this a dry book . He ivho reads the first page , will read to the last . The work is divided into thirty-four chapters . Instead of giving a mere list of the sub jects treated of , we extract the following passages : —
PREMMITATIOSTlierc is every reason to believe that the greatest masters of oratory have been most sensible of the value and have most practised pre-meditation . It is only the young would-be speaker who expects to be great without effort , or whose vanity leads him to impose upon others the belief that he \ % so—who aifects to despise the toil of preparation . One of the biographers of Canning tells us that it is remarkable , that with his broad sense of great faculties in others , he was himself fastidious to excess about the slightest turns of expression . He would ¦ Correct his speeches , and amend their verbal graces , till he nearly polished out the original spirit . Be was not singular in this . Burke , whom he is said to have closely studied , did the same . Sheridan always prepared his speeches ; the highly-wrought passages in the speech on Hastings impeachment were written beforehand and committed to memorr :
and the differences were so marked , that the audience could readily distinguish between the extemporaneous passages and those that were premeditated . Mr . Canning ' s alterationswerefrequently so minute aad extensive that the printers found it easier to reeompose the matter afresh in type than to correct it . This difficulty of choice in diction ¦ sometimes springs from Yembarras des richesses , but ¦ oftenerfrom porer ^ of resources , and generally indicates a class of intellect which is more occupied with costume than ideas . But here are three instances which set all popular notions of verbal fastidiousness bj- the ears : for certainly Burke , Canning , and Sheridan were men of capacious talents ; . and two of them , at least , present extraordinary -examples of imagination and practical judgment , Tunning together neck and neck in the race ef life to the very goal .
we owe the low state of oratory in this country to a great exteat to the false comtemptfor " cut and dried speeches , " till it has come to be considered a sign of weakness for a man to think before he speaks . Archbishop "Whately has wisely cautioned young preachere against concluding that because the Apostles spake well without premeditation , that others will speak so , unless , like the Apostles , they are specially inspired . Perhaps , although we use the term , we never have
nad oratory in England . There is an essential difference between oratory and debating ; oratory seems an accomplishment confined to the ancient 3 , unless the French preachers may put in their claim , and some of the Irish lawyers . Mr . Shell ' s speech in Kent was a fine oration ; and the boobies who taunted him for having got it by rote , were not aware than in doing so he only wisely followed the example ef Pericles , Demosthenes , Lycias , Iso-Ctates , Ilortensins , Cicero , Cassar , and every other great orator of antiquity .
Amid the applause in this chapter bestowed npon premeditation it would not be ] ust to omit the ridicule with which it has been visited by the Rev . Sidney Smith . " It is only by the fresh feelings of the heart that mankind caa be very powerfully affected . "What can be more ludicrous than an Orator delivering stale indignation and fervour of a ^ eekold ? turning over wbole pages of violent pasw > ns , written out in German text ; reading the * rppes and apostrophes into which he is hurried bj we ardour of his mind , and so affected at a preconcerted line and page , that he is unable to proceed ? ° y farther . " True , " it is only by the fresh feel-?| s of the heart tbat mankind can be very
power-IU' ! y affected . " Bnt nature is always fresh—and he 'no reproduces nature will always affect . JIacready ijever stabbed hia daughter to preserve her honour . * et every man is moved at his Tirginins . As "thello , Macready ' s « indignation" atlago ia thirty Jeats old , yet . we are as much affected by its inten-S 1 i ? as on the first day when he displayed it . The JPe eeh of Antony over the dead body of Caesar was written in German text" in the days of Elizabeth « was " cut and dried" 200 years ago . Yet , whatever onr-satirieal canon may say to the contrary , it ceases not to affect us now . A great idea well ex-P ^ essed , or a deep , feeling ^ naturally , pourtrayed , is a thing of beauty and a joy for ever . "
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meetings in this coHntry are conducted on the crudest principles . - If men were . commonly intelligent , and many were disposed to take part in pub-Tic meetings , it would be impossible that any business could be transacted under several days . The assumption tbat every man has a right to be heard , conld not be acted upon if half who usually attend public meetings were to enforce that " right . ' * When a speech or lecture is debated , each disputant expects to occupy tbe same time as the speaker which often prevents more than one being heard in reply . But a short time fop several mig ht be fired , and thus combine discip line with disputation . Brevity of tune would induce directness and brevity of speech—it is not the work of any one speaker , bnt the work of many to attack the whole lecture , and each should select a leading point , and ten minutes would afford time for a very effective objection , if one could be raised . _
At public meetings , where many opposing parties often struggle to be heard , confusion , delay , and illfeeling might be obviated , by each party pre-ap-} . ointing a representative of ability , in whom confidence could be reposed to speak on their behalf , and by those calling the meeting being made acquainted with , and consenting to the arrangement , the views of half-a-dozen parties could be advocated , when tbe views of one are heard but inadequately and impatiently now .
DISCIPLINE . —ANECDOTE OF CBRRAX . From Demosthenes to Curran , the personnel of orators has illustrated the triumphs of application as much as the triumphs of genius . " One day , an acquaintance , in speaking of Curran ' s eloquence , happened to observe that it must have been born with him . " " Indeed , my dear sir , " rep lied Curran , " it was not ; it was born three and twenty years and some months after me ; and , ifyouaro satisfied to listen to a dull historian , you shall have the history of its nativity . When I was at the Temple , a few of us formed a little deb ating club . Upon the first night of meeting I attended , my foolish heart throbbing with the anticipated honour of being styled 'the learned member that opened the debate , ' or ' the very eloquent gentleman who
has just sat down . I stood up—the question was the Catholic claims or the slave trade , I protest I now forget which , but the difference , you know , was never very obvious—my mind was stored with about a folio volume of matter , but I wanted a preface , and for want of a preface the volume was never published . I stood up , trembling through every fibre ; but , remembering , that in this I was but imitating Tully , I took courage , and had actually proceeded almost as far as 'Mr . Chairman , ' when , to my astonishment and terror , I perceived that every eye was turned upon me . There were only six or seven present , and the room could not have contained as many more ; yet was it , to my panicstruck imagination , as if I were the central object
in nature , and assembled millions were gazing upon me in breathless expectation . I became dismayed and dumb . My friends cried ' hear him ! ' but there was nothing to hear . My lips , indeed , went through tbe pantomime of articulation , but I was like the unfortunate fiddler at the fair , who , upon coming to strike up the solo that was to ravish every ear , discovered that an enemy had maliciously soaped his bow . So you see , sir , it was not born with me . However , though my friends despaired of me , tha cacoethes loipiendi was not to be subdued without a struggle . I was for the present silenced , but I still attended our meetings with the most laudable regularity , and even ventured to accompany the others to a more ambitious theatre , the club of Temple
Bar . One of them was upon his legs ; a fellow of whom it was difficult to decide whether he was most distinguished for the filth of his person or the flippancv of his tongue—just such another as Harry Flood would haye callxd the highly gifted gentleman with the dirty cravat and greasy pantaloons . ' I found this learned personage in the act of calumniating chronology by the most preposterous anachronisms . He descanted npon Demosthenes , the glory of the Roman forum—spoke of Tully as the famous contemporary and rival of Cicero—and , in the short space of one half hour , transported the straits of Marathon three several times to the plains
of Thermopylae . Thinking that I bad a right to know something of these matters , I looked at him with surprise . When our eyes met , there was something like a wager of battle in mine ; upon which the erudite gentleman instantly changed his invective against antiquity into an invective against me , and concluded by a few words of friendly counsel ( horresco referem ) to' orator mum , ' who , he doubted not , possessed wonderful talents for eloquence , although he would recommend him to show it in future , by some more popular method than his silence . I followed his advice , and , I believe , not entirely without effect . So , sir , you see that to try the bird tbe spur must touch his blood .
" The discovery , on this occasion , of his talents for public speaking , encouraged him to proceed in his studies with additional energy and vigour . The defect iu his enunciation ( at school he went by tho cognomen of ' stuttering Jack Curran' ) he corrected by a regular system of daily reading aloud , slowly , and with strict regard to pronunciation , passages from his' favourite authors . His person was short , and his appearance ungraceful and without dignity . To overcome these disadvantages , he recited and studied his postures before a mirror , and adopted a method of gesticulation suited to his " appearance . Besides a constant attendance at the debating clubs , he accustomed himself to extemporaneous eloquence in private , by proposing cases to himself , which he debated with * the same care as if he had been addressing a jury . " We conclude these extracts with two anecdotes from the chapter on
rXEASAXIET . A comedian went to America , and remained there two years , leaving his wife dependent on her relatives . Mrs . F tt expatiating in the green-room on the cruelty of such conduct , the comedian found a warm advocate in a well-known dramatist . " I have heard /' says the latter , "that he is the kindest of men ; and I know that he writes to his wife every packet . " " Yes , he writes , " replied Mrs . F ., " a parcel of flummery about the agony of absence , bnt he has never remitted her a shilling . D » you call that kindness ? " " Decidedly , " replied the author , " unremitting kindness . " Here be wit turns upon words .
Goodrich relates a converse instance : — " I once heard of a boy , who , being rebuked by a clergyman for neglecting to go to church , replied , that he would go if he could be permitted to change hia seat . ' But why do you wish to change your seat ?' said the minister . ' You see , ' said the boy , I sit over the opposite side of the meeting-house , and between me and you there ' s Judy Yicars and Mary Staples , and half-a-dozen other women , with their mouths wide open , and they got all the best of the sermon , and when it comes to me its pretty poor stuff . '" i »
Lays of the ' Revolutions , and other Poems . By the Rev . John Jeffrex . London : IV . S . Orr and Co ., Amen-coraer . An honest priest is about as rare as an . honest journalist ; we were , therefore , agreeably surprised , in taking up this volume , to find . therein the revolutionary cause advocated by one who combines , with the character of poet , that of preacher of the Christian Faith . We will not flatter Mr . Jeffrey , by telling him that his effusions attain to the standard of poetical perfection ; but , we may do him the justice of assuring our readers , that these Lays deserve to be read wherever exist men who value the blessings of Freedom , and aspire to break the chains of oppression .
Mr ., Jeffrey manfully avows that all his sympathies are on the side of the people , of whose final triumph—despite the present reaction—he has neither doubt nor fear . It is much , too , to Mr . Jeffrey ' s credit , tbat he dares to denounce the vile Journals of fchia country , that have been " found willing to prostitute their pages to the approbation of re-actioiiary crime . " All the pieces we should desire to extract are too lengthy to quote entire . We take the following stanzas from the Was Cry of the Roman Insurrectionists . " Rise , Romans , rise at last , Craft ' s Kingdom now is past ; Brook no delay ! Lombard blades long ago , Swifter than whirlwinds blow , Swept from Milan the foe :
Why should we stay ? ' Dares tbe false Pontiff shed Tears for the tyrants dead' ?* Dares he thuB stain Basely the tripple crown ? Brothers ' . —then , smite it down , Though his Swiss bandit ' s frown , — Let the blows rain ! *? Rise , then , for Fatherland ; Li rock-like phalanx stand , Cowards no more . Rise in colossal might , Rise till the storm of fi ght Wrap us in lurid light Where cannons roar ! " In this great Dawn of Time , In this great Death of Crime , Quit us like men ; By our deeds , by our words , By our songs , by our . swords , Use all against the hordes , Kabreorpen ! ^ * Pope Pius is reported to have wept ; when he hes bat the Austrian ! had bee * drlMttout of Milan .
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- ¦ " From the old Roman graves Ghost on ghost beckoning waves— - ^ ' Follow us far . Follow ! we follow them , Sprung of their hero-stem , Grasping Fame ' s diadem , Like a bright star , ' " More than Fame , —Duty calls Trumpet-tongued from the walls w .., - Girding great Rome ; Battle for Truth and Faith , Battle , lest hostile scatho Crush us , or fetters swathe Free hearth and home . 3 ! U nela 8 t tv rant flee , ' Till m young Italy
, _ , . „ Slaves are unknown ; / tim ! i ncient , priestcraft fall , Ml Austria ' s minions all Stain neither hut nor hall Hovel nor throne ! "Hark J how God ' s thunders roll , Booming from pole to pole Of the wide world ! Old lies are crushed for aye , New truths assume their sway , Bright shines the flag of Day O ' er night unfurled '
' Tower then , the barricades ! Flash forth the lightning blades ! Romans , awake ! Storm as the tempests burst , Down with the brood accursed ! Sparks long in silence nursed Etna-like break ; And that volcano ' 3 thirst Seas cannot slake I " We add a few . verses from the poem on
THE FALL OF ROUE . It is ended—all is over—heroes' blood has poured in vain ! Brutal force resumes its sceptre , throned on piles of freemen slain ; Shortly the interregnum lasted , like a fount of golden light Flashing momentary splendour , ere engulfed in ancient night ! It ia ended—all is over—and the young Republic ' s doom Is to sink , transfixed by traitors , into its ancestral
tomb , - And the fingers crusted with its blood , the hands that dealt the blow , Wait to swathe the corpse for sepulture and worms before they go . It is ended—it is over—and the despots of our time , Now may lead their hordes to soke with gore all battle-fields of crime ; For Reaction ' s arm has triumph'd underneath the towers of Rome , And the liberty of Europe flees its old immortal home .
One deep groan for Oudinot the false—ay , falsest of them all ! He has entered Rome by grovelling , as when the reptiles crawl ; Ho has entered Rome by dint of lies , and not by dint of sword ; He has lied to her and Europe—he has lied in deed and word . Go , then , Oudinot ! and finish what is happily begun ; Weave a web of lies to hide from men the deed of darkness done , Hurry back the ancient tyranny , and summon Pius home—On the swords of French-born Cossacks throned above the enslaved of Rome !
So the pageant vanishes amid tbe whirlwind of their curse , And tbe Roman mnsseg weigh the woe , and future vengeance nurse—But one farewell shout re-echoes , like the rushing of a river : "Death to the Prankish brigands—the Republie live forever !" We have very great p leasure in recommending this little volume to our readers . We trust it will find a wide and well-deserved circulation .
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THE MINERS OF YORKSHIRE . TO THX EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sib , —By allowing this appeal to the Miners of Yorkibire a place in your valuable paper , you will oblige , yours , &c , Georgb Brot ? n . Fellow Miners , —Once more I would draw your attention to this short address , and in doing so I can assure you I do it with no other intention tban a good will towards you , the employed and also the employer ; and if I can possibly do anything to elevate jou from the awful calamities to which , as a body of miners , you have been , of long standing , subjected to , I think it my duty to do so ; viz ., the preservation of your valuable and useful lives and health—also your masters' capital .
And although tbe above lines may appear to many of you of a light nature , yet , they are of such importance that it behoves every master and miner in Great Britain to exert themselves , diligently , on behilfof the above objects ; that is , the lives and health of the miners ; and , also , the coal-owners ' capital , and especially the former . It may not yet be known to a large majority of the miners of Yorkshire that the lives of the miners of Great Britain are being sacrificed , with an anuual increase , chiefly arising from—first , a defective system of ventilation ; and , secondly , from the frequent
habit of our coal owners drawing , or taking their works to greater distances , from one abaft to another , tban what their imperfect mode of ventilation will allow ; and which generally bad system of ventilation—first , causes or admits of an accumulation of hydrogen , carbon , and other gases , as to render such mines , not unfrequently , very unsafe ; and , consequently , not only places the lives of' tbe miners in great danger , but also greatly impairs their health ; and secondly , not unfrequently damages or destroys , to a great extent , the coal owners' capital through explosions taking place in their respective
mines . But as our object is not so much to offer any remarks on the present mode of ventilation ; but believing , as I do , tbat the miners generally , in Yorkshire , are not more fully acquainted with any ( or rarely ) steps which of late have been , or ate about to be , brought forward in the present session of parliament ; having for its object the enacting of some Government measure for the purpose of facilitating and establishing some better mode or system of ventilation in this country , and for the preservation of the lives of tbe miners generally . And
for this purpose , last . session , government appointed a Committee in the House of Lords—Lord Wharncliffe in the chair—for the purpose of examining coal masters , Government Commissioners , mine agents , miners , &c , in order to gain all the information possible on the best mode of ventilation ; also the consequences of , and the evil tendency the present system of ventilation had on the health and lives of the miners generally ; and ascertain the
opinions of scientific gentlemen as to tbe best mode of improving ventilation in mines , &c . And after some weeks of energetic labour on this most important question , I am glad to say that the general evidence , opinions , facts , &c , coincided in one opinion that some better system of ventilation ought , without any further delay , . to be put in operation by a Legislative law ; and carried out by the appointment of some persons qualified to inspect mines , and see that , whatever laws should be passed , they be fully
carried ou t ; The miners , relying upon some such measure being adopted , are about to have a Bill presented to tha House of . Commons , the first or second week after Easter ; backed up by their petitions from the counties in tbe North , viz ., Northumberland . Durham , Lancashire , &c . ; and , in order that this may not be lost light of , they will , from each of these counties / send to London a deputation of miners at tbat lime , to form a sub-committee with those members of Parliament favourable to such measures . I have been intreated by those counties , several times , to awaken and acquaint the miners of Yorkshire on those important things , but knowing well the miners of Yorkshire are not united , generally , as
are . the miners of the above counties ; , and ft majority ofthem have no , or little ,, understanding with each ether on those life and death questions as they ought to have ; nevertheless they are subject to the like accidents , &c , and , consequently , are in as much need of some better m ode of ven tilation as any county in the whole coaling districts . I believe that you are aware of the necessity of your assistance oeing brought into action at this time , with your petitions , and also of forming a part of tbe sub-committee in the House of Commons ; but if you should still continue to mt content with your preient awful position , and ... remain in a burning ship . wben a life boat is ready to :- save you , allow roe . to say you will not be worthy the name of Englishmen ..
i . 1 ; condade . these few remarks ,, hoping tbttfoe miners of this ! county will lose rib ., . time , especially in the Bansley District ; in getting' up their peti-
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tions , &c ., as soon as possible , seeing thef time is so short * " . ¦ •'• ¦ Iam , yoursi truly , ' ' , ' Gkorgb Brow * . Brandy Carr , Wakefield , March 12 , 1850 . P . S . —Copies of printed petitions can be had of Mr-M . Jude , Ban-as Bridge , Newcastle-on-Tyne . N . B . — I should be glad to have opinions of miners , generally , on this subject . Direct , George Brown , care of Mr . W . Bpwman , Northgate , Wakefield , grocer ,
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"Pkctilativk Economt . "—Baron Aldkrson on PosT-Oi'FicE Wages . —On . Saturday last in the case of a prisoner named Worrall , who pleaded guilty to having , at Warrington , stolen money letters , the property of the Postmaster General , witnesses were called who gavo the accused a most excellent elm * racter . One of them , a clergyman , stated that the prisoner had for a series of years borne the character of a consistent professor of religion ; since his committal he had visited tho prisoner in gaol , and found him overwhelmed with grief and shame , and in a conversation the prisoner attributed his error to the temptation to which he had been exposed . In answer to a question from Mr . Baron Alderson , the postmaster of Warrington stated that the prisoner , who was a married man , was employed in trie
post-office at 9 s . 6 d . weekly wages . Tho highest wages given were £ 70 per year , hut persons receiving this sum were government servants ; the prisoner . was his private servant . Baron Alderson : " Then he had access to all money letters , having only 0 s . Cd . per week . It is bad economy not to put a man out of the way of temptation by giving him wages to enable him to live decently . You have a set of regulations , which you think cannot be violated without detection , and these are administered by persons you do not sufficiently pay , and the consequence is , thnt they are not worth anything . This comes of such' economy , which is the worst species of peculation perhaps .. Here is a young manj marrying on 9 s . 6 d . a week , and trusted , with access to money , and who can wonder at what
happened ? But we can ' t help it . Let him ' stand down . " On Monday niorning the prisoner was brought up to receive tlie sentence of the court . Baron Alderson , who addressed him in a mild tone , said : " The safe transmission of letters in . a commercial country like this was of the greatest importance , and must be insisted upon by law , He regretted much the low rate of wages given to persons in post-offices , for , considering the facilities which such persons had to open letters and appropriate the contents , he could not help thinking that the parties , who advised such scanty remuneration took a wrong view of the subject , and did not observe that good policy which would be advantageous for the community . The prisoner had received a good character from a clergyman , and he had since
shown contrition ; yet such an offence could not be passed over without severe punishment . What , ho ( the learned judge ) would do in the case would perhaps be the better for the prisoner than « ay other course . He must be transported for seven years , but he should recommend that in the first instance he should be sent to the Pcntonville Penitentiary .. The prisoner could not redeem his character m this country , in which he -might . find . ? it impossible to obtain employment if set at liberty ; but by good conduct he might , where he would be sent to , again become a useful member of society . " . Curk of Smoky CiiiMNBYs . —I beg leave to say my experience is corroborative of the efficacy , of the
system of contraction at the bottom of the flue , and tho reverse at the top : I , have trjed it . in many cases for the last dozen years , and it has invariably succeeded . The last cure I effected on this principle was a drawing-room chimney of a detached cottage , where the draught down tho chimney was so strong as to drive the flame aa well as . smoke into the room . The plan I , adopted was to cut into the back of the chimney immediately above the fireplace , and insert two chimney-pots—a small and a large one , applyingthe small end of the least downwards , nearest the fire , nnd . t , he larger one in the same manner in that , which , carried it to where the flue was of its regular size . —The Builder ..
Special Pleadiso . —It is stated to bo' the intention of thegoverhment to put ah end to " special pleading '' in the Superior Courts at ; Westminster , by bringing : forward a measure ¦; in the-,. House , of Commons ; to abolish the form of p leading to actions and thereby to diminish the present great . expenses iulawptuQOQdingB . ' ' '
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, WHAi A BBPuniio I-Lamartine , when a : member of the Provisional Government , made the following speech to the peopleof Paris :- " What would yoS have said , citizens , bad any one told ypu , three days ago , that you would have overthrown the monarchy destroyed oligarchy , and obtained universal Buffrage in the name of mankind , acquired all tho ri ghts of citizenship , and founded the republic—that republic , the distant dream of all those who felt her name written in the innermost recesses of their conscience like a crime ? And what a republic ! no longer one like those of Greece and Rome , containing aristocrats and plebians , masters and slaves ; not like the aristocratic republics of modern times
containing citizens . and beggars—men greater or less in the eye of the law , a people and n patriciate ; but an equal republic in which there is no longer aristocracy or oligarchy ; neither greater nor lesser , patricians or plebians , but a republic in which there is but one people , composed of the universality of citizens , and in which public right and power are composed solely of the right and voice of each individual summed up in a collective power called the government of the republic , and returning in laws , popular institutions , and benefits of the people from whom it emanated . Had you been told this three days ago , you would have
said , Three days ! three centuries will be required to accomplish this mighty undertaking for humanity ! Behold , what you declared impossible has come to pass ! Here is your work amidst this tumult ; these arms , these dead bodies of the martyrs to your cause . You would be unworthy of these gifts of Heaven , if you knew not how to contemplate and value them . "—So spoke Lamartine then : does he say " What a Republic" now ? A Tkmpehance Toast . —At a convivial meeting of teetotallers m Charleston , a sprightly orator gave as a toast- ¦ " the Mississi ppi of Men-the Father of Waters—Father Mathews . "
•• BiRns or X FeathBH . "—One Buck was , this week , charged before my Lovd Judge with stealing the hens and pigeons of one Crow . Of course , a counsel was found with sufficient brilliancy to pronounce it a "fowl affair . " -: tfatcshead Observer . Companions in ILipe axd Death . —In the year 1798 , there were two men in the parish of St . Dominick , Richard Hill , and Richard Nattle , who become fellow servants at llalton Barton , near
Callington , and after having lived together for three years , each took a wife of the maid servants of the same house ( two sisters ) , and * the master provided the wedding dinner for both parties . Since that time , those men have laboured together for upwards of thirty years on Halton quays . They both joined a sick club in the parish on the same day , and died both on the same night , and were burled at St . Dominick on the same evening ( of the 13 th inst . ) side by side in the same grave , the one aged 76 , the other 73 years . —Deyonport Telegraph .
" Mistbr , where arc you going with that horse ?" asked a gentleman of a suapicious-looking man , whom he met on horsebaek . " Well , I haint a going nowhere with him , " said the other , " but he is a going somewhere with me . " "Great aob" this we live in . People don't laugh now-a-days—they indulge in merriment . They don't walk—they promenade . They never eat any foodthey masticate it . Nobody has a tooth pulled—it is extracted , -No one has his feelings hurt—they are lacerated . Young men do not go courting tho girls —they pay the young ladies attention . Is is vulgar to visit any one—you must only make a call . Of course , you would not think ot going to bed —you would retire to rest . Nor would you build a house —you would erect it . No Englishman dies exactly peor , for he leaves his shares in the National Debt to his children !—Punch .
Venice . —Most truly did Byron call Venice " a fairy city of the heart . " It is indeed a place of enchantment , the chosen spotand dwelling of romance —something more akin to the imaginings of the poet , than the common-place realities of actual life : a city , rising out of the sea—without streets , without noise ot carriages , dust , dirt , or any of the thousand annoyances and discomforts of other townsa city _ without dry land . There is something . in the very idea which charms and delights the imagination . And such a city — such magnificent palaces , churches , and converts— such spacious quays , and
nights of marble steps—such glittering Oriental splendour — such beautiful , affecting , and picturesque decay ! The dsirk water flowing between and around ; flashing , and sparkling , ana reflecting all objects as in a mirror , binds Venice with beauty . A lamp burning in a wet . dirty street is a very common-place object ; but the same lamp , casting a long line of tremulous light on dark waters , becomes beautiful and poetical . And thus it is with Venice , The blue Adriatic still loves his spouse , and mourns over her , and decks her with loveliness , of which the despots , who have taken all else , cannot despoil her .
Present to a Schoolmistress . —The mistress of a parochial school in this county , retiring from her charge , has been presented , says a contemporary , with ' a handsome lady ' s companion . " Wo leave the reader to guess what that may be . How to Solicit Subscriptions . — In the first place I advise you to apply to all those who you know will give something ; next to those of wh ' ora you are uncertain whether they will give anything or not , and show them the list of those who have given : and , lastly , do not neglect those who you are sure will give nothing , for in some of them you may be mistaken . He said he would take my advice . He did so , for he asked , of everybody , and he obtained a much larger sum than he expected , — Franklin ' s Autobiography ,
Wht are soldiers like blacksmiths ? Because they are always drilling and filing . A Mr . John Jones , writing , on the 27 th ult ., to his " deny Betsy , " a pretty Cheshire Abi g ail , subscribed himself her " true lover , John Jones , with 2 , 000 , 000 , 000 , 000 , 000 , 000 kisses V " Sill , you are no gentleman . " . " That may be , sir , but my wife says that 1 aw a gentleman , and I shall certainly believe my own wife before you ; for if . a man cannot believe his own wife , pray , who can he believe ?" Indictment op " The Good Old Times . —The Rev . Sidney Smith , after
exclaiming—Hie good of ancient times let others state , I think . it lucky I . was born so late .. goes on to remark : — " It is of some importance at what period a man is born . A young man alive at this period hardly knows to what improvements of human life he has been introduced ; and . I would bring before his notice the following , eighteen changes , which have taken place in England since I began to breathe the breath of" life—a period amounting now to nearly seventy years . Gas was unknown—I grouped about tho streets of London in all but the utter darkness of a twinkling oil / lamp , under the protection of watchmen in their grand climacteric , and exposed to every species of degradation and insult . I have been nine hours in sailing
from Dover to Calais , before tb , e invention of steam . It took me nine hours to go from Taunton to Bath , before the invention of railroads ; and I now go in six hours from Taunton to London ! In going from Taunton to Bath , I suffered between 10 , 000 and 12 , 000 severe contusions , before stone-breaking Macadam was born . I paid £ 15 in a single year for repairs of carriage springs , on the pavement of London ; and I now glide , without noise or fracture , on wooden pavements . I can walk , by the assistance of police , from one end of London to tho other , without molestation ; or , if tired , get into a cheap and ; activo cab , instead of those , cottages on wheels , which the hackney coaches , were at the beginning of my life . I had no umbrella ; they , were little usud ,
and very dear . There were no waterproof hats , and my hat has often been reduced by rains to its original pulp . ¦ I could not keep my small clothes in their proper place , for braces were unknown . If 1 had the gout , there was no colchicum ; if I was bilious , there was no calomel ; if I was attacked by ague , there was no quinine . There were filthy coffeehouses , instead of elegant clubs . Game could not be purchased . Quarrels about uncommitted tithes were endless . Tho corruption of Parliament before Reform was infamous . There , were no banks to receive the savings of the poor . The poor laws were gradually sapping the vitals of the country ; and whatever miseries I suffered , I had no post to whisk my complaints , for a single penny , to the remotest
corner of the enr . pire ; and yet ,, in spite of all these privations , I lived on quietly , and am now ashamed that I was not . more discontented , and utterly surprised that all these changes and inventions did not occur centuries ago . I forgot to add , that as the basket of stage coaches in which luggage waa then carried had . no springs , your clothos were rubbed all to pieces ; and that , even in the best society , onethird of the gentlemen , at least , were ! always drunk . "—[ Very true , all this , . so far as concerns the Sidney Smiths , the " round , fat , oily men of God , " and tho wealth-devourers—but non-producers —generally . But to tens of thousands of workers ana , producers . these improvements have been in vain . For instance , what has gas , steam elegant clubs , " Reform , " Ac , Ac ., done for the improvement of the condition of agricultural Iabourov 3 ?
We know what the poor law reform { laudod by Sid < ney Smith ) has done for them . We-know , too , what " saving banks " have done for the workers of Rochdale , and elsewhere . —Ed . N . S . ] No man has a right to do as he pleases , except when he pleases to do right . Timk , which is absolutely necessary for the formation ofintimate friendships in the lugher classes , is pot requisite among tho bumblw orders . The : soul forms raore ties and relationships , in one week among tho men and women of nature than , ui ton years among those of society . . . ¦ In punching thk ey eholes of needlea byinandi ichiidren , who are the operators , acquire . BUOh dexterity as to be . able to . pwioh one . human hair- atit ; thrcad . ; it » . with : another , for M . amusement , of ¦ vif l'iUrfl ' . ' """"" '
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ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . Sir Henry R . Bishop has been engaged in delivering ft series of lectures , during the past week , on sacred music , and has been ably supported by the vocal powers of the Misses Thornton and Young . A teries of lectures , by Dr . Bachhoffner , on astronomy , will be commenced for the hulydays , accompanied with an entirely new series of dissolving views of the Cape of Good Hope , Cpylon , &c . . -There . are also many other novelties to teach and instruct the sightseers during tbe Easter week , which proves that the Directors of tbis establishment are determined to exert all their powers to amuse and instruct the visitors , and , no doubt , the public will aid them in so laudable an undertaking .
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THE AYRSHIRE MINERS . These miners held their fortnightly meeting at Hoodstone-bridge , on the 18 th inst . The meeting was a verj enthusiastic one , and there seems to be a determined spirit of perseverance amongst the miners of this district ; there was an increase of members reported . The meeting was addressed b y several of the members , detailing their grievances in feeling and forcible language , on the necessity of government inspection of mines and collieries , the benefits to be derived / ram a . general union , &c . Amongst other resolutions of importance , was one
appointing an agent to visit all the collieries in this county , with a view of getting them all into the union as speedily as possible . The meeting p ledged themselves to do all in their power to secure government inspection over mines and collieries , by getting up petitions , subscri p tions , &c . The miners of this county bold a delegate meeting every Saturday evening , at six o ' clock , at the house of Mr . Sheaden ' s , Innkeeper , Hulford .. The public meeting adjourned Until Monday , April 1 st ., at Hoodstone-bridge , commencing at five o ' clock , p . m ., when as many of the miners from the surrounding neighbourhood as can conveniently dp so , are requested to attend .
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KOSSDTH .
Death in the battle is not death ... Deep , deep may seem the mortal groan , Tet sweeter than an infant ' s breath Is Honour s , on that field alone , Where Kossnth call ' d his spirits forth Aloft from Dana ff ' s heaving breast ; Thev quell'd the South , they shook the Sortn , They sank by fraud not strength represt . If freedom ' s sacred fire lies qnencbt , O England ' was it not by thee ? 33 re from such hands the sword was wrencht Thine was the power to shield the free . Rnssells erewhile might raise their crest Frond as the older of our land , Altho" I find but in the best The embroider'd glove of Sidney ' s hand . Rachel may mourn her children now ... Irom higher source her glory springs , Where Shakspear crowns Southampton ' s brow Above the reach or gaze of kings . Itnssells ! where ? where ? To -waver high Faction the slender twig may place , And cover , when that twig shall die , With plumes as dark its dark disgrace . Drive the drear phantom from my sight , O KosJHth ! Round our wlntery shore Spread broad thy strong and healthy light , And I will lread these weeds no more . Waiter Savage Laxdoh .
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LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE MINERS . Cx « TH tu ? ° ° ? P NORTHERN STAR . SiR ,-Tbe last delegate . meeting of the miners l . i ™ , ¦?? ntlM > , held at tbe H ° rse Sh ° - h , f way between Ashton and Oldham , when the following resolutions , among o thers , were agreed , 7 " rha t 5 only two of ^ e agents attend the £ X J T 8 mry fortni 8 bt > *• ™ ! 1 be a wvwg of expense in railway fare , and also enable the two other agents to attend to places that may urgently require their services or . that day . — " That we , the miners of Lancashire and Cheshire , who are now in union i'do ^ hereby asree to meet the other COunMes ^ or districts of miners in England , Scotland , andWales , m conference to endeavour to form
_ , a National Umon amongst all the miners of the united kingdom ; but this meeting respectfully request the miners of Durham and Northumberland to fix the tjme of conference , and to give every district » the / united kingdom not less than a month s not . ee of the time of meeting . Also , that it is our des . re that the first conference be held in Lancash re . " - .. That D , Swallow be one of Z deputation sent to London on the subject of government inspection of mines and collieries , and that the other party be elected at the next comity meeting ; and district ? desirous of proposing a candidate , are desired to send in their proposition in writing next time . " - " That Charles Meadowcroft , and D . Swallow , be appointed lo draw up a petition , to be submitted to the next county meeting for approval or otherwise . "
It was also deemed advisable that a special delegate meeting of tbe miners of Wigan . and the iurrounding districts , should be held , for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of holding a general public meeting of the miners of St . Helen ' s , Haydock , and all around Wigan , on some future day , half way between St . Helen ' s and Wigan . Several letters were read from members of parliament , promising their aid and assistance in obtaining , government inspection over mines and collieries . The delegate meeting was adjourned until Monday , April 1 st , to beholden at the Amen Corner , Rochdale , at ten o clock in the morning .
Coppul , nearfjHORXBY—I opened a new lodge at this place on the 23 rd , and enrolled upwards of thirty members . A number of new members were also enrolled at the George Inn , Chorley , on the same night . If there is any persons or districts who would wish to furnish me with any information , I shall be obliged to them if they will do so . Yours , &c , D . Swallow . No . 25 , Sidney-street , Bolten . jnjLkfJ-J-J . Jr > u «^^^ -jr ^_ r -r-nj ^ wnW ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 30, 1850, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1567/page/3/
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