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CURES FOR THE UNOUttBD! HO LLO WAT'S OINTMBN 'T. h\ Extraordinary Cure of Scrofula, or King'e ¦ - . .- . ¦ ¦¦¦¦¦ .¦= ' Evil.
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Extract of aleto from Mr . J . H . AlUday , 209 Higk-alrfcet ,. Cheltenham , dated January 22 nd , 1850 . . Sir , —My eldest' son , when about three years of age , was affilfcted with a glandular swelling in the neck , which , after a short time broke out into mi ulcer . ' An eminent medical mau prbnpuneed it as a very bad case of scrofula , and prescribed for a considerable time without effect . The disease then for years went on gradually increasing in virulence , when besides the ulcer in the neck , another formed b . elow theleft knee , and a third under the eye , hesides seven other * on the left arm , with a tumour between the eyes which was expected to break . " During the \ vhole of the time my suffering boy had received the constant advice of the most celebrated medical gentlemen at Cheltenham , besMes being for several , months at the General Hospital
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AN THE PREVENTION , CURE , AND VJ General character of SYPHILUS , STRICTURES . Affections of the PRQSTRA . TE GLAND , VENEREAL and SCORBUTIC ERUPTIONS of the face and £% Mettfehl excitement , &c , followed by amild successful and expedl . tious mode of treatment . . Thirty-first edition , Illustrated by Twenty-Six . Anatomical Engravings on Steel . New and improved Edition , enlarged to 196 pages , just published , pric » 2 s ' . 6 d ; or by post , direct from the Establishment , 3 s . 6 d . in postage stamps . "THE SILENT F . RIEND , " a Medical Work on Venereal and Syphilitic ; Diseases , Secondary Spmptoms , Gonorrha 3 a . &c , with a PRESCRIPTION FOR THEIR PREVENTION-
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THE HEARrS CHARITY . BX . XUOIGOOK . ' . ' . . , -a man walked abroad one day , And a P °° r man w ^!* the ' selfsame iray , ^ a p allied lip and a hopeless eye ,: Id that starring face presumed to stand id ask for bread from the rich man ' s hand ; o t the rich man sullenly looked askance , with a gathering frbwp and a doubtful glance . £ I have nothing , " said he , " to give yon , VnT such rogue of a canting crew ; Krk , get * ork ! I knowftSl well . ^ whining lies that beggars can tell . " And he fastened his pocket , and on he went , ^ th his soul untouched and his conscience content .
Vow this great owner of golden store njd built a church not long before , As noble a fane as man could raise , And the world had given him thanks and praise ; tnd all who beheld it lavished fame - - * On his Christian gift and godly name . fte poor man passed , and the white lips dared To ask of him if a mite could be spared ; The poor man gazed on the beggar ' s cheek , And saw what the white lips could not speak . He * tood fora moment , bnt not to pause . On the truth of the tale or the parish laws ; Be was seeking , to give—though it was but small . For a penny , a single penny was all ; B at he gave it with a kindly word , while the wannest pulse in his breast -was
"Twas a tiny seed his . Char ity shed . Bat the white lips got a taste of bread , And ihe beggar ' s blessing hallowed the crust That came like a spring in the desert dust The rich man and the poor man died , As all of us must , and they both were tried At the sacred judgment-seat above , For their thoughts of evil ana deeds of love . The balance of Justice there was true ,. And fairly bestowed what fairly , was due . And the two fresh comers through Heaven ' s gate Stood their to learn their eternal fate . The recording angels told of things That fitted them both-with kindred winga ; Bat us they stood in the crystal light , The plumes of the rich man grew less bright . The angel 3 knew by" that shadowy sign . That the poor man ' s work had been most divine ; And they brought the unerring scales to see Where the rich man ' s falling off could be . ¦
Full many deeds did the angels weigh , Bat the balance kept an even sway , And at least the church endowment laid With its thousands promised and thousands paid , With the thanks of prelates b y its side , la the stately words of pious pride , And it weighed so much that the angels stood To see how the poor man could balance such good . A chernb came and took his place
Bythe empty scale with a radiant grace , And he dropped the penny that had fed White starving lips with a crust of bread . The chureh endowment went up with the beam , And the whisper of the Great Supreme , As he beckoned the poor man to his throne , Was heard in thi 3 immortal tone—' " Blessed are ' they who from great gain Give thousands with a reasoning brain , But holier still shall be his part Who gives one coin with pitying heart . "
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THE NATIONAL INSTRUCTOR . London : W . Eider , 16 , Great 'Wiiidinillstreet . - .-. " . _ Part L of . this new weekly periodical is now ready . Owing to the circumstance of the National Instructor having been commenced about the middle of the month , there are hat three n umbers in the monthly part Juicier notice . . ; In previous numbers of the Star , we directed its readers' attention to the merits and contents of Nos . 1 and 2 of tbe Instructor . "We proceed to do likewise with No . 3 ; and from an excellent article on "The Competitive System , " present a few . extracts . The able writer of the above-named article , after
speaking of the " progressive degradation and po-. Terty of the masses , " and indicating . these as ihe consequences of mechanical improvements , truly says that : It is against these things that what is called u Socialism" wars , not under any impulse of per-SSnal hostility , bat with the aim and desire to replace existing institutions by sccietarian arrangements , calculated to develops superior principles of action among all classes ; to make society what it es ? ht to be by . so distributing the products and ikssings of modern science asnot merely to increase the greatness of tbe nation but the happiness of the people ; not the wealth alone , but the comfort of the family . The commercial competitive system is opposed to
all these things ; competition , as at present conducted , is a progressive and perpetual development of misery . Instead of combining the powers at the disposal of society , so as to make them produce the most useful results , it places these powers in constant opposition , and either annihilates them , or produces mischief by their action . Society is thus so constituted , that the prosperity of one establishment is , in too many instances , built up on the rams of many othera , and , we ask , if that can be a principle of order , wealth , and prosperity , vhieh makes of society a confused mass of forces , eteh of which triumphs only by the destruction of JU opponent ? It is to this principle of competition , now omnipotent in trade and commerce , that we ean alone trace the astounding social anomaly of general impoverishment and wretchedness in the
midst of superabundant means for creating , and beneficially distributing wealth . It leaves society lo the control of chance . All is hap-hazard ; because , instead of the owners of capital , machinery , and labour , acting in concert , and producing only with-reference to well-ascertained wants in various markets ; each manufacturer and merchant conceals from ha neighbour his transactions as much as possible . * Tbe consequence is , that , in numerous instances more goods of a particular description are made than can be profitably disposed of ; there has been no previous concert or calculation upon that point—and the result is what is called a " glut , " or , in other words , a stoppage in the machinery—consequentl y a loss of capital and a stoppage of work-in other words , of the production of real wealth , until the surplus is got rid of . ¦ - ¦ • - . .
As we have already said , new means of wealth , this insane and most vicious system , only add to the evils already existing . Instead of tending to cniversalise the benefits which would otherwise follow the application of the discoveries of genius , it confines the possession of these discoveries to individuals , who , in the mad pursuit of individual advantage , top often convert them into instruments of destruction ; Anew machine , instead of beb ' om isg profitable fo all without exception , as it ought to be , if wisely applied , becomes a club with which tie patentee-inventor crushes Ms competitors , and tains the thousands who depend upon them for employment'
. The best way to try ' any system , is to push it to lis ultimate resnlts . Let us , therefore , suppose that , under tbe present system , human ingenuity had risen to such a height in the region of discovery that manual labour was utterly superseded by machinery . "What would be the result under competition ? "Wh y , that all those who had no means of liTin . ' but by manual labour , would be thrown out of work ; reduced to pauperism , beggary and crime , and swept off the face of the earth , either by famine or disease ; or die on the scaffolds which would be Elected by the possessors of machinery , to punish «» who dared to remonstrate against the misery
taased by their system—or who , more daring , presumed to touch any of the wealth produced by these Ei chines , and monopolised by the machine owners , let us not be understood to argue against the Pr ogress of machinery and the discoveries of science , ^ sidered in itself , the invention of a new machine , desi gned to lessen the toil of man , is an invaluable K&efit . Whence comes it , then , that thousands of "tourers are frequently reduced to pauperism by «* application of a new process ? Is it the fault of S ^ ius , of science , or . of machinery , which renders &tnre subservient to ihe wishes of humanity ? . Xo ; i * is the fault of an absurd and radically vicious syst , under which even good itself is turned to evil .
Describing the "internal operation among fte Tforldng classes , of the competitive sys-^ j" the writer observes that - Comp etition , in producing poverty and idleness , produces . also immorality . and crime . Want and jpJORinee make thieves . Misery , by .. -engrafting Jjired and despair upon igno | anee and unregulated ?^ tons , makes murderers . Jfisery and reckless J * M drive into the streets those most pitiable of all " * victims of our demonaical system — those belied women who barter their persons for hire . J * ?« cords of our police offices ; the trials at our j" ? " ^ eourts , testify in . a thousand ways , that ? £ ty introduces into its very heart , by the original & <> t its constitution , hatred , envy , and violence , « t , murder , and prostitution ; that it places itself ^ "Unnally in , the alternative ' of being either j presied from above , or constantly destroyed by attacksfrom below .
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. Having briefly alluded to the homW of our JT&J g ° ^ ment being . sealed Gbmbm , par excellence , and having " contrasted our national and governmental ' prate-SLSSg ? " * - ' ^ . Prophetically ? nSn the heart of n ^ toere wes . m con-SSf-W ^* ^^ t the violence and the wrongs inflicted on the masses . Evolutions are but the occasional explosions of the accumulated lorce , which outraged humanity must continually exert against such a foul and unnatural system . -A Biographical notice of " Rienzi , ' the Tribune , ' ? will be read with interest . Having toformed the reader of the plebiau origin of Hienw-of the kind of education he had received—and of the degraded condition of Rome , at the per iod referred to , the article thus proceeds : —
Young Rienri saw and deeply deplored the evils of his country . A disinterested desire to relieve it trom its oppressors sprung up in his breast , and he began in aremarkable manner to pave the way for the accomphsment of that ' great end . ' At accidental meetings of the people , whether in large or small bodies , heallowed his voice to be hoard , and took every occasion to recall to the remembrance of his heroes the glories of their ancestry . Being an eloquent and energetic speaker , Rienzi speedily became a favourite with the people , andhis addresses to them in thestreets grew more and more frequent . Daily he would assemble bands of them around him
ana pointing their attention to the lions , serpents ' and other emblematical figures abounding in ever ? part of the city , he would draw comparisons , in an aUegoncalbutnot very ambiguous style , between the glorious tunes which witnessed the erection of these monuments , and the degraded period in which ^ , 1 T *™ * ere condemned to live . Growing bolder day by day , he ventured upon open denunciations of the tyranny of the nobles , Md inflamed the passions of his audiences by dwelling on the bitter subject of their wrongs . The nobles were Winded enough to be totally insensible to the tendency of Rienzi ' s proceedings . Everything " ple-0
fR was s ? tteW aesP » sed by them , that many of them came in person to listen . to his political lectures , looking npon him much in the same li » ht as they did upon Punchinello , or the common buffoons of the Carnival . It is even said that Rienzi , taking a lesson from the elder Brutus , who feigned madness till the hour came f or the deliverance of his country , condescended to enter the Colonna palace by invitation , to amuse the company with his threats and predictions . The abject state of slavery to which the nobles had reduced the people , eould not be more glaringly shown than by such a circumstance as this .
When an embassy " was sent from Rome to the papal court of Avignon , Rienzi had acquired in- ' fluenee enough over the people to be appointed one of the thirteen deputies representing the order of the commons . ^ At Avignon , he attracted notice by his bold and ready oratory , and there he also met a congenial spirit in the poet Petrarch . ' On returning to Rome , Rienzi continued his former practices . Still the nobles remainded in supine blindness , allowing the orator to ripen the minds of the people for any outbreak . An accident brought on the crisis . Rienzi ' s brother was assassinated , and the survivor loudly demanded vengeance . But the murderer was protected by the Colonna influence ,
and Kieon found his appeals fruitless . From this hour he was resolute in his design of immediately overturning the power of the nobles . It was in the middle of . May . 1347 , that he entered on the first step towards the completion of his object , . by assembling on Mount Aventine , at midnight , a body of one hundred citizens favourable to his purpose . ' " Friends and fellow citizens , " said Rienzi , "the blood of my slaughtered brother cries for vengeance , and wquld justify a severe retaliation ; , but it is your wish and mine to procure the inestimable blessings of liberty without involviug our country in bloodshed and confusion . The accomplishment of
your wishes , the establishment oi the good estate ( the speaker ' s favourite phrase ) , is rapidly advancing . " if yon have only , fortitude and forbearance enough to exert the power you possess with spirit , perseverance , and moderation . The strength of our oppressors is imaginary ; they are without union , without virtue , without resources . " Rienzi ended his harangue by announcing his intention of immediately assembling the" people , unarmed , My proclamation , and recommended to his hearers so to demean themselves as " to prove to the world that a few precious drops of Roman blood were still circulating in then * veins . "
The people were accordingly assembled , and the brigandine nobility were " compelled to fLy with precipitation . ' The reader is then informed— T The author of this remarkable revolution , which freed the Roman citizens at one blow from the . presence of all their oppressors , would not assume the title which , in ihe warmth , of their gratitude , the people would have freely accorded to him . ' ¦ lie declared that he would not bear an appellation which a Tarqnin and a Nero had disgraced . After a time however , seeing the necessity of having his authority sanctioned in some regular form , he consented to-take the title of Tribune , which in ancient days
indicated a guardian of popular privileges . But the power of Rienzi was really that of a dictator , and it is admitted by all historians that he at the outset wielded it admirably . He introduced new and excellent laws , reformed ' the finances , extinguished sanctuaries and snch-like privilege ' s , and , in short , established an entirely novel order of things . " ¦ "A den of robbers ( says one historian ) was converted to the discipline of a camp or a convent ; patient to bear , swift to redress , inexorable to punish , his tribunal was always accessible to the poor and the stranger . " Another historian declares that " in this time the woods began to rejoice that they were no longer infested with robbers ; the oxen began to plough ; the roads and inns were
replenisned with travellers ; trade , plenty , and good faith , were restored in the markets ; and a purse of gold might be exposed without danger in the midst of the highway . " " Rienzi behaved generously , perhaps not wisely , towards the banished nobles . He soon recalled them to the city , exacted only , from them an oath of allegiance to the new government and to the Church , which he had judiciously taken pains to identify with his own cause . The hauty nobles felt deeply their humiliation , yet fear constrained them into obedience . A simple Roman citizen of the period , speaking of their condition and feelings says — " Bare-headed , their hands crossed on their breasts , they stood in presence of the Tribune with downcast looks ; and they trembled—eood heavens how they trembled ! " .
True , however , to their fiend-like natures , ' these Agrarian robbers " conspired to effect the overthrow of the Tribune / ' The plot was discovered , and the principals thrown info prison ; bnt again was Rienzi so infatuated as to *•* become the suppliant for their lives" with the Council of the People . " No sooner liberated were these aristocratic'banditti , than they raised their rural vassals , and- marched against Rome , to meet with their just fafe ^—their ignominious death ; - May that be the attendant fete of all usurping brigands ! For
the subsequent events , and for the account of the fall of Rienzi , we must refer to the article itself . Observing , in conclusion , that it appears to us that , had Rienzi been the right sort of reformer , had He declared for example , the land to be national property , the people would not have deserted him in the hour of trial . They would then have had a substantial proof of the wisdom of his legislation , and something worth fighting for . Less than this , as an ultimate measure is not worth the efforts and sacrifices of any people .
The autobiography of Mr . O'Cennor speaks for itself . We have no room for comment on the remaining articles .
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The Bed Republican . Edited by G . Julian Harkeyv No . 1 . London : S . Y . Collins , 113 , Fleet-street . The first number of Julian Harney ' s new publication—announced during some weeks past in this journal—is now before the public . ' The contents include the first of a new series of the letters of L'Ami du Peuple , " Chartism in 1850 / ' " Cossack or Republican ? " " The Prologue of a Revolution , " a Review of Ledru Rollin ' s " Decline of England , " " The Red Banner "—a soul-stirring piece of poetry , from Jhe pen of Gerald Ifes-8 ey , &c , &c . We give an extract from the editorial article : . .
OUB SAME ASD PBISCIPLBS . " The Red Republican . ' A most imprudent name ! " How so , good friend ? ¦ . Because , living , under a Monarchy , it maybe dangerous for you to avow Republicanism , even in the ordinary sense of the term .. But worse still , this new-fangled ' Red will add to the hostility of paid and professional loyalists , the hatred and indiniationof all respectable people , who regard a ? Red Republican ' as an ' anarchist , ' a 'foe to sor ciety , ' an ' enemy to order and property , a ' savage" to be extinguished if he remains in his lair-to , be cut to pieces if he comes out of it Denendupon it , if brought before a court of law upon any charge , or no charge at all , it would be
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S ^ T 8 ' for- ¦ *• ? Pwseoutor to . make . a speech against you , or for the judge to charge the jury toconywt you ; the 'twelve men in a box , ' on being informed of the title of your publication , fS ?^ wt c < mvi ° t y Ptt J . all accusation or defence would be a mere waste of time . Moreover , you would meet with ho sympathy . Even the « £ ? X ? y < ha W « & good for such a ShTwr « pect ? b 2 ? C , ™ would join ohorus ££ wspectable friends ^ and repudiate any connexion . with , the representative-of a ' bloody Democracy .:, They would . go still , further . Onco you were ma dungeon , or ; qtherwise disposed of , they would attempt the destruction of your reputation , either-by secretly circulated calumnv . nr onen And be
denunciation ^ . where would found your £ !?• " \ , mere ? : Unless amongst those whom Threwi denominates the . ' vile multitude' -the powerless and despised portion of the community . " At least one portion of the title of this publication is not new to the British democracy . " Me % * ^ V ? m the designation of a periodical published during a number of years ,. by the late Rlc ^ , C » lile . The same name , . yaried by that of the Bonnet Rouge , " re-appeared during the famous struggle of the "Unstamped Press . " Stiu ; more recentl y a monthly - publication , conducted with considerable ability , but which had a circulation much more select than extensive , re joiced in the same anti-royalisfc title . ..
It would be easy to show by citations from authors who have written on the institutions of this country , that there is nothing politically heterodox in ; connexion with the title of ?« Republican . . Dr . . Johnson defines a Republio to be " a state in which the power is lodged . in more than one : whereas the term , " Monarchy" is incorrectly applied to a government , unless the chief of the state , whether called king or emperor , Ac ., ' possesses the entire sovereign power . . In this sense , Persia , under Xerxes , and France under Xiouis XIV . were really Monarchies , according to the legitimate meaning of the term ; so also is Rassta , at the present day , under the rule of Nicholas . . On the other hand , Rome—even under her emperors—was
still denominated a Republic ; thus ; A * gustus is : said . to-have . " governed the ; res pubika ;• " and after a long intervening period , we find the last of the great men of ancient Rome in all his acts and words regarding himself merely as the chief of the Republic . In the same sease , England never has been a Monarchy ;; for , even under Ker . most de- ' spotic . kings , the sovereign power has been mor « or Ies 3 shared by others— -in .-the . © Men time by bishops and ; barons- ^ -arrogant"imposters and niailclad thieveg—and in these days ' there ia superadded the supremacy of the bourgioisie ^ -Uhe ' ' kings « f Sold . " According , therefore , to Dc . Johnson's definition , England has always been . a Republic . . It would be superflous to show that , in the present day ,
the so-called "« 8 wer « j » lady of these realms" does not even share the sovereign authority , which is absolutely monopolised by the lords of land and capital . To expend an enormous inoome in " barbaric" pomps ; and ; trappings , " while miltions starve , " seems to be the only , occupation . left for the possessor of an effete sceptre . England , then , is a Republic—' 6 f a tori , and every Englishman may , if he will , term himself a Republican . ' Bnt our readers need not be told that there is all the difference in the world between a real , and a sham Republic . For an example o \ the latter « ur friends have only to look across the channel ., . From any such Republic may we be Saved ! Let us add another prayer—from the res pubUca of
England" a state in which the power is lodged in more than one , " ittf not inaU , good , Lord deliver . us !; : . ; We protest against , all Bham Republics , whether with a " Sovereign lady , " or a : " Special" President , for a head . Still morei emphatically we protest against the rule of landlords , and usurers ; so matter how , they may attempt to disguise , their sway , whether under republican or ; monarchical forma . ' To prevent , therefore , any mistake , . as to Our principles , we adopt what oar cautions friend terms the " new fangled " iame of Red Republican . We are fully a- "are of the odium attached to this name ; in the estimation of all " respectable people . " "What of that ? In thedays of . Uerp it , was " infamous" to be a Christian , and as bad to be a Refor
mer m the " good old times , " " when ' George the Third was King . " ' Chartists , Socialists / Red' Republicans , and Communists , are the powerless , ' the despised , the " infamous , " the " vile multitude" of the present time . 2 b rfai / the crown of thorns , the ficourgej the cross aro theirs . But , to-morrow ! Courage Brpthere ! "The Golden Age , placed by blind'tradition in the past , is before its ! ' When ITenry Hethenngton brought out his first unstamped publication , he entitled it "The Poor Man ' s Guardian . " Finding that the enemies of the poor man denounced . those whose simple demand was for " justice to each and to all , "' as "destructives , " the man who never scrupled to perform an act which he conceived to be necessary to " trv the
power of right against ; might , ' . ' boldly determined to beard the prejudice excited by his enemies . Accordingly a second unstamped publication he entitled " The Destructive . " We pursue the same course . _ We adopt a name " infamous" in the ejes of the aristocratical , the wealthy , the respectable , the well-to-do-sections of society . Be ours the glorious task " to show that the proscribed " Reds" are the reverse of that which they are represented as being , by their calumniators . Be ours the glorious mission to pioneer the way , for the victorious march of their holy and beneficent principles . We warn the enemies of justice that , we shall not limit ourselves to the taking up of a defensive position ; on the contraty , we spall carry tHe war into
their own camp . Will they ' charge us with being f enemies to order ? " We shall prove that their " . order " is an " organised hypocrisy " Will they charge us . with contemplating spoliation ? . We shall prove that they themselves . are spoliators and robbers . Will they accuse us of being " blood-thirsty Democrats ? " We shall prove our accusers to be remorseless traffickers in the lives of their fellowcreatures , pitiless assassins of those who dare to resist their tyranny . Nothing could be easier than to prove that the crimes which the people ^ friends are said to contemplate are really the crimes which the privileged and the propertied classes have been in
the habit of committing from the days of Nimrod to the present hour . ' . ' - ¦ : " Ah ! but your very name , the colour of your flag , is significant of blood and slaughter . " Yes ! of the blood of our martyrs- ^ of the . slaughter of the countless myriads who have fallen on the battle-field—who have died upon the cross and the rack—who have perished under the axe of the headsman and the dagger of the assassin—who have consumed their own hearts in dungeons , or withered away under the pangs of hunger and wretchedness . Numberless as the stars in the heavens , incalculable as the grains of sand on the shores of the ocean , are those who have poured out their heart ' s blood for the salvation of humanity , ind
• Though foul are the drops that oft distil , On the field of slaughter ; blood like this—For liberty shed—so holy is , . It would aot stain the purest rill - That sparkles inthe bowers of bliss . Oh 2 if there he on this earthly sphere , A sight , an offering .-heaven holds dear ; Tis the last libation Liberty draws From the heart that bleeds and breaks in her cause !'
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ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . Among the numerous models-and specimens of machinery for agricultural and . horticultural purposes we observed some tiles for the better production of strawberries , lately , deposited by the inventor , Mr . Roberts , of Brixtpn . The ( tiles are square , except on one side , ' which is cut ' in a half circle , so that when two are placed together they then have a round hole in the middle , for the plant to grow , the leave and fruit resting , on the flat part of the tile . The whole bed being , thus covered , it keeps the strawberries quite free from wet and dirt , while the tile retains the heat of the sun for many hours , thus ripening the fruit much earlier . This advantage was proved on the last show of fruit at the Botanical Society , Mr . Roberts ' s strawberries being the only specimens of put-door growth exhibited on that occasion . " _ . .-. ' .: The Alpine Singers still continue to draw numerous audiences to this admirable establishment .
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D rSSE 0 N 0 F FOURTEEN VESSELS BY LIVES LOST ? PWAR ? S 0 F PP HUNDRED inffiSals from . the " Atlantio have , brought sad Sfg ? fl >^ Peeling losses of a number of vessels ? a ^ ude ^ SIDg ^ s ^ ficebergs in the western SS £ ' ¦ and , amone the number , we vegret to h& £ ! f £ ' ? m bne' of bh < i Wsh Port ! 'with Sv Ra , fi 8 ? y u t <) : 0 ? 0 hundred Persons on board , every soul of whom is supposed to have gone down -nirth- ]? ?^ ^ and periBhod .. rGreat K ™ f ^ 'we are general ly looked for by the Sht S ^ P ^ <> tbe . Atlantic . abopt the months of April , and May , the result of the break ?« ttL ™» £ stl ?* , &rctte seas , and driven down « , o . ! o ? k h ard bythe force of " > e currents . The SK ^ ' have . appeared , this season exoeed »
nymdS t ^^ ^ Ch as for . years been met . witb . 22 S ; ? ° > 8 ? , ? i lluild ' eds ; . of ; miles in extent , towering up all manner of forms to a very ereal ¦ « JfS > - ^ 'HP * the ^ aters of the A « antic ; ana there is too much reason to fear ' that the losses appended form a very few . of the miBhaps that have occurred . . The ill fated vessel in which bo manv are believed , to have , perished , was from Londonderry , bound to Quebec . Ten days prior to her being discovered entangled in the ice—the 27 th < of April—she was spoken with by the mas % of the O . nentai , from Liverpool . She was scarce of water , having tad boisterous weather , and on account o the number of passengers seen oh deck . it was supplied her . On the 27 th the Oriental was besef . n
the ice , together with two other vessels , and perceived , her some ten miles to the westward . She was in a most perilous position , evidently stove in bytneice , and-sinking . ' Signals of di ^ tress ' were hoisted without the remotest chance of gaining assistance . For two days she was seen in the same forlorn condition , when she su ' d < fenly disappeared . ¦ Su bsequentl y , a greatmany ; bodies were seen intermingled with the iooj together with some portion of the cargo ; the latter led to the discovery . of the port to which tlie vessel belonged and her intended destination . The Oriental was detained eleven daysWore she got clear of the ice ; Another similar catastrophe was witnessed en the 29 th of March ; about twenty miles to the westward of St :- Paul ' s
by the shm Signette , , M . Mowatt , from Alloa for Quebec . ' The vesBel was apparently an English brig , heavily laden , with painted portboles . She ' had tfo fixed in the ice , an < Miad been rat down'by it to the water ' s edge , admitting a rush of water into the hold . Her crew were observed working at the pumps , evidently in the hopes of keeping her afloat in the expectation of assistance arriving ^ however , she soon sank , and all on board met with a watery grave . The exact number who ; perished- was not learned .-LetterB have-been-reoeived commanioating the total loss of the . Ostensible also in the iee : She was from Liverpool ;; bound to ' Quebec , ' with'Several passengera . Up ; td the 5 th of May she experienced heavy ; w « ataer , . when they-fedl in with an ^ enormoua
neld oi we ,. and got . fixed ia it for five days and nights , in the course of which her hull was pieroed . Pumps were kept going till the arrival of 4 e brig Duke , Cast . Welsh , also for Quebec , wnieh , after considerable working , succeeded in makingfchrough the ice to the sinking vessel , and rescued the whole of them . The Ostensible went down within twenty minutes after . - Two other vesaeia from Liverpool , the Conservator and the Acorn were both lost near thesiime time . . The former was on a : passage to Montreal . She got pinched by the ice . withirithree days . afterloBiag Bight of land ,. and filling , immediately went down ; the crew were lucky enough ' to the
save ship ' s boats , in which they , were pickedup ; The Acorii' inet with her destruction within thirty miles of St . John's , Newfoundland ; . the 1 crew , were saved by the ! . Bjeesirig -. schooner , of Sunderland . Among the other losses in the ice reported are enumerated the Hibernia , from Glasgow , for Quebec ; the British schooner Colleotor , '_ from St .. John ' s , Newfoundland , for London j the brig " Astrea of Weymouth ; the Wilhelmina , of Aberdeen ; the Gosnell , of Newcastle ; the Sylph , of Leith , and three others , names of which are unknown . With the exception of the latter , the crews were saved ; Most of the unfortunate vessels were heavily laden , and their losses in total cannot be far short of £ 100 , 000 .
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Irish HoBsBs . ^ -The importations of horses which are . at the present time taking , place in the metropolis from Ireland , are so large , as to be . quite remarkable , and of considerable , interest and importance . The steam-vessel Duchess of Kent , which has arrived in the river from Cork , has brought , in . addition to thirty-three oxen and 210 sheep , the very large number of forty-two horses , as a portion of . a . large cargo of Irish produce ; and the steamer Preussicher Adler , arrived on the same day ; from Cork ; has brought , in addition to 176 sheep and lambs , and ' a quantity of ¦' calves and horned cattle , twenty-four horses , as part of a very large general cargo ,, the : produce : of Ireland . Several importations to the latter mentioned extent have taken place latelyfromli'eland , but the arrival on one occasion of so large a number of horses aa were brought in this instance by the first-nameil vessel is entirely without precedent from that country . .. , . ¦ ; . i . ••; . •
Impbovbuknts . in St . Jamks ' s Pabk . —According to a return to parliament ^ printed on ' Saturday last , ) an estimate is given of , the expense ofmaking ah . ornamental enclosure ! and forming a public garden in front of Buckingham Palace . Tne expense is stated at £ 26 , 937 , of which £ 14 , 600 will be required to be voted in the present session . ' ¦ ' ' Theeapedtics . —The history of medicine is by no means flatteHnBtoscience . ilth questionable whether more is known of diseases , their cause ,. and their cure , at thiamoment , than at the time of Galen ; it is certain that diseases are quite as numerous , and in the aggregate as fatal . Every age has produced ; some new system of artificial thereapeutics which the next age has banished ; each has boasted in its turn of cures ,-and they , in their turn , have been condemned as failures . Medicines themselves are the subjects of fashion . Is it not a positive proof that medicine is yet unsettled ; it fact , that is has no established principles
, that it is little more than conjectural ! ? At this moment , ' says Mr . Pinny , ' , the , opinions on the subject of treatment are almost as numerous as the practitioners themselves . Witness the mass ' of contradiction oh' the treatment of even one disease , namely , consumption . Stroll attributes its frequency to the introduction of bark . Morton considers bark an effectual cure . Reid ascribes the ' frequency of the disease to the use of mercury ; ' Brillonet asserts that it is curable by mercury only . Ruse says- that consumption is ah inflammatory disease—shou ' . d be treated by bleeding purging , ' cooling medicines , and starvations . Salvatlori says it is a disease of debility , and should be treated by tonics ' , stimulating remedies , and a generous diet Galen recommended vinegar as the best preventativeof cpnsump . tion . ; Dessault and others assert that cons ' iimption is often brought ou by taking vinegar to Jrtvent obesity ; - Beddoes recommended foxglove ' as a spe eific . Dr .. Parr found
foxglove more injurious in his practicethan beneficial . Such ' are the contradictory statements- of medical men ! ' And yet there can be but one true theory of disease . ' Of-the fallibility and inefficiency of medicine , none have been more conscious than medical men ; themselves ; ¦ mariy of whom have been honest enough to avow their conviction , and now recommend MESSRS . DV BARRY'S REVALENTA . ARA . BICAFOOD , a farina , which' careful ! analysis has shown to be derived from the root of an * African plant , Somewhat similar to our honeysuckle . It appears to possess properties of a highly curative and delicately nutritive kind : and numerous testimonials from parries of unquestionable repectability , have attested that it supersedes medicine , of every description in the effeotualand permanent removal ot indigestion ( dyspepsia ) , constipation , and diarrhoea , nervousness , biliousness , liver complaint ; flatulency , distension paluita . tion of the heart , nervous headache , deafness , noises in the
head and ears , 'pains in almost every part of the body ; chronic inflammation , and ulceration of the stomach , ' erysipelas ' eruptions on the skin , incipient consumption , dropsy , rheumatism gout , heartburn ; nausea ' and sickhes during pregnancy , after eating , or at sea , low spirits , spasm ' s ; cranip , ? P « en » . general debility , ; paralysis , asthma ,. coughs , inquietude , sleeplessnes , - involuntary \ blushing , tremors , I dislikef to' society , - unfitness for study , " loss of memory , delusions ; Tertigo , bloodto the head , exhaustion , melancholy , groundless fear , indecision , wretehedness , thoughts ot self destruction , and many ' other complaints ] . It is , ' -moreover ,-admitted by those who have used ilj to be the best food for infants , and invalids generally , as it never turns acid on the weakest stomach , hut imparts a healthy relish -for' lunch and dinner , aDd restores-the-facultyvof ; digestion and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled .. It has . the
highest approbation of Lord Stunrt de Secies '; the Venerable Archdeacon 'Alexander SSuart , ' of ltbss—a cure of three years ' , nerveusaess ; Major-General Tboraas Kiug , of Exmouth ; Captain Parker 1 ) . Bingham , R . N ., of No . 4 Park-walk , Little Chelsea , ' London , who was cured of twenty-seven years' dyspepsia in six wc « ks' time ; Captain Andrews ,. R . N . ; Captain Edwards , R ; N . ; William Hunt , Esq ., barrister . aWaW , ' King ' s College , Cambridge , who . after suffering six ^ ' years from partial ' paralysis , has regained . the . use of his limbs in a very . Hhort time upon this excellent food the " Rev . Charles " Kerri of Winsloiv , Bucks—a cure of functional disorders ; Mr . Thonia 3 Woodhouse . Bromley—recording the cure of a lady : from constipation and sickness during pregnancy ; the Rev . Thomas Minster , of St . Saviour ' s , Leedk—a cure of flve ' yenrE nervousness , with ' spagmg and daily vomitings • Mr . Taylor , coroner of Bolton ; Captain Allen—recording the cure
of epileptic fits ; Doctors Ure and Harvey ; James Shprland , Esq ., No . 3 Sydney-terrace , Reading ; Berks ; late surgeon in the 90 th Kegiment—ii cure of dropsy ; James Porter , Esq ., Athol-street , Perth- a cure of thirteen years ' cough , with general debility ; ' J ; Smyth ,. Esq ., 37 Lower Abb « y-street , Dublin '; Cornelius O'Sullivan ; ' M . D . ; F . R . C . S ., Dublin—a perfect cure of thirty years' indescribableagony from aneurism , which had resisted all other remedies '; and 20 , 000 other well-known individuals ' , whohave sent the discoverers and importers , Du Barry imd Co . ; 127 New Bond-street , London , testimouialsof the extraordinary manner in which- their health has been restored by this useful and economical diet , after all other remedies ^ had been tried in vain for many years , and all hopes of recovery abandoned . ' A full report of important cures of the above and manj other complaints ' , ' aniVtestiinonials'from pn ' rties
of the highest respectability ; : is , wc ! fiud , eentgratis by Du Ban-y and Go , '—Jfominj Cftronictc . Du BavryandCo , , 127 , New Bond-street , ' London ; also of Barclay ; Edwards , Suttou , ¦ Sangcr , and-Hahriiiy , aiid tln-bugh nil grocers , chemists , medtuiue vendors , and boaksellers , in the . kingdom . Caution . —The name of Messrs . DuBAiufl ' s invaluable food , as also that of their firm , have been so clos ely'imitated that invalids cannot too carefully - look at . the exact spelling of both , and also Messrs . Du Barby ' s address , 127 New Boud-street , London , in order to avoidlbeing imposed upon by Ervalentn , Real Arabian Revalenta , Lentil Powder , or other spurious compounds ot peas , beans , Indian and oat meal , under a close imitation of the name , which have nothing to recommend them but the reckless audacity of their ignorant and unscrupulous cooipounders , and which , though admirably adaptedfor pigs , would play sad havoc with the delicate stomach of an invalid or infant .
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speaks , that his' heaver may -t * flR £ Stf £ discipline with some delight : and so . apparel fa r and Rood matter that the studious * f efeKy Z not defrauded : redeem arts from their rough and brakey seats , where they lay . hid , ' and overgrown with thorns , to a pure , open , and flowery lightwhere they may take the eye , and be taken by the land . '¦• . ¦'¦ - . . - < - - ¦ ¦ ' ¦ •¦'• • ' ¦ ¦ •¦ ' - . ¦
Mrs . PARtaaiON , recently visiting the Museum , and seeing several old revolutionary swords and Scottish claymores , inquired of the superintendent if he had among Mb famous cutlery . the axe of the apostles . . : •; . ¦•' .. ¦ ¦¦ ' •• ¦ ' ¦ ' . " Spasnolbiti , the other day , in speaking of his first viola player , declared that , both as a man and musician ,: he was most praiseworthy ; as a man , for the tenor of' his conduot—as a musician , for' the conduefcof his tenor /' ' - - ¦¦ ' . < ¦ • • • ' /¦ - SOPERSTITIONS B . E 0 ARDINO PRrDAT .-iltis Strange enough that Friday is regarded , in- all countries , as a peculiar day . In ' England ' it is generally considered unlucky ; and many people will not commence any undertaking on that day ; and most
sailors believeHhat the vessel is sure to be wrecked that sails on a Friday . If a marriage' takes place on thatday , the old wives shake their , heads , and predict all kinds of misfortunes to the bride- and bridegroom . Nay , they even pity all children who are so wnlucky as to be born on a Friday . In Germany , on the coritrary , 3 ? riday is considered a lucky day for weddings , commencing new : undertakinp , or other memorable events ; and the reason of this superstition is said to be the anoierit belief thai ; the witches and sorcerers held their meeting on' this ii , ' . ofcourse , while they amused themselves with dancing and riding oh broomsticks round the Blocksberg , they could have no time > to work any evil . . . .... ¦ - ¦ -
JEriai , NAvioAifoN . —A person named' Rufus Perter is at Washington ^ endeavouring to form an anal navigation company , the stock to oonsist of 1 , 500 shares , at t « ta dollars per share . The funds , when raised , are to bo apphed ; to the construction of an serial ship , capable of containing ; 150 passengers , and which , Mr . Porter says , will easily carry them to California ' or London in three ' or four days ., . . He f reposes to call for am instalment of one dollar onlyper share , untilafter a machine 'has been built capable of carrying three : persons , and a journey has been made to Baltimore and'back again , thereby demonstrating the feasibility of the . plan . He says that several hundreds of persons
save already bespoken passage . " . The prospectus , blanks , and scrip , for . the proposed company , are being printed' by .. Mr . VGreer . Among other advantages , Mr . Porter includes that of transporting soldiers for tbe government in time of-war . Only think of the astonishment an enemy quietly encamped in the soft moonlight , having in the twinkling of an eye , a whole regiment of Uncle Sam's Invincibles dropped upon them from a squadron of Porter ' s ships i . But , in pvocesa of time , . our enemies will have them also , so that hereafter contending squadrons , must meet'in mid-air , while the peaceable portion . of mankind'can rest quietly beww . Verily-there are Btirring times ahead . —Sei Atner . ' . ''¦'¦
NbgIiBctino the Anibcedenis . — Some very whimsical instances of . this occur coritinuallyj especially in the answers of witnesses , when given literally as they speak . In a late assault case , the prosecutor swore that " The prisoner struck him with a broom on his head till he broke the' top of it 1 " In narrating an incident some time since , it was stated that a poor old woman ' . ' was run over by a cart aged : sixty . " So , in . a case of supposed poisoning : — " He had something in a blue paper in hiahand , and I saw him put his head over the pot and put itin J" Another , swallowing a base coin —" He . snatched the half-crown from the boy , which , he-swallowed ;" , which ' seems to mean the boy , not . themoney , but still'the sentence ' is cor .
rect . An old fellow ,- who for many years had sold combustiblematohes : in London , had thefollowing cry : — " Buy a pennyworth of-matches of a poor old man made offoreign- wood !" - - - Whisky PoNCHi ^ -It is diflScult to form a correct estimate of the quantity : of whiskey punch which some oan comfortably discuss at a sitting . In the case of a gentleman whese life had been insured for a large sum of money , the payment , at his death , was resisted by the Insurance Company , upon tho plea that he had caused his death by excessive drinking . The matter came to a legal trial ; and among other witnesses examined , was one who swore that , for the last eighteen years of his life , he had been in the habit of taking every night
fourarid-twenty tumblers of whiskey punch . "Recollect yourself ; sir , " said the examining counsel . " Four-arid-twen . ty ! you swear to that . / Did you ever drink five ' -and-twenty ? " » lam on my oath , " replied the witness , " and I will swear no further ; for , I : never kept count beyond the two dozen , though there ' s no saying now many beyond it I might drink , Wmakerhy 3 elf comfortable ; but that ' s mystint . " . '; .. . ' ' ' ,. . .. Charlatanism . —I ) r . F- —• , as soonashearrived in a city where he was not known , began : loudly to lament the Iobs of his dog , which had ; escaped from him on his way to the hotel , and he sent the town crier to announce with the roll of a drum
throughout ail the principal streets , that Dr . F——i offered a reward of twenty-five louis to whoever should bring back his dog . -The crier took oare to add all the academic titles of the doctor , and to indicate the hotel where he put up . \ Soon nothing was talked of inthe town but Dr . F— - and his dog . " D () you know , " aaid the gossips ,. ' , ' that a celebrated physician has arrived , and is staying at the Hotel . He must be famously rich , since he offers twenty-five louis reward for his dog . " Thus hisname passed rapidly from mouth to mouth , and from house to house ; and although it did not bring him the lost dog , which he had never possessed , yet it brought him a goodly number of patients .
.. Puns . t-I have i mentioned puns . -.- They are , I believe , what I have denominated them—the wit of words . They are exactly the same to words which wit is to ideas ,. and . consist in the sudden discovery of relations in language . A pun , to be perfect in its kind , should contain two distinct meanings ; the one common and obvious ; the other more remote ; and in the notice which the mindtakes of the relation between these two sets of words , " and in the surpriso which that relation excites , the pleasure of a pun consists . Miss Hamilton ; in her book on eduoation , mentions the instance of a boy so very neglectful , that he could never be brought to read the . word " patriarchs ; " but whenever Be met with it healways pronounced it" partridges . " A iriend
ot the writer observed to her , ' that it could ' hardly be considered as ' a mere piece of negligence , for it appeared ; to him that' the "boy , iri' calling ' them partridges , Making game of the' patriarchs . Now here ; are two distinct meanings contained in the same phrase ; for to make game of the patriarchs is to laugh at them ; or to make game of them is , by a very extravagant and laughable sort of ignorance of ' words , to rank them amdrig pheasants , partridges , and other such delicacies " which the law takes under its' protection' atid calls'friiiie ' : and the whole pleasuwderived from this pun consists m the sudden-discovery that two such different meanings are referable to one form of expression . —Sydney , Smith . . ' ¦ _ . ' .-V . Dick , " said a certain lawyer to a countryman
who ; had been considered more fool than knayo , " what should youcall the greatest curiosities' in the world ? " "Why , " ,, replied Dick , " an honest lawyer and a river on fire . " , ' .. .. - Two ferbojjs being engaged in a duel , after the first'fire one of theseconds proposed "that they should shake hands and make it up . The ' other seoonfl said he saw no particular necessity for that , for their hands ; had been shaking ever since they began . . ' .. ; . . ¦ . . -Atounoman , who , for his sins , was about being married , presented'himself for confession . As he appeared rather embarrassed how he should proceed to enumerate his errors : — " Cbme , ' said' the good Abbe G ., kindly , "do you ever tell falsehoods ? " <
" Father , ' I am-not a lawyer , " proudly replied the : ' pdnitent . . ' . ' ; . ; . !' . Did you ever steal . "— " Father , Iamnotamerchant ! " ' ' ' " You have not committed murder ?"— " Sir , I am a physician , '' conscientiously replied theyoungp ' eni- tent ; casting down his eyes . ' ' " ' li SARAfi' / 'SAib a little girl to her sister the other day , " i Mrs . Kolly has had the English cholera . " " Nonsense , " was the reply , " how can she have had the English cholera , she is an Irishwoman . California is described by Senator Seward , of New York , as" the youthful Queen of . , the Pacific , in tho robes of freedom , gloriously ! inlaid with gold . " The Momest of parting is , perhaps , the first moment that we feel how useful we have been to each other . Tho natural reserve of the heart is broken and the moved spirit speaks as it feels . '
The Oatcshead' Observer remarks that the frequency of collisions at sea is becoming really appalling . "In the five years , 1845-1849 , it seems there has beon an annual average of 382 cases roportod . at Loyd ' sjand it is believed that tho number m 1848 . was nearly . double that of 1838 , although the increase in British shipping during tlie ton years had been , when cbmpared . with that rate of increase , quite insignificant , " ' ¦ ' So Captain Silk has just arrived at . Versailles , , 1 . find , said a lady . " Heavens ! what a name for a soldier . " "The best name in the world , " said Ilorace Smith , who was standing by her at that time , "for silk you know can never be worsted . " Courting is Ahdamsia . —In a village near Araceha , when a young man wishes to profess" himself the suitor of some fair maiden , ho proceeds to her residenco , bearing in his hand the long staff used by the ^ mountaineers , called cachiporm , or shortly , »« m and aonounces his presence by a loud'knock
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Goods is Thaksitu . —A number of regulations providing for the emancipation of tho transit commerce from the obstructions of the present customhouse system has just received the sanction of the Lords of the Treasury . Constructive warehousing is abolished , and atrausit bond is to be entered into for the cargo . Six days will be allowed for the transhipment of all goods , except for silks , spirits , wines , nutmegs , tea , and tobacco , for which three days only will be granted . Shipment , of Locomotives from Liverpool to
Spain . —During the week several first-rate locomotive engines have been shipped at Liverpool for Cadiz , to work oh the line from Madrid to Aranjuez , now progressing rapidly to completion ; the rails , chairs , &c , having beenpreviously forwarded . The electric telegraph had been laid throughout , to secure the earliest information from the capital . Other considerable lines of railway are in course of construction , and considerable orders have been receired by contractors for the requisite materials , which will be admitted under the new and modified tariff .
loE Indigestion , Stomach and LiVEa Compuists , take IIoixowat ' s Tills . —Persons 6 iinerinjr from any derangement of the liver , stomacli , or the organ s ot digestion , should have recourse to Holloway ' s Pills , as there is no other medicine known that acts on these particular complaints with such certain success . Its peculiar properties strengthen the tone of the stomach , increase the appetite , purify the blood ,, and induce an healthy action of the liver . For bowel complaints it is admirable , as it removes every primary cause , thereby restoring the patient to the soundest health and strength . Nervous er sick head-aches and lowness of spirits may be easily cured by taking a course of Holloway ' a Pills .
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CURES FOR THE UNOUttBD ! HO LLO WAT'S OINTMBN ' T . h \ Extraordinary Cure of Scrofula , or King ' e ¦ - . .- . ¦ ¦¦¦¦¦ . ¦ = ' Evil .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 22, 1850, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1579/page/3/
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