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AN THE PREVENTION, CURE, AND \J . General . clurspter of SYPHIMJS, STRICTCBEH.
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CURES FOR THE UNCURED ! ITOLLOWAT'S OINTMENT - »• ¦*• An Extraordinary Cure of Scrofula , or IGng ' t Evil
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ODE TO THE STO . Bt LEIGH HTJKT . . ¦ Presence divine ! Great lord of tMs oor sphere ! : Bringer of light , and life , and joy , and beauty-God midst a million gods that far and near Hold each his orbs - ia rounds of rapturous ' < hlty ; * ¦¦ . ' .. 0 never may L vlilellifl this mow , Believe in any god foslikeagod thanfton . Thon art the mightiest of all things we see , And thon , the mightiest , art among the kindest ; The planets dreadful ? and easily , About thee , as id Baaed sport , thou windest ; And thine illustrious hands tor all that power , light soft on the babe ' s- cheek , and nurse the bnddine flower . -
They say that in thine orb is movement dire . Tempest and flames as on a million oceans : Well may it be , thou heart of heavenly fire ; Snoh loots and smiles befit a god ' s emotions ; "We know thee gentle in the midst of all , By those smooth orbs in heaven , this sweet fruit onthewaU . Ifeel the * here , myself , soft on my hana ; Around me is thy mute , celestial presence ; Reverence and awe would make me fear to stand Within thy beam were not all Good its essence : Were not all Good its essence , and from thence All good , glad heart deriv * d , and child-like confidence !
I know that there is Fear , and Grief , and Fain , Strange foes , though stranger guardian friends , of Pleasure : I know that poor men lose , and rich men gain , Though oft th' unseen adjusts the seeming measure : I know that Guile may teach , while Truth must bow , Or bear contempt and shame on his benignant brow . But while thou sit ' sfc , mightier than all , 0 Sun , And e ' en when sharpest fell , stOl throned kindness , I see that greatest and that best are one , And that all else works tow ' rd it though in
blindness . T . ril I see , and Fear , and Grief , and Fain , Work under Good , their lord , embodied in thy reign . I see the molten gold darkly refine , O'er the great sea of human ioy and sorrow ; I hear the deep voice of a grief divine Galling sweet notes to some divine morrow ; And though I know not how the two may part , Ifeel thy rays , 0 Sun , write it upon my heart . Upon my heart thon writest it , as thon , Heart of these worlds , art writ on by a greater ! Beam'd on with love from some still mightier brow ,
Perhaps by that which waits some new relater ; Some amaz ' d man , who sees new splendours driven Thick round a Sun of suns , and fears he looks at heaven . f 'Tis easy for vain man , Time ' s growing child , Henv * n for its own good ends , mute and mild To many a wrong of man ' s presumptuous dreaming . Matter , or mind , of either what knows he ? Or how with more than both thine orhe divine maybe ? Art thou a god indeed ? or thyself heaven ?
And do we waste thee here in light and flowers ? Art thou the first sweet place , where hearts , made even , Sing tender songs in earth-remembering bowers ? Enough , my soul . Enough through thee , 0 Sun , To learn the sure good song—greatest and best are one . Inough for man to work , to hope , to love , Copying thy zeal untirM , thy smile nnscorning : Glad to see sods thick as the stars above , Bright with the God of gods eternal morning ; Sound about whom perhance endless they go , Bipening their earths to heavens , as love and wisdom grow .
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a Rapturous' — transporting , carrying away . The leader can tafce the word either in its spiritual or material sense , or both : according ; as be agrees or disagrees with Keppier ana others respecting the nature oi the planetary bodies . ^ t Alluding to a central son ; that is to say , a sun governing other suns , snpposed to exist ia the constellation of Hercules .
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THE DEMOCRATIC REVIEW OF BRITISH AND FOREIGN POLITICS , HISTORY AND LITERATURE . Edited by Gr . Julias Earsey . July . London "Watson , 3 , Qaeen ' s-Iiead-passage , Paternoster-row In this number of the Democratic Review , " will be found an admirable defence of the Roman Republic , from the pen of H . Forbes , a Br iton , \? ho nobly gave bis sword , and ^ ea Ws life in the recent straggle for Italy ' s freedom and independence . The author of at
A ^ iance History , " has written an elaborate review of the career and character of Julius < WS to whom he has done foil jusfe ^ Tg ^^ gr ^ Komanvaa really tin finend of the people , while his assassins ganas soonasApril , 1848 . aSSSSS : ezpoang the " Intrigues c ! Z ^ Class Heformers f a Letter fiS ! + ?*" <* the Editor , and one ftSffa& *• ' ** pondent , with the addition of £ ? * 'Incomplete the contents of the iJeweSfnf ?^ We give the following extract ^ or Jul y-
THE DEATH OF CSSiB . ' J The senate heaped npon Cassar all the * !«„« - _ I they ^ possibly bestow , he was elected ° S . e «* y year and dictator-for life ; he wasTnSS superintendent of public morals and the ti thTofin ? I perator and fether of his country was liberally « tended to him . Amidst these triumphs Cesar ' s a £ I tenben was devefed to the prosperity and happiness I wt !» Roman people ; He forgot that there had I teen ; oppo 8 ite parties and was benificent alike to v OQlnendsofFompey and hisowu ¦ He laboured j w rearm every specie of abuse or . grievance ; ius
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tice ; wasadnutted without partiality , and the mean and selfish vice of nepotism ( the besetting sin of TOigand Tory governments , ) wasunknown in the departmentsof the state ; The separate rights of the difierent magistrates were defined , and his paternal care was extended to the most distant pVovmces . The » draining of the marshes in Italy-the navigation Of the Tiber—arid the embellishment of ^ . me alternately employed his canaciottsmind .- He adorned the capital with magnificent buildings , and caused Carthage and Corinth to be re-built , eBtabhshmg colonies in both cities . Above ail-not loosing sight of the sacred duty of kindness to the poor-he devoted his efforts to thereformingof those iaws which patrician rapacity had enacted for ita tice ; WM admitted without partialitv . and the , mean
own base and exclusive purposes .: In short all his aims , hid wishes , his desires , seem-to . be concentrated in behalf of the best interests of mankind . Hw glory , however , was now drawing to a closemalignity , envy , and base selfishness triumphed . Casar ' a reforming projects called forth ' patrician hatred , and the aristocratic vultures dreadine innovation , and detesting ; all improvement , formed themselves , into a conspiracy to murder-him . Brntu 3 and Cassias headed the . conspirators . Having taken his seat in the senate , on the " . ides of March , " the conspirators crowded around him ; Cimber gave the signal by laying hold of his robe , and Case * struck him the first blow—Caesar starting from his seat , with the steal of his tablet
wounded the assassin in the arm . ' The vigour arid attitude of Casar alarmed the conspirators , but closing around him , Caesar received a second stab from an unknown hand , whilst Cassius wounded him in the face . The noble Roman still defended himself with spirit and energy until he found that Brutus , upon whom he had conferred the highest favour of . friendship , was among the assassins—at such black ingratitude the heart of this' great and generous man gave way . He made no further re sistance , but exclaiming , " And thou , too , Brutus , " he folded his robe around 'him , and in dying dignity sunk down under the daggers of his murderers , his body pierced with three-and-twenty wounds . Ne event in the annals of ancient Rome has
more engaged the attention of historians than the assassination of Julius Casar . Whilst all admit the splendour of his abilities anj ^ th e disinterestedness of his character , he has by many , with singular inconsistency , " been held up as a tyrant and usurper .- These historians , influenced by prejudice , and for the most part the hirelings of aristocracy , have unscrupulously traduced the character of the renowned Roman , urging as a plea , in favour of theassassins , that Casar having abolished the liberties of his country , had rendered himself amenable to the penalty of death . The truth is , that Casar ' s love of humanity prompted him to the
glorious ambition of acquiring power in order to destroy that oppression , under . which , the Roman people had long suffered ; and because he hesitated not to abolish unequal laws , framed for the protection of the rich alone , every y ile effort has been used to throw odium upon his name . It should be remembered that the then Roman form of government , like the present iufamons Republic of France , waa one of the vilest of aristocracies . Cesar ' s virtues were well known to the citizens of Rome , and it is to be regretted that he perished before he had accomplished his humane and beneficent designs .
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ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . In the model department of this establishment , there has lately been deposited a specimen of tiie " Patent Noiseless Wheels , " manufactured by Marks and Co . THsinvention , which consists in the application of a solid band of vulcanised india rubber over the iron tyres of carriage wheels , and by these means a carriage is rendered perfectly noiseless , allowing conversation to be carried on ^ without
any more effort than is required in a quiet room , and a considerably greater amount of ease is imparted than can be attained by means of steel springs solely . The wear and tear of carriages fitted with the patent wheels is materially reduced . As they may be said to roll along upon soft cushions ,-all the jolting and shaking attendant upon , common wheels is done away with . In addition , this patent reduces the draught of carriages very materially . It may be supposed that a wheel having a soft tyre , which is compressed and somewhat flattened under the wheel , would , as it rolls onwards , require more draught , like the
COQtmon wheel passing over soft ground—the contrary , however , is the case ; and it has been proved , by experiment , that the patent wheels reduce the draught by nearly one-third . The explanation of this is , that the tyre is elastic , as Well as soft ; and although the elastic tyre is compressed in front of the wheel , it immediately expands again behind the wheel , giving back the power required to compress it . Two sets of these wheels have been ordered by the Emperor of Russia , which have been despatched to St . Petersburgb , The lectures by Dr . Bacbhoffner and Mr . Pepper continue to draw crowded audiences daily .
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THE IRISH DEMOCRATS . The usual weekly meeting took place on Sunday last at 26 , Golden-lane . Mr . Dwainein the chair . Mr . Joyce read a letter received from Mr . Bernard Fulhatn , intimating that the " Irishman " newspaper , would ic-appear in the course of a week , which was received with acclamation . Dr . O'Connor read the report of the last week ' s proceedings , which was received with applause by the members present .
Mr . NoxFlannigan proposed avote of thanks to the proprietors and editors of the 'Northern Star" and Reynold ' s Journals , as they were the true exponents of civil and reli gious liberty in England . It gave him an outline that these men were really u Sons of Freedom" by inserting the bumble proceedings of that body in their valuable journals without fee or emolument , but for the ad . vanceraent of human progress . The speaker coneluded by moving a vote of thanks to the honourable member for Nottingham , and Mr . G . W . M . Reynolds , which was seconded by Mr . Daly , and carried with , acclamation .
At this period of their proceedings some strange gentlemen came in and asked what was the object of their meeting , or was it open to strangers , which was answered in the affirmative , by the Chairman , who said he was in duty bound , to explain to them the object of their assembling together that night ; he said that they were a branch of the Irish Democratic Association of Dublin ; that their first object was to get their organ on its legs again , in order to give publicity to their proceedings ; and secondly , to do something for the land of their birth , in order to elevate it from its present degraded state . These were the objects of the meeting , and the cause of their assembling that night .
One of the gentlemen , Mr . Hughes , thanked the Chairman for the eorteous manner in which he received them . He said he bad seen an account of a body of Irishmen assembling there . He made bold to come too , as an exile from the poor old country nothing would give him more pleasure than to cooperate with his comrtrymen in any constitutional struggle ; and although the friend that , was with him that ni g ht . was not an Irishman , still be was a lover of liberty . The speaker concluded by thanking the meeting for the eorteous manner ia which they listened to him .
Dr . O'Connor proposed the following resolution ; — That we , the Irish Democrats , resident in " lioridon , view , with the utmost indignation , the conduct of the members of the House of Commons , for ( he treacherous manner in which tbey absented themselves when the People ' s Charter teas brought forward by tfae uottoutable member for Nottingham . " . Mr . Joyer could not agree , with the resolution . The resolution was carried unanimously . ' Mr . Flanagan directed the attention of the meeting to the privations of the French , Polish , German , and Hungarian refugees in ibis country , and concluded by putting down his subscription , which was followed by others . The money will be given to the proper person for distribution . A vote of thanks was gweu to the chairman , and the meeting separated .
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Iord Stanky and the Ripos Disxbict AssociaiiON . ~ This society having addressed LordStanley , ca . ling on him and the Protectionist leaders in parffinlt ^ T fa Paring Protectionist mjac RiSK ? « , application of free trade isuitsrKS Rr , other than agricultural purc ^ wtSJt ^^ *^ lied by ^ tter , that he h ^ ct bet weMff rT ? S on t ^ Principle of a «| ard to -S 3 t ° T ! chsm ' ** & * - " with WWepro ^ f ™* interest the cotton-trade , P ^ Cor ^ Sws fe ^ lMgitetion f « the repeal IS ^ ^ teSBfef *?? dutie 8 upon foreign ^ ct ^ uld ^ a ^ end that any material j frwmced by their entire removal "
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THE POrrERS ' EMlGRWION SOCIETY . TO ^ TH * EDITOR 6 » THE . NORTHERN 8 TAR . Sir ,-With your kind permission , I beg to call the attention of . your readers to a communication lately inserted in your journal , and signed « Philip and Ann Pointon . " That communicationis written by a member of the Potters' Emigration Society , and condemns ; in nomeasuredtermsj the institution to ' which he Belonged . It is to this condemnation that I wish to call the attention of your readers . TT 11 T rnTTrff "' TriiTTfiTTiTTriTT rnrrrTir
The Potters' Emigration Society . 'ori ginated in a trade combination of the operatives of these districts The folly and efficiency of permanently improving the price of potting industry by a system Of direct antagonism with employers or through the medium of strikes and turn-outs , haying been bitterly experienced by working potters , . it was agreed that a legal association should be established , based on a joint stock principle , and enrolled under the Friendly Societies' Acts , The object of this
association was the purchase of land ra the western states of the North American Union , and to remove to that land t he unemployed hands of the trade , placing Bt their command forty acres of land , at ^ the cost of £ 11 , to be paid for in the course of ten years after allocation , with implements and provision for the first year of settling , to be paid for in labour . As a firet essay in this novel mode of trades' improvement , three working men of the trade were sent out in 1844 to Wisconsin , there to select and to purchase land for the use of the society .. An es . tate of 1 , 600 acres was purchased , and named
PottersviHe . To this estate some forty families were sent , ata heavy cost to the trade , the wholeof whom , with some few exceptions , are now doing well . Un . derstand me , the whole ' . coat ofland , ' buildings , stores , and transit , was borne b y the members at home , and not by the colonists—the latter being allowed ten years to return the bare cost , without interest , to which they had placed the society . These families now owe the society some £ 60 or £ 70 each ; and instead of being " swindled" : by these ctety . arein it position to injure the body by with , holding the payment of their just and lawful debts .
The second step taken by the society was that of securing , in pre-emption ri ght , some 50 , 000 acres of land on the Fex River , "Wisconsin . This right , you will understand , can only be held by the settler , and not by the society ; and hence the fact , that the settler alone , has the power of injuring the society , and not the society of injuring the settler . This estate is called Emanci pation Ferry , and will not be in the market for purchase before the end of October next , and to which have been sent some four hundred families within the last two years , cbmpris . ing mechanics of all trades , to whom the society has been opened .
For this estate , Mr . Phili p Pointon and family embarked in March last , having been a member of the society for upwards of five yearn . In the course of that period he bad paid into the society no more than £ lls . 6 d ., and 15 s . for a Yankee axe , two beetling rings , and two wedges ; the said 158 , being the cost price of the articles enumerated . On hi * arrival , at the land he claims his axe , rings , and wedges ; and , as he states , receives them . He is next shown forty acres of , what he acknowledges to be good land , " but it is " eighteen or twenty miles from the Fort , and about twelve from the first store , and Ann would not eo . "
Your readers , sir , wilUcknowledge that on an e 8 . tate of 50 , 000 acres , Wring up some twenty . two miles of frontage on tbe banks of a river , running seven miles back , and having three stores—your readers will acknowledge that the last settlers can * not all be placed arouud the . / fr ^ store . Mr . Pointon does complain , and very unjustly too . To the truth of our stores being imperfectl y stocked , we sorrowfully subscribe . But this proves no designed wrong in the managers of the society , nor impracticability in tbe plans of the institution It simply proves that our funds have been limited . We have now , until spring next , stopped all further settlement ; and are applying the whole receipts of the society to remedy the evil complained of .
But this is not swindling . " It is rather the generous confidence of working men , supplying the wants of others of their fellows five thousand miles away . If there he any semblance of injustice , it lies on the part of Mr . Poinion . As a potter , he derived advantages from the removal of the surplus labour of his trade ; as an emigrant , leaving his country under the society ' s auspices , he hid paastges secured for bimself , wife , and six children at 10 s . a head less than other passengers paid ; and , as a shareholder in the movement , has been guided to what he terms " afine situation on the banks
of the Baraboo river . ' ... Indeed , " he says , "I tell you the trnth when I say it is the prettiest place we have seen since Wo came to ' America . " And yet this man , paying £ 1 Is . 6 d . and nothing for management in the course of five years , and into a trades'fund , too , dares to talk of swindling ! I leave , air , you and your readers to judge impartially of the justice of his complaint , subscribing myself Your very obedient servant , Wiiaiam Evans , General Agent . Shelton , Staffordshire Potteries , July 1 st , 1850 .
P . S . —I forgot to state that the share , or tbe £ lls . 6 tl . stock held by Mr . Pointon , can be sold by him ; and that there are numbers in the society who would willingly purchase the same . As a counter statement to that of Mr . Pointon ' s , be so kind as to insert the following : — " Pottersville , December 2 nd , 1849 , "Dear Mother and sisters , —I take ' the present opportunity to write a few lines to you , hoping it will find you all in the enjoyment of good health , as it leaves us at present . I have the . pleasure to tell you that John received your letter last Sunday , and we were glad to bear you were in good health , You deBired me to write and send you all the par !
ticulars of what we have got . We have got ninetysix acres of land , which lies on the south side of a hill , and on the south end of it there are twelve acres of meadow laud , from which I cut my bay , all the rest is good plougbable land ; so you see that I have eighty-four acres that I can plough . My crops during the last summer were ten acres of . wheat and two acres of oats ; I cannot tell yon the quantity of bushels yielded , for I have only threshed thirty out for seed . I had also ha \ f an acre of potatoes , which brought me seventyfive bushels , all sound , We had a first-rate lot of garden vegetables ' ; they were all from Laughton ' s seed . When I left England I brought with roe about thirty
shalots , and planted them when I first arrived on theland , and this year I have raiBed six bushels of them ; they grow a great deal larger here . I have now got twenty acres under cultivation ; I have put fifteen acres of wheat in this fall , and it is looking very well . We have one yoke of cattle , one cow and a heifer , four pigs ,, and thirty chickens ; a waggon , ashdaad cradle , used for , cutting wheat in this country ; besides a fanning mill , rakes and hay forks , a plough and harrows . I have a good log building ; it is twenty feet in length by fifteen feet in width , with twowindowj in . front , and a chimney at one end built with stone , and a cooking stove at the other . We have a sofa and two tables , a cupboard and a large rocking chair ; in fact we have all useful things . We have a good
cellar , fifteen feet by ten feet , and a granary and two log stables / I shall have the most of my land fenced in this winter . Please to send us wotd whether Mr . King called on you , as we asked him to call and tell you a few particulars ; he is one of oar neighbours , and started from here with Mr . Twigg . Be so kind as to remember me to Henry and George Lawton , and ask Henry : to send me a few gooseberry and black currant trees , and a few strawberry roots , small ones from the slips ; pack them in a smapbox , with light mould or moss , and please to sen ! them by William Johnson , who iB now in Hanley . , We are very much obli ged to father for his presents of the capes for the children ; they are very much pleased with them ; tell Rachael that I think much of the neckerchief that she knit me . We have
had two bee-trees , one last year and another this , on our own land ; we had a hundred weight of honey out of them . I was very sorry to hear that grandfather had heard some unpleasant accounts of us having some money ; at the same time I feel some disappointment at John not getting the money ; but if grandfather waa here and could see the farm , be would let him have the cash . . There are thirty dollars paid on U , and the other payment , sixtyfive dollars ( about £ 14 ) , is to be made on the 15 th of June ; if the money is not paid at that time , the
land is lost , and the first payment as well . He has four acres of wheat © a it , also two thousand rails , which is sufficient to fence ten acres ; the land is in my name . If John misses this chance he will not get another , for land is increasing in value very rapidly . My farm is worth a thousand dollars now . Tell grandfather that he has no cause to put himself about , for in two years from now , all the money owing will be paid back . Tbe price of land is a mere nothing compared to what it takes to get it into good cultivation . You wish to know whether George was at home wbeu sick ; he was : he is now
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qwte well , and is working at Portage , he comes home sometimes ; Please ^ give : "W loveVto all our relations and old , neighbours and accept the same yourselves ; so ii ' o more at presenttrom yonr affectionateifion and daughter , ' James and Martha HAMMOND . " '
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; TO THE MINERS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM . TO THE EDITOR Of THE NORTHERN STAR , BiRi—A deputation , froa » the Miners' Association are at present in London ; and we beg , through the medium of your . yaluable paper , to draw the atteut . on of the mining body tb . thedangerthere is of losing the bill so recently introduced before the Legislature , and an abstract , of which appeared in your last week ' s journal . Yes , the colliery owners have opposed the bill , and are threatening its deiJfi ? ; . as 53 evidenced by the motion of the Earl of LonBdale and the Marquis of Londonderry , who moved the third reading of the bill that day three months ; *
Here then we have a long , tediouB , ana expensive inquiry made mtothe cause of these dreadful events , winch carry off so many lives , and render miserable so many widows and orphan children , and which commission of inquiry , with every : other official inspection that has been made for . the . last four or five years , and more , all going to establish the neceasity of inspection of mine ' s , and detailing the amount of negligence of the managers and agents of themnne , - together witti tbe " rium ' erouily signed petitions of the miners themselves ; and when the government hate introduced a short bill , just to gently "touch the enormous evil ; two noble
proprietereof collieries set themselves in ' opposition thereto , and coolly move " that the bill be read that day three months . " What a state of things to con . template ; two individuals , arid interested ones too , have influence and power to overthrow the ' work of thousands of persons , and on which the government thetaselves expendeda vast sum of money ; all of which labour and anxious thought of the people , ' and the inquiries or the government are threatened with destruction by the efforts of these two noble lords , who are thus empowered to exonerate themselves from the responsibilities consequent upon the want of inspection . ¦• ¦¦ ,- .
Should not reason and common sense have dictated to the noble Earl of Carlisle arid the govern : ment , that the objections thus rahed should ' have determined them the more to persevere with the bill , seeing that the cause of such opposition arose , without doubt , from a fear of the inspection ? Hence a sure criterion of its utility . Yet , instead of this , we find that attention is given to the objections , and the bill altered-or , 'as they term it , amended
tosuit the whim and caprice of such interested parties . Tbe deputation have taken the earliest opportunity of waiting upon the Earl of Carlisle to remonstrate with him on the matter , but whether he will attend to the recommendation of the deputation , or not , remains to be seen . The noble Earl did not offer any serious objection to reinstate the original matter in the bill , but as it will again be brought before the Home on Thursday night , a short time will try it . . ¦
The deputation have determined to ' appeal to the miners throughout Great Britain to summon courage to battle this question with ' the ¦ capitalists ' ; to afford , by their contributions to the deputation / the means of watching the further progress of the bill , so as to ensure , to the utmost extent possible , an efficient measure ; and if those means are not'forthcoming then , the miners can only blame themselves for all the calamities of this nature which may hereafter befal them . We trust they will see it to be their duty to help forward this cause of humanity .
Any correspondence may be addressed to Mr . D . Swallow , No . 2 , Nortbumberland . court , 'Charingcross ; or to M . Jude , British Coffee-house , Agar-Btreet , Strand , London . Yourg on behalf of the deputation , . <; ' .. M . Jude . At a Delegate Meeting held at Mr . Thomas Greener ' s , Cock Inn , Newcastle , on Saturday , 13 th day of July , 1850 , the . following resolutions were read to the meeting , and adopted and signed by the delegates present , ' and forwarded to the Earl of Carlisle . : by the minerB * deputation .
1 st— " That the Bill now before the Legislature , intitutled , An Act for' the Inspection of Goal Mines , although not so comprehensive as desirable is nevertheless well calculated to ensure a consu derable diminution of the serious and fatal accidents which occur so frequentl y in the coal mines of this country . " 2 nd . — "That the opposition , recently made thereto in the House of Lords , is untenable and
opposed to all official recommendation and our own experience , . and therefore ^ ought not to be entertained nor attended . to , inasmuch as the effects of such supervision will be harmless upon those colliery proprietors who give proper attention to the well-being and safety of their workmen , and need only be dreaded b y those who neglect ( as officially declared many , do ) the requisite means to ensure such safety and freedom from accidents . "
3 rd . — " That as coal miners who are regularl y employed in procuring this necessary of life , amidat numerous and unforeseen dangers , ' we earnestly solicit your lordships to preserve the provisions of the Bill , as ori ginally proposed , it being our opinion that the suggested alterations ' made by a noble Peer , on the third reading of the Bill , would destroy the efficiency thereof , and thus expose to continued dangers the lives and health of the miners . " 4 th— " That a petition , founded on the above , be also signed by the miners and their friends , and forwarded with all due despatch to both Houses of Parliament . "
5 th . — « Tbat the petition just read , be printed , and copies taken to each colliery with sheets for signatures , and that the same be signed as quickly as possible , and returned , post paid , to Thomas Weatherly , Sign of the Cock , Head of the Side , Newcastle-on-Tyne . *' ' - *»• ^ jp"
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Discovert of Frescoes in SiKDHAM CnBHOH , Sussex .--The workmen at present engaged in pulling down this venerable church prior to the . erection of a new one , have discovered some ; boautiful frescoes , and which are now laid open . ' Thd subjects are admirably exeouted , and ocoupy the ' entire north wall of the nave of tho ohurch . One of them represents the Virgin Mary , with Christ by , her side , his hands and feet pierced , and supplicants , imploring the Tirgin to , intercede . for them , An . other , St . Christopher carrying Christ over the
Hivcr Jordan . The figure of St . Christopher is very large , re . ioh . ing almost from the base to the top of the . wall ,. and the colouring of his dresa and . shield are in good preservation . Another is 8 up « posed to bo tho Day of Judgment . The Rev . W . D . Willis , of Elstead Rectory , hb well as several other members of the Arctiieologioal , Society , ' have inspected the frescoes . As soveral sketohos have been taken of tlieso frescoes , wo are not without hope thiit , eventuall y tho publio may bo presented with a Bight of thoir fac-similes . — Surrey Standard .
SWEAMNG IN THE NEW LOUD CnANCEUOB . —Tho Queen hold a privy council on Monday , when her Majesty was pleased to deliver the Great Seal to the Right Hon ; Sir Thomas' Wildo , whereupon the oaths . of Iiovd Hi gh Counsellor of Great Britain was by the Queen ' s command administered to him , and the Lord Chancellor ; took his place at the board accordingly .
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A pbrion reading a paragraph in the . paperfl , that a a rge p iece of land was washed away by . an inundation , but that the account was not fully confirmed , was cut' short , by' a ' gentleman , ' whb observed , " That ; if it wa a even true , there was ho ground for the report . ' - Brandy v . Water . —Water is composed of certain gases ; one " of them quite explosive . The other evening , when a lecturer on chemistry was deobmposing water , and oausing terrifio explosions of its component gases , a rather free-liver in the audience exclaimed , as ho held his hands to bis ear . " Catch M !™ * * & ?¦ % : ^ -K y » fter fl » s--I might be blown up , hke the boiler of a steamboat !" A f woiabist REPBOVED .-A young , author obtainedperm , ss . on from the celebrated liron to read him
a tragedy , ; whioh was about to be pfoduoed At everv passage which betrayed plagiarism Piron took off his hat and bowed so frequently , thatthe author curious to ascertain the cause , asked him ' what wob the matter . "Oh ! '' Baid Piron , "it is merely a habit I have of saluting old acquaintances . " Chdroh SITTINGS . —At the visitation at Hertford last week , the archdeaoon said , it could not be too extensivel y known that if there was ' a vacant seaiin a ohurch , and any parishioner was unaccommodated , he mi ght complain to the' church wardens ; who could not refuse to place him in it . i Except in the case of s . faculty , which waa extremely rare , no man could olaim a pew as his own . He might have paid for its erection , but' that gave Kim no right over any more seats in it than his family actually occupied .
A Lot for the Antiquart . —The original charter of the lands of PowmpdB , in the year 1057 , was lately discovered by accident ' in an old chest . It runs as follows : — " I Malcolm Kanmore the King the flrse of my rein given to the Barren Hunter uper and . nether Lands of Powmode with all the Bounds within flood with the Hoop and Hooptown and all the Bounds up and down above ' the hearth to Heaven and all below the earth to hell as free to thee and thine as over God gave to me and mine—, And that for a Bow and a Broad arrow '' When I eeme to hunt \ ip 6 ri Yarrow And for the mair faith I bite the white wax with my teeth before Margra and Mall my nurse . "Malcolm Eanmokb , King . " Sic tuheribitur . " Mabqbat , Witness . " Mall , Witness . "
A PoBM , ; by Eobert Burns ,.. never before published , has just been discovered . Mr . R . Chambers pronouncea it genuine . The Scottish Press says : — " It is intended , we hear , to print it in the new edition of Burns' works , at present in the course of preparation by the Messrs . Chambers . " Tiib U , S . Marshal for the Eastern District of Louisiana , advertised to sell at public sale in New Orleans , on the 20 th uU ., / o « r hundred and ninetythrit ilava , of both sexes and all ages , from infanta to old age , Among tho number was one old man called Sampson , aged 111 years . Why is "Old Neptune * ' getting into dissipated habits ?—Because ho 'is carrying more" steam " than usual .
When bo your teeth usurp the functions of the toneue ?—When they are chattering . THE lASTOaee of modesty is that of a lady who discarded her lover , a sea captain , beoause he said he had '• ' hugged the shore . " " Of what fruit is cider made ? ' !— "Don't know , air , " " What a stupid boy ' . "What did you get when you robbeU Widow Coffin ' s orchard ?"— "I got a licking , sir . " The editor of a down east paper—a bachelorsays , " The reason why the women do not CUt themselves m two by tight lacing is , because they lace around the heart , and that is so hard they cannot effect it . " '
" Tom , ' said a colonel to one of his men , " how can so good and brave a soldier as you get drunk so often ?"— •• Colonel , " replied he , "how can you expect all the virtue 3 that adorn the human character for sixpence a day ? " — Something in that ' . . . . Two servant girls , who had been to see tbe trains on ;• a recentlyj ^ pened railway , were comparing notes ; one said , "I thought I could run pretty fast , but they'd beat me—they'd run a mile a minute . " " Oh" said the other"that ' s nothing
, , , the telegraph goes a deal farter than that ; if I was a lady I'd always go by telegraph . ' ' Mb . Dick Sombre has printed in Paris , and circulated in London , a pamphlet of five hundred and ninety octavo pages—to prove hisperfect sanity . We quote the following sad announcement from the Era ,: — " Dr . Buckland , the Dean of Westminster—the eloquent' and the learned . writer of the remarkable Bridgewater Treatise—is bereft of reason , and is sow an inmate of an asylum near Oxford . "
It has been determined to establish a Presbyterian college in Derry , in connexion with the General Assembly of Ulster , for which a lady , named Magee , has bequeathed £ 20 , 000 . The Londonderry Journal states that the Irish Society of London are to grant ten or twelve acres of land for the site of the college . ¦ " Will you dine with me to-morrow , Mn — - ?" asked on Irishman to another . " Faith , and I will , with all my heart . " "Remember , " ' tis only a family dinner . I ' m askin' you to . ' " And what for not ; a family dinner is a mighty pleasant thing . What have you got ? " " Och , nothir-g uncommon ; an elegant piece of corn beef and potatoes . " " By the powers , that beats the world ! jist my dinner to a hair-i . barring the beef . " '
, Cbiiicismop Sbbmons . —Talking the other day with a sonof Gael , who had newly come from his "mountains wild , " we inquired what sort of preacher was tho minister of a parish in the North , whom we had known in our younger years . " Oh , " said Donald , with a shrug . of the shoulder , "he pleases some folk weel eneuch , and I ken he thinks he does real weel himsel '; but 1 ken he doesna please me . He haB nae birr about him , air ; it comes awa frae him easily eneuch , and it ' s maybe , too , of . gude eneuch stuff ; but yet it comesna in , the way that maist o' us would like it . Wedinria care muckle for a man , that throws aff his matter as if it . were silk ribbons , he was spinnin '; wo would . like it better did it come aff like the rows frae an auld wife ' s humming wheel ! He doesna gie s a Bcreed liko yer auld freend Mr . Lathordesk Ahv sir , he was the man to ding the stour frae the
book-board ! " " All true , " we said ; " but yet we have heard tbat your present minister is a superior man to our old cronie , Mr . L . Wo are told he is , both a better scholar , a deeper divine , a more ornate preacher—in fact , a person much superior in every respect but one—he does not roar so loudly . *' "Roar , sir ; that ' s a' the difference in the world , Sir . It may do weel eneuch wi' you and ither college-bred folk to hear fine-spum SGr . mons , and listened to polished flights of what ye ca ' classic eloquence ; but . this will not do wi' a real Highlander , sir . Na , na , sir , we maun hae something mair than this , sir ; we maun hae a man that can speak out , sir—a man that can fecht in the poopit , air-amahthat canflytei sir-a ' man that can shake his meve at ye , sir-a man , sir , that can ca ye names , sir—in fact , air , a man that can fncht ye v —Ayr Observer .
A ORAVETARp AND IT 8 CONTENTS . There lio levellers levell'd , duns done up of themselves , . There are booksellers finall y laid on their shelves Horizontally there lie upright politicians , Dose-a-dose with their , patients sleep faultless phy-; sicianB ; There are slave drivers quietly whipt under ground , There bookbindera , done up in hoards , are faBt bound , There the babe that ' s unborn is supplied with a ( berth , . . There men without legs get their six feet of earth There lawyers repose , each wrapt up in his case There seekers of office are sure of a place , There defendant and plaintiff are equally cast , There shoemakers quietly stick to their last , There brokers at length become Bilent as stocks , There stage-drivers sleep without quitting ' their
w , . - , Mazer ' s Magazine . Heahlt 150 tons of steel are employed annually lE ^ n I steel P ens Producing upwards of 250 , 000 , 000 pens . . The Area of Hyde-park is 387 acres ; Kensing . ton-gardens , 290 ; Regent ' s park , 403 ; St James ' spark , 83 ; Green-park , 71 ; Victoria-park , 160 ; Greenwich-park , 174 . At the rate of two persons only to each aore , Europe and Amcrioa alone contain land enough to support more than four hundred times their present population with an abundant suppl y of food . Add to these Asia and Africa , and the . islands of the Pacific ooean , and how many times must the population of the earth be multiplied before the earth will be " replenished . At Rennison ' s baths , Bristol , a celebrated diver , last week , jumped from an elevation of eighty feet , with a pair of boots in his hands , which , before rising to the flurfaco of tho water he had pulled on to his feet .
Female Editors . —There are six papers in the United States under the editorial charge of ladies . They are—tho Pittsburgh , Visitor , Mrs . Swisshelm ; the Windham County Democrat , ( Vt ., ) Mrs . C . J . II . Nioholas ; the Lily ( Seneoa Falls , ) Mrs . Bloomer ; the Lancatter Gazette , ^ ( Pa ., ) Mrs . Pearson ; the Yazoo Whig , Mvs . Horn ; tho Mountain Bough , Mrs . Prewett . —Am York Olsemr . A New Tbade . —To the number of ingenious devices whereby some of the inhabitants or London obtain a livelihood , another has just been added . Some speculative individuals , taking advantaco of the newl y invented knifo-cleaning maohino , have established a travelling workshop , with which , after tho mariner of the tinkers and chair-mendera , they moyoaboutfrom house to house , and clean knives at Id . per dozen . The sebno of operations is ' constrnofed in the shape of an immense square ohost , like the advertising vans , and in it ar « two or three of the knife-cleaning machines , with a man to work
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~ THE MINERS' APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC . Friends and Fellow-countrymen ; — As the alarming sacrifice of , human life in tho coal mines ofthis country , is fearfully , on the increase , there being in the year 1847 , and twofollovring years , not less than two thousand four hundred lives lost by explosion and other casualties , which are in very many cases quietly passed over by the Coroners ' courts as " Visitations of God , ' . ' &o .
This wholesale slaughter of their fathers , sons , and brethren , have induced the miners to petition the Legislature for Governmental Inspection of Mines , so that their health , lives , and limbs , may be more protected than at present ; yet , they regret to say , incredible as'it may appear , that there are parties who are using all their influence to render futile . the intentions of such petitions . They therefore call on their humane and benevO ' lent countrymen to assist them in a pecuniary way , that they may be enabled to send a proper
deputation to London , to impress upon the legislature tho necessity of giving them an efficient measure of relief ,. &c . They respectfully announce that Mark Thornton and Muokelroy are duly authorised to receive subscri ptions to the Yentilation Fund , which will be thankfully received . . . . . . ... i By order of the Delegate Meeting of June 20 th , Tnos . Wbatherly , Secretary . M . Jude , Treasurer , Subscriptions , in small sums amounting to £ 1 9 s . 8 rt . have been received by George Muckelroy , of Washington Colliery , besides £ 1 received from Spring ^ vell Colliery .
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THE NATIONAL INSTRUCTOR . Part n . London : J . Pavey , Holywell-street . TJxder the guidance of its able editor this publication is , week by week , advancing in interest , and the importance of its contents . 3 Fhis part contains admirable articles on " Competition , " "Pauperism , " "Labour , " " Socialism , " &c ., &e . Mr . O'Connor continues the narrative of his Life and Adventures , which must be read to be appreciated . "A-Biography of Joseph Mazsrini , " a confinuation of the story of " The Secret , '' and other articles , will repay perusal We will take for extract a brief notice of the celebrated
BOBESCTEBBE . When the States-General met at "Versailles in 2789 ; Maximilian Robespierre , a deputy of tbe tiersetat , was an advocate at Arras , where his inflexible integrity and love of justice bad already procured lim the appellation of "the incorruptible . " He nad then obtained no political eminence , and in the Rational Assembly he was thought little Of ; he Stood alone there as completely by his integrity , his austere morals , and his devotion to the interests of the people , as the more brilliant but less virtuous Sfirabeau did by his eloquence , his genius , and his audacity . But Robespierre was the representative
of a great principle , and the Democracy of France was not slow to discern his worth . Lamartine says , that he alone comprehended the revolution when it first lowered upon the horizon ; and that while the Constitutionalists and Girondists were contending for place and power , the idea of ths amelioration of the condition of the proletarians was germinatingin ihe bosom of the obscure advocate of Arras . Buouarotti says , that Robespierre ' s idea of the revolution was , that it ought to change entirely the mate rial and moral condition of the labouring classes . Bis domestic life presented a praiseworthy example of probity , virtue , and simplicity ; he lodged at a cabinet maker ' s ; and though he might have amassed wealth , as Danton and others of the revolutionists did , his personal effects were valued at bis death at
little more than £ 5 . In the Rational Assembly he proposed the abolition of the punishment of death , tut then , as in 1848 , the humane wishes of the democrats were overruled by the votes of the party of " peace , law , and order . " The guillotine at a later day must be considered as an instrument of war rather than as an engine of judicial punishment . Supported by the most advanced minds among his party , he gave freedom to the negroes of Hayti—he put an end to the practice of burying the dead in towns , and called into existence the beautiful cemeteries around Paris—and he banished from the capital all those who sold obscene prints and books , as Caussidiera did in 1848 . Is it wonderful , then , that tbe proletarians of France should cherish and revere the memory of this man ?
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 20, 1850, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1583/page/3/
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