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    TOml ?!?* DISQUALIFICATIONS , GENEEATIVB INCAPACITY , AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARItlAGB . A new ana improved Edition , enlarged to 198 pages , prica fnpTs / ag / gffi pf tCt&Om ^ Sstabliahmfnt , 88 . 6 d . T ^ - ? J N T F R IE N D ; nToav » f th » q « L ° ° ? Eri" «» tlon and Physical Decaj of the System , produced by Excessive Indalgence , the consequence * of Infection , « rthe abuaeofMefcmy ! withexphct Directtons for the use of " he Prevent Lotionfollowed

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    CURES FOll THE UNCU 11 ED ! : HO L L O WAY'S O IN T M E N T . An Extraordinary Cure of Scrofula , orlunj ' a \ Evil , Extract of a letter from Mr . J . II . AHiday , 203 High-street , Cheltenham , dated January 23 l \ d , 1 S 50 . Sik , —My eldest sou . when about three years of age , was afflicted with a glandular swelling in tho nciik , which after a short time brukeout into sin ulcer . An ' eminent medical man pronounced it as a very liail case ( it * scrofula , and prescribed for a considerable time without effect . Tho disease then for yenrs went oa gradually incrensing in virulence , when besides the ulcer in the neck , another formed below the loft knee , and a third under thu tyc , besides seven others on the left arm , with a tutn

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    OH ! THE WEARY AGES . Oh , the wearv ages . That have rolled away in wrong ; The martyrdom of sages . The triumphs of the strong . Oh , the cruel furrows , , . Pleughed deep on labour s brow , By toils , and cares , and sorrows , From earliest time till now . Ever the Blow anguish , . Of the lowly hearts that bleed In secret—souls that languish Under force , and fraud , and greed . Like a night wind , moaning Through a field of graves , Comes the unpitied groaning Of that universe of slaves , . AH our hopes are shrouded In that gloomy , gory past ; Our faith is darkly clouded , And our spirit amfceth fast . But from the East , before 113 , We feel the morning wind ; It stirs the black clouds o ' er us"We ' ll leave the past behind . Through the shades of sorrow Love ' s lamp shall light our way ; "We ' ll greet the coming morrow Of freedom's dawning day . A prophet-lark sings o ' er us ; List , brethren , to its voice J Join in its holy chorus—Let the old earth rejoice . The Lever .

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    Robert Owen ' s Journal . Part I . J . Clayion and Son , Strand j and "Watson , Queen ' s Head-passage , Pateraoster-rovr . The venerable patriarch of Socialism in his new Journal , exhibits his wonted philanthropy , hopefulness , enthusiasm , and consistency . He proposes through its medium to explain' 'the means to well-place , well-employ , and well educate the population of the world . " Those "who are familiar with the previous ¦ writings of Mr . Owen , will see little that is novel in his journal , those who are not so , ¦

    will find the leading principles and objects of his system stated with force and perspicuity . As usual Mr , Owen reproduces and insists emphatically on the fundamental importance of the great principle he has so long expounded , relative to the formation of the Tinman character . This is the cardinal principle of his new Science of Society , and upon its truth , or falsehood rests the whole of the elaborate system he propounds to the world . It is essential , therefore , to a right comprehension of Owenian Socialism , that the student should master this primary principle .

    Mr , Owen , however , shows that he is notas most people who have not read his works fancy him—a mere abstract theorist or dreamy metaphysician . The interesting account of what he did at New Lanark , proves , that , to his conclusions right or wrong , they were deduced from a larger , more Taried , and more practical experience than it has fallen to the lot of most men to he favoured with , and to all who test theories by their practical results , Mr . Owen ' s must commend itself as being based on the only true and sound method of reasoning—that of induction . It rests on facts , not assumptions .

    As a sample of the eminently practical nature of Mr . Owen's mind , we take a few extracts from the article entitled " The Practical Arrangements requisite to be united with Spade Cultivation . " Thirty years ago he explained his views in a Report to the County of Lanark , and they are even more applicable and pertinent at the present day , than iheywere when he first presented them . He says : — The evil for which your Reporter has been required to provide a remedy , is the general want of employment , at wages sufficient to support the family " of a working man beneficially for the community .

    After the most earnest consideration of the subject , he has been compelled to conclnde , that such employment cannot be procured through the medium of trade , commerce , or manufactures , or even of agriculture , until the government and the legislature , cordially supported by the country , shall previously adopt measures to remove obstacles , which , without such interference , will now permanently keep the working classes in poverty and discontent , and gradually deteriorate all the resources of the empire . The following considerations , deduced from the iiret and most obvious principles of the science of political economy , have convinced your Reporter , that some formidable artificial obstacle intervenes io obstruct the natural improvement and progress of society .

    1 st , That manual labour , properly directed , is the source of all wealth , and of national prosperity . 2 nd , That vrhen properly directed , labour is of far more value to the community than the expense necessary to maintain the labourer in considerable comfort . 3 rd , That manual labour , properly directed , may le made to continue of this value in all parts of the ?; orid , under any supposable increase of its population , for many centuries to come . ith , That under a proper direction of manual labour , Great Britain and its dependencies may be made to support an incalculable increase of population , most advantageously for all its inhabitants .

    Dili , That , when manual labour sfeali be so directed , it vHl be found that population cannot , for many years , he stimulated to advance , as rapidly as society might he uenefiited by its increase . After showing the immense increase of productive power placed atonr disposal by modern science , and the mischief that results from the misapplication of these means , Mr . Owen proceeds : — Measures are required , wliicli will permit the labouring unoccupied poor to be employed to raise their own subsistence , and as largea surplus forthe infant , the aged , and the incapacitated poor , 3 s their labour can be made to yield ; the labourer to receive an equitable reniuneration for the surplus Le raav create .

    The leading principle which should direct us Jn the outline of these necessary arrangements , arsd from which there should be no deviation in any of their jiarts , is the public good , or the general interest of the whole population . To this end , the following considerations must be combined . 1 ft , Where , in general , can the labourers be best placed for spade cultivation ? 2 nd , What is the quantity of land which It maybe the most advantageous to cultiraie , in cumvlo , by tba spade ? 3 rd . What number of workmen can be most oene f ? ci .- « 31 y employed together , with a view to all the objects of their labour ?

    4 th Wliat are the best arrangements under which these ' men and their families can be well and economically lodged , fed , clothed , trained , educated , cm-P roved , and governed ? . . 5 th . What is the best mode of disposing of the surplus produce to be thus created by their labour ? ( Mi , What are the means best calculated to ren-« er the conduct and industry of these workmen beneficial to their neighbours , to their country , and to foreign nations ? = . , These are somo of the leading objects wnicu aaiurally arise for our consideration , in forming arrangements for the introduction of the spade , as a substitute for the plough cultivation . in

    The first object of the political economist , forming these arrangements , must be , to consider -well under what limitation of numbers , individuals should be associated to form the first nucleus or division of society . All his future proceedings will be materially infuenced by the decision of this point , which is one of t ! te most difficult problems in the science of political economy . It will affact essentially the future character of individuals , and influence the general proceedings of mankind . It is in fact the corner-stone of the whole fabric of human society . Tie consequences , immediate and remote , which depend upon it , are su numerous and important , that to do justice to this part of the arrangement alone , would require a wor& of many volumes .

    To form auy thing resembling a rational opinion on tins subject , the mind must steadily survey the various effects which have arisen from the associatioas wbich accident has hitherto combined in the history of the human species ; aad it should have a distinct idea of the results which other associations are capable of producing . Your Reporter , thus impressed uith the magnitude and importance of the subject , after many years of deep and anxious reflection , and viewing i with reference to an improved spade cultivation , and to all the purposes of society , ventures to recommend the' formation of such arrangements as will unite about 3 § 0 men , women , and children , in

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    their natural proportions , as the minimum , and about 2 , 000 as the maximum , Iot the future associations of the cultivators of the ' soil , who will be employed also in such additional occupations as may be advantageously annexed to it . In coming to this conclusion , your Reporter never lost sight of that only sure guide to the political economist , the principle—that it is the interest of all men , whatever mayhe their present artificial station in society , ihatthere should , be the largest amount of intrinsically valuable produce created , at the least expense of labour , and in away themsstadvantageous to the producers and to society . Whatever fanciful notions may govern the mere closet theorist , who so often leads the public mind astray'froni its true course , the practical economist will never come to any one conclusion that is inconsistent with the foregoing fundamental principle of his science ; well knowing that where there is inconsistency , there must be error . + lll » ir natural UrOBOrtlOlIS as tlln ™ ,, » ,.. ¦ . „ ... _ „„ , »

    It is with , reference to this principle , that the minimum and maximum ab 6 Ve stated , ( viz . 300 and 2 , 000 ) have been fixed upon , as will be more particularly developed under the subsequent heads . Within this range , more advantages can be given to the individuals , and to society , than by the association of any lesser or greater number . But from S 00 to 1 , 200 , will be found the most desirable number to form into agricultural villages ; and , unless some very strong local causes interfere , the permanent arrangements should be adapted to the complete accommodation of thai amount of population only . Tillages of this extent , in the neighbourhood of others of a similar description , at due distances , will be found capable of combining within themselves all the advantages that city and country residences now afford , without any of the numerous inconveniences and evils , which necessarily attach totboth those modes of society .

    But a very erroneous opinion will be formed of the proposed arrangements , and of the social advantages which they will exhibit , if it should be imagined from what has been said , that they will in any respect resemble any of the present agricultural villages of Europe , or the associated communities in America , except in so far as the latter inay be founded on the principle of united labour , expenditure , and property , and equal privileges . The earnestness , devotedness , and all

    embracing charity and benevolence which have distinguished the protracted and noble public life and labours of Robert Owen , will , we are certain , ensure for him the heartfelt respect and esteem of all who honour humanity in its highest manifestations . Those who desire to learn what Socialism is , as taught and advocated by him , will find it in his Journal , which we cordially commend to public support , as containing inueh valuaMe and most important matter in a small compass .

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    mp The Christian Socialist . jSTos . 1 , 2 , and 3 . J . Watson , London . The new party—whose tracts nre recently noticed in this department of the " Star "—have taken another step in advance , by issuing tbis weeHy and authorised organ of its principles and objects . The fact of itself implies progress and organisation , and the admirable spirit in which the new periodical is written , promises to win fresh accessions of strength to thoiien' mnvflmflnt .

    "We have alread y alluded to it as one of the most hopeful of the day . Progress and Christianity have been too loug tacitly set down as alien to each other . Infidelity in some shape has been assumed and asserted to lie at the basis of every attempt to win for the toiling masses any large and liberal measures of political and social amelioration . Tens of thousands of honest and benevolent men have thus been induced to close their ears to the advocates of these measures , and have lived in ignorance of the real sentiments and objects of those who proposed them , when in reality , their hearts and sympathies were directed towards the same ends . It is not to

    be wondered at , that persons who live under a deep and habitual sense of the awfully preponderating importance of spiritual , compared with temporal interests , should shrink from aiding those who seek to promote the latter , if b y so doing they necessarily expose themselves to come in contact with parties who scoff at their most cherished and most Eacred feelings and associations . Hence such persons have heretofore been lost to the popular cause for all radical and substantial purposes , and

    yet they are , by constitution and habit , peculiarly fitted to promote its success . They are accustomed to pay deference to authority , to act in organised bodies for a common object , to work more than talk , when once they understand the kind of work they have to do ; and it is precisely these qualities that are required , to enable the popular cause to make head against similar qualities and agencies at the controul and disposal of those who now rule over us , for their benefit , not ours .

    Whatever , therefore , may be the ultimate result of some of the plans of the "Christian Socialists , * ' —whether their co-operative workshops and stores may realise their benevolent wishes and anticiparions or not—they must effect an immediate benefit , by appealing to this large class of our fellow countrymen , and by showing them that Socialism , instead of being incompatible with , is in fact the positive and practical embodiment of Christianity for this age . The idea is by no means a new one ;

    but it comes from a new quarter . What might have been listened to with a pardonable scepticism , when put forward by those who professed to belong to no Christian communion , and who merely deduced the assertion as a logical inference from certain texts in the Scriptures , must command grave and earnest attention , when enunciated by clergymen occupying distinguished positions in the Church , for the vast extent of their learning , the blameless nature of their lives , and their unassuming , but genuine philanthropy .

    The opening article of the first number"The New Idea' '—vigorously and frunkly expounds the basal propositions on which the Christian Socialists take their stand . It asserts that Socialism , without those moral grounds of self-sacrifice , mutual affection , and common brotherhood which Christianity "vindicates to itself for an everlasting heritage—is as lifeless as the feathers without the bird , however skilfully the staffer may dress them up into an artificial semblance of life . On the other hand , Christianity , ' when divorced from Socialism , when cramped up ¦ within the four walls of its churches or

    chapels , and forbidden to go forth into the wide world , conquering and to conquer , to assert God ' s rightful dominion over every process of trade and iudustry , over every act of our common life , and to embody in due forms of organisation every deepest truth of that faith committed to its charge , " becomes chilly and helpless . They say that Christ ' s gospel "is wholly incompatible with a political economy which proclaims self-interest to be the very pivot of social action , " and that a . system of Profit , which has adopted for its maxim "buy cheap and sell dear , " cannot cohere with a gospei which commands , " Thou gbalt love th y neighbour as thyself / ' " And , finally , they

    conclude—That if Christ's gospel be true , theu it is compatible witli those theories or systems which , however mistaken in their means , yet have for common object to bind up into fellowship , and not to divide by selfishness and rivalry ; to substitute fair prices and living wages for a false cheapness and starvation its child . And they have adopted for their watch-w ords " Association" and . " Exchange , instead of " Competition " and 'Profit . The Council of " the Society for Promoting Working Men ' s Associations" have , therefore , undertaken to diffiise the p rinciples ofco-operatien ' as the practical app lication ot Christianity to the purposes of trade and industry . ' » But they use the term Christianity in no sectarian sense , as will bo seen by what follows : —

    Do not let us be misunderstood . The members of those associations , nor even the writers of this paper , are required to make in words a prolession of Christianity . The men who , claiming for themselves as their dearest privilege the title of Christians , " have yet , on the common ground of cooperative principles , of Socialism in a word , gladly accepted the fellowship of those for whom that title may have seemed hitherto but an insult or a mockery , these men have done eo with their eyes ; open . Taey have done bo , we repeat it , because theymain-

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    The Lever : Social and Political . Part 1 . James O'Neil , Castle Place , Belfast . One of the most hopeful signs of progress that have reached us from " the Sister Isle " for many a long year . The Press of Ireland has been so purel y sectarian or partisan , that the eye of the genuine Political and Social Reformer could discern in the future few

    indications of the emancipation of a people , whose mental food was such dry stubble and rubbish as that supplied by mere party writers . The appearance of the The Lever marks a new era of Irish periodical literature . It is a proof that a public has at length been created to whom such writers can appeal , however small it may be , and it is in the nature of such publications as The Lever , when onco introduced , to leaven the -whole mass of society with the great and glorious principles it propounds .

    Besides proving an immense advance in public opinion on the other side of the Irish Channel , The Lever adds another to the numerous manifestations of a growing identity and unity between Political and Social Reformers . We do not mean small societies that assume to themselves names , the largeness of which is belied by the limited sphere of their influence , the paucity of their numbers , and the meagreness of their resources .

    There is a great public opinion outside of these petty sectional movements , as yet unorganised , but thoroughly imbued with the spirit which breathes through the columns of The Lever ; and the next National Movement will most assuredly not be for the Charter alone , but include the Land and Labour Questions , -which now more and more grow into their true dimensions before the eyes of the struggling industrial millions .

    Wehail with pleasure The Lever " as a fellow labourer in the vineyard . " The series of articles which commence the five numbers before us arc pregnant with matter for reflection , and treat some of the weightiest and most pressing Social problems of the age , as will be seen by an enumeration of their titles— "Machines and Men ; " " The Labour Question ; " "Disease aud Cure ; " "The Land ; " " TheRight to the Land . " We may on some future occasion transfer to our columns some of these eloquent and boldly written articles . In the meantime we cannot better convey an idea to our readers of the spirit in which TheLevcr is conducted than by quoting from the first

    number—ARTICLES OP MY CREED . I believe that all men are brothers ; and that , as such , they should ever live . I believe that , as it is essential to the well-being of a nation there should be laws for its government , those laws should , as far as possible , provide equally for the intere 6 ta of all the people . I believe that , as the wnole people , without distinction of rank or sex , are expected to obey the laws , the whole people , without distinction , should have a voice in the making of them . I believe , also , that the form of government should always be the choice of ( if possible ) the whole people ; and that , in all cases in which there is not unanimity , the will of the majority—never that of the minority , however rich or powerfulshould decide .

    I believe that the people of this country arc not fairly represented in the Senate , the House of Lords beiDg chiefly hereditary , aDd the Commons representatives of a very small minority of the people ; and that ,- in justice , the people ought not to be required to obey the laws such legislators make , nov to pay the taxes they impose . - I believe that the only legitimate claim to confidence or favour is personal merit—that fitness is the only qualification for oSco ; and that neither titles , nor honours , nor offices of any kind , should be hereditary .

    I believe that life is a heaven-signed title to tho me . ms of life ; and that , as the earth is the common parent of all , it should be permitted to extond a parent ' s care to all . I believe that labour should be more equally distributed , and that labour ' s profits should be more fairly divided . I believe that over-toil and constant idleness arc alike injurious , and that none should be subjected to either ; and that no industrious man should have to over-toil himself to obtain the necessaries of life , while pampered idleness may , without labour , enjoy its luxuries . I believe that an industrious man should never have to beg for work while an acre of land remains unused—unproductive .

    I believo that , by wiae association , the . workers may secure to themselves all the privileges and profits of proprietors and employers . I believe that a sound education is indispensable to tho full development of man ' s naturo ; and , therefore , that such education should be within the reach of every child in the nation . I believe that , in holding and expressing his opinions , every man should be left perfectly free and uncontrolled , so long as such opinions do not interfere with the just rights of others . I believe that the State Church in this countryone of the greatest injustices ever perpetratedshould be speedily overthrown , and that every Church should support its own clergy .

    I believe that a nation's greatness consists—not in the number or wealth of its nobility , the splendour of its palaces , the power of its armies and navies , nor the magnificence of its cities—but in the intelligence , the independence , the comfort , the virtue of its inhabitants . I believe that the only successful way of making a nation truly great and prosperous , is by making the individuals who compose it intelligent , independent , moral , and religious . ' And , lastly , I believe that it is the duty of every one who loves his country and his brethren , a ' ad desires to . see . them great and happy , ' . to become as intelligent , as moral , as ' virtuous as possible himself , and to labour to make others intelligent , moral , and virtuous , also . ' !

    The leading articles grapple with the social and political abuses of Ireland and the age , in a truthful aud uncompromising style , and fee contents are varied by sketchy of tbe present

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    state of 6 ociet y ai } d . poetry of " a superior de . Bcnphon . We trust the . wieldera oSthe Lever will have the . sajtisfaction of seeing that they have aided in no small degree to pull down the present gigantic J aime of tyranny and oppression , and to buildTup a fairer social edifice on the grand and imperishable foundation of justice . ' : ...

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    ADELPHI THEATRE . A new domestic drama , from the pens of Messrs . Brough and Bridgman , called -Jessie Gray , haa been produced at this theatre , and with that sure success which cannot fail to procure for ifc a long and triumphant run . A certain wealthy baronet ( Mr . H . Hughes ) , has a ^ nephew ( Mr . Bdyce ) , yho looks up to him for his patrimony , and who , at the moment the piece opens , is clandestinely paying his addresses to a young lady ( Madame Celeste ) , who passes as the niece of a medical man ( Mr . O . Smith , ) The match ia distasteful to tho baronet , wh 6 8 purn 8 the notion of allowing his nephew to

    unite with one beneath him in worldly rank , and who , in fact , designs him as the husband of a certain lady of title . / The nephew chivalrously prosecutes his' suit in spite of his uncle ' s remonstrances , and boldly braves the threat of disinheritance in case of his contumacy . The uncle in this extremity has recourse to artifice to prevent the match , and by means , allowable , perhaps , in melodrama , but hardly coming within the limits of toleration in the world's warfare , succeeds in blasting the character of the young lady , and in severing the tie of'love whioh had subsisted between her and the nephew . But the uncle , repulsive as his character 1 b made in the melodrama , is not without his troubles in this life . Some years'before' the drama opens , he , as he Bupposes , has lost his ' only child , the issue of a marriage contracted in defiance of the wishes of his relatives . This child , however , as the story of the drama explains , has been fostered and brought up

    by a kind friend ; and the indefatigable explorer of the intricacies of Adelplii plots will , perhaps , not receive a very violent shock to his sense of dramatic probability , when he is told that the supposed niece , of the doctor and the daughter of the baronet are one and the same person ; or , that the father , maugre some little scruples on the score of consanguinity , which to this day have not been entirely set at rest , is only too happy to bo at once an " unky " and a father-in-law . Nothing could be finer in that peculiar style of acting which Madame Celeste has made her own than her impersonation of the heroine . Her innocence , her love , her sorrow , and her ultimate triumph , were depicted with a fidelity which met with the warmest appreciation . A striking proof of the completeness of the illusion was afforded in a scene in which she is tendered a letter by means of which she is to be entrapped . In the midst of the most breathless silence a

    stentorian voice from the gallery roared out "don't take it , " with an energy which set the whole house laughing in a moment . For once in a way Mr . 0 . Smith is permitted to appear on the stage as an honest man . After the terrible reputation he has made as a stage villain , it was quite a relief to find him in a character which required perpetual optical reference to the pocket handkerchief , and draughts upon the sentimental . "In the underplot the principal personajro is Jukes ( Mr . Honey ) , a medical student , and also pupil and assistant of Dr . Gray , Mr . Honey , by his quaint and dry style of acting , kept the house in a roar of laughter from

    beginning to end ; and another great hit was in the person of Professor Octavius Chester ( Mr . Paul Bedford ) , . of the poses plastiqws , who parodies the Professor-Warton-like look irresistibly ; and'Lizzy Walters ( a marchande de mode ) was piquantly played by Miss II . Fitzwilliam . The piece is admirably put on the stage . At the close of the drama the applause was loud and general ; and after the curtain had drawn upon the whole of the company , and in obedience to a unanimous call , the gentlemen whose names we have stated bowed their acknowledgments from a private box as the authors . The piece is announced for repetition every evening .

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    ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE . Tho grand spectacle of Mazeppa has been succeeded by a new and splendid entertainment , called the Enchanted Palfrey , or the Warrior of the Crescent . Mirzii , the Warrior of the Crescent ; conceives a violent liking jn his youth for a young maiden of Ispahan ; but considerations of a worldly character will not permit the immediate fruition of his hopes , and he postpones matrimony to a moire convenient opportunity . Compelled to hew his way to fortune by the sword , he enters the service of the Shah of Persia , and attains tho hi ghest military rank in that Eastern potentate ' s army . Fortune lias smiled on him , and he thinks that ths very best reason for not frowning upon the object of his choice in less prosperous days . That common infirmity of Eastern princes , an inordinate admiration of the fair sex , is shared by our Shah , ; ind he no sooner beholds the chosen bride of his ' victorious general than he desires to possess her . This little want Mirza has considerable scruples in gratityintr , and he flatly tells

    the Shah to look nearer liome for his amorous amusements . The Shah thereupon declares Mirza to be rebellious , and he is banished from tho land ; but he contrives , in the disguise of an Arab , and with the aid of the miraculous palfrey , to" enter the palace of the . Shah and carry off the lady of his heart , whom our Bluebeard had enslaved . Tho Shah is ultimately made to pay dearly for his little error , for Mirzn goes to war with him and deprives him of his life and kingdom . As a spectacle , this piece is very successful . It is put upon the stage with great regard to effect , and the storming Qf the fortress served admirably to display tho resources of the establishment . That noble animal , the horse , plays no insignificant part in the drama , and serves to exhibit , in a high degree , the perfect training of Mr . Batty ' s admirable stud . The piece will no doubt have a long and successful run . The scenes in the circle are as attractive as ever , and the Dance of Garlands , which is splendidly devised and executed , elicits rapturous applause .

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    ItOBBEBJBS ,, WHICH : THERE IS NO NOISE ABOUT . — Just now much excitement ia prevalent on account of the numerous burglaries which have been committed < of late ; but the robberies which have provoked a universal outcry are nothing to those which are submitted to in silence . Between the government , the prerogative , office , tho proctor , and the officials , legatees are robbed in the Ecclesiastical Court to the amount of three or four per cent . An inventor , before he can secure the benefit of his own device , is plundered to the tuno of some £ 400 in tho Patent Office . The householder ' s pocket Ib picked by means of the assessed Uxes , as at presentlevied ; and the 'tradesman , artist , or author , with a large family , living from hand to mouth—if the rogues who commit these depredations can . only find out that he gets £ 150 a year-r-is subjected to spoliation in the shape of an unequal income tax . ~ lunch " '

    , „ .. PjRINTIXG Off THE COVERS Of NEWSPAPERS . — XJknerai , Post-office , NovKMBER > -Henceforward all newsvenders will be allowed to print upon the covers of any newspapers and stamped periodicals which they may send by post , the title or name of such newspaper or periodical , and also their own namos and addresses . No writing or printing of any description whatsoever , either on the outer or inner side of the wrapper , except that above-mentioned , and the name and addres ^ of the ; party for whom the newspaper or periodical may be intended , will be permitted .. * -f ¦ : > .-.- •¦

    Model Life-Boats .-We understand , that in addition to the 100 . guineas jfhiCh tte , WV <> Northumberland offers for the bost model life-boat , he also offers ( and not ; : the ^ » V Ifotwjnal . Shipwreck Institution , ^ previousl y ^ tated *) . 100 guineas for a life-boat built according ta the model which sJiaU fee approved . 9 ft

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    PV 3 KYITE Conundrum . —What is the'difference between forms and ceremonies ?—We sit on the . one and stand on the other . . Poi . mNB 9 s .--The ; climax of superflous politeness has been declared to be that of holding an umbrella over a duck in the rain . : An Irishman , writing a sketch of his life , says he early ran away from his father becausa he discovered he was only his uncle . . " Tiberius , how do you make an H ? " — " Why , as to that , master , I generally place a horizontal beam between two upright posts . " An indolent boy being asked by his teacher , who came latest to school ? replied ; " Indeed , sir , I cannot say , for I did not get here early enough to see . " Jknmt Lind .-The produce of eight Concerts given at Boston , by Jenny Lind , amounted to 170 000 dollars . ¦ ¦

    SraiAX . —At a mechanics' institute , an adult in a grammar class being asked what is syntax , replied , " Money paid to the Pope for absolution of sins . " ( Sin . tax . ) Caution to WiDowERS . —Lightning never strikes but once in the same place—therefore , let a man whose first wife was a good one , never marry again . Pride of Dress . —Those who are incapable of shining but by dress , would do * well to consider that the contrast between them and their clothes turns out much to their disadvantage .

    EPIGRAM . After such years of dissensien and strife , Some wonder that Peter should weep for his wife : But his tears on her grave are nothing surprising-He ' s laying her dust , for fear of its rising . —Hood . There are three things in the world that know no kind of restraint , and are governed bjr no laws , but merely by passion and brutality : —civil wars , family quarrels , and religious disputes . Never believe that rank necessarily includes superiority , whilst there is a single bad man near the

    throne ; or , that the multitude are without dignity , whilst a solitary individual is to be found who proudly worships at reason's shrine . —Zimmerman . Different Wats of doing the Same Thing . — " Pray excuse me , " said a well-dressed young man to a young lady in the second tier of boxes at the theatre , " I wish to go up stairs and get some refreshment—don ' t leave your seat . " A sailor seated in the box near his sweetheart , and disposed to do the same thing , arose and said , " Ilarkee , Poll , I'm going aloft to wet my whistle—don ' t fall overboard while I ' m gone . "

    Next Door 10 a Brute . —A gentleman dining with a friend one day , was struck by the earnestness with which a little girl regarded him , and taking her on his lap he caressed her . " Please , sir , " said she , " tell me what is in the house next to you ; I'd like very much to know , and to see it . " " And tell me my little dear , why you wish to know ? " "Beeause I heard" mamma say , sir , that you was next door to a brute . " Pride of Akcestry . —He thatboasteth of his ancestors confesseth he hath no virtue of his own . No Other person hath lived for our honour ; nor ought that to be reputed ours , which was lone ; before we had a being . For what advantage can it be to a blind man that his parents had good eyes ? Can he see the better?— Charron .

    A Wiseacre . —The mayor of a certain English borough was lately asked , " Is it on account of some utility supposed to be connected with the practice , that you have the maces carried before you to church every : Sunday ? and , if so , what is it ? " It is of no use , only it is the custom , and the Bible tells us to keep to all the old customs . " " The Bible ? how ? where ? " " Don ' t youknow that it says . Custom to whom custom ? " ' " Then nothing , whatever it is , if it becomes once the custom , should ever be laid aside ? " " No , certainly not ; the Bible says it should not . "

    Courts and Courtiers . — " I have known courts these thirty-six years , and know they differ ; bub in some things they are extremely constant . First in the old trite maxim of a minister ' s never forgiving those he has injured . Secondly , in the insincerity of those who would be thought the best friends . Thirdly , in the love of fawning , cringing , and talc bearing . Fourthly , in sacriBcing those we really wish well to a point of interest or intrigue . Fifthly , in keeping everything worth taking for those who can do service or disservice , "—Sivift : Cure for a Cold . —The following prescription has been taken from an old black letter book ,

    A . D . 1430 :-Putte your feette in hot water , As high as your thighes ; Wmppe your head up iu flannelle , As lowe as your cyees ; Take a quart of rum'd gruelle , When in bedde , as a dose ; With a number four dippe Well tallowe your nose . An Ungrateful Client . —Soon after I was called to the bar , and had published the first number of my " Nisi Prius Reports , ' while defending a

    prisoner in the Crown Court , I had occasion to consult my client , and I went into the dock , where I conversed with him for a minute or two . I got him off . and he was immediately discharged . But my joy was soon disturbed . Putting my hand in my pocket to pay the "junior " of the circuit my quota for yesterday s dinner , I found that my purse was gone , containing several bank notes , the currency of that day . The incident causing much merriment , it was communicated to Lord Chief Baron Macdonald , the presiding judge , who said , " What ! does Mr . Campbell think that no one is entitled to take notes in the court but himself ? "—Lord Campbell .

    Popular Games and Pastimes . —The great body of the people are but children of a larger growth , and are as mnch in need of pastimes ; nay , more so , for they require wholesome exhiliration to enable them to bear up against the wear and tear of toil , and the stern realities of life . Deprived of innocent amusements , they droop , they become listless , morose , dangerous , they cease to love their country . There are persons who maintain that the pleasures of religion , and a knowledge of their duties , are sufficient , or ought to be sufficient , to enable the working classes to endure the hardships of their Jot with patience , if not with cheerfulness ; but this is to infer that the majority of those who are doomed to a life of toil and suffering , have attained to a perfection of Christian heroism not often'practised by tbose who preach its necessity . Solomon tells us ; " There is a time . to work , and a time to play . " Why should those who work be denied their share of pastime ?—Agnes StricMand .

    Extent of the United States . —It has been computed that the United States have a frontier Hue of 10 , ? 50 mi'es , a sea coast of 5 , 130 miles , and fi lake coast of 1 , 160 miles . One of its rivers is twice as long as the Danube , the largest river in Europe . The Ohio is 600 miles longer than the Rhine , and the noble Hudson has a navigation in the " Empire State " 120 miles longer than the Thames . Withiu Louisiana are bays and creeks , almost unknown , that would shame by comparison the Tiber or Seine . The State of Virginia alone is one-third larger than England . The State of Ohio contains 3 , 000 square miles more than Scotland . The harbour of New York receives the vessels that navigate rivers , canals , and lakes to the extent of 3 , 000 miles—equal to the ditance from America to Europe . From the capital of Maine to the " Crescent City " is 200 miles further than from London to Constantinople—a route that would cross England , Belgium , a part of Prussia , Austria , and Turkey . —National Intelligence .

    Acks of Ptratrc Men-. —Duke of Wellington , 81 ; Lord Lyndhurst , 78 ; Mr . Joseph Hume , 73 ; Lord Brousham , 72 j Lord Denham , 71 ; Lord Campbell , 71 ; Lord Gou < jh , 71 i Marquis of Lansdowne , 70 ; Lord Cottenham , 69 ; Earl of Aberdeen , C 6 ; "Viscount Palmerston , 66 ; Right Hon . H . Golburn , 66 ; Viscount Hardinge , G 5 ; Sir Robert Inglis , C 4 : Duke of Richmond , 59 ; Sir James Graham , 58 ; Lord John Russell , 5 S ; Right Hon . C . S . Lefevre , Speaker of the Hou ? e of Commons , 56 ; Right Hon . Richard L . Shiel , 56 ; Sir Frederick Thesiger , 56 ; Sir Francis Baring , First Lord of the Admiralty , 54 ;

    SirFiUroy Kelly , - 51 ; Marquis of Normanby , 53 ; Right Hon . H . Laboucht-re , 52 ; Lord Stanley , 51 ; Sir George Grey , 51 ; Right Hon . T . B Macauley , 51 ; Earl of Clarendon , 50 ; Right Hon . Sir Charles Wood . 50 ; Ri ? ht Hon . Fox Maule , 49 ; Lord Ashley , 49 ; Mr . J . A . Roebuck , 49 j Earl of Carlisle , 48 ; Marquis of Clanricarde , 48 ; Earl Grey . 48 ; Sir John Jervia , 48 ; Mr . Cobden , 47 ; Mr . Benjamin Disraeli , 45 ; Right Hon . W . E . Gladstone , 4 ! ; Ri » ht Hon . Sidney Herbert . 40 ; Earl pf Lincoln , 30 ° Mr . Joha Bright , 39 ; Marquis of Granby , 35 ; Hon . George A . Smythe , 32 ; Lord John Manners , 32 . ¦ ¦ ¦¦

    A Candid Appbai . —A wife , whose husband is now undergoing a sentence of transportation for a term of years in one of the hulks at Woolwich , has sent him the following consoling letter : — " Dear Husband : I take this opportunity of addressing these few linos to you , hoping to find you in good health , as it leaves me at present , thank Go'l for it . Dear Husband , I am going to change my line of . life , and I hope it will be for the better . 1 must tell you that I am going to be married , and hope you will have no objection , for you know you have not behaved to me as a husband ought to have done : both you and your family have used Meyeryill , but everybody knows that 1 never cave you any cause to illtreat me . I have been to the

    overseers to ask their advice , and they told me I had better get another husband , as I did not expect you would ever come home again . You need nut fret about it , nor make yourself in the least alarmed at what I say . for I can assure you it is true .: The overseers of the parish are going to give the man £ 10 to take me nut of the parish . I have invited your brother Robert to the wedding , and 11 wish you was ; at home to make one amongst us . I shall tell you—the man's name i * William —— . You need ; not forget me'for all that ; and if you should ever-come , " "where lam , I hope you will cfcll and see me ,- ! So' I conclude , and still remain your affectionate wife , Qathebine . To William ---, Ganymedi-Hulk , Woolmdi "~ Mancheker SjieciatQh I

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    ¦ Aspirations of Manhood . By Joseph Morgan . Pattie , Shoe-lane . . ¦ . ' > In . this tract tho writer ; has endeavoured to indicate the solution of the great problems of the ago . He has thrown his thoughts into the form of a Catechism , and in that shape they are calc ulated to he extremely useful , and deserve -wide circulation . Those who are yet ignorant of tho principles and objects of the People ' s Charter , could not go to a better preliminary teacher than Mr . Morgan ; an extract from whose preface will best tell what " manner of spirit he is of ; ' » — .

    The author sincerely hopes that bis efforts will be successful in carrying couviction to the minds of his fellow working men , that self culture is indispensably necessary to a higher state of being—that the pernicious habits , of seeking for pleasure in the beer shops or gin palaces instead of developing the affections of home ; that the embossment of truth is a sacred duty , imperative , because co-existent with the brotherhood of man ; that human perfectability in sympathy is no ideal doctrine , but founded on the cheering progress of humanity ; that the time will assuredly come when the great wealth

    producers of society will claim their heaven-born privileges so long withheld by force and fraud ; when equal laws will be dictated by love ; when no one will enrich himself at the expense of another ' s hnppine 3 s , but labour ardently and energetically for each and all , until poverty and its gloomy train of attendant horrors are for ever banished from the earth ; when the whole fabrio of society will be based up on mutualrights and duties , instead of the present system described by Carlyle , as " the Gospel of laisseg fain , universal competition , and the Devil take the hindmost . "

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    tain Socialism to be essentiall y Christian , even when struggling against that blessed name . And they thus nobl y anticipate , and reply to , the jirobable unpopularity arid miscqnstraotion which this course niay occasion : — Some may say , " Indeed , be Christian Socialists as much asyou ' please ; but why put the wordsin the very fore-front of your paper ? " Because these are times , above all others , m which it is needful for men to speak out what they mean . Because what we mean to speak out above all things isthat new idea of -: _ r . - - . , . ..

    , . the . essential ^ harmony between Christianity and Socialism . Because it is yet a disgrace , or at least a motive for distrust , to be a Christian among Socialists , or a Socialist among Christians . Because for men as conscious as we are of imperfection and sin , there , would be spiritual affectation and pride to call ourselves simply Christians . Because there would be as much intellectual vanity and pretence to call ourselves simply Socialists , whilst several of us at least feel ourselves yet so ignorant of the science of co-operative organisation .

    If it be given to us to vindicate for Christianity its true authority over the realms of industry and trade ; for Socialism its true character as the great Christian revolution of the nineteenth century , so that the title of " Socialist" shall be onlj a bugbear to the idle and to the . wicked , and society , from tho highest rank to the lowest , shall avowedly regulate itself upon the principle of cooperation , and not drift rudderless upon the sea of competition , as our let-alone political economists would have ifc do ; then , indeed , we shall have achieved our task ; and , in the meanwhile , we trust in God that noamountof obloquy , ridicule , calumny , orlneglect , shall make us desert it , so long aB we have

    strength and means to carry on the fight . For a fight it is , a long one , and a deadly one—a fight against all the armies of Mammon . "Will the working men of England stand by us ? We have no fear of the issue if they will . This will suffice to give an idea of the spirit by which the conductors of this new periodical are animated , and of the purposes to which they intend to devote their energies . The cheapness of the paper which brings it within the reach of tho poorest , renders it unnecessary for us to quote from its pages . It is only

    requisite to add that the contents of each number are varied , and the articles written with great ability . Among them we recognise the forcible and graphic pen of the author of " Alton Locke . '' The weekly reports of the progress of the various co-operative societies and workshops in London and the provinces , constitute a peculiar feature of interest in a periodical which we cordially commend to the support of all who wisb to see a spirit of union and good-will diffused throughout society , and the mighty means at its disposal employed to promote the prosperity and happineaa of all classes .

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• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 23, 1850, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1601/page/3/