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LIFE IS REAL . Lifo is ran !! Life U earnest 2 Ar . d the grave is not its goal ; - J . 'a st thou art , to dnst returnest , " Was not spoken of the soul . TCot'eEjoyment and not sorrow , Is our destined . en-i or way : 25 ut to act , that each to-morrow Find u 3 farther than to-d : iy . Art « long , aud time is fleeting , And our hearts , though stout and brave Stiii , like muffled drums are beating Funeral marches to the grave . In the world * 3 broad field of battle , In the bivouac of life , Be EOt like damb , drives cattle ! Be a hero in the strife ! Trust no Future , howe ' er pleasant ! Let the dead Past bury its dead ! Act—act in the living Pre .-ent ! Heart within , and God o ' erhead ! Xives of great men all remind U 3 We can make our lives sublime , And departing , leave behind us Foofcieps on the sands of time . Footprints , tint perhaps another , Sailing o er lifo ' 3 solemn main . A forlorn and shipwrecked brother , Seeing , shall take heart again . Let vs ttcn , be up and doing . With a heart for any fate ; Sliil achievinsr , still pursuing . Learn to labour and to wait . LO . NGFELLOW .
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Voyage of lie Prince Albert m search of Sir John FranMin . By W . P . Snow . Longman and Co . It is much to bo feared that our gallant countrymen , who have so long been lost in the dreary " regions of "thick ribbed ice" are beyond the reach of friendly help or rescue ; and , though we should be the last to offer discouragement to any enterprise whatever , which promised to extend the knowledge or promote the interests of mankind , yet wo must give it as our deliberare opinion , that all that is necessary to be known respecting these Arctic Seas , has already been ascertained , and that any further explorations , for the purposes of discovery , will bo a useless waste of lime , intellect , and treasure .
In the meantime , however , as long as the slightest chance remains of rescuing Sir John Franklin and his companions from the fate which there is too much reason to fear they have already met , it is the duty of the nation to spare no reasonable exertion for that purpose . If not discovered and succoured during this present spring , we believe that ao hope whatever can remain , and so far as the most recent accounts go , there seems but slender probability of that being the case . All honour to those who embarked in the Search Is 3 t year , and among them not the least , to the author of this " [ Narrative of Every Day Life in the Arctic Seas . "
3 Ir . Snow belongs to the class of hardy and enterprising adventurers who are never more at home than when they are abroad , and appears to have been knocked about in ail parts of the globe during the greater portion of his life . He hastened from America when the less official expeditions in search of Sir John Franklin were planned , in addition to those Sent out by Government He was too late , by a few days , for the purpose he had in
viewthat of serving as a volunteer under Penny , the well known whaler , and as the next best course open to him , he offered his services to the expedition fitted out by Lady Franklin , aided Ity public subscription . The vessel in which he went out was a small one , being rather less than ninety tons burden , and resembled the craft in which eariy explorers first made their discoveries , rather than the large and well-appointed ships of modern days .
The voyage of the Albert was characterised ly the usual incidents , delays , and difficulties of Arctic navigation ; but , upon the whole , was a successful one . She overtook all the other expeditions ; but , ultimately , it was resolved to return to England , apparently on account of the state of the crew , and ' the belief that , in any case , while they ran much risk , they could be of little substantial use . Jlr . . Snow ' s volume is an interesting narrative of an interesting expedition , made through new scenery , under new circumstances : for
the meetings with various whalers , and with the ships engaged in the same search as themselves , gives life to what is usually solitude itself . His style is vigorous ; and the scenery and circumstances are so fresh , so wonderful , and so exciting , as to justify reflection . The singularity of the sun at midnight , the alteraate desolation and magnificence of Arctic scenery , the wonderful operation of nature by means of avalanche , icebergs , and almost perpetual frost and snow , are not so hacknied as to pull ; hut there are newer things in Mr . Snow ' s volume , and one of them is steam
power in the Arctic seas : — The Felix wa 3 token in tow by the Resolute ; and toiretber , tiie whole fleet passed through heavv iaa-ses of loose ice and bergs to the north and rorth-west , at the rate of about four mile 3 an hour . At e ' ev-n a . m . we came to a heavy nip , and all the vessels had to be made fast to a floe until a passage ccuM be cleared . To effect this , the screws we re I'roasht into play in the manner I have previousl y s'lu < led to . The Pioneer , Lieutenant-Commander Osborn , immediately on casting off the Resolute ' s tow-rope , was directed to dash at the impediment nader full power . This she did boldly and feario ?> ly ; rushing stem 011 , and fairly digging her
u 3 * s in to it in a most remarkable manner . Backing fcs ' antly astern , and then again going ahead , Shu performed the same manoeuvre , fairly lifting herself an on < -nd , hke a prancing war-horse . But this time the nip was too heavy to be so broken , though aitji the steamers had previously cleared many siuiihr impediments in tkat manner . It was now , aewf . , t , necessary to resort to other means ; and , atcor . lii . gly , parties from every ship were sent on the ic . > 10 assist ia blowing it up , and removing the fragments as they got loosened . The same plan as tbt , I believe , adopted in blasting rocks was here pur-nrd . Powder wa 3 sunk to a certain depth , a — — — * w™—v ^«^ w » ~_^ *^ wm * ^^ ^ 0 ^ 0 ¦ * ¦ * £ "
mow match applied , and at a given signal ignited . Due time was allowed ; and then the enormous niassfs would be seen in convulsive movement , as tLough shaken by a volcanic eruption , until piece ji ? an piece was sent in the air , and the larger bodies were completely rent into innumerable fragtt ? ms . The steamers then darted forward , and ^' th warps dragged out the immense blocks that * nd hem thus dissevered . One of these blocks ( core like a small berg than aught else ) was wouiibt alongside of the Assistance , while I was on ooarj of her in the gun-room . It was hollow at * -e ton , and contained some excellent water , which * 33 conveyed on board to replenish the stock
. I iiad before mad > mention of the remarkable Rainess which may be observed at midni ght in •¦ -ese regions ; but not until now did it come upon ^ - wi th such force and in such a singular manner . jcHiiwt attempt to describe the mingled sensations 1 2 i " l « rienced , of constant surprise and amazement a i the extraordinary occurrence then taking place | the waters I was gazing upon , and of renewed *<>?* , mellowed into a quiet , holy , and reverential ?« ung of gratitude towards that mighty Being w . in this solemn silence , reigned alike supreme I ! n the busy hour of noon when man is eater at
^' 5 toil or the custom of the civilised world gives £ j ousine sa active life and vigour . Save the distant « aa « ning noise of the engine working on board of j- ^ tteaiiitr towing us , there was no sound to be TT ™ denoting the existence of any living thing or * ' , ' f *? animate matter . Yet there we were , percep-} p' - >' ' rapidl y , gliding past the land and floes of haV lbou S somo secret and mysterious power tV n ss t i 0 wor ^ * ° . carry os swi ( tly away from Our ' - vesat " ? i harassing , and delaying portions of j . ^" J'so , in which we had already experienced so , * - trouble and perplexity . The leading vessels I a £ i J "f ** a 11 the parts where any further difficulty \ o ^\ 1 } een apprehended , and this , of course , s th" s m tae «» a sense of perfect security for [ srddl nt " AU hands » therefore , except the 1 W-bi Waicn on deck , were below in our respeotive b& 51 )^' ? looked for * rd ahead of us , and i m . ! *" - *( lCl 0 D ? linft nf motto qnd ri ( miner th ** VAaa
or at , J ¦ fcach sbi P ^ ° me > withont any sail set , * 3 M" ¦^ l 5 arentmot * on t ? ProPel SUCB masses onli . ys . i z rl ? t a single human voice to be araa zjn ^ M A ' * ^ ^ something wonderful and ! 5 *' j * ..= ' - . d Jet it was a noble sight : six ve 3-! - » wymg m sizej stKngtil and eouifjnient , from
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^ S SS ^ S ^ Si new t \ ° - ltOll . tS : iUii ^ boafcsUith evtrv uew mum . « n m the an of « oaminB to aid il . e one hr . * w- aie lhscweries and useful plans were Drought into use in gutta porcha and inflated skins 10 am t ! i 0 i . . , ttel . class—were casting their long shadows across the smooth surface of the passing floes or : ce , as the sun with meliowed li < rht , and gentler outsirl beautiful lustre , was soaring tbrou <; h the lolar sky at the back of Melville ' s Cape , alread y on his way to begin the journev of another day .
The following description of American intentions , and the mode of navi gating Americau vessels , gives a striking picture of the go-ahead habits of the people , and of the suecess which attends such rash or resolute determination , till it fails : —• They intended to push on wherever they could this way or ¦ that way , as might be found best Jn the direction of Melville Island and paits adjacent , esp .-cmlly Banks a Land ; and they meant to winter wherever they might ch : ince to be , in the pack or out of the pack . As long as they could be moving in- makiiij ! any j-r . giess in any direction that miglit assist m the object for which they had come , they nit-ant still to he going on . and , with the true
eharactenstis-ofthe American , cared for no obstacles or impediments that might arise in their way . Aeirher rears nor the necessary caution which might ww ' y b-s alleged as an excuse for hesitation or delay , at usrio . ls when anything like fancied danger appeared , was to deter them . Happy fellows J thought I ; no fair winds nor opening prospects will be lost with you ; no dissension or incompetency among your executive officers exist to stay your progress . B ^ nt upon one errand alone , your minds sot upon that before > ou embarked , no trifle 3 nor comn on danger will prevent you daring everything for the carrying out of your mission . " Go on , theiT , brave sons of America , and may at least some share of prosperity and success attend vour exertions !
If ev r a vessel and her officers were capable 0 ! going thiou * h an undertaking in which more than ordinary difficulties had to be encountered , I had no douia it would be the American : and this was evinced to me even while we were on board , by the apparently reckless way in which they dashed through the streams of heavy ice running off from Leopold Island . I happened ' to go on deck when they wen ; thus engaged , and was delighted to witness how gallantly they put aside every impediment in their way . An officer was standing on tfie heel of the bowsprit , conning the ship , and issuing his orders to the man at the wheel , in that short , decisive , yet clwir manner , which the helmsman at once well understood and promptly obeyed . There was
not a r . ig of canvas taken in , nor a moment ' s hesitation . The way was be ' ore them : the stream of ice bad to be either gone through boWly or a long detour made ; and despite the heaviness of the stu-am , they pushed tlio vessel through in her proper course . Two or three shocks , as she came in contact with some large pie c < , were unheeded ; and the moment the last block was past the bow the officer sang out , So ; stcatly as she goes on her course , ' and came aft as if nothing more than ordiuary sailing had been going on . ] observed our little bark nobly following in the American ' s wake ; and , as I afterwards learned , she got through it j pretty well , though not without much doubt of the propriety of keeping on in such procedure after the ' mad Yankee , ' as he was called by the mate .
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The Eughsh icenufiftc . Edited by W . J . Lin-TOK . I \ o . I ., for January . London : Watson , Queen ' s Head-passage , Paternoster-row . The Editor of this new periodical fully understands the nature and the magnitude of the task he has undertaken . . Nothing , indeed , but the deop , earnest conviction , unwavering faith , and quenchless zeal , which has distinguished the carew of ilr . Linton , could have induced him to "fling aloft the Banner of the Future , aud ask , who will stand by me for the restoration of the Commonwealth—for the foundation of the English Republic ? "—in the face of the obstacles he has to encounter . But many of these obstacles will he lessened by the spirit in which Mr . Liuton will pursue his noble object . Hear how he speaks for himself in the opening address : —¦
The purpose with which I commence this work is . by expounding republican principles ( such as I have learned them , chiefly fr om him who is the Apostle of Republican sm ) , by making my countrymen acquainted with the views of Republicans abroad , and giving them correct versions of the current events of the great European struggle for Republicanism ( of which 1 S 4 S and 1 S 40 have been but the first campaign ) , and not omitting to remind them of their own old republican wisdom when Ellwand taught thel nations how to live , to revive among them the smouldering Sre of English
heroiMn , that faith , in God and man which led their fathers to virtory . Desirous , not of renewing the form of Puritanism , but of revivifying the soul of earnestness which marked the brief day of our Commonwealth as the grandest period of English history I shall essay to show wherein we Republi cans « if tie nineteenth century may imitate the worthh'si of our race , in what we ought to advance bayon > l them ; xiw \ so I would in snme way help to establish a Republican party , really a Young England , to be the heralds and leaders of the Republic , the heainiiiPg of the future nation .
For now there is no English nationality . There was a nation when an Alfred ruled the people ; a nation when an Elizahetli sca-tcred the Invincible Armada ; a nation when our royalest Protector could strike down tyranny at borne , and throw his shield over the oppressed of distant lands . But there is no English nation now . A horde of traders , every man ' s band against his neighbours , where combination is almost unknown , except for purposes of plundpr—is that a nation ? A nation—and trampled on by creatures too ashamed of their imbecility to confess it even to e-ich other ! A nation—whose ruli-rs are daily convicted of incapacity , of falsehood , of every conceivable meanness ! A nationwhose poor die by thousands ! A nation—without education ! A nanon , in whose life is no harmony or order—whose heart is torn with ceaseless contention of class against class—whose " prosperity "
means rutn to the majority—whose " peace" is successful trickery , or infamous cowardice—whose " honou- " is a bye-word to the world l—h it not so ? Ask our millions of workmen what combination means in England . Ask any of our " rulers" what any others of them are . Ask the betrayers of the Bandieras , the accomplices of Szela and Odillon lsurrot , or the presenters of "his portrait" to Palmerston ; ask any of our " statesmen " or diplomatists , to disclose the villanies , the lies , to which they have listened aud complacently replied . Question the mere men of fi gures concerning Irish famine , and the means by which the English labour market is supplied . Ask the State reporters of mines and factories—ask the private strivers for education—what the " Government" does there . Ask any one at home wbnt " prosperity " means but dare not a « k a foreigner the signification of English " peace " and "honour . "
If there was no God but a Devil—if patriotism was a meaningless word , and beastliest selfishness the height of virtue—what change need take place in England ? The nation 13 not . There is only a gloomy den of abominable hypocrisies , a wretched chao < , * called England ; and it is time for all brave true men who find themselves involved in it , and who believe that God sent them into it , not that they should join the evil-doer ? , nor yet that they should run away from the fear of evil , but that they should do manful work in endeavouring to remedy it - it is time for all snch brave true men to take counsel together , and ascertain at least what is their first duty in the emergency .
An elaborate and admirably written exposition of " Republican Principles , " occupies nearly the whole of the first number . We have only space for the "Summary , " and , meantime , sincerely recommend this periodical to all who wish to understand on what basis English Republicanism is placed by an eloquent , sincere , and enthusiastic apostle of the Gospel of Republican Liberty : — We believe in Equality , Liberty , and Fraterwit : in the equal ground of human ri ght , on which alone true freedom can be based , —the freedom which is not the unlimited sway of the
stronger , but the opportunity of healthy growth to tbe utmost of natural capability for the weakest as well a 3 for the mi ghtiest , in order that the fullest perfection of each may be obtained , toward alroilierly combination of strengths for the surer and greater progress of the whole world . We believe in the perfectibility op me human Rics : that is to say in its power of continual improvement . And we believe that this improvement may be systematized , and insured , and immensel y accelerated , by men acting in concert , in Association * , —freely organising themselves under the government of the Wisest and Most Virtuous among them .
We believe thafc Government , however chosen or however worthy of rule , is not required by society to be the dictator over the lives of individuals—as a central despotism would be-but to order the comlimd action of the viholi Nation and to protect the rights of all . We believe that the world-old circles of Fajolt , C ity , and Couxtbt , are natural arrangements , and worth preserving . Thatj , as . the i nd >
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autl orkv , tn 'T' necdin S "o ordering from 5 ? n rJ&i JL f aUo 1 8 u ««™ t to Usolf fo ? all its pK v pjT ii" W hy God to a special pur-\ Ve ,, \ tl « "! , llOt bu ' ™ " * " * " do tin- iw « ] H the b , " silless of Governmbst is to « n effideS ? therih 0 MividMl "or the City Nntinnn fS l ' ° l t 0 niil " itltilin throughout the wliottTri ° f eqUrJ ri » llt 8 ' » h ir ' cluties S ,, V , f / ! Mlts of growth at thenaofthe » n "' \' tefa-Medtoall ikt individual * vernmm /^ U ' ? ^ Creforc ttie P rovi » - ' of S ' wrl T L <\? Uar < 1 the LkSD - ^ hick is common pro-SK ^ » n ° ™» eliinfn t of individuals ,-to care that none hold it without navim ? otw w and be
mononnr * , ^ that » sfialf nwer « ShTJf ' - whalever rent - tliafc aiiT slwU be aebJired from it ; to protect the private properti —Vic honest earnings and acquirements- of hvlivittuals ; to maintain the right to labour by lending the CBEDiiof the state to all who need it so insJwg to event one employment at a fair remuneration ; and to provide tho Highest possible education for every one of the nation ' s children . We believe that the only Government which can « f tt , ° 4 . trusted with thes-i powers is the Elect 2 , 7 Nation , ompowcrei by the majority to act tor them \\ e believe that the right to rule resides onij m a M ajority : their rule bem ? only limited bv 3 ?« lJ ^ \? P - T - UE 1 SDIVI 1 >™ . Tlw most ov-r ' . wneimmg Majority may not override the right of an STW natUr ? - Society and Individuality are mutuall y sacred a .: d inviolable
. Aeveitheless we believe in isdividual DUir : ™!? £ - ° k j' % ri 9 ht «/ « nuetoiee ) ought i ™ "f . dutifull y in the ranks of his fcl-~ Z ' i Ct obedl f nl'y w > tWn the appointed and i tm / ? K PhereS ° ^ ni 3 ation , to devote the h £ rt I hu TT , J ° ^ rvice of his Family , his Country , the World , and Truth And we believe that , based upon a written constitution recognising these rights and duties , the n ; -Sl 7 + u eS 00 Vgani 8 ed tlmtthe to" ? « ought pioblem of the harmonization of iSD 1 Yidual wh .-^; r " / ^ 0 SAl 1 vaotiR ™ s may be speedily solved , and the present Anarch y give place to Order u ? dcr winch we ahall henceforth l , e enabled to fulfil God ' a la w-the Destiny of Life-to grow healthily , to love , to aspire , and to nraBr * u .
» ve believe , in a . word , in the possibility of a social state , based upon alread y ascertained riqhtx and duties , in which might be forthwith commenced the realisation of the " dream" of all prohetic minds , —the beginning of tbe better time , in which the wretchedness of extreme want mi ght immediately cease , and strife ami wrong gradually diminish , checked bytho strong hand of enthroned justice , and fading from the ever-increasing litrht of education and of hope . Such is the aim of our exertions for our own Country . And for the Nations we believe with a no Ies 3 fervent hope : looking for the establishment ot the universal krderatios of republics , for the proclamation of God ' s law as Hie religion and ride of the enfranchised and organised World . May our ovra Nation be of the first to swear fealty to the common pact , among the worthiest of endeavowers
10 reicn tne goal , —that goal which will bo but the starting-place of the Genius of Humanity , toward the indefinite perfection of the future
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Kohert Owen ' s Journal Part II . Clayton and Son , Strand , London . No ONE would imagine that the snows of eighty winters had passed over the head of the brave old Patriarch of Socialism . His " Journal" is as hopeful , buoyant , and enthusiastie as the earliest of his writings , and looking back on his long career of pubfic life , he is satisfied with tho results of his past labours , as exemplified in the improved tone of public opinion , with reference to the important questions he has so consistentl y urged upon the attention of society . The present part
contains three articles explanatory of the means of "Well-Placing , Well-Educatiug , and Well-Employing the Human Race , for Ever . " Four articles on the practical arrangements which require to be united with Spade Cultivation , in order to reap from that mode of culture the greatest amount of intellectual , moral , and social well-being . Two articles on the Church and its Doctrines ; an interesting account of his discovery and establishment of the Infant School System : addresses to the Roman and British Hierarchies , the Ministers , and Mr . Cobden , and several other papers of great value .
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The Christian Socialist . Part II . Watson , Queen ' s-head Passage , Paternoster-row , London . In addition to a variety of ably-written articles on Co-operative topics , the present part contains much interesting and pleasing information respecting the rapid spread of associations , both at home and abroad . The following account of an association established in Greece , at the end of the last centuiy , embodies an important and salutary lesson to the infant associations , -which are now springing up in various parts of this country .
Ambelakia is a village in Thessal y , elingin * to the steep rocks of Ossa , and overhanging the vale of Tern pe . When Beau jour , the Consul of France , visited it in 1777 , thoso mansions which belonged to the manufacturers were in their glory , of which Mr . TJrqohart saw the remains in 1830 . Tim place was then famous for the manufacture of that beautiful red cotton yarn , which was then principally imported into this country from Turkey . Beaujoui in lii . s account of the commerce of Greece , published in 1800 , has left the following account of its commercial life : —
"Ambelakia resembles from its activity rather a town in Holland than a village in Turkey . This place exerts by its industry , vigour , and life , an inriuence over the surrounding country , and gives biilh to an immense commerce , which unites Greece and Germany by a thousand ties . In fifteen years the population has increased threefold . It amounted to four thousand in 1708 . The inhabitants live in their manufactories like swarms of bees in tbeir hives . The slavery which blasts the plains watered by the Peneus , and stretching at their fei-t , has never scaled the rock y sides of Ossa . They are governed like their forefathers hy their elders and their own magistrates . Twice have the Mussulmans of Larissa , j ' ealous of their
prosperity and happiness , attempted to climb their mountains and spoil their houses , and twice have they been repulsed by hands that dropped the shut , tie to handle the musket . Every arm , even the child ' s , is employed in the manufactories of Arabelakia ; whilst the men dye the cotton , the women prepare and spin it ; for no machinery 13 used in this province . It is a pleasant sight to see the women of Ambelakia , each armed with a distaff , chatting together in groups before the doors of their houses . There are now twenty-four factories , in which yearly six thousand cwfc ., and upwards of cotton are dyed . This yarn finds its way into Germany , and is disposed of at Buda , Vienna , Leipsic ,
and other great cities . The Amlielakian manufacturers used to have their own separate offices in these towns , and sell their cotton each on his own account . There were therefore as many separate interests as merchants . But it was soon found that competition was ruining each and all , and it was therefore proposed to unite masters and men in one great association . The plan of a great commandite society was SHggasted in 1777 . and a year after it whs carried into execution . The rules of the new body were drawn up by men of wisdom and experience . Every proprietor or head of a factory might contribute a sum proportioned to his means . The lowest investments were fixed at a sum in the
Turkish money , answering to between £ 500 and £ 600 , the highest could not rise to more than four times that sum ; in order that the large capitalist , might not monopolise the advantages of the scheme . The workmen subscribed their little profits , and uniting in societies purchased single shares , forming smaller commandite societies incorporated into the larger . Besides their capital , the workmen contributed their labour and skill to the general fund of productive power . Abundance was soon spread throughout $ e community . The dividends were at first restricted to ten per cent , per annum , and tbe surplus profit was applied to the augmentation of th- capital , which in two years rose from £ 50 , 000 to upwards of £ SO , 000 . At the head of this company were placed three directors , who formed , for the purpose of commerce , a firm under an assumed name , at Ambelakia itself . They reserved to themselves the right of
signature , or only confided it to three associates at Vienna , the place from which the returns were made . ' These two firms had their correspondents at Pesth , Trieste , Leipsic , Salonica , Constantinople , and Smyrna , to receive their consignments , effect the returns , frequent the great fairs , and thus exsend the market for the cotton yarn of Greece . An important part of their trust was to circulate the funds realised , from hand to hand , and from place to place , according to their circumstances and necessities of their ' trade . Thus the association secured to itself the profits of the banker , and gained the command of time and market . When the exchange -was favoiavaWe they remitted specie , when unfavourable , they remitted raw material from Salonica or Smyrna . Thus the business was conducted by a very small staff , and thes » were all Ambelakiotes . The correspondents reuasned . toAmbslaMa after three years' service *
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Catholicism the Religion of Fear . By G- J Holtoakb . Watson , Queen ' s-head PttSl sage , i titernoster-iw , London . If ever the title of a work was justified by its TZ f * £ *}* wWch M * Holyoak / ha ! chosen for this brochure . It is impossible to look at the eight engravings , copied from the work of the Jesuit , Father Pinamonti , pub . hshed by Catholic authorit y , without a ahudder , accompanied by deep commiseration for the unhappy beings , whose mental faculties are subjected to such depraved and demoralising influences . Father Pinamonti ' s book is called "Hell opened to Christians ; " aud atw ! ho ? ! and < % « 3 « can AJ |
^ . rL .,.. ng » m f ^— ' f ^ ***** w f ^ wom scarcely be imagined , than the varied illustrations of agony and torture presented by the fervid imagination of the . priestly author and artist . Mr . Holyoake has done good " suit and service , " by bringing out an antidote to such pestiferous works , at the present moment ; and showing in his calm , clear , and logical style , the mind-enslaving and debasing tendencies of Roman Catholicism . Not more eloquentl y than truly does Mr . Holyoake draw the true moral for the rational reformer from the existence , and restless struggle for supremacy , of such an enemy to public freedom and progress , and to individual virtue and happiness . Ho says : —• th
• ^ « : « be God who will cist out unbelievers in the Bible into outer darkness , where there shall be weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth , we need to run with palpitating hearts to that ancient Church , which is the most likely to know his will It becomes policy in us to submit , or mercy in them tocompe us How desolating is this Region of 1-oar ! Its influence is a perpetual demoralisation of mankind . _ Why should they bo generous to enemies , « forgiving to those who do them ill , if God inU not be forgiving to them ? We may perpetually ask can men be more noble , more generous , move just than God ? Men never rise above the Ideal they are taught to imitate ; and the mtai example of a retaliative and a punishing God will always create and continue a retaliative and punishing people . Generous instinct , intellectual ronnement , and social culture , conduct U 3 therefore to the wise dogma of modern Rationalism
winca teaches us that if there be a God he must be the infinite enlargement of the gentle impulse , tne patient endurance , and the noble generosity which constitutes the fairest attributes of humanity . We therefore abandon tho Religion of Pear we give up Catholicism , for higher reasons than thoso which discover flaws in its Apostolical descent , for better reasons than those which rival churches urge-wegive it up for reasons for which we give up nearly the Protestant and Disseiitin * hierarclnes-we give it up for the unanswerable reasons of its immoral influence .
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LIBERATION OF KOSSUTII . A movement is making amon ? commercial men in Manchester to induce Lord Palmerston to take steps to procure the liberation of Kossuth and his brave companions in exile . A memorial is lyin « for signature on the Exchange , of which the followin « is a copy : — ° To Viscount Palmerston , her Majesty ' s principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affair * , the memorial of the under , signed showeth , That jour memorialists respectfully , but enrnestlv SV ™! J * V' intercession , in ther . ame offing land on behalf ot the brave , but unfortunate , Hungarians , now detained under Turkish superintendence nt Kntnjn i Asia , cuntniry to expectations which they h « d been led tu * ™ i and , that , as England interposed ia n » t to support Turkey in her exercise of the rights of national hospitality , _ and to save her from the wmnSlsorv smm ™ ^ '
01 wiose who had taken refuge within her borders , ami tin own themselves on her protection ; and an vour lorushin on more than one occasion ( February 7 , March 18 , 1850 1 has publicl y expressed your hfepe and belief tlitit this detention would be only for a time , and shortly tcrminutiyour memorialists entreat your lordship to tolluw up witli vigour the same ju « t and humane policy , and bv procurin " the liberation of Kosauth and his companions , enable them to remove into distant countries , where they may honourably maintain themselvi-s by the exercise of their talents and industry , till circumstances shall again permit ttieui to tetuvn to the \ and oJ their fathers .
Aud your memor . alists , &c . The memorial has received a good number of signatures , and among the leading names are those ol Mr . Salis Schwabe , Mr . John Potter ( the mavov ) , Mr . James Hey wood , M . I ., ' Mr . Henry , M . l \ , Mr . Wm . llawuon , Mr . John Shuttleworth ( alderman )) , Mr . W . Townley , Mr . A . 11 . Ash ton , Mr . II , J . Loppcc , Mv . Whittaker , and Mr . J . Leisler .
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Ajo tal Return ok Fires is Lohdok . —On Monday morning Mr . Braidwood , the superintendent of the London Fire Engine Establishment , laid his roport of fires which had occurred in the metropolitan district during the past year , before the managing committee , at the chief station in Watlin" - street . Mr . Braidwood- described the number of premises totally destroyed and considerably damaged as being 247 . Of these tho most extensive was that which occurred in Mark-lane , City , which was not entirely extinguished for nearly two mouths . The property destroyed on that occasion was roughly estimated at upwards of £ 200 , 000 , but the precise ampuut of loss has never been accurately learned . Neither could anything likel y to he depended upon be gleaned as to the origin of t . he misfortune . The next fire of any importance was that which occurred on the night of Thursday the
6 ta ot octobor , in tho Southwiirk-brid ge-road . Although the engines of the brigade were ( stationed immediately opposite , and the turncock was on the snot ui less than two minutes after the alarm was given the whole of Messrs . Brookes' candle works were burned down and several houses seriousl y damaged The next district which suffered , and that to a serious extent , by fires , was Bermondsey . From the 17 th of October to the 25 th of December , a jn-eat number of very alarming and devastating conflagrations happened , which laid in ruins a vast amount of property . Amongst the buildings described as considerably damaged was the Travellers' Club Th « report retuniB the number of buildings slightly injured as being C 21 , whilst in the preceding 4 ar i . Tf ? only , ' showin S increase of 39 . Tim total number of premises entirely destroyed
ana seriously damaged in 1849 was 256 , being nine T ?! *?™ , , year ' total number of fire . of all kmda last year was 868 , whiKt in 1849 there were only 838 , showing an increase of thirty nres during the past twelve months . The false alarms during the last year were 91 , whilst the year before they were onl y 76 . Tho chimney on fire last year were 79 , whilst in 1849 there were 89 . The number of fatal fires last year were 17 , and the number of lives lost 18 , whilst the number of persons who perished from the same cause in tho preceding year was 20 , which shows a decrease of 8 last year . Tho total number of calls for assistance during the past year was 1 . 038 . whilst in lsao th «
calls were 1 , 003 , showing an increase of 35 . The origin of a great man y fires cannot be accounted for : a greatnumber , however , are returned as being caused by sparks , gas , lucifer matches , smoking tobacco , drunkenness , aud explosion of fireworks . Of the latter nearly 100 houses were seriously damaged , as well as the parochial school and a spacious church in Spitalfields a few months since , ™/? f ' ! Iosorance—A lad , ten years of age , named AValter Gilbert , was called as a witness in an assault case at Rothcrham , on Monday , when ?/ $ . ? , ° svio said , "Can you read or write ?" &ol said the lad in a surly tone . "Dovoucoto you go to the Sunday school , then V « ' & > " ConwnS ^ n ? , V you over g » to a place of Zfi L- ^ 2 ? the nc S ve ™ ^ ed for ? wl » « fc I D ° know * an oat" ^ ?" ao . what becomes of people who tell lies' ?"
? m * iSh « « a ? Gllbert 8 aid . " They'll go to u ? $ v' £ M wliat d 0 y ° u meanhyt'oud ™ Jt . i , Fora'hl le the lad was silent , but ulti-£ i f \ - needloss t 0 sa y that the evi-¦ « £ «*» *¦ a ffltnm was deeme ^ inadmissible .-UnemeM Itmet ,
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STATE OF OUll REPRESENTATION The existing suflragc throws the power into the hands of the aristocracy . Tho Roform Bill cut off many of the rotten boroughs , but leffc-a sufficient , number of small boroughs to ncutiviiise t ! ie electonil poffcr of tho large oViea . TbcsnttVago is so adjusted as to defeat the objects for whic ' n that measure was sought . At prpsent there are eighty-live different kinds of franchise , making it extremely complicated ; and after all , the total number of electors in 1 S 47 was only 944 , 473 , out of a population of nearly six millions male adults . Tho suftrage requires to bo placed on a much more simple oasis , and fcho obstructions to its exereiso removed . UrcquTrea eqU ' table distribu t' ° » of electoral power Tho n ^ H „ » , Electors . Members , lne aggregate number of voters on the register for citios
and boroughs in England "SiS ^ JSS ssaa " . r . s&JS » te-h « "S Ditto ditto Ireland 33 , 108 " „ w , Of those there are- 455 ' " ^ rwenty-ono cities and boi-rto ^ a ^ s ^^^* « dltt 0 220 , 500 „ 353
JrtZl * ? 5 ? that a minority of the ? tt «™ ' eS ! U ! d 1 ) OrOU « »> ono return eiyht times as n , any membors aa tho majority of vuch ? fern - f : andthe mombe » s ° returned bv this minority amount to twenty-three more than a clear m ajority of the whole house tm ^ StT thirtf ¦ fom > ^ orouslis with less l ] ™ Z It ??™ ' i twent > ' boroughs with less than 300 electors . These return a creator number of members together than all the ' largercon t ? tuencies , and of course , have the power of swampin-StWnnnT - ayb 08 tatcd in another ^ About 7 , 000 electors m twenty-nino of the smallest constituencies , equal in the legislature to 2 S 7 . 470 in fourteen 0 the largest . The " following table shiTs tho inequalities of the representation - It gives twenty-five of the small constituencies , each returning two member ? , in contrast with twenty-five of the largo constituencies , also returning two members each . It will be seen that in one case 9 , lo 3 electors return fifty members to parliament , and in the other ease , 229 , 305 electors return only fifty members . One list contains a numbi-r of boroughs easil y influenced , the other contains all tho large and important constituencies in the
empire : — „ , , . . Electors . Members Peterborough , with 543 returns 2 St . Albaa ' s „ 530 „ " .. . " 2 P ? ° le „ 522 2 Tiverton „ U 2 2 Dorchester M 411 •> Tewkosbury „ 407 " ; . "' . ""; 3 Bodmin „ 401 , 2 Buckingham „ 3 'J 3 ' "" 2 Devises „ 390 ' 2 Iluntingdoa „ 300 ' 0 5 ffi" :: IS : ; = |
£ 'P ° . „ 361 2 Iloniton „ 353 2 Evesham „ 352 ' 2 Wycomb „ 34 ( 5 „ 2 Tavistock „ 342 2 Cockermouth ,, 330 . 2 Lymington „ 324 „ ' / . " . 2 Chippcnham ,, 307 „ . . 2 Harwich „ 294 ,. ' . " . 2 Riuhmond „ 205 , 2 Andovev „ 243 „ o Knaresbovough ,, 223 „ , 2 Thetford „ 214 . Z'Z 2
0 , 153 50 _ _ Electors . McmberE Tower Hamlets with 19 . 361 returns 2 Liverpool „ 17 , 320 , 2 Marylcbone „ 10 , 812 , 2 Finsbury „ 15 , 821 „ 2 Dublin „ 15 , 049 , 2 Westminster „ 14 , 125 „ 2 Lambeth „ 13 , 885 „ " . 2 Manchester „ 12 . 83 G 2 Glasgow .. 11 . W 3 , 2 Bristol „ 11 , 032 , 2 Southwark „ 8 . 403 „ ... 2 Birmingham „ 7 , 535 „ 2 Edinburgh „ G , 827 „ 2 Leeds „ 0 , 015 2 Greenwich ,, 5 , 573 „ 2 Fewoastlc-on-Tyne 5 , 370 , ' .. 2
null „ 5 , 192 „ 2 3 Sottingham „ 5 , 148 ,, 2 Sheffield ;; 4 , 99 . 3 ..: r ; j Norwich „ 4 , 967 „ 2 Belfast „ 4 , 701 „ 2 L e icester „ 4 , 208 , 2 York „ 4 , 173 „ 2 Exeter „ 4 , 114 „ 2 Coventry ,, 4 , 056 „ 2
229 , 305 50 In the counties of England theve is one voter for every 19 persons ; in Wales , IS ; in Scotland , 33 ; in Ireland , 123 . In tho boroughs of Ensland there is one voter for every 17 persons ; in Wales 21 ; in Scotland , 34 ; in Ireland , 11 . In England altogether there is one voter for every 18 persons in Wales , 19 ; in Scotland , 34 ; in Ireland , 58 . Ihus we see that the francliuo is as unequally possessed as the representation is unequally distributed .
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Bnmsii Factomks , Number , and EMr-wmim . —• By . 1 Parliamentary return recently issued , of ootton , woollen , worsted , and silk factories , subject to the Factories' Act in the United Kingdom , it appears that the number of factories in the United Kingdom is 4 . 330 , of which 3 . CS 9 aro in England and Wales , 550 in Scotland , and ninetyone in Ireland . Tho number of spindles used in the whole is 25 , 038 , 710 , and the number of powerlooms , 298 , 910 . Tho number of moving power by steam is 10 S . 113 , and by water 20 , 104 . The number of children between eleveu and thirteen years in silk throwing mills is 1 , 737 males and 3 , 910 femules . The number of children under tbirtcfin ( those attending schools ) is 19 , 400 males and 15 , 722 females . The number of males between thirteen and eighteen is 07 , 804 , and of females abovo thirteen . 329 , 577 . The number of males above eighteen is 157 , 806 , making tbe total number employed in the 4 , 330 factories 590 , 082 , of whom 240 , 807 are males and 349 , 215 females .
_ Street Population . —Mr . Henry Mayhew , in bis very interesting work on London Labour and the London Poor , gives the following estimate of the number of persons who obtain their living in the streets : — ' The street musicians are said to number 1 , 000 , and the old clothes men the same . There are supposed to be at the least 500 sellers of water cres ? es , 200 coffee stalls , 300 cats' meat men , 250 ballad singers , 200 play bill sellers , from 800 to 1 , 000 bone grubbers and mudlarks , 1 , 000 crossing sweepers , another thousand chimney sweeps , and the same number of turncocks and lamplighters ; ail of whom
, together with the street pertormers and showmen , tinkers , chair , umbrella , and clock menders , selk-rs of bonnet boxes , toys , stationery , songs , last dying speeches , tubs , pails , mats , crockery , blacking , lucifers , corn salves , clothes pegs , brooms , sweetmeats , razors , dog collars , dogs , birds , coals , sand , scavengers , dustmen , and others , make up , it may be fairly assumed , full 30 . 000 adults ; so that , reckoningmen , women , and children , we may truly say there are upwards of 50 , 000 individuals , or about a fortieth part of the entire population of the metropolis , getting their living regularly in the streets .
Loud Ashley ' s Shirt . —At the Mayor ' s dinner at Bath , last week , Lord Ashley , M . P ., in acknow lctgimr the drinking of his health , said , I call your attention to the fact , tfcat I this evening am suitably at tired for this occasion . I have upon my person , at this moment , a very beautiful shirt , worked for me by the fair hands of the young women in the establishment of my friend Mr . White—daughter)—presented to me with language of kindness and compliment which it would ill become me to record . I micht have held up that little article —( loud laughter ) —and in the presence of ladies I for some there are
here ) , exactly specifying what it is ; 1 mi ght say with the great King of these realms , " lloni soit qni mal y peme . " ( Loud laughter . ) Well , gentlemen , this auicle of dress I have preserved for gala days ; and what day can be so properly a gala , as when I am invited to dine with my kmdhe » . rted constituency ? Whenever I wear this it will serve me for a memorial , though I need it not , of the invariable kindness I have received from the inhabitants of this great city , and of tbe duty which I feel of offering an unceasing prayer f » r the peace , welfare , and the prosperity of tins vast community . ( Cheers . )
Hampstead . —The oldest inhabitant of Hamp-Htead , Mr . llowhotham , a clock and watchmaker , died recently , at tbe age of ninety . He told his son and many other persons , that in his youth , tho Upper Terrace-avenue , on tho south-west side of Hnrnpstead-liHath , was known by the name of" The Junes' Walk , " from the circumstance of prisoners having been tried there during the plague of London , lie further stater ) , that he had received this information from hi 3 grandmother . —Notes & Queries . A perfect Curk of Droi'sv by HottowAf ' s Pitta . —Mr *
Lnmliert , of Swan-street , Newcastle , had enjoyed the best ot health until the meridian of hie . At that critical period she was nttncktd with dropsy , attended by a very troublesome cough . The medical aid of several very eminent practitioners was procured , but their efforts filled to remove , or even abate , the rigcur of the disease . The water in her body and leps increased so rapidly , that fears were entertained that she could not long survive . At tbis crisis she commenced Hiking Hollowav ' a Pills , which acted , 0 powerfully oh her complaint , that Us progress was TenasISnJftJ' '™* iUth < iC ° mtof ? "o ™" * "'*
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HOW TO TB 1 . L CIIAI . K FROM ClIltlSSE . -EnuOBVOUr to make cheese out of L ndon miik . A NKGitoonce gave the following toast :- "De late Gubernor ob de State-he come in wid bery little opposition , lie got nut wid none at all . " Conundrum ion L > GiSLAT . ) ns . -Why do the 1 atent Laws tend to promoto discovery ?—Because they tor 'nvention . Cosondrum for GocKSEYS . —Which has tbff greater amount , of animal heat , the beaver or the otwr ?—Wh y , of course , thu otter of thn ! wo . Question in- Compound Arithmetic—Iftimo is monev , money is also time , of course ; then how many seconds « re therft in eiglircenpence , and how much time do you spend if you buy a BhilliugVworth ot Btra » lievries '
i ^ S ^ " - " » Contradiction of CuiME . -Jnvenile offenders always atm at concealment ; and yet they a e ~ rally very much afraid of a hiding . J g e Fumalb PoLiTiciANs . -Lndiesare generally sunpose . 1 < o care little about politics , yot the ffi ? 5 hem are strondy attache , ! to panics , and all good liousekeepers are conservatives . CmiisTMAS GAMRS .-Many a young lad y who oWct . to being kissed under the misletoe , haTX objection to be kissed under the rose 1 . IK HkigiitofFamink .-TIic famou s Dragon of Wamley .. related to have been so famished with hunger , thai he once actually are a raw Scotchman A gentleman-, pasiiui ; through a potMo «> . patch . observed an Irishman planting some potatoes . II 8 Inquired ol him what kind he had there ?— " Raw ones to bu sure , ) ' replied the son of Erin ; " if thev were hniled they wouldn ' t grow "
A visible sioa . —A coach contai ' 1115 a youn" man and woman with one trunk on behind—behind the coach , we mean—i ^ pleasingly Biig «; esiive of matrimony : but a half-dozen youns : ones , and seven bandboxes , it much more suggestive-ther ' s no mistakine that sign . b So . MKTiu . VG SMAttT .-A young la . ly having given a gentleman , wlio was not very remarkable for his tiwte in dress , a playful slap on the face , be called out , ' lou have made my eye smart . "— " Indeed , " said b 1 ii > ; " well , I am happy to have been the causa ot making Bomcrhuu ; mart about you . " Mea ^ ukksof Time and Motion-. —The difference between these measures may be ascertained by taking a cab ; when , if you pay Ivy time , the motion will be slow and the time lone , but if you pay by distance , the motion will be swift , and tbe time short
. Stbam bxgisks is France . —There are 5 , 60 ? establishments in France whom steam-engines are employed , representing G 5 . 120 burse power The uteamboats are 279 in number , of 22 . S 93 kirse power . The . length of railway open is 1 , 357 English miles , worked by 725 locomotives . If Pkoplk wear tight shoes , ig it surprising they have corns ? If they swallow yoisnn , or live unhealthily , is it sunmsing they arc sick ? If they are vicious and improvident , is it surprising tu-v become outeagts aud destitute ? Nature ' s laws cannot be expected to bo tuspendedin favour of vice and weakness , when they are not in favour of desert an J intelligence .
The Common Prater BooK . -It is .. aid that a check hns been given to the printing of copies oE the Book of Common Prayer , from the anticipation generally entertained that , at the instance of the episcopal authorities and other di gnitaries of the C ! mrcli of England , some modification of an Evangdicivl tendency will be introduced into Hie Liturgy . Criminals i . v Nkwoatk . —A decrease continues ia the number of hoys committed to Newgate . In 1850 37 Ihss than 1849 , and in that yeir Ti less than ia MS ; making n total decrease of 110 in two years . 1 he total number for the three vears was 281 in 1818 , 211 in 1849 , ami 171 in 1830 .
A Want Supplied . —The lioscommon Journal Bays , that -- \ Scotchman in a neighbouring town put a placard in his shop window , stating that he ' wanted a boy , " and tbe next morning on oponinc his door was surprised to find a basket lying outside which , on opening , hu found to contain a mala child , with a label attached , having on it , " Uere llC tb I
# Junv System . —The Legal Observer , in noticing the statistics of Count y-Court practice during the last year , says : — " The disfavour into which jury trial , an institution as ancient as tlu > days of Alfred , has fallmi , is singularly ninnitVs ' eu by the fact thnr , out of 226 , 403 cases , in which either party might have required a jury , there were only S « 2 ia which either party thought it desirable to invoke the assistance of that species of tribunal . " An Irishman , who was very near-sighted , about to fight a duel , insisted that ho should stand six paces nearer his antagonist than the other did to him , and that they were both to lire at the same time . —This beats Sheridan ' s veiling a fat mini who was going to fight a thin one , that the latter ' s sliiu figure ought to be chalked on the other ' s portly person , and if tbe bullet hit him outside the chalk marl ; , it was to so for nothing .
ltKioBi Connii . oos . -The other day a harmless creature ( reckoned an idiot ) who is in the habit of rambling ahout as a he ear , and well known in Llanrwst and the part adjacent , as Uala Jnclt . wus rudely accosted by a saucy 'ellow who thought to make game of him , " I say , Jack , dns ' t uast a place , master wants a fool ?"— "Ay , indeed , " replied Jack , eying him contemptuously , " want a fool , docs he ? Then thou art going to leave , or else he requires a couple of us . " It is needier to say the fellow was quite silenced . — Carnarvon Herald .
Flattering Preference . —Two natives of the Marquesas Islands have been carried to France , fhe story runs , that on the voyage one of their fellow-passengers , fishing for a compliment , asked them which they liked best , the French or English ? " The English , " a swered the man , smacking his lips ; " they aro th » fattest . "— " And a . great deal more tender , " chimed in the woman , with a grin that exhibited two rows of pointed teeth , as sharp as a crocodile ' s . Tuic Romish Church . —The following verycurious chronological tablo will show the progress which
corruption and error have made in tbe "infallible ( Church "—that Church which is the " rock , " and is alike unchanged and unchangeable :- " Holy Water introduccil 120 ; Penance 15 T : Monkery 328 ; Mass in Latin 394 ; Extreme Unction 550 ; Purgatory 593 ; Invocation of Virgin and Saints 593 : Papal Usurpation C 07 ; Kissing the Pope ' s Toe TOO ; Imaue Worship 715 ; Canonisation 993 ; Baptism of I 5 o ; is 1 , 000 ; Transubstantiatton 1 , 000 ; Celibacy of Priesthood 1 , 015 ; Indulgences 1 , 196 ; Dispensations 1 , 200 ; Inquisition 1 , 204 ; Auricular Confession 1 , 215 ; Elevation of the Host 1 , 222 . "—Ihjmer ' s Chronology .
Short Sight . —Dr . Turnbull says , in the Medical Gazette , " It has struck me that , if we could discover any substance which could be so applied as to contract the iris , one cause of the effect of short-sightedness would be remedied . The result , I am happy to say , has been most satisfactory . In the hr . it instance I applied the extract of ginger , which was rubbed for five or ten minutes over the whole forehead , with a view of acting upon the fifth pair of nerves . Afterwards I substituted a concentrated tincture , of the strength of one part of ginuer to two parts of spirits of wine , decolorized by animal charcoal . The success of this application was remarkable . In many cases it had the effect of
doubling the vision . " The Height 0 ? Impudence . —Some time ago , a fellow was charged in the Glasgow Police Court with stealing a herring barrel from a person in Stockwellstreet . After the charge had been proved , the principal accuser addressed the magistrate : —•• Deed Sir Baillie , the man at the bar is a great rogue ; the stealing of the barrel is naetbing to some of his tricks . He stole my sign-board last week , and what does your Honour think be did wi ' t ?"—Magistrate "That would be hard for me to say . "— " \ Yeel , sir , I ' tell ye . He brought it into me ain shop , wi' ain name on ' t , and offered to sell me ' t , U 3 hu said he thought it would be 0 mair use to me than onybodr lee ! " '
Extracts from the Irish Hue and Cry . — Tony Gowan is advertised as having lost" a pig with a very long tail , and a black spot on the tip of hi 3 mnnt that curls upbelnnd . " -A cow is described as very difficult to milk , aud of no use to any one but the owner , with one horn much longer than the other . -John Hawkins is alluded to as having " a peir of quick grey eyes , with little or no whiskers , and a Roman nose , that has a great difficulty in looking any one in the face . "—Betsy Waterton is accused of having " absconded with a chett of
drawers ami a cock and hen , and has r . d hair and a broken tooth , none of which are her own . "—The manager of the savings bank at Dunferry , near Goofowran , is spoken of in these terms : " He had on , when last seen , a pair of corduroy tvowsers , wilU atremendous squint , rather the worse for wear , besides an affected lisp , which he endeavours to conceal with a pair of gold spectacles . "—A burglar ha 3 his portrait taken in the following manner : "He has little or no ha » v , but black eyes on a turned-up nose , which is dyed black lo conceal its greyness , "—1 ' uttth . .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 11, 1851, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1608/page/3/
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