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»\ v ? - "K il Ver - V small nomuuof ROjaUG CuLTlil . LK'S ni , 1 l'UMADE , every morning , instead of any oil 01 ottiei- preparation . A fortnight ' s use will , in most inbuuices , show ita surpvisins lmmerties in prm ' . ucinjT and MirP D H fi lsker * Irah " ' - ' at any age , fruin whutcvur drS ! 1 MM " r ' ' " " «*«* taBKieyncss , &c . For ehilhcaaO H , ^ 1 S T 3 aW , lf 0 nnin K thc l ) ilsis ot" a I'MHiiful no 1 M 1 V d remlt ' - '" S tlic use of tho small comb un-K « T ^ . l n V vl 10 J' » ve been deceived In ridleu-& " »<>? M > "tatioii 8 of this l- omade , will tlb well to nuke one trial of the genuine iiroparation , width they will never regret . ¦ Price is . per pot , senlpMt fc-oe with instruction * , &c , MPTn ^ ri , "'>;!' «« n » l's , by Madame COUPELLL , Ely-place , llolbot'ii , Losulun . Important Notice . —None is genuine unless the sL-nature ' UosAUE Coweue , ' is in red letters on n white ground on the stamp round each package of Her preparation ? , TESTIM 0 NMIS , the originals of which , with many others , insy be seen at the establishment . JJr . Jolm Bottomlcy , Southowram . — 'Your Parisian Pomade is very superior to anything of the kind I ever met with . ' Mr . Fieldsenil . HaiBton , Wru ^ -b ) -. — 'Your Tornado has gvtiiitly benefited my hsm < . I would not be nithout it on any account . ' Coventry— 'Mrs . Oyilvey is ansious to have the Poniado by return , as her hair is niuoli improved by it use . ' Miss Jackson , 14 Leo-stvect , Ohorlton , Manchester . — ' I have ust-il one box ; my h .-iirin one place liad fallen off , it is now grown surprisingly . ' Lieutenant Holroyd , * u , jf . writes : — 'Its effects are truly astonishing ; it has thickened and darkened my hair very much . ' Nr . Winckle , Brigg . — 'Iain happy to inform you my liah- has very much improved since iisinff your Pomade . ' Mr . Uam . ing , Vi ' J Nurihgute , » v nkuiiald . — ' L have found your romnde tho best yet . The only good about the otliers is their singular names . ' Mr . Yates , hair dvesser , Malton . — 'The youiig man has now a sood pair of whiskers . I want you to scad me two lots lor other customers . '
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Bewave of Guinea , l ' oreign-nnmed Quacks , who Imitate this Advertisement . Pants in the Back , Gravel , Lumbago , Rheumatism , Oout , Indigestion JJebilily , Gonorrhoea , Stricture , Gleet , ttc . DR . BARKER'S PURIFIC PILLS ( of which there are useless imitations under other titles . ) have in many instances effected a cure when all other means had failed , and are notv established , by the consent of every patient who has vet tried them , as also by rtic FAcui . Tr themselves , as the most safe and efticn-C 1 OUS remedy ever discovered for discharges of any kind , retention of the urine , and diseases of tlie Kidueys and Urinary Organs generally , whuiher resulting from imprudence or otherwise , which , if neglected , frequently ending ia stone in . the . bUiddcr , and a Ucgering death \ Voe Gout , Sciatica , lllieumatism , Tic Solorcuxp Erysipelas , Drops } , Scrofula , Loss of Hair or 1 ' ecth , Depression of Sjvirita , Washing . Incapacity for Society , Stud . v or Business , Confuson , Giddiucss , DrowEiness , Sleep withoutltefreshn . ent , Fear , Nervousness , and even Insanity itself , whon ( as is of ten the case ) arising from , or combined with Urinary Diseases , they are unequalled . By their salutary action on Acidity of the Stomach , they correct i'ile and Imlijrestion , purify and promote the ttenal Secretions , thereby preventing the formation of Stone , and establishing for Hfethe healthy functions of all these organs . OJiE THIAL ONLY will convince the most prejudiced of their surprising properties in curing most of the complaints to whfcYi mankind is subject Xa ? be obtained at Is . lid ., ' 2 s . Sd ., and 4 s . Cd . per box , through nil Medicine Vetufora iu the World , or sbould any difficulty occur they will be sent post free on receipt of the price in postage stamps by Dr . Barker , CAiraoN . —A self-styled Doctor , with an assumed foreiga name ( unblushing impudence being his only qualification ^ is advertising a higuly dangerous imitation of these medicines , and to allure purchasers , forges extracts from news , papers , and gives fictitious testimonial- ! in abundance . Sufferers will therefore do well , before they place reliance , on the statements of this malicious vampire , to write to his ' glaring Testimonials , which they wiil filld to i ) g all gross falsehoods , only published t \> r tlie basest purposes of deception on invalids and fraud upon the Proprietor .
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L 05 D 0 X BY LAMPLIGHT
Ihcro stands a singer in the street , Jlc has an audience motley ; mU meet ; Above him lowers the London night , And around the lamps are flaring bright His minstrelsy may be unchaste—J much unto that motley taste , And loud the laughter he provokes Prom those sad slaves of obscene jokes , But who is mauy a passer by , Who as he aoes turns half au eye To sec the human form divine Thus Circe-wise changed into sffine 1 Slake up the sum of either sex That all our human hopes perplex , "With those unhappy shapes that know The silent streets and pale cock-erow .
And can 1 trace in such dull eyes Of fireside peace or country skies ? And could those haggard cheeks presume To Hiemories of a May-tide bloom ? Those violated forms have been The pride of many a flowering green ; And still the virgin bosom heaves With daisy meads and dewy leaves . Bat Stygian darkness reigns -within , The river of death from the founts of sin ; And one prophetic water rolls Ita gas-lit surface for their souls . I will not hide the trag ic sight— . Taose drowned black locks , those < reatt » p 3 white , Will rise from out the slimy flood , And cry before God ' s throne for blood !
Those stiffened limbs , that swollen face Pollution ' s last and best embrace , Will Call as such a picture can for retribution upon man . Poems by G . Mebeditji
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Piciures of . Kurd Life in Austria and Himquri ) . From the German , by Mar y Nok" yuJs . Threevols . London : Bentley . These volumes are translated from the German of Adalbert Stifter , and coutain six tales . In some of them rural life undoubtedly predominates ; but an exhibition of German ma nners , with a metaphysical delineation of peculiar characters , seems more an object of the author than a mere picture of what is
usually understood by life . ' Abdias the Jew , ' indeed * , has nothing to do vrith Germany , except that a Moorish Hebrew , after having been p lundered by the authorities , and losing his wife through her terror of the Bey ' s soldiers , retires from Africa to a solitary valley in that country , with his little blind daughter . ' The Hoehwald' ( hig h forest ) is a tale of the wars of Gustavus : a father sends nis two daughters into the further solitudes of the forest , while lie remains to defend his castle , and , in the upshot , kills the lover of his eldest daughter , and is himself killed by the enemy . ' Castle Crazy' is a wild story , half Irish , half
German j the heir to the estate being compelled to swear that he will write his own autobiography , to bo deposited in the niunimentcharaber , and , harder task perhaps , will read all the autobiographies of his predecessors . This part of the subject is not badly worked , in a brief sketch of the family history ; but the story really turns upon the attachment of a claimant to the property of an innkeeper ' s daughter , and his success both ia law and love . ' Maroshdy' is a strange tale of the love , marr iage , " and separation of a Hungarian aoLle and his wife , and their reuuion years afterwards ; the reader , contrary to custom , bein * kept in a mystery which is all the while
clear to the two principal actors . ' The Village on the Heath' is hardly a story at all a youthful peasant leaves his home to push his fortune , and there is a curt account of his family during his absence , and an allusive reference to the career of Felix on his return . * My Greatgrandfather's Notebook' consists properly of three tales . First , there is the discovery of the manuscript—a literary artifice which may have more novelty for the Germans than for ns . There is then the story of the great-grandfather ' s father-in-law ; and , finally , that of the great-grandfather himself , giviug an account of his practice as a country physician , and of his love and marriage .
Considered as composition , the book is very able . It bears throughout much of German finish and German simplicity , with a feeling which if too quiet for pathos is very near it . Take for example this description of the death of bis wife by the father-in-law of the
physi-. "Doyou know what iu mountain districts is called a * timber duet ? You can scarcely have seen one , since it is not needed here , where the forest slopes are bread and smooth . It is a rude sort of raft , hollowed out into a groove , and used to remove the wood which Is cat down in the forest . Sometime these rafts ore laid upon the ground down the mountain sides ; sometimes they are stretched like bridges across ravines and cleft 3 ; and they can , when necessary , be filled with the rippling snow water , by means of -which the blocks of wood are drifted away more quickly . It was one fine September morning that my wife begged mo to make
an txcorsion across the mountains , and to take her viiii me , —she had not been out with me for three years , having within that time borne me a child , a little daughter . I joyfully assented to her wish ; lie prepared for the expedition ; and we rambled so high that day that she gathered some clusters of e-ielweis , which she twined round my hat . On Teisrninf home we mistook our way , deceived by the similarity between the mountain passes , Wo desci-nded the bed of a dried -np torrent , with wiueii I was perfectly unacquainted , not knowing whether it would lead us down into the valle ; , or Suddenly break off over a perpendicular steep , and thus oblige us to retrace our steps . And this last round
proved to be the case ; for just as we turned the corner of a rock , we saw the blue void suddenly Cpen before us ; the path of the stream had broken Off , and opposite us gleamed a perpendicular wall Of chalk , tinned with a pale reddish hue bj the rays of the declining sun . But there was one of these timber ducts I have described stretching across the chasm from the spot whereon we stood to the summit of this chalk wall . I was a little startled , and looked round at my companion ; but she was delighted at finding it possible to proceed ; and we accordingly began to examine the raft to see whether it " were in good condition and capable of bearing the weight of two persons . That
it had been used lately was evident , for the hollow Of the groove boro traces of having been fresh rubbed , and stakes and blocks , such as are required for pushing the felled trunks along , were still scattered about ; besides , the foot-prints which bad indveed us to follow the dried current led close up to toe raft . Whilst hesitating , we heard a noise as oi footsteps from a trench on one side , which hitherto to had not noticed ; and in a few seconds a Disc , whom I at onco recognised as one of the "KooQ-cuttcrs who ply their laborious trade in this m-inctain district , emerged from the trench . He carried a leathern sack , and an iron dish , also bis scaiiiig-iadders , and . a mountain-staff , which was , 15 usual , Tcry lone , and armed with an iron point 3 E <] a srappling-hboK . He started with surprise at
Seeing human being 3 on this wild spot . I explained to him that we had lost our way , and that we were anxious fo ascertain whether the duct was passable , «; a cou \ 4 safely serve as a bridge for two persons . "So doubt of that , " he replied ; "fire of my coarades have been across it scarce a minute ago ; ^ as forced to turn back because I had left this dith behind , at oar fire-place . They are waiting or we on yonder rock-wall ; yon shall bear * nem directly . " And here he raised that strange "Mil shout peculiar to mountaineers ; the tones * cre echoed back from all the clefts in the neighbourhood , and were answered by another similar « ont , reechoing in like manner from the rocks wound , it was solemn , it was almoBt sublime , to ae * r this wild vnnal mii « m amid those TUffSed
Beene 3 , with the twilight drawing round us ! I nojr proposed that we should all three cross the ranne together . To this he agreed ; adding , that * e »«> st take the lady between us , and that we « oaid carry his alpinestaff horizontally , I holding V «' - > end and he the other , so that she could clhig to lirfi ' a ^ l tc ; > and feel herself secure . The tue dog , she insisted upon carrying herself : and tafV" 6 aIt € r anotner » we stepped upon his moun-« n-brid ge , which showed like a line drawn across In §! "ty eT « iing twilight . But as we strode along , tp Oald hear the clatter only of the wood-cutter ' s ££ <* shoes ,, not the lighter tread of hers .- We *! y ?* a Iitl ! o Wa ? from ths end of tfae raft * * -e « u , wood-cutter said in a lnw Tnine . « Sit
I tr * . feit the staff growing lighter in my handturned quickly round-imagine ! I saw only the mow - CUUer ' horrible thought came ; I knew no e my feet ceased to feel the ground : the pine-
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trees flickered to and fro like torches Le ' . ore my eyes . I knew no more *" Here the Colonel was silent . I thought at first he was only taking breath ; but on looking round , I Saw through the half-light that tears were chasing eneh other down his white beard , a « d that lie kept himself thus perfectly still to prevent my remarking it . Neither could I have spoken a word ; my heart too seemed broken . I now understood why he had drawn down the window-euvtains , I would not distress the old man by taking notice of his grief , but kept my eyes averted . Atter a while he passed bis sleeve over beard and face , and , with perfect composure , continued thus —" She was lying crushed in the depth of the hollow . Silently sacri-4 *** j- * nr * A ¦ r % \* A ** swl i « A _*« 1 ^_ - m . 121 . — J . A .- ,-1 . ^« 1 . ^ . i- «»» y * t **
ficing herself , as was her wont—uttering no cry , Ie 3 t she should endanger me—she had fallen down . Not even the wood-cutter had guessed her situation until she let go the banister which we had made for her , and began to feel in the air with her hand . He then called to her to sit down , —but it was too late . Like a white handkerchief , he said , it had all passed before his eves , and then he saw me alone . And I too seemed tottering , and should have fallen likewise , if he had not given me a violent push , which made me stngger forward over the few remaining steps ou the timbgr-duet , and at the end flung me do « u upon the heap of wood which had been conveyed across the ravine during the day . "
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The Law , as the Exemption of Scientific and Literary Societies from the Parish and other Local Rates . By G . Taylor , Esq ., of the Inner Temple . London : Crockford , Essexstreet , Strand . When the statute 6 and 7 Viet ., c . 36 , was passed , it was hailed as a great boon to the Scientific and Literary Societies of this country , upon whom rates frequently pressed very heavily . Various circumstances have , however , contributed to prevent all but a very small minority of these Institutions from enjoying the exemption created by that Act . Among these circumstances , perhaps , the fear of litigation with the Local or Parochial Authorities was not the least influential , on
account of the opposition to which such claims not unfrequently gave rise , on the Law first being brought into operation . As everything in English Jurisprudence is guided by precedent , and lawyers settle all disputed questions by reference to ' cases , ' those who undertook the task of pioneers in obtaining decisions on the controverted points , had to bear the cost of these ' cases , ' aud of the judicial interpretations of the Law , which will henceforth
govern the Bench in future disputes . Mr . Taylor has done good service to the Secretaries , Managers , and Committee men of Mechanics ' Institutions , Lyceums , Athenaeums , and Literary Institutions , by the issue of this succinct and admirably arranged compendium of these decisions , and of the Law on the subject , accompanied as it is by practical directions to these Societies , as to what constitutes the claim for exemption , and the mode by which it is to be obtained . The work is . iu
fact , destined to bo a standard one on the subject , and to be equally an authority with the profession and the public . The reports of the two important cases of the Royal Manchester Institution and the Manchester Concert Hall , are exceedingly valuable and important . Mr . Taylor , in a concluding section , on * The Policy of the Statute , ' states that iu its present shape it is exceedingly defective , and that the practical result is , ' a few large Societies , perhaps least deserving , and certainly least needing , the exemption , obtain it . ' It appears to have been even doubted by Lord Denraan , -whether Mechanic ' s Institutes
were included by the words of the statute . We do not , however , concur iu the conclusion drawn by Mr . Taylor , from the ' grievously ineffectual' nature of past Legislation , namely : that we ought to repeal the Law entirely . There are too few facilities given to Educational Institutions in this country . Instead of lessening we would multiply them , and if there bo anything unequal or exclusive in thfl present statute , we would amend and extend its operation , so as to include all the Institutions which can come fairly within the scope of such a law . In the meantime , we confidently recommend Mr . Taylor ' s careful and excellent digest of the law on the question , as an indispensable work to the Managers of these Institutions .
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The Golden Homj awd Sketches in Asia Minor , Egypt , Syria , and the Hauraan . By Chaeles James Monk , M . A . Two Vols . London : Bentley . Me . Monk appears to be a pleasant , unexacting man , with a turn for wild fowl shooting , a disposition to mate himself at home with people , and a willingness to look at the antiquities he has come to see : but his taBte and acquirements do not fit him to travel with advantage in regions which have been so
thoroughly explored as those which he visited . Had he been the first to bring back an account of buried Egypt , or to follow the track of the Israelites through the Wilderness , and to describe Mount Sinai , or even had Jerusalem been less thoroughly hacknied in plans , panoramas , guide books , illustrations , and what not , the book would have possessed interest by imparting knowledge . For nearly all that is peculiar in the historical characteristics of the countries Mr . Monk traversed he is indebted
to other writers ; and as these are given in quotations the reader has nothing but fragmentary bits , selected rather to meet the impressions of an individual at the moment , than to convey a complete , though second-hand idea . His own descriptions of what he saw are neither interesting in their substance , nor vividl y described . The exceptions to this remark are the tour from Jerusalem to Damascus , by Nazareth , Tiberias , and the country lying on the Eastern banks of the sea of Tiberias and the upper part of the Jordan , which has a littlfl novelty , as it ia rarely traversed on account of the risk , or when some accident gave Mr . Monk a view of Oriental life under a peculiar aspect . Such was this picture of the Conatantiuopolitan Turks during the evening of the Eainazan .
But , hark 1 the cannons " sound the kBell of parting day . " The muezzins from the galleries of the minarets ,, with musical and sonorous voices , proclaim the evening prayer— " Ev-AUah 1 Praise be to God ! The day of humiliation ia past ; the toil and labour i * over , the hour of feasting and of revelry is at hand . " 2 ^ 0 external sign marks the inward satisfaction of the Mussulman . Forthwith his pipe is lighted , a cup of coffee is . brought to him ; silent a 3 before he pnffs away ; the smoke curii round hi 3 ample beard and raustachios , but yet ho ceases not , dense volumes succeed each other in rapid succession . Methinksnow the muscles of his face begin to relaxbut his eyes are fixed
stead-, fastly on the ground , or gaze on vacaney . ' Tee nour of perfect freedom from restraint is not yet come . Short is the twilight of an Eastern clime . From day tonight , from light to darkness , is but a short step . Already the galleries of the minarets are illuminated with thousands of lamps , and the interior of the mosques ia brilliant with suspended lights . The . sight which presents itself an hour after sunset is worthy of an Eastern fairy tale . The deep blue waters of the Golden Horn reflect the unwonted gleam in its glassy mirror . Innumerable flitting li ghts are seen on the Baores of the Bos » phorus , and in the streets , which are usually deserted after the first hour of night , home by the
devout . Moslem as be returns from the mosque , or perchance by some reveller who intends to spend the night before the door of a coffee-house , where , during the Raraazan , he is always sure of finding a goodly company . The singer , the reciter of poems , the story-teller—all are there ; their object is to beguile the tediousness of the hours of darkness . To an attentive audience the story-teller is relating some tale which seems highly to interest his hearers . The injured Hassan , the faithless bride , the perjured Giaour ,, arc subjects which for a moment excite theire and arouse the indignation of the Mussulman . He curls his beard , his eve
flashes , his breath is hurried and audible . But the tale is ended ; vengeanee m . d . death have seized their victims . Allah Kerhn ! God is . great and merciful ! Anon all excitement . ceases , and as the reciter concludes the narration , the Moslem has renamed his usual quiet ' and passive demeanour . Many are the tales of war , and strife , and successful adventure , which serve to while away ihe ini ^ night hours , and amuse the attentive listeners . TW call to praver after uj . idnighi has no effect in warning many ' of the flitting hour , the coffee-houses are not deserted , the V \ % t of the story-teller remains
unfinished . Thus passed in revelry , interrupted only by devotional forms , the night succeeding the first day of Raniazan . Foastinir . and merriment prevailed in the houses of the rich ; tlie salutation at the doora of the Faithful , announced by the loud beating of a drum , sounded incessantly in my c : irs ; nor was it till long after I had retired to my couch , though not to rest , till I had heard the l"st ssmmons to conclude the final meal at daybreak before the rising of the sun , that I fell into an agreeable slumber , no longer broken by the inharmonious sounds o { < h-um and fife , which , together with a multitude of human voices , had so long frighted away soft sleep from my eyelids . An accident iu descending the second cataract on the return , gives interest and some novelty to that exploit . «*\ ^ vh t i > t * n »\ tT ^ l- ___ - _ — 1 - _ .- 1 . I « £ * i * ifta ** ri £ s iM
The next morning our boat was thronged about sunrise with about forty or fifty natives , -whose duty it was to assist the rais in guiding the vessel in ita passage down the rapids . At least three times that number were bent upon assisting in t&c operation , and it was no easy matter to eject a score or two of useless hands before pushing off from the shore . A dozen sturdy Nubians took to the oars , and at length to our great relief the Babel of tongues on tho boat and from the shore ceased as we rowed swiftly down to the falls . The rowers struck tip the usual boat song , and as we apfallthe repeated with
p .-oacbed the first , song was increased enerey , and the oars plied with greater force , so as to give the steerage full power even when descending the rapids . It was a grand sight , perhaps somewhat more imposing from the feeling that danger lur . ' ted around us , to watch the vessel dash down the cataract through the boiling foaming waters , to all . appearance powerless and borne forward to almost certain destruction upon the red granite rocks in front of it , when in an instant the direction of the boat was changed and the prow turned to the left of the receding rock , as we CftniC agilin into smooth water , where the oars were instantly
in requisition to give steerage way for the second fall , which though smallerthan the former had rather a sharper turn towards the left . A few vigourous strokes sufficed to bring- us to the top of the f » H when Bhouts from the fore part of the boat announced that all was not right . The vessel did not respond as she ought to the rudder , and the next instant she struck , and was firmly on the rocks . In ; i moment some half-score of the men were iu the water and on the rocks , and b y great good fovtune , notwitkstnnding the impetus of the water which came with almost irresistible force against the boat , succeeded in pushing her off stern
foremost , the men clinging to the Bides as she swung rapidly round entirely at the mercy of the stream , which carried her twenty yards further down upon a small reef , entirely concealed beneath the water . We very narrowly escaped being capsized for we remained firm aground for several minutes , until a great portion , of the men got on shore , and by means of ropes fairly hauled tho boat Off the rocks , when , to our no small relief , the remaining part of the cataracts was safely passed without any furthor adventure : but had we remained for half an hour , the boat would in all probability have gone to pieces on the rocks , and all our effects on board been lost .
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The Girlhood of Shakespeare ' s Heroines . Ophelia , the Base of Elsinore , By Mauy Cowjdbn CiAKKE . TV " . II . Smith and Son , Strand . This charming and instructive series of tales is conducted in the same spirit and characterised by the same exquisitely feminine genius and discrimination we have already 80 frequently eulogised . The peculiar circumstauccB which predisposed the gentle Ophelia to the lunacy so pathetically and graphically described by the simile of sweet bells jingling out of tune , ' are admirably imagined by Mrs . Clarke , and wrought out with artistic fidelity and skill .
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The Difficulty Solved , or the Government of the People hy themselves . By VicroK Con . siderasx . Watson , Queen ' s Head Passage . Some time since we noticed the political theory of Direct Government , as propounded byM . Rittiughausen , who is either its author , or the representative in the press of tho Cologne Democrats , among whom it originated . M . Rittinghausen seems to have made an earl y
convert of M . Considerant to his views ; and we have the result in the work before us , translated from a series of papers in the Demucratic Pacifique , the journal which was edited with such consummate ability in Paris , by M . Considerant , until the affair of June 1819 compelled him to fly , in order to escape the mockery of a trial by , and the tyranny of , a 8 onteuce from his political enemies . We have already sufficiently acquainted our readers with the nature of this new theory of
political government , and need only add , that those who wish to study the subject in its various phases , will be gratified by the perusal of M . Considerant ' s luminous exposition .
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The Home . Parts I and II . Edited by Richard Oastleb . London : No , 2 , Yorkstreet , Catherine-street , Strand . We have already so fully expressed our . views as to the principles and objects of Mr . Oa 8 tler ' s valuable periodical , that it is unnecessary to repeat them . As it progresses we think the paper improves in respect of variety and interest without any sacrifice of directness of purpose or any compromise of principle . Those who wish to learn what can really tie said on the side of Protection to Labour by a strong minded sincere man , who does not mince matters to please patrons , nor " palter with truths to serve party exigencies , cannot do better than order The Home . '
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DIRECTIONS FOR VOTERS . July 20 . —Last day for county voters to send in tbeir claims to be registered , in the form required by toe Registration Act ; and for city . and borough voters to pay their poor rates . ' and assessed taxes , which became payable previously to the 5 th January last . July 31 . —The occupation of jeasehoid premises must commence on or before this day , in order to qualify the occupier to have h ' « name inserted on the following year ' s register . ( For freeholds and eopyholdg six calendar months previous are sufficient . )
New occupiers of £ 10 houses or premiaeB , or joint occupiers where the rental is « £ 20 or above , should see that tbeir names are properly inserted in the first poor ' s rate made after this date , or they will lose their tight to be registered next year . Electors entitled in respect of any rights reserved by the Reform Act , must be qualified on this day , as if it were the day of election . August 3 and 10 . —( Two Sundays next after 51 st of July . )—Lists of county and borough voters to be fixed on church doors . Every elector should personally examine these lists , and satisfy himself that his name is included therein .
August 25 . —Last day for making objections to county and borough voters named in the lists , and for borough voters omitted therein to send in their claims . Such claims must be transmitted to the overreer of the parish or township ( or in case of freemen , to the town clerk ) , stating distinctly the particulars of their qualification , place of abode , « fcc ., in the form required by the Registration Act . ' September 7 and R- ( Two Sundays next preceding September 15 ) . —Lists of objections to county and borough voters , and of claims for insertion on borough voters' lists , to be fixed on church doors . Claimants and objectors should personally examine these lists , as omissions therein would be fatal . September 15 and October 25 . —Revising barristers will hold tbeir courts between these two days inclusivefirst giving threejkys' clear notice . .
, ___ , Memorandum . —Afi claims , whether for counties or boroughs should be made in the precise forms contained in the schedules to the Registration Act ; and it is extremely advisable that , wherever practicable , societies and district associations should engage a professional agent to attend to the requisite formalities , and to support claims and objections m tne revising barrister's court ; all which may , by proper arrangement , be done at a very moderate expense .
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ROBERT OWEN'S PETITION TO THE HOUSE OP LORDS . Jufy rcS 0 Uted by Lol ' d Brou S ham oa the 3 rd of T TJm ? ht Honorable the Lords Spiritual and ™» Poral of the United Kingdom of Great Th ? pSv " Ireland in Parliaiuent assembled . The Petition of Robert Owen Soeweth , und « JT < petitioner has devoted a '"" IS We . under most favourable opportunities , to investigate XTrr '' ' ! pr 0 duce an ( 1 throu S h succeeding ages reproduce the miseries of the human ¦ ft'l ^*\ T ^ ? " 7 i * r ^ »*_ _ ,--- _ - _^ - ..
race . mi .. ., - ••*** muiuhii jauci imn « H . f . grt the knowled « ° f the new and all S ! ' SCiei ! of " the infl « of circumstances for good or evil to man , " he has discovered the causes of tho ? e evils , and the means by which SeT " 1388 may b 2 l > em ° ' and in future P ' That , this discovery having been made , the "inger continuance of ignorance , disunion , poverty , vice , enme , and ail their attendant miseries , will depend upon u , will of the aiUaurities ^ p 035 egs ine direction . o £ the physical and mental powers of society . r
That your petitioner is fully prepared to develop thw new science , and the practice which will necessarily emanate from it , to scientific and experienced men of business in the various great defartment ? of life , who are competent to unite comluned objects upon an extensive scale , to produce great and extraordinary valuable maUi . That tbere is nothing wild , visionary , or imprac ticable , m any part of the statement now made ; but , on the contrary , these results have been carefully deduced from facts unknown to change , and several of them have been confirmed by long practice and an experience among all classes in many countries such as has seldom been acquired under equal advantages .
Therefore , your petitioner ,- —for the Continuance of peace and the immediate and future interest of all classes , from the highest to the lowest in this Empire , earnestly entreats your Right Honourable House to appoint a Select Committen , to investigate , and report to your Right Honourable House , on the measures which be will explain to ibis committee to accomplish these results , without disorder or loss to any parties , but most beneficially for ail . And your petitioner will for ever pray , &c . Robert Owen .
ROBERT OWEN ' PETITION TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS .
Presented by T . S . Duncombo , Esq ., M . P ,, on the 16 th of June . To the Honourable the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled . The Petition of Robert Owbn , Sheweth , —That your petitioner , after much study and long experience , under singularly favour . able circumstances , has perfected a mental discovery weieh ia calculated to produce the most important and JasHug benefits to the present generation and to all future generations .
That this discovery is immediately applicable to all nations and people , and will , in the shortest time practicable , and in the most pnaeable and orderly manner , relieve them gradually from poverty , crime , and bad habits ; and will give them health , wealth , knowledge , wisdom , good habits , union , and happiness—all of which will increase through every succeeding generation , That in this statement there is nothing wild , visionary , or impracticable ; but , on the contrary , that the principles on which the discovery ia made are unchanging laws of nature , and the practice tbe most simple that . the human mind can well imagine , and easily to be executed by the population of the world as soon as it shall be explained to them .
That this discovery , which appears to be providential , or in tbe due order of nature as to time , is necessary to calm men ' s minds from their present irrational excitement on religion , moral * , laws , governments , commerce , education , and the peace of all nations and cordial union of all individuals . That that which without this discovery appears to be as impracticable—and before its disco very , is as impracticable—as it was bflfore the means had been discovered , that two persons should be able to communicate their thoughts to each other in a second of time when thousands of miles apart , will be ascertained to be a science equally perfect as that of electrical telegraphic communication ; and , like all the . laws of nature when fully comprehended , easy and beautiful for practice .
That , as your petitioner is now of advanced age , and cannot expect a much longer extension of vigorous and useful faculties , or , indeed , of life itselfhe earnestly entreats your honourable house to ap . point acommittee or commission , or to devise some better mode , thoroughly to investigate the principles and practices of the science which he will disclose to parties so appointed—a science which will effect . more for the permanent prosperity and well doing ; of the human race than ail other sciences
united ; for Without the knowledge of this new mental discovery but a comparatively small portion of benefit can be obtained from the ph \ sica \ sciences which have been discovered ; because this new science can alone gwe vm \ &a ami abundance of wealth , and insure by the most simple practical process , a valuable and good character and permanent happiness , to all nations and peoples . And your petitioner vrill ever pray . Robebt Owen .
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Patent Law Amendment Association . — On Tuesday evening a public meeting of the members of this association \ rni held at the Belle Sauvage , Ludgato bill , to consider the New Patent Law Amendment Bill now progressing through Parliament , and to take steps to secure the abandonment of certain clauses , which it was stated threatened to render the oporation of tho law highly injurious , both to inventors and tho public and to hasten tbe enactment of a real Patent Reform Bill . Mr . Alderman Sidney , M . P ., occupied the chair , and observed that though he was very little acquainted with the nauve of the patent laws , ho felt tho greatest pleasure in presiding on this occasion , as he should be enabled to glean much information ,
which would be of use to him in his place in'the House of Commons . He could not but regard ! the present patent laws as being in a most anomalous condition , and calculated to produce great evil , not only to inventors , but to the public generally , Tbe present system had tho effect of " tying up " the talent and genius of . the country , and it was next to impossible for ah inventor to obtain a remuneration for his labour . Instead of . mailing patents expensive , government ought to give every possible protection to inventors , exacting only such a sum as would defray the incidental costs . He would ask why the cost should be so enormous in this country , considering that the cost ' of a patent in Belgium , France , Denmark , and America , did not amount to more than £ 10 ? He contended that
the patent laws were altogether defective , and he did not know any subject which required more attentive consideration on the par , t of the government . Mr . Shepherd proposed the first resolution to the effect that , it having been already acknowledged by government and the public that the patent laws require amendment , the meeting was of opinion that the bill now before Parliament should effect an efficient amendment forthwith , . and that if this be not done , inventors who had previously registered and exhibited new inventions at the Great Exhibition , wider an implied promise from the government , that the attainment of letters of patent would be rendered less costly , would . be subjected . to the injustice of-having been induced to publish their inventions ' without reasonable
means of protection from the Legislature . " The motion was seconded by Mr . Keene , and supported by Mr . Rogers , and after some discussion waB carried . A resolution was then passed , " That it was contrary to the interests of the inventors and the public that the new patent lavr , which proposed that a patent should be granted in consideration of a series of payments , should require from the inventor more than a few shillings in the first instance , so as to cover the expense of recording his demand , and that if the protection of patent rights in courts of law be not rendered more certain , the law would still remain ia a very defective state . It was next resolved , "that the foregoing resolutions be embodied in a petition , and psesented to the House of Commons , " and the meeting separated .
Cholkra in tee : CanariKS . —Intelligence has been received that the royal Brazilian mail steamer Severn , - which left Southampton on the 9 th of June , arrived at Santa Cruz , Teneriffe , on the 19 th . of June . She leavned there that th © cholera had suddenly brokenout in th& Granite Canary , and that Santa Crux was an infected port . The Severn , therefore , not being able to obtain a clean bill of health if 3 he received anything from the shore , took her departure for St . Viucent without mails , passengers , or cargo , to prevent being delayed by quarantine at the Brazilian ports . The Spanish mail steamer Hioeraia , bound from Cadiz to Cuba rwas at Teneriffe at the same time as the Severn , and left without communicating with the shove for ths same reason .
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The Wish . —Whenever the wish k father to the thought , it will be a ( p ) parent . The population of Naples amounts to 41 G , d 75 souls ; viz .. 203 , 483 males , and 212 , 992 females . Con . —Why is love like a Stilton cheese ?—Because it is one of the inituj-esl things in Nature . It is easy to exclude the noon-tide light , by closing the eyes ; and it is easy to resist the clearest truth , by hardening the heart asainst it . Humility' must be a very glorious thing , since Pride itself assumes it . Pride must be something deformed , since it dares not show itself naked , and is forced to appear in a mask . Comfort For the Wealtiit . —He who succeeds to hl 3 father ' s reputation must be greater than he , to be considered as preat ; but lie that succeeds to his father ' a riches will have to encounter no such deduction .
Very Good— "How do you do , sare ? " said a Frenchman to an English anquaintance . " Rather poorly , thank you , " answered the other . " Nay , my dear sare , " said the Frenchman , "don ' t thank me for your illness , I cinnot help it . " "Not Drunk . "—'' Yer drunk again , hey?—'' No , my love ( hiccup ) , not drunk , but slippery ( hiccup ) . The fact is , my dear , somebody has been rubbing the bottom of my boots ( hiccup ) till theY arc as smooth ne a dim pane of glass . " Crime in LoNDON . —The Recorder of London remarked last week , that however many foreigners there might be in ihis country , he had got none ot them in the calendar ; and , he was happy to add ( a smallnumkr than
er usual of his own countrymen . A Dkaf Nigoer . — "Why am you like Tom Moore ? said Congo , shouting into Quaco ' s ear . " Who am Tom Mosre ? Me nebber heard of him . " " You rigrornmus , him mighty big Irish poedry man . " "Me don ' t know ; Congo , give it up . " 11 Why because you are debarred of hearing ( de bard of Erin ) . " Mental Cultivation . —The real object of education is to give children resources that will endure as loDg as life endures ; habits that will ame \ ioratP not destroy occupations that will render sickness tolerable , solitude , pleasant , age venerable , life more dignified and useful , and death less terrible . —Rev . Sidney Smith .
Census of Cobnwali > .--T 1 io increase of population in Cornwall does not exceed 12 , 000 , whilst in each of the three previous periods of ten years the excess had uniformly been 40 , 000 . The births , however , from 1811 to 1850 , have exceeded the deaths by 47 , 500 . Emigration is suggested as the cause of the reduced proportion of increase . A Lazy Parson . —A elegymah dwelt in a quiet , rural district , where laziness is apt to grow upon a man . One day his excellent spouse remarked to him at breakfast , " Minister , there ' s a bit of butter on your neckcloth . " " Weel , Weel , Janet , my dear , " slowly resv ° nded the worthy pastor , " when I get up , it'll fa ' aff . " 6 "
A Chinese Widow being found fanning tho tomb of her deceased husband , and being asked the cause of so singular a mode of showing her grief , accounted for it by saying that he had made her promise not to marry again while the mortar of Ids tomb remained dami ); and , as it dried but slowly , she saw no harm in aiding the operation . Cotton . —A gentleman is now living in South Carolina , who helped pack the first bag of cotton sent to Liverpool from the United States , The consignee of this lone bag of cotton informed the merchants who sent it that he could not sell it , that it was valueless , and advised them to send no more . We now export some two millions of bags every year . — New Yvrk Post .
Camfornian- Gold . —a most extraordinary story is told in the New York Papers of the discovery , in California , of quartz rook producing upon 103 lbs . of quartz thirty-six one pound bars of gold . More than two tons weight of this valuable reck , is said to be in sight , the estimated value of which is 5 , 000 , 000 dollars . Thevalue of 2 000 , 000 dollars , it is said , can be got out in a month . The discovery of coal beds in Oregon is confirmed . The Solar Eclipse of this Month . —The solar eclipse which will take place on the 28 th July , 1851 , will be partial in Great Britain , but total overa large portion of the European Continent . The eclipse will commence here at three minutes past two o ' clock in the afternoon , and terminate at a quarter-past four . Magnitude , eight-tenths on the northern limb .
Yankee Politeness . —David Crockett , says the Boston Transcript , used to say ot the late Philip Hone , with whom he was in Congress , that he was the perlilcstmm he ever knew . " Cause why , " said the colonel , "he allers puts his bottle on the sideboard before he asks you to drink , and then turns his back so as not to aee how much you take ! Th \ 8 , " adds tke colonel , '' is what I call realperliteness . " A Definition . — " Mother ' " said James , " what is the meaning of donation ? You havebeen preparing all this week for the donation party , and I want to know what it means . " "Why , Jemmy , " snid Johnny , " don ' t you know what donation means ? I do ! do means the cake , and nation means the people , and they carry the cake to the minister ' s , and tht people go there and eat it . " James ivas enlightened .
Taxation . —The proportion of direct taxation in this country is less than any country in Europe . Out of £ 50 . 000 , 000 , only £ 10 . 000 , 000 are derived from direct taxes , while £ 40 , 000 , 000 ure derived from Customs , Excise , and Stamps ; that is , twenty per cent , of tho whole is derived from direct taxes , and eighty per cent , from indirect taxes ; while in Belgium direct taxes are thirty-seven per cent , of the whole ; in Holland thirty-five per cent . ; in France thirty-five per cent . ; and in Prussia thirty-seven per cent . — Economist .
Woman . —A correspondent of the Neiu York Era thus shows how confiding innocence is oft imposed upon : — " A Woman , " he says , " may not be an angel , though she glides through the mazes of the dance , Vike a spirit clothed with a rainbow , and studded with stars . The young man may hehold his adwmed object on the morrow in the true light of reality , perchance emptying awash tub in the gutter , with her frock pinned up behind—her hair n . ussed and mossy , except what lies in the bureau ; and her whole contour wearing the appearance of an angel rammed through a brush fence , into a world of Wretchedness and woe !"
Poor Weak "Woman . —Miss Susan Nipper , who lives in a small tenement , a lone woman , was quite '' flustrated " the other mornin-j by an . early call from a bachelor neighbour . " What do you come here after ? " said Miss Nipper . " I come to borrow matches , " he meekly replied . — " Matches 1 That ' s a likely story . Why don ' t you make a match ? I know what you come for , " cried the exasperated old virgin , as she backed the bachelor into a corner . " You come here to hug and kiss me almost to death ! But you shan't—without you ' re the strongest , and Lords knows you are ! "
Domestic Happiness . —The great end of prudence is to give cheerfulness to those hours which splendour cannot gild , and acclamation cannot exhilirate ; those soft intervals of unbended amusement , in which a man shrinks to his natural dimensions , and throws aside the ornaments and disguises which he feels in privacy to be useless encumbrances , and to lose all effect when they become familiar . To be happy at home is tbe ultimate result of nil ambition , the end to which every enterprise and labour tends , and of which every desire prompts the execution . It is , indeed , at home that every man must be known by those who would have a just estimate of bis virtue or felicity . — -Z >>? . Johnson .
vVhistlino for . the WiNU . —There is nothing annoys sailors during a breeze so much as whistling . They say , in their superstitious way ,, that it is like tempting the devil for a storm . We have been told by a friend , that once , when he was at sea , he stood on the quarter deck whistling a favourite air , when he noticed the captain looted askance at him . Unable to discover the reason , he polit-oly asked him in what way he had offended ? It was blowimr a stiff gale at the time , and our friend observed to the captain , " that whenever he whistled it appeared to disconcert him . " " My dear fellow , " replied the com raander-j " you are welcome to whistle as much as you please in fine weather , but we sailors have some very-Queer notions ; and when there is any wind like this we don ' t like any more called . "
" 9 Atre ' E * bRTHE Goose , Sauce for the Gandbr . " —A plain farmer meeting his . landlord , a Conservative , peer , thought it a good opportunity to apply fot a reduction of rent . Hia lordship , drawing himself-up , and assuming an air of astonishment , read poor Triptolemus a lecture on economy and retrenchment . " You must live a little less- expensively , " said the noble landowner ; , " cut down yourestabliskment . It will be time enough to talk of reducing your rent when you ' ve reduced your style of living . " The tenant was not in the least disconcerted . " Nay . nay !' " he retorted , "if you come to that , say lord , it ' s not t' tenants only that mun cut doon their living ; you landlords mun come down a peg . Folks tell lees o" ye , or there ' s some ou ye lets t' big wheel ower-run t' little un ; an' if there ' s to be ony comin doon , w&scun all come doon togither . " The noble lord turned on his heel . He had got oho homethrust , and had no stomach for another . widowerout
A Cheat Outwitted . —A Dutch , "West , whose better half departed on a long journey to the spirit land some months a « o , determined , the other day , to consult the "Rappers , " and endeavour to obtain a spiritual communication , feeling ansious respecting the future etoteof his wife . These " Rappers " be it known , were not the genuine" mediums " but a bogus kind—adventurers endeavouring to reap a harvest out of the late mysterious developments . After the usual ceremonies , the spirit of '' Mrs . Hauntz " manifested , by raps , its willingness to converse with , her disconsolate spouse . " Yes , dearest ; it is your own wife , who " «« One tam lie , you devil of a ghost ! " interrupted Hauntz , starting from his seat , " mine frau speak notting but Deu'tch ; and she never said tearest-in 'her life . It wa ? . always 'Hauntz , you tiefl' or 'Hauntz , you tivty schkamp ! ' " and the Dutchman hobbled from Wroom , well satisfied that the" Rapping spirits " I were all humbugs .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 12, 1851, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1634/page/3/
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